Cochlear | A Cobra Kai Fanfiction

17

It hadn't ever occurred to Jesse that she had never been to a house party until Demetri brought it up the night before.

Which part of her scowled about because that's all she had once been obsessed about doing when she'd finally became a high schooler. Sadly, there's only so much partying at a boarding school for the deaf.

The other part of her was nervous about being in a noisy area for an extended perk of time. The Korean dinner was quiet and tame with soft melodies in the background, but a house party for high schoolers?

Probably the exact opposite.

"So do you like the pink or blue better?"

"Don't you have any friends who are either a female, or male and attracted to the same sex, that could be of better fashion help?" Demetri whined through the computer call and Jesse ignored it, holding the dresses up with an expectant look on her face. There was a few pauses before Demetri rolled his eyes. "They both look fine, Jess. It's a high school house party, not brunch with the mayor!"

"Doesn't mean I don't want to look cute." Jesse huffed out throwing the dresses on her bed. She scowled into the laptop camera and crossed her arms, her tone almost snooty. "What are you wearing then?"

"You're looking at it!" He said simply and exaggerated his comment with his hands to show off his usual dress of a button up, jeans and a nerdy t-shirt. "It's called nerd-chic."

"Ugh." Jesse groaned, flopping down into her computer chair dramatically. "It's not fair."

"What?"

"How easy it is for you to just grab whatever is at the top of your drawer and still look good, but if I want to not look like a rat from hell I gotta spend two hours getting ready."

Demetri's eyebrow cocked up in question and snorted. "Rat from hell? Two hours? By the Force woman, you don't have to spend two hours in front of a mirror. You look fine with what you're wearing."

Jesse rolled her eyes and stretched out the t-shirt so he could read then words on it better. "You want me to go in public for the first time with classmates wearing a Star Wars shirt?" The words dropped out of her mouth incredulously, before pinching her jeans up and shaking the fabric. "And 20$ jeans from Target?"

Demetri scratched his cheek, trying to figure out why these things were a problem and he shrugged. "Yeah, I do."

A noise came from the back of Jesse's throat that sounded like a strangled cat from hell and Demetri jumped at the noise. "What was that for?!"

"You don't get fashion." She grumbled out arms crossing over her chest.

"No, I don't." Demetri exclaimed throwing his hands up in exasperation. "We've been talking about this for thirty minutes and your bed has a whole closet on it!"

"The fact that you think this is even a quarter of what my closet has in it is cute."

"If you're that concerned just... just wear the Star Wars t-shirt and a nice pair of pants and shoes." Demetri replied sarcastically rolling his eyes after dropping his arms. "And hurry up so we can get on Steam before we go."

Jesse snorted and the stress left her rapidly as she started to load up Steam and set her headphones up. "You're so mean."

"I'm not mean, you just focus on things that don't really matter."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You're focusing too much on what people will think about you and less how you feel." Demetri responded factually, throwing on his own headphones and looking into the camera. "We're going to a party with teenagers not millionaires. No one cares what you're wearing."