#yaritza

Shot in the Dark universe. They eventually fall in love, but for now, Yaritza is a scary human brandishing a baseball bat, and Lunette is a rude-ass fairy 🧚🏿‍♀️📻

Of course the A/C would go out on the hottest day in months. Her only two clients that morning had cancelled the moment they walked in. Yaritza grumbled to herself as she opened the side window. It gave her a lovely view of the alleyway, but a faint summer breeze was better than nothing.

She made a quick peek outside for any sign of bugs. The last couple weeks, she swore she’d heard terrifyingly loud buzzing sounds. An infestation was the last thing she needed. She turned up the radio, hoping the lively music might attract some clients to come in long enough to at least make an appointment.

There wasn’t any point in prepping needles and ink, but she went to work anyway, trying to stay optimistic. Then maybe she could get some sketching time in. A few designs had been swimming at the back of her mind for a while, though the sweltering day didn't put her in the mood to be creative. If the A/C guy didn’t return her call by noon, she’d just close up shop for the day and—

The radio went out. No, it didn’t go out, it… The volume lowered to nothing, as if someone had turned it down suddenly. The door hadn’t chimed.

Had someone hid in the parlor overnight?

Yaritza crept to the counter and pulled out the wooden baseball bat hidden underneath. Gripping it with both hands, she stepped softly around the corner to enter the waiting area. There was no one there. Her gaze drifted to the radio. She lowered her bat, she choked on her own startled breath.

A tiny woman with wings and short pink hair was standing on the table in front of the radio, hands still gripping the volume dial. She stared back at Yaritza with wide eyes, her wings twitching.

A fairy.

Their shared, stunned silence was only broken by the sounds of traffic outside.

Yaritza shuddered. “What the fu—”

“I just wanted to see how it worked,” the fairy blurted, sounding nervous and defensive. She gestured at the radio as if it had personally sabotaged her. “It’s pretty stupid if that’s all it takes to break it!”

Swallowing hard, Yaritza took a second to find her voice again. “I-it’s, um… it’s not broken. You just… twist that button the other way to turn it back up.”

“Oh.” She turned the dial a little, jumping when the music came back at a soft volume. A few more notches. A bit louder. “Huh.”

As the shock wore off, curiosity burned through Yaritza like wildfire. She took a slow step closer. The fairy’s gaze snapped in her direction, then threw the volume dial all the way up. Music blared so unexpectedly that Yaritza flinched. The fairy disappeared through the window.

Dropping the bat, Yaritza hurried to turn down the volume. She leaned out the window and looked all around, panting. She laughed weakly, sinking to a seat when she pulled herself back.

Poppy quickly seeks advice from Yaritza.

Yaritza: Okay, let’s be rational about this. If it’s exam nerves you should have a tense moodlet saying so... do you have that?

Poppy: ......no...OMW... it’s totally the shower woohoo!

Yaritza: You HAVE to take a test!

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