Monochrome Stories

Black's POV

*clank*

I could hear the sound of a can from the vending machine falling. Cyan must've already bought the drinks. I don't even know why I agreed to come with this guy I just met. 

"Hey, are you feeling better now?" He asked as he handed me the can of coffee. 

I took it from his hand and he sat down beside me. "Yeah. Thanks." I replied. 

"Do you feel comfortable talking about it? Or would you rather not? I'm cool with it either way."

"I guess I prefer not to. Thanks for the gesture though. I appreciate it."

We both sat in silence for a bit, but it was just too awkward. I had to say something. It would be rude not to since he offered to buy me a drink. 

"So, uh, what are you doing in the hospital?" I asked. 

He smiled. "I'm just visiting my grandma." He replied. 

"Oh, I'm sorry. What happened to her?"

"She's been really sick. It's already been 3 years."

"3 years?? It must be hard taking care of her while studying."

"Oh, no. I just moved here today. My mom used to take care of her, but then she had a job offer abroad, so she asked me if I could move here. It isn't really an issue for me since I love my grandma. She even made me this scarf." He explained as he took out a long, light blue scarf from his bag. 

"That's so cool. Can I touch it?" I asked. 

"Weird question, but sure." He replied. 

I put my hands on top of the scarf and felt the smooth, silky texture. "This feels so nice." I said. 

"Right? My grandma used to be a tailor, so she's really skilled in making these kinds of stuff."

"It must be nice to have experienced that..."

I tilted my head down because of the embarrassment that I felt from saying such an awkward thing.

"Hey..." Cyan said, putting his hand on my shoulder. I looked at him, and he looked at me too, then smiled. "Want me to make you one?" He asked. "My grandma taught me how to make one before."

I smiled and removed his hand from my shoulder. "It's fine. I was just mumbling to myself." I replied. 

"I'll still make one for you as a gift, and maybe as a bribe." He winked. 

"A bribe?"

"Yeah, since I'm gonna ask you to show me around town next week."

"Woah. I don't even go out that much, so I don't know if I can be of much help."

"Don't worry about it. We can just explore together."

"Alright then. Just text me whenever."

"Well..." He took his phone out. "Can I have your number so I can text you then?" He asked, handing me his phone. 

"Sure." I replied. "Let me just check it. I don't really memorize my number." I took my phone out of my pocket. I stared in shock as I saw that I had 9 missed calls and 41 unread messages from Lilac. "Shit."

"Why? Did something happen?" Cyan asked. 

"My friend's looking for me. Sorry, I have to go now." I stood up. "Here's your phone." I said as I placed his phone in his hand. "I'll see you some other time. It was nice to meet you." I proceeded to run towards White's room. 

A sudden tug on my hood stopped me from running. I turned around to see Lilac catching her breath. 

"Didn't you hear me calling for you?" She asked, breathing heavily. 

"Sorry, I didn't. I was just about to go back to White's room." I replied. 

She let go of my hood. "You have no idea how long I've been looking for you. By the way, here." She said while handing me a can of coffee. "I forgot to give it to you earlier."

"Oh, thanks. I already drank one earlier though, but I guess I'll just save it for later."

We continued to walk. "Where were you?" Lilac asked. 

"A guy saw me earlier and asked to buy me a drink." I replied. 

"A guy? Was he hitting on you?"

"I don't think so?"

"Was he hot?"

"I guess you could say that. A-anyway." I panicked and tried to change the subject. "How was your talk with White?" I asked. 

"It went great." She replied. "How about yours? Did you guys fix things now?"

"Yeah..."

"Um, hey... Can I ask you a question?" She asked, the atmosphere becoming a bit tense. 

"Uh, sure? What is it?" I replied. 

"How did you meet Crimson?"

Crimson? Why so suddenly? Did something happen?

"Remember the day I introduced you to White? When I went to the bathroom, he was there and talked to me."

"Is that it?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"What about during dismissal time? I asked White to invite you to come with us to go out, but you said you didn't want to. Did you go to Crimson then?"

"Yeah. It was sudden though. I didn't really plan to meet him."

"So what made you go?"

Shit. I didn't know this was gonna be an intervention. What the hell do I even say in this situation? That I was sad and needed someone to talk to? Then she might ask why I didn't talk to White. I didn't think this conversation through. 

"Black?" She asked, waving her hand in front of me. "Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah." I replied.

"So what made you go then?"

"Um-" I looked up to conveniently see the room number that White was in. "Oh, look!" I exclaimed as I point at the room number. "We're here!" I proceeded to run towards it. 

"H-hey! Wait!" I heard her exclaim, but I'd rather not answer that question anyway. 

I opened the door to the room and White looked at me. "Oh, hey. Lilac's looking for you." He said. 

"Yeah, I know. We already saw each other." I replied as I pointed outside. 

"Black, you're such a jerk!" Lilac exclaimed, pushing me in the room. 

I laughed a little. "I know. Anyway, when can you get out of here?" I asked White. 

"The doctor said I can go to school on Monday. I just need to rest a lot now." He replied. 

"That's a relief." Lilac said. "I'm gonna head to sleep now." She headed to the couch beside White's bed and lied down. "Good night, guys."

"Good night." White replied. "So where are you gonna sleep, Black?"

I looked around to find a spot and saw a chair at the corner of the room. "I'll probably just sleep there." I replied as I pointed at the chair. "I actually do feel sleepy now that I think about it. I'm gonna head to sleep too. Get some rest, White." I said as I headed towards the chair.

Lots of stuff happened today and I realize that I haven't gotten much rest because of it. I sat on the chair and closed my eyes. Because of how tired I felt, I didn't even notice that I fell asleep immediately.