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"Will I d-do that again?" She asked quietly as he grabbed a new wipe.
"Yes." He nodded, wiping down her forehead.
"A lot?" She questioned, swallowing thickly.
"Yes." He repeated. "What are you thinking?"
"W-whether to do it or not." She sniffle...
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"Is this a good idea?"
"Yeah!"
"No, it is not."
"Then why ask if I thought it was? Dickhead."
Venom huffed, stretched from Nova's shoulder as the woman sat on the settee, leaning over herself as she decided to tattoo her thigh. She bought a kit online out of impulse and boredom, realising that Venom could cure any complications if they came up.
"You already pierced your own face. Why not get them done properly?" Venom asked, watching her closely, cloudy eyes judging silently.
"'Cause I'm still sixteen. Nearly seventeen and they can't do it until I'm eighteen. I'm also tryna keep out of the way of police, so getting a fake ID would only up my chances of running into one off the fuckers." Nova mumbled.
"You have a point." Venom muttered and continued to watch her as she occasionally nibbled on a chocolate bar, watching Scream in the background.
A knock sounded at the door and Nova looked up, grabbing the knife that was shoved between the settee cushions as Venom sunk back into her shoulder. Moving over to the door, she glanced through the key hole and saw Ashley so she relaxed, hiding the knife behind her back as she opened the door.
"Hey." Nova greeted, giving her an awkward smile.
"Hi, Nova." Ashley smiled up at her with red tinted cheeks. "I was wondering if I could ask for a favour?"
"Depends." Nova said and Ashley laughed lightly, thinking she was joking. "What is it?"
"Uh, could I come in and explain?" Ashley asked and Nova nodded, opening the door for her.
The blonde sat herself down on Nova's settee, eyes scanning the apartment. It wasn't full of any pictures, just a metal bookshelf with various horror novels and a random clear vase of pinecones. Nova quickly grabbed some empty packets of m&m's that Venom had taken a liking to, and shoved them in the bin, chucking the knife she had in the sink.
"So, what's the favour?" Nova asked, flopping down beside her and picking up the tattoo gun.
"It was... Is that safe?" Ashley asked quickly as Nova's concentration diverted to her tattoo.
"Probably not." The former assassin answered with a small shrug.
"Oh. Anyway then, I was wondering if you could come to dinner at my parents house?" Ashley asked and Nova looked at her in confusion.
"Why?" She asked with a chuckle.
"I told my parents I had a girlfriend because they kept asking me about when I'd bring around a boyfriend and it was the worst thing in the world!" Ashley exclaimed.
"First world problems, you can live without them." Nova joked.
"Right!" Ashley said making the woman raise her eyebrows in shock. "But they're pretty adamant on setting me up with their neighbours son but I don't like men and I would really appreciate your help, please."
"Don't go." Nova suggested. "If they don't like the fact you don't like men, fuck them and stay at your home."
"I would, but I'd like to rub something in their faces." Ashley replied. "I can give you something. Money or... something, I don't know."
"Chocolate!" Venom hissed in her mind immediately.
Nova sighed, "Chocolate?"
"I, uh, yeah." Ashley agreed. "Why chocolate?"
"I just really, really like it." Nova answered with a small, slightly forced, smile.
"Yeah, okay. So, you'll come?" Ashley asked and received a slight nod as Nova continued the ink on her thigh. "Thank you so much, honestly!"
"Mhm, no problem." Nova hummed, barely glancing at the girl beside her, not noticing the way the blonde pursed her lips in annoyance. "When is it? And what do I need to do to help piss 'em off?"
"Saturday and don't dress fancy." Ashley explained.
"Okay, sure." Nova muttered, turning her head up to look at the Tv. "Am I meeting you there?"
"It would really help if you took me on your bike." Ashley added.
"Bike? Oh! Yeah, I can." Nova agreed, remembering the stolen motorbike down the alley she had to change the plates of to keep for herself.
"Thank you so much." Ashley beamed, kissing her cheek before bouncing off the settee towards the door. "I owe you chocolate, then?"
"You do." Nova smiled and the blonde giggled before leaving and closing the door behind her.
"Are you going to get attached?" Venom asked, talking in her head.
"No. Why would I?" Nova scoffed. "Getting attached gets you no where in life but rock bottom."
"And Jenny?" Venom growled.
"She wants nothing to do with me and it's probably for the best. I already killed my former friend and made the other's head get all mashed up. She'd only end up the same way." Nova replied. "If I don't get attached, I won't feel the loss."
"And me?" Venom asked.
"You could survive longer than all the cockroaches in the world combined. You're not goin' anywhere apparently." Nova snorted.
