The Glyph Monado

Ch. 9: Thick Tension

"Luz, can you let us go?" Boscha asked

"Oh, sure!" Luz said, changing to fire mode of the Monado.

Just the heat coming off the Monado would be enough to free their arms and legs.

"Great, I was starting to lose feeling in my hands."

After Luz thawed all of her friends out, including her new friend in Boscha, the group went inside of Triplet mansion for refreshments.

"Alright, I'll have the servants bring in food." Boscha said.

"You don't have to do that." Luz said as she shifted the Monado to a necklace.

"How else would we get refreshments?" Boscha asked her.

"Ourselves?" Luz said to her.

"...Luz, you are a new friend to me but that sort of defeats the point of being rich." Boscha said to her. "Ask Amity."

"She's got a point." Amity said.

With a snap of the fingers, servants came to Boscha and bowed for her.

"Before I place the order, are there any foods you can eat without worry, Luz?" Boscha asked her.

Amity felt a ping and a twitch in the eye at how Boscha asked that. Was it jealousy? Was it something telling her that Boscha was trying to get with Luz like her?... yes it was.

"Corn chips with Titan spice if you have it." Luz said.

"You got it."

"Get us some bowled of what she ordered and some imported root beer from the Foot." Boscha said to the servants.

"Yes ma'am." The servants said as they went to the kitchen.

"You guys have root beer, here?" Luz asked, "Why has no one told me that?"

"We'll you didn't ask." Willow said before gesturing to Gus. "You also didn't ask where Gus got the jelly and peanut butter for his sandwich when you first came to Hexside."

"Point taken."

A few minutes later, the servants came back with 4 bowls of Titan spice chips and 8 bottles of root beer.

"Thank you." Boscha said to her servants, grabbing a bottle of root beer.

Luz grabbed one and started to drink it.

"Oh, I missed you." She told the bottle, "My favorite drink."

"Careful, Luz. I don't know what earth root beer is like but our root beer has a bit of a kick to it." Willow warned her friend.

"What kind of kick?" Luz asked.

"She means if you drink it too fast, you'll bloat up like a balloon and won't deflate until you burp." Boscha said as she pointed to a label on the battle.

'Caution: Drink Slowly, no chugging.'

"Wow. And man, chugging it was the best part." Luz said. "Still tempted to do it actually, that sounds pretty awesome."

'She's such a dork. I love it.' Boscha thought.

It seemed that Boscha and Amity knew what the other was thinking, as they turned and glared at each other.

"Luz, don't. Please. Not that it wouldn't be cool but this is a rare treat. You should savor it." Gus said, opening his root beer and drank a sip. "Aaah. It's perfection, bottled."

"In the human realm, we have a saying, everything tastes better in a glass bottle." Luz said, "I've only had this demon root beer once and can already say that's the truth."

"Do all humans saying sound weird?" Boscha asked her.

"Yes but they're useful at times." Luz said as she ate a Titan spice chip. "Oh, yeah, mama likes spicy."

Luz licked her lips from the taste of the chips, making Amity and Boscha blush from the site of her glistening lips.

"We'll don't just sit there guys. I don't want to feel like a pig by eating them myself." Luz said to them.

Amity and Boscha reached for a chip. They pulled away and glared at each other for reaching for the same bowl before going to other bowls.

'What is up with them?' Gus wondered.

'Oh no, don't tell me Boscha likes Luz.' Willow thought.

"Wow, they really hate each other." Luz said.

"And they were SUCH good friends before we came along." Gus said with an eyeroll.

"Wait." Luz said, "What if... they like each other?"

"Seriously?" Willow asked.

"I mean, it's a classic trope. The sexual tension is there!" Luz said.

"There's sexual tension alright but not towards each other." Willow mumbled as she ate some chips.

"What do you mean?"

Willow took off her glasses and handed them to Luz.

"You need these more than I do."

For the rest of their day, Luz continued to think Boscha and Amity liked each other while somehow feeling left out. It was a feeling that stayed with her for a while.