coffees and blue violets || (girlxgirl)

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coffees and
blue violets

Gwyneth spent at least two hours in the cafe, chatting with Aaliyah and eating two more slices of cake, and a few hours strolling around the mall where she met a classmate of hers, Ichika. She had forgotten, temporarily, what happened in the early afternoon back at the apartment and she was feeling okay.

On the other hand, Adelyn was worried about her friend. She wasn't replying to her messages, not even leaving a seen notification on each text, which was quite unusual for her perfectionist behavior.

Kai left an hour after Gwyneth stormed out of the apartment, and Adelyn waited in the living room, watching a new show that she found on Netflix. 4 long episodes in and Gwyneth still wasn't home.

It was until around 7 in the evening when Adelyn heard chatting and jingling keys near the door. Adelyn stood up at the end of the small hallway, getting ready to scold her best friend when she enters with another person.

Words were stuck in her mouth, seeing Gwyneth laugh softly at the words that Ichika said. Both of them were taking their shoes off, not noticing Adelyn who was frozen at the end of the hallway.

Adelyn knows Ichika. She has met the cute Japanese girl multiple times whenever Gwyneth comes late to a friend's dinner after class or when Blake is absent. But, it was a surprise when she sees her in their apartment.

When Gwyneth finally looked up, she saw Adelyn's shocked face and stopped her movements for a quick second. She felt guilty for bringing another person without telling the girl she likes but at the same time she felt weirdly relieved at her reaction.

"Hey Ade. I met Ichika at the mall and she helped me pick out new equipments. Plus she just told me of the activity that I missed. She's gonna help me with it."

"It's okay," her quiet voice replied. She felt feeble seeing the two so close in front of her. Ichika smiled sweetly at her while giving a small wave of hello before her and Gwyneth walked past Adelyn.

Gwyneth didn't pat Adelyn's head this time.

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Gwyneth and Ichika were laughing loudly in Gwyneth's room, making Adelyn feel more small inside the living room. She could go inside her own space, plug her earphones and play loud music but, she just didn't have the energy to do it anyway.

Deep down, she wants to feel mad. She wants her friend to feel what she's feeling about the whole situation and do something about it but she doesn't want to. She doesn't want to feel mad because they're just friends. She shouldn't feel mad that her friend brought another girl in the apartment without her knowing when she, herself, brought a guy without the other knowing.

She let out a long sigh, staring at Gwyneth's bedroom door. Countless ideas flow into her mind as she thinks of ways to probably distract them or drive them away from each other.

Adelyn switched from Netflix to Spotify where she played her favorite kpop tracks while making food in the kitchen. It was loud, but that's kind of the idea there.

She wanted Gwyneth to come out of her room and tell her that her music is too loud. She wanted Gwyneth to tell her to turn it off or change the track but it didn't happen.

Three loud songs passed by which were; Miroh, Hit, and Fire, when she decided to bring snacks to Gwyneth's room. Yeah, that's probably a good idea.

She knocked on her door, waiting for the footsteps of each of those two inside the room. A few seconds passed and the door opened widely to show Ichika — who opened the door — and Gwyneth fixing the new art supplies by her shelf.

"Oh Gwy, do you need help there?" Adelyn entered the room, passed Ichika, towards Gwyneth. Yes, she completely ignored Ichika.

"No thanks. Ichika and I are almost done." She turned away from the far from done shelf, facing Adelyn who's holding a bowl of chips. "Anyway, do you need help?"

"No, I just..." she trailed off, staring at the plate on her hands.

"Oh! Thanks Adelyn! We were kind of hungry, you just read our minds!" Ichika exclaimed. The Asian girl took the bowl from her hands and started to munch on the chips.

"No! Don't sit on the bed, you'll put crumbs all over it." Gwyneth grabbed Adelyn's shoulders gently to push her aside, taking the bowl away from Ichika who has a sheepish smile on her face.

Ichika stood up, shaking off the crumbs from her hands to the floor. "I'm gonna get us some drinks. Want do you guys want?"

"I'll have an iced tea, she can't have sweets in the evening so she'll have water please." Gwyneth told Ichika while fixing her chair.

A small smile appeared on Ichika's face before replying an 'okay' and leaving the room. Gwyneth and Adelyn were left alone in the room, with Adelyn sitting on the bed cross legged and Gwyneth still fixing her shelf.

"Is this payback?" Adelyn asked, picking on her fingernails. Gwyneth tilted her head in confusion before realizing what she meant.

"No! Meeting Ichika was a coincidence and I know you'll just be confused if I ask you for help in this shit." A small chuckle left Gwyneth's lips.

"Also, why would I do this in purpose? What? You thought I was jealous of Kai or something? I'm not that shallow plus, I couldn't care less on who you spend your time with."

Lies.

Absolute stinking lies.

She was most definitely jealous. And she's really interested on who Adelyn's spends her time with, because she most definitely cares.

In fact, the whole time she was with Ichika at the mall, she spilled her secret crush on Adelyn and asked her for help. Which was kind of useless on her part since Ichika was an aromantic but the Asian girl really had great tips for her.

And the first one was to never make her feel unimportant.

Which is she wasn't doing now.

Adelyn tried to hide the hurt expression on her face, it being gone faster than light but Gwyneth quickly caught on what she'd said and what she'd done to the girl she likes.

"Wait, Ade, I–"

"Sorry for bothering you. I'll be in my room."

Adelyn stood up from the bed and when she opened the door, Ichika was — at the same time — entering the room while holding three bottles in her hands. Ichika and Adelyn stared at each other for seconds, when Gwyneth came towards Ichika to grab her own drink.

Adelyn saw the relief on Ichika's face, the small smile on Gwyneth's, and what they just did. She felt out of place that moment and decided to leave for her room.