★ . ꜝꜞ ᳝ ࣪ CHAPTER 002! ☁️ׂ ɞ˚₊
❝ finally grown a set of balls ❞
( real life )

✶ IRL!

"nice hat, you fucking weirdo."

"wow, it's so great to see you again too, nate, thank you!"

destiny rolls her eyes at the way her brother is stood in front of her, shaking his head back and forth at the sight of her 'I ❤️ TITTIES AND BEER' hat.

destiny and adora just came from baggage claim to find matt, nick, chris, and nate who arrived to the airport earlier and were waiting for their arrival. it was when adora brought up the hats that they got from a random store that they came up with the idea of putting them on to walk out with.

adora is grinning proudly at nick with her hands rested on her hips. her hat reads 'DILF HUNTER' and nick finds it to be the funniest thing in the world.

destiny eventually blows a breath at the sight of her disapproving brother and walks past him to get to matt behind him. he's holding his hand over his mouth at her hat and she grins at him. "matt!" she cheers. "it's been a while, pal."

"it has," he agrees, chuckling a bit before raising his eyebrows and pointedly looking up to her hat. "the bahamas had you feeling a little extra silly, yeah?"

"pretty silly, yeah." she giggles at his weird word choice and nods her head, unable to deny how glad she feels to see his face again.

due to her brothers extremely social personality, he managed to land her three extra brothers at just the prime age of seven. she's practically grown up with the triplets and going without seeing them for more than just a couple days feels just as weird as it does when she's separated from nate for that long. it just feels like she's missing an important piece of her life. it honestly makes her feel like she could never really stray too far from them.

she's especially grateful to see matt's face now though, because he brings her a specific comfort. he's really the only one who gets her when it comes to anxiety and with finally opening herself up to new things in the bahamas, came anxiety she wished she would've had him there to talk with about. nonetheless, she's happy to be back with him now.

matt opens his mouth to begin saying something else when he gets cut off by nick approaching the pair, his eyes on destiny. "dessy, you fake fuck, where's my hug?"

matt takes a step back from them and destiny laughs before turning to nick completely. "oh my god!" she now builds enthusiasm, making nick chuckle when she steps forward and wraps her arms around him. "hi, nick," she says as she pulls him in for a hug. "i missed you, bff."

she looks up to him with a mocking smile and he rolls his eyes but hugs her back nonetheless. "missed you too, queen," he mumbles with a smile before the pair break away.

nick was the first of the triplets destiny became friends with herself. his bright and quite bubbly personality immediately drew her in, along with how welcoming he was. she could tell even when she was just a child that they'd become best friends and she was absolutely correct. there's never been a moment in her life, even for a second, that she's gone without a shoulder to cry on just because he's always right there to offer it for her.

his eyes wander off to the side and he must find what he sees amusing, because he looks back to destiny and begins to speak with a smirk on his face, "yknow, chris has been waiting very impatie—"

he gets cut off by the man himself suddenly appearing beside him to quickly shove his hand over his mouth. nick instantly rolls his eyes and destiny looks over to come face to face with the one of the three that definitely has no resemblance as her brother. he's glaring at nick but when he feels her eyes on him, he instantly looks back in front of him. he clears his throat and removes his hand from nicks face, keeping his eyes on her despite nicks harsh side eye and allowing a lazy grin to take over his face. "hey, des."

oh, destiny hates the way she can feel the butterflies he sets off in her stomach.

she can't help it, she really can't! come on now, who would she be if she didn't fall for at least one of her brothers friends? it just happens that the lucky choice is chris.

he's had her heart since the sixth grade, when the triplets and her and her brother headed to the fairgrounds for the end of the school year fair. she was supposed to meet one of her first ever boyfriends there, but he ended up ditching her for some other girl. she was totally defeated about it, but then there chris was, cheering her up by winning her a light pink teddy bear—the same teddy bear that's made a permanent home out of the middle of her bed pillows.

being head over heels for the boy has never been easy for her. it's something she wishes she wasn't cursed with, but boy, is she cursed. she can't help her desire to run her hands through his nice brown hair, her want to feel his lips on hers just once, and her dreams that are only ever filled with him. she's had to do nothing but watch hopelessly as he switches from girl to girl without even really looking in her direction because not only did she have the misfortune of falling for her brothers friend, but she's had the misfortune of falling for a player.

chris has always had girls falling to his feet. it's all he's ever known practically, so destiny came to terms with the fact that her chance was long gone years ago. she was completely dedicated to just pining over him for the rest of her life until... well, this summer.

despite this summer being one of the only times she's ever felt like chris has really seen her even though there was thousands of miles between them, this summer has been a huge milestone for her in the journey of getting over chris.

she was constantly partying alongside adora for all of her time in the bahamas and she'd be lying if she said it didn't change her for the better. she feels as if she's finally shed some unnecessary anxiety when it comes to boys. she feels like she's finally mastered the art of knowing the way a man's mind works. she knows how to get them wrapped around her finger and how to have a good time—the sea of random numbers in her recent messages being proof of that.

this has helped her learn that when she's with a guy that can make her feel just as nice as she does when she sees chris' face, it's ten times easier moving on.

adora and ruben have practically been shouting from the highest rooftops that their best friend has finally moved on after they've witnessed her years of pining but honestly, as chris' eyes glance all over her right now, her legs feel a little weak.

she hopes the smile on her lips isn't too sweet when she says, "hi, chris." judging by the upturn in the corner of nicks lips as he steps back from the two though, her voice must be dripping with honey.

"hi," he responds even though he's already greeted her. the smile on his lips is still as wide as ever and he takes a step forward so they're fully in front of one another. his eyes trail over her, almost unsure of where to land before lingering on her hat. "i like your hat."

she hates the way that she's so in love that she thinks he's the funniest guy in the world—so funny that a giggle leaves her lips. "thank you."

chris' face seems to brighten at her laugh and when a couple seconds of silence pass after her words, he breaks and exhales a breath. "alright, c'mere," he finally says, opening his arms out as the girl giggles once more and quickly accepts his offer for a hug. her arms wrap around the back of his neck as his snake around her waist, sending shivers down her spine. her face lays against his chest during their embrace and she feels wrapped with comfort at the way his familiar scent fills her nostrils. "i missed ya, goof," he says quietly and the words just make destiny's heart swell. all it takes is for one reunion between them for her brain to become just chrischrischris again it seems.

"i missed you too," she mumbles as they pull away, hoping her cheeks aren't too pink from their closeness. once they're stood apart from each other once again, she crosses her arms over her chest. now with all the time she spent in the bahamas facing her social fears, she has the confidence to say things she'd sworn off unspoken before. "illegal conversations just weren't cutting it," she sighs.

chris' eyebrows instantly raise, never having pictured her to bring that up. "they weren't," he agrees with a hum before narrowing his eyes just slightly. "i can see you've changed a bit," he tells her before allowing a slightly amused smirk to take over his features. "a bit bolder now, huh, des?"

a maroon tint takes over her cheeks and she takes in a breath, preparing a response when luckily, her best friend takes the job for her. "yup!" adora suddenly exclaims, resting her hand on destiny's shoulder as she comes to stand next to her. "my baby's finally grown a set of balls," she coos like a proud mother, looking to destiny with a smile as she rolls her eyes and chris chuckles.

nate rolls his eyes as he approaches the group, looking to adora. "des will never have balls."

destiny's lips part in offense and nick fails to hold back his laughter, calling matt over with his hand to join the group all stood around. "fuck you."

he just gives his middle finger in response to which destiny scoffs at and shoves away with her own hand. "wow, i've missed this so much guys!" matt joins the conversation with sarcasm, glancing between nate and destiny.

"sassy ass," adora calls him, matts face instantly scrunching up in offense. destiny holds back her laugh, glancing to chris who is doing the same. once the two make eye contact, they share secret laughter.

"whatever," matt sighs. "can we just go get ruben or whatever?"

a genuine smile then takes over adoras face and she claps her hands together. "smartest shit you've ever suggested, thank you, matt."

destiny's friendship with adora and ruben has always been separate from the friendship she has with the triplets. the triplets and nate are all older than the trio, so it's kind of just an automatic thing. it's not every day that everyone hangs out in one group, but when they do, chaos always ensues. it's never not going to be fun when they're all at the same place at the same time.

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i cant remember if i'm proof read this or not but i have 6 minutes left of my break and not enough to recheck so 😜😜 ignore errors plz n thank u 🙏🙏

u guys r supposed to be getting conrad vibes from chris so if u aren't lmk so i can kill myself ❤️

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jaden