Cherryjuice week ‘26 Day 2: Childhood
Notes: I hc Ace as transmasc and in this fic he’s a kid for most of it and referred to as “she” or “girl”
Also mind the random ass gap I tried fixing it but yeah
The sounds of people walking were overwhelming.
A small boy had his head sunk in between his knees while in complete tears.
As the boy brought his head up he was greeted with the face of a bunny plushie.
He backed away and saw a ginger haired girl with a black headband. She smiled at him, mouth wide with a notable missing tooth, ‘Whatcha doing?”
She sat next to him and her smile faded, “Were you crying? What happened?”
“Um um…..” He sniffled, “I can’t find my mom…”
“Oh….” She looked at the boy with pity, “I bet she’ll show up soon! Hey, how about I wait with you?”
The boy looked confused. He didn’t even know who this girl was and yet she was asking to stay with him, “Huh? Wait, what about your parents?”
She paused and looked around, “Oh looks like I lost mine too, hm! Well they gotta find me soon! Same with your mom! No worries!”
The girl stretched her legs out and swayed her feet, resting the rabbit plush in her arms.
Seconds and minutes went by in silence, until the girl “I like your ears by the way!”
The boy made a little tug at his rabbit headband, “Oh…thanks…..your little bunny is cute.”
The girl held the bunny up, “Thank you! Papa got it for me! We came here to visit so he could do a mini show!”
She nodded, “He’s a magician! He can do all sorts of cool tricks! One time he managed to pull 12 whole rabbits out of a hat! And get this: HE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE MAGIC!!! Papa’s just that cool!”
“Woah, that does sound cool.” The boy’s eyes sparkled.
“Oh oh! Once we find our parents, you could come watch him later!”
The boy wiped his previously watery eyes and made a small smile.
The girl ended up jolting as they heard someone call her name.
A taller boy with similar colored hair walked up and tugged on the girl’s arm.
“Running off like that is how you get kidnapped, you know?”
The girl stuck her tongue out at the older boy as the smaller boy beside them watched. He assumed that the older boy must’ve been her brother.
“Oh oh, can we wait a bit?” She got out of her brother’s grasp and sat beside the smaller boy again, “I promised I’d stay with him until his mom found him!”
“DEUCE, oh my seven there you are!”
A young blonde woman came running and immediately hugged the boy extremely tight.
“I’m sorry I am so sorry. My eyes left you for one second and you weren’t there! I was so worried, are you alright?”
The boy hugged his mother just as tightly, starting to tear up again, “I’m fine mama! I was upset for a bit but um…”
He pulled away and looked at the ginger haired girl.
“She made things better!”
The girl made a bright grin and waved.
The boy’s mother smiled back at her, “Why thank you!”
The older ginger rolled his eyes, “Great can we go now?”
“Fiiiiine.” The girl turned around and made her rabbit plush wave at the boy, “Byyyyeee, see you later!”
The boy smiled again and waved her off, “See you later!”
An older Deuce Spade eyed the entrance of his new dorm. This will mark his new start! The entirely new Deuce, someone to make his mother proud.
“Yo!” Someone bumped his shoulder.
He looked at the new student and it was a ginger haired boy with striking red eyes.
“You’re a freshman right?” The boy asked.
“So you think that whole orientation thing was totally nuts right?”
“What do you think happened to that weird weasel thing?”
‘This guy isn’t even letting me get a word in…’
“Hey, idea!” The boy made a mischievous grin, "What do ya say we take a tiny peak at the headmages office?”
“Eh? You mean like, break in or something?”
“Hey! I wouldn’t put it like that now. You in or what?”
‘What was this guy’s deal? That just sounded like he was looking to get into some sort of trouble.’
Before Deuce could reject the offer one of their upperclassmen came up behind them.
The red eyed boy jolted and turned around, “Ah! Where did you come from!?”
Their upperclassmen giggled, “FYI, if you skip out on the welcome party, Riddle’ll have your head.”
“Oh, I wouldn’t dream of it! Who would want to skip out on your amazing party?” He elbowed Deuce’s arm slightly, “We’re so grateful that you put it together for us. Right?”
“Huh?” The red eyed boy gave Deuce a small look, “Oh, yes! Of course!”
Luckily their upperclassman didn’t bother to pry anymore and moved on with the event.
“Something tells me this dorm has tough surveillance.” The boy sighed, “The food looks good at least. I’ll be at the snack table. See you around…uh?”
“Deuce….” The boy stared as if he was trying to remember something but pushed past it, “Well, I’m Ace! See ya around!”
Ace made a wave as he wandered further into the party.
Divider by @/fae-and-wolf
And so they forget each others names by like a day
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