Before the night falls.

                The school bell rang, another day had almost reached its end in the small town of Intercrost.

Across the end of the hallways, by a row lockers, a boy was organizing a bunch of books from his bag to his lockers. Only his was opened, covering everything but his thick, fluffy looking hair.

Inside, there’s nothing much out of the ordinary: Some notebooks, some pictures and some notes and pictures taped along the door.

The boy wore a dark grey and white long sleeve baseball shirt with a beige sweatpants. His eyes and his posture looked as if he’s disinterested in almost everything about life, but still chose to drift along anyway.

As he was finishing tidying his school backpack, a pair of eyes slowly appeared through the ventilation gap of the locker’s door.

Someone had been watching him for a while.

Just when he was about to reach to close the locker. A sudden noise.

“HEY DANIEL!”

That person behind the door then shouted out loud, causing him to jolt, slamming the metal door shut by accident.

Leaning towards the shocked boy with a wide grin was a girl with a ponytail swing behind her. Her face is framed unevenly by the loose strands on the side of her head : Her right side is slightly longer than the left. She wore an orange short-sleeved hoodie underneath an open sleeveless vest.

Her eyes sparkled with excitement.

Daniel’s whole body tensed as if he was ready to dodge on instinct, but the moment he recognized her, he let out a long sigh.

“Sam... how many times have you been doing this?”. The boy groaned. ““Don’t you ever get tired of doing this? Scaring me like that?”

“But seeing you like that never gets old though...”. Sam clasped her hands behind her back, rocking on her heels. ““Clearly I need to do better next time~”

“Oh please. One day I’ll make sure that you’ll scare me one last time. Just you wait.”

The two began making their way to the school’s main entrance. Golden sunlight spilled through the windows, catching only parts of their hair as they passed through the nearly empty hallway. Most students had already gone home by now.

“So, Miss Bruny, are you ready for tonight’s special galactical event?”

“Oh you. Sure. That. I. Am.”

The two pondered about the tonight’s plans: It’s a stargazing event, with a party of 2. Well, it was Sam’s idea and Daniel just reluctantly agreed to follow along with the girl.

Thinking about tonight alone was enough to make her burst with excitement.

Instead of walking, Sam skipped along the pavement, her fists curled then shook excitedly next to her chest.

“Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh..my gosh!!!”

“I can’t wait for tonight man, it’s gonna be-“. She raised her hands up in the air.

Before she could finish, someone suddenly skated past them.

“You doting couple decided to have a private dinner or something? Must be one of a night for the weekend, eh?”

“Oh, shut the hell up Alex”. Dan and Sam both smirked at the view of the skateboard losing them at the intersection.

Their walk continued, not a word was uttered until they reached the suburbs. Sam pushed herself on her friend’s shoulder.

“So.. Danny, have you heard of any more news about the comet?”

“Nope, all that I picked up was nothing more than a sudden single comet appeared out of nowhere.”

“I mean, we don’t have to worry about it being extremely late night. We got a whole weekend ahead of us!”. He continued.

Samantha was looking at the ground, kicking the pebbles away at her feet. She then looked up in the sky.

“Dan. I have a question? People make wishes then they see a shooting star right?”

“Wait what?”. A slightly confused Daniel tilted his head to the curious girl. “Dude, not to kill your mood or anything but it rarely friggin’ works. Plus, shooting stars and comets are two very different things.”

Noticing the small “Oh...” from the girl, he consoled Samantha, tap his elbow on her arms

“Though that isn’t going to stop you from trying now, is it? You might be one of the lucky few that will have their wish come true!”

As the conversation ended, they reached Daniel’s house. The two parted ways.

“Well, we are at my house now. I’ll see you tonight”. Daniel waved goodbye and started heading to the door. But he heard Sam behind him raising her voice.

“Wait, hang on a second. I need to think of something to wish for tonight. I’m going to make this moment worth”.

He turned his head, to see his overly-energetic friend bolted away. He chuckled and entered his house.