#also periodic reminder that the bloodswap blog is up for those of you who remember what it is

[bengallemon]

yooo look Xpressolight writing part uno

When I first did some Xpressolight art like, 2 days ago, writing brain was like “EYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WRITE SOMETHING” and I was like “no art first then write” and since i don’t have any more Xpressolight art today to give I wrote! This part is 1292 words long btw

(tagging @help-im-a-gay-fish since this is Xpressolight which is a great shipname)

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The sky is a bright blue, the surroundings a nicer part of a city, with green grasses and trees with leaves of all shades of red, orange and yellow. The quiet silence around the trio walking through the city is penetrated by the voice of the shorter one, her hair swaying wildly in the light breeze, reaching to just under her hips.

 “Please?”

“No.”

 The voice shooting her down belongs to the taller one on the other side, her bright golden blonde hair flowing neatly down to her elbows. She knows what the catlike one wants, judging from how she’s made her voice to have the most innocent, pleading tone she can muster.

 “Please?”

“No.”

 The one in the middle sighs, her shoulder length hair a coffee brown. She tries her best to ignore the other two, knowing they were going to be like this until they get back to the apartment the three of them share.

 “Please~?”

“No~.”

 The one asking for something stands up on the tips of her toes, her two fangs shining in the light of the waning day. The golden locket around her neck hangs loosely, the slowly dwindling afternoon light highlighting the lone crack in it.

 “Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease?”

“No, Cross. No chocolate for you.”

 The blonde one’s voice grows hard for a second or two, hoping to make it very clear what the answer will be.

 “Why not?”

“Because you’ll eat way too much?”

 The middle one joins in on the conversation, her voice soft and happy. Cross glares at her, her voice gaining the tone of mock betrayal, although there are hints of genuine betrayal in there, hidden.

 “Ccino! I thought you’d be on my side!”

 Ccino laughs, knowing Cross would try to use her to get all the chocolate she wants. Ccino spares a slightly afraid look at Dream as they try to figure out a way to placate Cross until they got home.

 “I’m Dream’s side, because we know what you’re like.”

“Yeah, you’ll eat too much and make yourself sick, so wait until we get home.”

“But I want chocolate now!”

 Dream sighs, shaking her head.

 “Just wait until we get home and then you can have some chocolate.”

“After dinner, though. Right, Dream?”

“I thought you weren’t gonna mention that!”

 Cross blinks a few times before her smile widens, her voice adopting a playfully suspicious tone.

 “What happened?”

“Dream a- “

“NOTHING HAPPENED I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT now let’s just go home and eat dinner!”

 Cross and Ccino begin to laugh, two clearly different laughs piercing the air. One soft and happy, the other quiet but sharp. Dream blushes furiously in embarrassment as the three of them continue to head home.

The back and forth between Cross and Dream goes on for a little while longer until they fall silent, the three of them just walking together, enjoying the content and not awkward silence between them.

The sky begins to obtain the fabulous display of colours that accompanies every dawn and dusk as the trio reaches the apartment building that they live in. One of the newest apartment buildings to be built, standing out in its cleanliness and more modernised look compared to the grey buildings around it.

Rumour has it the old apartment building exploded around ten years ago, only getting rebuilt and improved after eight or so years. Even though it’s a lot newer and better than the older, more run-down buildings around it, people hesitated to work there, much less move in. As a result, the individual apartments are a lot cheaper, making it perfect for three students to move in, still attend university and have part-time jobs and let the three save a lot more money than what they would have been able if they had chosen any other option.

 The three of them enter the building, going into the large elevator waiting to take them to one of the higher floors, where the much larger apartments are. The larger apartment is necessary, not just because there’s three of them, but also due to the fact that Ccino has a love of cats and has adopted… quite a few.

The door opens as they walk into the loungeroom, Cross instantly leaping through the air, hitting the couch and greeting the cats with all the snuggles they’ve had to miss out on when their owners were out. Ccino lets out a laugh as Dream sighs, moving into the kitchen to see what they have in stock.

Ccino sits down on the couch next to Cross, who has curled up into a ball, a cat on her head, one on each shoulder and three in her lap, all purring very loudly as she cuddles with them.

 “Why do you always cuddle with the cats but not with us?!” Dream whines from the kitchen, voicing what she and Ccino are thinking, both hearing the content purring. Two littler cats try to climb up Dream’s leg. She sighs as she pets them and place them on the floor.

 “Because cats are quiet, Dream. You’re loud.”

“Me, loud? The cats are way louder than me!”

“Well at least the purring isn’t annoying.”

 An exasperated sigh is heard from the kitchen, followed by a tired and slightly annoyed sigh from Dream right after it, causing Ccino, who has just been quietly sitting, listening to the small banter, to grow curious.

 “Is something wrong?”

 A bigger sigh is heard.

 “Yeah, we don’t really have anything quick to cook right now.”

“So, we should just order pizza or something then.” “Does this mean I get to eat chocolate?”

“NO.”

“Aw…”

 Dream laughs a little at Cross still trying to get chocolate before eating something actually substantial. Her laugh turns slightly dark, remembering some things.

 “We’ll order pizza, then you can have some chocolate. Not too much or we’re going to be awake all night.”

“But Dream, school is over for the rest of the year and we’re getting just that little bit closer to graduating! Can’t I have a little more?”

 Ccino lets out a happy exhale, remembering that they don’t have to worry about crushing amounts of homework for the rest of the year until school starts back up. She gets up to grab her phone, which she left on the coffee table, sitting back down on the white couch.

 “What do you two want?”

“Pepperoni please, Ccino.”

“CHOCOLATE.”

“No Cross, pick a pizza.”

“… Chocolate pizza?”

 Dream and Ccino both sigh, knowing they should have expected such answers.

 “Cross, there is no chocolate pizza. Now pick a type or we’re just gonna have one big pepperoni pizza since I know that’s what Ccino will pick.”

“Yeah, I don’t really care, and pepperoni is a classic.”

“… you can put chocolate on pizza. Ever heard of Nutella pizza?”

 Ccino inhales sharply.

 “Nutella on pizza is an abomination of the great thing known as pizza, and you know it! Besides, there isn’t Nutella pizza on the menu!”

 Dream laughs hesitantly.

 “Wow Ccino, didn’t know you’re so against Nutella on pizza.”

“It’s a terrible use of Nutella and it tastes horrible.”

“HOW DARE YOU.”

“I see we have someone who hates Nutella on pizza and someone who loves Nutella unconditionally… which isn’t surprising. So, this is a case of unstoppable force meets immovable object.”

 Cross rolls her eyes, now glaring at Ccino while petting the cats around her. She relents and lets Ccino order a large pepperoni, knowing that it will be enough to feed the three of them. Ccino gets back up, moving to the kitchen as well, wondering what drinks she should prepare for herself and Dream, already knowing what Cross wants, considering she lives off iced chocolate and hot chocolate.

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Also random questions since this is basically a sorta college/university AU for me, what sorta part-time jobs would Cross, Ccino and Dream have? Also stuff they would study also what’s the actual job title for working in a cafe/coffee ship and making the stuff and all that i would google it but i’m lazy