BUT MYTHIC

Maybe…Maybe he was a little drunk. If he was honest, he had been drinking since he woke up; the bottle of vodka he kept for emergencies was already more than halfway gone. He wasn’t even old enough to drink, but the recent calls he had gotten from his sister was a good enough excuse; but now he was feeling the effects. All he could do was stare at his phone screen. If he was feeling like himself he’d almost be worried that he had basically challenged Mike to a fight; instead he sat down on his couch carelessly, taking a long drink of the bottle in his hand as he waited for Mike to show. If he was honest, he didn’t expect the guy to show up; he might consider them good friends, but he didn’t expect him to actually care. 

If Mike wasn’t someone who liked to fight, he was clearly someone who liked to protect the people he liked and the people he cared about. Elliot was one of those people he cared about, and he cared a lot. He was one of the friends he had, and so Mike was definitely trying to keep him safe, and even from himself if he needed to. So sure, he was going to Elliot apartment. In fact, he didn’t even knocked, he immediately entered in the appartment and looked for Elliot. He didn’t took long to find him on his couch and almost immediately took the bottle away from him, giving him a tap behind the head. “What do you think, you stupid ass? It’s no time for drinks, even less to get drunk. Go drink some water now, move your ass.”

and she’s trying so hard, but his words seem to cause the anger to deflate from her - leaving only a rather messy mix of sadness and self-loathing. she takes a deep breath as he steps toward her, leaning into his touch as he rests his hand on her cheek; eyes closing as she takes a few moments to collect herself so that she doesn’t burst into tears in front of him. that’s one thing she doesn’t want to do. ruby shakes her head at his words, “nothing changed..” she lies, eyes flickering over his face. “i just grew up, people change mike; and i did,” ruby shrugs her shoulders, taking a step back from him. ruby couldn’t be that close without wanting to tell him everything and she didn’t think she was ready for someone else to know. at least, not right now. she picks up the bottle from the table and walks to the kitchen, setting it on the side; hands moving to hold onto the counter as she closes her eyes. 

It was rather hard to Mike to look at her, knowing something was wrong but not knowing what. He was feeling useless, and more than anything he was pretty sure that he was doing a pretty bad job at protecting Ruby. And he clearly hated that feeling. He let her leave in the kitchen, not following her for a bit. It was hard to stand that close to her, even more lately. Being in love wasn’t an easy thing, even less when it lasted since more than four years. He finally decided to follow her in the kitchen, putting one of his hands on her shoulders slowly when he got there. “I know you, Ruby. You can’t grow in a day like you did. Now tell me, what’s happening?” He asked more softly. Getting this close to her was making him miss their relationship even more. Back then, if he had knew something was wrong, he would’ve took her in her bed and showed her he was here for her, and he would’ve kissed her multiple times to help her feel loved. Now, it wasn’t much possible.

MOODBOARD TASK → mike & his sister, melly. (2/?)

MOODBOARD TASK → mike & his parents. (1/?)

ADORABLE, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, STRANGE, BUT… → mythic socials (6/?)

ADORABLE, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, STRANGE, BUT… → mythic socials (5/?)

“Easy. Elli, Ashton, Ruby, Milja, Daisy. Elli because he’s my hug king, Ashton because she’s my queen, Ruby because she’s Ruby, Milja she’s my best friend and Daisy because we’re games friends.”

he’d been here less than five minutes and he was already getting on ruby’s last nerve; her patience was considerably shorter when she was drunk. she takes a step back from him, and rolling her eyes at his words. “what the fuck has it got to do with you?” she asks, running a hand through her thick locks. she folds her arms over her chest, before raising an eyebrow. “oh you don’t? alright, you could have fooled me.” and the fact he’s raising his voice, only makes ruby raise her voice louder to beat him. ruby gasps when he snatches the bottle from her, “protect me? from what? you can’t get in my head and protect me from what i’m thinking about!” she snaps, eyes narrowing in his direction. “i’m fucked up. and that’s all there is to it. now if all you’re gonna do is scream at me, you can get out.”

Mike was trying to stay calm but he was just getting mad so quick when it was all about her. He frowned at her question and shook his head after it. What did it had to do with him? “You’re my friend, this is what it has to do with me. I care about you.” He said almost immediately. Because he loved her, he would always care about her. He was just in love, and ever since he told that to her the first time. That he had some feelings for her. Sure he never had told her I love you with those exact words, but he was always meaning thoses somehow. “Protect you from yourself! You’re not even aware that you’re being toxic for yourself, see? I’m just fucking taking care of you, because I fucking care about you and I always did.” He was trying to get his tone lower, because he wasn’t here to yell at her. “You’re not fucked up.” He sighed, putting the bottle down before getting closer to her, putting one of his hand on her cheek slowly and moving her head to look into her eyes. “Please just tell me what happened to you. Something changed in you. I can tell..” He wasn’t screaming anymore at least. “Since four years I can tell. You know you can talk to me, so please do it for once.”

“I think everyone knows it. Sammie. I don’t hate her, I just don’t particularly like her. Though, now I’m trying.”

sammie: well mike, i appreciate you taking the time to apologise. and further more if i said things that were too personal and thus not things that were acceptable for me to comment on, i also apologise.

sammie: i think it's fair to say we were both heated on the matter and fierce in our opinions (something which should be appreciated, not despised) and perhaps it's very much like a fire and ice collision, when the two of us connect.

Mike: thanks for also apologising then. there is really nothing you have to apologise for, except for when you talked about ruby because that's.. clearly none of your business, if i might tell.