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— Dumbass Tributes: 10:00 am

Coral: Lamina needs to go kill herself

Reaper: No.

Mizzen: What happened?????

Lamina: I literally did nothing to you

Tanner: is this like the time you threatened to stab me about… a certain thing😭

Coral: Yes.

Lucy Gray: Don’t stab people :)

Coral: okay

Mizzen: wonder why she switched up that fast

Treech: guess we’ll never know🤷‍♂️

Coral: Lumberjack, did you tell Lamina????

Treech: Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t.

Lamina: he did

Coral: …

Tanner: Hey, I didn’t tell anyone! That has to count for something right?

Coral: I hope you all perish.

Lucy Gray: Really?

Mizzen: Even me? :(

Coral: You two are the only exceptions

Dill: I didn’t even do anything though

Coral: Too bad.

Reaper: Oh my god.

Coral: Stfu

Treech: 💀

Lucy Gray: By the way, can I add someone? :)

Jessup: it better not be who I think it is

Mizzen: who?

Jessup: her boyfriend :/

Coral: What.

Tanner: HA

Lucy Gray: ?

Coral: Yeah sure add him I want to know what he’s like.

Lucy Gray: okay! :)

Lucy Gray added Coriolanus

Coriolanus: Lucy Gray? What is this?

Coral: a group chat.

Coriolanus: oh, so you’re the people I’ve heard so much about?

Mizzen: LG you talk about us🥺

Lucy Gray: Why wouldn’t I?

Mizzen: :)

Coriolanus: well nice to meet you all?

Tanner: Yeah it’s nice to meet ya too😆

Coral: Tanner.

Tanner: 🤷‍♂️

Treech: 0-0

Lamina: So Coriolanus🤨 do you have friends?

Coriolanus: Yeah?

Mizzen: Ooh you should add them🤩

Coral: Mizzen, no.

Coriolanus: Why would I add them?

Lucy Gray: So you’re more comfortable here?

Coriolanus: …

Treech: do it

Coriolanus added ten people

Lizzie: 😨

Persephone: heyyy

Felix: 😟

Mizzen: How many friends do you have💀

Persephone: 🤷‍♂️

Coral: Oh god

Festus: What’s up😆💅

Tanner: Uhhh

Sejanus: Wait, what is this?

Marcus: NO NO NO

Sejanus: Marcus????

Dill: Wait Marcus you know this guy?

Marcus: UH NO

Mizzen: 😭😭😭

Arachne: Why am I here???

Clemensia: What’s wrong Arachne?

Festus: yeah what’s wrong?🥺

Hilarius: 😃

Coriolanus: I regret this.

Coral: good

Lamina: Treechhhh

Treech: yeah???

Lamina: Wanna go to Hot Topic?🥺

Treech: I’m coming rn

Tigris: Oh I love Hot Topic

Lamina: Me and you are friends now. Wanna come with?

Tigris: Okay! Meet you there!

Lucy Gray: Nice to see everyone is getting along :)

Clemensia: OH IS THIS YOUR GURLFRIEND CORYO????

Felix: HUH

Arachne: Really???

Sejanus: You have a girlfriend?

Tanner: I just love this energy.

Coral: Tanner istg

Reaper: No no he has a point

Sejanus: What?

Mizzen: I know what you are.

Sejanus: …

Festus: Erm.

Lizzie: Ohhhh I get it

Coriolanus: Get what?

Clemensia: Bro You’re so oblivious💀

Mizzen: Coral is the same.

Coral: MIZZEN

Festus: Damn

Tanner: Festus? Like the god?

Festus: what

Tanner: Hephaestus, Festus for short?

Festus: That’s not even spelled the same way

Brandy: Tanner istg don’t say it

Tanner: Say what???

Brandy: don’t.

Festus: Wait, say it, I wanna know.

Tanner: Hephaestus is the god of fire, no wonder you’re so hot😍

Brandy: 🤦‍♀️

Festus: Uhm

Pup: BRO YOUR FACE IS SO RED😭😭😭

Arachne: oh my god it is.

Coral: Wtf Slaughterhouse???

Mizzen: 😭

Festus: You don’t even know what I look like.

Tanner: I don’t need to see you to know you’re stunning😔

Festus: STOP

Lizzie: No no keep going this is hilarious

Tanner: You want me to stop flirting, or stop my love for you?🥺

Festus: I’m done. I’m done.

Tanner: Don’t go my love🥺

Clemensia: This is the best😭

Festus: Bye🙏

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— Dumbass Tributes: 5:00 pm

Tigris: Coryo tell Grandma’am I’m not going to be home🙏

Coriolanus: Why???

Tigris: Hanging out with my new best friends

Lamina: yesss💅

Treech: Sleepover🙏

Mizzen: what no way I wanna have a sleepover😭

Lamina: Should’ve gone to Hot Topic with us then🤷‍♀️

Mizzen: But I only like the Hello Kitty store :(

Persephone: Oh I love Sanrio🤩 who’s your favorite?

Mizzen: Uhhh Hangyodon or Keroppi

Persephone: Oh Hangyodon is a rare one huh

Mizzen: yes😭

Persephone: I like the little twin stars🥰

Mizzen: 😨 Every year for Halloween I try to make Coral go with me as the twin stars but she doesn’t want to🥺

Coral: I am not dressing as the pink one

Mizzen: SEE

Persephone: I’ll dress up with you🥺

Mizzen: 🥺

Festus: What is happening

Tanner: I guess our relationship isn’t happening😔

Festus: STOP

Tanner: Stop what my love😍🙏

Brandy: I’m sorry man but anytime you talk Tanners just gonna do… whatever this is

Festus: I’m going to kill myself

Tanner: That means you’ll be an angel, or are you already one❤️😍

Clemensia: This is the best thing I’ve ever seen

Arachne: Festus, I’m sorry you have to deal with this…

Festus: Arachne🙏 My best friend🙏 help🙏

Hilarius: Wow rude

Persephone: good to know😒

Felix: Does our friendship mean nothing to you?!

Clemensia: I don’t really care

Coriolanus: what

Lucy Gray: Ummm

Jessup: Look what you’ve done💀

Lucy Gray: 😭

Coral: Don’t blame her

Mizzen: 🤨🤨🤨

Sejanus: ...uh

Mizzen: 🤨🤨🤨

Sejanus: Stop😭

Clemensia: I know what you are😉

Lamina: attachment: 1 image

Dill: Is that Treech?

Lamina: Yes💅

Treech: BRO LAMINA WHY😭

Mizzen: Help the black lipstick and eyeshadow😭

Tigris: I gave him the best Smokey eye🤩

Treech: This is so embarrassing😭

Mizzen: I quite like it, you look cool :)

Coral: (I know what you are)

Lucy Gray: When I was- a young boy🥺

Lamina: My father🤩

Clemensia: it’s giving

Persephone: No cause you ate that Smokey eye Tigris😍

Tigris: I’m such an artist😔

Arachne: Why do I actually like that

Lamina: Come to the emo side🥺

Treech: We have my chemical romance

Tigris: period

Arachne: I searched emo aesthetic, and- I low key kind of like it😭

Festus: Arachne no, don’t be emo😭

Arachne: Oh god uhhh

Festus: Think of Bath and Body works🙏

Lizzie: Oh I love Japanese cherry blossom

Lucy Gray: Wait a minute.

Lizzie: What.

Arachne: Bath and Body works😭

Tigris: We also like Bath and Body works🙏

Lamina: Especially the Luminous fragrance😔

Arachne: Can we go to Hot Topic tmrw?

Treech: Yes🤩

Festus: Arachne💀

Hilarius: breaking news Arachne is joining the emos🖤🖤🖤

Tigris: well, I’m more of the pink pastel side of Hot Topic🤷‍♀️

Lamina: Yeah me and Treech are the darker side

Treech: I mostly like the dhmis merch😭

Felix: HUH THEY HAVE THAT THERE?!

Treech: Now they do yeah

Felix: Can i join🥺

Lamina: The more the merrier

Arachne: Yes Felix🤩

Tigris: Join the emo side🥰

Lucy Gray: @Lizzie I’m sorry, but Japanese cherry blossom?

Lizzie: Yes?

Lucy Gray: You haven’t, perhaps, gone into Jessup’s car?

Jessup: Oh no

Lizzie: Uhhh

Hilarius: Oh my god Lizzie

Dill: Wait, are you two dating?

Reaper: what.

Jessup: Uhm

Lucy Gray: I KNEW IT

Lizzie: 😭

Festus: damn

Tanner: 😍❤️

Festus: I can’t💀

Arachne: Sounds like a you problem🤷‍♀️

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— Dumbass Tributes: 2:00 am

Treech: I can’t sleep😭

Mizzen: Are Lamina and Tigris asleep?

Treech: yes

Mizzen: Are we the only ones awake????

Treech: apparently

Mizzen: so what are you gonna be for Halloween🥺

Treech: It’s January😭

Mizzen: Okay so?

Treech: Well Lamina is gonna be strawberry shortcake and I’m a be Huckleberry Pie

Mizzen: Aren’t they love interests💀

Treech: We the platonic version

Mizzen: for two friends y’all awfully coupley?

Lamina: I’m a lesbian???

Treech: Lamina😨

Mizzen: Be who you are🥺🙏

Lamina: And Treech is Gay

Treech: IM NOT GAY

Lamina: BRO YOU SAID RYAN REYNOLDS WAS HOT

Mizzen: no but who doesn’t think he’s hot?😍

Treech: Maybe I’m bisexual idk😒

Lamina: 💀💀💀

Mizzen: damn

Festus: Wth is happening

Coral: Looks like your boyfriend isn’t here right now

Festus: HES NOT MY BOYFRIEND

Tanner: I’m not🥺❤️

Festus: 💀

Tanner: my love😍❤️🥰🥺

Festus: Oh my god

Brandy: Tanner💀

Tanner: what?🥺

Festus: BRO IF I GO ON A DATE WITH YOU WILL YOU STOP?!?

Tanner: wait really

Festus: yeah?

Tanner: fam I was joking but I mean… if you want

Festus: you know what? Why not? What is there to lose?

Felix: damn

Arachne: Festus is Gay confirmed???

Festus: We’ll see💀

Hilarius: would you go on a date with me🥺

Festus: ew no

Sejanus: 😭

Festus: stfu

Sejanus: What did I do???

Festus: exist🤷‍♂️

Brandy: Tanner are you sure you want to date this dude💀

Tanner: yeah im sure

Felix: this about to be the most toxic relationship😃

Persephone: anyone wanna go to the Hello Kitty store later?🥺

Mizzen: ME I WANNA GO

Persephone: Yesss

Coriolanus: What the hell did I miss

Sejanus: Hey Coryo :)

Clemensia: BE WHO YOU ARE FOR YOUR PRIDE

Lucy Gray: Oh wait.

Sejanus: Leaving this planet🙏

Festus: finally

Tanner: yes😍

Festus: Are you backing me up???

Tanner: yes, cause you’re better than everyone

Festus: I could get used to this🤩

Hilarius: what😭

Lucy Gray: Wait Sejanus😃

Sejanus: getting a gun🙏

Clemensia: Lucy Gray, do you understand.

Lucy Gray: yes.

Sejanus: Hanging myself🙏

Coriolanus: why?

Felix: 💀💀

Pup: How are you this stupid

Clemensia: guys it’s not his fault his genetics are wack, no offense Tigris

Tigris: none taken😆

Lucy Gray: Don’t worry I’m not mad

Sejanus: Oh thank whatever god is out there😭

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— Dumbass Tributes: 3:00 pm

Coral: Why the hell did I just find out Festus is a regular at Starbucks

Arachne: what?

Felix: What does he get?

Coral: Trenta pink drink, brownie, egg bites

Clemensia: That’s so white😭

Arachne: Gay

Festus: BRO

Lizzie: Wait, wouldn't he have his name on the order??? So you already know his name?

Coral: He makes his name Rocky when he orders

Sejanus: Wow, like the movie Creed? So creative…

Festus: STFU

Tanner: I’ll get you Starbucks anytime😍

Festus: You will?

Tanner: Anytime you want it👍

Festus: Again, could get used to having a boyfriend

Arachne: You’re gay

Lucy Gray: Wait Coral you're a Starbucks barista

Coral: Yeah

Bobbin: You look like a Starbucks barista

Coral: The fucks that supposed to mean?

Lamina: Language😭

Brandy: where the hell did you come from Bobbin

Bobbin: your mom

Wovey: :)

Lucy Gray: Oh hi Wovey!

Wovey: Hello!

Treech: is it me or not that many people text here?

Hy: wdym?

Clemensia: where are these people coming from😭

Sol: 🧍

Felix: what

Marcus: honestly we all stopped texting after you added all these people

Sejanus: like me?

Marcus: bye✌️

Sheaf: fr

Pup: what’s going on😭

Arachne: I’m at Hot Topic where y’all at💀

Lamina: Are you the girl with her hair up???

Arachne: no? What does she look like?

Treech: she looks like a snobby rich girl

Felix: OH GOD THATS LIVIA GO THE OTHER WAY

Coriolanus: oh I hate her

Festus: Shes more of a bitch than me

Wovey: huh?

Reaper: Guys, there is a child in this chat.

Festus: Oh no the child😒

Tanner: Festus.

Felix: Bro you just messed up.

Festus: I’m sorry???

Hy: I like how you all moved on from the fact that Coral is a Starbucks barista

Coral: What about it???

Mizzen: 😭

Coral: Can’t a girl make some money in this economy🤨

Velvereen: it’s just weird😭

Sabyn: like you look like a Starbucks barista would look😃

Circ: They’re saying you look gay

Coral: YES I KNOW I CAN TELL

Felix: BRO TREECH WHERE ARE YOU

Treech: MY GOD IM LITERALLY OUTSIDE WITH LAMINA  AND TIGRIS

Arachne: Hurry up😒

Tigris: I see Livia💀

Felix: Oh my god she’s at Bath & Body Works😃

Persephone: Which direction?

Lucy Gray: Is this a spy movie???

Lizzie: We really don’t like Livia

Pup: true

Jessup: How awful is she???

Festus: Worse than me

Tanner: Impossible you’re amazing🙏

Festus: Thank you🥰

Persephone: SHES GOING NEAR THE HELLO KITTY STORE HELP

Mizzen: What? You’re right next to me😭

Persephone: MIZZEN HIDE

Felix: When you talk to someone through the phone that’s right next to you.

Treech: 🤨

Mizzen: Girl just pushed me under a table💀

Arachne: Tell us what’s happening🥺

Mizzen: SHE JUST CALLED ME A PEASANT

Lizzie: Livia???

Mizzen: YES SHE JUST SAID, ‘I thought I saw you with a peasant?😒’

Coral: Damn

Lucy Gray: 😭

Mizzen: I THOUGHT I HEARD A SLUR FOR A SECOND😭

Brandy: What???

Felix: Canceling her on Twitter💀

Mizzen: Livia is like the Devil wears Prada but worse

Coriolanus: She makes fun of the poor

Tigris: true, made fun of us for being orphans

Lucy Gray: My god😃

Felix: Livia Cardew, more like Livia Cardumb💀

Coral: You do not like her at all huh

Arachne: We pretend to like her🤷‍♀️

Festus: Same thing we do for Sejanus

Sejanus: Oh.

Lizzie: I actually like him???

Lucy Gray: Poor Sejanus😃

Marcus: No.

Sejanus: ‘They all hated me.’

Lamina: Meet the Robinsons😭

Mizzen: OH SHE LEFT

Persephone: girlie kept talking about her family’s bank💀

Mizzen: anywayssss me and Percy are getting Sanrio onesies🥹

Lizzie: Percy?

Persephone: Me and Mizzen are best friends now👍 he’s like the sibling I never had

Clemensia: I’m hurt, awfully hurt

Coral: No offense, but I’m a better sibling figure than you.

Persephone: 😭

Lucy Gray: I want a Sanrio onesie😔

Lizzie: ^

Clemensia: ^

Mizzen: Come to this mall right now.

Persephone: Sanrio gang🤩

Mizzen: I already dibs keroppi

Persephone: And I dibs Tuxedo Sam

Lucy Gray: I want Hello Kitty

Lizzie: My Melody

Clemensia: That emo one what was her name😭

Mizzen: Kuromi you fake ass bitch.

Clemensia: OH MY GOD

Lucy Gray: Mizzen no

Coral: Mizzen you can’t say that

Mizzen: So you can say bitch but I can’t???

Reaper: None of you should be saying that regardless

Mizzen: BITCH

Arachne: Don’t you ever call Clemmie a bitch again

Clemensia: Thank you😭

Mizzen: Bitch, Bitch, Bitch, Bitch. tell her that too

Clemensia: 😭

Mizzen: B-I-T-C-H BITCHHHHH

Sejanus: My goodness

Festus: Wait this is a smosh reference😭

Arachne: yes it is

Clemensia: Did you not care about me being called a bitch???

Wovey: Bitch?

Reaper: Wovey no

Lucy Gray: LOOK WHAT YOUVE DONE

Coriolanus: I hate this chat.

Felix: SHE IS YOUR FRIEND

Arachne: SHE THOUGHT YOU WERE KIDNEPAPED

Sejanus: SHE THOUGHT YOU WERE KIDNEPAPED😭

Mizzen: It’s Kidnapped.

Arachne: OOMMMGGGG

Festus: Beautiful work😔

Tanner: Not as beautiful as you ;)

Coral: Oh god

Brandy: Take that to private🤢

Tanner: homophobic

Coral: Look who you’re talking to😃

Sejanus: Wait you guys are already dating before the date?

Festus: I dunno at this point

Arachne: He just likes being praised🤢

Lucy Gray: erm

Tanner: 😀

Sejanus: So when are you two going on a date

Clemensia: yeah

Festus: I don’t know actually

Tanner: Wanna go to Applebees

Festus: okay

Felix: damn it was that easy

Coriolanus: If only it were

Lucy Gray: What

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— Dumbass Tributes: 7:00 pm

Clemensia kicked Tanner and Festus

Clemensia: Y’all wanna spy on Festus and Tanner?

Arachne: Pick me up right now.

Felix: Do I ever😍

Lizzie: Yes

Pup: carpool there?

Hilarius: HOLD ON ILL GET A LIMO

Clemensia: BET

Lucy Gray: Treech get your car

Treech: Im in Laminas driveway rn

Lamina: HOLD ON IM GETTING MY POLAROID

Coral: PICK ME UP LUMBERJACK

Mizzen: ME TOO

Dill: I wanna goooo

Reaper: Hold on I’m going to pick you up

Sejanus: What im already there

Lucy Gray: You are???

Coriolanus: both of us are

Lucy Gray: oh

Bobbin: damn

Wovey: Can I go? :)

Reaper: I’m going to pick you two up

Wovey: yay!

Sol: HY PICK US UP

Hy: IM COMING HOLD ON

Velvereen: Oh you better

Marcus: I’m staying home

Circ: Is it cause Sejanus is there

Marcus: no

Sheaf: It totally is

Teslee: imma bring my drones

Mizzen: please no

Coral: what

Otto: I can’t go either

Circ: why

Otto: Have a shift at my job

Bobbin: What job???

Otto: Gas station

Teslee: that’s stupid

Treech: CORAL AND MIZZEN GET YO ASSES IN THE CAR ME AND LAMINA OUTSIDE

Brandy: FAM PICK ME UP I WANNA SEE HOW DUMB TANNER LOOKS

Lamina: BET

Hilarius: Pull up in the limo

Felix: You better not be driving🙏

Hilarius: don’t worry it’s a butler

Coral: Y’all rich rich

Persephone: Wait pick me up as well😭

Felix: We coming for you😔

Lizzie: Jessup are you coming

Lucy Gray: I’m driving with him and I can smell your perfume😀

Lizzie: 😭

Brandy: WE HEADING THERE MEET IN THE PARKING LOT IN THE BACK OF THE APPLEBEES

Felix: Alright🫡

Dill: We’re ten minutes away

Bobbin: Wait are they gonna see us

Sheaf: Dw I brought disguises

Velvereen: We got wigs and face masks

Sejanus: They’re both in the front window btw

Coriolanus: Somehow Festus is so dumb he can’t see us.

Lucy Gray: Are you both at a table???

Sejanus: Yeah…

Coriolanus: Wait what’s wrong???

Clemensia: Motherfu—

Coriolanus: Can’t two friends hang out

Felix: EHM red flag EHM

Lucy Gray: 😭

Lamina: Where are you guys😭

Tigris: What’s happening😭

Felix: TIGRIS YOU WANT US TO PICK YOU UP

Tigris: Okay?

Arachne: Yesss

Lizzie: 👁️👄👁️

Mizzen: You guys are taking forever😭

Coral: fr

Circ: WE HERE

Sheaf: COME GET YALLS WIG

Bobbin: Oh god

Velvereen: dw you get a hat

Treech: Give me a blonde one

Lamina: 😭

Hilarius: K we picked up Tigris, we coming now

Treech: Oh you guys better

Arachne: two minutes away dw

Coral: Imma head in if you all don’t hurry up

Mizzen: fr

Lucy Gray: Help my ginger wig is so ugly😭

Lamina: 💀

Felix: WE HERE

Dill: It’s an actual limo

Arachne: mhm💅

Brandy: Is it safe to head in

Sejanus: You guys have to go in a couple a people at a time or they’ll know but yeah😭

Mizzen: IM GOING IN

Teslee: 😒

Coral: 💀

Mizzen: Coral and Percy come with me😭

Persephone: 😔🙏

Coral: okay

Arachne: Hot Topic gang💅

Felix: We going in?

Treech: you know it

Lamina: 😭

Tigris: 💅

Sejanus: Lucy Gray can come sit with us

Coral: …

Lucy Gray: Do you wanna come Coral?

Coral: wait can I

Coriolanus: sure???

Clemensia: Fam is so confused

Lizzie: Okay so the rest of us just splits the tables and text each other so we don’t talk across tables?

Felix: yes

Clemensia: Me and Hilarius can go with Mizzen and Persephone

Mizzen: k

Teslee: The rest of us go on a table and Lizzie and Jessup have a date

Lizzie: what

Circ: OR they can both go sit with Lucy Gray and the rest

Hy: Triple date!

Coriolanus: But Coral and Sejanus aren’t dating?

Clemensia: BRUH

Tigris: 😃

Coral: Istg Hy

Hy: Oh was i Not supposed to say that

Sejanus: Why😭

Coriolanus: Wait a minute

Clemensia: PLEASE GET IT💀

Coral: Also me and him are not dating never in my life will I date him

Sejanus: Yeah what she said

Circ: fam why did I see Coriolanus pull Sejanus away from the table😭

Hy: We seeing the same thing and idk

Persephone: Lucy Gray go get your man😭

Coral: Now I’m alone with Lizzie and Jessup😒

Brandy: OH MY GOD TANNER LOOKS SO DUMB

Treech: He does💀

Lamina: What is that hat

Mizzen: is that a beret or something😀

Arachne: knowing Festus he’s getting a salad

Felix: DID TANNER JUST GET MILK😭

Dill: Oh my god

Sol: Nah

Teslee: Guys I have a drone outside their window

Mizzen: TESLEE WTF

Coral: What did they get

Teslee: Festus got a iced tea

Arachne: That tracks

Teslee: Oh salad and a burger polar opposites

Tigris: What😭

Lizzie: guysss

Teslee: THEY SEE US ABORT ABORT

Mizzen: DID ANY OF YOU GUYS SEE LUCY GRAY RUN OUT THE BUILDING

Tigris: CORYO WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO

Hy: WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING

Lizzie: JESSUP AND CORAL JUST RAN OUT TO HELP HER

Hilarius: 👁️👄👁️

Arachne: OH GOD I THINK I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

Reaper: Did Sejanus just run out as well?

Tigris: CORIOLANUS ROSE SNOW WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO

Felix: HIS MIDDLE NAME IS ROSE????

Wovey: I don’t like this anymore :(

Mizzen: Me too Wovey, me too

Clemensia: I could be wrong but I think they’re both crying

Tigris: CORIOLANUS ROSE SNOW GET THE FUCK OVER HERE

Hy: Is the white jeep his car

Arachne: MOTHERFUCKER JUST DIPPED

Tigris: CORIOLANUS ROSE SNOW IF YOU DONT FUCKING PICK UP YOUR DAMN PHONE I SWEAR TO GOD

Lizzie: Are those two okay? :(

Sejanus: Im fine

Felix: WHAT HAPPENED???

Sejanus: Uhhh i kissed him

Treech: what

Arachne: Is that why she ran out???

Sejanus: Yeah and then he said he’d never date me and said he’d rather die

Lizzie: Oh I’m so sorry

Sejanus: I’m fine but I feel terrible about Lucy Gray

Mizzen: Treat you better starts playing

Treech: Oh cause of Coral

Coral: YALL STFU IM TRYING TO COMFORT SOMEONE🤨🤨🤨

Hy: Your new girlfriend😔

Bobbin: Let’s just all go home

Teslee: Yes because Festus is gonna yell at me any second

Clemensia: Lol bye

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— Dumbass Tributes: 6:00 am

Clemensia: So are we going to talk about what happened yesterday?

Festus: What you spying on us???

Felix: forgot you guys missed it

Mizzen: Sejanus kissed Coriolanus and Lucy Gray ran out crying, and then Sejanus ran out after Coriolanus was a dick and said he would rather die than date him

Hy: Nice recap

Festus: L

Tanner: WHAT

Festus: L to Sejanus not Lucy Gray

Sejanus: You’re such a dick. I hope you die.

Lizzie: Okay, let’s not fight😃

Brandy: ALSO TANNER WHY TF DID YOU GET MILK?????

Festus: I thought it was fine

Sol: But it’s stupid😭

Teslee: Who gets milk on the first date???

Tanner: leave me alone😃

Persephone: Also Sejanus and Lucy Gray, are you guys alright?

Sejanus: Listening to Adele👍

Coral: Lucy Gray is sleeping so

Sheaf: and how do you know that?🤨

Coral: Cause I went home with her

Treech: Gay

Coral: To comfort her. And I swear to god I’ll beat his ass.

Mizzen: Please don’t🙏 We can’t bail you out again😭

Arachne: again???

Hilarius: You guys done this before

Lamina: Not us💀 their family

Coral: mhm

Festus: Hold on you two are actually siblings???

Mizzen: Yes, We have our older sister Mags, then the two middle children Adonis and Coral, then we have me💅 the favorite and the youngest🥰

Coral: Mizzen don’t tell mags I’m not home🙏

Mizzen: Oh she knows

Coral: dammit

Dill: I love Adele

Sejanus: I’m listening to her to get my feelings out🥲

Persephone: are you sure you’re okay???

Sejanus: I’m fineeee

Festus: 🤨

Pup: Wait are you and Tanner actually dating now?

Tanner: Are we my love😍

Festus: Am I better than everyone?

Tanner: always <3

Festus: I HAVE A BOYFRIEND SUCK ON THAT SEJANUS

Sejanus: I hate you.

Arachne: 😭

Reaper: 🤦🏾

Lizzie: Tigris have you talked to Coriolanus???

Tigris: He’s definitely reading these messages but he yelled at me through his locked door🙏

Bobbin: I’m just saying… pretty sure that man hit me once so red flag

Dill: wait what

Felix: There were so many red flags🚩 

Arachne: man was a walking carnival

Sejanus: I like carnivals :(

Persephone: Well man was acting like a clown

Sejanus: I also like clowns ;-;

Festus: damn he was your type

Tanner: 💀

Coral: Mizzen open the window

Mizzen: WTF WHY YOU OUTSIDE

Coral: IM SNEAKING IN DUMBASS

Mizzen: I’m telling Mags

Coral: is she even home???

Mizzen: No she’s hanging out with Finnick, Annie, beetee and wiress but Adonis is👺

Teslee: Oh she knows Wiress??? Wiress is amazing

Treech: Push Coral off

Lamina: don’t open it

Coral: FUCK BOTH OF YOU IM ASKING ADONIS TO LET ME IN THEN

Mizzen: They’re doing shit in their room bitch💅

Reaper: Is Mizzen cussing more now?

Persephone: yeah

Coral: That gremlin

Mizzen: kys

Coral: Adonis is my favorite sibling now

Mizzen: Wait no not their autistic ass

Coral: Bitch you have autism the fuck you mean???

Mizzen: I’m better tho

Persephone: period

Treech: 😭

Hilarius: damn I have autism

Arachne: You don’t look autistic

Lamina: how can someone look autistic???

Felix: canceling Arachne🙏

Mizzen: 😭

Festus: 👁️

Tanner: HELP WAIT THAT EYE IS SCARING ME

Festus: damn it’s just an eye

Tanner: 🥲

Coral: Adonis is better

Mizzen: Coral please🙏 remember when I was little and and you called me a lil starfish👉👈

Coral: That’s not gonna work

Mizzen: But I’m your little brother :( don’t you love me? :(

Coral: DAMMIT OKAY IM SORRY

Lucy Gray: damn

Velvereen: OMG GIRLIE ARE YOU OKAY

Lucy Gray: Honestly should’ve seen the red flags especially cause I hate carnivals lol

Sejanus: IM SO SORRY FOR KISSING HIM PLEASE FORGIVE ME

Lucy Gray: Its fine😭

Sejanus: ILL MAKE IT UP TO YOU

Lucy Gray: I said it’s fine😃

Sejanus: IF YOURE READY TO DATE AGAIN ILL SET YOU UP WITH SOMEONE BOY OR GIRL

Coral: …

Lucy Gray: I said it’s fine💀

Hy: Wait would you date a girl

Lucy Gray: Honestly I would

Arachne: what about anyone from here

Lucy Gray: maybe not

Tanner: HA

Coral: TANNER ISTG IM GOING TO STAB YOU

Treech: Guys no😭

Lamina: Festus come get your boyfriend

Tanner: Lamina go Kys

Festus: 👁️

Tanner: OKAY ILL STOP

Lucy Gray: Why is Coral so mad?

Felix: 🫡

Dill: 😨

Tanner: I’m gonna tell her

Coral: Don’t. You. Dare.

Lucy Gray: Tell me what?

Brandy: Do it

Treech: I second that

Lamina: ^

Coral kicked Tanner

Festus: No😭😭😭

Coral: any others?

Mizzen: my god

Lucy Gray: You know you can tell me anything right?

Coral: …

Lamina: Yeah Coral

Treech: Spill your heart out🥺

Arachne: Oh I love this

Clemensia: 🤨 📸

Coral: It’s nothing.

Lucy Gray: You sure?

Coral: yes

Felix: LIES

Brandy: lies indeed😔

Lizzie: Guys let it happen on her own time

Jessup: ^

Lucy Gray: You’re just agreeing cause she’s your girlfriend Jessup Diggs

Festus: That’s what true couples do

Brandy: 💀

Festus: If Tanner were here he would agree😒

Coral: Well deal with having no boyfriend

Bobbin: Tanner is just trying to get you a girlfriend💀

Wovey: Yeah! And I wanna be flower girl! :(

Coral: What.

Persephone: It’s a beautiful night, we lookin for smth dumb to do😔

Mizzen: Hey babyyy💅

Brandy: I think I wanna marry you🤷‍♂️

Felix: Is it the look in your eyes👁️

Clemensia: or is it this dancing 💃 juice

Pup: Hey baby😃

Hilarius: think I wanna marry you🥺

Arachne: DONT SAY NO NO NO NO NO

Tigris: Just say yeah yeah yeah yeah

Coral: STOP

Mizzen: don’t talk to me loser lame-o wannabe like go totally💅

Persephone: period

Lucy Gray: Wait.

Festus: OMG DO YOU UNDERSTAND

Clemensia: ILL GET THE WEDDING MAGAZINES

Sejanus: 😃

Lucy Gray: Coral you have a crush on someone?

Festus: DAMMIT

Lucy Gray: She does right???

Coral: … yes

Brandy: 😀

Lucy Gray: Oh that’s cool :)

Coral: thanks…

Felix: Cause tonight will be the night that I will fall for youuu

Arachne: Over again don’t need to change my mind

Festus added Tanner

Tanner: WHAT THE HELL

Festus: Didn’t know you could read that fast

Tanner: That’s not the only thing that’s fast😏

Festus: um

Brandy: TANNER WTF

Arachne: NO STOP

Pup: that’s disgusting

Festus: …

Coral: Tanner say one more thing istg

Treech: Didn’t know Tanner could do that

Mizzen: rizz

Lamina: don’t say rizz😭

Festus: fam im still in bed and I can’t get up

Felix: I’ve fallen😀 And I can’t get up🥲

Festus: kys

Tanner: Would you get up if I were next to you ;)

Festus: JESUS CHRIST o//-//o

Arachne: BRO TAKE THIS TO PRIVATE WTF

Coral kicked Tanner

Brandy: Oh thank god🙏

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— Dumbass Tributes: 5:00 am

Lucy Gray: I have a new best friend😔

Coral: who?

Lucy Gray: no he’s so nice, and we have a lot in common, besides the fact that he’s actually dating someone

Lizzie: who

Lucy Gray: His name is Peeta🙏

Arachne: Like the bread😃

Panlo: I’m offended

Bobbin: your moms offended💀

Felix: WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM

Bobbin: your moms place

Sejanus: OH WAIT I KNOW PEETA

Lucy Gray: WAIT REALLY

Sejanus: YEAH I MET HIS GIRLFRIEND KATNISS

Lucy Gray: OMG

Festus: so you both have new best friends we dont know💀

Tanner: Good morning my love🥰

Festus: morning🥰

Brandy: 🤢

Festus: homophobia

Brandy: I just don’t wanna see my brother and his boyfriend do… whatever this is🤮

Festus: WAIT YOUR SIBLINGS

Tanner: yes😭

Coral: 💀

Festus: I just thought all of you guys were just friends🥲

Tanner: most of us are, some are related. You wanna know how I met Coral🤩

Coral: istg

Tanner: It was fourth grade, and she stabbed me with a fork

Festus: 😭

Mizzen: Mini trident🤷‍♂️

Treech: Lucy gray remember how we met😃

Lucy Gray: Middle school, i threw a snake at you

Tanner: And then Coral met Treech and Lamina in high school when they were climbing a tree and fell on her and she broke a arm😔

Felix: why’d you guys meet in the most weirdest ways

Reaper: How did you all meet then?

Sejanus: private school

Clemensia: same class til we all graduated💅

Sejanus: though I went mid year

Marcus: yeah I know😒

Sejanus: MARCUS IT WAS MY DADS FAULT STOP😭😭😭

Felix: 💀

Festus: L

Sejanus: Katniss would never do me like this😔

Lucy Gray: OMG SEJ WE SHOULD ADD THEM

Sejanus added Katniss

Lucy Gray added Peeta

Katniss: Hello?

Peeta: HAH LUCY GRAY

Lucy Gray: PEETA

Katniss: Who is this Peeta???

Peeta: MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD

Lucy Gray: OMG REALLY

Peeta: YES

Katniss: …

Sejanus: Hi Katniss😭

Katniss: Oh hi Sejanus

Tanner: WAIT IF SEJANUS IS FRIENDS WITH KATNISS DOES SHE KNOW ABOUT THE APPLEBEES INCIDENT

Katniss: What Applebees incident?

Mizzen: Lucy Grays boyfriend Coriolanus was kissed by Sejanus and he said stuff to Sejanus that made him cry👍

Peeta: Wait a Minute…. Coriolanus Snow???

Katniss: oh god

Lucy Gray: You know him?

Katniss: Yep

Peeta: fam beat me up and I have trauma🥰

Bobbin: See told you

Coral: Bobbin stfu no one cares

Bobbin: 😃

Festus: Red flag = carnival

Sejanus: But i love carnivals

Arachne: nope we are not starting this again

Katniss: Wait do you still like him???

Lucy Gray: I don’t anymore

Sejanus: …

Clemensia: BRO SEJANUS HES TOXIC

Hilarius: Get away😭

Sejanus: okay- but I did have a crush on him for like 4 years

Festus: WHAT

Tanner: fair

Festus: 🤨

Tanner: I’d feel the same about you my love🥰

Festus: okay

Coral: dang he only said okay

Festus: shut up you smell like sardines

Coral: WHAT. Why is that so specific???

Mizzen: cause it is😭

Coral: IM TELLING MAGS

Katniss: Oh you know Mags?

Mizzen: older sister, also CORAL YOUR DONE

Coral: YOU CANT DO SHIT

Mizzen: KYS

Brandy: ah yes sibling love

Tanner: wdym love🤨

Brandy: well screw you then

Peeta: damn wish I had good brothers

Panlo: sounds like a skill issue

Peeta: and good parents😔

Sol: L couldn’t be me

Peeta: what the hell💀

Mizzen: CORAL HELP ME

Coral: and why should I?😃

Mizzen: Look outside

Coral: TESLEE WTF

Teslee: what😉

Otto: what did she do😭

Ginnee: Yeah what did she do

Felix: who is she😭

Ginnee: your mom

Pup: why do they all do that

Mizzen: our house is surrounded by drones😭

Peeta: sounds like something Beetee would do

Katniss: It does, doesn’t it?

Mizzen: GO AWAY

Teslee: you owe me twenty bucks

Mizzen: NO

Teslee: why not?

Mizzen: FAM I BROKE MY LEG ONCE AND YOU CHASED ME WITH THESE, I ALMOST DIED

Teslee: Aw man

Katniss: I don’t think I like this

Peeta: I do

Clemensia: GUYS I HAVE AN AMAZING IDEA

Arachne: what is it?

Clemensia: SLEEPOVER

Hilarius: There’s like over thirty of us tho

Sejanus: we can have it at my house

Festus: right your mansion

Peeta: Wait a mansion😭😭😭

Lucy Gray: SLEEPOVER

Lamina: YES

Treech: SLEEPOVER🤩🤩🤩

Lucy Gray: Katniss and Peeta you can invite your friends and family if you want

Katniss: well Mags is our friend so

Mizzen: great now we have to invite Adonis💀

Peeta: what about Cato and his ‘gang’😭

Katniss: yeah we’re gonna invite them, along with Rue, Thresh and Finch

Peeta: and Prim

Katniss: of course prim

Sejanus: Is next Saturday fine for you guys?

Tanner: yep

Wovey: Sleepover! :)

Bobbin: I guess it’s fine🤷‍♂️

Peeta: I’m getting my cat onesie😔

Katniss: oh god

Peeta: Katniss🥺 bird onesie

Katniss: Fine <3

Peeta: 🥰

Tanner: OMG Festus can we have matching onesies🥺

Festus: like what?

Tanner: Cows

Festus: why

Tanner: cows

Festus: Can I be a chicken and you're a cow?

Tanner: YES

Festus: k🩷

Treech: Me and Lamina are gonna be matching🤩

Katniss: oh are you two dating?

Lamina: 🤢🤮

Peeta: guess not😭

Sejanus: we’ll see you guys next Saturday😭

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“Ma, I’m going to be fine! It’s just a sleepover!” The brunette laughs.

His mother frowns, “Okay, but you better not be getting into trouble! Just because me and your father are gone for tonight, doesn’t mean you should be doing anything illegal! Understand?”

“Yes Ma! I understand.”

“Aw, okay baby. We’ll be back tomorrow afternoon!” She says, kissing his cheek before she walks out. Sejanus smiles, walking towards his room. He pulls his phone out.

— Dumbass Tributes: 6:00 pm

Sejanus: Guys my parents left, you guys can come now😭

Festus: bet

Tanner: 🥰

Festus: 🩷

Brandy: OKAY LETS GET GOING

-

Sejanus laughs at his phone, right when he hears a knock on the window.

He looks to the left, just to see Lucy Gray outside his window. He sighs as he opens it.

“What’s up?” She says, crawling inside in her Hello Kitty onsie. “Why?” He gestures to her and the open window. “I don’t know. It’s like Romeo and Juliet, y’know?” She shrugs.

“Okay? Are-”

“Don’t. Don’t say anything,” She holds her hands up in a stopping motion. Sejanus frowns, “What?” She sighed, “Coriolanus. I don’t want to talk about him. Not tonight.”

“Are you sure? I mean- I know we’re not the same, but I would like to talk to someone about it.”

“I don’t.”

“Well, I’m here if you want to talk.” He smiles, and she smiles back. Then knocking came from downstairs, aggressive knocking. To which Sejanus opened the door to see Tanner, Brandy, Treech, and Lamina.

“Sup bitches!” Tanner yells, pushing Lamina as he walks in.

“I can’t wait to see Tanner and Festus flirt.” Brandy says sarcastically. To which Tanner rolls his eyes to.

Beep!

A blue jeep parks next to the sidewalk, which if Sejanus had to guess, was probably Coral. Two gingers and brunettes popped out. Coral and Mizzen walk to the door. “Welcome to my humble abode,” Sejanus announced with a smile. Coral scoffs playfully, “Yeah sure, humble.”

“Humble enough.” He shrugs.

Mizzen steps forward, “Introduction to our family!” He says making soft jazz hands, “Our older sister Mags…” The boy gestures to a curly red haired girl, who smiles at Sejanus. “She’s selectively mute, so she might use sign language from time to time,” He says.

Then he gestures to a short brown haired- girl? Boy? They looked like both. “Adonis. The worst person you’ll meet.” The older brunette holds Mizzen in a headlock and ruffles his hair, “You little shit.”

“Wait! Stop!” He laughs, trying to push away. Sejanus smiles, “Well, nice to meet you guys.”

Then a pink car rolls up to the sidewalk. Arachne, Festus, and Felix, which wasn’t surprising. What was surprising was Livia Cardew strutting out with two hot pink suitcases. Arachne heads to Sejanus with a grimace, “Livia found out about the sleepover, so-“

“What? How?”

“If I had to guess, Coriolanus. He still sees the messages, so he probably told her.”

Sejanus sighs, “Okay, whatever, it’s fine.”

Livia comes up, “What’s up, the party’s here!” She exclaims as Festus is dragging her luggage with a frown.

“Livia! Hey…” Sejanus utters, “How’s it- how’s it going?” She looks him up and down, “You better be the only peasant here.”

“We’re literally in my mansion.” Sejanus groans in disbelief. “Still a peasant.” She mumbled.

Sejanus and Arachne exchange a look. To which Festus drops a suitcase. Livia looks at the three with suspicious looks, “Why are you guys so weird?” Festus slowly walks forward, “That’s just Sejanus.” He says, as he pulls Livia’s luggage quickly upstairs.

Livia looks at Felix with a frown, “What’s wrong with everyone?” Felix shrugs in response.

-

“GUYS!” Festus screams as he bursts into a room where everyone is at. “LIVIA IS HERE. ACT RICH.” Coral looks at him incredulously, “Is Livia that girl that called Mizzen a peasant?”

Festus nods, “Be yourself, but make fun of the poor.” Brandy frowns as he talks, “But, I’m poor.”

The rest of them nod. Festus looks at Tanner, “You are?” Tanner nods, “I live on a farm.” Festus looks down, “Oh. Well, just pretend to be rich, I don’t know.” He shrugs.

Lucy Gray sighs, “Why is Livia here?” Festus shrugs, “Arachne thinks it’s because of Coriolanus.” Lucy Gray freezes, and Coral takes notice. She moves towards her, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Footsteps are heard coming up the stairs. “ACT RICH!” Festus screams. Then, Livia walks in.

She inspects everyone in the room, “Hm. Interesting… What’s wrong with his eye?” She points to Tanner, who frowns. Festus steps forward, “That’s- uh…” Livia raises a brow, “That’s what?” Festus flushed, “Erm…”

“I’m his boyfriend!” Tanner yells. Livia snaps her head to Festus, “You’re actually dating someone?!” He turns to Livia, arms crossed, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I’m just surprised anyone would date you.” She says feigning surprise. Mizzen laughs loudly and Livia looks in Mizzen’s direction then back to Festus, “See? Like, why would anybody date you?”

Festus frowns again, “I’ll have you know I’m very likable.” He puffs his chest out.

Then Bobbin walks in, “By who? Your mother?” Festus spins, “Where did you come from?” Bobbin shrugs, “Your mom’s place.” He’s followed by Wovey, Dill and Reaper.

Livia looks at the four, “How many people are coming?!” She shrieked. Festus counted the people in the room before responding, “This isn’t even half.”

“What?! How many people actually want to be friends with you?!” She exclaims and Festus frowns again. “Why are you insulting me?!” He screams. She rolls her eyes, “Maybe it’s ‘cause you look like a salamander!”

Tanner looks between the two, “Well, he’s my salamander so-“

“Thank you, Tanner!”

“He’s an ugly salamander,” Livia scoffs, “And he sounds like a troll.”

“What?!” Festus yells, “You bitch!”

Tanner butts in again, “I also think his voice is hot.” Festus turns again, “Thank you. Now defend me!” He dramatically pointed to Livia as if he were a helpless princess in a movie. Livia crosses her arms, “Whatever…” She looks to the others, “How many more people are coming anyways?”

Reaper looks up, counting in his head. Wovey looks up at Livia with a weird look, and Bobbin shrugs. Dill answers the question, “Twenty nine people.” Livia gasps and looks at everyone else, “Who are you people?! A cult?!”

Adonis nods, “Could be.” Coral smacks them in the arm in response. “I’m just saying!”

Livia massages her temple, “Whatver, as long as this sleepover is fun. It’s fine.” She looks to Festus, “What now?”

He shrugs, he didn’t really think about what to do once the sleepover started. To be fair, he didn’t think he had to do anything. What were they going to do now?

Lamina stands up, “How about Truth or Dare?”

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Truth or dare? Okay, normally Coral wasn’t scared of anything. But, truth or dare? Yeah no. No way was she doing that. She knows for a fact that someone will make her say it. And Lucy Gray is not going to hear it.

Lucy Gray. Okay, everyone knew about her crush. Except for Lucy Gray of course. But, she can’t just confess. They’re friends sure, but it’s not like she can just go up to her and confess her feelings. She doesn’t want to ruin their friendship.

Mizzen has bugged her about the crush since, well, since forever. Crushes are stupid. Coral has had one or two before, but not like this. It’s- it’s like she was hit straight in the heart by a gun. She hates it. She hates it with a burning passion.

It makes her weird. Smile too much. Look in her direction to much. Hell, she even lightly punched Lucy Gray on the arm whenever she’s near. It was so awkward. But, Lucy Gray didn’t point anything out or talk about it.

She hates crushes.

Truth or dare is going to expose her. She knows it. The worst thing? It’s the spin the bottle version of it. She’s also sitting next to Lucy Gray! So, the paranoia is overwhelming. It could land on her and she would have to answer a truth or do a dare. She’ll pick dare! Every time it lands on her, she’ll just pick dare.

The truth won’t come out.

And thank the lord, Livia goes first to spin. She doesn’t know about her, so she doesn’t have to worry yet. The bottle spins, and lands on Festus. Livia groans, “Alright Salamander, truth or dare?”

“Truth.” He says with a frown and Livia rolls her eyes, “Basic, okay, who was your first kiss?” He scoffs, “Easy question, Persephone.”

“WHAT?!” Tanner squawks, “When?!”

Festus looks up, thinking. After a few seconds he responds, “Well, it was middle school… pretty sure she kissed me because Persephone thought she had a crush on me.”

Livia laughs, “Like a girl would ever like you.” Festus ignores her, “Yeah, turns out she didn’t. She just forced herself to because everyone else had a crush,” He shrugs, and Tanner nods with a red face in response. Treech looks over to Tanner, “Why? Were you jealous?” He teases. Tanner furiously shakes his head, brushing Treech’s question off.

It went on in a circle. It landed on Mizzen a lot. He was dared a lot by people, mostly prank calls or eating something disgusting. Wovey and Bobbin got bored after two spins and went to explore the house. More people arrived like Lysistrata, Jessup, Clemensia, Pup, and Hilarius. 

It didn’t land on Coral much. The times it did, she just chose a dare, the worst was that she had to dunk her head in the pool.

Then it was Tanner’s turn. He spun. It landed on Lucy Gray. Lucy Gray looks at Tanner and responds, “Dare.” Then Tanner smirked. Oh god. Oh no. He opens his mouth, “I dare you… to kiss whoever you think is the cutest person in the room.”

Lucy Gray blinks, “What?” Tanner nods, “You heard me,” he proclaimed, “Kiss the cutest person in the room. On. The. Lips. ” She looks at him in disbelief, blushing profusely. “Fine. I’ll do that,” She mumbles as she looks around to everyone. She turns to Coral.

The brunette crawls up, holding the neck of the auburn haired girl. There were yells behind them, but they only saw and heard each other. Their lips touched for a moment. Then Lucy Gray pulled away…

Coral looked at her, and the brunette girl mumbled a soft ‘sorry’ and ran out the door.

What the hell. 

What was wrong? Lucy Gray literally kissed her and ran out! She didn’t mean it. She was just confused. Lucy Gray didn’t like her that way. She’s just hurt.

Coral felt her eyes water. She felt betrayed. She shouldn’t feel like that, Lucy Gray was hurt too. Oh no. She forgot about that. Lucy Gray ran out and she’s just sitting here like an idiot! She looks up at the others who are just watching her. Looking to see what she’s going to do.

She sat up and went after the brown haired girl that she loved.

—

Why did I do that? Why? Why? 

Her head was in her knees as she sat on one of the living room floors. No one followed her. It’s fine if no one did, she didn’t care.

You do care. Don’t lie to yourself.

Why is she even crying? This was stupid. Love was stupid. She’s confused. Why was love so complicated? Anyone she has loved has left her. Her mom died. Her dad left for another family. Billy Taupe cheated on her. Most of her original friends sided with Mayfair. Coriolanus was a dick.

Coral probably hates her now too. She liked someone else anyways. Had a crush on someone else. Lucy Gray just yearned for something else besides the dull colors of hate. Why can’t she be normal? Feelings overwhelmed her. Stupid feelings.

She heard footsteps from outside. She quickly wiped tears with her sleeves, looking up at the curly haired boy in front of her. “Lucy Gray?” He said, “Are you alright?”

—

Sejanus loved helping people, even if it hurt him in the end. Guaranteed he struggled with it. He wasn’t exactly good at communication, especially with people he doesn’t know. But seeing Lucy Gray, the person he can’t help but blame himself for hurting, crying on the floor? He needs to help.

He didn’t know what happened. He wasn’t there to see, but if he could help her feel better. Then it felt like a piece of him was restored too. She looked up at him with teary eyes, “Yeah, I’m fine.” He smiles softly, sitting down next to her, “You don’t look fine?” She turns her head away, wiping new tears off her face.

Sejanus puts a comforting hand on her shoulder, “You don’t have to tell me, but I think you’d feel better if you let it out to someone.” She turns to him, “I’m just confused,” she mumbles, “I have all these overwhelming feelings I can’t understand…” She moves her head down to her knees.

“What type of feelings?” He asks. Lucy Gray turns her head to Sejanus, “It’s- I don’t know. I just can’t stop crying. I feel like if I breathe, I’m betraying myself, that I don’t deserve to- to love anyone.”

“Oh. Well, do you mind telling me what happened?” He questioned, moving closer to comfort Lucy Gray. She sat up a bit, “I kissed Coral.” Oh. Now it makes sense. “Well, what’s wrong with it?” She shakes her head, “I’ve never really had a crush on a girl before. What if I’m wrong? What if these feelings aren’t right?” 

He shrugs, “How will you know if it is or not if you don’t try ?” She looks up to him with a soft smile, “You’re a good listener.” He shakes his head with a chuckle, “I’m just trying to help,” he shrugs. Running footsteps are heard coming to the room. Coral bursts in the room as Sejanus slowly gets up, “I think I’ll leave you two to talk this out.”

—

Coral sat down next to Lucy Gray, observing her face streaked with tears. Was that my fault? Coral thought bitterly, not knowing what to say in this situation. Does she apologize? Comfort Lucy Gray? She didn’t know.

“I’m sorry,” Lucy Gray started, “I know you like someone else! I didn’t mean to- I didn’t want-“ Coral turned to her in surprise, “No! No! No! You don’t need to apologize, it- I don’t like anyone else… er- I like you.” She cringed. God, this was hard to do.  

“You like me?” The brunette asks in astonishment, “I didn’t- oh. Now it makes sense.” Coral tilted her head with a soft chuckle, “Is it that obvious?” Lucy Gray nods a bit, “Now that you confessed it makes it obvious… I was just oblivious.”

“So… uh- do you like me back? Or?” Coral stuttered out, looking at Lucy Gray with a form of fondness, and she looked back with a confused look. “I don’t know,” she says, picking at her nails, “I’m just confused about these new feelings.”

She turns to Coral, “I don’t wanna ruin our friendship.” Coral nods understandingly, moving her hand out next to Lucy Gray. The brunette looks down and takes hold of it. “You’ve been friends with me since freshman year, Lucy Gray, I’m surprised someone as good as you could even want to be near someone like me .”

“Why wouldn’t I be friends with you?” She smiles softly, “You’re the cool one.” Coral shakes her head, “I’m not. You actually are kind and not weird or anything. You care about people. About me. ” Coral squeezes Lucy Gray’s hand. And she squeezed back.

Coral clears her throat, “Um, do you want to- I mean you don’t have to if you don’t want to- but, would you like to go see a movie sometime?” The brown-haired girl looks at her, blushing.

“I would love to,” She smiles, leaning her head on Coral’s shoulder. Yelling can be heard from another room. They look at each other hearing the voices of people outside. Yelling at Mizzen. Coral laughs, “What did that Gremlin do now?”

Their confusion was doubled when Mizzen walked in with blue powder all over his face. “Are you guys done being gay or what?” He squeaked, “I was attacked by a guy with FunDip!”

Coral raised a brow, “Is that why you have that on your face?” She questioned. Mizzen shook his head, “No, this was on purpose. The guy who brought them called me a girl and I kicked him in the balls!” He said proudly. Coral shook her head, getting up with Lucy Gray. “Okay Gremlin, let’s go see who this guy is.”

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As soon as Lucy Gray ran out Mizzen left as well. Okay, that sounds bad, but he couldn’t be in that room any longer. As soon as he left he heard people placing bets. He also saw Coral sitting on the ground for like five minutes. He couldn’t be bothered to be there.

Coral has been pining for Lucy Gray since they first met, and Mizzen made fun of her for it. Love was weird, Mizzen hated romance movies, and Valentine’s Day. (Mostly because he was alone on those days, but that didn’t matter).

Though love was difficult. Mizzen liked boys. That was obvious. He just hated liking boys. Not only was it difficult to pick up on whether a boy liked him the same way, but it made him feel jealous. Mizzen was jealous of the boys he liked. The ones who were actually real boys.

Unlike him.

He didn’t mind Coral or Brandy, they supported him, and he didn’t have to feel jealous. But Tanner made him feel terrible… then they met Lamina and Treech. Treech. Masculine Treech. God was Mizzen bitter. Treech accepted him of course, but Mizzen wished he was like him. The other boys too.

If Coral wasn’t in the room, wasn’t there to be near him, he might as well not be there at all.

So he thought that he might as well explore the house, right? And damn the house was big. It was like a labyrinth. He heard more voices down stairs, but he continued walking.

He was walking down a hall when he heard muffled voices. Girls' voices . “Get down from there! You’re gonna get hurt!” A shrill voice yells. He went near the room and peeked through the open door. 

A blonde girl with braids was yelling at a dark-skinned girl with pigtails on top of a canopy bed. Mizzen grimaced, they looked his age, but he couldn’t talk to them, no way.

And of course they notice him. The blonde girl turns, “Hey! Could you help me out here?!” She exclaims with a smile and the other girl frowned. “Really? You have to bring a random guy into this?” Mizzen looked at the two bickering, and he slowly walked in. What is there to lose?

“How did she get up there?” He asked, “Is this normal?” The blonde girl nods, “She’s good at climbing,” she turns to him, “I’m Prim, and that’s Rue.”

“I’m Mizzen,” he shrugs and Prim smiles looking behind him and he turns around to see Dill. “Oh, hi Dill,” and she awkwardly waved to him and the other two girls. Rue plopped down from the canopy, “Okay, so what are we doing?” 

Mizzen looks behind the bed, seeing a door. “Let’s go to that door, it looks mysterious.” The three girls look towards it, and Rue runs over to slam it open. She turns back with a grin, “It’s an elevator!” Mizzen scoffs, “That’s a wooden door, that’s not an elevator,” he walks over to Rue looking through the door.

It was a fancy door that opened to a dark room. He felt the wall and flipped a switch, revealing a huge room of clothes and shoes. Damn. “How rich are they? They have a walk-in closet!” He shrieks as Rue runs in with Prim and Dill following behind. They all look at Mizzen expectantly and he begrudgingly walks in as well.

The two girls start playing around with clothes, dresses and fancy hats. Dill looked at Mizzen with a worried expression, “Should they be touching any of this?” Mizzen looked at Prim and Rue practically ravaging the clothes and shrugs. 

Then they heard footsteps. Mizzen froze, looking at the girls who stared back quickly putting things away. They ran behind a pillar-like structure on the wall, watching to see who would come in.

Mizzen watched as a blonde guy came in, looking at the four with a confused look, “Rue? Prim? What the hell are you two doing?” Mizzen looked back at the girls and they just shrugged. The guy rolled his eyes, “Well everyone else are at that other room, so you coming or what?”

Mizzen watched the two girls interact with the guy. He was tall, muscular, masculine. It made Mizzen sick to his stomach. Heck, the dude was like twice the size of him! Or maybe Mizzen was just short. Either way he didn’t like the guy.

But the four younger ones followed him anyway. They ended up in the same room he left earlier, more people were there. But Coral, Lucy Gray, and Sejanus weren’t. 

A short brunette girl came over, “Cato! Where have you been loca?” The blonde, Cato, shook his head, “Twilight? Really Clove?”

“What? It’s funny. So, where have you actually been?” She questioned. He shrugged in response, “I just found these four girls in a walk-in closet down the hall.” He pointed back to Mizzen, Dill, Prim, and Rue. Dill quickly put cautionary hand on Mizzen’s shoulder.

He’s fine. He’s totally fine. Just someone calling him a girl. He wasn’t a girl, right?

He wasn’t. He can’t be. He’s a boy. A boy. Then why did his eyes burn?

Cato. Fucking Cato.

He felt his fists clench, fingernails digging into his palms. 

Fucking Cato.

—

Treech didn’t know what started it, or when Mizzen started to fight the dude. All he knew is that he was eating FunDip and talking to Lamina when Mizzen kicked this guy in the balls.

He gotta admit, that was cool. He also expected Mizzen to do that, all that pent up anger in that tiny body had to go somewhere. Reaper quickly sprang into action, trying to stop Mizzen who was now punching Cato on the floor.

“GET IT OFF OF ME!” Cato screeched, throwing a bunch of FunDip packets at Mizzen’s face. Another guy, Marvel, cheered, “BEAT HIS ASS!” 

Reaper quickly grabbed Mizzen by the waist, lifting him up. Mizzen kicked his legs, trying to wiggle free. Treech turned to Lamina, “So why did he start beating that guy up?” She looks at him, “Think Cato called him a girl?”

Oh. Now that made sense. Treech looked at Mizzen being lectured by Reaper, face red. It honestly looked like he was on the verge of tears. He frowned a bit, he felt bad, honestly. Though Mizzen really shouldn’t have beaten anyone.

Treech stood up, walking over. Mizzen looked at him with an unreadable expression on his face. “Lay off him Reaper, can’t you see he’s upset?” Treech told the older guy, hand on Mizzen’s shoulder. To which Mizzen pulled away, “I don’t need to be babied Treech.”

“I’m just trying to help,” Treech put his hands up, stepping back. “Well don’t. I don’t want- I don’t need your help,” Mizzen yelled.

—

“Mizzen…” Reaper warned, ready to stop him from doing anything to Treech.

“Why can’t you all leave me alone?!” Mizzen felt his eyes burn. He didn’t like to be yelled at, and didn't like being treated like a child.

Treech looked at Mizzen with a sympathetic frown, “If you want to be left alone just tell us, we understand-“

“No you don’t.” 

Nobody cared. Only Coral. His family. They didn’t blame him for everything. For their father abandoning him.

Treech grabbed Mizzen’s arm, “Then help me understand Mizzen. I want to help. We want to help.”

Mizzen pulled away again. “Not here. Not now.” Reaper looked down at him, “We’re here when you need us. Any of us. Okay?”

Mizzen nodded looking up at the two and back at everyone else. Treech smiles, “So you want some FunDip?” Mizzen smiles softly back, “Do we have the blue ones?”

“Of course we do,” they go back to the group. Marvel, with blue on his face, tosses Mizzen a pack. Mizzen raises a brow, “What did you do?” The blonde shrugged in response, “It’s like drugs for kids.”

Mizzen looked down at his pack with a smirk, “That sounds like fun. I’m gonna do that.”

“MIZZEN NO!”

Obviously he didn’t listen.

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Velvereen didn’t think it was normal for her makeup to go missing. How did a whole eyeshadow palette, her favorite one at that, just disappear? It made no sense. Maybe she left it at Facet’s place? She was there, and maybe she brought her makeup there?

It’s worth a shot.

Now where the hell was her phone? She quickly walked to her room and grabbed it, opening the wallet case. She quickly unlocks it and calls Facet. It wasn’t that her makeup being missing was an emergency, but it was her favorite palette she had. Even if she had many others.

“Hello? Velvereen?” Facet’s voice said through the phone, “What happened?”

“Did I leave an eyeshadow palette at your place? I can’t find mine.”

There was silence for a moment, then Facet responded, “Nope. Not here…” he said, but his tone wasn’t so sure. Velvereen thought it was weird, but she didn’t push. “Alright, well, let me know if you have it.”

“Okay, I will,” he hesitated for a moment, “Um, weird question, but I- I have a cousin, she kinda looks like me, and I want to get her eyeshadow! For her birthday? What color would look good on her?”

“Facet. What?”

“No, I just- I’m just wondering…”

“Well, if she looks like you,” she started. In all honesty, she was still confused. Why did he ask this now? It didn’t make sense. But, again, she didn’t push. “If I had it with me, I would tell you the exact shade, but… I think black, maybe shades of blue and green. It makes more sense.”

“Oh! Okay, thanks Vel!” He exclaims, “Um, bye!” She still had an uneasy feeling, she knew Facet wasn’t telling the truth. But why? “Bye Facet,” she mumbles before hanging up. Why would he lie?

There was no reason for him to. They told each other everything, no matter what. So why can’t he tell her what’s going on? Is she a bad friend? Why can’t she help? Does he not trust her? What part of her isn’t trustable? Facet was her best friend. Why can’t he trust her with this one thing? It didn’t make any sense. 

She glanced at her phone. She could call him? Ask if there’s anything going on. But what if he wasn’t lying? Maybe she’s just paranoid.

Fuck it. She’s going to his house.

Sol didn’t like when people meddled in her life. And a lot of people meddled in her life. Her and Hy had been friends since diapers, both of their parents were friends and everything. Then they met Panlo and Sheaf.

Panlo and Sheaf were… interesting to say the least. She wouldn’t call them theater kids, but they sure acted like them. Panlo was a band kid, a very annoying one. While Sheaf was on colorguard, flag spinning and starting drama. Both Panlo and Sheaf lived for drama.

And that drama included love lives. Being best friends with the both of them included the worst questions. Do you like him? Oh you looked at that girl, you gotta like her?! You have a boyfriend? What about a girlfriend?

Sol isn’t the type for crushes, she mostly liked to hang out with her friends. Like at this sleepover, where half of the room is full of people she doesn’t know. But she saw Mizzen beat someone up, so it wasn’t all that bad.

Not everyone had showed up yet, people coming in every few minutes. She overheard different people asking about their friends and when they were coming. One of them being Festus. Tanner’s new boyfriend, which Panlo and Sheaf loved talking to him about. Festus was asking about Hilarius and Pup.

She didn’t know them that well, so she obviously didn’t think much of it.

Then they both showed up. With another girl she didn’t know. Light brown hair, sharp features, and baggy red pajamas that looked really good on her. Why did her heart just leap seven feet out of her chest as soon as the girl walked in?

As Velvereen walked down the sidewalk she thought of the reasons why Facet would lie. Maybe he accidentally took her makeup? Or ruined the eyeshadow? It was confusing. She must be dumb or something because she couldn’t think of anything.

And soon she was at his house. But as soon as she walked up the steps she stopped. Maybe she was just paranoid? She trusted Facet. Right? Oh god.

She couldn’t stop herself from knocking.

Then she felt her phone buzz.

—2:00 pm: Facet

Facet: Why are you at my house???

Vel: Why can’t you open the door?

Facet: I’m busy.

Vel: With what????

Facet: none of your business

Vel: I just want to make sure you’re okay

Facet: I’m fine.

Vel: stop. I know you’re not.

Facet: I don’t want to talk about it.

Vel: Can I come in at least?

Velvereen looked up as she heard the door unlock. Facet stood in the doorway, face a mess, covered in black and blue. His face was smudged in it, like if he was wearing mascara while he was crying. Oh.

That’s why he asked about the eyeshadow.

She slowly walked in, “Facet?” He sniffled a bit, walking to his room. She followed close behind, and watched as he sat down against the wall. She looked at him, sitting down slowly beside him. “Do you want to talk about it now?” She asked.

“Do you ever just- feel wrong?” He whispered, “like you just- want to disappear?” 

She scoots closer to him, a concerned look on her face. “Do you want to elaborate?” She asked.

“I don’t- sometimes I don’t feel like a boy. But I’m not really a girl?” He looked at her for some understanding, and she smiled softly back. “I don’t feel normal,” he continued, “I stole your makeup…”

He picked at his fingers, “I wanted to try it. I don’t know how to use it though, so I-“ he gestures to the mess on his face. “I’m sorry,” he mumbled.

She puts a hand on his shoulder, “Don’t be sorry. I don’t fully understand what you’re talking about, but I can help with your makeup? If you want?” He looked at her with a smile, “Please?”

She stands up, holding a hand out for him to get up. He grabs it and she pulls him up. She looks around, “Okay, let’s start with cleaning your face. Then I’ll let you choose what eyeshadow you want.” She looked to Facet to see what his response was.

Facet just smiled brightly.

Sol didn’t understand what was happening to her. She didn’t believe in love at first sight, it was stupid, it was really stupid. But her heart was pounding, her face was hot, and her hands were clammy. She can’t be in love. She just can’t be. What was wrong with her?

And just like sharks to blood, Panlo and Sheaf surrounded her. 

“Is that love I smell?” Sheaf squealed, “Sol! Who is it?!” The brunette girl smiles wider than what seemed humanly possible. “Is it Hilarius? Pup? That girl?” Panlo asked, searching her face for any reaction to the names. Apparently she did react.

“Sol! You like the girl?” Sheaf teased, “We can find out her name for you!” Panlo nodded along with what Sheaf said, “Operation get Sol a girlfriend is on!” Girlfriend? “Wait- no, no, no!” She screams, but it was too late. The both of them ran away with shit-eating grins on their faces.

Sol stared at the ground in disbelief before hearing a chuckle next to her. She looked up to see Hy laughing at her misery. “Shut up Hy,” she grumbled, “This is just so stupid.” She moves her head to her knees, burying herself in her arms. Hy moves close next to her, “You alright?”

Was she alright? She wasn’t all for love. Did she even really love the girl? I don’t even know her name. 

“I don’t know,” she finally answered, “I just feel weird. Like my stomach hurts. Is that what love is supposed to feel like?” She looked up at Hy with a frown and he shrugged in response leading her to frown even more. “Thanks for the help,” she groaned.

Then she felt her shoulders being pulled. She turned around to see Panlo and Sheaf grinning. “We found out her name!” They both yelled in unison, which was partially terrifying to Sol. But she was genuinely happy to see them, and to hear that they know her name.

Sheaf smiled proudly, “Iphigenia Moss.”

Even her name is pretty. She could tell she was blushing because the two in front of her wore smug grins. “You should go talk to her,” Panlo said, pulling her up onto her feet. Then she felt both of them pushing her towards Iphigenia. She looked desperately at Hy who just grinned.

“Guys! No, no, no!” She screeched, “Stop!” But it was too late. She was right in front of Iphigenia.

Love was a funny thing. Whether it was romantic, like a crush, or platonic, like a friend helping someone out. Soulmates can be like that as well, romantic or platonic.

And without knowing it, two people said the same exact words about theirs.

‘You’re beautiful.’