ᴇɴᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇʀs

"don't fool yourself your eyes don't lie, you're much too good to be true"

Emori lied on her bed, confused on whether to be mad at ash for literally stabbing someone, or grateful, that he'd do that much for her.

[knock on the door]

"Good evening, 'mori." zi said, leaning on the door he opened, sipping something out of the mug she gifted him when she first met him.

"Is that coffee...at 9pm?..." She asked after furrowing her eyebrows to see the coffee stain on the edge of the mug.

Ziar looked down at the drink, then looked back up at her
"...Working late tonight"

"Okay, i'll be by the living room, then" she stood up and tried to squeeze past him at the door

"Hell nah. you got school in a few days. and "bout time you try fix that fucked up sleep schedule of yours" zi said, taking another sip of the coffee.

"Really? It's fucking...9:27 still" she sulked, looking at her phone

"Change to your fuckin nighties, and go.to.bed" he ordered, "stationery shopping tomorrow. be ready by 11"

"...Fine" she whispered, stroking her hair back as he gave her the dad stare, before leaving the room and closing the door.

Now, it wasn't only the fact that ziar just reminded her of school, neither was it the fact that she would have to go back to the sleeping times of a ten year old, but it was that...she and ash had plans...
You see, right before emori left ash's place about a day ago...

~rewind to yesterday~

"...What time?" emori asked, sitting on ash's bed

"Uhh, ten...pm" ashtray hesitantly mentioned, kissing his teeth right after the words left his mouth

"What is this, a fucking rave?" she teasingly asked, standing up to pack her bag.

"Look, these are the best food trucks in town, besides mine, of course" he smiled, using his negotiating skills to get emori to join him in this 'food hunt'. "so...you gon' be there, right?"

"Mmm i'll...think about it" emori said, sitting next to ash who lied on the bed.

"You will be there" he pushed, fidgeting with the keychain on emori's bag as they made teasing eye contact.

~back to the present~

There was no way Emori was gonna miss that 'food truck event' Ash called.

One more day of fucked up sleeping schedule couldn't hurt right?

Emori put on a black tied backless crop, and paired it with low rise flare jeans she stole from one of her cousin's closet.

She tied it all together with the classic nike blazer mid'77s. She didn't need to go all out since nobody would see the fit during the night

For makeup, she just put pink lip gloss and rubbed dark brown eyeshadow around her eyes to give it that 'just cried' look. (yes, it looks cute).
don't forget the highlight!

She did the classic updo, with a marble blue hair clip. The contrast of the color complementing her pink curls

She posed in the reflection, taking a mirror selfie...or 17 of them, to find the perfect one to send to ash.

[message sending and receiving]

she exited ash's chat to open her brother's.

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

💬...
ᴏsᴄᴀʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴍᴏʀɪ

MOON 🌙 🩰
got somewhere to be. you know what to do x

SCAR 🏀🦁
somewhere to be?
SCAR 🏀🦁
what, you running errands at 9pm?

MOON 🌙 🩰
sneaking out. Scar, I'm sneaking out
MOON 🌙 🩰
do i really have to spell it out for you?

SCAR 🏀🦁
shit just fucking with you 😂
SCAR 🏀🦁
whatever man, stay safe.
SCAR 🏀🦁
be good.

MOON 🌙 🩰
love you, bye 💋

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

💬...
ᴀsʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴍᴏʀɪ

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE 🍓🩰
*two attachments*
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE 🍓🩰
here's the fit 💪🏽💪🏽

CIGARETTE 🚬🔫
FYE 😍😍

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

She smiled and silently chuckled as she read the sweet message.

She turned her phone off as she rolled her eyes while smirking, proceeding to slowly and carefully open her bedroom window, feeling the wind of the outside.

Emori jumped off the balcony, looked back at the house she was leaving, seeing her uncle focused on work, through the window. she smiled as he sipped his coffee.

"Well..." she whispered, sighing and turning away from the house, got her bike and rode off into the moonlight.

She rode her bike in the anticipating silence of the dead night, counting how many street lights she passed by. she plugged in her airpods in, her phone automatically playing wolves by kanye west.

"Don't fool yourself  Your eyes don't lie, you're much too good to be true"

Her phone violently buzzed in her backpack, pausing her precious music, it was a phone call, from--

"--Yo, ash" she greeted him in a FaceTime call, after digging in her bag to reach her ever buzzing phone

Now after he greeted her back, she couldn't hear a thing he said, mainly because he blocked the mic with his hand.

The other reason was because she was getting another phone call, this time, from an unknown number.
She slowed her bike down, now standing directly under a streetlight, the only one that shined without giving you Stranger Things vibes.

"Yo, ash? i'm getting a call from somebody" she soon admitted, now whispering

"Shit. who is it?" ash asked
"I don't fucking know. shit" she fiddled with her hair, "fuck it, i'm answering"
"WAIT EMORI--" ash was put on hold.

"...you called?" she slightly changed her voice
"...you know the bitch who stabbed me?" a man asked over the phone.

emori got nervous, "...i don't know what you're talking about" she lied

"...you know, ive got a soft spot for yall, you can talk to me" he pushed

"you gave me drugs, telling me it was pain killers for my headache" she coldly mentioned

"my bad. well, was it good?" he ignored her frustration

"I was in hosptial because of it" she continued

"I am so sorry, it was not my intention for that to happen. but that kid, he messed me up, man"

"Sorry about that, i had no idea he would do that." her eyes rolled

"You should be careful around him though. the things i've heard he's done...i dont want you hanging around with such dangerous people"

"You're one to talk-- you nearly killed me. dont ever talk about family like that, you hear me?"

"A'ight. shit. sound just like your mama"

"...Goodbye" she dropped the call, going back to the previous call, overhearing ash and fez talk amongst themselves

"...I could use your car, to get us to the place." ash optimistically suggested
"hell the fuck nah" fez said in the background, before they started arguing about using the car.

"Wa-wait-wait- wait, hol up" 'mori interrupted, ash and fez sensing the ambition in her voice

She whispered to the phone, "...yo, that dude that you fucking stabbed— bow, he's calling me up-- telling me about how 'yall be dangerous' and 'i should stay away from yall'" she stood up from her bike

"What the fuck?" ash whispered, scratching his head

"I know, right? who the fuck does he think he is?" she continued, "if i wasn't as zooted as i was, i would've stabbed him myself"

"Shit, you be careful" fez suggested as he walked to ash for emori to hear him better.

"Yeah. maybe that'd be good." she whispered, looking around to see pitch black.

"Shit" ash whispered

"Fucking scared the shit out of me for these dumbass questions. i'll meet at your house, damn, i can't ride all the way"

"...Well, what else did he say?" fez asked

"...He be talking about my mama like they were besties or some shit, weird as fuck"

"As long as you're okay." fez said, ash agreeing

"..Well, we were going out, right?" emori changed the subject, before getting back on her bike and riding under the unstable streetlights.

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