half day [Arctic]

This week was definitely not one of the highest points of my life. It was the same as usual, but with the quell this year it made the younger kids more worried that they'd get reaped and die. But really that was more or so for us to be worrying about. The us in this situation was Phoebe, Leaf, and I as we had our names in the most times of the kids in our family. Our two older siblings teased us slightly, but they knew better than to do it more and cross the line or they'd be dead meat. Who would make them dead meat? Our parents of course. Who else? Our parents were very protective over each of us, and if one person was made fun of by another; they'd practically be dead or grounded for a long time. After 18 years of this life I know that pretty damn well.

It was good anyways, the reaping went by fast with nobody from our family. I'm quite surprised there wasn't someone from our family with the twist, but it's for the best right? I don't think our parents would be very happy if they found out one of their children was being sent to death. Though they aren't, so that's good. We don't want to waste our lumber on a small rectangle that will be filled with the body of one of us. That wouldn't be fun, wouldn't it? I had work today, and luckily I had a half day. I dropped off my last few logs of lumber, took my money and left. It's not that I dislike my job I left so quickly; its just that I liked the fact I had actually gotten money. I was hungry, so the market was the best place to go with the new wad of money I had to spend. There wasnt many foods I was really wanting to eat at the moment, but there was one that I was looking for. Where would I find it?

My footstep paced around looking at the shops trying to find the desired food, but I didn't remember at all. All I wanted was some bread. That's not so hard to ask for right? I hope not. Because if so, I must have been having a rough life. After a while of pacing around the district square and shop area I decided to stop by the house real quick to drop off my money and grab some bread. After that I stepped right back out the door and walked around the district. There was a tree that if you sat at it you could overlook the district, there was normally people there but I decided to go there despite the chance. There was someone there, but I decided to go onto the other side and look at the forest that the tree faced on the other side. It was a beaty, the trees all scattered and cluttered at the same time like a school of fish in the ocean.

I bit into the large piece of bread I had brought with me and looked off into the forest, staring at the large trees with leaves on the branches of the branches of the branches of the stump. Of the branches can be a continuous phrase, since there can be so many on one tree. I take a whiff of what I hoped would be the fresh smell of spring air, and that was definitely not what I had gotten. It was a really large stench, causing me to gag and make a really odd face. The gag was loud, probably loud enough to catch the attention of the other male on the other side.

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THERE I'M SO SORRY I TOOK FOREVER

I didn't mean to make the sound so loud, I really didn't, but I must have scared the boy or man on the other side of the tree. “What the fuck.” I heard him say quietly, I didn't know what he'd think of me making that noise, obviously not something amazing, but something at the least. I heard him get up and walk around the tree to fnd me sitting on the other side. The smell had gotten worse as he walked over here, and I realised what the smell was actually coming from. It was his feet, uncovered and free for the world to smell. I scrunched up my nose more, but tried to erase it quickly.

“Did you just make that noise?” He asked me while he looked down at me. I kind of blushed at the wording of that, almost as if I sounded like a monster of sorts. Which I don't think I sound like one, or I hope I didn't. I kind of laugh nervously and speak out an answer. "Yeah, sorry."  I said with a slight blush,  kind of laughing again. I was contemplating on if I should say why or not, and I guess I shoulddespite not wanting to be rude. I speak up again wanting to specify why I made that noise.

"Sorry, I just smelled something that smells really bad. I don't know what it is, though."

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short af post SORRY

He sniffed his armpits and looked around a bit to try and find out what the smell was. His eyes landed on my feet and then he covered his nose with his hand slightly in order to try and not give away a factor of it might be my feet. I don't personally think I am the source because I dont particularly have that strong of stench. Maybe its because I am used to the smell and thats why I dont smell it.

Maybe.

He speaks. "Oh it's alright, I thought there was some animal around here." Slight pause. "Not that you're an animal of course." He seems to think something after I say that I smelled something really bad, but he discards the thought. The young adult speaks again. "Oh it might have been the pastry that I just ate, smelt and tasted terrible." Now I am not the best at telling if people are lying or not, but I had a suspicion he was. Though its probably me being quite stupid.

"Yeah. That's probably it."

There was a quick pause in conversation as the feeling of awkward silence spread throughout both of them. Then the other citizen of District 7 had spoken. "Have you had food from the bakery, just over there?" He asks as he points in the general direction of the bakery he was speaking of. "They do a great meat and potato pie, it isn't that expensive either." I looked in the direction of what he was pointing at to see a bakery. Obviously, the one he was talking about. The boy started moving a small bit more until he found himself leaning against the tree while sitting on the ground a few inches away from myself. He decided to take this chance to introduce himself to me. He, or should I say Renly, spoke up saying his name was Renly. He doesn't know much about me and I dont know much about him.

So does that mean we're going to be all friendly and ask each other questions until we land into a friend zone? I dont know. Though he is handsome in my opinion. He seems straight so I dont have a chance with him, but who knows, maybe I might have a shot. Though getting to know him first would be a nice start. Renly spoke again, asking if I had a day off today. "Nah, I actually had a half day today. And I haven't been to that bakery, or I don't think I have." I tell him with a smile. I let words fall out of my mouth, trying not to have the incident I had with Folium. "My name is Wynn, by the way."

I decide to try and think of a question to ask Renly. Though whats really important? The only interesting thing in my family is that we have a bunch of kids. Besides that I am not very special at all. I sit there for a while, the breeze flowing and the stench getting less powerful as I surprisingly got used to it. I was taking a lot of thought into what question I would ask which may seem kind of silly, but people might judge you based on the questions you ask. I don't want to be judged like that. So I guess I'll go simple. "Did you have a day off today?" God Wynn, why do you ask such idiotic questions? Nobody normal asks if they had a day off, besides Renly. He was generally wondering. I was just doing it to fill up the large gap of silence.

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tags: d6a georgie cham 🍓🐢 frankel
wc: 426
other: i made a not short post for once
kinda not short
longer than my last two okay