* twilight blues !

Luana soon rolled back around and lifted her upper body to face her, tilting her head to the side as she responded. “ Have you ever done it ? ” The Brazilian didn’t even have a lighter around to try but the last thing the female wanted to burn was her tongue considering she flinched already when it came into contact with any hot beverage. “ Hot ? ” She repeated with a slight smile tugging on the corners of her lips. “ You do realize that you sound like a twelve year old boy who just got a boner because he wanted a kissing scene, right ? ”

     maxine turned her body to fully face luana, leaning her side against the back of the couch, she places her elbow on it, and places her face on her palm. “ hmm, not really. guess didn’t think it was possible. although, i’d rather have my tongue bitten instead of being burned. ” she commented cheekily, chuckling at the humor presented to the other. she could only shrug at the other’s comment, it was not bad to think of it that way. “ what? who doesn’t get a boner seeing megan fox and amanda seyfried get it on? ” she asked the other, laughing at the situation she was in right now. 

CLOSED STARTER / @mvxinations​

“I really thought it was more of a scary movie – that’s why I never wanted to watch it,” she commented, eyes glued on the screen in front of her where Megan fox was currently bringing up a lighter up to her tongue. “I’ve seen that scene though – you know, the iconic trick,” she chuckled, shifting a little so she was laying on her stomach instead. “I saw some girl on Instagram do it and I really don’t get how they don’t just burn their tongue. It’d attempt it but then again, I don’t want to accidentally set myself on fire." 

     the movie was a little odd. needless to say, it was also, very very hot. watching the scenes of megan fox and amanda seyfried was extremely suggestive and it left her a feeling of slight arousal. “ i guess some people’s tongues can be very... ” she faltered for a while, trying to think a word to explain it, “ susceptible to burning. ” she would try it but despite her want for things to burn, one of the wasn’t her tongue. “ what did you think of the other scenes though? they all seemed... hot. ”

Bekah sighed. “Yeah, it would be. We’d definitely be able to see each other a lot more. I just don’t know… if your sorority would have been a good fit for me. I really like where I am now. And I have made some really good friends through it.” Still, she wished she had more time to see her sister other than on the weekends. That was one of the downsides of college. “Mm… I don’t know. Where would we even go?”

     it wasn’t in maxine’s place to force bekah to move sororities nor she wanted to that as well. she was firm in her belief that the sisters have to branch out from time to time. “ i’m glad you like where you are right now. college can be an ass, just tell me if there’s someone out there that needs punching. ” she told her sister, grinning. “ uhh, ” she drawled out, thinking as she tapped her chin, “ we can go shopping, go to the salon? or just take a walk... anything... i just wanna get out of here. ” maxine took a quick glance towards easton’s room, hoping she would not see him today.

whilst maxine hadn’t liked the temporary feeling that drugs left her–benjy, well, craved it. he wouldn’t say that he was addicted, per say, but they left him with the feeling of absolute invincibility; as if the boy could do anything–it hadn’t helped that he had grown up in an environment where it was commonplace to partake in drug-usage–an environment where nobody blinked an eye when 13-year old benjy picked up his first cigarette. it was, in fact, natural–entirely too natural. “are you assuming i’m not going to see you naked later?” benjy inquired, loudly–louder than he had to be, kicking the pebbles about as if he had been an impatient child–which, well, he was.

     better late than never, right? she sent him a smirk at his response after leaving her window side to get dressed. she rushed as much as possible after seeing that benjy seemed like he wanted to get things done before sunrise. after putting on a sleeveless turtleneck and some leggings, she quickly dismissed wearing high heel boots as it took so much time to do so. wearing a pair of sandals, she quickly got out of her sorority house and met with benjy. “ so, where to, now? any romantic place you’re taking me today? ” she asked, eyebrow raising.

Her words make him kind of just sigh and roll his eyes. He isn’t quite in the mood for this right now. “Funny.” he tells her, even sliding a rather dry smile in there, just to seem a little less unapproachable, you know? After all, he’d really, really like for this work out. Just for a moment. He needs a type of reassurance. “Sick, I’ll be lookin’ forward.” and with that, he gets to his feet, fingers reaching for a cigarette from behind his ear, bringing it between his lips with certain elegance. Confidence. “See ya’.” 

    seeing him be uncomfortable with how frustrating her attitude can be gave her the feeling of satisfaction. it was nothing yet in compared to what he had done to her and he deserved to feel so much more. she could only ever muster a tight smile at his comment of looking forward to the date and she disliked the fact that she gave him the satisfaction of her agreement. but in time, she knew that patience will prove more satisfying. she continued to check her notes one last time before agreeing to herself that she has to be in good spirits tonight. “ i’ll see you then. ” she replied, standing up from her seat as she started to walk away from him, coffee in tow.

He doesn’t appreciate the sarcasm, not really. Sure, it might be well deserved, but here he is, in need–– it’s that kind of a day, and it would definitely help if people just put up with his bullshit and did as he asked. A tad self-centered, might seem like, but that’s really just what Gage is all about. “On a date.” duh. “You know what I meant.” oh yeah, because he knows that she knows and he just gotta point it out, to, you know, establish some kind of thing here. He doesn’t say anything else straight away, he seems to be planning it all out, thinking through. “Tonight.” he announces. It’s official now. “I’ll get ya’ ‘round eight and we’ll go somewhere mad.” 

     she was about to say no immediately. she had wanted nothing to do with him but he seemed a little impatient. she wondered what he needed from her so badly that he was showing signs that he did not like her unwillingness. she smirked a little, taking delight in the other’s demeanor. “ somewhere mad? ” she repeated, scoffing at the words, he was the one who was mad. “ where? in your fucking bedroom? ” she laughed at that, thinking of how much she wouldn’t want to be anywhere near his bedroom. “ you know what? sure. i’ll give you a chance. let’s see if you have more balls than what you offered before. see you around eight then. ” she let out. it seemed too easy for her to change her mind but she had a plan and more of her unwillingness might make him retrieve the offer. 

“Normal? Since when am I normal?” He questioned, a slight pang of hurt in his tone, though it was mostly in a joking manner, “seriously, you wound me, Maxie.” He didn’t want to wish for Rory, and it didn’t help that the two had recently hooked up once more. Really, he needed to get her out of his system, and he didn’t know how to do that. Shaking his head, he offered the other a grin, “anyone ever tell you that you’re amazing at comforting people? You could make a career out of it, I’m sure.” Grabbing the box of her things he kept in his closet he, tossed one arm over the other’s shoulder, “I’m ignoring that comment about ‘for the moment,’ just letting you know now.” He said, and then added, a bit more joy in his tone, “to the beach we go!”

     maxine only snorted at his words, shaking her head at the process of it. “ wounding people is my sign of love for them. you should be grateful that i do so. ” she replied, a grin on her face. she had not had the full details of his current state with rory so she was not sure how to handle the situation. all she knew was that they broke up and her friend needed something to do about it. “ i’m not sure if that was sarcastic but maybe i should open a comforting booth somewhere in the campus and make money with it. you’d be surprise how many people would fall for it. ” she commented, laughing at the idea of her holding so much money as the people were tricked into paying for comfort when they could get one so easily from friends. “ let’s go then! ” she exclaimed as she started to go down the tree branches and waiting for him to get out of the fraternity house.

               “ away from someone like who? chasing you?” he raises an eyebrow, but doesn’t stop walking, he’d been in practice all afternoon and was heading to get food anyway. “ i don’t want money, but… is everything like good or?”

    “ hopefully not. ” she responded, looking around the area again to see if she would be getting caught soon. “ just trying to escape a groupwork. ” she told the other, placing her hands in her pockets, trying to keep less flesh in the open. “ all good. i actually want some food, let me come with you. ”

Bekah glanced away from the TV when her sister entered the room, flashing her a smile. “Hey.” At her question, she exhaled. “Stressful. College sucks. I was really afraid that I was going to end up with piles of work to do and I wouldn’t be able to come home this weekend.” She ran a hand through her hair. “But I got lucky. I can just have this time to relax, spend time with you guys, and get back to watching my shows. What about you? How was your week?”

     instead of heading towards her room and shutting herself up from the world, she plopped down beside bekah, eyes temporarily staring in front of the tv then turned her body towards her sister, arm resting on the back of the couch as she used it to support her head. “ would have been so much better if you and i were in the same sorority house. ” she made a comment, noting how college seemed to be good for her sister. “ hm, well, a little bit boring. most of my friends were doing their homeworks so it was a little bit disappointed but... ” she faltered, shrugging. “ do you wanna just chill? or do you wanna get out of here? ”

at the sight of her window opening, benjy dropped his pile of pebbles, letting them scatter across the ground and wincing as more than a few hit his feet–regardless, his usual childlike grin filled his face as he gazed up at her, “the day is new, maxie-poo, please–call me apollo, i insist.” his smile only widened at her complaints, bouncing on his toes impatiently, “oh, dear sunlight–where is the fun in that? i am a man unbound by time!” his arms raised up, gesturing to the world around him, “the sun’s boutta rise, let’s go fucking get high and watch that shit–you in?”

     maxine did not much like drugs in the long run. she disliked being tethered to something so... temporary. and being addicted to things that can be taken away from you must be so overwhelming. so, maxine tried her best to stay away from addiction but what was wrong in indulging once in a while and it was benjy... how could she say no? “ alright, wannabe apollo, give me five minutes while i get naked and dressed up. ” she turned her back and was about to walk away from her window before she decided to add, “ you sure you don’t wanna see me naked? ”