#ZERO clue how to write anymore dawg

[itspeanutlove]

Decided to write something for my OC's from Class of Heroes haha. I havent written anything in a while so here it is!

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"Nail Polish"

"... I see... so you use this special paint for coloring nails," Kirin lifted the container of bright green nail polish, "And you can add glitter and other such materials for more effects."

Helen nodded, smiling. "Yep! Papa just sent over my old set, so I thought I'd invite everyone over for a sleepover and paint each other's nails."

The entire group had been packed into their room, sitting on the floor with different containers of nail polish scattered about. Beside Helen was Marian, who was rummaging through the bag that the polish came in.

Caesar sat on the edge of the bed, arms crossed as he looked down at his party members with an unreadable expression. Faust sat stiffly beside Kirin, who was showing him various brightly colored containers. Mante was sitting on the rug beside Marian, sniffing at a bottle.

"So," Helen clapped her hands together, looking over everyone. "Mari and I have already painted our nails a lot before, but has anyone else here done it too?"

"My sister actually likes painting her claws too," Mante smiled as he leaned back a bit, setting down a bottle. "So she's painted mine before. Not that they've lasted long with all the work we do on the farm."

That made Helen frown a bit, "Hm.... that's a good point actually, I'm not sure how long these ones are going to last since we go out into the paths often..." She paused for a moment before brightening back up. "Well, at least we can look a little bit nicer for a short while. Anyone else?"

Faust quickly whispered something into Kirin's ear, to which she nodded. She turned to Helen, "We haven't done it before. Nobody in our town sells these products and Faust's grandmother never let him either."

She turned to Caesar, with Helen following her gaze. Caesar stared back blankly.

"... What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Well, um, aren't you going to... say something?" Helen smiled awkwardly. Caesar just blinked back at her.

"... Alright, I guess," he shrugged. "I've never been allowed. Stuff like that just isn't a thing back in my house."

Marian snorted, pausing her search "Strict rich folk traditions, I bet,"

Caesar huffed. "Rich folk traditions? It's usually rich folk buying these things in the first place. My family just doesn't see how nail color would be useful, so we don't bother with it."

"Yeah, yeah," Marian said dismissively, already bored with the conversation. "Hey, Hels, where's purple? I can't find it."

The Celestian leaned over, "Oh, uh... which shade? You have two favourite purples."

"The dark one!"

"Not the sparkly one?"

"Pfft, no," Marian fluorished her hand, "I'm way over that one."

"Uh-huh," Helen smiled as if she were just going along with it, leaning closer to take the bag from Marian and gently spilling the contents onto the rug. "Let's see... raspberry red... terra jelly yellow... uh..."

She couldn't find it. Mante leaned forward a bit to help them look. "Dark purple, right?"

"It's over there," Caesar pointed under Mante's leg, "You were sitting on it."

"Eh!?" Mante looked down, seeing the container. "Oh, you're right — here you go, Marian."

The Felpier triumphantly grabbed it, bringing it up against the light before smirking. "Alright, let's get started, eh?"

Helen nodded. "Yep! Let's go... hm, what colors should I choose this time... oh, right."

She turned to Kirin, Faust, and Caesar. "Since it's your first time, want me to paint your nails for you? I promise I'm good at it!"

"Yeah, I can vouch for her quality," Marian snickered. Helen flushed a bit, her wings flicking.

"You're being too nice..."

"I'd say I'm being honest," Marian smirked, gently nudging her with her elbow.

"Okay, you can paint our nails," Kirin agreed (not really wanting to see them go back and forth with this), with Faust nodding beside her. "Do we pick the colors we want?"

"Huh? Oh yeah, just pick and I'll do the painting," Helen looked to Caesar. "What about you, Caesar?"

Caesar shook his head. "I won't be doing... this. I'm just here to hang out with you guys. I'll just watch."

"C'mooon, join us," Mante waved him down, waving a random container at him like how one would shake a cat toy. "Just this once! You never know, it might be fun."

"Nah."

Mante pouted, slouching "Fine."

"You folded quick," Marian noted with amusement, opening her nail polish.

"If he doesn't want to, then he doesn't want to."

Meanwhile, Helen beckoned Kirin and Faust closer, patting the area beside her.

"Have you two chosen the colors you wanted yet?" She asked, setting down some nail polish remover and cotton balls beside her.

Kirin glanced at Faust, who was holding up three bottles with a skeptical expression. One dark, crimson red, one black, and one that was a dull maroon. "Faust, you don't need to pick one that matches your clothes."

The Diablos tilted his head at her before catching a glimpse of the ten bottles she was holding. His eyes widened a fraction. Helen grinned when she saw the bottles. "Ooh! Rainbow nails?"

The blue haired girl nodded, though her face didn't shift, there was a slight air of smugness. "I do not know what fits me the most, so I'll try all of them."

"I see, I see," Helen hummed as he set it down, "Then I'll do yours first so Faust can have more time to decide."

As she began to work, Marian leaned back against the bed to admire her own work. She was quick, having already finished her non-dominant hand's polish. "It turned out good," she hummed. "Oi, Mante, you gunna do yours or nah?"

Mante was looking between orange and yellow. "... I was going to but now I don't know. Hm... Eh, y'know what? I'll give it a try."

Marian smirked. "That's the spirit!"

"It's not going to look good at all!" The dwarf cheered.

"Who cares!" The felpier cheered louder.

The two laughed. Caesar watched from the bed, tail twitching slightly. They seemed like they were having fun, but... he grit his teeth, trying to focus back on the book and snacks he'd brought.

"Oh, by the way," Helen said as she finished with the red color for Kirin, "Remember earlier back in Fighting Arts class when Roseta almost got stabbed by... what's his name again?"

"The annoying one with the bandana?" Marian asked, sticking her tongue out a bit as she tried to focus on her nails. It was harder to paint using her right hand...

"Yes, him," Helen uncapped the next color; orange. "I don't know his name —"

Faust whispered something to Kirin as he set down his bottles. Kirin nodded, "Faust says his name is Jack. Also, he decided on this one." She held up a bright red and glittery nail polish bottle.

"Ooh, pretty," Helen gave him a thumbs up. "I'll get to you as soon as I finish with Kirin."

"Who's going to do yours then?" Mante asked, not looking up from his hand. He was trying to do some nail art, giving his nails a plaid pattern, but was very clearly failing.

"I can do mine after," Helen dismissively waved her hand, "Anyway, before you guys got here I was outside and I passed by Taro and Jack, the two didn't seem too happy with each other. I think Taro's still mad about it."

"About what again?" Marian asked.

"About Jack almost stabbing Roseta, weren't you paying attention?" Caesar huffed, not even pretending to read his book.

"I was!" Marian snapped back, offended. "But it was complicated, okay?"

"What's so complicated about it? He almost stabbed her and other guy got mad."

"The way she said it, you dumb lizard!"

"Sounds like the words of someone without basic listening skills!"

As the two devolved into their usual bickering, Mante showed his claws to Helen. "Be honest, does this look okay?"

Her grimace was enough of an answer.

"What is it supposed to be?" Kirin asked, tilting her head.

"Plaid."

"Oh. Faust's horns are straighter than those lines."

Faust looked at Kirin with a face that said 'why'd you drag ME into this!?'. She looked right back at him with a face that said 'I do what I want'.

"We can fix it," Helen said as she moved on to yellow, "You can use some of the polish remover."

"I don't wanna waste it, though," Mante sighed. "Ehhh... Whatever, I'll keep it like this."

"You sure? You don't have to, I really don't mind."

"It's fiiine," Mante waved it off. He glanced back at Caesar and Marian after noticing that they'd quieted down.

Marian seemed to have finished with her finger nails already and had moved onto her toe nails. Caesar, meanwhile, was staring at them wistfully.

"You okay, C?" Mante asked, flexing his fingers.

"Huh?" Caesar blinked. "Oh. Yeah."

"... You know you can join us, right?" Mante showed him his nails. "C'mooon. Please, Caesar? Just this once?"

"..."

"Worst case scenario, you can just use the remover," Mante tried again.

"..." Caesar seemed conflicted. Mante glanced at Helen, who glanced at Kirin.

Helen cleared her throat, turning to face Caesar better and clapping her hands together in a praying gesture. "Please, Caesar? Just this once!"

Kirin reluctantly copied her — though much more carefully as her nails weren't dry yet. "Please, Caesar. Just this once."

"You could put a little more feeling into it, you know," Mante mumbled. "Also why are you two even copying me...??"

Helen giggled in response, almost messing up her next brush stroke. "No reason."

"What color are you gonna get, lizard?" Marian asked, tugging on Caesar's sleeve and trying to pull him down. Half-heartedly.

"Why are YOU assuming I said yes?" Caesar muttered, annoyed. And yet he sat down between Marian and Mante. "... moss green..."

Mante grinned, reaching out to rummage at the pile of nail polish. "Wow, you even got the color name right."

Caesar's face flushed a bit, "Just give it to me. I'll do my nails myself at least, shouldn't be too hard..."

Marian whispered something into Helen's ear that sounded suspiciously like "that's called 'hubris', right?" but Caesar decided to ignore her.

Kirin pulled her hand back after Helen finished with both of them, flexing her fingers a bit. "They're bright. Are they dry yet?"

"Uhh... the one I did first should be dry now," Helen said, glancing at Marian. "Also yes, that's what it's called."

"Someone's been reading dictionaries lately," Caesar commented dryly.

Faust meanwhile inched towards Helen, almost excited as he held the glittery red bottle. Helen smiled, "Alright! This should be a bit faster."

"Mine are dry," Mante lightly poked his claw. "Yep. Dry. You sure you don't need help, C?"

Caesar stared at Mante's nails. "After seeing how yours look, I don't think I do."

"They're not THAT bad!"

Marian snorted.

"Hey!" Mante protested. "Ugh, my dignity's really taken a beating today."

Caesar snickered, looking down at his own hand. He'd already finished one of his nails, it didn't look too bad, but it wasn't exactly great. But that was okay.

At least it was fun. (Not that he'd ever admit it, though...)

I didn't know how to end it so yeah, this is a bit abrupt. I'll see if I can draw this too haha