HIATUS// Ride 'Em Cowboy || Striker X Reader 18+

Today's the day

TW: SPICY :) a little

Your eyes flutter open, the groggy feeling after getting so fucked up you can't walk lingers while you sit up and stretch your arms. the room is quiet and still quite dark since the curtains are closed, There is a faint smell of cigarette smoke and fresh cedar fills your nostrils once more, Immediately you know where you were, his room, Striker's room. You quickly look around the dimly lit room not spotting Striker anywhere, you take a deep breath and get up, good thing about weed is you remember most of what happened even when you're fucked up. Unfortunately, accept how you ended up in his bed, but you're still wearing your own clothes. Sighing you decide to take a peak around, not that it's your business but his room was so neat and clean that he had to have dirt somewhere. You open the closet and see and fancy-looking shawl, which of course smelled just like Striker, he had nothing but that in his closet and an identical outfit to which he has on now. You shut the closet door and look around some more, in the drawers, in the nightstand, nothing. You take a deep sigh and decide to look at the last place you can think of, where you used to hide money from your parents in fear they would steal it so you could never move out. Under the bed.

You take a peak and notice a briefcase, not just any kind but if your eyes do not deceive you it looks to be a gun case. Hesitantly you pull the case out from under the bed and undo the latches containing the item inside. The case swings open and you gasp, a blessing-tipped riffle, a real one right in front of you in Strikers room. You feel yourself shaking, your dad taught you about this stuff but you had never seen it before. You slam the case shut and shove it back under the bed, Quickly trying to compose yourself you leave the room only to bump right into Striker.

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'Shit shit shit shit','he's gonna fucking kill me'. "S-sorry I'm sorry." I hold my hands up and he looks at me confused, I clench my eyes. Striker grabs my arms and gently puts them down, "And happy harvest moon festival to you to doll'." Oh satan, today is the day huh, after today I go home and start my new job. I nervously laugh, "Right, sorry just a little groggy from last night." I lie to him straight through my teeth. Before he could respond I pushed past him to my room. I took a quick shower and got changed into fresh clothing. 

I put on a pair of denim shorts, and a black crop top to match my boots, I brush my hair and my teeth, mentally preparing myself for the day. About fifteen minutes went by and I finally made my way downstairs, I heard the bustling sounds from outside, all the way from kids to adults. Taking a cigarette from my boot and my lighter I start puffing away. The house is empty so I decide to just make my way outside. As I walk outside Millie immediately spots me and drags me over to the group, I chatted amongst them for a little before I noticed Striker come back outside, dear satan he makes my heart thump and right now I can't tell if its a good thing or now. 

"Y/NNN." Millie waves her hand in front of my face, "Sorry Mills still a little groggy from last night." I huff, "Whatda'ya mean Y/N?" Millie questions, "Oh uhm someone destroyed the tents Striker and I put up so we were out late fixing them." I rub my arm awkwardly, Millie turns her head confused, "But nobody else was here last night hun? And Ma and Pa still have those cameras ever since other imps came to steal our crop." "Huh.." I couldn't find the right words so I just kept my reply basic, in reality, I was confused and concerned about what actually happened. I turned to look for Striker again but got interrupted by Millie again, "What's on your neck?!" She pushes my hair out of the way, my face immediately heats up and Blitz who was talking to Mox and Loona now gets frantic. "Its nothing Mills." I shoo her away, "Did he do this?" she refers to Striker, "No! no..." I begin to get frantic again waving my arms around, "Its really nothing mills!" I try to convince her, "Alright alright." she sighs not wanting to pressure me for more. I notice the Prince going on to the stage as well as another imp, suddenly the empty field is full and crowded with people, "Shit Mox we got to get in line for the pain games." Blitz grabs Moxxie and drags him away quickly, I can see Millie knows nothing good is going to happen and runs after them, I follow as well just to see what is so exciting about these games.