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It's around 9pm in the household of metalheads, the house not having much going on out of the ordinary l. Glam and Ches talking in the living room, Victoria working on her bike in the garage and both kids in their room playing online games. Dees phone screen lights up with a notification. It's a message from Lif. He opens the message and it says, “hey dee… uhm,, do you think I'd be able to come over and spend a few nights at your place? my place isn't the best place to be right now..” Dee quickly responds with, “I'll ask my parents.” He gets up, putting his phone into the pocket of his pajama pants and walks downstairs to the living room.
Dee enters the room and sees his Uncle Ches and Father sitting on the couch, talking about something. “Dad, do you think Lif could spend a few nights over here? She said somethings, uh..” Dee pauses for a second. “Somethings happening at her place and she needs to leave it.”
Glam and Ches both glance at each other, this one sentence alone bringing back memories of their homelife from when they were teenagers. Glam hums in thought before responding. “Sure, but, where would she sleep? We don't exactly have a spare room.” Dee opens his mouth to respond but Chive answers before he can get a sound out. “She could just sleep with Dee. I mean we did that when we were their age.”
“Well, that was different-” Chive interrupts. “How so? I mean the situation sounds similar.” Glam sighs. “She can come over Dee.” Dee grabs out his phone to start texting Lif, “Thank you-” Glam interrupts. “I wasn't done. If she's over and ends up sleeping in your room you have to leave the door cracked.” Dee nods, not really listening to his father, only thinking about the fact that he gets to have his girlfriend over and they get to sleep together. Dee takes his phone out and texts Lif, “Dad said yes.”
Almost immediately after Lif responds with “plzz tell him I said thanks!! I'm walking now so I should be there in a few minutes” Dee responds with “okay, stay safe and don't forget ur meds” and puts his phone back into his pocket. “She said thanks”
Dee walks up to his room and starts to straighten it up, mainly just making his bed and picking up the few things on his floor. He pokes his head into Heavy's room, “Heavy, Lifs coming over, clean your room it looks like shit.”
Heavy moves his mic away from his mouth, also muting it in the process and turns to Dee. “Wait what? Lifs coming over? And my room isn't that bad!!! It's just messy!!” Dee rolls his eyes and goes back into his room.
After around 20 minutes, Dee's phone buzzes. He gets his phone and sees a message from Lif that says “here” Dee goes downstairs and sees that Glam has already opened the door and is welcoming Lif in. Lif notices Dee and her eyes widen slightly. “I'm gonna go ahead and put my stuff in Dees room, thanks again Glam!!”
Dee and Lif go to Dee's room, Lif waving to Heavy as they walk through his room. Lif places her bag down beside Dee's bed and lays down on her back. “Dee- oh my god..” Lifs voice starts to crack slightly as she talks. Dee sits beside her, holding her hand. “You.. wanna talk about it?” Lif sits up, sniffling and clings onto Dee. sobs into the crook of his neck, and Dee wraps his arms around his girlfriend. He's heard her cry before, it mainly being caused by them laughing till they cry but this level of sobbing was rare for the raven haired girl.
As Lifs sobs start to calm she moves off of Dee, wiping off her tears which are mixed with eyeliner, slightly staining her face. “I look stupid don't I?" Lif ends with a nervous laugh. “You don't look stupid.” Dee reaches over and grabs his eyeliner. “Want me to redo it?” Lif looks at him with a wideeyed look. “You’d do that for me?” Dee nods. “Yeah? I mean, unless you dont want me to do it.” “wha- No no I do!! “ The pair laughs at this interaction before Dee starts redoing Lifs eyeliner.
Once Dee finishes, Lif looks at her eyes with her phone camera. “Huh..” Dee looks at Lifs phone screen, then back at Lif, “I have mascara around here somewhere if you want that, i dont really use it much, only for when i go out.” Lif turns to her boyfriend, placing her phone down. “Nah, i like it.”
Lif sits beside Dee, laying her head on Dees shoulder. “Lif.. if you don't mind me asking.. How bad was it?” Lif looks at him with a confused expression. “What do you mean?”
“Your parents. Them arguing.” Lif slightly turns away. “Oh.. that.”
“If you don't wanna talk about it it's fine”
“No I do, I mean I should probably get it out of my system.”
Lif starts to rub small circles onto Dees hand as she explains.
“Mom was mad about something Dad did.. I don't even know what it couldve been.. She was screaming at him over and over then I heard glass break and them screaming at eachother. They don't usually do stuff like that. It's usually just them yelling back and forth. Then.. then..”
Dee looks over at Lif and notices her lip trembling slightly. “Hey if it's too much you don't need to talk about it.” Lif sniffles and nods. “I just- I feel so stupid. I couldve maybe stopped it or.. or”
“Babe, don't think like that, you'll just make yourself feel worse.” Dee interrupts. Lif nods, wiping her eyes from the very little wetness that was there.
Glam knocks on the door before entering. “Is everything okay in here?” Lif nods in to Glams question. “Okay! Im going to bed but just wanted to check in. Remember, keep the door cracked.” Glam finishes the statement with his signature smile before leaving the room, and leaving the door cracked a little bit, the crack being no bigger than the width of the top of a phone.
Dee and Lif turn to each other, then laugh about the interaction. “We’re not leaving the door open all night.” Dee whispers so that only Lif can hear.
“Oh definitely not.” Lif turns to the door then back to Dee. She gets up, softly shuts the door, and joins Dee in his bed. “There.”
The pair sits in the bed together, mindlessly watching shows together.
“Mnn.. Dee?” Dee hums and turns to Lif. By now, the pair has moved to be cuddling as they watch a movie on Dees laptop. Lif places a soft peck onto Dee's cheek, which makes his face turn red. “Wh-what was that for?”
“no reason, just felt right.”
Dee places a peck onto Lifs cheek, causing her to sleepily smile at him. Lif cups Dees face and the two start to lean forward–
“Dee, what kinda movie are you watching at–” Heavy stops talking, taking in the scene in front of him. “Oh..”- Dee gets up and pushes Heavy back into his room. “Not a word to mom or dad. Or anyone. I get music rights tomorrow.”
Heavy groans. Dee shuts the door, still quiet but enough that it's fast. Dee turns back to Lif, who is red faced sitting up in Dees bed. “Sooo.. Uh.. Sleep sounds like a good option, huh? And.. maybe 3 inches.” Dee nods and cracks his door to where there's a noticeable crack but it's small.
He climbs back into bed with Lif and the two lay in silence for a few minutes. “sorry about him. he usually knocks before entering.” Lif nods, still embarrassed from the interaction. “Maybe we should get some sleep?” Dee nods. “Yeah. Probably.” The two shift slightly, both getting into a comfortable position.
“oh yeah, roach came back to my house the other night.” Dees eyes slightly widen. “really? did she bring the necklace with her?” Lif shakes her head. “nah, she just came to my window as I was looking at the moon, I let her in and then she left in the morning.” Dee hums.
Lifs eyes start to shut slowly and she quickly falls asleep. Dee slightly smiles before placing a small kiss on
her cheek before also shutting his eyes and falling asleep.