Makhi Castro had been your best friend since forever. Despite his cold and closed off demeanor, he had a deep attachment to you.

You were both in your senior year of high school and he invited you to his house. You’d been over to his house a few times but today he wanted to show you a new pet snake he got.

He opened the door to his bedroom and ushered you inside. He then went to the tank and carefully picked up the snake. It had blue scales with a lighter blue under belly and a white jaw.

“This is my new snake, she’s a blue racer, I named her Royal.”

He let Royal lay across his shoulder as she slithered on him.