Calm Before The Angst

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Skeppy woke up to something wedging itself between him and Foolish.

"Mn, Bad?" Skeppy rolled over and groaned.

"You left me last night." He sounded pretend sad.

"Foolish was lonely." Skeppy yawned. "There's no room, baby. You're going to push me off the bed if you keep trying to get between us."

Bad laid half on the bed, half on top of Skeppy. He ran his hand over Skeppy's bare shoulder. "You don't usually sleep with your shirt off."

Skeppy tucked his face into his pillow. "Foolish and I messed around a little bit last night...but not like me and you did. We just kissed, pretty much...well." Skeppy rubbed his eyes. "We almost did more...but I wasn't sure if you would be okay with it." He chuckled.

"I'm not sure..." Bad heated up at the mental image. "I kind of want to see that."

Skeppy was suddenly wide awake. "Bad, you're so dirty sometimes!"

"What? No I'm not!"

Foolish woke up. He shifted and looked at Bad and Skeppy, silently irritated.

"Sorry, Bad is being dirty again." Skeppy teased.

Foolish rubbed his eyes. "Mn, what time is it?"

"Don't know, don't care." Bad yawned and closed his eyes. "I talked to my professors. I'm going to do some work from home for a few more days. I told them I had a death in the family...which is kind of true."

Skeppy rubbed Bad's back. "I still haven't really accepted it..."

Foolish sat up and checked the time. "I'm going to volunteer today..."

"You are?" Bad opened his eyes.

"I told you Mouse offered me work at the children's home?"

"I remember, you're starting today?"

"Yeah, I'm going to help with cleaning and stuff."

"That's awesome. I'm glad to see you getting up and being productive...I know things aren't easy right now."

Foolish got up and opened the closet. "If I don't get out of the house, I might go crazy..."

"I know...I feel ya." Bad sat up. "Tina is probably asleep but I'll go check on her in a bit. Val is still gone, right?"

"Yeah, she's still with Étoiles as far as I know...she might've came home. I think he's still refusing to talk."

"I understand his suspicion but...I mean, he isn't giving her any benefit of the doubt?"

Foolish hummed. "You guys thought I cheated."

Skeppy clicked his tongue and sighed. "That's my fault...I'm sorry, but it really did seem like that in the moment."

Foolish pulled out an outfit. "I know...I don't blame Étoiles for thinking Valerie cheated. But she wouldn't. She might've had some second thoughts before dating him, but that wasn't because of me."

Bad hummed. "I think it was...Tina told me some stuff. Valerie seemed to be a bit hung up on you, believe it or not."

"Trust me, Valerie didn't want me...she was emotionally attached. I was her first boyfriend...her first everything. So, you know...she told me that herself. That she was emotionally attached. Nothing more. She didn't want me."

Bad quirked a brow. "Did you try to get back with Valerie again after her and Étoiles were more serious?"

"Yeah..." Foolish looked back at the scowl on Bad's face. "I'm not proud of it. But I did. I didn't force my way in I just asked if her and Étoiles were serious...and if she still had feelings."

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