7

Boxten grumbled sadly as he put the phone back on the stand and returned to his tinkering.The project on his desk was currently a mess of gears and springs.

He groaned and picked up a screwdriver and started batting around pieces randomly.The gears and springs that had no order or shape kind of reminded Boxten of himself.A mess, that could be something great, but he just can't figure out how to put it together.

Boxten went over to his nightstand and opened his drawer to look for his book of instructions.Suddenly he saw the golden mirror, resting right on top of the book.That was it.

The mirror, Glisten.Glisten was right by the steps to fix this mess of parts, Boxten.

If only he hadn't messed up that night in the closet with him.

"Would he even like me back? He's.."Boxten stopped his own thoughts when he noticed he started to overthink things too much.

He had to try again.But how?His only shot at getting with Glisten again just ended in the panic sound of the beeping of a hung up phone.

Boxten grabbed his bandana from his desk and tied it around his neck, and walked out the door.He didn't know where he was going, but he wanted to go somewhere other than his room.Suddenly the sound of Cosmo's voice echoed through the hallway.

"Cosmo! What are you doing here?"Boxten put on a forced smile and faced Cosmo.

"Looking for you, have you talked to Glisten in a while?"Cosmo walked up to Boxten, who was standing, still sweating a bit.

Boxten jumped a bit and looked around.

"Don't talk about him so loudly.."Boxten mumbled, rubbing the side of his head.Cosmo tilted his head and started to walk past Boxten, he patted him on the back and smiled.

It wasn't one of his usual friendly smiles, it was slightly sad and empathetic.

Boxten felt a single tear sting his eye but he quickly blinked it away and kept walking.He found himself making his way to the Gardenview lobby through the elevator.

When he made it to the main floor and stepped out of the elevator he turned the corner to go to Dandy's shop for more parts when he saw Glisten sitting on a bench with Toodles and Teagan.

Boxten felt his gears crack almost instantly at the sight.

"Glisten?..."Boxten stared at the mirror shocked, and disappointed.

"Boxten! h-heh!"Glisten stood up and made his way to Boxten, leaning in for a hug, but Boxten stepped back.

Realization hit Glisten like a ton of bricks.

"Look i'm sorry i didn't-"

"It's okay.. look if you didn't want to hang out it's fine."Boxten interrupted Glisten, handing him the golden mirror that he had gifted to him a while back.

"Hold this for me?"Boxten said as he turned around and ran back to elevator.

Glisten ran after Boxten but the elevator door slammed in between the two.

Glisten stood by the shut door, holding the mirror.He looked at himself in the reflection, and noticed a small crack had appeared on his face,  on his left side, under his eye.

Glisten gasped and dropped the mirror, its glass shattering and glittering the floor.Teagan walked up to Glisten and led him away from the mess.

"That's bad luck, Glisten! You broke a mirror!!! 7 years bad luck!"Toodles shouted at Glisten as they both watched Tisha clean up the glass.

"I know.."Glisten mumbled and walked to a different elevator.

"Wait where are you going!?"Toodles chased after him, tugging at his back bow with wide eyes.

"Toodles, I need a break, like a nap maybe."Glisten pushed Toodles off of him and pressed a button in the elevator, the large iron door slamming shut.