☆Color My World☆ Rainbowcy (Update 5/7)
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A light, tickling breeze brushed my hair and danced across my skin. The scent of the seawater was definitely not unfamiliar, but there was something wholly different about at the same time. A crispness and liveliness that did not exist in Berrybrook thrived in Tropic Luna. The tingling of the bright sunlight illuminating the world unceasingly further amplified the exotic atmosphere. The stretch of ocean before me was nearly infinite. It was only partially blocked by a fog covered island in the distance. With an unfocused gaze, I stared straight ahead at it. I should have been ecstatic in that moment. There I was on a gorgeous rented house boat anchored on the edge of one of several tropical islands with two days ahead of me to do whatever I wanted. However, I couldn't focus on my fortuitous situation and only concentrate on how my fortuitous situation had me feeling so down. I sighed, not noticing the person coming up from behind me until she was right there.
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Jumping slightly when I heard Bud's footsteps, I turned around as nonchalantly as possible. I knew right away that I wasn't fooling her due to the mildly perplexed and faintly concerned expression on her face.
"You're awfully down for someone who scored a free trip to what's practically paradise. I noticed it when we were on the plane, but I thought you were just tired." she said.
"I wish it was only that I was tired." I sighed yet again.
"What's up?"
A brief moment passed before I answered. Out of Sap and his sisters, Bud was the one I knew the least. It wasn't that we didn't get along, but our personalities were too different to lend to us really connecting in any meaningful way. I wondered whether it would be a good idea to even bother bringing up what was bothering me, but I quickly realized I wouldn't feel better until I made at least some small mention of it.
"It's Am." I revealed
"Amaranth? What about him?"
"We had been talking about making plans for this weekend several weeks ago, but then Sap invited me here. Obviously, I decided to come. Amaranth didn't seem to mind...until yesterday. I gave him a call just to talk, but he suddenly turned scathing because of my choice. It was so out of the blue and he was so abnormally furious that I didn't know what to say, which made him angrier. He eventually just hung up."
"Wowww..." Bud said slowly, "Really? That doesn't sound like him."
"I know. I can't help but think that maybe something else happened that put him in a bad mood that caused him to vent using me as the excuse, but when I tried to ask him he went on about how I was avoiding the subject." I pouted.
"That's seriously so strange. I mean, I guess I can understand why he would be a little upset that you called off your plans to come here, but still..."
"But it's not even that! Like I said, we were talking about making plans. We had ideas of what we could do, but they were just that. Ideas. There wasn't one thing we had actually set up."
"Then he has less of a reason to be so upset. It's not like you don't already spend ridiculous amounts of time with the guy. He's hardly lacking your attention."
"That's why I don't know what to do." I frowned.
"Well, we have some time before we head out. You should give him another call while you can. It's Amaranth. I'm sure he's calmed down by now." Bud proposed.
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I took Bud's advice. She went back downstairs to join Sap and their parents while I got a bit of privacy by going into the bedroom we shared. It was the most horrible feeling to be so nervous bringing up Amaranth's number, but I repeated Bud's reassurance that he had calmed down over and over in my head until I was more confident. I only wish she had turned out to be right. Amaranth's phone rang for a long time. I thought it was going to go to his voicemail, but at the very last second he picked up.
"What?" he asked.
His voice was taught, stiff, and full of irritation. He clearly hadn't calmed down.
"Am?" I said uncertainly, for he sounded so unlike himself that I could hardly believe he was the same person.
"What?" he replied with even more bitterness, "I've only got a few more minutes of my break left. I don't want to waste them."
"Oh, I didn't realize you were at work."
"Well, I am. Hurry up."
My words stuck in my throat. That moment was exactly like the previous night. Amaranth acted as if I had truly stabbed him in the back, and each thing I thought to say did no good to remedy anything.
"I...I'm, just, sorry? I don't know what else you want me to say. I didn't realize that us making plans meant that much to you. I'll talk to you next time before I decide to do something different."
"You seriously think that's what I'm mad about?" Amaranth asked impatiently.
"Why else would you be angry?"
There was silence. With Amaranth not answering, I had a few seconds to think. The realization hit me faster than I anticipated.
"You better not be angry because it was Sap who invited me along."
"Oh, no. Why would I be angry about that guy flaunting his rich parents' money and using it to lure you onto another stupid trip of his so he can brag about it? That he uses money to buy his friends doesn't bother me at all."
"Oh my god, Amaranth, you liar!" I exclaimed in disbelief, "I knew you were just fibbing way back when so you wouldn't upset me when you said you were fine with him. And I can't believe how petty you are! You're insulting me more than him saying I can be bought with money! Yes, Sap's parents are rich. Yes, he's incredibly fortunate to be able to explore the world like he does, but he never brags about it. If I recall correctly, you were the one who was the most excited when he brought us along on those other trips we all went on. If anything, you're the horrible one willingly taking advantage of his generosity but then going on to bash him behind his back because you're jealous!"
"I thought you called to apologize. Not to nag." Amaranth grumbled with a growl.
"I apologized for the rational thing you have a tiny bit of a right to be mad about. However, if you're going to be this upset over some awfully shallow and superficial matter then I clearly can't help you." I retorted back tartly.
"You're seriously wasting my time."
That was the end of the conversation. A mere second passed before the call was abruptly ended. I let out another cry of frustration and harmlessly slammed my phone onto the mattress.
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