From my Balcony - Chapter Four
Notes: Another conversation chapter. I really like writing these.
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November
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"Man, is it Thanksgiving already?"
"Just about."
"I still haven't decided if I'm going home for it, or not."
"Why wouldn't you? Unless you don't like your family…"
"Nah, it's not that, I like my family just fine. It's just that I live kind of far away."
"How far?"
"It's a four hour drive."
"Oh…. I can see why you wouldn't want to go."
"Yeah, I'll go back for winter break and all. But to just go there for a weekend, that seems a little pointless."
"What are the other guys doing?"
"They've all got plans. Families that live closer to here and friends I've never met. So I'm stuck here by myself if I don't go home."
"That's really depressing."
"I guess. It's not like I've never been home alone before."
"But it's a holiday, you're not supposed to be by yourself."
"I think I'll live."
"……"
"What's that face for?"
"… You should come with me for Thanksgiving."
"And eat dinner with the rest of your family? No way, I couldn't intrude like that."
"It shouldn't be a problem, my cousins bring friends every year."
"But still, it'd be weird. I haven't known you for that long."
"Hold on, I'll go talk to my mom."
"Wait, Roxas! ……………."
"Did the other guys already leave?"
"Why?"
"My mom doesn't want you to be alone at all this weekend, so she wants you to come over as soon as you're by yourself."
"… You shouldn't have done that."
"I just didn't want you to be by yourself."
"…Well, I'll come over later. No use walking the three feet to your door when we're just going to sit like this anyway."
"Yeah, that's true."
"… So where do you normally go for Thanksgiving?"
"My aunt's house a couple towns over. My grandparents live with her, so all my relatives that are close by go there."
"Anyone I should look out for so I don't get into any bear hugs of death or something like that?"
"Well… They're all kind of obsessed with discussing what they're thankful for, so you should probably think of a few things before we go."
"What do you normally say?"
"Really generic things like my friends and sea salt ice cream."
"Haha! I'll just say the same things you say, then. That'll keep me out of trouble."
"Actually… we do this thing before we eat where we go around the table and everyone has to say something different."
"Damn, I almost got off easy."
"Sorry, my grandpa is a little crazy."
"Nah, it's okay. But man, what am I thankful for?"
"You have plenty of time to think about it. And since they don't know you, they might start with you."
"Too late, I think I already thought of something. And no one else would be able to say the same thing."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I'm thankful that I moved to this apartment building."
"…"
"You think that's good enough?"
"I think I'm thankful for that, too."