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Text You Later (In a Year or Six)

Summary:

Kenny and Marjorine kept in contact when she was locked in her room during covid-19. Well, somewhat.

(Text fic, word count isn't accurate)

Notes:

PERSONALLY I don't think marj is marj until like... high school buuuut ignore that we have kid marj all the way to victoria in this

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Part of a collab/trade/thing with someone on twt

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Ken!

Today 3:13 PM
hey marj
KKKKKEEEENNNNYYYYY

r u gonna play stick of truth with us 2 day
I'm grounded
aww
ok
mayb next time
Yeah

Ken!

Today 5:20 PM
marjjj
r u still grounded
Yep
Probably for a few more weeks
Look at this emoji XDD O_o
ugh
whatd you even do again??
haha its so weird
They never tell me
They only say I'm grounded longer if I ask :/
its been like months ?
they cant keep u locked up in there 4evr ill fight them
Lol Thanks Ken
Just give them time, they'll come around
Probably

Ken!

Today 7:42 PM
Ken did you do the homework yet?
no HAHA
y
I don't get it at all D:
I was curious if you could help
nah
ask kyle hes the one good with smart shit
Don't put yourself down like that kenny
Didn't you say you were taking a science class made for 9th graders next year?
yeah
and math
point taken
fine ill get it out and we can work on it 2gthr
Yay :)
k so for the first one

Ken!

Today 2:03 PM
Strawberry is just the better flavor sorry you have bad taste :p
yeah yeah
chocolate is the best n u know it
anyway
u still doing online school even tho its the last yr?
Yeah
My parents are still worried abt the whole health stuff
the orders were lifted ages ago dude thats ridiculous
Ikr?
I miss seeing you guys
But it's fine online school is soo easy
ur lucky
it's not zoom anymore right?
u just have to do that async course thingy?
Yeah
I barely even do any work
id kill for that
Nah it's better for you to actually learn smth
Trust me
lol ig
i gtg
ttyl marj
Bye ken :)

Kenny

Today 6:39 PM
Look at this cat that walked past my window today
AWWW
wanna see my cat?
Since when do you have a cat
[Sent a photo]
his names Mr Possy III
Put that thing back where it came from oh my god
Leave the little fella alone
:(
hes my friend!!
He's actively biting your jacket sleeve
we all have different ways to show affection

Kenny

Today 2:50 PM
I'm watching youtube and eating ice cream
i was wondering when the daily marjorine random status update would come in
Oh shut up
i like them though
:)

Kenny

Today 9:01 AM
marj
you havent texted me in 2 days did u die
Hi Ken
I got my phone taken away
what
y
Idk
My parents just decided I wasn't studying hard enough
its summer break
are you sure i dont have permission to kill them???
Yes
:p
But thanks for looking out for me

Kenny

Today 12:44 PM
Your last week of freedom!
yeah while you keep it forever
I wouldn't call being locked in my room freedom really
i meant from school
but fair point
they seriously need to let you out of there or im calling cps
I still have to do online I'm not completely out!
But you're right it's way easier LOL
Oh shut up I have food and water and a bathroom and stuff
I'm fine it's just a little grounding
They'll tell me when it's over!
if you say so
but seriously
i miss you
like I mean
we all do
Miss you too Kenny :( tell everyone I say hi next week k? I gtg
Byeee

Ken

Today 4:18 PM
high school classes are hard as fuck
LOL
You knew they would be
yeah
true
You literally signed up for 2 AP classes as a Freshman bc of being ahead
okayyy okay u made ur point
still tho
yk i always thought you'd be in hs with us
Yeah
Me too
But at least the online classes r still easy
And I found out how to bypass the parental controls on the iPad
U DID NOT HAHA
Yup
Now when I finish class I can just play games and go online n stuff
More than just txt u guys all day
thats fun at least
plus u dont rlly get hw
unlike me
and i have a shit load to do speaking of
Good luck lol
thxxx

Ken

Today 12:32 PM
i hatw this fucking school
i hate this fucking class
i hate evrything
Oh calm down
You got a C on one test
You'll live
ap is ruthless marjie
a C could ruin me
i could never recover
and u dont even care
my schooling is over
im gonna have to drop out
ill never go to college
my one shot was a full scholarship and its ruined

Ken

Today 12:34 PM
i hatw this fucking school
i hate this fucking class
i hate evrything
Oh calm down
You got a C on one test
You'll live
ap is ruthless marjie
a C could ruin me
i could never recover
and u dont even care
my schooling is over
im gonna have to drop out
ill never go to college
my one shot was a full scholarship and its ruined
Oh my god
STOP SPAMMING
fine
Ken
You will survive
i usually dont its ok
?
nvm
You're so weird
thanks i pride myself on it
But you're also the smartest kid I know probably
So I think you'll be ok
woah
more than kyle?
More than kyle :)
im rubbing this in his face all day now
o shit i gtg lunch is ending
byeee

Ken

Today 7:28 PM
spring break is called break for a reason
this much homework should be ILLEGAL
LOL
Told ya 2 AP might be too high of a workload...
shut uppp
when im graduating in three years with all honors youll all see
You barely graduated 8th grade
ok yeah but like
im trying this time
cuz i realized scholarships exist and i could have a way out of this place
plus i found out science is kind of fun if you have an actual teacher
Mr. Garison's science lessons weren't enough? Lol
turns out when ur not only learning about biology in the sense of which celebs have kids with e/o you get some interesting facts
LOLOL
Well I believe in you at least
5 seconds ago you reminded me I barely made it out of middle school
Shhh
I'm your number 1 cheerleader
ooo
does that mean youll wear a cute cheerleader outfit to go with it?
Nice try
Even if I did I'd never get out of this room for you to see it xd
fair point
im going back 2 studying
bye bye marjie

Ken

Today 1:16 PM
I'm so bored today :(
dont send frowny faces at me
ur too pretty to be frowning
Stopppp
just speaking truth marjie
anyway
whats going on
I finished all the work for the week already bc of this async method
And now I have nothing to do
you cant just play games?
Well I do but it gets kinda boring yknow?
And my parents might ground me if they see me not on the school app for too long
I'm sure they've got some kind of activity tracker on this thing I wouldn't put it past them
ugh
asking for the millionth time would it really be so bad if i killed them
Do not kill my parents
fineeee
Idk maybe they won't notice if I'm playing games too long tonight they said they're going to a movie
Apparently
Idk if they left yet they boarded off my window last week
what the fuck
like actually wtf
are you sure i cant kill them
Yes
can i see if my mysterion costume still fits and try to intimidate them into being nicer to you like i did to my parents as a kid
LOL
I think they'd find a way to get mad at me for it somehow
bleh ur right
well good luck in solitude i hope the internet and ur games entertain you
wish we could hang out or something thatd be more fun
Yeah
Me too
And thanks Kenny ttyl

Ken

Today 8:37 AM
I thought the whole point is that he didn't make it
fuck
is it??
It's like symbolism
UGH
i fucking hate english
im failing this test marjie
Pls
I'm sure you got this
IM NOT
Kenny calm down lol
studying help would be so much easier in person
I know but :(
Just try your best alright?
thx marj
Good luck

Ken

Today 6:59 PM
I'm sure there's definitely no real life repercussions for scamming people online right
marj...
You don't think the police will show up or anything right
My parents would kill me
Well I don't know they haven't seemed to care much about me at all lately!
if the police show up they can finally bust you out of there
and then we can go on a real date instead of just calling every now and then
True
i said this since the day they locked you up in there marjorine
they dont care and u need to let me kill them
They haven't checked on me in like... weeks
They used to at least let me know when they were going places and stuff
sorry that theyre assholes
but anyway whats this about scamming people
Uhh
Nothing

marj.
It's nothing bad Kenny
ITS SCAMMING PEOPLE WHAT IS NOTHING BAD ABOUT THAT??
If they're creepy enough to be messaging a high school girl on a forum they deserve it
HAHAHA
okay ur right
go ruin weirdos lives babe
Thanks Ken
All in a days work
this is why ily
Love you too

Ken

Today 3:04 AM
[Missed call]
Kenny
Kentny
[Missed call]
kenny pleadr andwer
Fuck
Ur prosbdby sleepinf
Im so worired kenny
My parenrs havent saida nythtin in mknths
What if soemthfijt happened to them?
[Missed call]
What if something didn't?
Kenny
What if they forgot abouy me
They prosbnt dont even care
Everyone didnt care ive been here for years and ur the only one who event tried to keep in touxh more than a dsy
[Missed call]
Everyien just fuckign left me

Ken

Today 7:13 AM
marj???
marj hun pls i was asleep
r u ok???
im sure its gonna be ok marjie im here
It's alright Kenny I was just having a moment
Don't worry about me
r u sure???
Yeah. :)
ok
ily
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Ken

Today 1:56 PM
this is killing me
[sent a photo]
LIKE WHY DOES IT SAY THAT HAHA
Lol
Funny

Ken

Today 9:18 AM
i have a test today wish me luck marjie
Good luck
thanks knowing ur rooting for me will give me strength
Nice

Ken

Today 11:31 AM
i wish we could go on a real date
I bet
?
dont u?
ig

Ken

Yesterday 5:21 PM
marjjjj
Today 3:43 PM
Sorry I was busy
its alright
Read 3:42 PM

Ken

Today 2:22 PM
r u alright?
u havent txted me in a while
Sent

Ken

Wednesday 4:15 PM
hope ur having a good day
Sent Yesterday 10:39 PM
i saw a cute stuffed animal today i think ud like it
i bought it so i can give it to u someday
Sent Today 2:22 PM
i miss u
Sent

Ken

Today 6:07 PM
my room almost caught on fire 2day
i cant tell if ud laugh or scold me if u saw
Sent

Me

6 Years Ago 6:07 PM
I can text myself O_o XD
I can text myself O_o XD
Today 2:53 AM
Did they ever really care?
Did they ever really care?
No one even tried to get me out of here
No one even tried to get me out of here
No one even tried to check in on me
No one even tried to check in on me
My parents could've at least had the courtesy to take the parental lock off the notes app before they abandoned me
My parents could've at least had the courtesy to take the parental lock off the notes app before they abandoned me
Kenny says he cares but what did he ever do except joke about it?
Kenny says he cares but what did he ever do except joke about it?
I don't have anyone
I don't have anyone
It's fine
It's fine
I don't need anyone
I don't need anyone

Ken

Monday, XX/12, 5:10 PM
im a senior today
wish u could celebrate the end of the school year with us
Read 7:12 PM Thursday, XX/15, 9:49 AM
i love u
Read 9:56 AM

Ken

Friday, XX/23, 7:33 AM
i still wave when i walk past ur window
Read 4:21 PM Wednesday, XX/28, 10:38 AM
im just glad it says seen
so at least ik ur still alive in there
Read 4:22 PM

Ken

Friday, XX/02, 11:20 PM
i finished moving into my dorm today
i got full ride scholarships like i always talked about
Sent Tuesday, XX/06, 5:51 PM
i wonder what ur doing now
Sent Sunday, XX/11, 12:14 PM
theres a cat on campus that lives somewhere by my science classes
some kids call her marjorie and it made me laugh bc it sounded like ur name
Sent

Ken

Saturday, XX/19, 1:47 PM
hi
Sent

Ken

Today 3:38 PM
summer break started for me today
i wonder if ur still doing online school
yr 3 of college already woohoo
Read 9:40 PM

Ken

Today 9:19 AM
Marjorine
idrk why u stopped txting me but know im not gonna stop txting u
i remember u said i was the only kid who even tried to keep in touch
i know i might be the only one u still have
and idk what ur going through but i want to go through it with you
deep down i still care about you
so
ill be here when ur ready for me to be again
Read 11:13 AM

Ken

Today 12:36 PM
I'm sorry
its okay
It's not
I was mad at you over something you couldn't have even controlled
I resented you because I was locked in here
Like you ever could've have done anything about it
It's not okay
its not
but i still forgive u
I still care about you too
yk i still have that stuffed animal i got 4 u
You never abandoned me
Even though I was a real asshole
Even though everyone else did
i would never abandon u
i rlly mean that
I'll txt you again later Kenny
I have a business call
promise?
and u have to explain wtf that means when u come back
Promise

 

Victoria

Today 10:14 AM
I got it
Oh ymgod
FOR REAL?
YES
[Sent a photo]
It's unlocked
omg
so...?
I'm leaving
I think its time enough
me too
I'll be over soon Ken
i can't wait
It feels surreal
ik baby
i just cant wait to hug you for real
Me neither
I love you
love you too

Victoria

Today 11:43 AM
I'm here
see you at the door
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Notes:

SORRY IT'S SHORT I HAD FUCKING INSANE WRITERS BLOCK FOR THIS BUT STILL WANTED TO CONVEY THAT IDEA OF AN ANGST INTERPRETATION OF KENJORINE TALKING DURING THE PRE POST COVID JDFJDF

 

And optional reading, I'm laYIN' THIS OUT BECAUSE THE ENGLISH KID IN ME NEEDS YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS TRYING TO PORTRAY WITH THE MESSAGES
First we have kid marj and kenny texting and you see marjie is childish and silly and an annoyance with emojis bc /I/ was like that as a kid and I say she'd be. Then we see a slightly older marj and kenny with them going into middle school and the main goal to portray here with lines like "i was wondering when the daily marjorine random status update would come in" is that she texts him alll the time and she texts him first 99% of the time. Then they go into hs and we see they're still texting all the time and mostly you see kenny getting a little more flirtatious with like the cheerleader outfit comment and the too pretty to frown comment AND THEN HIS CONTACT NAME HAS HEARTSSSS I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO MUCH MORE ENDEARING THAN A CONFESSION WAS WATCHING THE CONTACT CHANGE OVER TIME and it changing also reflects her changing it as they get older but anyway. same effect for when it loses the hearts 3 we see marj starting to get more fed up with her situation and her parents and then she has a panic attack and we see her messages get more strained before she stops replying to kenny entirely. She texts herself bc she has nowhere else to vent her feelings and we see that kenny never gave up on her, still updating her about his day and still harboring his affection for her and finally he says he's not going to leave her because he knows how she must have felt watching everyone else do that and a few days later or months or whenever you interpret it she replies to him apologizing and they reconnect and then we FLASH FORWARD TO HER BREAKING HER LOCK ON HER DOORRR AND SHE LEAVESSS WAHOOO anyway sorry if you read all that you deserve a medal okay bye ily