"Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy." – Alex Flinn, Beastly.

Dez had told Austin almost every frog stories of his pet. Austin gagged but still laughed at his best friend's craze over frogs.

At least that took his mind off of the potential dinner he had to have with his dad. He did not want anything to do with him, not after what he had done to his own family. Being a loving family seemed so distant ago, he forgot what it felt like. His father promised him so many things, but now they felt like long, lost, forgotten promises.

And yet he still wanted to spend sometime with Austin? Breathing in the same awkward, uncomfortable air as him? Trying to start small talks: 'hey son! How's school?' 'The weather's been cool' 'How are you Mimi?'

It wasn't like he really cared about his school, let alone the weather (he was the office type) and he certainly didn't give a crap about his mother.

"Hey!" Dez snapped him out of his deep thoughts.

"Sorry."

Dez noticed Austin hadn't been listening to his frog stories, but he noticed he hadn't been listening to anything much he had been saying. "Are you okay? You seem so out of it lately."

Austin rubbed circles on his temple. "Yeah, yeah, just tired. You know, Mr. Jefferson is really giving me a hard time."

Of course, Dez didn't buy it, but Austin would never tell what was really going on in his dark mind. So he decided just to go along with it. "That old chap."

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Austin rejected the offer to ride shotgun in Dez's new car. He wanted to, but he really couldn't stand the talk of frogs anymore, especially since he just had to dissect a frog earlier in biology.

The school grounds were starting to get deserted and Austin felt a sudden air of relief. He really could use some alone time. Somewhere that didn't remind him of home.

But of course, the school ground could never be empty. It would always be filled with lonesome kids.

He noticed her sitting on a wooden bench, sitting so thoughtfully; it almost made Austin think it was cute. But it really was.

"Hey Ally!" He greeted her with such enthusiasm, it sounded almost fake. "I am not going to hurt you this time."

She laughed at his attempt to befriend her and tapped the empty space next to her.

"Hi Austin. Shouldn't you be going home?" She questioned, still looking towards the damp earth.

"I should ask you the same."

"I am waiting for my ride."

The wind was going strong, blowing the leaves on the school ground and left the trees dancing along, and some leaves dropped on Ally's hair. "You got some leaves- wait let me- there." He couldn't help but feel the silkiness of her hair.

Austin never really taken notice, but with the light shining on her face, it made her seem radiant. Plus the warm smile she kept on her lips gave him comfort. And he hadn't felt that for a really long time.

But something really bugged him and it was really starting to get to his nerves.

"Hey, I am right here, where are you looking at?" He waved his big palms in front of her face and she turned her attention to where his voice came from.

Her laughed turned slightly nervous and her smile started to fade. "I thought you knew I was blind."

That took him almost a full two-minute of coming back from his numb senses and for his brain to translate all her words into something he could fathom.

"I am sorry." He got up from his chair, wanting to go, in shame.

"Don't go."

Right then would be a good time that he drowns in that black hole of sorrow. And shame. And embarrassment.

"I am sorry I said that…I didn't really think that you were- bli -visually impaired." He stuttered, and for a second, he was glad she couldn't see how stupid he must've looked.

"That's fine. I am used to it. You can say blind." Ally smiled, and all the guilt floats away.

The wind blew her hair to her face and Austin couldn't fight the urge to stop himself from doing what he did. He tucked her hair to the back of her ear. She blushed a –cute- shade of pink.

Even with the silence, he felt comfortable and he didn't want to get up from the bench until he remembered about the dinner he had to go (reluctantly). And let out a sigh too loud.

"Everything okay?" Ally asked.

"What?" Snapping out of his daze.

"You sounded upset. You shouldn't have a long face, it doesn't look very attractive."

He giggled at what she said. "How do you know if I am attractive?" He had a smirk up his face but realized she couldn't see the conceited look on his face and felt rather stupid.

For acquaintances, Austin was sitting too close to Ally and he knew well that she could smell his fragrance. "I don't. When you're blind, you can only judge people from what you hear, not from what you see. So it's from the heart."

He was too stunned to even speak so she continued. "And from what I have heard from you, you are genuinely a nice person. Don't let me change my mind about that." She nudged him in the shoulder playfully. " Sometimes, I like being blind, because you get to know someone from the inside."

Austin felt ashamed. He had never thought of it that way.

"But I have heard people talking about you, Austin. And they say you were-as people say it these days - 'hot'".

He heard her giggle so he chuckled as well. "Well, you should totally believe them." And they laughed harder, enjoying each other's company, forgetting how they were just acquaintances moments ago, barely friends.

And then she told him all the things she heard about him that caused his ego to increase slightly. Like, how good of a kisser he was (she heard that a lot) and how good he smelt and how toned his body was. And each time she said those things, he would receive a snicker and he could only grin on how much he liked hearing her laugh.

It felt like a really long time ago, that he went home with a smile plastered on his face.

thank you for reading! i just want to let you know that in this story there wont be any bad guys (except maybe his dad but that's what austin thinks haha) but the complications in this story are due to their own feelings, so it will be a little lighter without the dramas and bad guys but also has a lot of thinking from how they, (mostly Austin) feels from the inside.

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