hiraeth dreams [bxb+]

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♡ q: do y'all play genshin?
- i do, and am still waiting for diluc to come home

> BEFORE <

As soon as I got the little breath of air, I used Kingston to help push myself up to the surface of the water. Instantly, I began coughing whilst trying to take in as much air as I possibly could. Not even seconds later, Kingston got up too.

I turned to see that he was looking at me as we both floated around and about. Neither of us said anything, though. It was just silent as we breathed in deeply.

"Never, and I mean never, do that again," he snarled, glaring at me.

I felt a bit sick to my stomach. Was kissing me really that bad? I thought before shaking my head clear of the thoughts. Kingston and Mio were dating. Yeah, they had an open relationship - but that didn't mean they could just cheat on each other whenever they felt like it. Besides, I didn't exactly kiss Kingston. I just took oxygen from his mouth. Otherwise, I probably would've been dead by now.

"Sorry for stealing your first kiss, dude," I tried to tease. My voice was a bit off though because I was still trying to get my heart rate to go back to its usual pace. Sheesh, that was scary.

Kingston shook his head. He brought his hand up to wipe his brown hair off of his forehead. "Not that, bro. Don't come after me underwater when you need air. For starters, you scared the fucking shit out of me. And second, you almost got yourself killed."

I shrugged to the best of my abilities - which wasn't really a shrug since we were underwater and I was now starting to freeze up. "Not my fault you couldn't see that I was genuinely struggling," I muttered.

He shook his head. "Nuh-uh. Don't try to blame me for anything. When someone comes for you and tries to kill you underwater, you're not going to stop to make sure they got oxygen. How am I supposed to tell the difference between a wanting oxygen tap and a 'I'm going to kill you after I'm out of this hold' tap?"

I stayed quiet since, well, he had a point. Likewise.

"Sorry," I mumbled, looking away from him.

"Same goes to you," he said, surprising me.

"Huh?"

"Sorry for punching you. It was a mistake on my behalf."

I blinked, not quite believing what I was hearing. "Did you just apologize to me?"

He then glared at me. "Seriously? I'm trying to be civil for once and you're not even taking me seriously!"

My mouth dropped open. "Oh my, oh my! Jeremiah needs to hear this. And so does Mio." I grinned before turning to swim over to them - only to be stopped by Kingston. He put an arm around my waist and pulled me against his chest.

"Oh hell no. You're not going anywhere, not when you plan to tell them about my apology," he growled.

I moved around, getting him to drop his hold on me. "As if you could stop me!" I joke before swimming as fast as I could to the others. Kingston began swimming right away.

Somehow he was able to gain speed on me even though I started swimming first. But nevertheless, I arrived first with him right on my back.

"Guys, guys!" I shouted, catching all their attention. Xion sat up and looked at me, Jeremiah took his attention off his food, and Mio left his sand-slash-rock castle for a moment.

"Yeah?" Mio asked, tilting his head in confusion.

"Nothing!" Kingston yelled, attempting to grab me. I sidestepped him, though, and continued to grin.

"Guess what just happened?" I didn't wait for them to reply. "Kingston just apologized to m -"

POW POW!

That's how I ended up with another bruise. This one on my right shoulder.

Jeremiah found the whole thing funny and was laughing his ass off as we all walked back to the house. Mio was trying to act like he was mad at Kingston but he was secretly laughing when he thought I couldn't watch him. And even Xion was snorting! Traitors, I bitterly thought, keeping my distance from them all.

Kingston didn't offer a second apology. He just looked smug and was mocking me.

The sad part is: my shoulder actually hurt a lot. I couldn't move my arm without that ache and burning pain returning. Meanwhile, they were all just laughing as if it was some joke. Yeah, at first it might've been kind of funny - but not now that I'm in pain! What happened to making sure if people were alright before laughing at them?

What happened to caring about me in general?

"Pssh," I huffed out as the house came into view. I marched ahead of everyone and went into the house whilst in a bad mood. I slammed the door shut right after I entered. Not bothering to glance at anything or anyone, I marched to the living room where I opened the TV and put on Netflix. Then I went to the kitchen and looked for some food.

A slice of pumpkin pie on a paper plate, I went back to the living room and made myself comfortable on the couch with a blanket and two pillows. I made sure there wasn't any space for anyone to join me.

When Jeremiah walked into the living room and saw me, he laughed, as if there was a joke hanging above my head. I looked just in case there actually was - but there wasn't.

"I don't understand," I started once everyone was in the living room area, "how you guys find me getting beat up funny. I'm in pain! He hit me! This is abuse! And you're all laughing as if I'm a kid who just got their toy snatched!" Admittedly, I did sound a bit whiney like a little kid. My point still stands though!

"Hey, Arlo. Do you know what a masochistic is?" Kingston asked. The others laughed as I grew red.

"I'm not a fucking masochistic, you freaky sadist!" I yelled, not amused at all. "And don't talk to me, abuser."

He rolled his eyes. "Grow up a bit, kid. It was just a friendly punch to the shoulder. You're not going to die or anything."

I glared at him, then completely ignored him by giving the TV my fullest attention.

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abrupt ending: i know. i just didn't feel like writing anymore and idkkkkkkk dont come @ me.

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