To Rule the World | A Zodiac Story

A Hopeless Romantic

"Hey, Gem, Aqua needs someplace to hide for a few days and your obligated to take him in under law so he's not assassinated, that work for you? Also he's behind me with bags," Aries told her so quickly that all she felt to do was slam the door on his face.

Aries turned to Aquarius and smiled at him. "That went better than expected."

Aries knocked again and Gemini opened it. She looked particularly tired. She had bags under her eyes that were especially prominent under her messy blonde hair. Gemini took a deep breath.

"Hello, Branch," Gemini said to him. "Do you happen to recall my two days notice rule?"

"Yeah, sorry about this. We need to relocate Aqua so he's not killed," Aries informed her.

"In that case, you may as well come in," Gemini said. "Sorry I'm a mess. Rush hour just finished."

"You sure that's it?" Aries asked her. Even after rush hour, she generally had a smile on her face.

"I'm really starting to hate people," she groaned.

"Mood," Aquarius muttered.

"Oh, hey, Aqua," Gemini waved at him. She was really out of it.

"What happened?" Aries asked her again.

"This asshole hit on me, asked me to dinner," Gemini explained vaguely. "Tried to fucking assault me."

Gemini proceeded to smile as if I'm a dream. "Nice girls helped me out. One punched the shit out of him. Or I've hallucinated the whole fucking day."

"Who is this dude?" Aries asked. Both of the boys were leaning closer to her.

"No clue. New in town. Wore these ridiculous clothes. They were ugly. Red and orange?" Gemini questioned.

"The attackers. He was one, must've gotten away," Aries gasped. Aquarius nodded and closed the blinds.

"Listen, Gem, be real careful around people dressed like that," Aquarius told her. "They're out to get us all."

"You know what? Fuck it alllllll," Gemini groaned. "Aqua, you're staying here?"

Aquarius nodded at her. Gemini sighed. "You mind helping me work the counter during your stay?"

"Would you mind helping me?" Aquarius asked unsurely. He hadn't worked much throughout his life. He wasn't even a people person, unless they were in books.

"Sure thing," Gemini nodded and gave him a thumbs up. "I just need some sleep..."

"Gem, where's he gonna stay?" Aries asked her.

"It can't be the guest room, I've been filling it up with ideas for cakes for Pisces' and Libra's wedding," Gemini explained. "I baked so many cakes that I had to put them in storage."

"So...?" Aries continued, trying to get some info out of her.

"He can room with me or Jaden," Gemini told him. "Jaden's pretty young and his rooms pretty small. If you room with me, you can have Aries' old bed."