Váratlan

"I call bull."

Rainy Friday Evening.
September 13th.

It was a little past 5:00 in the afternoon and Jesse had just finished his daily yoga session. The boys usually teased him for this but it definitely helped him refocus and meditate. They thought yoga was something for wimps—Well, Ralph thought it was. Harvey just didn't mind it because he knew that he himself did stuff that other men would consider "feminine behavior" when in reality is was just him doing what was best for his well-being or doing something that he liked doing as a hobby. He was the blonde of the group.
Harvey was the more anxious of the three, often procrastinating and was always the early one. He was waiting outside of the restaurant they were all supposed to meet at. When his buddies were so much as five minutes late, he began to worry so at this point they should've known to be there early as well. He was the ginger of the group.
Ralph was the sloppiest and the most reckless of the three and they all knew that, even himself but he didn't care. He always claimed that it was "man's instinct" to act like a caveman and for some men, he is correct—so OBVIOUSLY he's always the one that's late. Lastly, he was the brunette of the group.

Soon enough, they all showed up with Jesse being second and Ralph being last.
"Y'know what that means, Ralph." Jesse grinned, turning his head over to Ralph as they strutted inside, "Dinner's on you tonight."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. It's always on me."
"Well, maybe you should come a little earlier next time. Like Harvey!"
After this mini-convo, they were all seated at a booth table that unfortunately only had two menus.
"I hate when they do that." Harvey said as he teacher for the menu. Coincidentally, Jesse had reached for it too at the same time and the two boys touched hands. It was very awkward so the immediately pulled their hands way.
"You can use the—" Harvey was the nicest of the group, about to say that Jesse could use the menu first but was immediately cut off by him.
"No, you can." Jessie said with a smile all while Ralph was sitting back and watching all of the awkwardness go down. There was a moment of silence as they all exchanged glances.
Ralph bursted out laughing. "Get a load of this! What are you two? Homos?" He wasn't known to be the nicest, and unfortunately he wasn't a fan of homosexuals and often made insensitive jokes about or directed at gay people.

"Shut it, Ralph." Harvey retaliated but in a more joking way so he didn't come off as too defensive. Soon enough, the three of them ordered and ate their food. Right as they were about to walk out, Jesse spotted a fortune telling machine. This is why he often had to meditate and learn to focus, he had terrible ADHD.
"Guys, look! Look!" He pointed and scurried over to the machine, rummaging through his pocket for coins or dollars. He found a wrinkled up dollar and inserted it into the machine, finding out what he fortune was. All three of them went through this process actually and all got something worded differently but meaning the same thing.
Big changes were coming their way whether they were unexpected or unwanted.
"I call bull." Ralph claimed, "These machines are always rigged, let alone true."

Then, they all went home.

To be continued.

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Author's Note:
Hey, this is my first published story! I'm very proud of what I wrote here and I hope I don't forget about this masterpiece and write more in the future 😭
Because I couldn't find the right place to do so, I'll just let you guys know what Harvey, Jesse, and Ralph all look like.
Jesse looks basically like cavetown I guess you could say. If I had to use a faceclaim then I'd definitely choose him as Jesse. He had a little brother names Fredrick who is also a ginger and looks exactly like him. Jesse has asthma and ADHD which is coincidentally the same for his little brother except his little brother's is much worse. He is 5'5 making him the shortest. He is also in the closet and has gray eyes.
Harvey is a blonde who tends to seem either very finicky or frighteningly calm and that's not something he can really control. Harvey is also 6'3 making him the tallest in the group. He is in the closet.has anxiety and scoliosis which is why he slouches all the time, though it's not terribly noticeable. It just looks like he doesn't have perfect posture. He used to have a big brother before he 💀 and that had been very tragic for him, that being around the same time his anxiety developed. Ever since then he hasn't been the same. One thing he has that is very noticeable are his bright blue eyes.
Ralph has SBS (Stupid. Bitch. Syndrome.) and doesn't like gay people very much. He can be a bit bossy sometimes and always teases his friends for not being as "masculine" or "tough" as he is though Harvey could rock his shit if he had to. He's my least favorite but if you like him that go off I guess :/ He's like, 5'8 but claims to be 6'0 because toxic masculinity.
I feel bad for my brunettes out there because this dude is a brunette, but so am I.

Ralph is an Aquarius, Harvey is a Scorpio, Jesse is a Sagittarius for all you zodiac sign lovers. If I see any slander towards my boy Harvey for being a Scorpio then I'm coming for you. Don't think I won't because I will. 🤩