ᵇᵉᵗᵗᵉʳ ᵈᵃʸ ᵗʰᵃⁿ ʸᵉˢᵗᵉʳᵈᵃʸ, ᵒᵒᵘᵘᵘ
ⁱ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵗᵃᵏᵉ ⁱᵗ ᵈᵃʸ ᵇʸ ᵈᵃʸ
ᵇʳᵒᵏᵉⁿ ᶜˡᵒᶜᵏˢ - ˢᶻᵃ
Oᴍɴɪsᴄɪᴇɴᴛ
"I probably deserved it, didn't I?" He asked the Yorkshire Terrier seated on the floor right beside his feet, an icepack pressed to his throbbing cheek.
"She packs a mean right hook tho" he chuckled, even though there wasn't a trace of humor in it.
He did deserve it. She had gone too easy on him too. He was sure he deserved more than just a measly punch. He had certainly beat himself up more than anybody probably could.
She's not good. She's been crying nonstop since she fucking left here! What the fuck did you do to my best friend?!
She was crying over him. Of course she would. He had wished she wouldn't but quickly realized he was just been foolish. Why wouldn't she? She had only given him five years of her life and opportunity after opportunity to do right by her.
He didn't deserve her. He never did tell her that enough. At least now she would be able to move on to somebody better than him.
He just hoped she didn't cry for too long.
"Come on mutt" he said, scooping up the animal into his arms. "Let's go see how many bottles I can take before I knock out"
-
"I'm glad that you've at least stopped crying" Zee said, a sad smile on her face as she looked at her best friend.
"Don't do that" Alaina warned her.
"Do what?"
"Don't look at me like that. I'm not a charity case" she told her.
She was looking at her with pity. She didn't want to be pitied. She couldn't help but feel like she deserved some part of it. She could've seen it coming after all. All the signs were there. She was just too naive and thickheaded to actually put 2 and 2 together.
"It's not your fault, you know?" Zee said, getting her attention.
"Huh?"
"It's not your fault that he's an asshole. He's stupid. And he wouldn't know a good thing even if it was staring him in the face" she rambled in an attempt to make her feel better.
"Zee it's n-"
"And if it makes you feel any better, I punched him right in the face for you" she revealed, earning a small smile from Alaina.
"That explains the bruises" Alaina said, a lingering undertone of teasing in her voice.
"Yeah I really need to learn how to throw a punch. If it hurts this much, I can't even begin to imagine what it felt like for him"
The small chuckle erupting from Alaina made her satisfied. She had gotten her wanted reaction. Even if she had to joke about inflicting physical harm on her ex.
"Movies and ice cream?" She asked her in a small voice.
"Not the sad teen bullshit" Zee groaned, playfully rolling her eyes.
"Please?"
"How could I say no to that cute face?" She smiled.
-
The hoodie Wayne had on smelt like Alaina. She had worn it so many times that she had marked it as hers. He had always complained about it but now he was glad that he let her wear it anyways.
He subconsciously snuggled deeper into it, the dog laying on his midsection adjusting to his movements too.
After a lot of deliberation, he finally put down the bottle of liquor he was about to get wasted on and decided to try something healthier.
He was sure his liver was thanking him for that decision.
After settling on a random pack of tea he found in one of his cabinets, he decided to watch a movie, even though he couldn't pay even less attention to it.
He couldn't help but let his mind wander.
Was she still crying? Was she cursing him? Were the others with her? Did they all hate him? How were the kids? Were they with her? Did his parents know? Did the world know? Were they all cursing him?
A million and one thoughts ran through his head simultaneously, like a stampede of elephants.
Of course he knew that he couldn't ignore the outside world or his friends forever. Neither did he plan on being s shut-in forever.
He just wasn't ready for all the disappointed sighs and glances from them.
He wasn't ready yet.
As if on cue, his phone lit up, the familiar caller tune ringing out.
He didn't even need to check to know who was calling.
It was Bird again.
He let it ring. Like he always did.
With a sigh, he brought the cup of tea to his lips to take a sip.
It was going to be a long night.
-
"This movie sucks" Zee declared with a mouthful of ice cream.
"Yeah it is kinda sucky" Alaina agreed, stabbing her ice cream with the spoon in her hand. "But I kinda like it tho"
Zee turned to give her a look, her mouth hanging open a little.
"You know you've always been weird" she joked, making Alaina chuckle a bit. But soon the chuckles turned into sobs, taking Zee by surprise.
"Hey hey hey. What's wrong now? You don't like the movie?"
"N-no i-i-t's just that.....i-it r-reminds me of h-h-" she blubbered out but Zee was quick to dismiss it.
"It's okay. We can change the movie if you want. Or maybe we could even not watch a movie? Anything you want"
"It's fine" she sniffled, haphazardly wiping her face with the sleeve of the shirt she had on. "It's fine really"
"Lay-"
"How about another movie?" She suggested, trying to brighten up the atmosphere and drop the topic of her sudden outburst.
"Are you sure that's what you want?"
"Yeah" she nodded. "How else are we going to laugh at all the sucky characters?"
Zee nodded at that, even though she could see the tears that had built up, ready to spill at the smallest trigger.
"Say less then" she said, grabbing the remote to pick another movie.
"You don't have to do this, you know?"
"What do you mean?"
"My relationship ended and I'm acting like somebody died. I know it's annoying and really unnecessary and you don't have to force yourself to stay here with me. I could always just stay on my lonely, even though that would be-"
"Now what kind of friend would I be if I let you do that?" She cut her off. "You're going through a breakup and crying is perfectly normal. What you need is someone to be there for you, not to be alone"
"She's right" Evan chimed in, walking into the living room and flipping over the couch to land on the empty spot beside Alaina. "And we're here for you, no matter what"
"Thank you guys" Alaina said, a tear escaping her eye.
"What are friends for?" Zee replied, flashing her the biggest smile she could muster, which made her laugh a bit.
"So what movie are we watching?" Evan asked, stealing a spoonful of Alaina's ice cream, which earned him a light smack from her. "I say Titanic cause Leo is fucking hot"
"You wanna make her cry, idiot?" Zee argued. "I say comedy"
"Comedy? Who's gonna laugh when they're sad?"
"That's the whole point of it"
"That's bullshit. I say we take a vote"
"I say we don-"
"I love you guys" Alaina gushed, cutting their impromptu argument short. "I love you guys so much. So so much"
"Geez no need to be sappy" Evan mumbled as he looked away, the tips of his ears tinged red.
"Shut up idiot" Zee grumbled , reaching over Alaina to smack his head.
That at least made her laugh.
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