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new year

a/n - please vote! this is one of my favorite stories on here, but i do want to say that this story is darker than the others, with the themes of domestic abuse and self harm. please read with caution!

i look at my phone, tapping on the messages from a group chat and reading it.

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8:20pm

conan superiority

conan
HELLO is anyone
doing anything for new years

iris
your mom

conan
die

iris
okay im sorry

but fr im not

what do you have in mind??

olivia
i'm not busy either!!

madison
neither. unfortunately.

conan
y/n is probably busy

sigh

i was thinking we go
and watch the fireworks

olivia
im down!!

iris
i am also down

madison
yasss

conan
HOORAY i'll pick you guys up
at around 8 tomorrow

and y/n if you see this pls respond

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i haven't hung out with my friends in a months, even though they make plans. honestly, i wouldn't be surprised if they had a different group chat to make more plans because they knew i'd say no. things have been really hard at home, my parents won't stop arguing this past year. of course, there's fights that couples have. this was different. it's gotten physical. my mental health has really taken a toll, and it doesn't help that i have... maybe a little crush one of my best friends. but recently, she got a boyfriend. this year was great. that was sarcasm, if you couldn't tell. worst year of my life for sure, thank god it's over. if only new years meant a clean slate.

i mean, i don't think i was ever gonna admit my feelings to olivia. i know she would've rejected me, and things would be really awkward in the friend group. i couldn't have been that selfish.

i sigh, looking at the keyboard on my phone. it was the last time we'd hang out this year. might as well.

8pm
i look down at my left arm, staring at the small cuts that were scattered across it. i shake my head, putting on a hoodie, then a jacket over it. luckily it was cold tonight.

"there she is," conan chuckles in the drivers seat as i get into his car. "hey everyone," i greet, sitting beside olivia as she sat in the middle. "did you get a new car, conan?" i ask, buckling up as he starts to drive. "no, this is my parents," he says, "as you can see, we have more people here. hence, not enough car space in my car." i see olivia's boyfriend, louis, on the other side of olivia. right. how could i forget. i look in the back seats, seeing iris and her boyfriend, henry. 

olivia's pov
i look at y/n as she looks out the window. "haven't seen you in a bit," i smile, making y/n look at me. "uh... yeah, i know," she nods, "just been-" "busy," i finish for her. heard it too many times. "yeah."

y/n's been really distant these past few months. i miss how she used to be, to be honest. maybe she's got something going on at home. maybe i'll ask her later.

y/n's pov
i smile as i feel an arm sling around the back of my neck as we follow conan in the city. i look to my right, seeing madison. "hey, mads," i say. "hey," she says, "we've missed you." "i missed you guys, too," i answer. "any new years resolutions?" she asks. "to... hang out with you guys more," i say, smiling at her.

we find a comfortable place to sit down on a hill, having a good view on where the fireworks would happen. "an hour, guys!" conan exclaims. 

i lay down on the grass, closing my eyes as everyone talks. new years. new years kiss. olivia and louis' new year kiss. kill me now.

olivia's pov
should've got a jacket. i place my hands on my forearms, looking at louis. he had a hoodie on. maybe he wasn't cold. "hey, louis?" i catch his attention. he looks at me, raising his eyebrows. "are you cold?" i ask, glancing at his hoodie and then looking at him. "uh, yeah, actually," he says, getting the hint, "sorry." "all good," i say, looking away from the group and down at y/n, a little distanced from us. 

i shuffle over to her, laying beside. she opens her eyes, looking at me. "are you okay?" i ask. "yeah, just... waiting," she looks at the sky. "no, like... are you okay?" i repeat, "genuinely." "oh," y/n says, "yeah. i'm good." "are you?" i ask. y/n looks at me, "liv, i'm good." she wasn't good. but i didn't wanna push it. "okay," i respond, looking at the sky.

"ten minutes!" conan exclaims. i look at y/n, still seeing her eyes closed. i sit up, looking behind me. louis looks at me with a smile, and i smile too, shuffling to him.

y/n's pov
"happy new year!" everyone shouts. i look up at the sky, seeing fireworks burst. i make the stupid mistake to turn around, seeing olivia and louis kissing. why did i turn around? i turn back around, taking a sigh and laying back down.

olivia's pov
i pull away from louis and he takes out his phone to video. i look around, seeing everyone else filming the fireworks. i look at y/n, seeing her staring at the sky, watching the fireworks. i smile, seeing how she was living in the moment. i shuffle down to her, laying beside her. 

y/n's pov
i look beside me, seeing olivia. shouldn't she be cuddling and watching the fireworks with her boyfriend? i look away, and at the fireworks. 

after a few minutes, the fireworks end. olivia and i stare into the night sky, filled with stars. 

olivia's pov
"do you ever think that we're just in a black box, and the 'stars' are just little holes to let us breathe, or into the actual world?" y/n asks. i was a little surprised she was talking to me first, especially about something kind of random. i smile, looking at her, "i've never thought about it like that." "that'd be pretty cool, though," y/n looks at me. "it would be," i say. y/n looks at my arms, furrowing her eyebrows, "are you cold?"

i look down at my arm. goosebumps. "a little," i admit, "louis didn't wanna give me his hoodie, so..."

y/n's pov
was he out of his mind? if olivia rodrigo asks for your hoodie, you give it to her. no questions asked.

"do you want my jacket?" i ask, "i've got, like, four thousand layers on." olivia smiles, sitting up, "if you're not cold, then i'd love it." i sit up too, taking off my jacket. "i've always loved this jacket on you," olivia says as i lean forward and put it around her.

i look at olivia as she slides her arm through the hole, "really?" "yeah," she chuckles, "it's just so... you." i don't really know who i am now.

i put on a smile, "thanks, liv." i change the subject as olivia slides her other arm though the sleeve, sitting normally, "is it okay? you can have my hoodie underneath too, if you want." "it's perfect, y/n," olivia says, "thank you." "no problem," i smile softly.

olivia tells me she's going to talk to louis after we had talked for almost half an hour, saying she'll come back. honestly, i didn't mind. she was wearing my jacket. i know it didn't mean anything from her, but it meant something to me. "do you wanna come join the group?" she asks before she leaves. "um... sure," i say. olivia smiles brightly, "come on, then." she stands up, putting a hand down to me. i take her hand, and she pulls me up.

liv lets go of our hands, and we take a few steps to the group. olivia sits beside louis, and i make my way to the other side, going to sit beside iris. "hey," she smiles, following my eyes as i sit down. "hi," i smile back as she puts an arm around the back of my neck, pulling me into her.

i chuckle, leaning into her and placing my head on her shoulder. i look up, seeing olivia opposite me. she was already looking at me, smile on her face. i keep a smile on mine, and olivia looks away. i look at olivia for a few more seconds, looking away before she notices, although i could stare at her for the rest of my life.

a/n - please comment nicknames to call olivia/ your significant other!! thank uu