“Fucking hell man. Dude! Turn off your fucking phone,” Victor groaned in annoyance, burying his face in the pillow from where he lay on his bed. “GARFIELD!”
“OKAY, okay!” He snapped in response, yawning tiredly as he reached for his phone clumsily to find a bunch of unread messages from Chase. “It’s nothing important, just some spam texts to get a single message across..just stop your whining and go back to sleep asshat,” Garfield remarked as Victor mumbled sleepily into his blanket as he dozed back to sleep.
“I’m heading off to Timely to meet up with some people but I’ll come back and bring you your usual,” Garfield called, snickering as he looked over at the sleeping boy, who was snuggling his pillow like a teddy. “I’m gonna steal a shirt.”
Garfield slipped off his bottoms and t-shirt, cautiously rifling through his best friend’ wardrobe as quietly as possible finding a quick outfit to just throw on to see the others.
He usually does a morning jog followed by a shower and eating food but this specific week has been so hectic he decided to break his usual routine and try to catch the bus to Timely coffee. They are lucky Wally is on a fishing trip and closed the shop.
“Finally, where have you been?” Alex questioned impatiently as Garfield looked quizzically at Alex and the others, Garfield pursed his lips together taking his seat in a single chair as Molly passed him a Chai Latte.
“Sooo, what’s the plan Alex?” Garfield requested as Alex ever patiently went through his idea, pointing out that the PRIDE gala was right around the corner - like right around, that very night to be exact.
“As their kids..we've always meant to go well-”
“I haven’t been in years.”
“As I said, meant to go as it gives us the perfect cover for being in such close contact with the Wizard servers,” Alex explained slowly as Garfield processed the plan, “We use the gala as an excuse to hang around WizardHeadquarters, hack into the Wizard servers and release the video we found. ”
Garfield froze ever so slightly, hoping none of them noticed. The last time he’d been to the PRIDE gala was the year his relationship with his mother took a serious turn. Thinking about that night made his head hurt and his shoulders tense as he was overcome by the memories of his mother choking on laboured breaths whilst white foam escaped her mouth. Anything to do with PRIDE gala’s reminded him of what his mother was.
“Garfield?” Molly whispered, noticing the colour draining from her brother-like friend’s cheeks, “Are you okay?”
“Fine, I’m all good,” Garfield chirped, clearing his thoughts as he replied, “It’s been awhile since I attended.”
“Right,” Molly exclaimed, realisation dawning on her, “You haven’t come in ages!”
“We’re dressing up right? We have to look like we’re there for the real thing, not just to annihilate our parents,” Nico interjected, chiming in as the other girls simultaneously approved, unsure how much they would be bothering to dress up for the annual gala.
“What I’m asking is if we’re carpooling or going separately?” Garfield asks and as the words leave her mouth he starts to think about wardrobe choices making him scrunch up his nose, “And how dressed up do I have to be?”
“Oh, uh, suit, no tie.” Chase replies quickly with a smile only for Alex to bicker in retaliation on whether a tie is a must or not.
“Also, my parents are okay footing the bill for a limo.” Chase added, cutting in as Garfield realised how desperately odd all the others’ parents are being, which instantly made him feel nauseated at the idea of their parents trying to sway them from their mission, it was almost as if they knew what was going to happen.
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BEASTLY || CHASE STEIN (EDITING)
Hayran Kurgu"Fine. But if an alien lays eggs in me I'm killing you first." ┈➤ 𝕚n which An awkward boy reconnects with his old friends as they attempt to solve the mysteries unfolding before them. [BOOK 1] {MARVELS RUNAWAYS S1-3} {CHASE STEIN X MALE!OC...
