lilanya
"which one?" he asked quietly. I was surprised to hear him speak, he was usually silent and his thoughts floating off into space, while he was trying to catch them and transform them into something that we could all understand.
"the blue one please," I answered with a smile. There was so much to find out about him! I wondered what sort of things would be unveiled. I imagined his being a world of color and complexity. Then, I opened the candy, and breathed in its saccharine aroma. A door of red soft lips opened and let the candy in. I grimace in disappointment, the candy was bland, so much less than what I had anticipated.
He looked at me, and I realized that I had gone too far. He was just a boy.
she threw a sugary smile at him, as she had done many times before
to make someone feel special, singled out
her smiles were well traveled, common, and worlthless
when you look a little deeper, you notice that the little beads of sugar lose their shine
in fact, it's not sugar at all, it's splenda
and once you look beyond the blue, more into the pupils
you notice something toxic, savage, not sweet
I tiled my head a little to the side, the sun peeked out from the corner, and spilled fairy-dust over the world, my world that is: all that I could see, my own view
I looked at her, and I saw right through it.
I saw beyond her blonde hair, her pretty face, her smile,
I saw that somewhere, she was simple and mean
she didn't deserve it,
I did.
I knew that I was just the side, I was the ugly step-sister, I was the grey frame surrounding a beautiful painting
she on the other hand, she WAS the beautiful painting, she got everything and we all loved her, we loved her despite everything, despite her beauty
so I smiled, because I knew that I wasn't really jealous. I was just making it up.
Casually, he slouched
he aired the feeling of relaxation and the flowing sound of a non-awkward silence, flavorful and glorious, like strawberry candies in the spring
I shrugged, maybe I could do the same but… but I didn’t have the right personality
didn’t have the right face
that wasn’t me.