So... I once again don't really have much to say besides the usual thanks for all the support.

Also, the beginning was once again suggested to me by @JPRogue.

(Y/N) POV

(Y/N) was waking up something that smelled really good. Without opening his eyes, he started sniffing a lot to try and distinguish what the smell was.

(Y/N): (Is that food? No, it's too sweet for breakfast, or at least from what we have here.)

He took a few more sniffs.

(Y/N): (What is that?!)

He opened up his eyes in an instant to be greeted with someone over him.

(Y/N): Umm... Hello...

Elizabeth: Hey...

Her arms were on both sides of him, not letting him have any room to move to his sides. With said arms, she was holding herself over him. Her face was directly over his, with mere inches between them.

(Y/N): What are you doing?

Elizabeth: Oh, you know, I was in the neighborhood, thought I'd stop by.

(Y/N): Okay... Now, what are you really doing here?

Elizabeth: Word is you did something to make Eight cry yesterday.

(Y/N)'s eyes were wide open now. He gulped at the fear of what he now thought she was going to do to him.

(Y/N): Oh, yeah!

He gave a nervous chuckle.

(Y/N): I pulled a-a little prank on her, and it kind of went wrong... B-BUT it's okay now! I a-apologized, and we made up!

He had a fake smile plastered on his face, knowing there was nowhere for him to run.

Elizabeth: Aww, isn't that sweet?

She said, rhetorically, with sarcasm clearly in her voice.

Elizabeth: Too bad it wasn't her you should've been worried about.

(Y/N) opened his mouth to speak but before he could, Liz dropped down onto him and began her assault.

Veronica POV

Veronica was sitting on the couch, enjoying watching television after she had awoken a few minutes ago.

However, she jumped at the sudden screams she heard coming from across the house.

(Y/N): AAAAAHHH! PLEASE~!

Veronica: ( (Y/N)? Why is he screaming? Is he okay, or is this another prank? I thought he learned his lesson.)

???: OH! YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!

(Y/N): OH GOD!

Veronica was clearly shocked to hear someone else's voice come from his room. Their screams were also accompanied by the sound of something repeatedly hitting the wall.

Veronica: (Is that the headboard?)

Veronica decided to go check it out. She didn't run, however, worried that it may just be another one of his bad pranks.

She got closer to the door, screams still coming, and, now being closer, she could hear smacks.

Now, she was worried, so she burst through the door to make sure he really was okay, but what she saw shocked her.

What she saw was (Y/N), lying on his bed with his hands held over his head by Three, who was on top of him. The two of them had heard and noticed Veronica bust in through the door, which caused them both to look over. All three people in the room were blushing madly, with all of their eyes being wide open.

Veronica, not knowing what to think with all this information going through her head, immediately shut the door and slowly started just walking back to the living room, where she would process all of this.

As she was walking away, she heard Three's voice call out.

Elizabeth: W-Wa-Wait! Eight! I-I can explain!

But Veronica paid this no mind as she kept walking to the living room, with a blank expression, but her face still being red.

She sat down on the couch and just looked ahead of herself, blankly.

Veronica: (What was going on? What were those screams about? The smacks? The... position they were in?)

She just kept thinking to herself, trying to reason what she had seen and heard...

(Y/N) POV

Veronica closed the door, and then Elizabeth jumped off of him and started running for the door.

Elizabeth: W-Wa-Wait! Eight! I-I can explain!

She opened up the door and chased after Veronica.

Meanwhile, (Y/N) laid his head flat down on his bed and hoped he would just go to sleep and not wake up.

~~~

After a while, he had gotten up, realizing that he wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep. So, he went to the living room to see Veronica was sitting on the couch looking straight ahead with no expression on her face. She wasn't even reacting at all to Elizabeth, who was babbling next to Veronica, trying to explain the situation while she was blushing.

(Y/N) tried speaking but Elizabeth cut him off.

Elizabeth: It's fine! I've got this. I'll explain it. Just... go do something.

Then, she went back to trying to speak to Veronica.

So, (Y/N) was left with nothing to do. He went back to his room and started looking through his contacts.

(Y/N): Hm. I'll see what Marie's up to.

He gave her a ring but after it rang for a minute, there was no answer and he got her voicemail.

(Y/N): Figures... Callie?

He rang Callie. After a few rings, she answered.

Callie: Hello?

She whispered over the phone.

(Y/N): Hey, Callie! I was seeing if you wanted to hang out.

Callie was still whispering.

Callie: Ugh. (Y/N), you know any other day I'd love to, but I'm kind of on set right now.

(Y/N): Oh, sorry. I'll let you get back to it then. See ya.

Callie: See ya.

He hung up.

He continued to glance through his contacts until he saw the name: Marina.

He stared at her name for a few seconds. He decided he wasn't going to call her... He'd see her in person.

He threw on some clean clothes, brushed his teeth, put on his shoes, then left to head to Pearl's house.

~~~

Pearl's POV

Pearl slammed her front door and quickly jumped onto her couch as she quickly started ripping open her package.

Pearl: IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE!

When she ripped open the package, she revealed a copy of InkopoLife Magazine. But not any copy, the copy with her interview in it.

Pearl: EEEEEEEEEEK-!

She was cut off from her joy, but it didn't stop her from expressing it when the doorbell went off. She opened it up and kept the ginormous smile on her face.

It was (Y/N).

(Y/N): Hey, Pearl! You look happy.

Pearl nodded her head ferociously.

(Y/N): What is it?

Pearl: The magazine with my interview came in!

She said as she held up the magazine for him to see for himself.

He took hold of the magazine. He flipped to the page that had it on it. He walked inside as Pearl watched him with excitement to see his reaction.

He smiled after he finished reading it, causing her smile to grow twice as wide.

(Y/N): You did great, Pearl.

She blushed a bit like this, and she tried to hide it too.

(Y/N): Now, is Marina around? I need to talk to her about something.

Pearl was a little disappointed at this.

Pearl: No. She's been at her place for the past couple of days.

(Y/N): Her place?

Pearl: Yeah. You know. Her house?

(Y/N): Right. Her house... Where exactly would that be?

Pearl sighed.

Pearl: I'll send you the address.

(Y/N): Thanks, Pearl!

He started walking away before stopping and turning around.

(Y/N): Hey, Pearl?

Pearl: Yeah?

She said as she turned around.

(Y/N): Do you wanna hang out one of these days?

Pearl: Sure!

(Y/N): Great! See ya.

Pearl: See ya.

(Y/N) then left and closed the door behind him.

Once he was gone, Pearl hated to admit it, but she was a bit saddened, even when she looked down at her magazine. So, she walked over and looked down at the rest of the contents of the magazine.

~~~

Marina POV

Marina was going through her kitchen looking for something to eat. She was disappointed by everything.

Marina: (I really need to come here more often. Everything's either expired or gone.)

She decided she'd go out and get herself something to eat. She grabbed her bag and prepared to go, but when she opened the door, she was greeted to (Y/N), who was just about to knock on the door.

(Y/N): Oh! Perfect timing.

Marina: (Y-(Y/N)! Wh-What are you doing here?! How did you know I was here?!

(Y/N): Pearl told me, and... I wanted to talk to you.

Marina: T-Talk?! ABOU- Ahem... About what?

(Y/N): You. Me. Us. Whatever. You've been avoiding me, and... it's just been really awkward between us. Whatever the problem is, I just want to fix it.

Marina took in a breath of air, then let it out.

Marina: Come in.

She waved him in.

He stepped in as Marina closed the door behind them, and he looked around the place.

(Y/N): Wow. This place is nice; I don't see why you don't stay here more.

Marina: I just like not being alone. And Pearl is the best! I wouldn't be anything without her.

(Y/N): Mm. Then why are you here, now? Pearl says you've been here a couple of days.

Marina: I don't know, I just... wanted a little space, I guess.

(Y/N): Okay... Is there somewhere we can sit down? We're just standing around her as if we don't know where we are.

Marina: OH! Right. Of course. Over here.

She motioned toward the couch. Then, the two of them sat down.

Marina had her arms nervously resting on her legs, nervous about the situation.

(Y/N): So... Why have you been avoiding me?

Marina: What?! I haven't been avoiding you, it's- I-

(Y/N): Marina, please. You haven't been answering any of my texts, you haven't been responding to all my calls, and on the off chance I have seen you, you kept conversations to a minimum, then ditched. If you're going through something, and I'm bothering you just say it.

Marina: No! It's not anything going on, it's just... I don't know... After what happened at Wahoo World-

She took in a deep breath.

Marina: Everything's just been off. I can't really explain it.

(Y/N) sighed.

(Y/N): It's probably my fault. I dropped the bombshell on you, then I messed with you when I... you know.

Marina was trying to hide her blush.

(Y/N): Look. Is there anything I can do? Anything we can do to just... get it out of our systems?

Marina didn't take her head out of her hands.

Marina: I honestly don't know.

(Y/N): Well, we need to do something. You're my friend, Marina. I wouldn't want to lose you.

Marina looked up at him.

Marina took a deep breath in.

Marina: Well... we could always...

She was blushing more now. Her eyes were jumping all over the place.

Marina: Um... We could do it again... To get everything out.

(Y/N) thought he was realizing what she was saying.

(Y/N): Uh... Sure. Yeah... This isn't going to change anything, is it?

Marina: No! No. It's simply just to let it all out, and we can go back to normal as if nothing happened.

(Y/N) shuffled in his seat.

(Y/N): Then... Okay... Let's do it!

They slowly shuffled closer to each other. They were looking directly into each other's eyes, refusing to break eye contact with each other. Neither of them said a word. Their stares spoke enough.

They were now inches away as they slowly got closer. Marina could feel his breath on her lips, and she would bet it was the same for him. Their eyes were closing as they got closer. And then...

They connected.

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November 30, 2018 - 11:32 PM