As Big As The Sky by Aislin Amy

Author:Aislin, Amy [Aislin, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MLR Press
Published: 2017-08-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Bonobo: Are you still alive? Should I send out a search party?

S.P. McAuley: Sorry! Been super busy lately.

Bonobo: Don’t worry about it. So have I :)

S.P. McAuley: Yeah? Anything to do with the I-don’t-know-if-he’s-gay guy you told me about a couple weeks ago?

Bonobo: [sends blushing-emoji] He’s my boyfriend now :)

S.P. McAuley: Good for you! Coincidentally, I also have a new boyfriend.

Bonobo: [sends gif of clinking beer glasses] Here’s to us!

S.P. McAuley: LOL

Bonobo: I was just messaging to say the new chapter was brilliant!!!! When’s the next one coming out?

S.P. McAuley: So demanding.

Bonobo: Hey, I’ve seen your Tumblr page. I know I’m not the only one asking.

S.P. McAuley: True.

Bonobo: I noticed you didn’t answer any of them.

S.P. McAuley: Also true.

Bonobo: Will you answer me?

S.P. McAuley: …You’re sworn to secrecy.

Bonobo: I won’t say anything! Cross my heart. (You can’t see me, but I’m crossing my heart.)

S.P. McAuley: LOL the new SCENE (not chapter) will be posted in mid-July.

Bonobo: Ugh. Three weeks away? I hate you.

S.P. McAuley: fjkafnafnaiofjaeoamjfniqopmdnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Bonobo: Um…are you okay? I didn’t mean it, you know. I could never hate the author of my favorite web comic.

S.P. McAuley: Shit, sorry. I dropped my phone and my cat pounced on it.

Bonobo: Awww, you have a cat?

S.P. McAuley: Yup. A little three-legged thing named Tripaw. I named the cat in Scythe and Swords after him :)

Bonobo: You have a three-legged cat…named TRIPAW?

S.P. McAuley: Yes? Like tripod. Because he has three legs.

Bonobo: No, I get it. Just…my new boyfriend has a three-legged cat named Tripaw. And he gave the same explanation for the name.

Bonobo: Sam?

S.P. McAuley: …Bo?

§§§§

“You must’ve thought I was such an idiot when I gave you my comics to read a couple weeks ago,” Bo said. “Going on and on about how awesome Scythe and Swords is.”

Bo was still a little bit shocked that Sam was the author of his favorite web comic, something Bo had only found out while chatting with S.P. McAuley this morning on Tumblr.

S.P. McAuley was Sam. Weird.

“I don’t think you’re an idiot, Bo.” Sam rubbed his hand up and down Bo’s arm.

Thunder boomed outside and rain lashed the windows. Bo ignored the movie playing on TV and rolled over on the couch to face Sam.

“Knowing you’re S.P. McAuley just makes you that much hotter,” he said, making Sam laugh.

They’d had plans for a hike today, but the rain had washed that idea away. Instead, after Bo had finished demanding answers from Sam, they’d headed back to Bo’s to curl up on the couch and watch movies.

After Sam’s last message had come through, Bo had marched outside, rain be damned, through the hedges dividing their driveways, into Sam’s backyard, and through his unlocked kitchen door, as had become their habit in the past couple of weeks. He’d found Sam in his office on the second floor, staring dumbly down at his cell phone.

“You have some explaining to do.”

Sam had the decency to look embarrassed.

“How could you not tell me? You know I love Scythe and Swords. I’ve been going on about it for weeks.

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