Voltiana

Chapter Three: Dachii

Dachii Jones, a young African American boy, woke up from his dream, a dream unlike any he'd dreamt before. He heard the usual ringing of his alarm clock and knew that was his cue to get out of bed.

"Yep, another lame day of school. Typical teen life."

He struggled to sit up in his bed, and he reached for his walker. He almost managed to grab it, but he fell out of his bed and crashed into the ground, hitting his walker and breaking it. "Ow."

His little brother walked into the room, only to find Dachii crawling on the floor. Dachii looked up and gave a wave and a casual nod. "Oh, morning Marachii." Marachii sighed and gently picked Dachii up, with Dachii leaning onto him for support. "It's time for school so, we should, you know, go."

Dachii started coughing. "Yeah, sure, right." The two walked out the door (with Dachii having a noticeable limp), and their mother, Kia, greeted them in the house's kitchen.

"Hi, kids! Here, I made you guys breakfast!" There was some bacon and some waffles on the table, and the pair quickly ate, almost like a pack of wolves.

"Alright, bye Mom!"

Dachii and Marachii waved and left the house. The school bus was set to be on its way soon, and one of their friends, Mihina, met them at the bus stop. "Dachii! Marachii! What's up?" She walked over to them with a smile across her face. Marachii gave her a hug, and when she went to hug Dachii, he stared into her eyes.

"So fine..."

His voice was but a whisper, but it caught the attention of both Marachii and Mihina.

"What was that?"

Dachii immediately tensed up. "Uh, nothing. Nothing." Mihina struggled to try and hug him too, then stopped when he fell to the ground.

"Oh! Sorry!" She immediately tried to help him up.

"Dachii, are you okay?" Marachii grabbed his left side, and Mihina grabbed his right side, but Dachii didn't seem to be too pleased.

"Ow. Ow. Owww. Ow. Ow! OW!"

Marachii jumped back. "Sorry!" Mihina gently got behind him, and she and Marachii eventually managed to get him up. Marachii was borderline carrying Dachii on his back at this point, and Mihina had to address the elephant in the room.

"Well, has your condition been getting better?"

Dachii groaned out a reply. "No." Mihina sympathetically stroked his face, and Dachii appeared to be enjoying it. But not long after, the bus came, and the three got on it. They all sat in the back row, where more of their friends gathered: Zentaruo and Chiho, or as Dachii called them: the Jokesters. The two brothers hi-fived each of the three.

"Whaddup, Whaddup?"

Mihina was the first to reply: "Hey you two! Still as ugly as ever." Dachii laughed at this, and so did Chiho, but Zentaruo looked offended.

"Shut up and go put on some make-up, nasty rat!"

Dachii laughed at this too, but stopped and fake coughed when Mihina glared at him. After some more petty back and forth insults, the boys took their seats. The bus driver motioned for them to quiet down and drove off. Dachii was sitting in between Marachii and Mihina, who were both watching him to make sure he was okay.

Zentaruo and Chiho began pulling out their phones and listening to music, as the rest of the kids on the bus began to do normal things like play around on social media, watch online videos, and sit back and relax. The bus made a few more stops, picking up some more kids, and Dachii couldn't help but look at every female that walked on.