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“It’s true, it’s real.”

Karine is surprised the first time Megan comes back after a few months to visit again, while announcing she was in an exchange program. Of course Karine would have offered to let her stay with Key and herself...but they didn’t have room. Since Karine often stayed over with Woo at times it wasn’t uncommon then for Key to tell her to make sure she just checks in so often, because Key knows that Karine, though adult enough to handle herself, liked when someone would ask her to check in. 

She found it sweet when someone wanted good morning or good night texts from her. The other doesn’t live permanently with Megan, mind you, but for the first two or three months she is almost exclusively with her. Naturally Karine makes sure to also spend her time with Key, but she knows Key has become infinitely more busy as a make up artist for SKZ. It’s maybe a few weeks into setting up the small one bedroom studio apartment Megan was given for the year that Karine decides it’d be a good time to really make the apartment her own. 

Megan was not prepared for the kitschy aesthetic that she came to know Karine for...and yet she couldn’t help but to gravitate also to the bright colors and patterns her friend pointed out. In a way, Megan was happy to have her best friend back. She respects Key highly, knows how important the other had been to Karine, but the jealousy of not being there and knowing she would not have that close bond does simmer at times underneath and it makes her angry at times. Karine’s often too high to really pay attention and it is worrisome at times how often she smokes. 

One night as they finished moving and setting up, Megan couldn’t exactly stop the question from leaving her mouth. 

“Do you regret it?” 

Karine was caught off guard, her larger body cuddled around the smaller, but equally fluffy one of the other. They were curled into one another, Karine being the big spoon and Megan burying her face into her neck, breathing her scent. The lingering feels remained and the younger by  a few months didn’t exactly understand why they fell out, why things happened. It’s only through the bonding of putting her place together that she begun to wonder if what they had was in her mind. If it was just a simple fling. Did Karine ever truly care for her? Why did Karine feel so much stronger for Key than  her? Why did she turn to her when Ellis hurt her...but now trusts this woman she met not even a few months before the break up...a few months before she dropped off the face of the earth and left Megan alone. 

The other couldn’t help, but to feel betrayed at the time because with Karine there to protect her, to be her knight, she had to fend for herself in the more hostile area where she lived. It hurt her, because their college was not...the most accepting of anyone queer. 

“Regret what?” She asks, fingers curling into faded pink hair, ends fried beyond repair. 

“Leaving.” 

....

Karine doesn’t answer and Megan couldn’t stop the soft sigh, tears welling up. 

“Was I not good enough to replace him?” She murmurs. “When we...you were so thin once, you looked like shit all the time...but you still came to me, I still did my best to make you look pretty, to boost your confidence after he destroyed it. I thought..I thought you were getting better we were getting closer...was...was it all in my head? That you loved me more than a friend? Those nights we shared, our bodies as one...was it a lie?” 

Again she is silent, yet her arms hold tighter, face buried into her hair. 

“No...” she whispers. “I never regretted what we had...but I was scared. I...never told you all he  did. I should have left you a note...but I couldn’t. I was afraid...” 

“He’s the one who told me where you were. Your mom’s had no idea either, not for at least a few months. You switched colleges and left us. You moved without saying anything and it hurt me.” 

“...I’m sorry,” she whispers, tilts their head up to press a gentle kiss to their lips. “I’m sorry for how I acted, for how I hurt you. I’m sorry it felt like I replaced you...I jsut needed away. If I stayed with him...I wouldn’t be here. I couldn’t heal. When you came to surprise me that day I was so shocked and happy...I am still shocked and happy...that you came to me. You wanted to find me.” 

At this, Megan could only roll her eyes, sighing dramatically. They may not be the same since, but Karine was still her friend and she would still love and support her. The feelings would never leave and that was fine. She would be okay, because Karine was healthy. She was okay. She was safe. 

“Of course I did. For having an IQ of 130 you sure are dumb Riri,” she says with a fond smile, giving a shakey laugh as tears spilled and she couldn’t control the sobs that racked her body as they cuddled on the futon couch with the most garish looking zebra printed sheets and bright as fuck pink pillows. 

Seeing this the older just hums, holding them close and letting them cry. Megan was hurt just like Karine had been, a different hurt, but a hurt of the heart none the less. 

“I promise not to leave this time. We’re friends, we always will be...you’re my first friend...my only friend I had since we were kids...I could never leave you on purpose. Please understand that. I wanted to reach out to you...but if I did I would be tempted to go back and Ellis would pull me in again. Key...Key had offered to let me be with her while I got help. I didn’t want to risk you...knowing what he could do...who he was involved with. Oh Meg...” she whispers softly, presses more kisses to her hair. “I love you so much baby girl, I’m here now. I’m here and you’re here and we’ll never be apart again. I won’t abandon our friendship again...or you.” 

“I know,” she says softly, sobs quieting. “I just...was holding in a lot of hurt. We’ll be okay, we will be okay, because Riri never lets anything keep her down for long...and neither do I. We’re two strong women who will overcome anything together...right?” 

A small grin. 

“Right. Go to sleep, I have to be up early for my job...and you have to be up early for classes.” 

“....Riri?” 

“Hmm?” 

“I want to meet them. Your boyfriends and...I...I want to meet Key fully. I want to know the woman and two men who took your heart and helped you to heal.” 

“Of course,” she says grinning. “whatever my baby wants.” 

your muse has just arrived on my muse’s doorstep, disheveled, cold, hungry, and in need of help…     send    ‘ in need ‘     for my muse’s reaction to opening their door and seeing your muse in that state.

Jongsuk turned his head to look at the door, lowering the volume of the tv. He didn't know if the knock was on his door or he has mistaken the sound with the scene of the movie he was watching. Another knock on the door was the proof he needed to realize there was someone outside.

He quickly turned the monitor on, Jinyoung was the one waiting outside. "Jinyoung?" asked the man, surprised to see the other with messy hair and shivering. "What happened? Get inside." He reached to grab his hand, pulling him inside his apartment. "Are you okay? You are shivering..." He wrapped his arms around him, trying to warm him up a little bit.

Jongsuk's eyes followed the other's movements since he entered the room, a smile growing wider the closer he approached him. The man wrapped his arm around Jinyoung and nodded. "I'm free right now, I missed you too."

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[ crawl ]  for your muse to crawl into bed with mine

Jongsuk woke up when he felt the bed moving and the blankets uncovering part of his body. He frowned slightly and rolled to see what happened, yet, his facial expression immediately softened when he saw Jinyoung crawling next to him. "Did you finish?” he asked in a barely audible whisper, pulling the blanket on top of them. They took baby steps but already reached the point where they could stay with the other for longer than a weekend. "You have been working nonstop for days..." in-between words, he snuggled closer to the other and even threw an arm around him.

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"You are aware that at this point you don't even have to ask for it anymore, right?" It was cute how he was still shy with certain things, as confident as he might be seen, he was timid and Jongsuk couldn't help but smile every time he noticed something like that. "You are always allowed to."