"Wouldn't it be nice."
The young boy who spoke such abrupt words was sitting on the edge of the wooden canoe that rested at the dry shore, with his best bud', observing the view of the beach and the sun taking its journey down the deep debts of the ocean.
His best bud' was puzzled.
"What would be nice?"
The boy just smirked, and said: "Nothing."
Pouting was no doubt to be counted for, for his bud' was not satisfied. His friend nudged his shoulder.
"Come on. You can tell me."
"Promise not to laugh?"
"I promise!"
"I think it'd be awesome if we could just fly away from Edner Shore."
There was a small moment of silence between the two, almost as if what had just been said had been taken very seriously. But the boy quickly realized after this that his best bud' was far from taking him serious, as his friend burst out laughing without warning.
The boy with his dreamy thoughts was least to say embarrassed, as he felt his cheeks grow warm. He turned to his bud', who had actually fell into the boat now, holding his stomach tight and laughing like there was no tomorrow.
"Hey, I told you not to laugh!"
"B-but it's so funny!"
"Fine, I won't tell you stuff anymore!" And with that, the boy turned his back, arms folded and pouting.
His best bud' stopped laughing at this, got up from the floor and sat once again beside his friend, spreading an arm around his bud's shoulder.
"Aw, come on. Don't be like that. I get what you mean."
The pouting boy almost looked doubtful, but hopeful at the same time.
"Really?"
There was a moment of thought.
"Um. Well, no, actually."
The boy could only stare at his friend's response in incredulity at this, but then decided to look back at the ocean. It was a better sight.
"Idiot."
"Aw, come on! I was joking! I believe in you, man. Sort of."
The boy just sighed, disappointed.
"Okay."
There was once again, a moment of silence between the two. And as if on cue, his best bud' started laughing again. The boy was irritated.
"What is it now?"
His best bud' just grinned and wiped his teared filled eyes.
"You gotta admit, though. It was pretty funny."
"Oh, just shut up," embarrassed once again.
-- Another scene that popped in my head. I wasn't planning to make this so big. It was actually supposed to be quite small. But alas, I got carried away. Something simple and hopefully likable. :) P.s. I find it waay annoying that if you use either blockquotes or not, you can't use that whole cool way of dividing paragraphs, the old fashioned way. So sorry if it don't look nice and all.
1 comment:
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "the old fashioned way," but it sounds interesting.
I really like this little piece. It's refreshing. It's happy. It's very, very cute. I found myself chuckling at the first boy's poutiness and the way his friend was saying, "You gotta admit though, it was pretty funny."
I would like to see more of these two boys. They're entertaining and funny and obviously good friends. I like the dreaming boy's idea of being able to fly. That's cool.
The only thing I would change is the title of this post. I know it's hard to think of something, but "boy talk" just makes me think of what guys secretly say about girls when girls aren't there, or something. That's probably just me, but I dunno; the phrase "boy talk" might have similar implications in other people's minds. So maybe "a conversation between two friends," or "flying away" would work better? Just a suggestion.
Thanks for sharing! Oh, and the whole canoe thing - intriguing. Like why is it there? Do they plan to go somewhere? I think a scene in which they do something with the canoe would be interesting.
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