heaven in hiding •~• corpse husband fic

part eight ~ stop overthinking

PART EIGHT : STOP OVERTHINKING

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"You get a little drunk and you let a little loose.
I might as well shut my mouth and have a couple drinks too."

Intoxicated I Love You - SayWeCanFly

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thursday
ariyah's house

"Good morning!" Ariyah smiles at Corpse when he walks into the kitchen, she continues to peel potatoes as she speaks, "are you excited for today?"

"Of course," the man smiles as he peeks in the oven to look at the Turkey, "it smells good in here,"

"Thank you," she smiles before ushering him out of the kitchen.

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Everyone begins to arrive around five. Sophia and Gabriella had came over earlier to help set up the tables and chairs and as Ariyah greets the guests Corpse helps out by setting the dogs up in her room.

"I'll come see you guys during the party," he smiles as he pats their heads. He leaves the room slowly, his heart rate increasing at all of the voices.

"Hey," Ariyah smiles when he appears next to her and he smiles instantly feeling more comfortable with her. He adjusts the black mask that he wears over his face, trying to not think too hard about how he'll have to take it off to eat. Ariyah reaches out and squeezes his hand before going back to setting up the buffet area where everyone is dropping off their food dishes.

When dinnertime comes Corpse is the last person in line, Ariyah right in front of him. "You really didn't have to wait for me," she whispers as she puts some food on her plate.

"I wanted to," he shrugs. She had ran to the restroom as everyone got their food and Corpse had waited for her to get his so she wasn't alone.

Ariyah chuckles at him before waiting for him at the end of the buffet. "Is that all your getting?" He asks as he sees the few things she put on her plate.

"Y-yeah." She stutters, "I'm a-uh-picky eater." Corpse rolls his eyes, he had quickly picked up on her voice when she lies but he ignore it as they find two seats together and sit down.

Corpse looks at the people around them and he realizes that he recognizes no one. As he slowly pulls off his mask the girl across the table from him smiles.

She's gorgeous and Corpse assumes that she's one of the model friends of Gab or Soph. Her hair is almost white and that along side of her pale skin complements her dark makeup and clothes. She plays with her chain necklaces as she begins to speak. "You're a new face," she points out in a squeaky voice and Ariyah looks up at Gianna with a smile and eyeroll.

"You're really good at eye-spy, aren't you Gia?" She asks and the blonde scrunches up her nose playfully before turning her attention to Corpse.

"What's your name?" She asks and Corpse takes a drink of his water before answering,

"I go by Corpse," he says, "and yours?"