[ 𝐿𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒟𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓇 ] ~ 𝐿𝑒𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝑜𝓃 𝑀𝓊𝓇𝓇𝒶𝓎 𝓍 𝒪𝒞

VIII - Cheeto Dust

Star woke up to a shove against her side, groaning and rubbing her eyes. There was another nudge against her, this time her ankle. "What?" Star grumbled, their eyes fluttering open to see Leighton staring down at them with her arms crossed over her chest. 

"You're in my bed." The blonde huffed. It was then that Star realized Leighton wasn't standing over them, she was sitting beside them. 

"I am." Star gave a tight nod. "You were really drunk and demanded cuddles." They grinned. 

"What? I wouldn't- I don't know what you're talking about." Leighton shook her head with a slight smile. "I still have a headache." She complained.

Star hummed, rolling onto her stomach and resting their head against Leighton's pillow. "I'm not getting up. Your pillows are like clouds." They whispered, Star's voice was groggy and rasped. 

Leighton gave a shaky breath. "Whatever." She gave a look around the room to make sure Bela was asleep before quipping, "No, you're not getting up because you'd rather stay in bed with me."

"I- I don't- This time I don't know what you're talking about-" They groaned, sitting up. "You want to talk about why you got so drunk last night?" 

"Not even a little bit." Leighton shook her head before nudging her foot against Star's ankle again. "Get out of my bed. I have to get ready for a stupid meeting with the principal. . ." 

"Can't I just stay in your bed? Your pillows are seriously heaven."

"No, get out you weirdo." Leighton gave a soft shove to Star's shoulder. They sighed before sitting up and swinging her legs off the bed. The brunette stood up, glaring at Leighton before standing up and walking over to their own bed. Leighton laughed, a bright smile on her face at Star's grumpy morning state. 

"I hope your meeting goes well." Star grumbled, falling face first into her pillow.

"Yeah yeah, whatever." Leighton rolled her eyes before peeling herself out of bed.

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About thirty minutes later, everyone was out of bed and in the common area. Star hadn't changed out of the sanrio t-shirt they were wearing and had re-adorned their bunny slippers before plopping down on the couch next to Bela, who was swiping through some dating app. "Ugh, Vermont tinder's so weird. Why are all the guys hiking?" 

Kimberly nodded at Bela's words. "Why men?" Star muttered with a shake of her head. 

"This is pointless anyway. Nobody on here ever messages back." Bela looked back down at her phone. 

"Alright, hand it over." Whitney sat up in her beanbag, waving her hand in a beckon. "Let's see what you're working with." Bela leaned over, putting the device in her roommate's hold. Whitney let out a laugh. "B- Bela what the actual fuck? This is why no one's messaging you back. You don't even say 'hi', you start every conversation with the words 'shirtless pic' and a question mark."

"Oh-" Kimberly laughed as well.

"Look, I was a nuclear loser when we were in high school. So excuse me if for once I want to date a guy with sick, ripped, tasty abs like," Bela took in a deep breath.

"Ew!" Star scoffed, shaking their head and looking down at their English Logistics book.

"Zack Efron, Baywatch abs." Bela finished. 

"Oh- Efron should not be your ideal abs. There are way better." Whitney said, handing Bela her phone back. 

Star nearly grinned, "Winter Soldier." They nodded with a content smile. They didn't like men, she would never date a man in her life. But they couldn't deny that some men she found attractive. Sebastian Stan was one of them.