heeeeeeeeyyyy, guys. this took a little longer than I thought it would but it's just fluffy, important, loving shit for you that ties off a few things nicely. it is NOT the last chapter. it is potentially the penultimate but it is NOT THE LAST. there is still more to come. so enjoy this, i hope you do. and let me know your thoughts. thank you, much love.
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"I am sensing such strongly queer vibes from this table that were I not about to sit here anyway, I would have ditched the hetero crowd and eaten lunch with you, ladies."
Kevin's soft words twitched a grin to Cheryl's face as he swung a long leg over his seat opposite her, next to Toni, and placed his tray onto the cafeteria table with a characteristic gentleness.
She watched Toni deftly clamp a hand to Kevin's yogurt pot as it began to roll off the table and replaced it for him quickly, drifting her pretty eyes up to the height of his face.
"You've brought the straight crowd with you huh, Kevin?" Toni chuckled raspily, spreading Cheryl's lips across her own face in a wider smile.
"Yes. Well, 'The Straights' and Veronica." He joked, glancing at their faces conspiratorially as the rest of the group came to join, swarming around them in a well-practiced formation and taking their seats.
"Archiekins, what are you doing? I'm next to Toni."
Cheryl rolled her eyes at Veronica's tone.
"Chill out, Ronnie. Maybe I wanna sit with Toni-"
"-Are we really going to have this conversation right here, right now, Archie? Because I have a lot of shit I can say."
"What are you talking about-"
"Jesus, Archie. Just move."
Betty's contribution from Cheryl's left; weakly made but obeyed nonetheless.
Cheryl glanced at Toni, who was watching with amused eyes as the couple switched places, and Veronica reached out to bop a finger beneath her freckled chin gently with a smile.
Cheryl smirked, sharing a look with Kevin.
You can have that one, Veronica. For now.
Toni beamed, turning back to her sandwich.
Ugh, the audacity of her to be so damn cute.
"Goddamn, can it be summer already?" Josie sighed from her position at the end of the table, picking the tomato slice from her burger with a grimace and tossing it onto Jughead's plate.
"Right?" Betty empathised, rolling her eyes as she laid one arm across the table in front of her and stabbed her fork into her pasta, "Just one more week and we're free."
"Friends, please, why so mournful?" Veronica chastised, a scheming smirk tipping at her mouth, "We shouldn't be lamenting the time we have left, we should planning a way to celebrate." She leaned her tanned elbow onto the table and waggled dark brows above wide eyes as she sucked a grape into her mouth with a neat 'pop'. "Who's down for a fucking blow out party?"
The group's attention perked, a sequence of heads lifting in Archie's direction.
He chowed messily on his mouthful and shook his head, licking some mayonnaise from his lips as he waved a dismissive hand.
