long time no see! never fear, I'll be putting some more of these up before the school year starts again for me!
this particular piece has heavy book references, all of which relate to the theme, so if you don't remember them all, don't sweat it XD oh, and I've set this chapter to the duo's high school years.
THEME: #12 ~ Riding Bicycles
He is doodling in his notebook when his English teacher clears her throat.
"Your first essay of the year is due soon," she says. "Don't forget: a two to three page paper on a childhood memory."
He stifles a groan of protest, letting his pencil drop. The air outside is still summery, brushing at the stuffy classroom from behind the window. His teacher drones on as shafts of sunlight filter through the trees.
He doesn't particularly remember anything memorable from his childhood. It'd been fairly normal with only a dash or two of childish excitement. He absently sketches a circle, adding spokes and then a ribbon threaded through them. A half-smile creeps onto his face.
He is floating in and out of attentiveness when the bell finally rings. He lets time pull him through the rest of his classes, and the schoolday eventually comes to an end.
It's late in the afternoon when he ambles into the neighborhood after Woodworking Club. He is still brooding over his essay topic when the shrill ringing of a bell sounds. He turns.
Ramona is pedaling toward him, her hair billowing in the breeze. She brakes sloppily, eyes gleaming and cheeks flushed.
"I've been waiting for you, let's go already!"
He blinks. "…What are we doing?"
She rolls her eyes. "Riding bicycles, obviously."
"…Why?"
Her nose wrinkles and then they are young again: on his driveway tinkering with tricycles and training wheels, riding side-by-side with a unicycle and bike, arguing over a silly ribbon.
"Did you forget?" Ramona's saying. "We have to pick up the fliers for the church bake sale this weekend."
"…Right."
"Well, hurry up!"
She gives him a little shove and he drifts distractedly into his yard, glancing around for his bike. Maybe he had something to write about, after all.
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