She's Not All That (Buzzfeed/Eugene Lee Yang) [COMPLETE]

Nine

I applied my last bit of eyeliner as my phone began to ring. I nodded at myself in the mirror before answering.

"Hello?"

"Eyy, girl, it's Quinta," Quinta's sassy but gentle voice rang clear. "Comin' to pick you up. Come outside, Lev." I said okay and hung up. I checked myself in the mirror again before grabbing my bag and locking up my apartment. After Eugene's house, I had called Quinta and asked her to drive me to work. She had happily agreed. I left my apartment building.

"Yo," I said, climbing into her car. She greeted me back and pulled out of the parking lot just as I locked my seat belt. The car was awkwardly silent. It made me realize that Quinta and I never really talk, only when we're around other people.

"Hey, Levi.." I tensed, noticing how she used my real name. Quinta had stopped doing that and has been calling me 'Lev' for a while, so I knew it was important. "I can't help but notice how happy you are today. Everyone at the office has seen how depressed you've been lately, and I don't mean this disrespectfully, but did you get laid?" I burst out laughing.

"No, Quinta, no!" I giggled. She smiled at me, pleased with her work. I calmed down a moment later. I wiped my eye and spoke, "I know I've been sad and gross. I hadn't noticed how everyone saw me until last night. There was.. a person. They took me out to Taco Bell last night and cheered me up."

"Well shit, if I knew Taco Bell cheered you up that much, I would've taken you already!" She joked. "But seriously. There ain't no way Taco Bell could've made you that happy. What else did this 'person' do, hmm?" I blushed and looked out the window.

"I slept at their place," I grumbled. She said 'oooohhhh' and started giggling. "But it wasn't like that! We didn't have sex. I slept on their couch, and that was it. I was in a bad place and they helped me through it. That's all." Quinta muttered something on her breath and took a right turn at a red light.

"Who is this person? We work with them, right?" She asked, smirking. My cheeks flushed.

"I‐I'm not telling you that!" I shook my head quickly. "They might not want me to tell you." Quinta made a "hmm" noise and fell silent, making me feel relieved. Quinta knew where the boundaries were, and she was mature enough not to cross them. We pulled into the Buzzfeed parking lot. We got out of her car and walked up to the entrance together.

"You two must have quite the connection, then," Quinta winked at me and walked to her computer, leaving me flushed and embarrassed. Never mind. Quinta's a boundary crosser.

"Hey, Lev!" I whipped my head to meet the eyes of the intern, Alyssa. I became uncomfortable with her around me, but I smiled despite it.

"Hey, Alyssa," I said, ignoring how she used my nickname, like she was my close friend. "How are you?"

"I'm good," Alyssa gave me a toothy smile, and I began to feel self-conscious as I realized how pretty she was compared to me. "I'm going to be in a video today, and we're allowed to pick partners for it. Wanna be mine?" Death crept into my throat, scratching at my insides, laughing at me. Does God hate me or something?

"Uhh, sure.." I mumbled, setting my bag down at my chair. Alyssa chirped happily and grabbed my arm and dragged me away. I made eye contact with Eugene. He looked at me, then Alyssa, and then back at me, his face in absolute horror. I squeaked as Alyssa pulled me away from his gaze.

"Don't look at him," she muttered under her breath. I stared at her, confused. We walked down the hallway leading to the recording room. "I told you not to mess with him, Lev. He's a fuckboy from the South! Nothing more than a "doctor-to-be" Asian." I flinched. Wow, racist much?

"I don't understand why you have such beef with him," I said, hiding the glare behind my eyes. "So he didn't call you. Most people who have sex with random people at parties don't call each other. They were drunk when it happened; of course they wouldn't call each other."

"Don't act like you know what you're talking about," she snapped. "You wouldn't know. You wouldn't know what it's like to be in love with someone, and then be ignored by them, even at work-"

"Alyssa, Levi, come on," Ashly interrupted Alyssa, leading us into the recording room. "We've been waiting for you guys." Alyssa grumbled and went to sit down at the table. Ashly stopped me before I continued walking. She spoke under her breath so no one would hear us. "What was she ranting about?"

"I'll tell you and Sara later," I said, and sat next to Alyssa. The video was pretty uneventful. "People Try Spicy Foods They've Never Eaten" was the name of it. It wasn't really that hard, but Alyssa had the face of a constipated man. After the video, I went back to my computer, next to Eugene's. I smiled at him in greeting, but Alyssa's words stuck in the back of my mind.

"Hey, uh.. are you friends with Alyssa?" He asked, obviously uncomfortable. I was about to say no, until I remembered how scared he looked when he saw us together. That's gotta mean something, right?

"Yeah," I lied. "What about it?" Eugene scratched the back of his head.

"Well, uh, we dated for a while.." His voice trailed off. My eyes widened and my eyebrows furrowed. That's not what Alyssa told me.. "She's kinda, uh.. How do I put it..."

"Leeeeeev!" Sara jumped towards us and grabbed my wrist. "C'mon, Ashly and I need you." Eugene's face twisted into discomfort and he tried to say something, but I was already half across the room by the time he spoke.

"I'll just.. yeah..." He turned back to his computer. I immediately felt guilty, but followed Sara anyway. She took me into the unisex bathroom, so we wouldn't be bothered by anyone. Ashly was waiting. Sara closed and locked the door. The two of them looked at me.

"So, what's this about Alyssa?" Sara raised an eyebrow. I sighed and sat on the toilet seat.

"You guys remember the whole thing with me and Eugene, right?" I asked. They nodded, and Sara mumbled 'how could we forget?' with a grin. I ignored her and continued. "Well, when Alyssa came here, she randomly told me about how she had sex with Eugene at a party. Apparently, he never called her back, and she said he was a "fuckboy from the South", and she didn't want anyone else to go through the pain she did."

"Wow.." Ashly snorted. "Talk about bitchy." I silently agreed.

"Today, she was taking me to the recording room for that 'spicy foods' video, and Eugene and I looked at each other, and she got all mad. Started going on about how he was a "doctor-to-be Asian". I was kinda offended, for Eugene's sake. That's when you came in, Ashly."

"I see," they nod, taking in the information. Sara tugged at her beanie.

"Oh, I also slept at Eugene's place last night."

"WHAT?"

lol yw

i did this for you fuckers

IF IT WERE MY CHOICE THIS WOULD'VE BEEN OVER BUT YA KNOW

Y'ALL MAKE ME FEEL LIKE THIS ISN'T TOTAL SHIT

so i'll keep this going for now

levi: author y u no use captial?

shut up levi you're fictional

ALSO GUYS THANK YOU FOR SO MANY READS AND VOTES AND YEAH

YOU GUYS ARE SUPER AMAZING ILY

/your mom

also not edited so tell me if you find mistakes lol i never edit anymore