AN ORIGINAL.
it was their first argument. they have been dating for a little over 3 months, and like any normal couple there would be a little banter and back and forth. tonight however was very different.
"vincent." y/n said, walking out of the bathroom. he looks up from his hands and turns away from her.
"go away. im trying to be civil." he stated being stubborn. she only wanted to work this out, figure out why he's been ignoring her and how the argument even started in the first place.
"oh, and im not? what happened to 'communication is key'? huh? i just want to know what I did wrong." she pouted, crossing her arms over her slightly exposed chest.
the couple along with a group of friends went out to eat and skate. one guy at the park thought that y/n was cute and approached her. she kindly told him she had a boyfriend and that he was with her. the guy completely understood and backed off immediately but still asked for her Instagram. at first, y/n wasn't sure, but then she remembered photos of her and vinnie made up most of her insta account, she didn't see the harm in gaining another follower.
from vinnie's point of view, it looked like she was cheating on him in broad daylight, in front of him. the moment the boy walked away, flashing y/n a polite wave and smile, complementing that her and vinnie made a cute couple, he automatically went into shut down mode, well towards her at least.
she thought that he was upset that they didn't get to make the cute couple tiktok he wanted to make together and let it slide as a mood, until they got back to sway gaming and he continued to give her the silent treatment.
"cole. enough is enough. just tell me what i did wrong so i can fix it! please. i don't want to argue, you know i hate that, so please. just talk to me." she pleaded, going to touch his shoulder when he roughly shrugged her hand off.
"are you fucking kidding me?! wow. well when you can grow up and stop being a little bitch, then come find me." her words cut deep. no guy likes being called a bitch, in any way. he just flipped.
"excuse me?!" he exclaimed, venom dripping from his voice.
"i'm being a little bitch?! YOU'RE THE ONE THAT CHEATED ON ME IN FRONT IF MY FACE!!" he yelled, frustrated, not even realizing that y/n yelped and jumped back a bit.
"w-what are y-you talking about? when did i cheat in you?" she gulped, looking everywhere but at his menacing gaze. if looks could kill, she'd be seeing the devil himself.
"don't act dumb y/n!! the boy from the park!!! ring any bells!!" he shouted. once again she cowered and winced as the painful memories came flooding back in, but he didn't notice.
"i told him i had a boyfriend, you moron." she took a step back.
vinnie shook his head in disbelief.
"you know what-" he brings his hand up to grab his hair but stopped mid movement when she ran. she bolted out of the room, thinking the worst.
he didn't understand why she left, he thought she was just being childish.
"y/n! are you oka-" kio didn't even get to finish his sentence before she pushed passed him and squeezed herself into the cabinet underneath the kitchen sink.
she thought that maybe if she hid, he wouldn't be able to hit her.
now as angry as vinnie was, it clearly clouded his mind so much that he threw the closest thing near him and didn't bother to see what's wrong with her.
"childish ass moth-" zoi busted through vinnies door.
"what did you do?!" she whisper shouted at him.
"what are you talking about? i didn't do anything." he shrugged.
zoi placed a hand on her hip.
"so if you did nothing, then why did y/n just run into the kitchen with tears streaming down her face and squeeze herself UNDERNEATH THE KITCHEN SINK?!!" zoi shouted the last part.
vinnie almost laughed. he thought this was all some prank.
"i don't know , she's acting like a child." he rolled his eyes.
"yeah well when 3 years of trauma haunts you and the first instinct you have is to take flight instead of fight, would seem childish to an outsider." zoi sarcastically remarked.
vinnie didn't bother to move.
"OMG PUT 2 AND 2 TOGETHER VINNIE!!" she yelled before slamming his door behind her as she walked out.
it took vinnie about 2 minutes of staring at the wall for him to finally get what was happening.
"shit." he cursed before he quickly left his room and ran downstairs.
no one bothered to get y/n out of the cabinet, not because they didn't care, but because maddy was guarding it like a guard dog and wanted y/n to get some time to herself.
"aht, aht. take any more steps and i will respectfully, slap the toxic masculinity off of you." maddy shook her head.
"maddy. plz." he mouthed.
she put up a fight for a good 5 minutes before jordan came and physically dragged her out of the kitchen, but not without slapping vinnie on the neck on his way out.
vinnie took a couple steps closer to the cabinet before bending down and knocking 3 times.
"go away." y/n sniffled.
"bubs." y/n visibly tensed. she slapped her hand over her mouth, and squeezed her eyes shut, choking on a sob.
"please vinnie, i can't." she sniffled.
"y/n/n, bub. just come out and we can talk." he talked to her. she shook her head violently.
"n-no. i'm not d-dense. i-it's a t-trap." she whispered to herself, but vinnie heard it.
he sighed before turning so his back was leaning against the cabinet.
"he used to hit you, didn't he." it was a rhetorical question, vinnie already knew the answer.
she nodded, despite him not being able to see her.
"i'm sorry. i didn't know. well i do now. babe, i would never, ever, hit you. i swear to god." he played with the rings on his fingers.
"that's what they always say." she mumbled.
"i mean it, y/m/n. never." she heard the sincereness in voice. she even imagined the pout her wore on his face.
"promise. and i mean really promise me, cole." she said from the other side of the door.
"i promise." he kissed his fingers and threw them up.
he could hear her shuffling, so he moved away from the door.
she came out and looked at him skeptically. when she finally identified that he wasn't going to hurt her, she pulled him in for a hug.
"i'm sorry, bubs." he whispered into her her hair, placing a kiss on her forehead.
"me too." she snuggled deeper.
notes, i've has this in my
drafted for a while😳
excuse ANY AND ALL
mistakes. i'm tired.
