Y/n was running to the bus stop, making a turn to a black van, it was opened and 4 others our age came stepping out.

"Y/n!" A girl yelled, she was small like Y/n but just a bit taller.

The girl ran and jumped onto Y/n giving her a tight hug.

The two matched their energy perfectly, like watching two dogs play.

"Hey!" The other girl walked over, ruffling the mutes hair softly.

She was taller than them.

Way taller.

"Not gonna say hi to me?" A guys voice came from the van.

Y/n made a silent gasp and ran to the man.

They hugged and Y/n ran to the other guy giving him a tight hug aswell.

My chest ached for a second, the sharp type of pain that nobody understands.

After getting settled Y/n turned to us with her notebook.

'This is Dexter, Hiro, November and Molly'

Pointing at them individually.

Dexter wore glasses and was just as tall as me, also the first guy Y/n had hugged.

November was the tall girl, ponytail and stood talking to Hiro.

'This is Sebastian, Abby, and Sam'

Y/n signed to the four.

So they all know sign language..

"Nice to meet you, and I'm sorry for having to take care of this shit while we weren't here" Dexter shook our hands while pointing to Y/n.

Um..

Y/n kicked him and he laughed as the two ran to the van.

The three others introduced themselves as so did we.

While Sam and Abby spoke to them, my eyes led over to Y/n who was hugging a guitar case excitedly, jumping up and down.

Dexter also gave her a pair of drum sticks and she looked at them before hugging those too.

I smiled at her excitement.

"Hey! You gonna help!?" Dexter yelled for the three other band members.

"Yeah yeah!" Hiro sighed and they all went to help.

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I watched Y/n tune her guitar quietly.

Abby and Sam spoke to November and Dexter while Molly tuned her guitar by Hiro who was playing notes on his keyboard.

y/n and I sat by her window at her small dinner table.

Sitting in front of her, she looked up at me.

'You okay?' She signed.

"I'm fine"

She frowned, furrowing her brows, Her guitar slumped down along with her shoulders.

Y/n's hands slapped the sides of my cheeks.

"Ow! W-what..?"

I opened my eyes to a mad expression.

She frowned at me, her hands still holding my face.

My face felt hot at that moment.

"I-I'm okay, really" I held her wrists, telling her it was fine.

Finally, Y/n let go, going back to her guitar.

For a moment my hands went to my cheeks, feeling at the spot which was held.

What was that about..?

"Hey Y/n! If you can't sing, wanna take a try on the drums?" Hiro asked.

Y/n nodded to him, smiling happily and taking her drum sticks with her.

She spun them around her fingers as she walked over to her set.

Abby watched intensely, excited to see the girl play.

The room was quiet for a while, that didint last long.

Y/n started off calmly, the song gradually grew louder and better than before and soon Y/n was bursting with energy you could practically see.

They finished, Sam and Abby immediately clapped for them.

I clapped quietly.

Dexter gave Y/n a high-five and she smiled at him happily.

"Ah, Y/n seriously... please learn how to talk again I hate singing.." Dexter whined, Y/n hit him in the back of the head in an annoyed matter, though a smile appeared, clearly appreciating the joke.

Y/n walked towards us as the others talked and fantasized.

"Ahhh! You were really good!" Abby hugged her, Y/n smiled, patting her shoulder.

"You did good.." I muttered, my cheeks feeling warm.

Y/n stared at me for a while.

"Um I don't really know if you want this.. but I think it's good for you to keep.." Molly tapped Y/n's shoulder.

Y/n turned to look at her.

Molly wasn't holding anything but in the corner now stood a keyboard case and a box which read 'Elijahs stuff"

I looked to the small h/c haired girl.

She stared at the keyboard, lost in what seemed to be like a long forgotten sadness.

Is that..

'I think I should get to work' Y/n signed.

"At 8:30 pm!?" Molly yelled after her as she took her backpack and sword with her.

Y/n only smiled at her before signing.

'I'll be back soon, I needed some extra cash anyways, I have some extra blankets and pillows in my closet' at that Y/n left, her cat walking past her into the house.

"Maybe we shouldn't have brought Elijahs things.." Dexter muttered, his positive energy now gone.

"If she doesn't want it she can always give it back, but it's better with her until she gets closure.. we all have closure but her, those two were literally planning on marriage" November sighed.

Marriage?

Seriously?

"It was that serious!?" Sam jumped in.

"Yeah.. but they were both in a bad place, everyone knew something was bound to happen" Molly wandered around, she looked down sadly.

I stood up and took myself outside.

"Where are you going?" Abby asked as I was about to leave.

"On a walk.. maybe smoke.." I muttered before stepping out the cottage.

Actually..

I was looking for Y/n..

Who knows what she could be thinking right now.

Boot marks showed on the ground, clearly just made.

I followed them to a deep part of the forest.

Suddenly a slime popped out from the bushes, attacking me in the process.

Before I could do anything, Y/n had ran to me, taking out her sword and killing the threat.

I looked to her and she let out a silent sigh.

"What are you doing this deep in the forest?" I asked.

'Actually.. this place is probably one of my favourite spots here in Pelican town' she wrote in her notebook, passing it to me.

"This place..?" I asked, looking around at the trees.

Nothing much stood here..

She rolled her eyes at took my hand, leading me to a stone statue, aswell as a pond with carp and other fish swimming around.

"Woah.." I whispered.

Y/n smiled at me.

The place was pretty dark but fireflies lit it up pretty well.

The moon did its job on lighting up the area aswell.

We sat on the ground, backs to the statue.

"Want one?" I held out my pack of cigarettes.

She stared at it for a bit before nodding.

"Didint know you smoked" I handed her notebook back to her, also handing her my lighter she had given back to me a while ago.

'I don't usually.. maybe when I was younger and more reckless..' the blue pen wrote.

'You should stop smoking' she signed.

I rolled my eyes before blowing smoke into her face.

She blinked at me, her face red as she stared at me in surprise.

Ah..

Was that too much?

Now I'm embarrassed..

"S-sorry.." I muttered.

She didint sign or write anything, just stared at the line of smoke from her cigarette.

"You really don't have to force yourself to talk, I know it's probably hard.."

Y/n looked over to me from the corner of my eye.

"Yesterday.. you were trying to talk to us, don't force yourself to do things your not comfortable with doing"

A long period of silence was set.

Impatience got the best of me and I looked over to Y/n.

Tears rolled down her cheeks, brushing them off with her free hand.

"I-I'm sorry.. did I take it too far?"

She shook her head no, before drying her face one last time and looking to me with a smile.

'you just hit a nail on the head.. thanks for being so patient with me..'

Y/n wrote in her notebook.

I watched her as she leaned in closer to me, my face suddenly felt warm, her breath on my neck.

"Thank you, Sebastian"

The whisper was quiet.

So quiet it was barely audible.

But it was there.

Her voice.

Y/n's.

She leaned back in her spot and she smiled ever so sweetly at me.

My heart pounded, memorizing the words and sound that had come out of the girls mouth.

"Y-your welcome.."

Y/n put her cigarette out, now smiling as she stared at the pond.

Her knees were tucked into her chest as her head rested on them comfortably.

"You wanna go home now?" I asked.

She shook her head, standing up and stretching.

I followed her.

"What do you wanna do..?"

'We can walk around for a while..' she signed.

I sighed and nodded.

Smiling at her as she went back to signing and writing.

But still..

She trusted me enough to speak to me..

It's okay if she goes back to before.

Knowing I've spoken to her..

And she spoke back..

Is good enough for me.