𝕙𝕠𝕥 / 𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖘

@kildarepogues​ + Ziggy

    eyebrows shoot up once kieran starts making excuses , knowing they’d eventually come back to agree . and when they finally do , a pleased expression beams on her face as she nods . “ promise if we ruin anymore of your attire , i’ll pay for the damage . “ hands shoot up defensively when she quips , grin parting her lips so she can flex her pearly whites . “ take some of the empty garbage bags and just .. shove everything that does not belong there in them . “ she nods , turning to look at the house once more , a little thought at the back of her head hoping they do not recognize her on the remaining family pictures inside . 

      while optimism wasn’t her best suit , speaking beautiful things certainly was and it seemed perfect for the situation . “ hey , no .. “ she shakes her head , moving her attention back to the place . “ look , we can clean this up and -- and repaint it . “ hand gestures to the walls outfront , shoulders bucking up . “ i can call my interior designer friend from new york , he can help with the saving of the damaged furniture and all .. “ head moves to look at quin . “ it will take .. maybe a month tops ? “ 

      hues move up to take in the presence , flashing a sheepish smile . word spread fast in kildare , especially when it was about the new faces around . and while charlotte has been habitating the island for quite some time , corina still did not know how to read the other correctly . instead of dwelling on the thought so much , blonde decides to take the helping hand and brings herself up . “ thanks .. “ she grunts out , while standing up and a sigh lifts up a loose strand of blonde hair away from her face . “ yeah , it can be brutal sometimes . “ nods . “ you on cleaning duty too or .. ? “ 

      hues quickly snap at where the source of the voice came . those brunette curls were like a trademark for matteo in her mind . keeping tabs on her long-lost friends was easy , especially in a place like kildare , so the trio’s friendship she was familiar with . “ yeah , yeah , i’m good .. “ quickly nods , one hand moving to massage her neck awkwardly as she eyed him . “ just -- “ thumb stretches towards the cabin behind her , “ offering a helping hand , you know . “ blonde shrugs nonchalantly , trying to come up with little lies on the spot . last thing she needed was for the remaining two of the trio to find out she was still lurking on pogue territory after all this time . “ what brings you here ? “ 

    a groan leaves her lips when they continue speaking , thinking the conversation was over . the words that exited , however , rubbed the blonde in the worst way possible . “ i didn’t ditch ! “ corina argues , eyes widening when she turns to face riley . “ and f.y.i. , i’m here to help and not attend the annual pogue kumbawa , no need to worry i’m stepping into your territory . “ chocolate hues roll . “ same can be applied for me , riley . or did you think i’m here to make puka shell necklaces and re-furnish the cabin or something ? “ head shakes . “ quit acting like i left you here to burn ! we grew up , life happened ! “ and some brainwashing too . but they both have stepped so far away from the comfort zone they have built over the years that even shiding the slightest light on the situation was unheard of for corina . 

    she parts her lips , ready to lie and cover up her tracks but the past day has been a rollercoaster . while she’d need more time to readjust , the blonde could really use a friendly face . “ i was cleaning up .. “ she shrugs , a little smile breaking through , not comfortable sharing more details . “ i mean , “ head jerks over her shoulder to eye the small estate as teeth find her lower lip . “ i can use a helping hand .. if you're down . “ she looks up at them . 

      she nods to his words . it took all energy in her not to tangle herself in unwanted situations . yet , everytime she finds herself stuck in them - so what better thing to do than to simply run from the problem ? though , his words stung . the fewer friends she had she had lost and corina believed she made her piece with it , but sadly .. it was far from the truth . “ we haven’t been friends for quite some time , kayden . “ she rarely ever believed in friendships anymore . she did not believe in genuine , unconditional human relations and while it hurts it was her reality . while chocolates looked at a man that was once a person she’d kill for , she could feel her heart break once again . 

     corina blinks a few more times as kieran appears in her field of vision . hand moves up to scratch the top of her head , appreciating the fact they did not ask any questions . the fact that the villareals were pogues by birth was a well-known fact , hence why some people were very angry with her . though , what few were aware of was that they never sold the little cabin . instead , corina has protested against in , wanting to keep at least some of her mother’s memory and the nostalgic tud of happiness that it brought alive . “ i -- yeah .. probably . “ she nods . “ what are you doing here , though ? “ a little chuckle falls from her lips , not expecting kieran out of all people to catch her red-handed with trash bags in hands . 

    her gaze lowers to her feet . not from the rejection but from the overall reaction . once again she has outdone herself , single handedly kicking herself down in people’s eyes . “ it’s not just a boat ! “ her voice raises up as she protests , hands clutching into fists by her sides as she stared at the male . “ whatever , i’m not having this conversation . thanks for nothing .. “ she huffs out , moving to walk past ziggy as a temper tantrum seemed more ideal in her eyes than actually baring her feelings before him .

      she blinks some more , turning again to face the male . “ how has this turned into me being some type of person ? “ head shakes when she scoffs . this was all sorts of too much . was she in the wrong ? yes , most of the times she is .. but not right now . “ listen , i get that you need a punching bag or whatever but you have the wrong person . i did not listen in on your conversation , so yeah .. i am falsely accused and i don’t think that has anything to do with who i am . “ her voice raises up having had enough of his crap for today . “ so just .. storm the other way or whatever , i don’t feel like having this conversation right now . “ 

      her mouth agapes to correct him . has she really ever moved on ? corina the kook princess might fit perfectly with the bunch of polished and preppy folks around her , but the real corina villareal would never fit the mold . “ i’m not -- “ she stops before more comes out . you’re not what ? a kook ? but being a pogue is off the table too . she has walked so far and all for what ? having her face on times square ? it didn’t matter . it never did .. it was a matter of survival and it has been killing her for the longest time . “ i’ll pay you . “ eyes pierce his . it was bad , borderline idiotic but the girl was grasping on straws to keep at least a glimpse of her sanity . ziggy was an ally , has been her whole life and it hurt to turn her back on him and hide away her true self away like that but it was best for all parties involved . or so she thought .

      blonde locks are tied in a ponytail as bare hands have already gone to business , cleaning up the place . small sweaty body drags out a bag full of garbage from inside the house and tosses it near the other few she had already gathered . on the last step , however , otherwise shining kook princess loses her balance and falls flat on her bottom with a scream . “ fuck ! “ she curses under her breath , swiftly getting up on her two feet as hands press to her lower back , hoping no one has stumbled upon the location . 

      corina scoffs , unable to recognize ziggy’s words as true . “ he’s hurt .. my ass ! “ eyes roll . it was hard to let said thought sink in . while ravishing in her own self-pity it was somewhat challenging to realize she had hurt other people too , despite it being unintentionally . “ they have always hated the kooks , ziggy . the moment my foot stepped there i was done for in their eyes . they’re not hurt .. just .. “ small shoulders shrug up , “ petty .. i don’t know . “ it was better to think that way than drive herself insane knowing she has hurt people she still , to this day , loves . “ other people would be far easier to get rid of . “ corina lets the words loose , eyes searching his as she allows him to finish off the sentence on his own . frame moves uncomfortably at the mention of her dad . they rarely ever spoke nowadays . mostly when it was about business and making appearances together . “ i am . “ answers swiftly , tongue moving in her mouth as she tried and search for more words to say . “ but he doesn’t believe i can take care of it on my own , so really , what i have to say on the matter does not interest him in the slightest .. “ 

     she scoffs , gaze diverting somewhere past ziggy as she needed a second to collect her thoughts . “ i’m not .. “ she shakes her head . “ i’m loyal to myself and that’s it . “ corina quickly protests , moving to lean on where the hammock’s bottom was tied to . “ and can we not talk about riley right now ? like , that’s a .. whole other thing on it’s own . “ eyes move over her feet . she didn’t need the fuss , nor did she seeked to rant or bare her soul . the simple truth of it all was that she felt lonely , no matter on which side of the island . and the last thing she needed , at this already confusing time , was for people that did care which side she was on to start speak of where her loyalties laid . the role of the stuck-up , cold kook princess seemed to bring less heartache than the ever-loving child of the sea . “ look , i like to think that boat is my own personal space , okay ? i’m used to it .. and when other people appear out of the blue i don’t feel comfortable . that’s it .. that’s what bothers me . “ 

      head shakes , trying to convince herself that they were not right . she had worked her ass off , she deserved the house she lived in , the life she led .. then why did riley’s words sting so much ? had she really detached herself so further from her roots that even the people once most loyal to her no more recognized her as one of their kind ? hues move to follow their frame , not out of fear , but rather out of caution . “ not if i have any saying in it . “ she cuts off . “ have a nice life . “ a stretched fauxed grin is offered , an exiting line before she diverts her whole attention to the trash around her . 

     her tongue pops off the roof of her mouth . “ it’s not .. “ weird ? pogue ? truth be told , she’d never classify it as either of those . in fact , nothing she still carried within her would she ever classify as one of the above , even if it falled under said category . it was her father that wanted their pogue roots erased and corina let herself be brainwashed into the idea . “ whatever . “ shaking her head she sucks her lips in , deep in thought . corina leans further , raising her eyebrows slightly while she observed the male . “ is there a way to provoke that itch prematurely ? “ blonde inquires , “ just aking .. for science . “