BITTERSWEET

CHAPTER 10 / LIKE IN THE PAST

[Warning; drinking and alcohol. NO SMUT]

Two nights before the plane was scheduled to leave Monday morning, the group of guys hustled over to Dante's deserted home. 

After Travis had first moved out, Dante had given the entire place a proper clean-out.With his own hands, he'd turned the place upside down with detergent, soap and antibacterial sanitary. Every corner had been tended to, and without Travis leaving a mess around every visible surface, like a trail of breadcrumbs, Dante had been at peace, having it clean. 

Now that it was completed, Dante could gladly invite people over without them commenting about the residence, and him replying, 'oh, that's Travis' side.' 

The guys used that night as the opportunity to get themselves drunk as humanely possible and pass out until the morning, falling victim to the hangover. 

Laurance, Garroth, Travis, Dante, Aaron, Zane, Kasey and even Vylad agreed to have a quiet night to themselves without the girls. 

Between apple cider, beers, wine, champagne, scotch and powerful (I guess) shots, they'd grabbed their plastic cups and began the night with a short catch-up session. 

Then came the drinks.

Too get themselves drunk they rose a glass presenting a toast to someone, someplace or something. Travis started it off. 

"To the insanely attractive girls, who live on our street."

"I'll drink to that!" Laurance piped in. 

Garroth grinned, "Hear hear!" 

After a refill, next went Aaron. "To our girlfriends, wives and those single guys who can't hook up with a girl." 

"Hear hear!" Zane said, returning smirks given by both Travis and Aaron. 

"Hey! Now come on. That isn't fair!" Garroth whined.

"Really not fair," Dante pouted.

"It's completely fair!" Zane protested. 

"To all the guys who'll never score a girl," Vylad announced. 

"That's a double," Travis pointed out. 

Next was Garroth's. "To those without a girlfriend, may they find a girl this summer vacation, before they die along forever," he said, beginning to get tipsy from the alcohol. And he wasn't the only one. 

~ 𝖬𝖤𝖠𝖭𝖶𝖧𝖨𝖫𝖤... ~

Meanwhile, the ladies were complimenting one another with pre-summer makeovers. With the extra company of Cadenza, they were able to amend professional up-dos and advice; with real equipment and experience.

Altogether, there was Aphmau, Nana, Lucinda (and UwU the Spider), Katelyn, Kim, Tatiana, Melissa, Remmi and finally Cadenza. With the drained sound of the various synced bluetooth speakers around the house, the girls hung out and occasionally sang along to the songs' lyrics as they came through shuffle. 

Between braiding each other's hair, shaping and painting their nails, applying makeup to one another's pristine faces and chanting to lyrics; the girls were having the time of their lives.

Remmi most especially, she was having a blast. After growing up with sisters who were two old to join in with, Remmi was used to growing up around noise but the noise spent alone. 

The youngest Ashida found herself connecting mostly with Kim and Tatiana. Considering how different they all are, the three immediately began bonding over very similar things. Their favourite band, hairstyle, actor or actress, novel, almost everything. 

~ Aph had the idea to create the night like a high schooler sleepover. They all changed into their pyjamas and set up their sleeping bags in the living room. The raven-haired potato had also ordered pizza, hot wings and wedges, as well as soft drinks for their dinner. 

The girls all gathered in a circle, either wrapped in a blanket or held a pillow to their chest, they grouped together for classic sleepover games. As I said, like in high school. 

"Okay, truth or dare? Who would like to go first?" Aphmau asked, turning off the lights and twirling a torch between her fingers. 

Kim raised her hand, "I'll go first." Once she'd been passed the torch, the pointed it at Katelyn. "Katelyn. Truth or dare?"

"Dare. I ain't chicken."

"All right then. I dare you to call Travis and say he's your sugar daddy and that you miss him."

"Fine, that's easy," the bluenette pulled out her phone and dialled Travis' contact. 

After roughly twenty seconds of ringing, he answered the call. "Hey Katelyn, what's up?"

"Travis... you're... um... you'remysugardaddyandImissyou. Yep, um, loveyoubye." Katelyn said quickly before hanging up and shoving her phone in her oodie pocket. Satisfied with her choice, Kim threw over the flashlight over to Katelyn, who pointed it at Aphmau, then Remmi. 

"Remmi, the girl who lives with my little brother. Truth or dare?"

"Uhm... truth."

"Do you have feelings for Kasey?" Katelyn asked, with a taunting grin on her face.

The pink meif~wa's cheeked flushed. "S-sure."

(just pointing out that remmi said that, not nana)

"I knew it!" Aphmau squealed. 

"You'll pay for this," Remmi growled, as she was passed over the respected baton with a lightbulb. She pointed the light at Lucinda, who shielded her eyes from the glare. "Lucinda! Truth or dare."

"Dare!" 

Remmi paused to think, considering asking her to kiss UwU; the girls jumped to the sound of the doorbell. Remmi grinned, "I dare you to flirt and tip the pizza boy."

Lucinda sighed, "You know what, I'll do it. C'mon UwU." The violet spider crawled onto the witch's right shoulder as Cadenza passed over five bucks. 

Lucinda took her time to walk to the front door and answer it. She looked pretty darn, well you know, wearing her favourite purple silk crop top, and matching shorts. She opened the door, flicking back her hair, eyeing the young adult holding six pizza boxes and various smaller boxes with the sides. 

"Hey," she said.

Unfortunately, the pizza boy was one of those shy kids who can't flirt. "H-Hello. Here's your pizzas," he replied, passing them over to her. He mentioned that the soft drinks were sitting on the left side of the porch, and she tipped him with a wink. 

"Was he cute?" Kim asked.

"Adorable and naive. So which movie are we going to watch?" Lucinda questioned, as she closed the door and placed the pizzas on the dining table. 

After casting an elaborated vote, they settled on The Amazing Spider-Man, curling themselves up under the warmth of the room. The girls 'awed' at the sight of young Peter, then cheered at the first appearance of Gwen Stacy. They cried when Uncle Ben died, and cheered when Peter took on his uncle's murderers. Throughout the movie, it led a rollercoaster of emotions, but they completely lost it at the death of Gwen - good thing Peter came to his senses when he saved MJ in NWH. 

~

Across the road at two the next morning, while the girls had respectively gone to sleep, the guys had passed out from the alcohol around the place. 

They'll surely fall victim to hangover when they wake up...

(i know i missed an update yesterday, so i'll make it up to you guys with a double)