Lonely Hearts Club » l. forman + s. hyde

the capitalistic scam

The Forman's Basement
February 13th 1978
4:25pm

"So here's the thing about Valentine's Day. It's one hundred percent manufactured by the greeting card and chocolate companies to lure young women and couples into the scheme that they need to be given these tokens in order validate their love!" The girl shrugged simply as she put down her magazine to look up at her friends.

"That's the whole point Lucy!" Jackie shrieked.

"Man, if she has to take anything away from our relationship, I'm glad it's that," Hyde smirked as he crossed his hands behind his head.

"I mean, like I'm with ya, but Eric gets more excited about Valentine's Day than I do," Donna shrugged.

Lucy laughed as she held up her hand and ticked off her fingers, "Okay, one: fun for some Jackie, but Valentine's candy is some of the crappiest just saying. Two: Eric has been conditioned to celebrate Valentine's to make up for his feelings of you being out of his league — which you are Donna. And three: do not flatter yourself Steven, I've always hated Valentine's Day!"

"Well, wait! Don't belittle the whole day to money spending and candy eating Lu! There's more to it!" Kelso exclaimed with an almost outraged tone.

"There's candy?" Fez perked up quietly.

"Like what Kelso?" Lucy laughed.

Kelso scoffed, as if it were obvious, "Like getting laid!" Causing the guys to cheer and the girls to groan.

"Well duh! You have to buy us something first!" Jackie rolled her eyes.

"Is...is that not prostitution?" Eric asked warily.

Jackie looked at the scrawny boy out of the corner of her eye, "Hey, if it's for diamonds, you'd be dumb not to put out."

"So here comes the question, is Hyde going to get laid if he doesn't get Lucy anything tomorrow?" Kelso sat up.

The young couple looked at one another and shrugged, "Depends."

"On what?" Eric asked, slightly disturbed.

"Okay, well on one hand, if he gets me something in hopes of getting laid — he's not gonna. But if he doesn't get me anything then it's just another normal day, so — it just depends," the blonde shrugged.

The other three guys all shared confused looks while the girls nodded understandingly. Hyde sighed in exasperation, "On if she's into man, God you guys are morons."

"Ew!" Eric screeched.

"You asked!" Lucy said pointedly.

"If he got you diamonds you wouldn't" Jackie asked, completely bewildered.

"Nope," Lucy smiled, "Absolutely not."

"You know Lu, one day, the universe or whatever is gonna come around and bite you in the ass since you're so anti-Valentine's. You'll probably find out your pregnant on a Valentine's or have a kid and then what! You're gonna have to have some respect for February 14th!" Donna pointed out.

"The odds of that are literally so minuscule Dee."

Lucy & Steven's Apartment
February 13th 1983
11:49pm

The couple laughed tiredly as the sat up in their bed, passing back and forth a bottle of champagne after an uneventful Friday of working at the office, running errands back and forth and arguing with the landlord and takeout dinner. And the pair being in the mood.

They were laughing about God knows what, probably about how they had to find a new place soon because the mildew stains on the ceiling were beginning to take the shapes of dragons and elephants and other strange creatures. Lucy pouted once Steven passed her back the champagne bottle empty.

"Asshole," she muttered, as her boyfriend smirked beside her, kissing her lightly on the cheek. She slipped on the old Led Zeppelin shirt that she had adopted and grabbed the takeout box before taking tiny dance-like and tipsy steps towards the small kitchen. Steven admired as she walked towards the kitchen and got up after her, quickly shuffling on his jeans and patting the pocket nervously. He stood behind her as she took a bottle of wine out of the fridge, as she stood up she looked at him quizzically. "What?"

"You're so beautiful," he grinned, his eyes crinkling at the sides as he laughed at himself.

"Alright big guy, I know it's the Zeppelin shirt," she chuckled as she worked the corkscrew to get the cork out of the bottle. He hugged her from behind, planting gentle kisses on her shoulder.

"Guess what?" Hyde mumbled.

"What?" Lucy smiled softly, sighing when the cork stayed jammed in the bottle.

"I was thinking about those theories about there being different universes and realities and stuff," he began as she hummed in contemplation, her back to the counter as he stood beside her, trying to open the bottle. "And thinking that we have to be together in all of them."

"All of them?" Lucy asked with a slight laugh. "What if there's a universe where I go and live out my days completely single?"

"Then we're best friends in that one, and in the one where you're into girls I'm definitely a Stephanie, and in the one where we're not from Wisconsin we meet at an AC/DC concert or something, and in all the ones after that."

"And why is that?"

"Because I can't imagine a life without you in it."

"Huh, I mean you're right, I wouldn't have learned what I did and how I did without knowing you in someway," Lucy furrowed her eyebrows in thought.

"So, yeah, I've reached the conclusion that we are meant to be together in all of them."

"That's poetic, gimme the corkscrew I'll try again."

He watched her with a slight smile as she stuck her tongue out partway in concentration to open the bottle. "And I've decided I want to marry you in this one."

"Funny Steven," she shook her head with a slight laugh since the idea seemed to have come out of no where.

But then he went on one knee in their kitchen, "Stop teasing! Stand up!" the blonde laughed with a slight glint of wonder and confusion in her eye.

And then he took out a small black wooden box, and opened it to reveal a dainty diamond ring with a simple gold band, "Lucetta, LSD, will you marry me in this universe?"

Her jaw dropped open in complete shock and yanked at the corkscrew, opening the bottle with a loud pop. "I'll marry you in every one," she said softly a bright smile spreading across her face. "Hell yes!"

The curly haired boy stood up and swooped her into a hug before pulling away and slipping the diamond on her finger. The ring was simple but completely dazzling to her, she looked up at him wearing such a wide smile before cupping his face and kissing him deeply.

"Oh my gosh! I got to call Mom!" Lucy giggled.

"You think she's still awake?" Hyde asked as he got glasses down from the cabinet for the wine.

"Think so, she was watching Ben for Eric and Donna since their getting that hotel, and you know babies keep you up late of whatever — wait — what time is it?" Lucy spun around from the wall phone quickly.

"I don't know, a quarter til? Wh—" he stopped midsyllable upon racking his brain for the date.

The pair both ran to the bedside table for the clock. "Shit!" Hyde whispered, he held out his hands as she spun around on him. "Before you say anything i didn't have anything planned! I've had the ring for three weeks and got the box last week and have been waiting for the moment! And the moment came!"

"On Valentine's Day?!" she sighed in exasperation. The clock read 12:12am.

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a/n: happy Valentine's Day dudes and dudettes!! Had to spread a lil love and fun so enjoy!