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022: Set-up

Author: Aanu
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-27 23:26:38

VANDER

I didn’t even know why I’d brought it up here— the cigarette packet flicking back and forth between my fingers. It wasn’t lit, not even opened, and I shouldn’t. I was trying to quit, after all.

The rooftop was still enough to calm the storm in my head, though it was one step of self-control away from just lighting one up and being done with it. It wasn’t like I was addicted or anything, I could stop if I wanted to.

The door behind me creaked open, but I didn’t turn as Kael’s steady footsteps resounded closer. “I thought you were trying to quit,” Kael’s voice cut through the silence.

I exhaled slowly, pressing the packet between my thumb and forefinger. “I don’t have a reason to quit, like you.”

Kael didn’t respond right away. We both knew what the silence meant. He stood next to me, gazing at the open, velvety sky. Kael had always been the only one to check in without pushing or prying.

Seconds slipped by, time taking up space between us. “Thanks, man,” I mentioned, glancing
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