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The pang of homesickness returns tenfold

I tell my sister I miss all of them And I love them

Not long after we hang up, Luna calls me

Another FaceTime

Only when I click into the video, I’reeted by a potato More specifically, Luna is a potato She turned on a phone-filter, and I instantly laugh

I change my filter to a tree And we chat as a potato and tree for a few e courses

I tell her about the cougar attack, since no one has told her yet

“No way,” she inhales “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, just a bad cut Kits has the worst dalance through a shrub and see a pair of Vans o, Luna”

We say fast goodbyes, and I jolt up to a stance

Akara rolls to a stop next to the corkboard Banks is further away now So I focus on Kits Who breathes hard like he sprinted here

“Sulli” He holds a hand out like he means to explain more

That’s all she is tocare that he hurt er rises and I snap, “That was fucked up”

“I know” His eyes redden “I know I shoved a bowl of Instant Regret in thethe entire time Farrow stitched me”

I glance at his bandaged elbow “I’ot stitches”

His face twists, seeing that I’m still upset “Sulli—”

“That’s all you are to uard and a friend”

Akara looks like he could fall to his knees in despair

“And if you were anyone else,” I continue, “you’d be out of ht now, you know that? I’ve let you ry”

“I’m sorry” He’s near tears “I’m sorry Please, I don’t want to lose you” His Adah his hair

My eyes burn with emotion Maybe I’ve been too hard on too ht noant to stick up for iveness