The Brightside ~ A Lil Peep Fan Fiction

~seven~

~a/n: photo above is of alissa salls she's my inspiration for venus and is "playing" her! also thanks for 100 reads guys! ily~

I sat alone on the sofa drinking a strong black coffee and smoking one of the cigarettes I'd had left in my bag, Gus and Dylan had disappeared into the spare room and I could hear Gus singing every now and then, which was nice, but I still didn't know how I felt about him, I was about to get up and go sit back out on the balcony just to have something to look at other a blank TV screen because I couldn't find the remotes to turn it on, when Bexey emerged from his room, even though it was already gone seven in the evening.

"Oh, hey!" He seemed surprised to see me say here alone, possibly that I was still here at all.

"Hey." I pretty much mumbled back, the rim of the mug I held still to my lips.

"Have you eaten today?" His question surprised me, I didn't think he would be all that bothered about me, after all, I was Gus' new arm piece, not his.

"Uh, no actually, I've only been awake a little while though." I shrugged, not really expecting the offer that came next.

"You want me to order you something in, I'm gonna go ask them in a minute, but since you're here." He gestured back towards the spare bedroom.

"Um, yeah, if it's no trouble, I don't want to just seem like I'm scrounging if whatever." I bit the inside of my cheek, worried that he on felt obligated because I was there and didn't actually want to waste his money on me.

"Nah, don't be dumb, any friend, or whatever you are, of Gus' is a friend of mine." He sounded sincere enough. "Oh by the way, ignore his ex she's just being a bitch because she can be." His comment confused me, I hadn't got the first clue what he meant, and I think he realised when he saw the confusion on my face.

"What have I missed?" I knew immediately it was an Instagram thing and grabbed my phone, opening up the app to my page.

"No wait." He came and sat down beside me. "Are you sure you even want to check? It's not worth it honestly, you're better just posting something else and acting like her dumb comments doing phase you, trust me." I blinked at him in surprise, I didn't expect him to be that attentive, but then, Gus had said he was a good friend and I could almost immediately see why.

"I'm gonna see what she's said eventually, but you know what you're right, I don't want any of this bullshit, I'm kind of still pissed off at Gus for using me that way, I know now that's what he was doing." I grumbled as I spoke, I couldn't help it, I struggled to hide my emotions at the best of times, but even more so when I was mad like I was in that moment.

"Yeah, he can be an idiot, he's just flexing because he can, he'll realise he's fucked up soon enough though, don't worry, it's only 'cause of her, she has a hold over him." I watched as he rolled his eyes at the thought of this girl and honestly as much as I didn't want to be I was getting more and more intrigued by this woman, like who was she? I knew she was older than me, Gus had already mentioned that, but when did they meet? How long had they been a thing, why was he so hung up on her? Was I really just a tactic to make her jealous or did he actually want to get to know me and spend time with me? There were a thousand thoughts running through my head.

"Would you mind taking a photo for me then?" I decided it was better to just be myself and I guess one way I could do that was to get into this instagram thing. He smiled at my change in demeanour. "I'll just go get dressed, oh and just order me whatever, I don't care so long as it's food." I said standing up, and heading towards Gus' room.

"Hell yes girl, you're already a badass in my eyes." He stood up and followed me, but stopped at the spare room and knocked on the door.

"Peep, Smoke, I'm ordering food!" He called in before actually entering the room when he got no reply, I guess smoke must have been Dylan's nickname or something, because it was the first time I'd heard it, after a couple of seconds I heard the tell tale sounds of laddish banter and regardless off wether I was annoyed at Gus, it still made me smile, I liked hearing other people happy, always had done, happiness always reminded me of my mum and the years of my life that weren't so messed up, before I went off the rails.