Sunny Day Jack One-Shots; 🔞

Once More, Nevermore

Joseph Haberdae x May-Rose (OC)

Tw: mentioned previous cheating, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, lemon, modern au

Continued from 'We Cry Together'

WC: 2.7K

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"Good morning, Sunshine!"

"What the fuck!?" May flinches away from the doorway, her arm coming out in a swing as the man in front of her reeled back to keep from getting hit.

"H-hold on-"

She swung again but her wrists were caught by the larger man. She hissed and cussed at him, while jerking around in his grip.

"Hey hey! It's okay! It's me!" The man said. May froze at the familiar sound of his voice. She lowered her fists, finally taking the time to a good look at his appearance. He was wearing a blue wig, red face paint marking his cheeks, chin, and nose. He was wearing a blue jacket over a t-shirt with a red and yellow streamed design and brown pants. Any other time, she would have considered this man a run of the mill freak but when catching his dark doe eyes she thought...

That's my freak!

"Joseph, what the hell is this?" She exclaimed.

He took a step back and cleared his throat. May narrowed her eyes as he put on a performative smile.

"Good morning, sunshine! My name is Sunny Day Jack! I just thought I'd come by and brighten your day a little, if you didn't mind! Oh, by the way, are you subscribed to Channel Seven? That's the best way to get in touch with me and my friends, The Sunnytime Crew... on the Sunnytime Crew Show!"

May scoffed, feeling a snide smile spread on her face.

"Joseph, is this what you meant about showing me something?"

Joseph dropped the act and sighed, "Yeah. Yeah, I thought you'd be interested since you used to watch that show as a kid."

"You thought you could come and win me over with a kids show?"

"I'm not trying to win you over! I just... I want us to be on good terms again." He said.

She shook her head, "I feel like we were on fine enough terms."

"You mean you were fine being bitter over me?" Joseph said, his voice raising a bit with his rapid growing agitation.

May shrugged, looking indifferent. "I wasn't thinking about you." She said, "I don't want anything to do with you either. That's about as good we can get."

When Joseph didn't reply she continued, "For what it's worth though, I'm happy for you. You got to where you wanted at least." She then gripped the door, ready to close it on him.

"Wait!"

May paused, raising a brow. "Rosie. You don't have to be with me-"

"I sure don't."

"-but you can't be able to throw us all away so easily."

"You threw me away, Joseph. I expected you to do one thing, and that was respect my boundaries and not fuck other girls." May said.

"...that's two things." Joseph replied.

"And you basically told me to fuck off when I told you not to. What kind of idiot do you think I am to take you back?"

Joseph sighed, "I don't...I don't think you're an idiot. I just... I don't know what I'd do without you. You were there for me when no one else was."

"So was Ian."