Chapter 1: Sissal Is Unhinged
Chapter Text
"So, are you one of the juniors they let in?" the blond girl asked him as soon as he sat down. Kyle only blinked at her.
"Don't be so blunt," said the other girl, staring at the blond over the top of her phone. She had dark hair and very bold makeup.
"I think we're all a bit blunt," said the boy sitting across from the two girls, looking over at Kyle. "When we first met, and for context this was like ten minutes ago, she asked me if I was in middle school."
Kyle let out a surprised laugh, trying to cover it with his hand. The dark haired girl laughed too and the blond started gesturing wildly with her hands.
"In my defence, he's like the shortest person ever and I wasn't thinking."
"Sissal," said the boy, "if I've learnt one thing over the past ten minutes about' you, it's that you never think."
"Just like how you never grow," Sissal responded immediately."
"This is going to be fun," Kyle commented, hoping that he had found his people in this class, despite literally just getting there, because he was nervous enough as it was, and these people put him at ease somewhat.
Conchita's music class was famous for being the most advanced class available in Eurovision High School's music department, and Kyle thought only open to seniors until a few days ago, when he had gotten an email with his new timetable and a note to try and catch up on his music theory knowledge as he would be joining them bright and early on the first day of school.
He had sent an email to Conchita out of boardum, submitting a song he had written, figuring the worst that could happen is that she would say no, or simply not respond, but instead, there he was, tapping his fingers on the table nervously, in@ room full of strangers. At least hardly anybody would know each other either, as Eurovision High was one of, if not the biggest school in the area.
"How did you get into this class anyway? I thought it was only for seniors, not to be rude or anything," asked the dark haired girl sitting next to Sissal.
"I don't know," Kyle said. "I just sent an email asking about it one day when I was board and it appeared on my timetable. I'm Kyle, by the way," he added, realising that none of them had introduced themselves yet.
"That's actually pretty cool! JJ by the way, and the one with no filter is Sissal, and the one serving fashion is Miriana."
"Serving style," Miriana said, flipping her hair away from her face.
"I heard that some guy also got in just to annoy his older brother," said Sissal.
"That would probably be them," Kyle pointed across the room to where two almost identical looking boys seemed to be fighting over something, sitting across from two more students, both of whom were looking awkwardly at the seen.
"They look like siblings," Sissal said.
"Yeah, that's me and my sister's exact vibe all the time," said JJ emphatically.
At that moment, the door opened, and their teacher entered the room, striding to the front with confidence. Conchita turned to the class with a warm smile, and almost everyone immediately went quiet, accept for one of the identical looking brothers, who practically shouted, "Matti, just give me the turtle!"
Everyone, including Conchita, turned to stare at the two brothers, and the one presumably called Matti sighed and handed over a really awesome looking turtle figurine.
"Welcome to music," said Conchita, and a relieved look crossed Matti's brother's face. "This class is technically called Senior Advanced Music Theory and Composition, but that sounds a bit long, and the acronym sounds stupid as well. So, this is just music. My name is Conchita Wurst, but you can all call me Conchita, and I will be guiding you through the process of becoming the best musicians that you can possibly be. Now, I want to start with a little group activity to get to know each other, as we will be spending a lot of time together over the next year."
Conchita smiled warmly at the class again and almost everyone in the room visibly relaxed. "So, I know this sounds a little bit lame, but honestly I couldn't think of anything else, so I would like you to go around the room and share one fun fact about yourself."
Several groans could be heard but Conchita didn't seem to care. "Like I said, it's pretty lame, but what can you do. I'll start with," she scanned the room and pointed to the girl closest to the door, "You, if you don't mind."
The girl nodded and Kyle noticed Miriana out of the corner of his eye giving her a strange look. "I am Erika, and I used to sing Finish tango music."
The people at Erika's table were three guys who all seemed to know each other, because they whispered amongst themselves for a second before one of them spoke.
"I'm Kevin, this is Axel and Jakob," he gestured as he spoke, "and we just wrote a song about a Sauna."
The next table contained Tynna, who sang on songs produced by her older brother, Claude, who was born in the Congo, and Kolë and Beatriçe, who explained that they were childhood friends from the same small town in Albania.
At the next table was Klavdia, who once auditioned for Greece's got talent, Marko, who just started songwriting, and Matti and his brother.
"I'm Hálfdán, and I like playing Minecraft."
"And I'm Matti and me and Hálfdán have a band. It's called Væb."
It started to drag a little, Danya and Valya were twins, Lucio played the harmonica, Louane was trying to write enough songs for an album, Go-Jo was dared by his friends to only go by his stage name and not reveal what his name actually was for the whole year. Most of the class looked curious after that, but Conchita only looked down at the register and winked at him.
Adam loved fashion, Sebastian got his stage name from the little mermaid, and Zoë was trying to write songs in French. Louane gave her a smile after that statement.
Finally, it got to their table, the last in the room, Kyle realised, and Sissal decided to go first.
"I'm Sissal, and a lot of people think I'm from Denmark, but I'm actually from the Faroe Islands, and my first language is Faroese."
JJ went next after Miriana still looked torn about what to say. "I'm Johannes, but you can call me JJ, and I'm trained in opera."
Kyle decided to go after JJ, catching Miriana sending him a pleading look. "My name is Kyle, and I love learning languages."
He supposed it was a little boring but everyone's mostly had been.
"I don't know what to say," Miriana mouthed, and Sissal whispered "say something random" to her.
"I'm Miriana, and this might be random but, I look like a beauty blender."
There was a long pause before Kyle finally broke the silence.
"What?"
For some reason, that simple statement set the whole class off into fits of laughter, but instead of looking embarrassed about it, Miriana only smiled and shouted "serving beauty blender" over the noise.
Later, Kyle would ask her why she had chosen to say that, and she would just respond with, "i don't know how to talk about myself."
The rest of the class was taken up with Conchita going over where everyone was in their music theory knowledge, which took a surprisingly long time, seeing as after Miriana's comment, the whole class seemed to have devolved into utter chaos.
"Can someone sing the melody on the board?" Conchita asked at one point.
Miriana immediately raised her hand and sang it perfectly, using the words I am a beauty blender, which caused the whole class to break out into applause. Kyle, JJ and Sissal even gave her a standing ovation as she laughed.
"Now class, I know it's 10 AM and we're all extremely sleep deprived, but if we can actually get through the boring bit, we can sing for the last ten minutes."
The whole group cheered like they were small children, not almost adults planning for their futures.
As promised, they did sing for the last ten minutes, pushing the desks to one side and gathering into one large group in the middle of the room. Conchita played the piano, and took requests, and she knew how to play almost everything, apart from the Australian national anthem, which Go-Jo suggested jokingly during a pause in the music. They sang anything from a messy rendition of Conchita's own most successful song, Rise like a Phoenix, to some French song that Louane, Claude and Zoë managed to add harmonies to that sounded pretty great considering they were improvised, and ended it with Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift because Louane said that she knew all of the lyrics, which she did.
"That was so fun," Kyle said to her as they all left the room in a group, hoping that talking to someone who he hadn't even had a conversation with yet wasn't too awkward.
Louane nodded in agreement. "Yeah, it was really great. Conchita is a really good teacher."
"Yeah, Kyle agreed as JJ fell into step beside them.
They walked as a group down the corridor towards the buildings exit, and somehow, Kyle still found himself sitting amongst them on the lawn outside of the building during there morning break.
"This break should be so much longer," Erika stretched her arms above her head as several people nodded their heads in agreement.
"Twenty minutes just isn't enough," said Miriana, "it's the first day back after the first class and I already feel like I need a holiday."
Despite them probably only meeting aproxametly two hours before, Kyle noticed a strange tension between Erika and Miriana as they stared at each other silently from across the grass. JJ, seeming to sense it to, spoke up from next to Kyle, looking around at everyone. "So, what do you all think of Conchita?"
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we sing and stuff 🎶🎤
09/09/2024
4:07 PM
sissaljo created the group
sissaljo added johannesjjpietsch, kyle.alessandro, mirianaconte, ageofadonxs, watchoutforthetornado, erikavikman, and heyimgojo to the group
sissaljo named the group we sing and stuff 🎶🎤
sissaljo: hey guys not everyone follows me back so can you help me add everyone?
johannesjjpietsch: hey sissal
kyle.alessandro: hi guys
ageofadonxs: Hello people
watchoutforthetornado added zoe.me.music and claudekmb to the group
zoe.me.music: Is this group chat for our music class?
sissaljo: yeah
kyle.alessandro: i don't have anyone else's instagram i don't think
claudekmb: I think i have Marko's, let me check
claudekmb added markobosnjaak to the group
sissaljo: hopefully we get everyone soon
watchoutforthetornado: that would be good
10/09/2024
9:30 AM
johannesjjpietsch: when's class next
kyle.alessandro: idk wednesday i think
johannesjjpietsch: why did i choose english it's killing me
sissaljo: i can barely speak it most of the time so fare
kyle.alessandro: i'm in spanish rn so just kinda board
johannesjjpietsch: shouldn't you at least try to learn instead of texting us
kyle.alessandro: i already speak it i don't need to
kyle.alessandro: also who are you to lecture me about texting during class
kyle.alessandro: you started it
johannesjjpietsch: i feel responsibility for you
kyle.alessandro: literally why?
johannesjjpietsch: bc you're so young
sissaljo: 😂
sissaljo: baby kyle
kyle.alessandro: i'm like only a year younger than you guys
kyle.alessandro: it's literally not that much
johannesjjpietsch: if you say so
kyle.alessandro: says you
kyle.alessandro: sissal asked you if you were in middle school
sissaljo: he's got you there
sissaljo: i did say that
heyimgojo: jj's in middle school and kyle's in kindergarten
kyle.alessandro: too far 😱
watchoutforthetornado: Hey, if we ever have to play that drama game where you go around the circle and say an adjective about yourself that starts with the first letter of your name, Kyle will know what to say 🤷
kyle.alessandro: why just why
sissaljo: we do it cause we love you
kyle.alessandro: no way
sissaljo: literally i only roast like my closest friends
johannesjjpietsch: so me and kyle
sissaljo: exactly 🥰
sissaljo set johannesjjpietsch's nickname to middle schooler
sissaljo set kyle.alessandro's nickname to the baby
sissaljo: now get back to class children
kyle.alessandro: sissal's acting like she's our mother
sissaljo: 📚
kyle.alessandro: you did also join this conversation
Chapter 2: Why A Boat?
Chapter Text
"Wait, Kyle, what are you even drawing?" JJ asked, leaning closer to Kyle to try and see the page in front of him.
"It's supposed to be a stage," Kyle told him, pointing with his pencil.
"That does not look like a stage. And it only takes up like a quarter of a page."
Sissal pulled the paper towards her and stared at it critically. "If you drew a sail it could be a boat," she suggested.
"Why would we be on a boat?" Kyle asked and Sissal shrugged, sliding the paper back across the desk.
"I don't know, why not?"
They had finished all of the work they had to do that lesson, so Conchita had thought for a moment before telling the class to design a poster of their favourite artist for the last twenty minutes before the bell. After a discussion amongst their table about what artist they were going to do, Miriana had suggested they draw themselves, and apparently, Kyle was the best at drawing out of the four of them.
He added a sail to what was supposed to be a stage, it really did look like a boat, and paused, waiting for any ideas to come to him.
"Oh, you should draw us next to the boat," Miriana suggested, "with waves around us."
Kyle got to work, first drawing Sissal, who was directly across from him, then Miriana. He next attempted himself, which he felt went okay, before drawing JJ, who leaned across to peer at the page again.
"Why did you draw me so short?" he protested. "This is not to scale, you guys all tower over me in this."
"This is the most accurate thing I've ever drawn," said Kyle, beginning to draw some waves.
"I'm taller than Sissal," JJ protested.
"Now write The Beauty Blender's at the top," said Miriana, "wait, you have really messy handwriting, I'll do it."
Five minutes later, the bell rang, and everyone started packing up to leave. "Who did you guys draw?" Claude came over to their table and looked down at the poster.
"It's The Beauty Blender's," said Miriana, picking up her backpack.
"Why the boat?" Claude asked, and they all looked at each other, confused.
"Kyle had the urge to draw a boat?" JJ suggested.
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"Hey JJ, what chips are those?" asked Miriana, gesturing to said chips. The two of them, along with Kyle, Sissal, and Go-Jo, were sitting at lunch together.
"Sea salt," said JJ, and Kyle strained to hear him over the noise of the many students around them.
"Did you say Sissal?"
Sissal looked over at him at the mention of her name. "Who said Sissal?"
"I didn't say Sissal idiot, sea salt. Sea salt chips."
"Sissal chips," said Go-Jo.
"Hey guys, can I sit here?" someone asked, looking at the empty seat at their table.
They all nodded in agreement and Erika sat down, looking around at everyone with a friendly smile.
"Hi guys," she said.
The conversation at the table went pretty normally, well, as normal a conversation as you can have with so many unhinged people sitting together, accept for any time Erika or Miriana talked to each other. They had this strange tension that everyone seemed to notice, but nobody commented on, due to an unspoken agreement that it would be too weird to mention it with them both actually there. The only normal time they interacted wasn't even anything they said to each other.
"Erika, girl, how are you so hot? Like, I don't get it?" Sissal asked at one point.
Erika gave a confident smile. "I think we are all sexy you know."
"True," said Miriana, and that was the end of them interacting normally.
"Okay, so we all noticed that, right?" Sissal asked as she, Kyle and JJ walked down the hallway, all heading to class, which they had on the same floor of the same building.
"It was so weird," Kyle agreed. "It's like they hate each other or something."
"I wouldn't say that," said JJ, "it's more like they have something to say to each other? Like something they need to clear up?"
"Didn't they only meet like a week ago?" asked Sissal. "Surely something hasn't happened already.
"They could've met before," said JJ, frowning. "It's not impossible."
"It's also not really our business," Kyle told them, although he was a little curious never the less.
"That's true," said JJ.
"But it's not like we're actually going to confront them about it," Sissal said.
"We are gossiping a bit though," said Kyle. "But It is weird how it all seems to be from Miriana's side, like Erika doesn't even seem to notice."
"Yeah, I did notice that," said JJ.
"Oh my god guys, my class is here," Sissal sighed exaggeratedly.
"How tragic," said JJ, "we'll never see you again."
"Literally, my homework for this class might kill me."
"No way. Kyle could die from being crushed by textbooks though," JJ eyed the large pile in his arms.
"Probably," said Sissal. "See you later guys!" she waved and turned into the classroom to their right.
"Why do you have so many books anyway? I just use my laptop for everything."
"I have psychology next," said Kyle, catching a book from the top of the stack as it slipped, "and my teacher is super old fashioned, and apparently, we won't learn the material properly if we don't have to do an upper body workout while walking to class and then get about a hundred paper cuts."
JJ laughed and Kyle paused outside of his class, not wanting to end their conversation just yet.
"Well, good luck," said JJ, and he smiled directly at Kyle, which made his heart race for some reason.
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we sing and stuff 🎶🎤
13/09/2024
6:08 PM
kyle.alessandro added halfdan.helgi and matthiasdavidm_ to the group
the baby: i found more people
the baby: wow i need to change my nickname 😑
sissaljo: what nooo 🥺
the baby: yes 😬
halfdan.helgi set his nickname to big vaeb
matthiasdavidm_ set his nickname to smol vaeb
big vaeb: yayyyyy!!!
kyle.alessandro changed his nickname to kyle
sissaljo: boring
kyle.alessandro set sissaljo's nickname to sea salt
sea salt: omg kyle you've given me an idea
sissaljo changed johannesjjpietsch's nickname to i shatter glass with my voice
claudekmb: oh no sissal's on the loose 😱
ageofadonxs added redsebastianmusic to the group
ageofadonxs: Sea salt? Why?
sea salt: kyle thought jj was eating sissal chips when they were sea salt
ageofadonxs: 😂
sissaljo set mirianaconte's nickname to beauty blender
zoe.me.music: guys i think i found tynna
zoe.me.music added @aborundtynna to the group
aborundtynna has left the group
kyle: weird
zoe.me.music: Oh wait, that's the account for her and her brother Abor's band
zoe.me.music added tynnamaus to the group
tynnamaus: Hiii guys 😊
zoe.me.music: Hey!!!
kyle: hi tynna!!
ageofadonxs: Hello
sea salt: hey girl
sea salt: i have almost everyone let me add them
sissaljo added klavdiaitiz, shkodraelektronike, axelahman, jakobnorrgard, kevin__holmstrom, shpak_d_, and val_lesh to the group
sea salt: the only person i couldn't find was lucio 😭
sea salt: also only one account for kole and beatrice
shkodraelektronike: I'm the only one who uses this account anyway, Kole barely uses Instagram
sissaljo set shkodraelektronike's nickname to just beatrice
shpak_d_: I wonder why nobody can find lucio
sea salt set shpak_d_'s nickname to danya
kyle: his account is probably private
danya: But why???
val_lesh: It's not a big deal.
val_lesh set his nickname to valya
ageofadonxs: Guys my parents just asked me why I'm texting during my birthday dinner...
sea salt: wait it's your birthday???
claudekmb: hey ours are only three days apart
claudekmb: mine's on monday
sea salt: why didn't you guys say anything
kyle: we should get you guys a cake
zoe.me.music: omg totally
tynnamaus: Conchita seems chill, she probably wouldn't care
sea salt: true
claudekmb: Guys you don't have to do that
sea salt: okay so we're getting adam and claude a cake confirmed
zoe.me.music: i can pick it up on my way to school on monday
kyle: sounds good
danya: What if lucio isn't real?
valya: Ignore him.
heyimgojo: that's something to think about
heyimgojo: wait, we're getting cake?
zoe.me.music: for claude and adam
i shatter glass with my voice: i think my math teacher is trying to kill me
i shatter glass with my voice: so be prepared ⚰️
sea salt: what the fuck jj 😭😭
i shatter glass with my voice: don't what the fuck me sissal johanna
i shatter glass with my voice: what the fuck is this nickname
sea salt: it's actually spelled jóhanna
kyle: i don't think he cares
i shatter glass with my voice: so glad someone changed your nickname to sea salt though
tynnamaus: I've been meaning to ask, why sea salt?
sea salt: because jj was eating sea salt chips and kyle thought he said sissal chips
sea salt: and now i'm sea salt
sea salt: and jj can shatter glass with his voice
kyle: i wonder...
i shatter glass with my voice: kyle middle name alessandro
i shatter glass with my voice: before you ask i have never broken a window while singing
kyle: what about other glass things?
i shatter glass with my voice: literally no
kyle: if you say so
kyle: also my middle name is alessandro
i shatter glass with my voice: whatever
beauty blender: jj serving so much he breaks glass 💅
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Instagram
16/09/2024
10:45 AM
ageofadonxs posted a photo tagging @claudekmb
[Image Description]: Adam and Claude standing in the middle of their music classroom next to a cake, then a video of the class singing happy birthday, and finally, a picture of Adam and Claude posing with Conchita, all wearing party hats.
Happy birthday to us @claudekmb 🎂🥳 i literally love my friends so much
Comments:
claudekmb said: best birthday 💕
Chapter Text
"This class is so unserious and I love it," shouted Miriana over the noise. Everyone was milling around the room, all wearing the party hats that someone had bought in. Kyle had a sneaking suspicion that it was Hálfdán and Matti, as most of them were covered in extremely random doodles of things such as boats, the word Minecraft, video game controllers, and for some reason, his read "w ESC Gabe" with a smiley face.
Before Kyle could wonder any more about who ESC Gabe was, Conchita called the class to order. Everyone turned to her, listening intently surprisingly fast due to how much noise they were previously making.
"Okay, so, happy birthday to Adam and Claude, again, but we actually do have to do this work, I know, it's so sad. Luckily for you, it's a group assignment, well pairs actually."
Kevin's hand shot into the air as soon as Conchita paused.
"Yes, boys, you can work in a group of three seeing as Lucio isn't here for the next couple of weeks."
Kevin, Axel,, and Jakob all high fived each other enthusiastically and Conchita continued. "You will all prepare a duet of any song you want, just make sure it's appropriate because I don't want to lose my job. You will have until Friday next week, and I know that's not a lot of time, but I believe in you all. You will perform in our lesson on that Friday, and unfortunately we will have to go into lunchtime if it takes too long."
Conchita probably expected a lot of disappointed groans, but that actually wasn't the case. It seems, like Kyle, that nobody else minded missing lunch to watch a bunch of their friends performing what was bound to be very good songs.
"Okay, so, I'll give you the rest of the class to sort out groups, so like, five minutes.
Immediately, the class broke into pandemonium once again, and JJ turned to Kyle.
"Do you want to work together?" he asked and Kyle nodded. He had been hoping to work with JJ anyway. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Louane and Claude high fiving, Hálfdán and Matti jumping around, and Sissal across the room, talking to Adam.
"What is Sissal doing? Now I have to find a partner,` said Miriana, looking around at everyone, who were almost all in pairs.
"I don't have one yet," Erika told her, leaning over from the next table where Kevin, Axel and Jakob were already discussing song choices. "We can work together, yeah?"
Miriana's shoulder's visibly tensed but after a moment, she nodded and smiled at Erika.
"Yes, I'll be your partner," she said.
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beauty blender's 💄💅
17/09/2024
11:54 PM
sissaljo created the group
sissaljo added @kyle.alessandro, @johannesjjpietsch, and @mirianaconte to the group
sissaljo: i summon all
sissaljo: i call forth the rest of the beauty blender's
kyle.alessandro: it's like midnight
sissaljo: welcome to the insomniacs club
johannesjjpietsch: the thing i want to know is why sissal is creating new group chats at 12 am
mirianaconte: bc it's a mood
sissaljo: and a vibe
kyle.alessandro: i can't think of another word but yes
johannesjjpietsch: i hate you all
kyle.alessandro: no you love us really 😁
johannesjjpietsch: nope
sissaljo: jj don't make the youngling upset
kyle.alessandro: did you just...
sissaljo: call you a youngling? yes i did.
kyle.alessandro: jj looks younger
kyle.alessandro: shorter than an ant
johannesjjpietsch: girl i'm not even that short
sissaljo: denial is a river in egypt
johannesjjpietsch: 🖕
mirianaconte: omg he isn't happy
sissaljo: anyways guys i have something to tell you
kyle.alessandro: what?
mirianaconte: spill
johannesjjpietsch: sissal don't ghost us
johannesjjpietsch: just say it
sissaljo: okay so
sissaljo: you know adam?
kyle.alessandro: we're all in the same class of course we know him
sissaljo: well he's like sooo hot
mirianaconte: omg i see it
johannesjjpietsch: literally the only thing i noticed about him is his height though
kyle.alessandro: bc you're so short
johannesjjpietsch: i walked right into that one didn't i
kyle.alessandro: yes you did 😁😁😁
sissaljo: anyways he's the most beautiful man i have ever seen and my future husband
mirianaconte: that's amazing news but this girl needs sleep
johannesjjpietsch: yeah it's like half past 12
sissaljo: finee be responsible
sissaljo named the group beauty blender's 💄💅
kyle.alessandro: see you guys tomorrow
johannesjjpietsch: night
mirianaconte: goodnight beauty blenders!!!
sissaljo: night guys
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During their next music class, Conchita had given them permission to practice their duets anywhere in the music building, which, Kyle supposed, was probably actually a good idea for any other class accept for there's. He and JJ were currently walking down the corridor, trying to find a place to practice. All of the rooms were already taken and the one that Kyle thought was empty was actually being used by Charlotte, Lauren, and Holly-Anne, three girls Kyle recognised as being in Sissal's drama class who had started a band.
They were about to just sit in the hallway when finally, they found a room, crowded with guitar's.
"Do you know how to play?" JJ said, gesturing vaguely around at what must have been twenty guitar's in the room.
"Nope," said Kyle, "you?"
"Nope."
"Well I guess we can ignore them?
"Hey guys," came a shout from down the hallway. "Does anyone know where a guitar is I can borrow? I left mine at home."
Kyle opened the door to reveal Valya, and left the room to go over to him.
"The room we found has loads," he told him, "you can come have a look if you want."
Valya looked extremely relieved and once he had picked out a guitar, thanked them, and left the room, JJ turned to Kyle and took out his phone. "So Kylie, should we just go through Spotify or something?
Kyle paused, hand half in his pocket to grab his own phone. "What did you just call me?"
"Kylie," JJ repeated.
"But like, why?" Kyle asked, trying to sound annoyed.
"Because it's a nickname, duh," said JJ. Kyle tried not to notice how weirdly nice it felt to be given a nickname, and tried to fain indifference. He also tried not to notice how JJ hadn't given anyone else a nickname yet, and he didn't want to know why that made him feel so happy.
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Erika and Miriana, thankfully, were some of the first to find a place to practice, and had actually picked a song pretty easily, considering both of them wanted to give off major queen energy. Everything was going well in basically all aspects, though Miriana couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable still.
After what had happened that August, she was upset, more upset than she even wanted to admit to herself, but never expected to see Erika again. But of course, because she had the worst luck, the girl not only went to her school, but was in the same class, and actually one of the nicest and funniest people in the world. Miriana was pretty sure she made her laugh more than her best friends, the newly dubbed Beauty Blender's, and that was saying something.
Miriana would describe herself as a pretty relaxed person. If she and Erika had just talked about what had happened, she would be more than willing to put it all behind them and be friends, but not only had she not talked about it with her, Erika was acting completely normal, like nothing had even happened.
"What do you think?" she asked, and Miriana jumped and looked up from where she was staring at the floor.
"What?"
"I said, do you think we should add dance moves like this?" Miriana only just noticed that Erika was standing now, and she looked at her as she demonstrated some choreography.
"That looks so amazing," she said enthusiastically, and Erika beamed. Maybe it was best to do this project together, have fun, and then see what happened. Although, as much as she told herself to stop thinking about it, she did catch herself worrying several times.
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we sing and stuff 🎶🎤
klavdiaitiz: Do any of you guys know why Halfdan and Matthias are practising in the hallway?
redsebastianmusic: Really?
zoe.me.music: Yes!
zoe.me.music sent a photo [Image Description: Hálfdán and Matti sitting in a hallway and talking. Klavdia is stepping over Matti's legs.]
smol vaeb: there were no more rooms
big vaeb: but w hallway
smol vaeb: w's in chat for hallway
watchoutforthetornado: claude told me to check this chat
watchoutforthetornado: w hallway
big vaeb: omg w louane
claudekmb: w louane
kyle: w louane
i shatter glass with my voice: w louane
danya: Guys Valya says to stop spamming the chat
sea salt: why can't he tell us himself
danya: he doesn't want to put down the guitar
danya: Also do you guys know why Lucio isn't here?
claudekmb: nope
tynnamaus: Idk if anyone knows
sea salt: yeah i'm literally the best instagram stalker and even i couldn't find him
val_lesh changed shpak_d_'s nickname to obsessed with lucio
obsessed with lucio: I'm just curious
shpak_d_ changed val_lesh's nickname to guitar obsessed
just beatrice: Guys, we should probably practice, we only have two weeks
kyle: not even
smol vaeb: w music
big vaeb: w music
---
beauty blender's 💄💅
sissaljo: guys can you come to my house tonight pls
kyle.alessandro: sure i have nothing on
johannesjjpietsch: don't you have to ask your parents child
kyle.alessandro: can your feet reach the pedals to drive there?
mirianaconte: girl ich komme
sissaljo: what's that
johannesjjpietsch: it's i'm coming in german
johannesjjpietsch: miriana where did you learn that?
mirianaconte: erika knows it for some reason
mirianaconte: idk if she knows anything else
johannesjjpietsch: oh lol
sissaljo: so twinks you coming or what
johannesjjpietsch: i know you mean me so yes
kyle.alessandro: who else
sissaljo: obviously you
sissaljo: biggest twink that ever attended eurovision
kyle.alessandro: not true
johannesjjpietsch: kylie are you coming or what
kyle.alessandro: yes
sissaljo changed kyle.alessandro's nickname to kylie
kylie: what why 😭
sissaljo: i'm sick of seeing our insta usernames
sissaljo set her own nickname to sea salt
sissaljo set johannesjjpietsch's nickname to jj
sissaljo set mirianaconte's nickname to serving
serving: yes!!!
jj: finally something normal
sea salt: wait till i come up with something better
sea salt: when i'm feeling more creative
sea salt: anyway meet me at the gate at 3 i can drive you guys
serving: ❤️
---
"Sissal, girl, your house is so messy," said JJ, stepping over several shoes left in the front hallway.
"I know, my family are all like super messy. And I have little sisters."
"Little sister's who leave Eurovision High School jackets on the floor?" Kyle asked, pointing.
Sissal bent down to pick it up. "Well that's mine," she said, walking over to a hook on the wall and hanging it up. "Come on, I invited you here for a very spesific reason."
"To talk about your crush," Miriana said as Sissal lead them into the living room.
They all sank onto two couch's opposite each other, Kyle and JJ on one, and Miriana and Sissal on the other, just like how they usually sat during class.
"He's just so hot," Sissal began, "I don't know. He's just so tall, and calm, and you know what? I want him to marry me."
Everyone gave her a strange look.
"Sissal, you guys met like two weeks ago," said JJ.
"So what?" she protested, and started singing a song that Kyle vaguely recognised as being from some movie.
"What is that from?" he asked and Sissal paused, looking at him in shock.
"What, you haven't seen Greece?"
"I haven't been to Greece no, but Klavdia told me it's really nice there," JJ told her.
"Johannes, not you too," Sissal looked genuinely shocked. "You know that song, summer lovin, had me a blast. That's from Greece."
"So it's a movie?" Kyle asked, pretending to be more confused than he actually was.
"Yes it's a movie," said Sissal, looking exasperated.
"Why don't we just watch it?" suggested Miriana, rolling her eyes at the three of them.
"Yes," said Sissal, "I think we have the DVD."
"The DVD?" asked JJ as Sissal got up from the couch. "Are you living in the past? We can just watch it on Netflix."
"Do they have Greece on Netflix?" Sissal wondered.
"Probably," said Miriana, and Sissal veered towards the TV to grab the remote.
"Okay you uncultured idiots, ready to watch a masterpiece."
So, they watched Greece and ate popcorn and chocolate, and somehow, they all ended up watching it most of the way through without talking, although Sissal did have to go back about two minutes at one point. They spent the rest of their time talking and messing around, they sang karaoke at one point, and Sissal, who was home alone because her family were at some event she had no interest in, tried to cook them dinner with mixed results. They didn't end up leaving until almost 10 PM, and all gave each other the biggest hugs when they did.
Hanging out with and being a part of the Beauty Blender's was fun, and JJ, Sissal, and Miriana were already Kyle's closest friends despite not knowing them for all that long. The only thing he tried not to think about was the confusing fluttery feeling in his chest every time JJ moved closer to him during the movie, or when they hugged.
---
Instagram
18/09/2024
11:07 PM
Mirianaconte posted a video tagging @sissaljo, @kyle.alessandro, and @johannesjjpietsch
[Video Description: Miriana stands in Sissal's kitchen with Kyle, Sissal, and JJ.
Miriana: My name is Miriana Conte, and I am the OG Beauty Blender.
Sissal: My name is Sea Salt.
JJ: I'm apparently VaJJ, Sissal made it up.
Kyle: And I'm Kylie.
The video cuts to a slideshow of all the pictures Miriana has of them together.]
beauty blender's are real ❤️❤️❤️
Comments:
bara_vaeb said: w beauty blender's
ageofadonxs said: Icons
kyle.alessandro said: i love you guys
johannesjjpietsch said: @kyle.alessandro go to sleep
Notes:
for your information my music class isn't actually like this sadly
Chapter Text
we sing and stuff 🎶🎤
20/09/2024
8:32 PM
kyle: guys i'm actually freaking out
sea salt: why
i shatter glass with my voice: are you okay?
kyle: i guess
kyle: it just kinda hit me that we only have a week
i shatter glass with my voice: kylie we did great today
kyle: i know
kyle: i'm being stupid
beauty blender: it's not stupid
claudekmb: i was walking past about half way through class and you sounded great if that helps
watchoutforthetornado: i was with him
watchoutforthetornado: i was stunned
kyle: thanks guys 😊
kyle: that makes me feel way better
---
Kyle and JJ's text messages
20/09/2024
8:45 PM
JJ: kylie, do you actually feel better
JJ: or are you just saying that
Kyle: idk
Kyle: the panic's mostly gone
JJ: mostly
Kyle: i'm fine i promise
Kyle: you don't have to worry
JJ: you're literally one of my best friends
JJ: of course i'm gonna worry about you
Kyle: awww you actually love me 😁❤️
JJ: no i don't
Kyle: yes you do!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
JJ: no 🖕
Kyle: yes
JJ: are you really okay now?
Kyle: yeah i'm good
JJ: wanna facetime?
Kyle: omg yes pls pls pls pls 😁❤️😊💕🥺🥰
JJ: idk why i asked
Kyle: cause you love me
JJ: 😭
Incoming Facetime call from JJ ❤️
---
Kyle was lying on his side in bed, phone propped on the pillow next to him, staring at his best friend, who was telling a story about his older sister, who was at university. It was dark inside his bedroom, the screen and a small beam of moonlight shining through the curtains the only thing allowing him to make out JJ's face. Kyle didn't mean to zone out, but JJ's voice was so comforting, and he had to close his eyes against the brightness of the screen, and before he knew it, Kyle was drifting to sleep to the sound of JJ's laugh and the comforting knowledge of his presence.
JJ had been talking for at least five minutes straight when he glanced down at his phone screen. It displayed the time boldly across the top, 1:02 AM, and JJ blinked in surprise. Surely he and Kyle hadn't been on the phone for four hours already.
"Kylie, it's1 AM, we should probably go to sleep," he said, and waited for a response. After about thirty seconds of silence, JJ looked at his phone again to see Kyle half in frame, eyes closed, and when he listened closely, JJ could hear his steady breathing. He just stared for a second, half wondering how Kyle could have fallen asleep on Facetime, and half noticing how damn beautiful he looked lying there, his hair a mess, hands curled protectively to his chest. He looked so relaxed.
JJ tried to stop those thoughts in their tracks, because there was literally zero possibility that Kyle would ever like him back, but it was useless, so instead, he tried distracting himself by texting Miriana and Sissal, forgetting that no normal person would be awake at 1 AM. Lucky for him, neither Miriana or Sissal were very normal, because they both responded.
---
beauty blender's 💄💅
20/09/2024
1:05 AM
jj: omg
jj: you guys are probably asleep but
jj: kyle fell asleep on facetime
sea salt: you twinks were facetiming without me
jj: sissal why are you awake
sea salt: i was talking to adonxs
jj: oh so now you're calling him by his stage name
sea salt: well he's literally a god so
serving: girl
serving changed her nickname to the og beauty blender
the og beauty blender: there
sea salt: no literally i was on tiktok
the og beauty blender: real
jj: but anyway kylie fell asleep on facetime
jj: what do i do 😱
sea salt: just sleep as well
jj: and not hang up on him???
the og beauty blender: i mean you don't have to
jj: yeah i don't want him to know i hung up on him
sea salt: simp
jj: sissal
jj: i'm going to bed now
sea salt: but it's saturday tomorrow
jj: you can stay awake till sunrise idc
jj: but i'm going to bed
the og beauty blender: sameee
sea salt: night losers
jj: was that necessary
sea salt: yep
---
we sing and stuff 🎶🎤
25/09/2024
2:28 PM
obsessed with lucio: I had no idea our duets were in front of the whole school
guitar obsessed: Danya it's going to be okay
kyle: i'm actually so scared as well don't worry
ageofadonxs: They probably didn't tell us until now so we wouldn't be nervous
sea salt: maybe
claudekmb: guys what did you put when conchita asked you to write who was in your group
i shatter glass with my voice: fuck
beauty blender: i literally just put beauty blender
axelahman: kevin just put our initials
kyle: i wonder if conchita will announce what we wrote
i shatter glass with my voice: that would be so funny
markobosnjaak: and unhinged probably
sea salt: definitely
---
Kyle's feelings for JJ had been getting even more confusing since starting this damn duets project. On one hand, he loved spending more time with him, and they had gotten extremely close, which was always a good thing. On the other hand, Kyle was sick of dismissing all of the stupid feelings he was having every time they so much as looked at each other. It had gotten to a point where he was aware of exactly where JJ was most of the time, and couldn't stop thinking about him when they were near each other, and even when they weren't, so basically all the time. He wasn't like this about any of his other friends.
And when they were together, he was always smiling, like he never frowned, it was like the smile was permanently glued onto his face. They had Facetimed every day for about two weeks now, sometimes with Sissal and Miriana sometimes some other combination of their friends, sometimes just by themselves, even if they had already spent hours working on their duet that day. Kyle knew he had to unravel his feelings and really think about them, but he decided that he would focus on the performance instead, which was the next day, and try to sort out his feelings after that.
---
we sing and stuff 🎶🎤
27/09/2024
12:50 PM
erikavikman: has anyone seen miriana?
erikavikman: we were meant to practice one more time before class today
sea salt: no i haven't
sea salt: sorry
kyle: neither
zoe.me.music: We can look though
klavdiaitiz: Good idea
erikavikman: yes
smol vaeb: me and halfdan are looking now
watchoutforthetornado: let's hope we find her
1:14 PM
erikavikman: any luck?
i shatter glass with my voice: nope
kyle: i'm kinda worried ngl
heyimgojo: yeah there's only like fifteen minutes until class right
ageofadonxs: Yeah i think so
erikavikman: i hope she's okay
sea salt: i'm sure she is
1:29 PM
kyle: guys i found her
kyle: we'll probably be like five minutes late
erikavikman: is she okay?
kyle: she's all good dw
watchoutforthetornado: we'll let conchita know
kyle: thanks sm
---
Kyle was wondering aimlessly around the school, looking everywhere for Miriana. He probably looked like an idiot, peering around classroom doors and walking up and down hallways, but at least all of his friends were doing the same thing.
It sounded stupid, but he was getting seriously worried now. It wasn't like Miriana to just disappear, she was usually surrounded by people, and when she did go somewhere she would tell someone about it. It wasn't like her to just vanish and not tell a single person where she was going.
Kyle was about to give up, head back over to his friends so that they could make their way into the theatre for the performances, and hope that Miriana was okay, when he heard it. It was coming from further down the hallway that Kyle was in, and it sounded suspiciously like crying. Concerned, Kyle followed the noise until he stopped outside the door to a girl's bathroom. As much as he was concerned for whoever was crying in there, Kyle knew that he absolutely should not go into a girl's bathroom to try comfort a probable stranger who wouldn't want help anyway. He was about to turn around again when the door opened, and out stepped his friend Emmy, who was his partner during music for years until he was moved to the senior class.
"Oh, hey Kyle," Emmy said with a bright smile. "I heard you have a performance today and I'll be there to cheer you on."
"Emmy, thank you so much," Kyle told her, "and I know that this is a stupid question, but do you know if the person crying in there is okay?"
A frown crossed Emmy's usually happy face and she shifted her bag strap further up her shoulder. "I don't know," she said. "I tried to comfort her but we don't know each other so I wasn't very helpful. She just kept saying something about a girl named Erika?"
"Erika?" Kyles concern grew, because Erika was who Miriana was working with and set to perform a duet with in ten minutes. "What was her name, do you know?"
"I'm not sure, sorry," said Emmy. "Maybe Mariana? Or Rhianna?"
"Was it Miriana?" asked Kyle, hoping that Emmy would shake her head no because he couldn't imagine why one of his best friends would be so upset.
"That was it," wait, Kyle, you know you're not allowed in there, right?"
Kyle could admit that he wasn't really thinking when he pushed open the door and walked straight in, he was only thinking about Miriana and whether or not she was okay.
He saw her immediately, leaning against one of the sinks, tears streaming down her face. She was trying very hard to stop crying, Kyle could tell, and she looked equally embarrassed as she did upset.
"Miriana?" he asked softly, trying not to startle her.
Miriana's head snapped up and she stared at him through watery eyes. "Kyle? What are you doing here?"
"We've all been looking everywhere for you," Kyle said, taking several steps closer to her. "Are you okay?"
That simple question seemed to make her even more upset as she looked up at him. "Yes, no, I don't know, I don't think so," she managed to choke out between gasping breaths.
Kyle didn't think again, only rushing forwards and pulling Miriana into his arms. She let out a startled breath and buried her face into his shoulder. Kyle stood there for who knows how long, not really sure what to do but hoping that holding her and letting her cry was enough. Eventually, Miriana sniffed and pulled away to look up at him.
"Thank you so much," she said, "I really needed a hug."
"Um, you're welcome?" he said awkwardly and Miriana laughed.
"You're so sweet," she said. Her eyes were still red rimmed and her face still stained with tears, but she wasn't crying anymore.
"Would it be okay if I tell you what happened? I think I need to talk about it," Miriana said, twisting her hands together nervously. "I'm sorry for crying all over you, by the way."
"Don't even worry about it," said Kyle, "and of course you can talk about it if you want too."
"So basically," she began, "I was at this party and I hardly knew anyone there, and Kyle, before you look at me like that, you can go to parties where you hardly know anyone okay?"
"Okay," he agreed and Miriana continued her story.
"So, I was at this party, and I met this girl there. We had so much chemistry, like off the charts levels, and something came up and I had to go, but I gave her my number because she said she was interested in me too and Erika never texted me." She waved her hand emphatically. "And then, we come back to school, and we're in the same damn class, and she doesn't even talk to me about it. Like, she's acting like it didn't even happen."
"That's terrible," said Kyle in surprise, trying to imagine Erika Vikman, of all people, ghosting somebody. He just couldn't.
"Yeah, it's so out of character from her personality usually, both before and after she did it, and performing with her is just stressing me out. Sorry."
"Don't even apologise," said Kyle, taking her hand and squeezing, "you have every right to be upset, and you're going to kick so much ass on that stage."
Miriana laughed and grinned at him, though Kyle still saw a little sadness in her eyes.
"I know you probably don't want my advice," he said, "but maybe you should talk to Erika."
"Maybe," she agreed, "but first I just want to get through this."
"You're going to do so great."
"So will you. And kyle, thanks so much for listening, I feel so much better."
"I feel like I didn't do that much," Kyle said and Miriana shook her head.
"That's not true. I just needed someone to talk too, so thank you for that."
"You're welcome I guess."
Kyle and Miriana walked all the way to the theater together, arms linked and talking about more lighthearted topics, and around half way there, JJ ran up to them with a relieved "he found you" and a hug for Miriana, and then he linked arms with Kyle on the other side.
They took seats backstage, and Conchita appologised for the suddenness of the performance, which, turns out, wasn't supposed to happen like this, but Loreen, the new head of the music department, had decided that it was a good idea.
Miriana sat amongst her friends, watched Conchita own it as host, and the audience laugh as she read the first act as Big Væb hates Minecraft and Smol Væb is Hálfdán Matthiasson's worst enemy, watched Erika give her an excited smile and Kyle give her a reassuring look, watched everyone absolutely kill it out there and laugh at Conchita's deadpan delivery of the group sign up sheet, and when she stepped out on that stage, she finally felt comfortable around Erika for the first time since that party. Maybe it was the adrenalin of the performance, or maybe talking about it had really helped.
---
Instagram
27/09/2024
4:32 PM
aborballert posted a video
[Video Description: The video is a compilation, and the actual image doesn't change much, just Conchita on stage.
Conchita: First up, Big Væb hates Minecraft and Smol Væb is Hálfdán Matthiasson's worst enemy. Now, the thing you need to know about these two is that they are siblings.
Conchita: Next up, we have the wonderful Klavdia and Zoe, which you actually misspelled, so maybe you should learn how to spell your name, Zowë.
Conchita: Thank you to Klavdia and Zoe, now, I would like to welcome our only group of three, Kaj, otherwise known as Big Kev, Mr. International, and Schakob.
Conchita: Thank you to Kaj, next to take the stage, Obsessed with Lucio Corsi and Valya, now Danya this is news to me.
Conchita: Next up, is Louane and Claude, who I know are singing in French even though I haven't seen the setlist. Maybe I should have reviewed that, never mind.
Conchita: Now, we have Kylie and I Shatter Glass with My Voice, and let's hope that all window's stay in tact for this performance, which is what Kyle told me to say, so for once, I'm on script.
Conchita: Thank you so much. Now, we will hear from Sea Salt, and Adonxs, who are absolutely married right now if we were living in the Middle Ages, and if that sounds random and unhinged, you should have a conversation with Sissal.
Conchita: Next up, with an actual band name, wow they are prepared, Shkodra Elektronike.
Conchita: Now, we have a secret, it's Tynna I hate my actual first name, and Go-Jo keep my name a secret, bit of a theme here.
Conchita: Very secret performance, and our penultimate act is Red Sebastian and Marko Bosnjak.
Conchita: Gracing the stage for our last performance, is Erika and Beauty Blender Conte.
Went to my sister's performance today and the highlite were these unhinged intro's
Comments:
tynnamaus said: ily guys and tysm for the chaos
Notes:
thank you guys sooo much for the great response to this fic, i haven't finished planning it yet so all suggestions are welcome <3
Chapter 5: The Mega Table of Uno
Notes:
idk why this chapter took so long to write sorry guys
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
"Hey guys, I think we have a substitute," said Sissal as they walked into class that Wednesday.
"Well obviously," said JJ, pointing to the unfamiliar man who was standing awkwardly at the front of the room instead of their teacher.
Miriana flopped into her seat and Erika waved at her enthusiastically. Her friends all shot her supportive looks as they sat down. Miriana had told JJ and Sissal the story of her and Erika over the weekend after they had asked her why she disappeared before their performance, and despite her thinking that it wouldn't really make much difference, Miriana felt so much better knowing that there were now three people who understood her feelings and could be there to support her.
Almost everyone had arrived now, and the random man at the front of the class looked very nervous as he surveyed the students. Finally, Sebastian slipped into the room just as the bell rang and the stranger cleared his throat.
"Welcome class. My name is Mr. Osterdahl, and I will be your teacher for today, seeing as Miss Wurst is off sick today."
"Who's Miss Wurst?" Claude asked.
"I think he means Conchita," said JJ.
"Now, students, calling your teacher by her first name is very disrespectful, rude, and if Miss Wurst ever heard you saying that she, like me, would surely tell you that you must respect your elders."
The whole class only stared at him blankly, and Sissal had the urge to punch him in the face for some reason, or even just tell him that Conchita had told them to call her that, but she resisted as Mr. Osterdahl pulled up the role and started calling out names.
"Axel Åhman," he said, and Axel waved.
"Tünde Bornemisza."
"I go by Tynna," she said, raising her hand.
"Tünde is here," said Mr. Osterdahl, ignoring Tynna completely. "Marko Bošnjak."
"Here."
"Mariana Conte," said Mr. Osterdahl, and Miriana looked around at the class with a slightly annoyed look on her face.
"It's Miriana," she said it in a way that implied that this mispronunciation happened a lot, and Kyle wouldn't be surprised if it did.
Again, the random substitute teacher ignored the correction, and continued on with "Lucio Corsi."
Lucio raised his hand in his usual quiet way. Kyle didn't think he had ever heard him say a word before. Meanwhile, Valya nudged Danya with a teasing smile, who only glared back at his twin. Seeing this, almost everyone else in the class looked over at them and gave Danya the same look, who glared and rolled his eyes.
Beatriçe," Mr. Osterdahl paused and Beatriçe raised her hand without waiting for him to try and say her last name.
"Kyle," he said, seemingly having given up on saying last names altogether.
The rest of the role continued without anything interesting happening, apart from when Mr. Osterdahl got to the end, when Go-Jo ran up to the front of the class and marked the last name without saying anything.
"Well, I guess your actual name starts with a V or later in the alphabet," Adam commented as Go-Jo returned to his seat.
"I can't tell you," he said resolutely, "I have a bet."
"Well, now, class, um today, we will be continuing on with your current assignment."
"We don't have a current assignment," said JJ, raising his eyebrows.
Mr. Osterdahl looked startled, and then stared at the class for a few seconds before opening his mouth.
"Well then, class, today we will actually be–"
"Matti, Matti no, there's lava right there!" Hálfdán yelled so suddenly that almost everyone jumped.
"Bro," Matti exclaimed, "I know what I'm doing!"
"You literally don't," said Hálfdán.
"Are you two playing Minecraft?" Claude asked, and Mr. Osterdahl started glaring daggers at the two brothers.
"Nope," said Hálfdán, "definitely not."
"It's imaginary Minecraft," said Matti.
"Imaginary Minecraft," Hálfdán agreed, and apparently, the random substitute teacher guy couldn't see any phones or iPads either, because he stayed at the front of the class, just looking at everyone.
"Are we going to be doing anything?" Miriana whispered, and Kyle, Sissal, and JJ all shrugged helplessly.
"No!" Matti yelled, and Hálfdán shoved his brothers shoulder.
"I told you so," he said, and then turned to everyone else. "Matti just died in Minecraft."
"So you were playing Minecraft," said Marko.
The rest of the class then watched in amused silence as the Væb brothers had a debate about real Minecraft verses so called imaginary Minecraft, with random substitute teacher guy glaring at them, though, for some reason, he didn't do anything about it.
"Imaginary is a good song !title," Zoë mused, rummaging in her bag and pulling out a notebook.
"Totally," Louane agreed as Zoë tapped her pen against the page.
"So, are we going to be doing anything?" Marko asked, turning to look at random substitute teacher guy, who looked, to put it politely, extremely clueless.
"We can write a song," Sebastian suggested.
"We can do more music theory," said Valya and almost everyone groaned. "Fine, it was just a joke."
"Wait, did he just leave?" Louane asked, and the classroom door slammed shut. Kyle's eyes flicked back to the front of the class, and just as Louane pointed out, random substitute teacher guy was gone.
"What the fuck?" was the first thing that he could think to say.
"Can he do that?" Tynna asked.
"I'm like ninety nine percent sure he can't," said Adam.
"Well he just did, so," said Go-Jo.
"Guys, we should totally do something fun," Sissal suggested after almost five minutes of almost silence and no sign of the person who was supposed to be teaching the class.
Unsurprisingly, the Væb brothers were the first to enthusiastically agree, followed by the rest of the Beauty Blender's, Go-Jo, and then Adam, which made Sissal very happy and Kyle and JJ roll their eyes at her.
"What should we do?" asked Beatriçe.
"I dunno," Sissal shrugged her shoulders.
"We should play Uno," said Matti, picking up his backpack.
"Why Uno?" asked Go-Jo.
"Because I packed Uno cards," said Matti, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"W Uno cards," said Hálfdán as Matti pulled them out triumphantly.
"So how are we all going to play it?" asked Sebastian. "The table's are so spread out."
"We can sit on the floor," suggested Hálfdán.
"No way," protested most of the class, including Matti, who added "bro."
"We could move the tables together I guess," said Kyle, and that seemed to be the best idea, because five minutes later, he found himself carrying a table across the room with JJ towards the already put together group of tables, already nicknamed the mega table. Chairs were scattered everywhere, and everyone was acting absolutely chaotic, apart from Lucio, who was sitting in the corner reading, seemingly not questioning whatever the hell was happening. Even Kolë was helping Beatriçe carry the vast majority of chairs to the center of the room while Hálfdán and Matti ran all over the place and gave everyone pointless instructions such as "drop the table, w," and "YouTube play button shape table bro."
"Oh shit," said JJ and he and Kyle's table slipped, crashing to the floor with a rather loud thud.
"Bro," Hálfdán practically screamed and even Matti gave him a strange look.
"Okay, Kyle, lift the damn table," JJ said, and Kyle did. They carried it to the giant mega table and dropped it, gently this time, into place.
Loreen was sitting in her office, going through piles of paperwork when she heard it. It was an extremely loud bang coming from down the hallway in the direction of the music classroom, followed by a person screaming what Loreen suspected was the word bro followed by loud laughter.
What's going on in there? she thought, before remembering that the only class that was going on right now was Senior Music, which was usually pretty calm, so what, then, could possibly be going on? Then Loreen remembered that Conchita had called in sick that day, and the only substitute available was Martin Osterdahl. Peering out of her office, she saw him, sitting on his laptop in the teacher's lounge, which was located in the music building for some reason.
Loreen walked towards him and he looked up at her from the chair he was sitting in.
"Hey Loreen," he said, trying to act casual, but Loreen just stared at him calmly.
?Don't you have a class to be teaching right now, Martin?" she asked, "Conchita is off sick today."
"Yes, well, um, well, I know nothing about music," he protested after a minute or so.
"That's no excuse," she told him, and turned away out of the room, leaving Martin staring after her.
Loreen approached the classroom door cautiously, and with good reason. The last time that Conchita had been sick was two years ago, and they had also had Martin as a substitute. That time, two of the students, named Luka and Teya, had snuck Luka's boyfriend into class, and apparently, another girl named Blanka had some kind of grudge against him, and she wanted to literally fight him. This didn't make sense to Loreen, because in her opinion, Jan seemed very unproblematic the few times she had met him. Very talented as well, maybe he should have been in Conchita's class over Blanka.
Thankfully, when Loreen opened the door, all she saw was all the tables pushed together, and everyone crammed close together, playing Uno. This was a strange sight, but not as strange as opening the door to find Blanka almost on top of Jan whilst about ten people tried to restrain her.
"No, but in my family, you can stack draw four cards," a blond girl, Sissal, she remembered, was saying.
"Yeah but that's in your family," JJ said. "That's just not how you play Uno."
"Well your family does it wrong then," said Sissal.
"It's literally in the official rules!"
"Sissal, just put a card down," said Kyle, who was very sick of the argument by now.
The first person to notice Loreen in the doorway was Tynna, who looked over at her and waved hesitantly.
"Hi?"
Everyone turned to her after Tynna said that, and almost all of them froze, looking at Loreen with a mix of shock and apprehension, accept for Sissal, who calmly placed a draw four card down on the pile and pushed eight cards into JJ's hands.
"So, everyone, I hope you know that Mr. Osterdahl will probably be fired."
---
beauty blender's 💅💄
02/10/2024
3:12 PM
kylie: that was absolutely insane
og beauty blender: right??????
jj: @sea salt i will never understand how you just kept playing Uno when she came in 💀
kylie: i was gonna say that!
sea salt: idk i just wanted to win the argument 🤷
jj: of course 🙄
sea salt changed jj's nickname to vajj
vajj: why
sea salt: because we all have random nicknames and then jj
sea salt: it was giving me whiplash
kylie: fare
og beauty blender: fair
vajj: i hate you all
kylie: nope
og beauty blender: nope
sea salt: nope
vajj: yes
og beauty blender: don't argue
kylie: exactly
sea salt: exactly
vajj: why are you guys just repeating each other 😱
sea salt: because we can
og beauty blender: because we can
kylie: because we can 😁
vajj: you guys are unhinged
kylie: so are you
sea salt: that's why you're here
sea salt: the mother's and the twinks
kylie: what???
sea salt: i said what i said
sea salt: kylie you're a twink
kylie: i
vajj: sissal
sea salt: what?
---
Miriana was sitting in her room, convincing herself that she was doing homework whilst actually just texting the Beauty Blender's group chat, when her phone rang. She looked down at the screen and was surprised to see that it was Erika who was calling her.
Curiously and slightly nervously, Miriana pressed answer, wondering what Erika could possibly want to talk about.
"Hello," Miriana said.
"Miriana," said Erika, sounding extremely happy to talk to her. "How are you?"
"Good," Miriana said, "I was just doing homework."
"No way," said Erika in disbelief.
"You're right, I was texting Kyle Sissal and JJ," she said.
"They are such icons, and so are you," said Erika.
"Thank you girl."
Miriana and Erika talked for several minutes, laughing at stupid jokes, and Miriana remembered all the time they had spent together working on their project, and even before that, during last summer.
"Erika," she said during a particularly long pause in the conversation, "what happened with last summer?"
"What?" Erika asked, and Miriana wished she hadn't said anything at all. It would probably be better never knowing.
"It doesn't matter," she said. "Don't worry about it."
"No, Miriana, what about last summer?"
"You know, when we first met, the party," Miriana mumbled, half hoping that Erika didn't hear her, and half hoping that she did.
"You never gave me your number," Erika said, "or at least the right one."
"I did though," Miriana thought back to that day, where she had scribbled her number in black pen onto a crumpled tissue because there was nothing else available.
"I texted you and it bounced back," Erika told her. "I tried, a lot, and did you change your number because I got this one from Kyle and now I have two Miriana's in my contacts."
"Wait," Miriana muttered, thinking back to around that time, and then mentally slapping herself in the face. Of course, she had changed her number literally that next morning because her parents wanted to switch her family onto a different phone plan for some reason. The hurt that Erika seemingly never texted must have pushed that memory completely from her mind.
"I'm such an idiot, I did change my number," Miriana sighed.
"You're not an idiot, it's okay," said Erika reassuringly. "It's okay if you just forgot."
"I did," Miriana laughed a little cynically. "Like I said, idiot."
"And like I said, you're not," said Erika. "It was a mistake, and we've talked about it now."
"Yeah," Miriana agreed grudgingly, "I just feel like such an idiot."
"That's three."
"What?"
"I'm going to start counting the times you call yourself an idiot because it's not true," said Erika.
"Maybe," Miriana didn't really believe that.
"So, Miriana, if you don't change your number and I text you, friends?"
Miriana had kind of been hoping for more than friends back when they had first met, but honestly, she was so glad to have gotten rid of the awkwardness that being only friends with Erika Vikman sounded like a dream.
"Of course we're friends," she said, and smiled as Erika started talking about some of the crazy people she had met in Finland, and her phone lit up with a text from the Beauty Blender's group chat. She really was so lucky to have met these people.
Notes:
i did have a substitute teacher the other day and she is definitely not as bad as martin, she did say to my support worker (i'm blind, this isn't relevant just explaining why i have a support worker) that she knows nothing about music. i then lost about half my brain cells listening to these boys in my class talking about random idiotic topics and avoiding doing the assignment.
my music class is never this fun, i wish it was though
completely unrelated but i hate coming up with chapter titles
Chapter 6: Sissal Approved Nicknames
Notes:
guys sorry for not updating in ages writer's block is a bitch
Chapter Text
we sing and stuff 🎶🎤
06/10/2024
2:25 AM
big kev: hello
mr international: we have an announcement
schakob: it is very important
big kev: is anyone here?
mr international: is anyone awake
schakob: anybody???
sea salt: hey
kyle: of course it's you sea salt
i shatter glass with my voice: of course it's you kylie
beauty blender: of course it's you vajj
erikavikman: of course it's you bb
kyle: what???
erikavikman: beauty blender
kyle: ohh 💀
i shatter glass with my voice: we've corrupted him 😱
sea salt: it was all your fault
i shatter glass with my voice: excuse me
heyimgojo: of course it's you eriaa
erikavikman: what is eriaa
sea salt: is that the best you can do???
erikavikman has set her own nickname to eriaa
eriaa: this is me now
eriaa: i might as well own it 🤷
heyimgojo: anyone else awake?
sea salt: no
i shatter glass with my voice: no
heyimgojo: how can you tell
beauty blender: you can check who's active
eriaa: literally
heyimgojo: oh right
heyimgojo: i didn't know that
eriaa: gojo needs a nickname
sea salt: i am queen of nicknames
sea salt: give me a second
kyle: she's taking a long time
i shatter glass with my voice: a very long time
beauty blender: an extremely long time
eriaa: an insanely long time
heyimgojo: an incredibly long time
sea salt: i said LET ME THINK
sea salt: got it
sissaljo has set heyimgojo's nickname to please don't repeat it
please don't repeat it: huh?
sea salt: remember theo from dance
kyle: how do you know theo from dance
ageofadonxs: yes
sea salt: omg you're awake
i shatter glass with my voice: girl
sea salt: anyway do you remember what theo (from dance) was singing the other day
kyle: it was his own original song right???
beauty blender: hush hush
ageofadonxs: if you know my name
kyle: then keep it a secret
please don't repeat it: is this relevant
kyle: very omg
beauty blender: ahahahaha 😭😂😂😂
sea salt: and it's pointless because we all know his real name is evangelus
sea salt: so gojo is the better theo evan
please don't repeat it: i don't know how to feel right now
ageofadonxs: is nobody gonna mention the strangely high number of us up at 3 am
sea salt: no
eriaa: didn't kaj have an announcement
please don't repeat it: well !they're not active anymore
ageofadonxs: guys lets all get some sleep
---
Sissal was board. She was so board that she had resorted to cleaning, which was pretty low down the list of things to do whilst board. She had texted her friends until the Beauty Blender's all agreed to come over, and after that she couldn't really text them because they were already on their way. She went on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, even Facebook, and there was literally nothing interesting. So, she was grudgingly cleaning up her room and sorting through all of the random crap she had managed to accumulate over the past few weeks since she had cleaned it last. Among the highlights were a very bad drawing of Adam that she had attempted, her sister's recorder, which she was not going to give back because that shit got loud and annoying, several empty cups, and Kyle's Spanish textbook, which she remembered him talking about losing on the group chat about a week ago.
The doorbell rang and Sissal exited her bedroom, venturing downstairs to answer it, glad that she would most likely no longer be board.
Sissal opened the door to reveal Kyle, JJ, and Miriana all standing there, and she blinked at them.
"How did you all show up at the exact same time? Were you together already?"
Kyle shrugged. "I was hanging out with JJ," he said, and Sissal rolled her eyes and muttered "of course you were" under her breath. Miriana giggled and shot her a knowing smile.
"You do know I live like five minutes away from your house, right?" Miriana pushed passed Sissal into the house and kicked off her white sneakers.
"Well obviously I know that," said Sissal, walking inside and watching JJ and Kyle follow after her.
Twenty minutes later, the four of them were settled around Sissal's living room, watching Kyle fiddle around on his laptop, which was balanced on his knees.
"Kyle, you're not doing homework are you?" Miriana asked, peering over his shoulder.
"No," Kyle said, typing a little bit more on his keyboard.
"Miriana not every time somebody writes is for school," said JJ, passing Sissal the glass of water that she had asked for.
"Well then why are you writing when you're hanging out with us?" Sissal took a sip of water.
Kyle typed a little more before looking up from the screen at her. "Because you texted me and asked."
Sissal was trying to come up with a response to that when the doorbell rang again. All of her friends looked at her in confusion, because she technically wasn't supposed to have people over according to her mum, but then Sissal remembered that her parents would obviously have a key, mentally face palmed, and went to open the door.
Adam was standing there, smiling warmly at Sissal, and her thoughts ranged from thinking about how damn gorgeous he was to wondering why he was even here in the first place. Then, Sissal remembered that they had planned to hang out and exchange songwriting tips, which is such a music nerd thing to do, which was what her sister's would say.
"Hi," he said warmly, and Sissal could just imagine the reactions of JJ, Kyle and Miriana (plus probably everyone else in their friend group) at her thoughts at that moment.
"Hey Adam," she said, trying to sound casual, because she did feel a little bit guilty that she had forgotten about their plans completely and already had people over.
Sissal was just about to apologise when a loud crash came from the living room, followed by a loud scream that was probably Miriana, but Sissal was going to definitely tease JJ by saying that it was him, and a loud "what the fuck?" that was definitely Kyle.
"What was that?" Adam asked, closing the door gently behind him.
"Why did you do that?" Kyle's voice floated through the hallway.
"Obviously I didn't mean too," JJ sounded very exasperated.
"You literally knocked over a table!" exclaimed Kyle.
"At least it didn't have anything on it," Miriana sounded astonished, "how did you manage to do that?"
"I have no idea," said JJ, and Sissal followed Adam into the room just as JJ lifted the coffee table back upright.
"JJ, stop breaking my house," said Sissal. "Adonxs is coming to crash the Beauty Blender's."
"My name is Adam," he said at the same time as Kyle said "why are you calling him Adonxs?" JJ chimed in with "Sissal, you are so obvious," and Miriana simply rolled her eyes and looked down at her nails.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Sissal protested, glaring daggers at her friends. She knew she had literally zero chance with Adam, because he was probably gay, but they didn't have to be so mean about it.
---
we sing and stuff 🎶🎤
07/10/2024
10:07 PM
big kev: hello, we
mr international: have an
schakob: important announcement
sea salt: why do you guys always text like that omg
big kev: because
mr international: we
schakob: can
eriaa: they always do that
watchoutforthetornado: who's eriaa?
big vaeb: it looks like a typo bro
eriaa: not a typo
eriaa: eriaa nation
i shatter glass with my voice: eriaa
kyle: eriaa
sea salt: eriaa
ageofadonxs: eriaa
eriaa: my name is eriaa vikaan
smol vaeb: w eriaa typo vikaan
please don't repeat it: the funny thing is that it was actually a typo 🤷
big vaeb: knew it
sea salt changed heyimgojo's nickname to typo
typo: i finally got a better sea salt approved nickname i'm so winning
ageofadonxs: when can i get mine
tynnamaus: same
watchoutforthetornado: and me
redsebastianmusic: and me
sea salt: guys guys it has to come naturally
sea salt: and what do you mean better nickname???
kyle: i liked please don't repeat it
i shatter glass with my voice: i just noticed kyle's
i shatter glass with my voice: so boring
sea salt: omg i must correct this terrible error
sea salt changed kyle.alessandro's nickname to kylie
kylie: i accept my fate on both the gc's i guess
typo: you guys have another chat
eriaa: it's probably the bb's one
ageofadonxs: erika you just can't abbreviate beauty blender's to bb's
big kev: guys
mr international: our
schakob: announcement
big kev: wait who should say it
mr international: i don't know
schakob: it's a mystery
smol vaeb: make a pole
big vaeb: w poles
smol vaeb: can you make poles in this chat
beauty blender: just tell us
beauty blender: no pole
big kev added humorgruppen.kaj to the chat
beauty blender: seriously
humorgruppen.kaj: who's gonna type it
sea salt: literally just say it
humorgruppen.kaj: we're having a halloween party!!!!!!
eriaa: yay!!!
beauty blender: slayyy 😁
---
The shopping center closest to Eurovision High School wasn't very crowded often, which was probably a good thing, because at that moment, twenty teenagers were standing around the entrance, talking all at once in slightly panicked voices.
"I literally have no costume ideas," complained Sissal, looking around at everyone.
"That's why we're here," said JJ.
"Guys!" Danya's panicked voice cut through the extremely loud chatter of everyone else and they all turned to him with concerned looks on their faces.
"Are you okay?" Kyle asked and Danya nodded.
"I just thought of something. How will Lucio know we're having a party if he's not in the group chat?"
Valya rolled his eyes dramatically. "He obviously got an invitation, which we all also did," he told Danya, who looked a little embarrassed.
"We should probably actually go inside a shop," Miriana said, noticing one of the security guards nearby sending the group a suspicious look.
As it turned out, having twenty people trying to all walk in the same direction at once, let alone also try to talk was a disaster waiting to happen. Multiple people had already walked into things and it was a miracle that nothing had been broken or knocked over yet. It was also a miracle that they hadn't been kicked out with the amount of noise they had been making. Hálfdán was running down the isles, dragging Matti behind him by the hand and pointing out things that interested him. Kyle was also pretty sure he was filming, though he wasn't really sure why.
"Guys! Harry Potter!" Matti yelled, and Hálfdán fist pumped as they skidded to a stop in front of several wizards robes.
"Miriana," Erika sidled up to her where she was standing in front of some face paints. "I heard from Kaj that it's actually not a costume party."
"Really?" Miriana asked. "This whole thing is pointless then."
"Exactly."
"Kyle," Miriana grabbed his sleeve as he was walking past. "Apparently it's not a costume party."
"Seriously?" JJ asked, and Miriana hadn't noticed that he was standing right next to Kyle.
"That's exactly what I said," Miriana told him.
"I'm scared of telling Hálfdán and Matti though," Kyle said, watching as they picked up piles of clothes with huge smiles on their faces.
"Me too," Miriana nodded.
"We probably should tell everyone though," JJ suggested, and Miriana looked around to get Erika's opinion, only to see that she had vanished. She spotted her a minute later through the shop windows walking towards the food court.
Sissal approached their little huddle with a curious expression.?Tell who what?" she asked.
"Tell everyone that Kaj says we're not having a costume party," explained Miriana.
"I'm so relieved," Sissal sighed, "I had absolutely no idea what to wear." They all nodded in agreement.
"I mean, Hálfdán and Matti can still wear costumes if they want," Kyle shrugged and they all looked over at the two boys with fondly exasperated expressions.
"Guys!" Louane ran up to them. "I was with Claude and Zoë and this random security guard was staring at us."
"It was so weird," Zoë walked over, arms linked with Claude's. "We weren't acting very suspicious. Were we?"
Claude shook his head. After a few more minutes of talking about the security guards with an increasingly large amount of their group, they all exited the shop and migrated over to Erika at the food court, apart from the Væb brothers, who were still acting like kids at Christmas looking at the various costumes.
"If I have to hear about that barista's failing rap career one more time," Go-Jo flopped into a chair, clutching a cup of coffee.
"Failing rap career? Isn't he in our year at school?" Adam asked, giving Go-Jo a sceptical look.
"Yeah, Tommy Cash, at least that's his stage name," Go-Jo said, taking a large sip of coffee.
"He kept recommending me espresso macchiato," Tynna looked very confused.
"He's doing his job I guess," said Kyle, and as soon as the words were out of his mouth, two very familiar figures came careening out of the shop, followed by a very confused looking security guard.
"Bro," Kyle heard Hálfdán say. "We're shopping for costumes."
"Hálfdán," Matti looked at him, "we're literally so cooked."
"Do you two always talk in brain rot?" the random security guard asked.
"Only brain rot, skibidi rizz, Ohio, w sigma gyat," said Hálfdán, and Kyle was pretty sure that nobody else could possibly get away from any kind of security just by making some stupid jokes.
"That literally doesn't make any sense," Matti protested.
"My daughter would love you," was the security guard's only comment before walking away.
Chapter 7: Sissal, I'm Gay
Chapter Text
beauty blender's 💄💅
31/10/2024
6:07 PM
Sea salt: what times the party again?
vajj: 7
vajj: why?
sea salt: shit
sea salt: i gotta get ready
og beauty blender: you haven't started yet
kylie: damn
sea salt: bitch i'm a busy woman
vajj: busy thinking about adam you mean
kylie: literally
og beauty blender: period
sea salt: why me today
vajj: you literally tease us all the time
kylie: only exception is miriana
og beauty blender: blessed
sea salt: anyways having a fashion crisis see you soon
kylie: good luck sea salt haha
sea salt: kyle alessandro helgesen villalobos don't laugh at me
vajj: what are those random letters next to kyle alessandro sissal
kylie: oh my god
og beauty blender: i can't 💀
sea salt: 💀💀💀
sea salt: you're a good friend
vajj: i was joking 🥺 i was joking
kylie: oh okay then
sea salt: you're too nice to his ass
kylie: oh okay then
vajj:: you guys are crazy
---
Kyle stood in front of the mirror, fiddling with his hair, staring at his outfit, and at the same time, wondering why he even cared so much. Well, he was going to a party, which justified some of it, but he didn't think his friends cared about his appearance all that much, if at all. Maybe, he admitted to himself, he wanted them to notice, or, more spesifically, one person.
According to Erika, the party was supposed to be some huge deal, but it had slowly downsized and downsized until now, it was just going to be people from there class and a few other students.
"Kyle!" he heard his mother's voice floating from downstairs. "Your friend is here!"
Kyle was driving to the party with JJ, Zoë, and Adam, because JJ had offered to pick him up and Zoë and Adam lived close by and had also asked. He took a last glance at his outfit, grabbed his phone, and walked out of his bedroom towards the stairs, trying not to rush too much.
"Have a good time," his mum said as he walked past her towards the front door. JJ was standing there, fiddling with his phone.
"Finally," JJ said as he appeared. They both said goodbye to his mum before walking out of the house and towards the car.
"Was that necessary?" he asked as JJ pulled out of his driveway.
"You were taking ages Kylie," he explained, and they lapsed into comfortable silence. For some reason, JJ was one of the only people Kyle felt comfortable just sitting in silence with. To be fare, most of their group of friends was so loud that any kind of silence was impossible, but when it did happen, JJ was one of the only people that he didn't feel awkward around. Kyle attributed it to the fact that they were just really close friends, but now, staring at his face as he concentrated on driving up Zoë's street, and all of the feelings he had been having over the past few weeks, Kyle considered the thought that he might want to be more than friends with JJ, and that he was really quite pretty.
"Do you wanna listen to some music?" Kyle asked, because thinking about having a crush on someone who was sitting literally right next to you, and not having any kind of distraction was awkward as hell.
"Sure," JJ nodded distractedly and handed Kyle his phone from where it was sitting on the dashboard. Spotify was already open and Kyle scrolled through the playlists in interest.
"I don't know half of these songs," he said as he scrolled past a playlist titled Classical Shit I Have To Sing.
"That's cause it's called classical Kylie," JJ said, pulling into Zoë's driveway.
"Aren't you going to knock?" Kyle asked, and JJ looked over at him in confusion.
"Zoë knows we're here, don't worry," he said.
"But you knocked for me," Kyle protested, and he swore that JJ's face turned slightly red, though Kyle didn't know why.
"Yeah, well, unlike you, Zoë is actually organised. That's why I had to knock."
"I am not dissorganised!"
"By the way, your mum's nicer than you," JJ said as the backdoor opened and Zoë climbed in with a cheerful "hi guys."
---
The party was loud, but not for any of the usual reasons, like drunk shouting or music blasting so loudly that you could barely hear yourself think. Instead, the house was filled with the sounds of a piano, a guitar, and lots of laughter. Kyle knew some people would find this lame, a bunch of people just hanging out and calling it a party, but he actually preferred it this way.
Erika and Miriana were dancing crazily to Euphoria by Loreen, which was being played on the piano by a giggling Louane, who had forgotten half of the chords. Hálfdán and Matti had shown up in full costume as zombies, complete with face paint, ripped clothes, and fake blood and tattoos, and were having a competition of who was the best zombie with Go-Jo. Emmy was there, and was doing an Irish accent for some reason, and Tynna had invited her brother, who was looking around at everyone in amusement. There were snacks and drinks everywhere, and the hosts, Kevin, Axel, and Jakob, were off looking for a Bluetooth speaker upstairs.
"Beauty Blender photo," shouted Miriana, who had disentangled herself from Erika and was now holding her phone up like it was a trophy.
Immediately, Kyle, Sissal, and JJ approached and gathered around Miriana, who tried to take a photo of them. It turned out extremely shaky, so she waved her phone around the room, which was apparently Miriana's signal for can someone take a photo for us?
Eventually, Danya walked over to them, clearly wanting to ask something, but he also did take their photo.
"Do you know why Lucio didn't show up?" he asked, and Kyle could just picture Valya's expression if he could hear this conversation.
They all shook their heads. "Maybe he's just shy," Kyle suggested, and Danya nodded in agreement and started talking to them about songwriting.
Eventually, Kevin, Axel, and Jakob returned from upstairs and started taking song suggestions to add to a playlist. This ended up with a surprising mix of songs with everything from Ariana Grande (Kyle and JJ's suggestion) to Käärijä (Erika,) to Barbara Pravi (enthusiastically suggested by Louane, Zoë, and Claude.)
They were listening to Taylor Swift sing about how they never going out of style, and Kyle was sitting close next to JJ on the floor for some reason he couldn't remember, when Matti suddenly noticed that almost everyone was sitting around and talking. Apparently, he thought that wasn't nearly exciting enough for a party, because he leapt to his feet and shouted "we should play a game."
"What?" Hálfdán asked from where he was literally lying across the living room doorway.
Matti shrugged. "I don't know, but it should be fun!"
Hálfdán sat up. "What about truth or dare?"
Before Kyle knew it, everyone was gathered in a large circle on the floor, and Hálfdán, because he had suggested it, was going to start. He looked around at everyone with a contemplative look on his face.
"Go-Jo, truth or dare," he said after a long pause.
"Dare obviously," said Go-Jo, and Hálfdán got a mischievous look on his face.
"I dare you to eat the spiciest thing you can find."
Go-Jo didn't look worried at all, because the spiciest thing he could find were just some hot chitos, which Go-Jo easily ate several of.
"Bro, that was lame," said Matti.
"I know. I thought there would be some chilies or something."
Go-Jo returned to the circle, and looked around at everyone before dramatically pointing.
"Zoë, truth or dare?"
"Um, truth I guess," said Zoë, and Go-Jo nodded before asking his question.
"Do you prefer singing in French or German?"
Zoë paused for a few seconds. "Maybe French, but I don't know. They are both great. Louane, truth or dare?"
"Oh, truth."
"What's your favourite song you've ever written?" Zoë asked.
"Probably the one I'm currently writing," said Louane, and most people looked intrigued. "I think it's good enough that I could use it for our final project."
"Wow, that's amazing," said Zoë.
"Miriana, truth or dare?" Louane asked and Miriana looked very confident as she responded "dare."
"I dare you too," Louane thought for a second, "do the macarena backwards. At double speed."
"How will that even work?" Miriana laughed, but stood up and moved to the center of the room anyway.
The Bluetooth speaker suddenly started playing the macarena sped up, and Miriana spent several minutes trying to work it out backwards, until she finally managed it and everyone cheered. She flopped back down into her place on the floor, out of breath and laughing.
"Sissal, truth or dare?"
Sissal seemed to think about it for only a second. "Dare."
Miriana looked downright gleeful as she turned to Sissal, practically vibrating. "I dare you to tell your crush that you like them," she said, and Kyle and JJ shared an amused look, both obviously wondering what Sissal would say.
Everyone was probably expecting Sissal to pull out her phone and call someone, but instead, she turned to Adam, who was sitting right opposite her.
"Adam," said Sissal, "I think your stage name is accurate, because you're so hot, like a Greek god, and I have a massive crush on you. I also can't believe I just said that."
Everyone stared at Sissal in shock. Kyle wondered how she could be so confident about it. Maybe because she knew Adam would never like her back. But Kyle knew JJ would also never, ever like him back. Maybe Sissal was just way more confident than he would ever be.
Adam blinked at her, seemingly lost for words. Eventually, after a long silence, he spoke. "Um, Sissal, I, I'm gay."
Sissal nodded. "I know. That's why I don't care that you know, because it will literally never happen."
Adam looked relieved and just mumbled "that's good." Sissal smiled reassuringly at him.
Apparently, their group could not stay awkward for long, because after only five minutes, Sissal and Adam were completely back to normal, and Go-Jo was trying to convince Zoë and Louane to play their own demo's through the Bluetooth speaker.
To most people's shock, Sissal picked Danya. Even more shockingly, Danya picked dare, and unsurprisingly, Sissal's dare was to talk to Lucio, which made Danya go bright red and everyone else give him encouraging looks. Danya picked Matti, who was dared to call the last person he had texted, and everyone had a lovely conversation with Sirry, his girlfriend. Matti hung up with a sad look on his face and turned to the group.
"Kyle, truth or dare," he said, and Kyle, because literally everyone had picked dare so far, decided to go with truth.
After he told Matti, it took him only a second to think of what he wanted to ask. "Who is your crush?" he laughed and everyone turned to Kyle.
He stiffened. He wasn't like Sissal, he couldn't just say it, he hadn't even told anyone that he was bi yet. So, he said what any straight chronically online teenage boy would say, "Silia Kapsis."
"That girl from TikTok? The one who does all the dance videos?" Tynna asked and Kyle nodded.
"Of course it's her," JJ said, shoving Kyle in the shoulder. He went slightly red, he was teasing him about something that wasn't even true, and JJ would never know that the crush that he was teasing Kyle about was actually him. He would never tell.
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instagram:
01/11/2024
10:30 AM
SISSALJO posted a photo
[Image description: First, a photo of the Beauty Blender's standing together, arms around each other and smiling. Then, a picture of Kyle and JJ sitting close together and looking at each other, clearly taken when they weren't looking. A chaotic picture of the whole group all crammed closely together, then a picture of Sissal and Adam, taken like a prom photo, a video of everyone singing around the piano, Hálfdán and Matti in their zombie costumes, and finally, a slightly better taken and posed group photo.]
Halloween photodump ❤️
Comments:
kyle.alessandro said: the second photo???
sissaljo said: @kyle.alessandro the second photo 🤷
johannesjjpietsch said: @sissaljo girl
mirianaconte said: serving ✨
kyle.alessandro said: @mirianaconte use that in a song
mirianaconte said: @kyle.alessandro genius
redsebastianmusic said: slayyy
bara_vaeb said: w Halloween
claudekmb said: the best time!!!
ageofadonxs said: the best vibes <3
bara_vaeb said: væbs
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we sing and stuff 🎶🎤
01/11/2024
11:07 AM
kylie: love the photos!!!
sea salt: you better
vajj: i don't
sea salt: bitch
sea salt: you're the one who has to speak german the entire day on monday
vajj: don't remind me
vajj: i'm gonna need a translater
zoe.me.music: i can do it
vajj: respectfully zoe i love you
vajj: but you speak swiss german
zoe.me.music: good point
tynnamaus: i can do it
vajj: tynna is my life saver
klavdiaitiz: you don't have to do this
vajj: i do it was a dare
sea salt has changed tynnamaus's nickname to translator
translator: that's me
vajj: thank you tynna 🙏
vajj: you're saving my life
translator: what can i say
translator: accept you're welcome
kylie: for the tides
translator: the sun
kylie: the sky
translator: hey it's okay it's okay
kylie: you're welcome
vajj: please stop
kylie: i'm just an ordinary demi guy
vajj: i hate you
kylie: no you don't
sea salt: no he doesn't 😘
vajj: ohh um
kylie: right
sea salt: love you guys too
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