#they are having a sleepover and painting each others nails and gossiping about the humans

[lehnsharrk]

I think David 8 and Walter 1 would be good friends with Valerie 23 and Mary 25

[sevendidnoteat9]

"MC YOU'RE HEAD OVER HEELS FOR HIM !!" (MC x Asmo)

"UWU!!"

Warning: none !! just fluff !!

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You Had been head over Heels, For Asmo for a while now. You loved His beauty, His Confidence, How he always Made you feel so comfortable Rather than edging you on with His sin like His brothers Complained. You sometimes spent sleepovers in his Room just cuddling and chatting about life. Other times Dancing around, Painting each other's nail And him spilling all the gossip He knows. You sometimes found yourself daydreaming about him but Never told anyone. Besides, if the other brothers found about It, they would go sicko mode. Complaining "he had always spent too much with ya" or "He took away from our naps" And So on. Although you felt as The Demon you befriended at RAD was starting to catch on. Their Name was "Allisa" And honestly they were pretty cool. They could care less about you "Living in the house of lamination" As you were just so human With So Pacts with some Sins. When they caught You Day-dreaming they always Asked "who's this lucky person or thing you dream about? epoch ball?" (even being demon, they had human friends since they somewhat understood what the heck vines was.). You always replied with "nothing" but That was never the truth. You were dreaming about Asmo. How you fell under his charm and absolutely loved it. To speak of which, One day You two unfortunate Love-birds had overslept for RAD and no one ever thought To wake you Up !! Not even a angry, jealous Mammon dared barged in. As You hurried to get into Your Uniform, you & Asmo hurried to RAD as you were 40 minutes late ugh, no time for Breakfast. As You hurried to class you gave a small peck on Asmo's cheek on accident as you were supposed to turn left while he turned right but you in such a hurry, You conflated with Asmo, leaving a little peck on his cheek and a Surprised Asmo. you noticed your mistake-happy little accident 😩 in under 1.3 seconds and yelled out "SORRY ASMO!!!" as you ran down the halls to your next class. you only stood outside, knowing that you would explain to your first period teacher later as it was 2 minutes till your next Period started. This block you were sitting next to Allisa and you knew she would already have so many questions, as she didn't see you at your locker this morning. As soon as you set foot into the class, you thought you were the only one in there since The teacher had left to go to The bathroom And make sure no One in the halls Were Causing fights. "MC!! MC!!" and yep, the whines of Allisa already. You chuckled to yourself as Allisa may have questions that need answers but shes not asking them twice. She has too many questions To circle back to Just one. Since you too were the only ones In the empty classroom You explained your whole situation with having a Crush on Asmo to her, and hoped she maybe knew best. She had always knew the best answers for your Algebra questions. She sat there with a confused expression on her Face twirling her Hair for About 2 Minutes trying to figure out the situation. You had explained everything to Them in under a minute Before the teacher came back And Overheard this "gossip" or anyone Else Came in. To Speak of which you both had 10 More minutes of passing time. Before you could let out a worried sigh that Allisa wouldn't understand and call You "A Flustered human", They put their arms on your shoulders then hugging you which turned into-shaking you she screamed "MC YOU'RE HEAD OVER HEELS FOR HIM !!" "YEAH I AM BUT HOW DOES THIS HELP" "IM SHAKING THOSE NEGATIVE FEELING AWAY IDIOT" "FINE JUST HURRY BEFORE THE TEACHER COMES BACK". Poor passerby-ers just seeing a random person-demon shaking another human. after that class was over, You waved Allisa goodbye, as you now had 20 Minutes to spare before you next class. (Since your 2nd period is 2 hours long, RAD spares you 20 minutes for the poor souls who need a break) You spent a rushed text to Asmo telling him to "Meet you behind The School ASAP" with only 20 minutes you had lots Of Explaining to do, and didn't want any classmates to hear you/Witness you finally telling Asmo you love him. By the time you got to The Back of

the school, Asmo was already there. Annnnnd Allisa. "im witnessing truth love rather you like it or not Mc. now fucking admit what ya got to say "bestie"". That last part made you & Allisa snicker a bit but you continued to run towards Asmo and bring him into a hug. Asmo let out a little gasp as you tightly hugged him and he might have even pulled you into a tighter one. You then decided to declare your love for him. "Asmo,,i love you so much. your confidence, your beauty, your attitude. i love everything about you. please don't change at all,,." That last part made you & Asmo a bit teary eyed as you both had friends who changed everything about themselves for Someone who didn't even truthfully Love them. "oh darling, the only thing changing about me is my clothes and my outfits. and maybe some other things." That made you laugh as you hugged him even tighter. He pulled you both into that kiss that Lasted longer than what Allisa probably wanted since she argued: "No kissing longer than a minute on school grounds !!!!!!". After about 8 more minutes of that, they warned you guys that your time was up. "2 more minutes in till' 3rd Period starts !! C'mon let's goooo!!" . You gave Asmo one more peck on the cheek, Whispering "that wasn't a accident,,," Before running off with Your best friend-With a mischievous Grin on your face. <3

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THIS WAS SO GOD DANG FUN TO WRITE SORRY IM NOT THE BEST WRITER BUT SOME NICE FLUFFY FANFIC WRITING? HECK YEAH MAN !! REQUESTS ARE ALSO OPEN !!

[mammonology]

And they were best friends ⟨Leviathan, Satan and Asmodeus⟩

♡ Leviathan, Satan and Asmodeus's reaction to having Solomon as their crush's child-hood best friend (Bonus; Solomon!)

♡WC; 731

[!] Lumi's notes; No major notes today, hope you have a great day/night, luv u <3 (head empty, full of Solomon's friendship)

— [♡] ;Leviathan

✎This man's jealous fr, jealous is an understatement as he doesn't like how you spend so much time with the shady bitch

✎Yeah sure you guys are child-hood friends but you have Levi too!

✎I feel like he would treat everything as a competition,

✎He feels left out when you and Solomon start reminiscing about the past, he gets all sulky and pouty :(

✎Please reassure him that y'all are just besties or else he'll have the wrong idea and might push you away from him ;;

✎Gets all moody when you mention Solomon's name

❝Oh Levi! Solomon's just a friend, but you? You're my favourite demon, don't tell Mammon though❞

— [♡] ;Satan

✎Vibes with it, he's friends with Solomon so why not tag along with you two?

✎After a whole cuddle session, Levi hears a lot of embarrassing things that Solomon's done as a kid, Levi might just blackmail the sorcerer one day >:)

✎His favourite activities are targeting Lucifer as a prank victim, poor Lucifer is growing gray hair at such a young age 😢😢

✎Satan is living for it, you three become the three Musketeers type of thing and Lucifer HATES it, but what was he gonna do? Ban you? 🤡🤡

✎Satan likes his time with you, alone though. He's okay with Solomon tagging sometimes but if you keep bringing Solomon up he might get a lil upset as this is his special time with you!

✎He thinks your childhood memories are pretty interesting as he learns more about how humans lived as a kid

❝So you go around the play-ground, looking for random 'ingredients' to put in your 'potion'? ❞

✎He wants to see you as a kid, he thinks you'd look absolutely adorable! 🥺

✎He also likes seeing your face light up when you remember something from your childhood, you talk with Solomon animated like

✎You three get closer over time, and maybe even you and Satan would grow CLOSER if ya know what I mean ;)

— [♡] ;Asmodeus

✎Is quite the opposite, Solomon doesn't like it as he sees Asmo as a potential threat, no no no

✎Solomon would never leave you alone in a room with Asmo

✎Even if Solomon uses his pact to make Asmo go away that demon just won't, so with certain conditions Solomon let him hang out with you

✎And what's not good is that you live in the same house as him, but what can Solomon do? Cram you in the purgatory hall?

✎Not a bad idea but Lucifer would probably intervene

✎Solomon gets roped in your little sleepovers with Asmo, masks and painting his nails are you favourite activities whenever he joins, Solomon can act that he doesn't enjoy it but he does 😌

✎Gossiping is a big thing in these sleepovers too, truth or dare is also an activity you three do

❝Truth or Dare Solomon?❞

❝Truth❞

❝Who was your first kiss?❞

❝Okay! I think that's enough for today!!❞

✎You'd have to interrupt as YOU were his first kiss, on accident too ✨

— [♡] ;Solomon

✎He was pretty shook when he saw you at R.A.D, at first he thought he was going insane but no, it was you

✎He wasn't gonna lie though, you grew up fine ;)

✎He becomes very protective, did I mention he was gonna be protective? I mean you're a human, in a world full of demons, at least Solomon knows magic but you? You literally almost burnt down your house because you left the spoon while heating something in the microwave

✎He feels like he should be be responsible for you and look after you

✎Look out Simeon, Solomon is out for your guardian angel role 🤧

✎You two spend so much time together catching up with life and telling stories to each other and basically just talking about the past

✎The demon bros are low-key jealous as Solomon has so many memories of you, and saw side they probably haven't seen

❝Remember when you tried to climb a tree to save a cat but ended up falling anyway? Yeah, that was funny asf❞

✎Will NOT stop from spilling out the most embarrassing stories he's got from childhood, but he should be scared too as you got blackmail on him 😌

✎You two are probably known as the duo terror as you created chaos wherever you went but 😌 oh well ✨

✧Lumi

[vicunaburger]

Admittedly, I’m Hard to See

Fandom: Beetlejuice the Musical Chapters: 7/? Pairing: Beetlejuice x OC (Holidae) The Players: Beetlejuice, Lydia Deetz, Holidae Bell Word Count: 1,490 Warnings: M for Language, a little more Violence in this chapter

Notes: DemonPower!Beej needs more attention, I think. Expect him to pop up more often.

Chapter 7: In Which Civility is Attempted

It had been days, and no sign of the resident spectre.

There was still tension between Lydia and Holidae over the whole debacle; spurring random bouts of shouting at one another over the smallest of issues. In all honesty, their anger at each other was beginning to wane, but the lack of Beetlejuice kept Lydia on edge. It was unusual of him to disappear for so long, and there was no sign of him even just… being in the house unseen.

The tension had boiled over at the week-since-the-incident mark, and Lydia decided she needed to get out of the house for a while. She took the car into town, claiming the need for more camera supplies, and left Holidae alone to stew in her own guilt for the afternoon.

Anxiety wormed it’s way into Holidae’s brain; a constant buzzing sensation running through her veins as she paced around the house, looking for any kind of distraction, however inane it might have been. At a loss, she wandered outside onto the garish patio, flopping into one of the lawn chairs set out beside a small table. Thankfully, it was overcast and a cool autumn breeze scattered fallen leaves around the deck. Perfect napping weather, if nothing else.

Holidae had just started to nod off when the chair suddenly dipped down, creaking as it tried to bear the extra weight. Blinking her eyes open, she was nose to nose with the missing ghost, his expression… unreadable from such a close distance. The only clue she had was the purple hue that covered his normally green locks.

“That’s my chair, breather.” Beetlejuice leaned closer, pressing his chest against hers.

Holidae was pinned down in the lawn chair, surprised when it didn’t break under the weight of two full-grown adults. Moving her legs subtly, she realized only half of his weight was balancing on top of her, the rest of him hovering just a few inches above her bottom half. She couldn’t tell if it was more or less intimidating to see him just floating above her.

She poked at his stomach, “Thank you for reminding me I’m an imposition to everyone in this house, but I can’t get up.”

Without a word, he took hold of her by the shoulders, lifting her out of the chair as though she weighed nothing. He carried her up to the top of the full-sized wall facade, keeping her suspended high above the ground. Holidae clutched at his arms for dear life, her nails digging into his sleeves.

“No no no… wait, don’t… don’t….” Holidae’s voice cracked.

“This is the right height to break someone’s neck, right? Or at he very least, break something. I could always just snap it and then drop you just to make sure.” Beetlejuice’s claws ripped into her shirt as he loosened his grip. “Ooooh babydoll it has been a long time since I ended a life. Kinda miss it, you know? Lyds doesn’t really want me to hurt anyone, but since she’s not entirely thrilled about you lately, she won’t mind.”

Holidae was grasping at him, trying to reach around his neck to support herself, “Beetlejuice, please don’t drop me. Just… can’t we just talk? Lydia… she told me everything!”

The ghost casually vanished out of her grip, reappearing on the edge of the wall connected to the decking. Holidae felt herself being suspended in mid-air, invisible hands supporting her as she was caught mid-fall. A wave of nausea made her stomach lurch as she glanced down at the ground below, a soft haze clouding the edges of her vision. One of the transparent limbs was wrapped around her throat, forcing her chin upward to look at him instead of her impending death.

“Everything?” He asked, crossing one leg over the other, “That’s a little vague, isn’t it? Better start clarifying or… I dunno, maybe I’ll just forget to keep you up. Sometimes my attention span isn’t the greatest.”

For emphasis, he snapped his fingers, and Holidae dropped a few inches before being lifted back up. Panting hard, she fought the urge to just faint right then and there, her blood pounding in her ears loud enough to muffle his voice.

It was like the carnival ride from hell.

“She… she told me about the Maitlands.” Holidae was sweating now, the cold air making her shiver. “About how she could see you, a-about her mother, the N-N-Neitherworld… and the marriage that was subsequently followed by your murder.”

Another snap of his fingers and Holidae was perched on the wall next to him. She clutched his arm for fear of falling, pulling it tight against her chest as though she could will him to stay put. The two of them sitting there would have almost painted a rather… romantic picture, if not for the fact he had already made a few attempts on her life in the last five minutes.

Beetlejuice was surprisingly quiet for a long time, absently scratching a spot in the middle of his chest, “...she didn’t have to tell you that.”

“Lyddy just started talking, and I listened.” Holidae could feel her heart rate returning to normal, looking up at him to notice he was still sporting his violet hue. “Speaking of which: please go talk to her when she gets back. She’s miserable and I can’t fix it, but I know you can. Just… anything. Talk about the weather. Or some cool bug you found. Anything.”

“I don’t want to talk to her. She can come talk to me.” His brow was furrowed in frustration, but his hand managed to find its way onto her thigh despite his mood. “Besides, I’m sure you two will patch things up and start gossiping about me during sleepovers or some shit.”

Holidae gave his shin a swift kick, “Asshole. No wonder you two are bestest best friends; you’re both too stubborn for any sane person to tolerate. Suck it up and go make her happy.”

With an annoyed grunt, Beetlejuice dragged the girl up onto his lap, dipping her upper half low as though they were dancing, “Stupid move, kicking someone who is literally holding your life in his hands. Got a death wish or something? Listen, I already went through this suicidal breather routine with Lyds, I really don’t have the capacity to care about anyone else’s problems.”

“Then stop talking about it and just fucking drop me, I’m tired.” She knew it was a risky move, but it he wanted her pulverized on the ground, he wouldn’t have let her keep talking.

At least, she hoped that was the case.

The ghost stared at her for a long time, as if he were trying to see something on her person that would be otherwise hidden from view. She started to blush; but she wasn’t sure if it was from the intense scrutiny, or the blood starting to rush to her head from the angle she was being held. One thing she did note was that his violet coloring was fading away into his normal neon green.

“Alright, alright… dumb humans and your sense of morality.” Beej rolled his eyes, transporting them back to the deck. “Ugh, it gets so old.”

Well, in actuality he was standing on solid ground, but Holidae was being held up in his grasp; just enough to have her feet dangling helplessly in the air. Even though he wasn’t that much taller than she was, it was still enough of a difference to thoroughly annoy the poor woman. To add insult to injury, he started to swing her back and forth like a pendulum, causing her to wrap arms around his neck in reflex.

Her stomach did a little flip; being in such close proximity was making her feel off. It wasn’t the musty smell that hovered around him, as she thought as first. No, that wasn’t entirely unpleasant. And neither was his appearance in general, the longer she stared at him. Even with mold growing in various spots. He was rather attact-

Bad thought train, she mentally scolded herself. Must exit.

“Can you please let me down now? I would really appreciate being able to experience gravity.” Holidae pouted, feeling her cheeks flush hot even though he was noticeably cold to the touch.

He shook his head, sticking out his striped, snake-like tongue, “Pfft, who needs gravity? You’re being held in the arms of the Neitherworld’s number one bachelor. Feel honored, Holly-Berry, do you know how many undead ladies and lads would love to fill those shoes of yours? So many.”

Holidae was about to make a retort, when a suspiciously loud clicking caught both of their attentions at the same time. Lydia was standing in the doorway to the house, camera in one hand as she waved around the newly printed polaroid in the other. Beetlejuice and Holidae glanced at each other, and then back at Lydia as she inspected the photo.

“Damn. That guy at the store lied to me.” Lydia frowned, lining up the picture next to her two still-frozen companions. “Can’t see ghosts with this film.”

Writing Tags: @mr-geuse @paxenera @leiasolo77 @go-commander-kim @ashemspirit

[ssttitdramon]

Random SSTTITD Headcanons

-Not requested

-Again, everyone is back, safe and not registered for the war :)

First things first, the trio get Ramón a walkie talkie to keep up with them

Stella and Ramón like going to Auggie’s house every Thursday to raid his bookshelf and read

Chuck “this-is-why-i-don’t-read-books” Steinberg calls the three of them nerds for hanging out just to read (he’ll still show up anyway)

But once one of them starts reading out loud Chuck will listen intently- he won’t admit his interest tho

Auggie joined the school chess club and apparently has a lot of gossip to share from it

Ramón gets a job at the animal shelter and has a soft spot for the grouchy cats

Chuck likes to visit the shelter and even signs up as a volunteer to walk the dogs

Every now and then, Auggie’s mom invites everyone for dinner

Eventually, Auggie himself starts cooking for them and makes Stella his official taste tester

Omg Ramón teaching Chuck how to drive with his car tho

Very patient but still warns Chuck about being indebted to him if he crashes his car

Can't help but to laugh every time Chuck goes a little too fast and seeing the panic on his face

Auggie is about to throw up from the constant braking

He ends up getting out and joins Stella as the second human marker

"Just don't run them over, Chuck."

"Seven points on Stella, fifteen on Auggie."

Stella and Auggie are supportive but apparently Chuck thrives on backhanded compliments

"You've gotten a lot better this week, you're only missing me by another inch now!" 

"Chuck, you could woo anyone once you're in that car, you just gotta sit there."

While Stella loves writing horror, she also gets into poetry and occasionally reads it to her dad

“You should make a book out of these, Stella.” 

One time both Auggie and Chuck were sick and stayed home from school, so Ruth sat with Stella at lunch to keep her company :)

That day, Ruth insisted Stella would let her paint her nails a soft pink

Since then Stella lets Ruth test new colors on her nails 

Occasional sleepovers at either Auggie's or Chuck's

Stella sneaks out of her house while the boys wait by her window

The walk to either boy's house consist of everyone shushing each other from talking too loud and scaring each other about every bush that rustles nearby

If they stay at Chuck's, his mom enforces a 10:30 pm bedtime rule so they all bring flashlights 

Chuck holds it under his chin "you guys wanna scare Ruth again tonight?"

They all complain and throw pillows at him 

They totally stay up talking about conspiracy theories

"I'm making tinfoil hats for all of us tomorrow."

If they stay at Auggie's, they're usually eating in his kitchen

Auggie usually takes out his record player from his room and they all go through his collection to pick the night’s music

“I can’t believe you still have this one. Who are you, my grandma?”

“You’re still here dancing and listening to my stuff though.” 

One time, Ramón was on oven duty and somehow forgot the cookies that were in there

"Out of all of us, I would've thought Chuck would be the one who would burn my house down."

All windows and doors were opened to let the smoke out

Which allowed an uninvited furry visitor to wander into the kitchen

"THERE'S A DOG IN MY KITCHEN."

Trying not to spook the animal, Stella was the first to reach out to pet him

Got completely slobbered on

While Auggie was totally disgusted, Ramón and Chuck were already wanting to name the boy

"How about Peter Parker?"

"No its gotta be something simple like Ace."

"How about out of my house??"

They noticed he had a collar without tags 

Stella suggested they let the dog stay and go out in the morning to find his owner 

It took Auggie a lot of convincing to let the dog stay

Even more for the dog to stay with them in his room

The dog settled by Stella and Chuck's feet for the night

But in the morning they found him sleeping on top of Auggie

"So much for not liking Ben."

"Why would you name him after that dude from Living Dead? I thought we all agreed on Galactus last night."

"That was before Mount Rushmore and Apocalypse."

More Random SSTTITD Headcanons

[gwenshort]

last friday night

Beer bottles and trash floated around in her pool, which hadn’t been open at the beginning of the night. That one was going to get her in trouble with her dad. 

Looking down at the debris that floated on top of the green water, Arden cocked her head to the side with a shrug. She hadn’t even wanted to throw a party, it was just kind of started by one of the guys on the football team and she didn’t fight it. What was the point? There wasn’t a reason she couldn’t - her parents were out of town like they were on most weekends, so she really didn’t have anything better to do. Plus, it made her look good and the more people she won over, the closer she was to getting prom queen. But she wasn’t in a particular partying kind of mood now. 

Luckily, the party was winding down and the drunk teenagers were stumbling out of her house, some throwing more trash on the ground as they went. She wasn’t picking any of it up, that’s what the housecleaner was for. She’d give her an extra tip to not tell her parents about it and she’d sleep all day while the house was being scrubbed of any party evidence. 

Roaming around the house to really take in all the damage, she sipped some of her mom’s expensive wine that she pulled out when the last guest had left. Or so she thought. She was on her way to her room when she heard someone yelling out on her back deck. Great, she thought, the last thing she wanted to do was go tell some fighting couple that they needed the get the hell out of her house. But as she got closer, she made out that it was just one person screaming. 

Due to her curiosity and lack of respect for privacy, Arden peeked her head around the side of the door to see if she knew who it was. She recognized the head of blonde hair almost immediately and the longer she listened to her yell at someone, the more invested in the conversation she grew. The icing on the cake was finding out that the person on the receiving end of the call was Ian. 

When the conversation, or argument rather, came to an end, Arden didn’t even bother to hide when Ruby spun around, clearly intoxicated and upset. She swirled her wine around in the glass and stared at her, taking in her appearance. She was dressed decently - not how Arden would be for a party, but she couldn’t really fault her for that. The only time she’d seen her at parties before was after she started talking to Ian. Arden scanned her up and down, deeming that she had potential, she just didn’t use it to her advantage. 

“Sorry, I-.” Ruby swatted at the tears running down her cheeks, trying to cover up the fact that she was crying. Unfortunately, Arden didn’t have the patience for her drunken apologies and waved her off, stopping Ruby in her tracks. “I’ll go. Sorry.”  

Before she could get too far, Arden felt a pang of sorrow hit her - which was rare. She found herself feeling bad for the other girl, drunk and alone at a party screaming at her boyfriend, fling, whatever Ian was to her now on the phone. It almost pained her to call out after her. “Wait.”

Ruby turned around slowly, crossing her arms over her chest. She looked like a kicked puppy. It was disgusting. 

“Do you not have anywhere to go?” 

Ruby shook her head no, shifting her wait from foot to foot, clearly uncomfortable. It was a weird situation, the two of them both knowing the other for one reason or another, but they’d never interacted before. Arden couldn’t have cared less about her in a normal day to day situation, however, she knew that there could be a certain advantage to being nice to her. Ruby had dated Ian, which was whatever. Arden didn’t care about that. But Ian was interested in Lucy, Ruby’s best friend, and anyone who truly knew Arden knew that she couldn’t stand that Kilroy girl. It was part of the reason that she was hooking up with her brother. Harry. Who, was also a friend of Ruby’s. Or was. She couldn’t keep up. 

Arden sighed and led Ruby to her room, sitting her down on the edge of her bed before ruffling around in some drawers. She threw a pair of pajamas at her and motioned for her to get changed. Arden never had girls over for a sleepover - most of them at school didn’t like her and she wasn’t all that fond of the idea of painting each other’s nails and braiding hair. But she did want to see what a drunken Ruby would spill to her. 

And boy did she spill. 

After she explained her situation about Ian leaving her stuck at the party that he brought her to to leave with Lucy, Arden had made what she thought was the mistake of asking her if she had anyone else she could call, however, it brought up some dramatic gossip that she wasn’t mad at. 

Ruby’s head was in her hands as she mumbled on about her current situation. “And I can’t call my mom or dad because then I’ll just get a lecture about not going home and I turned down the Uber already and I have no money to get one for myself. Can’t call Lucy cause she sucks. Can’t call Jack cause he’s got a job tonight. Can’t go with Stella cause she’s friends with Lucy. And I really can’t call Harry cause we’re not friends anymore,” she slurred the words as she rubbed her temples. Arden’s eyebrow peaked in curiosity. 

“Why aren’t you friends?”

“Because...” she drew out the word slowly. “Because he says ‘don’t be mad’ and then I get mad but I can’t be mad anymore because Ian dumped me so we can’t be friends because I said I don’t care anymore and he said he doesn’t like me anymore so I said no to being friends.” 

None of it made sense. Drunk people sucked at elaborating on what they meant, so Arden either needed to drop it or pry. So she pried. 

“You said you didn’t want to be friends because he doesn’t like you?” She glanced at Ruby over her wine glass as she downed the rest of it. Any normal girl hooking up with the boy they were currently talking about probably would’ve gotten jealous at this point, but Arden didn’t like Harry as more than another human being that she sometimes hung out with. They were both bitter and mean and sarcastic, so she sometimes enjoyed his company. The hooking up was just a bonus. 

“Yes,” Ruby finally pulled her head out of her hands and stared blankly at the wall in front of them, blinking slowly. “Because friends don’t kiss friends and we were friends so now we’re not friends.”

“So that you can kiss?” 

“Yes.” Arden stared at her as her facial expression changed and she looked at Arden in panic. “I mean no.”

It was too late, she already spilled the truth. Arden smirked, enjoying the accidental slip. Ruby stumbled over her words trying to take back what she’d said, but the alcohol induced daze she was in prevented her from finding the words she needed to lie and instead she just begged Arden to not tell anyone anything she said. Not that she would actually mean it if she promised, but she told Ruby she wouldn’t tell anyone. Her secret was safe with her. 

The night went on and Ruby sobered up after Arden forced her to drink some water so that she wouldn’t be the one holding her hair back in the bathroom. She never wanted to do that, it was gross, but she never had the opportunity to do it either. She didn’t have friends, so having Ruby over was new for her. They didn’t know each other, but they had a lot of things and people in common and once they actually got to talking, Arden decided she didn’t dislike her. She was a little awkward and shy, but she warmed up as the night turned into morning. Arden even offered to give her a ride home the next day. 

It was like having a friend. 

Though, she still had a lot to learn about being a friend because she wasn’t keeping anyone’s secrets.