YOU AINT EVER REALLY WANTED AROUND HERE.

Joe Keery as Baron Marmalade (2024) dir. Keir O'Donnell

"hey, hey." missy's voice is soft, brushing some of casper's hair behind his ear. "look at me, listen to me - that guy totally deserved this. no matter what he was saying there at the end. honestly if you knew what he did to his girlfriend ... he honestly deserved worse." she gives a glare at the pile of bones, slight shake of her head. "and remember that you have to do this, babe. you can't help it. it's not your fault. it's either this or shit would be a whole lot worse. you're okay. it's okay."

@bykacie ♡'d for nadine !!

"I think I am, too..." Yuuki nods, immediately wanting to kick himself for how uncool that sounded. What do you mean, 'you think'? To be fair, it's his first official college party - actually, it's the first party he's been to since some neighborhood kid's birthday party in the second grade. But he had decided he was going to turn his social life around after he graduated high school, so here he was, making his best attempt to fit in. The buzz of alcohol flowing through his veins eases his anxiety, at the very least, but he's still acutely aware of his own social ineptitude. Which is exactly why he had been glued to Rain's side the entire time - 'guard dog' privileges and all that. "It's... Kinda nice, surprisingly. I'm not so nervous anymore, heh - is that why there's always beer at parties? So people can actually work up the nerve to talk to each other? It's all starting to make sense now..."