it was the middle of rehearsal, papa wasn't looking...
Y/N was never exactly a people person. She could only maintain one friendship at a time. As she grew up, she got used to the petty bullying. Either it was the gap in between her two front teeth or the way she got attached to people so easily, someone found something to bother her about. There was no escape.
Even when she found herself among the most rejected misfits at the Ghost Ministry, she never fully fit in. Sure, she developed one or two close friendships, but she certainly wasn't important enough to catch the eye of the one she really wanted.
The first day that she got there, a masked entity was the one who oriented the her and the other sisters who had been taken in that day. Sodo, her best friend Angelita had called him. That was his name. After that day, Sodo hadn't spared her a second glance. He was too enamoured with another sister of sin. Kylie. Classically beautiful, and perfect in every way. Well, not every way. She made it her life's mission to make Y/N's life a living hell from the start.
The other ghouls would make sure she never took it too far, but there was only so much they could do. It hurt Y/N how Sodo would laugh along with Kylie and her friends when she would torment Y/N and Angelita. But then again, Sodo was the most sought-after ghoul in the ministry. What did he care about one gap toothed loser?
One day, at rehearsal, the band that served as a cover for the ministry was recording background vocals. The ghouls and siblings were all in the studio milling about waiting for Copia. YN and Angelita walked in slightly late.
Sister Imperator cleared her throat upon their arrival, drawing the crowds eyes to them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what rule did Crybaby and Angelita not follow today?"
Crybaby. YN could run all she wanted, but she could never seem to escape the cruel nickname.
"Rehearsal starts at 6:30." they all droned.
YN looked down sheepishly, feeling Sodo's eyes on her.
"Well, what, are you deaf?! Sit your asses down."
"Sorry, Sister Imperator." YN and Angelita said in unison. They sat in chairs about two feet away from where Kylie and Sodo were sitting.
The room was once again filled with chaos.
YN was focusing on making notes on her sheet music when she felt something hit her on the shoulder. She whipped her head around to see Sodo covering his face, as if trying not to laugh.
"Sorry!" he mouthed, looking genuinely apologetic in a way. YN looked down at her lap to see a guitar pick.
"Damn Sodo, you hella missed!" Aether shouted from behind her.
Oh, she thought. He wasn't aiming for her. Blushing, she passed the guitar pick back to him. She could feel the dopey half smile all over her pink face.
Kylie clearly did not miss this exchange. YN could practically see steam coming out of her ears as Kylie stared her down.
Snap!
Kylie's pencil was broken in half, and while retaining eye contact with YN, she flicked half of the pencil onto the floor. And then slowly, slowly, she rose to her feet and deliberately bent over to retrieve it. Her skirt rose up her thigh, exposing her obnoxiously perfect derriere, earning hoots and whistles from the other ghouls and siblings
YN rolled her eyes, cringing internally. She went back to focusing on her music. She was just looking over a particularly difficult chorus to "Darkness at the Heart of My Love" when she felt yet another object hit her on the shoulder. Internally seething, she looked down. This time, it was a piece of paper crumpled into a ball. She looked over her shoulder to see Kylie and Astra giggling. YN opened the paper to see a crude drawing of what she assumed to be herself, with X's in place of her eyes and her tongue sticking out, cleverly captioned "You at recreation."
Wonderful. Kylie was threatening her because of a split second of interaction between her and Kylie's boyfriend.
She tossed it away as Copia entered the room.
~after rehearsal, during downtime~
YN and Angelita met up in their usual spot, a forgotten garden underneath a flight of stairs.
"I can't believe they actually expect us to focus when the ghouls and sisters act like animals." YN complained.
"Yeah.. I agree. But lowkey I'm kinda getting sleepy..."
"Well wake up. I got this thrown at my head during rehearsal."
"What the fuck-?" Angelita scanned the drawing. "You better knock her out for that!"
"How? I don't know how to fight, I can't even-" Angelita interrupted YN by slapping her in the face.
"Get it together, girl. We're witches. We are literally descendants of Lilith. We can do whatever we want."
"Hell no, that's cheating -" Angelita slapped her again.
"Who. Cares. That bitch needs to be humbled." Angelita stared her in the eye, daring YN to disagree.
"Yeah, I mean... that's true..."
"okay bet, it's settled then."
~at recreation~
