LOCATION: REAL WORLD, FARAWAY TOWN.

"Andd—score!"

He exclaimed in a loud voice, smiling brightly as he jumped up and down while fist bumping the air before turning to look at you with the widest grin ever after scoring the basketball in the hoop

He's energetic, sure, but he's even happier now. The reason? Well, he was at least able to get through to you and get you out of your house. After four years, of course, which was surprisingly harder than he thought. You were always away and never responded, unlike SUNNY, who just opened the door and slammed it in his face.

Bummer.

Although he was happy, he managed to get you out and talk with him. It's understandable you were...different. You changed, obviously traumatized from what happened that day after the group found—MARI like that in the backyard. However, he was more worried for you.

Even after these four years have passed, he still had that same crush on you. Both of you fit each other so well that even the group teased you two. AUBREY the most, well, before she changed after MARI's passing. Again, he understands as the two girls are close. Even HERO, his brother, was deeply affected, but he left for college.

Now it was just him alone, well, until you finally caved in.

Maybe it was his bickering and because he was probably annoying always at your door, leaving gifts to the point that even your parents were annoyed and pushed you out. No worries! At least he has someone now, and man, you still look as gorgeous as you did at twelve, now being sixteen.

Obviously, you changed, and he noticed immediately considering he used to always look at the Polaroid pictures of you both, the ones BASIL took before the incident happened. Now BASIL even locks himself in his house and barely comes out. I mean, at least AUBREY comes out, but she just hangs with the wrong crowd and dyed her hair hot pink.

With a sigh, he snaps out of his thoughts and raises a hand to his brown hair. His orange basketball uniform with white stripes is somewhat sweaty from playing this whole hour. He doesn't mind you watching, at least he can flex his muscles or something.