His Choice

Chapter 2 - Regrets

Blueprint was sitting on the couch enjoying a mug of mulled apple cider. He had been making up excuses to hang out with, and overall just avoiding, Goth for about a month now. He felt as though Cayden thought they had been hanging out too much, and since he didn't want to upset the other he tried spending less time with Goth which seemed to make the older happier.

Blueprint perked up once he heard a ping from his phone, taking it out and checking the notification he got.

Raven: "Hey! Haven't heard from or seen you in awhile. Wanna come over to hang out?"

Blueprint hesitated, thinking about whether hanging out with Raven would make Cayden upset. He eventually landed on the answer that Cayden didn't really know of Raven, so that means he doesn't know he's hung out with him as much as Goth which would then mean he shouldn't get upset. Right?

Blueprint: "Sure, where do you wanna meet up?"

Raven: "Wanna come over to my place? I don't really feel like going out and interacting with a bunch of other people"

Relatable.

Blueprint: "Yeah, I'll be over in about an hour?"

Raven: "Alright! Just know my house is a bit of a mess currently"

Blueprint: "That's fine"

After that Blueprint put his phone away and quickly finished his cider. He put his mug in the sink before going upstairs to change. He decided on a light blue long sleeve top and dark blue pants, putting his shoes, scarf, and jacket on, he walked out the door, making sure to lock it, before walking down the sidewalk to the address Raven had sent him.

It took a little but Blueprint eventually made it to Raven's house. He walked up to the front door and hesitantly knocked. Not long after the door opened to reveal Raven with a small smile on his face, "Hey, Printy! Come on in, how've you been?"

Blueprint smiled as he stepped into Raven's house, looking around. His house was quite plain but it looked cozy and welcoming, a small fire going in the fireplace with most of the walls being a dusty light blue with some accent walls being a darker, almost crimson, red. Blueprint then looked up at Raven, "I've been good. Sorry I haven't been able to hang out, I've been really busy," He half lied.

Raven nodded and smiled, "It's fine, I understand." Raven then walked into the kitchen, taking out a cup from the cupboard as Blueprint followed. Raven then looked over at Blueprint "You want anything to eat or drink?"

Blueprint shook his head, "No thank you, I'm good."

Raven smiled softly, "Alright, just tell me if you at any time," he then filled his glass with water. Looking over Blueprint again, Raven tilted his head slightly, "You can take your jacket off and hang it by the door if you want, it can get pretty hot in here."

Blueprint just quietly nodded, walking back over to the door to take off his coat. As he was walking back over to Raven after taking his coat off he noticed a few framed pictures on Raven's wall, looking over them he smiled softly since most of them seemed to be of his family. Though Blueprint only recognized Goth in a few of the pictures, his parents looked sort of familiar too...

Blueprint got snapped out of his trance by the sound of glass shattering. He quickly walked into the kitchen to check on Raven, "Are you okay?"

Raven looked up at Blueprint and chuckled a little, "Yeah, sorry, I accidentally dropped my cup," he said, seeming a bit embarrassed. Looking on the ground in front of him would confirm that there was a small amount of glass on the floor with a little bit of water. Blueprint nodded as he kneeled down, and started picking up the bigger pieces of glass to throw away. Raven quickly leaned down next to Blueprint, "Oh, you don't have to help me clean up, this was my mess," he said quickly, picking up the broken glass pieces as well.