[DISCONTINUED] ❝Ante Mortem❞ 【Sally Face】

【iv ; meeting them】

You smile sheepishly at them as you stand by the doorway, rubbing your shoulder, "Sorry, it happens sometimes." 

"Sensitive to loud sounds?" The brunette asks you, letting you inside his room. 

"I have- yeah, sensitive ears." You nod as you tap one ear, still smiling sheepishly. "Sorry, you must have been enjoying the music."

"Nah, it's alright dude." He smiles at you, patting your shoulder in comfort. He tilts backwards, landing on the bean bag on the floor. "Anyway, I'm Larry Johnson! Todd had mentioned you a few times, Gab!"

".. Wait, Larry, no, that's Y/N, not Gab." Todd pinches the bridge of his nose, trying not to laugh out loud. Larry looks sheepish and turns to you.

"Hahaha.. Sorry, Y/N, Todd here never mentioned what you looked like." He explains.

"Todd did mention they has H/C hair, so I don't know how you mixed them up." Sal says in a "matter-of-fact" tone, which seems to embarrass Larry further. "You're a fucking idiot, you know that?"

You frown at Sal, not expecting to be quite.. rude.

"Yeah, right, sorry!" Larry whines, crossing his arms childishly. He seems unfazed by Sal's harsh words. "My fault!"

You turn to Todd, wanting to rid your thoughts of Sal. His rudeness somehow caused you anxiety. "Where is Gab, by the way?", you ask.

"I don't know, the only other options is that he went out with his father or he went out by himself." He shrugs. "Only god knows where he is right now."

"All I know is that he can't see" Sal says, voice muffled from his mask. You suddenly take notice of his mask, staring at the material of it. Somehow, it seems familiar to you but you didn't know why. You then find yourself staring back at Sal, who seems to be glaring at you through the holes of his mask. 

Something tugs you down, and you can't help but yelp.

"Woah!"

"Yikes, sorry." Todd smiles at you in apology, patting your shoulder. "You looked awkward standing up."

"Thanks then." You tell him, shaking you head as you chuckle nervously. Turning to the brunette and blue-haired boy, you speak up, "Well then, it's nice to finally meet the two of you. Todd had mentioned you two are trouble-makers."

"He did not!" Larry exclaims in an exaggerated voice, causing you to smile and laugh. He sees you laughing, and continues, "Nah, just fucking with you. Can't really deny the title, don't we, Sally Face?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Sal says in an blunt tone, now playing on the console he had brought over. He turns to you with a dead serious voice, "You don't need to know if I am or not, but Larry is."

"Can't believe you're selling me out, Sally Face!" Larry exclaims once more, now laughing his ass off.

"Better believe it." Sal answers, still playing on the Gearboy. You turn to Todd, who seems to be used to the whole thing. You only feel awkward because you're new here, and that Sal is.. well, you didn't expect him to be all.. rude.

"Setting all joking aside, you just moved here a week ago, right?" Larry asks you, crossing his legs and placing his clasped hands on his knees. "How's Nockfell?"

"I haven't really been around, except for going to school after just moving here because Mom wants to ask about enrollment." You answer, tilting your head to remember what had happened in the last week and a half. "Yeah, I've mostly been in here hanging out with Gab and Todd."

"Gab's been here since a long time ago and I haven't seen his face." Larry whines, leaning back in the bean bag. "All I know is that he's Spanish, has black hair, and plays Legos."