a/n:
happy valentine's day !! it's also matt's birthday, which is just as important :,) in honor of this, i'm gonna be publishing a matt story i started in july !!
salem's eyes widened.
"again? i slept with you last week!" salem hadn't realized what she had said until the words had left her mouth. she gasped, both of her hands flying to her mouth. "i didn't mean it like that."
ciarán only smirked. "you were the one that wanted to stay." a look of confusion made its presence on salem's face, so ciarán explained himself. "i asked if you wanted me to take you home, or if you wanted to stay, and you stayed. your drunkass must love me, but then again, i think your soberass loves me too." ciarán said cockily.
salem rolled her eyes.
"don't act like you didn't secretly want me to stay." salem retaliated. she stood up, putting the chair back to where it belonged. "you shouldn't be too confident, because your cockyass is wrong." she went for the door, trying to play a joke on ciarán.
"salem, c'mon! i was joking. come ba—" ciarán's pleas were disrupted by the noise of the door shutting.
ciarán's eyes furrowed, and he got up for the first time in hours, wrapping his blanket around himself. he stumbled out his room and down his stairs, frantically trying to catch up to salem.
"salem!" he yelled, but she was nowhere to be seen.
is she already gone?
"look! the hobo's finally out his room!" matt exclaimed, pointing at ciarán from the living room. this resulted in tavia smacking him on the arm.
ciarán glared at him. "where's salem?"
tavia raised an eyebrow. "what are you talking about? she never came downstairs."
"what?" ciarán said in disbelief. he stomped back up the stairs, determined to find her.
he checked kevin's room, half of his body leaning into the room. he held onto the doorframe as a support as his eyes scanned the small area. his eyes darted toward the closet.
"what are you doing?" kevin asked, raising an eyebrow.
"is salem in here?"
"no?" ciarán ignored kevin anyway, and slid open his closet door, but she wasn't in there. "told you." kevin said.
then, he checked the bathroom, where he found salem looking through a cabinet. ciarán tried to scare her, since her back was turned, but she turned around before he could say, 'boo.'
"you're up!" she exclaimed.
"i got up to look for you, nerd."
"how sweet." salem held her hands up to her heart and sighed, feigning affection. "i was looking for pills for you."
she finally found it, picking up a little bottle. then, she got under ciarán's blanket, and they walked back to his room.
"you act like my mom." ciarán snorted.
salem was pleased, stopping suddenly. "your mom and i have something in common."
ciarán stopped in his tracks too. "and what's that?"
"we both care about you." salem smiled, causing a small smile to form on ciarán's lips. "do you guys have any tea?"
"you're planning on making me some tea? you really are like my mom." ciarán chuckled. "we have some in the pantry. kevin can show you where it is."
