𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 | 𝐋𝐂𝐃𝐏

𝐗𝐈𝐕 | 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐌𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠?

"Not nearly enough to kill him, which is very sad of course but not everyone can get a happy ending" -Athens

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A reached for the pearls embellished around my neck, feeling the beads roll around underneath my fingers. "Is someone dressing up for date night?" Berlin chuckled leaning against the frame of my door.

"No, it's nothing, I just wanted to try them on," I said hurriedly, pulling them off and snapping them back inside the velvet box.

"If my opinion matters to you in any way, then they were nice" he shrugged, pulling the sides of his jacket firmly around him.

I smiled up at him before looking up and down snickering at Berlin's fit.

"Why do you dress up like that?" I asked pointing at his velvet green suit. "You look like a vicar"

"The same exact reason you wear pearls, for the aesthetic, but nobody goes around and calls you the clam killer" he grinned.

"Where did you steal those from?" he asked pointing over to the box.

"It's one of the only things I have that aren't stolen, well I didn't steal it some old relative probably did thousands of years ago" I joked. "It's an old family heirloom. You see the rose engraved on the clasp is what gives it value" I said pointing at the tiny rose embedded into the golden chain.

"It's special"

꧁_________꧂

I hummed under my breath, reading a book during my 15-minute break. As I traced my finger along the pages that had yellowed with age, I snapped the book shut as a sticky silence rolled in with the person who had just entered the room.

Berlin.

"I see you've taken up reading again" he smiled picking up the book and leafing through it single-handedly.

"I would have guessed you fancied fictional fairy tales like Alice in Wonderland over books about the drastic effects of hyperinflation"

"What's wrong with Alice in Wonderland?"

"You don't remember do you?" he laughed watching my face scrunch up in confusion.

"I'll save that story for another day, maybe as bedtime story later on tonight" he grinned.

"And have your annoying voice echo in my ears for the entire night, ask Denver to laugh instead it would be more satisfying" I hissed picking up the book and tucking it back into the bookshelf.

"I see you still haven't forgiven me," he said thoughtfully, pulling up a chair and sitting behind me.

"You haven't even apologised"