sing in key

The blonde-with-red-highlights finished off her first slice of pizza and sipped at her beer for a moment before reaching for another slice.

She looked thoughtful for a moment. “…I really am glad you came, Lavi.”

"Glad to be able to keep you company, my dear," he responded, grinning as he seated himself. He gestured toward the tv with a wave of his hand, "What’s this then? A cheesy b horror movie?"

“Nah, Red. None of that cheap shit. We’ve got quality tonight. Starting with Dead Silence.” Ilaria grinned, curling back up as she sipped her beer and took a bite out of her pizza.

This was gonna be the best night ever, she could tell.

Yes, of course, of all the costumes she could have picked, she chose this one. He’d been expecting something like the tacky witch bid that she did last year, not… this.

Not that she’d planned on it. But Lavi had been right – the witch had been totally tacky. She figured this was a better upgrade.

At Lavi’s barely managed ‘nice costume’, Ilaria winked. “Glad you like it, Cap’n. Come on inside, pizza’s warm and beer’s cold.”

She opened the door wider and stepped aside to let Lavi in. She turned and sauntered her way into the rest of the tiny (rather cheap) apartment and set the coffee table with two plates of pizza and a beer each to start with, along with setting up the first movie – some ventriloquist puppet movie where the premise is that you scream, you die.

She grinned as she opened the door, leaning on the door jamb, one eyebrow arched with her little grin still in place. Her casino bunny costume made the image all the more tempting. Though the poor redhead couldn’t see the little fluffy bunny tail from the front, though.

Damn, Ilaria loved Halloween.

It probably seemed pretty tacky or cheesy, but it was a pirate costume. One that he’d probably worn for probably the last two or so years. He probably needed a new costume, but it wasn’t like he could go buy or make one right that instant, so he tossed the clothes on before heading back down the stores, careful to turn off all the lights to signify there would be no candy available for anyone that came searching for it.

He realized belatedly that he hadn’t texted her back yet, and proceeded to do so.

[ 7:31 P.M. You can expect me in around fifteen or so minutes. I’ll be the doofy pirate that’s hobbling up your lawn. ]

While she waited for the pizza (and Lavi!) to arrive, she continued straightening up her meager apartment. It was small, cluttered with textbooks and music history books, as well as sheet music and her keyboard was propped against its stand against a corner while it wasn’t in use.

Thankfully, she managed to get it to look reasonably clean before the doorbell rang the first time.

Ah, yes. Pizza. Good. She retrieved that, paid for it, didn’t even care that she was in her bunny costume before shooing the delivery guy away (she did remember to tip, of course, because she did order like three pizzas).

He hadn’t quite felt like going out and mingling among too many people this year. Midterms had taken all of the energy out of him and he wasn’t quite ready for the hustle and bustle of parties. Of course, they hadn’t been difficult for him, tests essentially never were, but just having to sit there for so long, being so bored, was so physically draining he didn’t have the energy to go out.

How cruel was it to have school on Halloween anyways? And tests on Halloween no less? Sure, he was technically too old for trick or treating, but hey, adults can have fun on Halloween, too. It’s Halloween? Who can’t have fun on Halloween? Weenies, that’s who.

As he waved off a couple of kids, he felt his phone vibrate in his back pocket. Lavi pulled it out as he bumped the front door closed with his hip. The message that blinked up at him made him raise a brow, but did bring a smile to his face.

He set the bowl down on the side table beside the door before texting back.

She smiled, though, when she read the text. Her thumbs flew over the touch screen again as she sent her reply in return.

[7:09 P.M. And horror movies. What’s Halloween without some slasher flicks? No people, though. Just us. See you in an hour, Red?]

Ilaria set the phone back on the arm of her couch and got up. She did a little bit of straightening up – there were a few college textbooks on the coffee table along with a notebook for her music major. She didn’t really want her best friend to see the messy state of her classwork. Even though his was probably worse. Though it was probably odd to see someone cleaning up while dressed in the casino-esque version of a playboy bunny.

"Nothin’ much, darlin’. Just popping in to check on my favorite redhead" Wink. "And you?"

Lavi snorted at her wink, though his smile didn’t falter, “Oh, y’know. Same ol’, same old. Just doing work and stuff.”

Occasionally she’ll say things like “Jesus you’re hot.” or “… Uh… Wow. You kind of look like shit today. Y’okay?”