~Met Behind the Masks~

Chapter 4

~Lauren's POV~

After that little family reunion, we all decided we should just take a break from all the sadness and eat. Of course, me being me, I brighten up at the idea of food. "What're we eating?" I ask, the curiosity getting the best of me. "Whatever Dathi cooks. Duh" Delirious replies. I slap his arm with my good hand. In response, he picks me up and slings me over his shoulder. I start laughing and start pounding on his back. "How long has it been since you've eaten?" Del asks, setting me down gently.

"Last night. I got a burr- WHERE THE FUCK IS MY BURRITO?!"I yell, remembering what I did to earn that. "It's in my mini (Haha. Okay, I'm sorry. It's just funny to me u_u) fridge." Piggy replies. I nod, knowing it's at least not thrown away. It isn't the best burrito, but I worked for that. Literally, I had to get a robber out of a store. That takes guts.

"Wait. Before we get any further, what's all of your code names?" I ask, stopping where I am. Everyone turns to face me, then Jon starts introducing them to me. "Owl is Vanoss. Pig is Wildcat. Money is Lui. I'll tell you the rest when we meet 'em." he says. I nod, then continue on. When we walk in, a tall skinny dude is standing at the stove with his phone in his hand. 

When he looks up, he notices me and smiles. I smile back, only so I don't seem rude. I look around him and see macaroni with ham on the stove, along with chicken strips frying in the pan. "What the hell kind of meal is that?!" I ask Jon. "That, my friend, is the greatest meal that possibly lived." he replies cockily. I sigh, but ignore his answer. 

I see something move in the corner of my right eye and look over to see a black man walking into the kitchen. He catches my eyes, then waves and continues on. As I keep staring at him, I noticed more and more features the more closer he comes to me. Including his brown eyes, buff frame, all that. No, I'm not checking him out. I'm just amazed to 1. See a black guy 2. See someone without a mask 3. See someone as buff as him. 

Now I know the tall tower doesn't have a mask, but he seems skinny and quite puny. Perhaps he's the sniper. I blink my eyes a few times and come back to the world as I realize I was staring at the guy in the owl mask. A little heat creeps up to my face as I notice him, or at least the eyes on his mask, are staring at me as well. 

I turn back around, only to bump into another guy. I stumble onto him, and in response, he catches me. I stand up quickly and turn to face him. Again, another guy without a mask. Instead, he's wearing sweats, a comfy looking T-Shirt that says 'Bacon Strips', and he has blonde hair. "That's Mini." Jon says as I run by his side. 

I wave shyly, then look up at my big brother. "Who's the guy at the stove? And that black man that walked in?" I question. "Dathi is at the stove, and Basically is the black dude. He's pretty cool, but don't piss him off and beat him at video games. Warning you now." he says, making me laugh a bit. I look back at the others, only to see Vanoss still staring at me.

I turn towards the door of the kitchen and start walking towards it. As I step out, I have yet to run into another guy. "Woah." he says as I run right into him. We both fall on the floor, making me laugh. "H-o-l-y shit! Your laugh is so funny!" he says, and starts laughing as well. I haven't laughed in so long. It feels amazing. 

"I'm Moo." the guy says, wiping his eyes. "Moon." I say. "Close enough." he jokes. I glare at him and watch him stand. He offers a hand out, so I accept it. He pulls me up, only to have my bump into his chest. "Geez, you're lighter than I thought." Moo says. I nod and push away from him. I turn to the kitchen to see if anyone was watching, only to see Jon, Vanoss, and Dathi watching from around the corner. 

I could see Dathi smiling, so I smile back. "You alright?" Jon chuckles out. I nod and give him a thumbs up. Moo moves out of my way to let me through, so I thank him and walk towards, what seems to be, the living room. I see a bunch of couches, all leather. Some are blue, others are red and orange and whatever color you can think of. It seems as if they couldn't agree.

I shake my head with a smile, then continue on. I walk down a, very wide, hallway and peek through the already open doors. They're mostly bedrooms, but a couple of bathrooms as well. I'm not gonna bother checking the closed doors. As curious as I am about them, I'd rather not get in trouble here on my first day. 

I make my way back towards the living room, only to come across a slightly opened door. I look around, only to make sure nobody is paying attention to me, and peek inside. I see a trillion game consoles, making me gasp. I push the door fully open and step in, seeing a galore of games. I pick up a controller and unpause whatever game was last being played. 

I see it's Rainbow Six Seige. I look down at the controller and see the words 'MOO' written in big letters on it. I guess they have their own remotes... I shrug and push any buttons to figure out what they do. After knowing which button walks, runs, attacks, and picks things up, I continue on with the mission he was playing.

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Chapter 4! Thanks for reading! Quick shout out to Punduluv for being such an awesome supporter! She is always on top of my books and reading the chapters, as well as commenting! Keep being this great, please! :)

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~WildLadd