RICHIE - CHAPTER TWELVE (Twitter Novel / Keitai Shosetsu)

the next morning it snows for
the first time this year and its
weird cuz

everyones obviously kind of
excited but acting like they
dont care about something as
gay as the first snowfall

but it definitely brings up all
those little kid feelings of like
snowmen and days off and
christmas morning

and everyones rushing to get
outside much more than
usual and i run into richie
and im like -hey its
snowing-

and hes all blasé-blasé like
-hm oh really- and then i go
-i was looking for you last
night where were you-

and he gives me this weird
face -i was in my room what
do you mean- and i tell him
-i came down cuz

-i wanted to talk to you about
something- and he laughs in
a strange way -well idk what
to tell you dee dee

-i was in my room all night-
and i go -well when i came
down- and he blows up
-jesus what am i yr boyfriend

-maybe i was taking a shit
what the hell- and i go
-whatever man dont have a
fucking conniption- and he
scoffs

-dont worry about me dee
dee- i stare at the floor -i
wont- then he sighs -so what
was this

-huge important thing you
just had to tell me about last
night- and im like -nothing
dont worry about it-

richie changes tacks on me
-aw cmon dee dee dont be
that way tell me all about it-
and frejean passes us in the
hall

-whats the matter faggots
outta lube- and laughs to
himself richie waves him off
without even looking -fly
away shitbird-

frejean makes cocksucking
sounds and richie just gives
him the finger -cmon dee dee
im listening- and im like
-forget it

-lets just go to school- and
richie shrugs and we leave
the dorm and start walking
over and a bunch of guys

are already out there having a
snowball fight and theyre
whooping and shouting and
running

and honestly it looks super
fun and i stop and look for a
minute and then richies all
-dee dee are you coming-

and for a second i almost say
-no im gonna get in on this-
but i look over at him and hes
all impatient

i look back again and i shrug
and just follow him over to
the school and we pass the
wall by the cafeteria where
the graffiti was

and nulles and cuddy are out
there watching the physical
plant guys finish the
sandblasting before the snow
gets too bad

and we walk by and richie
gives them a jaunty wave and
nulles just stares at us with
his weird mouth all tight but

cuddys got that same little
smile and strange excited
look about the eyes that he
got with richie when the
graffiti first went up

and they just stand there and
watch us until we go in the
school again just like last
time the lines of our

lives running back and forth
over each other crossing and
recrossing again and again
and again and again