𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜, ᴛᴏᴍᴍʏɪɴɴɪᴛ

♧⃘ twenty-one ♧⃘

^^angst angst angst angst angst angst^^

I stared at the familiar face distanced only from the doorway, where as one's face I haven't seen in person for a while.

He held out his hand, and I just stared at him. "I- uh, is there something wrong?.." He asked, staring at me.

I tried to look away, but his intimidating stare forced me back every time I tried. "No." I mumbled.

"This is awkward... let me try this again. Hello Juniper! Nice to meet you." He kept his hand out, signifying that I should shake it.

"Hello, whatever your name is, nice to... meet you too." I forced a smile.

"Corin. That's my name." He nodded.

"Great! Seems like you two will get along just fine. Let's get inside, it's going to rain soon."

I heard the word 'rain' and almost every thought of Corin left my system. Rain is the reason I first wanted to come here.

But of course, Corin was here and I can't get away from him now.

Right?

Yep.

"Juniper, do you want to show Corin around?" Wilbur suggested.

"No, I want to!" Tommy argued.

"I think they should get to know each other better." Wilbur turned to Tommy. Get to know each other better..

It was only around a few days ago did I really realize how toxic Corin was. And manipulative. He was just not a good person.

"Yeah, sure." I hesitated. "Just wait down here so I can end the stream."

I ran upstairs, and quickly entered the room we had streamed in.

"Hey! Was it them?" Nephie asked.

"Yeah, I'm going to end stream."

"Oh- okay!" She smiled. "Bye chat!"

Nephie and Niki waved goodbye, and I ended.

"You didn't even say goodbye to chat, is something wrong?" Niki questioned softly.

"No, just in a hurry. Wilbur and Tommy brought another... friend back with them." I smiled, and then headed back downstairs.

I reached the end of the stairway and took one last deep breath.

"Alright. I ended stream, I'm ready now." I glanced at Corin, then back to Wilbur and Tommy.

Niki and Nephie came down not too long after me, and met Corin.

"I think Miss Juniper is going to be giving me a tour of the house now! But yes, very nice to meet you two."

"Mhm." I voiced. "I'm sure you have already seen the living room well enough, as you've been waiting for me. There's the table, TV, and that stuff that you've already seen."

"I see." He laughed. "Loosen up." He looked at Tommy and whispered. "Is she always like this?..."

I saw him shake his head with a glare at him, then he turned back to me. "Follow me to the kitchen."

I gave a slight smile to Tommy, and headed to the kitchen with Corin.

"You know," Corin started when we arrived in the kitchen, "I really want to see what the upstairs has. Like- there's the kitchen, basic. The living room, basic. But usually in houses the upstairs is a bit more interesting. Just saying though." He smiled at me.