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orion flinched as the older man snapped her mouth opened but words didn’t come out as she gazed down to the ground which was now all wet due to her before gazing up at him bowing her head in apology, “i-i’m sorry…i won’t do that again.” she answered her voice a bit shaky. the younger girl looked up at mj with a half-smile as she put on the hoodie, “t-thank you…i’m really sorry y-you had to come help me….again.”

“oreo...” mj sighed deeply again, placing his hands on her shoulders and looking at her softly. “stop apologising, okay? i’m sorry i snapped, i’m just pissed.” the boy shook his head as he straightened up, patting her head gently. “i’m always going to be here to help, you know that, but you gotta stop letting them push you around.”

“yes? i guess? i’m not really fashiony. you’d do better asking someone else who knew more. fashion is one of the only areas i can’t help in.” 

mj sighed, rolling his eyes. “well, that was a waste of time.” he took the hat off and tossed it aside. “you don’t need to be fashiony to know if something looks like shit.”

“totally. keep the hat. you look really good with it on. i could never pull off a hat.”

“sure you could! not one like this, though, maybe a cap or something.” 

“what….? oh! it looks good on you, you kind of look like a celebrity with it on so if you’re walking around town i’m like….three percent positive that someone will ask you for an autograph or a picture.”

“that’s pretty positive.” mj nodded sarcastically. he took the hat off and set it in his lap. “my clothes wouldn’t suit it anyway.”

orion sat quietly in the fountain as her eyes gazed down to her now drenched attire, thinking of a way to explain this to her parents, however, the sound of a familiar voice snapped the young girl back into reality as she gazed up towards the taller man who had caught up the with group of girls. the brunette just sat there as her baby blue eyes widen at the girls apology wondering why they seemed so scared by her friend but shrugged it off. orion nodded at his question as she got out of the fountain, the water dripping around everywhere as she looked for her bag hoping she’d brought a sweater along or something to cover her up. “i-i’m okay….” she spoke softly, “they were j-just joking around…i-i guess.”

“stop making excuse for them.” he snapped, coming across a little harsher than he meant to due to his anger. he shook his head, taking a deep breath to calm himself down. “here,” watching her with concern, the boy unzipped his hoodie and threw it over her wet shoulders. 

orion sat by the water fountain as she decided it was a good place to take a break and enjoy her snack, as she pulled out the bento box her father had packed for her. after a couple of minutes, she noticed a group of girls walking her direction instantly recognizing their faces as she hoped they’d ignore her. however, that didn’t happen as one of the girls pointed towards orion while laughing causing the young girl to look down and away from the group of girls. “hey look who it is!” one of the girls yelled, “if it isn’t miss sunshine.” she walked closer towards the brunette too close for comfort in her mind. “you haven’t changed a bit have you?” she asked rhetorically, before orion could answer one of the other girls called out to the one closest to her, as she rolled her eyes, “alright coming,” she scoffed before smirking down at orion, “see you later.” she said, everything happened too fast after that as orion felt herself being pushed into the water fountain as the group of girls laughed and walked away. “o-okay see you later….then…” orion mumbled softly as she sat in the fountain too embarrassed to even get up.

mj whistled casually as he walked down the street, stopping in his tracks as he saw his friend perched on the edge of a fountain. he began to approach with a smile before seeing a group of girls get there first. he watched, narrowing his eyes as they began to shout things. he could feel himself getting angrier, quickly starting towards them as they picked on the girl, pushing her into the fountain and beginning to walk off. he stood in front of the girls, his hands in his pockets and a scowl on his face. they looked up at him in confusion as he blocked their way. “going somewhere, girls?” he spat, making them flinch. “i suggest you apologise before you think of going anywhere.” he said darkly, pointing to orion. he obviously intimidated them, as they bit the insides of their cheeks and mumbled apologies before sauntering off. “bitches.” he muttered to himself as he watched them leave before going over to help his friend out of the water. “you okay?”

“You know what’s a fun idea of a date? Going to a fancy restuarant and having your date ‘go to the bathroom’. And by that I mean leaving me with me with the bill. Some people just have great hearts. Now I’m broke, thank you horrible date.”

mj chuckled. “i’ve done that before.” he nodded with a smirk, reminiscing on his past. “but, hey, at least now you know they weren’t ‘the one’.”

And…

Halsey // Control

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