Spirit Animals Oneshots

Meilin x Abeke - So Pretty

A/N -
This one shot is based off the song So Pretty by Jenny Tolman. I know this isn't quite what the song is about but this is my gay heart's interpretation. I also added a few scenes not mentioned in the song. Rollan is basically evil in this story, sorry...
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Meilin's PoV -

     I stare into the mirror wishing my face wasn't so round or wishing I didn't look so lanky. I had curled my hair to perfection and applied all my best makeup. I wore one of my favorite dresses, I practiced my smile, I rehearsed what to say. I want Rollan to be proud of me. Lately he had been more distant and I wanted that to change. Maybe I could bring him back to me. That's why I've been staring into the mirror for the passed two hours. It was almost time for Rollan to get home so I checked one last time. Satisfactory.

     Rollan should be back any moment, I grab my bag and throw a cardigan over my shoulders. Then I hear the door knob click open and I take a deep breath, "Hey, babe," I smile as I walk to the doorway, then my mouth drops open in shock.

     "Meilin, this is Abeke, I've been meaning to tell you this..." Rollan started but I cut him off, I already knew what he was going to say.

     "How could you!" I sobbed, my mascara no doubt leaving black rivers down my face.

     I push past them both, I glance to Abeke before rushing out. I compare myself to her. This Abeke lady is so much better than me. She's so much prettier, no wonder Rollan left me for her. I stood outside on the porch of my small house sobbing. Then I heard the door open again. I saw Abeke's pretty face but she wasn't gloating or sporting that "he's mine" grin, she looked sorry for me. Abeke and Rollan walked close by each other but as Rollan walked on to their date, Abeke paused and stood by me. Rollan huffed and walked on, leaving me behind forever but Abeke stayed. She rubbed my back and tried to comfort me, "I'm so sorry, I didn't even know he was taken..." she trailed off not knowing what to say but she had tried to comfort me when Rollan refused.

"Thanks," I mumbled in between sobs, I wish I could hate her.

I wish you weren't so pretty

Wish you weren't so sweet

I wish he didn't need you like he doesn't need me

I wish I hated you just like I wanted to

But you turned out to be so pretty

She stayed a moment longer and gave me a kiss on the head before running off to be with Rollan, my Rollan, but not anymore.

I sat there on my porch just thinking my ugly thoughts. Abeke was so much prettier than me. So much sweeter. She was everything Rollan could ever want. I had tried and I had failed, I wasn't fit for Rollan. These thoughts rushed through my head, one after the other, knocking me down to the level I belonged. The sobbing only got worse. I gasped for air. "Why Abeke, how could you do this to me?" I sobbed but at the same time I wish she were next to me telling me she was sorry, telling me how to get better, telling me everything would be okay.

I then found myself feeling sorry for her. She didn't deserve that jerk of a boyfriend, Rollan. Abeke deserved better. Rollan would one day get bored of her the way he got bored of me. He would leave poor Abeke behind and she would be feeling the same way I feel now. She would feel like trash, the way Rollan wanted her to feel, when in fact she was so pretty.

You weren't so pretty

You weren't so sweet

He didn't need you like he doesn't need me

Months passed and I slowly found myself getting over Rollan but I couldn't get over Abeke. She was everything I ever wanted to be. She was perfect in my eyes and I felt myself drawn to her. I hadn't talked to her since the day Rollan brought her over but I had stalked Rollan on Instagram and I had drove by his apartment, so I had seen Abeke many times. I couldn't stop comparing myself to her. While being away from Rollan helped me slowly gain my self confidence back I still wasn't as good as Abeke. Everything about her was perfect. So pretty, so sweet, so wonderful. I wished something else too, deep in my mind that I wouldn't let myself think. I wish she were mine.

He didn't need you like he doesn't need me

I wish I hated you just like I wanted to

But you turned out to be so pretty

I wish Abeke would love me back, even if she was too good for me.

     Days passed and life went on normal, my mind wondered to Abeke sometimes. Then the phone rang, caller ID showed it was Rollan. I though about ignoring it but I could see what he wanted and then give him a piece of my mind, "Hello."

     "Meilin... it's Abeke," I could here some muffled noise in the background, "could you maybe come get me at Rollan's apartment... I tried breaking up with him but he got mad and he's scaring me... you're the only one I could think to call," Abeke was sobbing into the phone.

     "I'll be right over, stay safe, I'll come inside if necessary," I stated sternly into the phone, hoping to calm Abeke.

     "T-thank you," Abeke replied, she was whispering, before hanging up.

     I was already running to my car. I speed and made it to Rollan's apparent in no time. Abeke wasn't outside so I stealthily made my way inside.

     I heard yelling coming from the bedroom, I crept over to the room and listened outside the door. "Please, stop," Abeke cried and then I heard a slap.

     My heart was racing, poor Abeke. I burst through the door to find Abeke with bruises all over her face. They both turned to look at me, Rollan looked pissed but Abeke looked relieved. Abeke was all that mattered. "Come on, Abeke, let's go," I took her hand and helped her up.

     Rollan tried to grab for us but I skillfully drop kicked him. He fell with a thud and lay passed out on the floor. I took Abeke's hand and lead her to my car. "Thank you," Abeke was still crying.

     I found a tissue and gently wiped her tears away and dabbed at some of the blood on her busted lip, "shhhhh, your safe now," I tried to reassure her.

     I drove her back to my house, we needed to talk and she needed comfort. I'd see how she was feeling and maybe I could mention how I thought she was so pretty and so sweet. Regardless, she was safe and that's all that mattered to me.