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Shiver sighed as she scrolled down social medias, hoping to find something, ANYTHING that could be entertaining enough for her to watch until her two best friends wake up. Today was Sunday, and while Octolings loved to wake up early and immediately start the day on a good mood, inklings had a tendency to sleep until lunchtime if they had the opportunity to do so. And Sunday was ALWAYS an opportunity to do so. And or course, big man wasn't any better in the matter despite how hardworking he could be. So Shiver had to wait for them to finally start the day off. And scrolling on social medias, while awfully boring and full of misguided lies, was the most entertaining thing she could do in silence and try to appreciate the chaos that was the world of the music industry.
"Callie Cuttlefish and Marina Ida, secretly a couple ?! Find out everything about their relationship !!"
Shiver snickered as she glanced at the news article, retweeted by Pearl showing off a photo of herself strangling her Callie plush with a smirk.
"Nah sorry Callie but if you try to get my girl the only thing you'll be kissing is my knuckles"
Under the photo, Callie had answered with her own photo, hugging Marina's plushie
"YOU'RE SO MEAN ... There's more than enough of her to share..."
Shiver snickered as she liked both posts. She knew that all of this was nothing but fun and games. But truthfully ... She knew just how much celebrities hated these clickbaity articles about their possible relationships around their own bandmates or pretty much any other person they were seen interacting with in public. The whole idea of being so morbidly fascinated by the private life of a celebrity just felt stupid to her. Why would someone even care so deeply about a random singer they just enjoy for their art ?! Just because Marina had a gorgeous voice meant that people should be able to know what she did in her bedroom ? Come on. That was plain stupid. Plus, not every single singer could fall in love with their bandmate just because they were nice, right ?
... Right ?
Shiver sighed and shook her head. Big man ... Well, he was pretty much a perfect guy. Sweet, sensitive, very caring and affectionate but hey. She couldn't be in love with him, she didn't like boys. But he sure was one hell of a best friend that she wouldn't give up on for the entire world.
As for Frye ? Well ... Okay. She had to admit it, she was cute. Like. REALLY cute. And somehow gorgeous at the same time. She often wondered why so many eyes were on her and not that many on Frye. She did have her fans but ... Hey, she sure as hell didn't get the recognition she deserved. Umh ... So yeah. She was cute, gorgeous, powerful and had a stupid amount of muscles, but was also slightly chubby and had these cute little teeth and big ears and- ... Okay, the point was, Frye was really pretty and she definitely deserved more attention. BUT. Shiver wasn't in love with her.
Because it would be too cliché ! Not everyone falls in love with girls they dedicated their entire careers to, spent every day with, daydreamed about their beauty and wished they could hold hands ... Softly ...
Shiver put down her phone and hid her face behind her hands to try and calm herself down.
She was in love with Frye. And she'd been too blind to realize it for the past few years. This ? This wasn't she expected her Sunday morning to go. All alone in her room, gripping down on her sheets like her life depended on it, wondering how ironic her life could be at times. This was stupid, so stupid ... But it made sense.
Suddenly, a knock on her door. Shiver froze as she watched it being opened, and a little yellow silhouette crawled from behind.
"Hey Shiv ! I know you always complain about us taking our sweet time Sunday mornings so ... Thought I could make you a surprise ! Do you want us to sneak out and get breakfast in town while big man's still- hold on Shiv, you cryin ?!"
Shiver looked at her own wet cheeks and quickly shook her head before wiping her tears off.
"It's nothing ... I just read a stupid article about us. Made me a little stressed."
"Awh ... Well don't you dare think about it one more second !! We're going out ! I'm no longer asking, this is a threat ! We're gonna stuff ourselves with pancakes until we can't breathe ! Or ... Something else, if you want to."
"Pancakes with you sounds heavenly. I'm in."
"HELL YEAH !! We'll bring something back for big man too, we'll think about it on the way out ! Don't want him to feel left out. He always looks so sad when we're not with him ..."
Shiver sighed and got up to reach Frye's hand
... Yes, it was cliché but ... How could she not fall in love with her ?