Berry Daka
“I am a very very very very very very very very cute boy named berry.” On a brightly sunny day in the east coast of a Friday country fray.
“berry! You need to wake up to get very ready for your first day at terry lary high.” A mother’s voice is always supportive and soothing unlike others who’s dulling.
he was short as a door bell, ready for school. Black hair as knight, purple eyes as blue, and light brown skin as tanned.
“I’m ready!” His voice blooming in soothing and ready to get grooving.
”make sure to eat your lunch and don’t skip meals, young man!”
Berry nods with a joyful glow, “Yes ma’am.” And off he goes to a beloved grow hem.
the wind outside was a warm summer blue, the hue in the sky a shinning bright light that’s a sphere. And the clouds match it too.
Berry sits on the bus, watching the birds and looking at the humans walk on. Berry stares in his lap, feeling the warmth from the vent. “I hope today won’t be as bad as yesterday…” Berry mumbled.
the ride lasted for 15 minutes to school. Berry got off and climbed tightly to his backpack straps. He looked at the tall trees comparing it to Lemony’s height. He can’t wait to see him.
2-A classroom. Berry stares at the sign before entering, it’s a relief no one is inside yet. But he still feels a nervous pool in his stomach.
berry takes out his robot toy, it was green and had blue spikes on it. He pressed the bottom on its torso, “A good day! Good days bring all joys to light! Unite good jobs!” Berry smiles and giggles, “Yes! Today will be a good day!”
footsteps and murmuring walk down the hallway, the three boys pause as the walk closer to the loud noise. They stare at Berry as he speaks to a toy, chuckling quietly. “Will lemony be here? And make today a better day?” Berry presses the robot’s button on its torso again, “Today! Good days, yes today! No evil days come to light.” Berry giggles and holds the robot toy.
“Didn’t know this classroom was for toddlers. What the hell are you doing?” Berry’s smile vanishes, he looks up from his desk towards the slide doors. A boy with brown hair and green eyes, and a smug expression on his face. “The hell you looking at?” His two buddies behind him chuckle and scoff, “This classroom is for adults not kids who are still stuck playing mind games all day. Heh...” Berry looks away and stares at his legs holding his robot toy tightly, the room would be filled with students immediately once it was 9AM. Berry hasn’t seen lemony and is upset he hasn’t spoken to him.
Once the bell rang signaling lunch everyone took out their bentos. Berry stares at his desk, his stomach growls but he just sits there. No one asks what’s wrong. No one shares food with him. No one seems to care.
the door slides open and some students freeze their conversations, Lemony. His short white hair and tired gray eyes. He doesn’t look at anyone and ignore them. “Woah… he’s so tall.” Students whispered to each other, even the boys who were rude to Berry froze. He takes a chair from a random table and scoots up to Berry’s desk, Berry looks up. “Hey.” Berry smiles again, he gasps. “Le—“ lemony covers Berry’s mouth before he could say his name, “Let’s go somewhere that isn’t unsafe.” Lemony whispered, Berry nods.
they went outside to sit against a white flowered tree with a lot of rocks near the end of the stems. Lemony made the area only for them with two cushy black pillows for their bottoms. “Have you eaten yet?” Lemony asked Berry, he glanced at Berry’s hands and saw the instant tremor. “N-no…” Lemony brought his bento and opens it up, he grabs a piece of onigiris and leans it towards Berry’s mouth. “Come on. You have to eat.” Berry stares at Lemony and then the food in his hand, he blinks. Lemony didn’t push more and would let Berry think about it on his own terms as he ate abut of rice and chicken. Berry reached out and grabbed the onigiri and took small bites.
“didn’t your mom pack your bento?” Lemony asked Berry, Berry was quiet and shrugged. “Over the weekend you should come over my house so I can cook for you. With your consent.” Berry looks up at Lemony, he drinks his sprite.
berry didn’t go to PE class because he was called down to therapy inside the nurses office to help him try to eat and play games with him.
Berry help his robot toy tightly, staring at it while remembering what the boys said.
after school, Berry saw Lemony on his bike getting things ready. He moved but got yanked by his collar from behind, “Hey, kid… you can’t have dumb toys on adult school properties. Only babies can, though… you don’t look any different from one.” The boy with the short brown hair said, his face was annoyed and irritated. It made the other two boys chuckle at the comment, he took his toy from his hands and berry whimpers, “S-stop! Give it back!”
lemony takes off his headphones and looks over at the commotion, he sees Berry being yanked and his robot toy being stomped on. He quickly gets off his bike but in a wrong turn he falls to the ground, “Ahng…” he grunts.
berry is shoved to the ground against his broken robot toy, the three boys laugh in mockery, “Go cry to your mommy, loser.” Walking away and not turning back. Lemony glares at them as they walk past, he mumbles, “Idiots…”
clear tears run down Berry’s brown cheeks, he holds the green robot toy against his chest. “It was no good day! Today was no good!”
lemony gets up slowly walking towards Berry with his tall lanky legs, “Are you okay?” Berry stood up and hugged lemony tightly, his head against his chest crying with extra gasps. Lemony holds Berry’s head and coos him gently, “It’s okay, I’m here… I-I’ll buy you a new one.” While his other hand rubs Berry’s back.
Berry went with lemony to the ice cream stand. Berry got chocolate and lemony got a sundae. “Thank you.” Berry said quietly, taking small licks of his ice cream. “Mhm. I can buy you a new robot toy. Or I can crochet one. It can be any color, yellow, blue, or green.” Lemony suggested, his tone with warmth. “I want a green one. But this time with yellow spikes!” Berry said with expressive light in his purple eyes, with a small smile. “Okay.” Lemony smiled back.
they both sat on cushioned chairs next to ice cream stand, a promise was laid unfortunate. Two boys and their ice creams bought from fortune. A discovery behind the clothing sleeve.
“I wanted to show you this.” Lemony ‘s voice tightened with restraint, Berry stares at the healed up scars. “Did someone hurt you?” Lemony nods, Berry pulls lemony into a hug burring his face in his chest. Lemony slowly hugs Berry back. Berry listens to Lemony’s heartbeat, slowly closing his eyes as he relaxes.
