the only exception - kenny wu

6. 2048

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when arabella woke up, she realized there was something on top of her. it scared her for a second, but then she realized it was kenny, and he was sleeping. she felt a little embarrassed for falling asleep on him, but he was really comfortable.

arabella moved her head while holding his up with her hand, then sat up right. she placed his head on her shoulder so he could continue sleeping, and she smiled. he looked so peaceful and sweet.

"are y'all together?" she heard dwayne ask from beside her. she almost jumped if kenny wasn't on her shoulder. she had forgotten he was there.

arabella shook her head, laughing a little. "no, we're just friends."

she saw dwayne give her a look that showed that he didn't believe her, but nothing more was said. she looked at the game dwayne was playing, and noticed it was 2048. dwayne's highest score was 1768, which made him rage quit a few times. he kept going back to it though.

arabella laughed a little when he quit for the sixth time, forgetting kenny was on her shoulder. he moved a little bit, and he got even closer to her. 

she thought he looked cute when he was laying on her shoulder. he seemed so peaceful. however, all good things have to come to an end. the pilot went on the intercom and announced that there was going to be a slight delay due to some problem, arabella wasn't really listening so she didn't know what the problem was. 

the intercom going off woke up kenny, and he looked confused. he must've forgotten that he was on a plane. he mumbled a few things before opening his eyes, blinking slowly. "ara?"

arabella's cheeks turned red. he had just woken up, and his voice sounded different, but in a good way. a very good way. she had nodded, saying that she was here. he let out a 'mmm' to show he heard her, and she noticed his voice was definitely deeper. 

'thank god for wake-up voices.'

"hey kenny." arabella was smiling, trying to forget the thoughts that she was just thinking.

"hi kenny!" dwayne chipped in, making arabella hold back a laugh.

"hey mr. cowboy."

after that, kenny got up from arabella's shoulder and stretched the best he could. he looked around for a moment before yawning, obviously still tired. arabella watched as he looked at the mini tv on the back of the seat, and saw that he clicked the plane route to see how much time was left. they only had an hour left of the trip, which made arabella cheer to herself. 

"thank god, my legs fell asleep," she mumbled. 

looking across the aisle, she saw charlie and adam watching 'it' while sharing headphones. she turned around and tapped dwayne on his shoulder, asking if she could use his camera. he gave it to her, and she took a quick picture without them noticing. 

she quickly got bored, so she grabbed kenny's hand and started tracing the lines and creases. kenny watched in admiration, thinking it was cute how focused arabella looked. it tickled a little bit whenever she traced certain parts of his hand, but he didn't pull his hand away.

when fulton looked over to arabella, trying to see if he could bug her in any way, he noticed how kenny was looking at her with adoration. he knew kenny was a good match for her, but he also knew that arabella didn't like to get involved in romance. it was obvious they both liked each other, even if they didn't know it themselves. fulton just didn't want either of them to get hurt.