solace [masky / hoodie x reader]

v

You had come home for the weekend. Part of it concerned the strange hallucination you heard the other day, but the other part was that your parents had missed you, and oddly enough, you shared the same sentiment. It hadn't ever crossed your mind that you would miss being around your parents, especially considering how you tended to just hide in your room and avoid them. What teenager liked their parents, anyway? But it was different now, now that you had moved out and spent some time away from them.

You had realized how much of a luxury it was to live at home. Ever since you left, you were tasked with the gruesome chores of having to both cook and clean for yourself—living by yourself was equivalent to being both a single parent and a child. You had spent your days there wondering how your place got messy so fast and why it was so laborious to clean it.

But now you were home. You were home, and you were comfortable, with your parents making your meals and your house being cleaned up as usual, your room lacking enough things to be made a mess of. Unfortunately, your room also lacked one vital thing: your dearest PC setup. Instead of it, you had a laptop with you, meaning there would be no opportunities to play video games unless the game was Minecraft or something.

ewa
anyone wanna play? ^-^

ark
logging on rn :kittyuwu:

Zohlem
Yeah same one sec lol

lilypop
where
y/n
at?

Y/N
here. can't play, i'm back home for abit

ewa
:(

Y/N
sorry!

ark
come vc with us then ?

Y/N
ok

Incoming Call
ark, Zohlem, lilypop, Y/N, ewa

"Hi guys," you spoke into your mic. Good thing that you brought your headset with you.

"Hi!" replied Ewa, her voice bright and cheerful as usual, and you smiled just listening to her speak.

"Zohlem!" you heard Allie yell into her microphone, which happened to also pick up the sound in her background, consisting of a furious keyboard and mouse clicking.

"What?!" Daniel yelled back, sounding annoyed, which wasn't anything new either. For as long as you had known him, he was a grumpy person. Rightfully so, he was a law student that ran on five hours of sleep and a coffee—black—before his lessons each morning. He never took the stress of his education out on you or your friends, though, and while he was a bit serious, he was also one of the nicest people you had known. Trustworthy, reliable, and compassionate, all those good things.

"Stop jerking off and look at your screen, for fuck's sake," Allie hissed, and you could tell she was on the verge of spewing very obscene insults at him. Allie, being a high-ranking gamer who hated stepping foot outside, had precisely the attitude you'd expect of one. She had the shortest fuse known to man combined with exceptional skill at hurling curses like it was her mother tongue and a new account each month because she'd often get banned for being toxic. This was how she'd appear to strangers, especially those playing poorly in her games. To you, she was one of your closest friends, forward and outgoing, and so easy to talk to. Always available as well, may you add, due to her lack of interest in leaving her home. But you knew she made time for you, time that she could've spent on her current hobby, which was making ramen. She was eccentric, that was for sure.

"Yeah, Daniel." And there was Lily with a snide comment, in a mocking tone as always. "Why don't you stop jerking off, huh?"

"Not you talking," Daniel groaned. "You've died six times already."