★ . ꜝꜞ ᳝ ࣪ CHAPTER 016! ☁️ׂ ɞ˚₊
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destiny awakes from her bed to the loud sound of her doorbell ringing, causing her eyebrows to pull together as she slowly raises her head from her pillow. she peels her eyes open and blindly reaches for her phone, turning it on and reading the time 4:24pm.

she feels slightly woken up by the sight of message notifications from chris, and quickly sits up as her eyes widen. it's wednesday, but right after the first day of school, teachers were quick to start teaching their first units of the year, so school has been fairly exhausting for the past two days, hence destiny's after school nap accidentally lasting longer than intended.

today is the day of her and chris' smoking plans since she's the only one currently occupying her home. she had adora fetch the goods for her after school yesterday, because she had every intent of texting the dealer herself after adora sent her his snapchat, but then realized that meant actually talking to the guy, so she had adora do it for her. she's not very good at speaking drug dealer language, so.

she raises from her bed with a deep sigh, running a hand through her hair she'd consider a rats nest on her head and standing on her feet. she vaguely catches a glimpse of herself in her vanity mirror and nearly flinches at the smeared mascara underneath her eyes. she quickly rubs it away and begins speeding out of her room and down the stairs.

the doorbell begins ringing obnoxiously by the time she finally reaches the front door, causing her to roll her eyes at chris' lack of patience. she composes herself momentarily before finally reaching forward and swinging the door open. immediately, she is met with chris on the other side, his hand still raised to ring the doorbell. he freezes as destiny processes that of course, seriously fucking of course, he has decided to wear grey sweatpants and a black nike tech. god is clearly not on her side today to have chris looking this good in front of her.

"hi, des," he speaks smoothly as he lowers his hand down to his side. his eyes momentarily slide over her figure, lingering onto where the small tank top she's wearing has risen to show her stomach. she is suddenly aware of how quickly she left her bed and subtly brings the fabric down to the start of her own sweats. his eyes flicker back to her face and she's not sure why she feels so hot when he begins to smile at her. "had a nice nap?" he teases.

"oh shut up," she snaps out of it with a roll of her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest for a sense of security. "did you bring the stuff?"

it's his turn to roll his eyes at such an obvious question. "of course," he responds dubiously, raising the mini backpack in his other hand.

destiny's eyebrows raise as she looks to the bag, blinking. "you have a bag full of shit?" she questions before looking back to his face and sighing. "you're a druggie," she states.

instantly, his face scrunches up. "i am not a druggie," he's quick to defend himself. "it's not even my bag," he tells her. when she only gives him a questionable look in return, he shrugs. "i know people."

"so ominous," she mumbles lightheartedly as she takes a step back to give him more room to come inside. "come on."

"mkay," he hums, stepping inside and shutting the front door behind him as he momentarily glances around her empty home. "so," he clicks his tongue when he looks back to her. "where are we doing this?"

"um," she only blinks at him in response. "here?" she guesses.

chris now gives her a look. "it's weed," he says blankly, waiting for her to catch on when it becomes apparent by her unchanging face that she doesn't get it. "it's gonna stink up the whole house," he explains to her after a prolonged moment of waiting.

"oh!" she says, now understanding. chris chuckles slightly at her expression before she goes silent to take a moment to think. "well," she sighs after a few seconds pass, "guess we'll have to go on the roof."

immediately, a grin grows across chris' face. "i was hoping you would say that," he beams, making her resist amusedly rolling her eyes at his clear excitement. "i haven't been up there in months. it's so cozy."

she squints. "it's a roof, chris."

"yeah, a cozy one, des," he responds playfully, not waiting for her to turn towards the staircase. "now come on," he calls for her like it's his house, causing her to groan as she follows behind him. "i'm ready to see you geeking."

"yeah, i'm clearly so excited over here," she responds sarcastically, causing him to glance back and give her a look as they make their way up the stairs. she sighs at his expression. "do i have time to fix my makeup?" she asks. she's a girl with priorities, okay?

"you're about to get high for the first time and you're worried about your makeup," he states with a laugh as they make it to the second floor of her house. she sends an unimpressed look his way as they come to stand in front of her room and he softens his expression to a smile before answering her question, "i've gotta grind it and roll it out so sure, take as long as you need."

"i'll just pretend i know what that means," she responds as a breath leaves her lips, not missing chris' amused expression as she walks past him to enter her bedroom. she heads for the vanity and catches sight of chris plopping down on her bed through the reflection of the mirror. he seemingly makes himself at home as he takes his slides off and throws a blanket over his lap before reaching for his stupidly small mini backpack. it causes a small smile to graze her lips as she readjusts in her vanity chair and sets her focus on her makeup.

"you realize i can't do this if you don't give me the weed, right?" chris' voice fills the rooms silence after a moment, causing destiny's eyes to widen as she forgot she's the supplier here.

"oh shit, yeah," she responds as she instantly stands from her seat. chris chuckles at her forgetting and watches as she makes it to her bedside table to then pull out a literal ziploc bag of weed. she grins at the sight of it before blatantly tossing it at him, him blinking at her. "there!" she says cheerily before closing the drawer and going back to her vanity.

"you're so unserious, des," chris chuckles underneath his breath, grabbing the goods and unzipping his backpack as destiny goes on to do her own thing.

comforting silence sits between them as chris decides a few minutes in to connect to his spotify through destiny's tv and destiny enjoys the background music of his favorite artists. she's debating reapplying the lipstick she wore for school today because come on, the lips are the prettiest part, when she catches sight of chris laying back on her bed in the mirrors reflection, signaling her to believe he's done.

she decides there's no harm done in looking more than decent-looking in front of chris, and if the decision has anything to do with the part of herself that has always tried to look good in front of chris, so be it. she applies the shade to her lips and evenly spreads it by rubbing her lips together before blowing out a breath and spinning around in her chair to face chris.

chris raises his head from her bed, catching sight of the girls updated appearance as a grin she's not all that sure about spreads across his face. she curiously raises her eyebrows as he sits up, "what?"

"nothing," he shrugs nonchalantly although the lowness of his voice causes a frustrating pink tint to spread across her cheeks. she hasn't even smoked anything yet and here her body is, giving an unwanted reaction to the same boy it always has when she could've sworn thanks to jordan's newfound presence in her life, it had started to die down. she presses her lips together subconsciously as he smirks at her, "are you nervous yet?"

she rolls her eyes at his question, ignoring the bundle of nerves piling in her stomach. "no," she answers shortly, a lie. she's starting to second guess herself for thinking getting high for the first time would be a smart thing to try with the same lifelong crush that she's been actively trying to get over.

he takes one glance over her face and chuckles, causing her to give him an unamused look as she knows he can read her so easily. "mhm," he hums, beginning to stand up from her bed as she watches him do so. "let's go then."

she huffs but stands up as well nonetheless. "there's no rush," she murmurs as chris completely ignores her thought, already heading for the window she has to crawl out of to get to her roof.

"there is a rush," he tells her as he begins opening her window, sparing a glance back at her as she crosses her arms. he only grins innocently at the girl. "i'm the first one to get to see high destiny," he boasts like it's a flex, making her refrain from letting out a small giggle. "that's exciting shit, des."

"whatever," she exhales a breath from her lips, walking over to him and not holding in her laughter when she sees him continuously trying to turn the window lock the incorrect way. "wrong way, doofus," she scolds him, causing him to scoff playfully when she pries his hands away to do it herself.

"i'll just grab blankets then," he says as he backs away, instead heading over to destiny's bed and throwing two spare blankets over his shoulder. he then pauses at the rolling tray with all the goods that he just left on her bed, pressing his lips together as he grabs that as well. "and the joints too i guess, can't forget that."

destiny turns her head after fully opening her window to give chris a dubious look. "you think?" she replies sarcastically as he approaches her again.

"shut up, des," he rolls his eyes teasingly, stepping past her since he's the eager one here after all. she shakes her head amusedly as he turns to look back to her. "you don't even know what a joint is."

immediately, destiny's jaw drops in offense. "excuse me?" she gapes at him. "what do you think i am? an eleven year old?"

"dunno," he only shrugs as a lazy smile takes over his place, handing the rolling tray with everything on it out to her. "hold this for me?" he asks.

"'kay," she says, graciously taking it from his hands as he decides to be the first out the window.

he begins climbing out and destiny has to refrain from chuckling at how one of the blankets on his back almost gets stuck. after a bit of struggling though, he is fully out and carefully stands up to face the window. "imagine if i jumped," he can't resist the joke, laughing at the blank expression destiny gives him. "you can hand me it back now."

"here," she offers it out to him and he quickly takes it from her, only to then disappear from her view. immediately, she frowns and sticks her head out to see him walking to the more even area of the roof that they usually sit on. "chris, what the fuck?"

"give me a sec," he responds, making her furrow her eyebrows before he goes ahead to set the blankets he brought down. destiny's heart unfortunately spreads with the same chris warmth it usually does at the sight of him spreading out the blankets evenly for them, and then carefully setting the rolling tray down. afterwards, he turns and heads back over to the window, surprising destiny when he offers his hand out to assumedly help her climb out. "c'mon," his voice is quiet and his cheekbones look especially sharp thanks to the extra lighting the early-setting sun above provides, not helping with destinys unreasonably growing nerves.

destiny's face feels a little hot when she hesitantly reaches for chris' hand, and she tries her best to ignore the way she feels at the contact, seeing as she's been trying her hardest to make all that go away. when her face of hesitance looks to chris' though, all she finds is warm eyes and a grin, the pinkish skies behind him due to the sun setting soon almost making him appear angelic. she decidedly returns the grin and welcomes the flames across her skin instead of letting herself be burned, chris' strong grip pulling her out of the windowsill. once she is on her feet, she accidentally stumbles a bit due to the pulling, causing her to bump right into chris' chest. she steps back with a flustered shade of red across her face and when she looks up to chris, his face is extra soft with how close they are to one another. "be careful," he says, and his voice is so quiet that it's a mere whisper, causing destiny to look down and realize he has not yet dropped her hand.

she quietly clears her throat, knowing why her heart is pounding in her chest due to only being a few inches from him, but ignoring it to the best of her ability. chris' eyes are flickering across her face and in an attempt to distract herself from the look in his eyes, she brushes her own stray hair back from her face with her free hand. "um," she breathes, her voice more shaky than she'd prefer as she finally gets herself to create distance between them by stepping away. "thanks."

"'course," he murmurs shortly, his voice still light as she expects him to drop her hand now. he does not do that however, and instead, solidifies their interlocked hands when he takes a turn towards the blankets he sat down and begins carefully walking across the roof with her trailing behind him. she's trying not to internally freak out over him holding her hand through this because uhhh, he probably just wants her to be safe. come on though, her heart is beating rapidly in her chest and she fears that chris can hear it when he adds, "can't have you falling."

she stays silent until they safely reach the blankets, letting out a huge sigh when he finally drops her hands as she attempts to get her heart back to its usual speed. she's the first to take a seat, looking up at his dreamy self and fighting a frown when she pulls her knees to her chest. "i wasn't gonna fall," she tries to tell him.

"sure you weren't," he responds sarcastically, only rolling his eyes. she also rolls her eyes and looks away from him to the vibrant shades in the sky behind him.

"i'm so glad the sun is about to set," she voices her inner thoughts as she lets out a breath. "it's perfect."

chris glances over the admiration present on her face before grinning to himself and beginning to pull out his phone from his pocket. destiny, of course, notices the second she feels a camera on her. she turns her head lightning fast, causing chris to laugh at her alarmed state. "what are you doing?" she questions.

"nothing," he shrugs, taking a picture anyways, unable to help himself when her expression only grows more confused. nonchalantly, he adds, in the same vulnerable voice he had before, "you just look pretty."

"oh." destiny's heart skips a beat in her chest. oh.

and then, she hears the click of the camera on his phone, causing her face to fall as she realizes she immediately began smiling without realizing it. chris taps on the photo he just took, and momentarily analyzes it, before looking down to his muse and grinning once again. "you ready now?"

she pushes her lips together, wondering if the maroon on her face is as visible as it feels. she tries to keep jordan in her mind when she exhales, "i'm ready."

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802 comments

user is this a soft launch

user wait is this a hard launch

user and when was the last time chris posted a girl like this on his finsta? 🤔🤔🤔 strangely enough i can't remember a single time...
↳ user not even JADA
↳ user DESCHRIS TRUTHERS WE'RE WINNING

doratheexplorer 😏
↳ bookiebearchris shut up
↳ desballs don't start
↳ doratheexplorer 😒

user ADORA IS SO US LMFAOOO

user these pics are a little too gf coded UMMMM

user CHRISSSS? he's in love isn't he
↳ user we knew this was coming since the first car vid w des 😞

fakee.matt interesting
↳ bookiebearchris keep that mouth shut matt
↳ doratheexplorer NO OPEN UP
↳ user WHAT DOES HE KNOWWWW

rubenwantsud3ad is this chris post getting his head out of the gutter ???
↳ doratheexplorer LMFAOOOO
↳ bookiebearchris ??????? yea tho
↳ rubenwantsud3ad UMMMMMM
↳ lanadelreycoded WAIT
↳ doratheexplorer DID WE JUST WIN

user NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING BUT I FEEL LIKE ITS SOMETHING BIG

desballs photographer chris is a fav
↳ bookiebearchris i'll have to frame this comment
↳ user IS THIS FLIRTING 🤔

desballs at least u made me look like a cutie patootie
↳ bookiebearchris i'd show you my fav one but i'm gatekeeping it 🫤
↳ desballs gatekeeping MEEEE?
↳ user OKAAAAAY THIS IS FLIRTING!

user EVERYONE SAID WE WERE CRAZY FOR SHIPPING BUT WE JUST HAVE GLASSES ON ????

user and i haven't seen chris lurking in any random girls comments recently... THIS IS THE END OF PLAYER CHRIS AS WE KNOW IT
↳ user OMGGGG des really did it she won didn't she

doratheexplorer i'm having the time of my life here i don't want to leave
↳ lanadelreycoded NO ONE WAKE ME UP
↳ user THIS IS HEAVEN

nathanielboy uhhhh

user oh! nate!

user nate's here...
↳ user vibes changed rq

user remember when nate said des would be disowned if she had a crush on chris in that one comment section?..... yeah chris' silence rn is so loud

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not including the smoking in this chap after being gone for a month is so fake of me but it was getting longer than i planned 😞

also it doesn't hit the same writing smoking after going sober for the new year like that was supposed to be me 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔

next chap is NAWT one u want to miss tho so bare w me she's coming 😁😁😁😁

<3
jaden