Lucky Number 7
Nico’s POV
The park’s quiet.Peaceful, even.
But peace never sits right on my skin–it’s a trick, a trap, something waiting to snap. My shoes crunch against the gravel path, and the sound grates in my ears, too loud, echoing off the silence.
I mutter to myself, low and sharp.
“Nothing here. Waste of fuckin‘ time-“But my gut twists. Hard. It always does when something’s off. Instinct never lies. It’s like a hand around my ribs, squeezing, warning me that I shouldn’t
move forward but also shouldn’t turn back.So I keep walking.
Eyes scanning. Trees. Benches. The swings creaking slow in the breeze. Too still. Too clean.
Then–Crunch.
I freeze. Boot locked mid–step.Slowly, I pull my foot back. My chest tightens as I look at the ground.
A phone.Shattered to hell, glass spiderwebbed, pieces barely holding together.
But it’s not the damage that makes my stomach drop.
It’s the case.
Clear. With scattered stickers–tiny stars, a faded cat, a crooked rainbow. And in the very center, bold against the cracks, the sticker of a number 7.
The breath rushes out of me as a memory slams into me.Leon was beside her, looking at Aurora like she’s made the worst decision of her life. “Really? You chose clear?“Aurora shrugged, holding the phone case in her small hands. “Why? Looks normal to me.
“Leon had groaned like the world had wronged him. He grabbed a packet of stickers off the table and dumped them in front of her. “Fine. But we’re at least decorating it.
“He slapped a dolphin sticker on the case and grinned at the case like the devil itself.
“Prepare to be bedazzled, mother–ducker.
“Her face had lit up, laughter spilling, as she carefully placed them. A smile Nico had rarely seen so bright.She had sat cross–legged on the floor, spreading the stickers everywhere, gentle fingers smoothing each one carefully onto the case. A flower. A star. A clumsy rainbow.
Then, she gently placed one final sticker, right in the middle.
A bold black number 7.Leon had teased her. “Ah yes. The lucky number 7. If I’m being honest, 7 is
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pretty unlucky. Take me for example. Born on the 7 of May. Broke grandma’s vase at age 7.
Crashed Matteo’s car at 17.

“Aurora!” “My voice cracks the silence of the park, sharp. “Aurora!“No answer.Only that swing creaking, wind whining through the leaves.My grip tightens around the phone until the jagged glass digs into my palm.My hands are shaking around the shattered case. The number 7, cracked straight down the middle, splitting her words apart.
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