𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘁 ʰᵃʳⁱᵃⁿᵃ ✓

TWENTY SIX

THE BREAKUP ( PART TWO )

"shawn, what are you doing here?"

ariana quickly wiped her tears and tried to act tough. harry took notice of her anxiety and stepped in front of her, feeling the sudden urge to protect her.

"i could ask him the same thing." shawn said, glaring at harry.

ariana could tell what shawn was trying to do, but she wasn't going to let him. she'd been in that situation way too many times and she was tired of men trying to walk all over her.

ariana grabbed harry's arm and gently pushed him out of the way, silently letting him know she could handle it.

"you cheated on me! you don't get to victimize yourself. you don't get to twist the narrative to make me the bad guy. i won't let you. i don't wanna see you ever again, so get the fuck out of my house."

ariana finished her speech and crossed her arms, waiting for shawn to leave. harry tried to hide his smirk, but shawn noticed and walked out, slamming the door on his way out. as soon as he left, ariana burst into tears again. history seemed to be repeating itself and she was starting to think she was the problem.

"hey... it's okay. you did the right thing. that arsehole isn't worth your tears, love."

ariana rubbed her eyes and shook her head to get herself to stop crying. once she'd calmed down, though, she started to feel angry.

angry at shawn. angry at herself. angry at the universe.

"you're right. he doesn't deserve shit. i can't believe he humiliated me like that. i can't believe this is happening again."

"this doesn't change anything. you're still growing and learning. you're still you. just please, don't write a song about him. your music is too good for that." harry joked, attempting to get a laugh out of ariana and it worked. she giggled, feeling like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

"man, why do we do this? fall in love and shit. it's clearly not working... i just keep embarrassing myself." ariana laid down on the couch with her hands behind her head.

"i think when you're falling in love, it's not about whether it will work or not. you just fall and there's nothing to hold on to, no safety net to land on." harry sat down at the end of the couch, lifting ariana's legs and then laying them back down on his lap, while she processed the metaphor he'd shared with her.

"no safety net to land on... i like that." they sat in silence for a few minutes and ariana started to hum a random melody harry assumed she'd made up in the moment. he stood up to grab the guitar from the corner of the room and ariana sat up straight, knowing they were about to start writing. he quickly figured out which chords to play and soon enough, they had an entire song.

"tripping, falling with no safety net..."

they played the new song one last time so they could record a demo. ariana, of course, sang it beautifully and effortlessly and harry couldn't help but stare at her the entire time. he wondered what was on her mind.

was she singing about shawn? or was she too scared to admit her feelings for harry?

~ｓａｆｅｔｙ ｎｅｔ~

hi, i hope u liked the irl chapters! i promise the next few chapters are gonna be social media. shawn is (finally) gone bc white men deserve nothing! 💀 but anyways, thank u for reading and merry christmas! (if u celebrate it) i hope u have a great time regardless of how weird this year has been <3