Reunited (Zane Truesale X Reader)

Game Plan

—(Y/N)'s P.O.V.—
I climb into the apartment as Jaden jumps onto the couch. He reaches into his bag and pulls out a stick of gum and some spray on
deodorant.
"With the risk or getting an answer that will completely terrify me, I have to ask, what are you doing?" I walk in front of him and cock my eyebrow.
"I gotta get the weed smell off of me before Syrus and Nicky get up, duh," he looks at me as if it was obvious.
"Y'know, you could just take a shower and brush your teeth for the same effect," I kneel down to his level and pull out another stick of gum from his bag, "Might even do a better job," I pop the stick of gum in my mouth.
"I don't have a toothbrush. Or shampoo, or conditioner, or soap..." Jaden never breaks eye contact with me as he explains his complete lack of hygiene, all the while my face gets more and more disgusted.
"Do you ever brush your teeth? Or shower?"
"I shower! I... just don't... use... soap," Jaden seems to get the hint of my disgust and slowly stops talking.
"And Duel Academy's okay with this?" I slowly get up and get my jacket, wallet and keys.
"They don't really seem to notice... Chazz on the the other hand, is very vocal about this kind of thing- hey! Where are you going?" He looks up at me as I head toward the door.
"I'm going to get you some soap, toothpaste, a toothbrush, and some Lysol. When I get back, you're gonna shower, with soap, and tell me more about this Chazz guy. He sounds like a goddamn hero," I joke as I close the door behind me.

—Jaden's P.O.V.—

"She might be spending too much money on me," I chuckle, "Guess she's a good caregiver for Syrus. But I might wanna check her judgment in guys. Chazz being a hero is news to me..."
BUZZ—BUZZ—BUZZ
I look over at the coffee table, "(Y/N) left her phone. Shit, well I guess she not going very far then. I wonder if I can just see who it is...." I shamelessly grab the device to see a playful selfie of her and Astor on the screen with the contact name, 'Star Child'.
"This can probably wait till she gets back, she might wanna be here if he's calling this early," I set the phone to silent and wander into the kitchen for some cornflakes.
God, being stoned always makes me crave fucking cornflakes.

—Astor's P.O.V.—

"Hey, this is (Y/N)'s cell. I'm not here right now, so if you have the patience to leave a message, go ahead..." BEEP—
"Hi, (Y/N), fuck, I don't know how to start this, but we have a bit of a problem... some new developments here with the Kaiser thing, and long story short, I think he might try to kidnap Syrus. Yeah, not great, but it could be worse... fucknithatsnotwhatyoushouldsaythisisprettyfuckinbad.... anyway, I'm driving over and I'll probably waking you up, but I'll be bringing donuts, soooo. Okay I'm pulling up to the convenience store by your house so I'll be there soon. Bye. —BEEP—

—(Y/N)'s P.O.V.—

"Okay, so toothpaste, check, toothbrush, check, body wash, check, Astor, check- wait, what?" I turn back to see Astor and a box of donuts at the counter, "Astor, hey! Astor," I walk up to him as he turns around with a dozen assorted donuts, "What are you doing here?"
"(Y/N), your awake!" He walks out of the way so I can put my stuff- well Jaden's stuff- down on the counter, "did you get my voicemail?"
"What? No, I left my phone at home. What voicemail?" I ask as I pay for everything and walk out of the store, Astor following me.
"Yeah, I just called you to tell you that- I'm sorry, are your eyes red? Have you been crying?" Astor turns in front of me and pulls my face closer in his free hand.
"What? No- I mean a little, but they're red because I got high with Jaden- what were you coming over to tell me?" Slapping his hand away and walking into my building.
"I'm sorry, you did what with Jaden?" He asked as I unlock my door, "Why would you do that? The would Jaden even be here— oh, hey Jaden!" I turned around to see Jaden sitting at the coffee table eating cornflakes.
"Oh hey Astor!" He waved like an idiot, face stuffed with cornflakes, and eyes just as red as mine, "Hey, (Y/N), by the way, Astor called!"
"No duh man," I roll my eyes while I point at Astor, "this isn't an Astor hologram.. although- that would be cool as hell!" I laugh dumbly to myself, and soon Jaden joins me.
"Yeah that would be dope- OW!" Jaden winces as I throw the bag of toiletries at him.
"Go shower, with soap, brush your teeth, and then you can even have a donut," I put one hand on my hip and point the other in direction of the bathroom.
"We have donuts?! I... LOVE it here!" Jaden jumps up and runs to the bathroom and shuts the door. Only to pop his head out again, "I don't have a towel—"
"You can use the green one hanging next to the sink. Now GO!" I turn back to Astor, seeing him sitting at the kitchen counter with his head in his palms.
"Why is he here? What did you get high with him? Why were you crying? Why do you insist on making my life harder?"  His questions started pouring out of him.
"Okay," I avert his gaze and rock back and forth on my heels, "I'll take those one at a time. One, because Syrus invited him to meet his new family and to check out how he's living, and I took him to my duel last night. Two, I couldn't sleep, caught him smoking, and I was stressed and decided to smoke too. Three, because I'm stressed. And four, because it's fun," I giggle out the last one.
Astor's terrified look matched his response, "Since when do you fucking giggle?"
"Since when do you show up at my apartment at the crack of dawn and judge my life choices, asshole?" I walk over to the kitchen and angrily grab a donut, "If I wanted this kind of ridicule I'd resurrect my mother,"
A heavy silence fills the room.
Astor looks at me with a pure disheartened look.
"Jesus, I didn't mean that, I didn't," I start to cry again. Being high definitely gives me mood swings, "Astor you are so much better then that. You've been there for me way more, I-"
"Hey, hey, it's okay," Astor grabs a napkin near the toaster and hands it to me, " You're stressed, you're tired. We all are-" That's when Astor started to cry too, "Fuck, we really are screwed aren't we?"
"Oh geez, Astor," he started to lean into me for support, my shirt now catching his tears, " It's gonna get better.... actually, I don't know if it's gonna get better. Kaiser's got too much leverage on me for it not to effect you. We're both gonna take a hit for this,"
So we just stand there in silence trying to calm down for a moment.
It's peaceful. It's nice.
Well... it was.
"Are you guys gonna kiss?"
"Aghhh!" Me and Astor both jump out of our skin, "Fucking hell, Nicky!"
Nicky's standing there, clutching his blanket, staring at us with wide eyes, "are you guys gonna kiss or what?"
Astor and I look at each other and quickly turn away with flushed cheeks. Fuck, this is humiliating.
"You guys are blushing! You like each other!" Nicky points up at us and jumps, "(Y/N)'s gotta a boyfriend!"
"No I don't," I hush, "Why would anyone wanna date me?"
Nicky stills and stares up at me, "Yeah, I guess that makes sense, but you're still blushing,"
"We're blushing because we're embarrassed," I explain as Nicky yawns, "it's way to early for you to be up anyway. Let's get you back to bed," I usher him to his shared room with Syrus.
"You're so embarrassed even your eyes are blushing!"
"Yep! That's why! Embarrassment- no other reason- back to bed with you..."