; end of morality.

weeks had passed between him and yuna. jayce had given her space after many failed attempts. they talked about how they felt, but yuna did not trust him and that wasn’t changing. jayce hadn’t given up, but he finally accepted things were different. coexisting had gotten easier, especially since he finally stop trying to get back together. he focused on himself, dedicating more time on getting better. he wasn’t avoiding her, he just realized there wasn’t much hope right now. but maybe one day.

still, jayce is a man of his word so when he tucked his ticket away for her recital, he knew he wouldn’t miss it for anything. he wasn’t entirely sure if yuna would want him there, but he owed it to her as part of a promise. not to mention, he still cared even though things had changed. jayce spent much time getting ready. picking up his most expensive suit from the cleaners, shaving, making sure his hair wasn’t a mess. if there were any time for yuna to notice him, it was now.  

“oh my god!”  ysabel lets out a frustrated groan.  “i didn’t fuck him! it was a stupid kiss, and yeah, maybe i wasn’t wearing a shirt, but we didn’t do anything else. i was drunk and high as fuck, killian. it meant nothing!”

“mean nothing? please spare me.” he rolls his eyes. killian felt so angry he didn’t really hear her out. he’s just stuck on the jealousy. “i don’t really care. i’m not here to be toyed with. if anyone can have you then i’m fine without you.”

    “ I AM NOT playing mind games with you, ace ! “ her eye roll was obvious as she crossed her arms over her chest. “ it was a joke. don’t be angry. “ the incident being a joke wasn’t necessarily true, but she needed to get back on his good side.

    SHE HAD to hold back a slight giggle in response to what he was saying. reina was aware of the fact that she was a handful, but it made dating more fun and she loved watching whoever she was with work for it. “ pobrecito, you can’t handle a little competition ? ” the raven haired female teased, giving him a playful pout.

she wished she could stop thinking about how peculiar it was and treat it as casually as she once did, but there seemed to be no way of stopping it, certainly not when he slid into bed right next to her and her heart began to beat that much faster. she tried not to think of the nights she found solace on his bed when he was away and how he was frustratingly aware of this fact. just as she tried not to ruminate on the terrible fight that happened here where both of them admitted in frenzied shouts that they still loved each other. her eyes latched onto the screen desperately as she tried not to think about him being this close, thankfully the movie was engaging enough. she watched as the protagonist entered the empty train before all lights went out and suddenly a creature latched onto her shaking body. yuna let out a scream and almost on instinct clutched onto his arm before she became too aware of what she had done and felt her cheeks turn red. “sorry,” she muttered as she slowly let go by tearing her fingers off him, unable to bring her eyes to meet his knowing that he’d have the same irritating smile plastered across his face before he burst out laughing. 

    REINA COULDN’T help her flirty personality, which often got in the way of having a prosperous relationship, much like it was doing with her and ace. “ no one’s playing you, ace. ” her eyes rolled as if that was the most outrageous accusation she had heard. “ that was harmless. you’re joking, right ? ”

“i beg to differ.” yuna asserted, incapable of recalling the last time she didn’t find his movies a terrible bore. she loathed westerns and war movies while they were amongst his favourites. this was why she almost never let him have his pick. she dashed to the bathroom for a quick shower after she finished patching him up. she watched as the water turned pink from all the blood staining her skin until it was finally clean, finding herself shaken once again by the memories of the chaos that happened in the bar. at least she was finally clean now, and the flush that arose from being too close to him was washed away with the blood, that was before she found herself back in the room of her ex-boyfriend. she knew by heart that this was a terrible idea, still she slipped onto his bed, grabbed his laptop and started the search for the korean horror she had been meaning to watch. she tried to ignore how familiar this was, them hanging out on his bed at midnight, him willingly letting her search for films that ended up luring him to sleep anyway. when she finally found the film on the zombie apocalypse and pressed play, she let her head sank into the soft pillow and let out a yawn as the beginning credits began to roll. “i’m not sure how long i can stay up.” she admitted, she was both physically and mentally drained. “but i heard this one’s pretty scary.”

“ THAT’S FAIR I SUPPOSE. ” she chuckled but if she thought long enough she could find a reason to be mad at anyone. aza was the type of girl that would start a fight just because it was fun, and the chances of it leading to sex were high, “ but no it’s not you, my stupid sister got cast in a movie and the other one is a surfing legend and even cooper is finally in college. ” she huffed resting her head in hands as she tried to pretend it didn’t bother her, “ i’m not doing anything besides the same dumb things i’ve been doing. ” stealing cars, a bit of street racing and bartending on the side for a ‘legal’ side hustle. “ it just sucks being the black sheep. ”