Turning Red One Shots (Completed)

Urges

Mei was 16 and was having urges. Urges to go up to Miriam and kiss her. Urges to take Miriam home and protect her. Urges to keep Miriam away from anyone who might break her heart. Urges to break Miriam up with her current girlfriend. Yeah, Miriam has a girlfriend and they've been together for about a month. They got together during the last month and school and have been inseparable since. It's gotten to the point where they hardly saw Miriam anymore. She spent her time with Marissa so often it left a bad taste in Mei's mouth.

"What kind of name is Marissa anyway!? She's going to break Mir's heart!" Mei paced around her bedroom. Abby and Priya were at their own houses, doing their own thing. Though Mei knew Priya was with the goth girl and Abby was probably punching her punching bag. The group wasn't as energized without Miriam's energy and they kinda drifted because of it.

"Ugh, Miriam can do so much better. Marissa is a jerkwad anyway," Mei scoffed at the name and sat at her desk. She slipped ok her headphones and played some music as she doodled in her notebook. Her thoughts circled around Miriam. Her smile, her hair, her skateboard, and her scent. Boy, she missed it all. Miriam still had her braces and Mei hated how much Marissa encouraged Miriam to get them off the next dentist appointment.

"If she can't accept Miriam's aesthetic, then she shouldn't be with her," All this Marissa talk made its way to Mei's hand and she began doodling Marissa. Long black her, tanned skin, dark blue eyes, and around Priya's height. Mei eyed the doodle before her brows furrowed and she aggressively scribbled all over it.

"She isn't worthy of Miriam, I am," She then began doodling Miriam. Her doodle soon became a picture as she poured her heart into it. Everything she missed about Miriam motivated her and caused her to finish the drawing when she did.

"Miriam, mon amour," Mei said fluently. She drew little hearts around the drawing and she heard knocking from her window as she did so.

"Mei, it's me!" Mei wasted no time standing up and rushing to her window. She lifted it and allowed Miriam to climb inside. Once she did, Mei closed the window and closed her notebook so Miriam didn't see her drawing.

When Miriam first started dating Marissa, Mei said she would be her biggest supporter mostly because it was a girl but also because she was Miriam's best friend. Miriam appreciated at first but soon started forgetting about Mei when she was around Marissa.

Mei compared Marissa to a drug, something Miriam couldn't stop taking.

"Hey Mir, came to hang out for once?"

"Yeah, Marissa wouldn't let me leave," Miriam said, choosing to ignore that last part. She was well aware she's been spending less time with her friends but she couldn't help it. Marissa didn't have many friends and with Miriam she hardly had anyone. It made Miriam feel bad so she vowed to stay by her side.

"Why? Something happen with... Marissa?" Mei hated the way she sounded when she said Marissa's name and she hated how Miriam offensively eyed her.

"Did she do something to you Mei?" Only take you away from me. Mei wanted so badly to say that but held back the urge to ruin what they had left of their friendship. So she just shook her head.

"No."

"Ok, so do you want to hang out today? We can go skateboarding or something," Miriam held her own hands together and rubbed her knuckles, smiling sheepishly. Mei knew skateboarding was a reference when Mei asked if Miriam could teach her. She grinned and nodded, she had a plan.

"That sounds great Mir! I'll change real quick and we can go," Miriam nodded as Mei started taking clothes out of her drawers. Was she supposed to leave or face the way, she didn't know. They've changed in the same room before, they've just faced the opposite direction to make it fair.