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━ 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧

IT'S NINE AM. Her alarm is blaring way too loud and the sun is way too bright and is definitely shining directly into her eyes on purpose just to piss her off. Her head is pounding and when she swallows her mouth sours with the taste of vomit. 

She's never drinking again. 

And the worst part of all is that Juno Artemis is not a blackout drunk. Which means she remembers last night and her... encounter with George. Every last detail of it. 

She buries her head in her hands, willing the thumping (and maybe a little of the embarrassment too) in her head to go away. It doesn't work. When she finally turns to her alarm clock to turn it off she notices a small note and a few pills. She takes the pills dry without hesitation, even before glancing at the note. Her heart skips a beat when she does. 

"You're a mess, you know that? 

love you. -g"

Love you. He loved her? He was drunk too, he couldn't have meant it. Did he? Her head hurts too much for this. She decides to go back to sleep.

"MARSHALL! HOLY FUCKBALLS! THERE'S A GIANT ASS BUG, GET YOUR ASS OUT OF BED BEFORE I SMACK THE HELL OUT OF YOU-"

Juno groans, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. Her headache is noticeably milder. She thanks George silently. 

Val shrieks again, the noise emitting a low groan from somewhere deep in Marshall's throat. Marshall stumbles out of bed and kills the bug. The day passes by quickly after that. 

***

"Wil," She hisses.

"Val," He states simply.

"We- not right now- Wil-" Viridian meets chocolate. "Shit." Pink traces her neck, hands wrap her waist, fingers dig into her fishnets.

"Wil," She breathes, pleading this time, as his teeth nip her skin. And then there's nothing and a cool Texan breeze blows across the spit streaking her skin. "Why-"

He shrugs, a knowing smirk undertoning his innocent smile. "You're next on stage,"

"Oh- fuck!" She pushes past him, black boots slowing her down as she weaves through the carts. She yells a sorry back to the abandoned manager. Her bandmates send confused looks when she nearly misses her cue to enter. She really needs to stop being late to these things.

He finds her and Quackity chatting it up with a few fans after the show. He's too focused on Val to notice Kai staring at Alex from across the lot. When Wilbur strides over, confusion clouds Kai's face — why is his manager talking to Valerie?

He pulls her away from the fans with a vague excuse, tugging her into a shadowed corner. Their lips slot together in synchrony.

He pulls back and his name slides out of her mouth in a needy whisper.

"Truth or dare?"

She stares at him blankly. "You are a child."

"Truth or dare!" He persists. A sigh, a roll of viridian.

"Truth."

He taps a finger against his chin in thought. "What's your favorite song?"

Without a beat, "Sex sells." His mouth grows a grin and she can't help but swell with pride — he's smiling because of her. "Truth or dare?" She's past the point of arguing with his childish antics and has accepted that they're playing the game now.

"Dare. But don't dare me to do anything stupid because I will do it," He warns.

The blonde smirks, innocent dares fleeing her mind. "I dare you to fuck me."

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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞

YOOOOOOOOOOO RELATIONSHIP REVEALLLLLLLLL

I'm actually so psyched that I managed to get a chapter out (yes today is the 1yr anniversary of this book let's not talk about it) We're almost halfway done though T-T

also this chapter is un-proofread lmk if yall see any errors

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