BEHIND THESE DOORS

18

(TW: mentions of suicide)

Hide POV:

I was just minding my own, doodling in my sketchbook, isolating myself in my closet... when the door opened... "who's there?"

"It's Giggle!!"

"And Gloombat..."

Ah, yes, team rocket... "what do you need...?"

"Just wanted to talk to you!" She opened up my closet.

I shielded my face from the light that poured in. "What..?" I muttered.

"Short and sweet," Gloombat cleared her throat. "Polycule. You, me, and Giggle."

I blinked. "What's a polycule??"

"When two or more people date!" Giggle beamed. "Wanna go out with us?"

I considered it for a second... maybe... "Uh... yeah— yeah sure..." This is getting in the way of all my plans... but... I guess I could try this.

"YAY!" She pulled me up with her surprisingly strong arms. "I've scored two emos..."

Gloombat raised an eyebrow. "I'm grunge?"

"Same thing, same thing!!" She swatted it off. "Cmon, let's go!! We have something planned!"

She dragged me out of the closet, Gloombat walking behind me. She walked out to the hallway— specifically the place that lead to one of the "cuck rooms." The hotel used to be a hot spot for hook ups, and a good few were set up with a couch facing the bed, hence the name "cuck room."

Shit... were they trying to get me to do cuck shit...?

Gloombat flung open one of the doors and sat down on the bed, Giggle sitting next to her. "Come sit, Hide... tell us about yourself."

I sheepishly sat next to them. "Uhm... well... I like writing..."

Giggle wrapped an arm around me. "Whatchu like writing, babes?"

I groaned, knowing what was coming... "Fanfiction..."

She gasped. "I love fanfiction!!"

Gloombat shook their head and laughed. "Oh, you've done it now..."

"What fanfic do you write?!"

"Smut..."

"No, like the fandom— wait, smut??"

I couldn't help but giggle at her reaction. "You remember when I told you about Attack on Titan?"

She nodded her head. "Mhm! I remember that!!— lemme read it!!"

"No!!" I laughed. "It's secret..."

"No fun, no fun!!" She huffed and crossed her arms... Maybe I was starting to like her, too.

Gloombat laughed and spoke up. "I brought string for friendship bracelets— eh, girlfriend bracelets?"

"Could never have enough of those," Giggle smiled, leaning back and resting on Gloombat's chest. "Can I braid the string into your hair?"

"Uhm," Gloombat considered it... "yeah, sure."

"... I'll braid some into your hair if you do mine," I piped up.

"YAY!" Giggle clapped her hands. "Where's the string?"

Gloombat reached into one of her many pockets and pulled out three little rolls of string... they were pretty colors— pink, black, white... Giggle snatched then and began braiding the black and pink into her hair. Gloombat seemed to lean into the touch, enjoying the feeling.

"Can I get some of that string, Giggle?"

"Ya!!" She handed over the white and a bit of pink. "Go wild!!"

When my hand brushed hers as I was taking the string, I could feel my heart skip a beat... I began braiding the string into her hair, softly overlapping the small sections I'd sectored out. Her hair was nice and soft, slid easily through my fingers...

"Your hair is very nice..." I muttered.

"Thanks!!" I could tell she was smiling.

"So, Hide, you said you like Attack on Titan?" Gloombat commented, switching the topic a little.

"Yeah. Ever heard of it?"

"No, it's why I bring it up... mind telling me about it?"

I cleared my throat. "So, it's basically like the end of the world, and there's these giant titan creatures everywhere, and everyone tries to kill them... and the main character kills them too, but is also one??"

"Huh... I'll have to give it a read. Mind if I borrow your books?"

My smiled softly to myself... "of course, no problem."

We sat there and chatted for a while, braiding each other's hair. It felt domestic and sweet... it made me question a few things... question what I was planning. Once I made it back to my room, I was... conflicted.

I knelt down in front of the bed, reaching under the bottom bunk, fishing for something. I finally found it— the cold, plastic case..

I pulled it out, popped the case open..

Maybe I shouldn't go through with this. I had so much fun with my "girlfriends", or whatever... Maybe I should return the gun to Rush.

... I'll keep it here. Just in case. 

Just in case...

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Eyes POV:

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

This bitch did NOT.

I was hanging out in the living room with Screech, we had listened to the CD like 10 times and decided to take a break. We were silent, listening in on one of Rush and Ambush's usual afternoon debates, when someone walked in... some people. Hide, Gloombat, and Giggle. I side eyed Giggle from across the room. Gloombat and Giggle walked Hide to their room, and just as Gloombat opened the door... Giggle fucking kissed her. 

SHE DID NOT.

She had me tell Screech she liked him back, and then in the same day, went and kissed HIS SISTER... that little whore.

I was about to go fucking throw hands, when I looked over to Screech, who had seen the whole thing, and he looked... fine. He didn't give a shit.

Did he not actually like her??

He tapped my shoulder and pointed over to Giggle and Gloombat "Ah, look over there... good for Hide."

"... Your sister and crush just kissed."

"Oh— uhm... GRR!!"

I snickered at that, putting a hand over my mouth. "Ah, you idiot... wanna go out to the roof after the debate is done?"

He gave me that smile I loved so much... "Of course, yeah. It's been too long, man."

"It's been like two days."

I let out a little laugh at that, tucking some hair behind my ear.. "oh my god, you're hilarious~" He laughed at my obvious sarcasm. I held his hand tight as I leaned back into the couch.

"You're just fucking stupid if you think that way, cereal is obviously fucking cereal, not soup!" Rush debated with his brother.

"Um, ever had Gazpacho, bitch??"

"No, I'm not fucking Mexican or wherever the fuck that word is from."

"Oh my god..." Shadow groaned. "You can't say that shit!"

Screech leaned in and whispered, "Our cue to leave?"

I nodded and got up. "Yeah— let's go..."

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(Omfg I'm sorry I keep giving filler chapters istg shit gets good soon. Next chapter, some shit is gonna go down, TRUST.)