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WAVES: Chapter 2 "The Call"

Characters: GN!Yuu/Yuusona, Azul Ashengrotto, Jade Leech, Floyd Leech, Trey Clover, Other character mentions, minor OCs of mine for support

Synopsis: Now with graduation come and gone comes the stage we all dread--adulthood! Yuu has been hard at work trying to find jobs to help cover their growing debt and costs of living, including applying to the city's largest attraction--The Mostro Aquarium & Café. Will the job be enough to cover expenses? Or does the job come with a fishy catch?

Tags: TWST, Twisted Wonderland, 21+, Aged Up Characters (Graduated), Violent themes, torture, romance, slight sexual themes, hallucinations, yandere, gruesome, mentions of blood, graphic images, angst, anger, merfolk, mafia violence, organized crime, chaos, somewhat established relationships (friendships), cursing, modern college au, magic does exist but it's not a major theme, overblot-like

// Summary of Chapter: After so many weeks of job hunting, finally you get a shining sliver of hope when you finally receive one singular phonecall.

______________________Chapter 2: The Call______________________

What felt like mere minutes to you was actually a few whole hours of you typing up applications and submitting them along with your resume. A lot of the jobs you applied to didn’t really seem to catch your eye, but one thing you were always told growing up was “a job’s a job”. Anything to pay your incoming debt and your current bills, really, ‘cause them savings are only going to save you for so long. Who knew ADULTING sucked SO HARD?

When you glanced at the little clock in the corner of your screen, you were quite impressed to notice it was only 10:30 in the morning. Hm, not bad timing, right? The Patisserie was still busy as can be since it was still mid morning, and when you glanced up from your screen you could see Trey serving customers from behind the counter and doing his usual routine. He was such a diligent worker and you always admired him for his work ethic… but sometimes you couldn’t help but worry about him. Did he ever take time to himself? Was he ever NOT working? Well… he was certainly in a better spot than you were, that’s for sure… or so you thought. Deciding to switch gears, you switched tabs to your email to look and see if there were any answers from previous applications. You had hoped there would be something but… nope. Nada. Zilch. Nothing. Your online resume website you applied to a lot of jobs? As dry as the Scalding Sands. You had half hoped that all the applications you sent out weeks ago at least had some sort of update, regardless of what kind of update it was. A rejection is still a better idea than radio silence.

A some odd few 45 minutes go by with your endless searching when you feel your phone start to buzz next to you on the table. The screen lit up with an unknown number trying to call you, and at first your heart jumped not because you were anticipating any of the calls, but because you absolutely hated getting stranger calls and often ignored them. However, this was different, as any of these calls could be potential employers. With a big gulp and a sharp inhale of air, you picked up the phone and pressed the green phone button, putting the phone to your ear. “Hello?”

“Hello. My name is Allison and I’m calling from the Mostro Lounge HR Department, is this (Y/N) speaking?” “A-Ah y-yes it is!” You sat up at more attention, your heart skipping as you remembered the name being one of those that you applied for a position at.

“Splendid. I’m calling in regards to the application you submitted about our open Aquarist position. We have reviewed your application and would like to move forward in the process and would like to schedule an interview with you. Is this something you’d still be interested in?” “Y-YES! Yes of course I would be interested.” “Wonderful. We have open availability for interviews tomorrow afternoon if that works for you? If not I can schedule another time.” “Oh yes that works! I am free all of tomorrow, yes.” You didn’t want to get ahead of yourself right then and there, but this was the one sliver of hope you’ve had in weeks now.

“Splendid. Does 6PM at the Lounge sound good to you?” “Yes!” “Wonderful,” And there was the sounding of typing and clacking on the worker’s end of the call. “I put you in for 6PM tomorrow. You’ll be interviewing with Mr. Ashengrotto tomorrow night. He prefers to interview his staff himself, so when you arrive just ask for him and tell the front you’re here for an interview. Do you have any questions for me?” The worker asked, but her voice was more or less uncaring. Couldn’t blame her, a job was a job whether you liked it or not. “O-Oh uhm… no no I think I’ll save my questions for the interview process.” “Alright. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow then. Have a wonderful rest of your day.” “You as well!” And with that, and a click of the button, you hung up the call and let out a loud sigh of relief as you practically melted against the seat you were in. Finally, there was an opportunity SOMEWHERE and you did not plan on screwing this one up. Glancing at your phone again for the time, a smile cracked across your face. Perhaps things were finally about to turn around. Oh, you’d have to tell Trey when he was done with work! Oh but that would be a few hours, since it wasn’t even noon yet. Well, it would be soon, but the shop didn’t close til around 6pm. So for now, with new wind in your sails, you sat back up and went back to your laptop and continued to send out applications and check for any messages or notifications back from anyone. You knew you had to keep going because an interview doesn’t exactly mean you’re hired yet, so you’d have to keep casting your line for fish until you officially get the ‘You’re Hired!’ news.

Still, you were excited to see where this goes.

— A Few Hours Later —

Since you had known Trey for so long, you were allowed to stick around when they closed since they knew you were waiting for them. Once he was done cleaning up the counter, you saw a blur of pastels and green come slide in front of you. “So… I saw you got a call, any good news?” The young man asked, a gleam in his eyes. He was hopeful for you too, and he wanted to know all about it, too. He was a bit of a Nosy Rosy, of course!

“Mm! I got a call back from that big aquarium in the center of the city! I have an interview for them tomorrow!” “Oh. Well uh, good luck!” He seemed surprised. “I’m sure you’ll nail it.” With a placid smile upon his face, but something was the slightest bit off about it. You didn’t seem to notice due to being absolutely over the moon about your news. “I’m hoping this is the start of a bunch of return calls and emails. I know one interview doesn’t mean I’m going to get the job, but hey! It’s a step in the right direction, right?” “Mm. That it is. I do hope you get more offers, I’m sure there’s better positions out there for you, they just haven’t gotten a chance to look at you yet.” He said with a bit of a pleasant lilt to his tone to make it seem like he wasn’t worried or anxious. Again, you didn’t notice it. “So! You got any plans tonight? Or are you on babysitting duty again?” A hopeful gleam in your eyes, since you wanted to sort of “celebrate” with your friend, but he seemed to deflate with a little sigh. “Yeah, I’m on babysitting duty tonight. Sorry. My parents wanted to go to this show for months now and I told them I’d keep an eye on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tonight.” This caused you to bust out LAUGHING at how he just roasted his younger siblings. “HA! They sure do eat like them too! Gonna make sure they scrub their teeth real good, huh?” “Oh yeah. Who knows how they’ve been doing it without me there. They roll their eyes everytime I come over, but they can’t say no to their loving, doting big brother.” He chuckled fondly at the memory of his siblings all collectively groaned everytime he would say it was time to brush their teeth. Trey always made it like an olympic event, his one brother even said he could be a “Dental Athlete” with how fast and thorough he was with brushing his teeth.

“Well, I suppose I should get out of your hair so you can close up and head over to the Turtles, haha.” You laughed as you began to pack up your laptop and secure everything with what you came with. Sliding out from your chair, you made sure your little station was clean and even wiped it down with a napkin, cupping the crumbs in your hand and bringing it over to the trash can. Trey wiped down the table lastly and walked with you to the door. “I’ll see you tomorrow then?” As you met with him at the door, you looked up to those golden eyes who seemed to hold something behind them you didn’t notice. “Mm. I’ll text you, too. Just be careful, okay? Don’t be getting into any trouble. And be good at the interview. And uh, (Y/N)?” He paused his sentence, causing you to tilt your head. He had to think for a second before he inhaled and looked away, thinking for a split second before he turned to look back at you. “If it doesn’t work out, don’t force it. I’ve learned that uh… well, sometimes you really dodge a bullet if things don’t work out.” This threw you off, but you sort of understood what he meant? Just don’t push it at the job interview. Some jobs aren’t fit for you…. Or at least, that’s how you interpret it. Still, you nodded and cracked a little smile to him. “Alright. I won’t force it, but I’ll do my best! Thank you, Trey. You truly are a wonderful friend. May I have a hug?” You asked with open arms. You always loved his hugs.

“Of course you may. Be safe, I’ll talk to you later.” And the young man came forward and wrapped his arms around you, bringing you in for one soft, warm hug. He smelled like lemon from all the tarts he made today. Squeezing your arms around his back and placing your flat palms on his shoulder blades, you returned the hug with a big smile on your face. You could just hear his heartbeat just a little bit before you pulled away. “Alright. Good night Trey. See you later.” And with a little nod, you reached to place your hand on the door and pressed outwards to exit the shop. With a little hop in your step, walking back to your apartment seemed more optimistic than most days.

And as you left, Trey closed the shop door and looked on with a furrowed look on his face, frowning as he sighed and turned the sign on the door to ‘closed’.

Perhaps some things are better off not coming true.

// Notes: Heeeeyyy! Sorry it took so long for this short little chapter to come out! I had written half of it out but got really stuck and unmotivated for a bit there, but then I got back into it! So here's a little Trey for all your Heartslabyul lovers ;)

I hope you all enjoy it! And thank you all for the support on my first fanfic in years!!! I really appreciate it!

#twst #twisted wonderland #fanfic #waves #trey clover #mafia au #trey clover/mc #yuu #mc #trey clover/yuu #post modern college au

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WAVES

A TWST "Choose Your Ending" Post-Modern-College-Mafia-Themed Fanfiction (PROLOGUE)

Characters: GN!Yuu/Yuusona, Azul Ashengrotto, Jade Leech, Floyd Leech, Trey Clover, Other character mentions, minor OCs of mine for support

// Hey all! I've been thinking about writing this up for a while now and wanted to try my hand at writing fanfiction again after uh....years. So here's the first "installment" of "WAVES". I will write several "endings" with different canon characters where you can decide which route you want to read and go down. I have everything planned out but I want to gauge how it does before I continue to the next part so please send feedback!!! In the meantime enjoy it on here while I wait for an Ao3 invitation. Any feedback here will be greatly appreciated! Please and thank you!!! (´∀｀)♡ - Tweels Mun ♡

Reposting it again because broken tags messed up the OG post. Sorry!

// Choose your end has not begun. Prologue initiated.

______________________ Prologue: Daybreak_____________________

Bzz! Bzz! Bzz! Bzz! BZZ! BZZ! BZZ! BZZ!

You groaned and rolled over in your several layers of blankets, not wanting to get up despite your alarm clock practically about to Irish Jig it's way off your nightstand. You've always been a heavy sleeper, and no matter what time you went to bed, be it early or late, you always slept heavy like someone took you right out MK Style. Though that came with blessings, you could sleep through an intruder breaking in or your house collapsing and your friends always got on your ass about it. Eventually your alarm silenced and your phone screen said 'Missed Alarm: 7 AM' as it blew up with some texts from your friend group chat.

You always kept in touch with your friends from college, staying in a group chat with Trey, Ace, Deuce, Cater, and even Riddle who sometimes made a guest appearance. Of course, you had other friends you still texted, but there was nothing quite like the lovingly nicknamed "Notorious WEEBS" chat. Of course, Ace was the one who coined the term and Cater made a funny meme of Riddle's face edited with shades and a blunt in his mouth with lots of shitty sparkles all over it. Comedy gold, they said.

Today, however, they all knew you had a lot to do. You told them all that if you were not up at 7AM S H A R P, they were going to break out the big guns to get your ass out of bed. And once it was 7:01, your group chat was blowing up. You covered your head with your pillow in your grogginess so you didn't hear the vibrating phone before your ringtone started blasting. Trey's face covered in silly string and ornaments from a christmas party you all went to at his house appeared on your screen; he was calling. Over. and Over. and Over.

"Alriiigghhhhh....tt...." you groaned and rolled over, blindly grabbing for your phone and knocking it right off the nightstand. "...fuck." You an angry pout face before you huffed and rolled onto your other side to grab your phone, holding onto your night stand so you wouldn't fall right over the edge, just barely swiping it back up into your hand and swiping to answer. "I'mmm uuppp...." you groaned, wiping your left eye and shifting your weight to flop on your pillows again.

"Hahaha, good morning sleeping beauty!" Trey's lilted voice crackled over the phone. "You got a lot to do today, remember? Check your email to see if anyone reached out to you first before you go applying for jobs again. You never know how employers might reach out to you. Sometimes they don't call, they just email."

"Isn't that kind of an obsolete way of contacting someone?"

"Not at all! Sometimes we get orders through our email. It's mostly customer complaints, but it happens every now and then. Some old folks prefer it."

"Huh. I see your point." You spoke as you slowly started to push your weight upwards to sit up. It was a bit disorienting, but if you got up slowly you wouldn't get so dizzy (thanks vertigo!). "Ughhhh I don't wanna do thisss..."

"Welllllll you gottaaaaa..." Trey matched the whiney tone you had, laughing a bit on the other side of the phone. You and him always had been particularly close out of the group, mostly because you two both felt like you were both the parents of the friend group. Whenever Cater, Deuce, and Ace ran off to go do something stupid or whenever Riddle was about to kill them for doing said stupid something, you and Trey were always there to try and play clean up and calm the red-head down.

Once you sort of gathered your disoriented self, you shifted to hold the phone between your cheek and shoulder, pulling your leg up to fix your twisted socks. "Ugh... Alright alright, I'll start to make something to eat and what not.... Actually wait, are you going to be at the shop today? Kind of want a pastry, not gonna lie." Really just an excuse for you to not eat frozen waffles for the 4th time this week.

"Huh? Ah yeah, we're just about to open. Want me to save one of the croissants you love so much?"

"Why are you actually perfect? Absolutely. Whoever passes you up I swear they're missing out on an amazing guy, truly. You're the best, Trey."

"Hahahaha well thank you! I try!" His sweet laugh made you smile as you fixed up your other sock. "Alright, I'll swing by in ten. I'll see you then?"

"Sounds like a plan. See you soon. Take care." Shifting to take the phone in your hand, you pressed the end call button and sighed. Trey was always so sweet. Dare you even THINK of the corny comparison of saying he's sweeter than every pastry in the patisserie? Even the thought made you gag audibly. "Ugh, okay corny brain, lets get a move on." And so you pushed yourself up off the bed to shuffle over to your closet.

It took you a few minutes, but you eventually got yourself all dressed in your favorite casual wear and comfy shoes. You made sure to grab your wallet and phone and put them in their respective pockets since you were a creature of habit. If it wasn't those pockets, it was wrong! Plus you'd look like a fool looking in all the wrong places, so it was easier just having designated pockets for each object. Hell, you even decided to pack up your laptop and charger in their bag so you could sit at the shop and work on applications. It was like sitting in a coffee shop but better because you got to be around one of your favorite people.

Taking your keys, you headed out of your apartment and locked up tight, making extra sure it was closed and locked before you made your way down the steps of your 3 floor apartment building, heading out the locked front door and closing it behind you. You didn't live very far from the Patisserie, and since it was a nice early summer morning, the walk there would quite literally be a breeze. People were out walking their dogs already and it made you wonder exactly how people could be morning birds. Really, where do they get the energy to do this all the time? The world may never know.

Either way, making your way down to the Patisserie in ten minutes came and went as you crossed some streets to get to it. It was already starting to fill up with patrons, but it wasn't anywhere near crazy busy. From your own experience, rush time started around 8:30 and went well into the early afternoon.

When you stepped in, Trey was behind the glass pulling out orders for the customers at the register, smiling and giving you a little head nod when you came in before he went back to cashing out the customer at the front. You hopped in line a few people back and waited patiently until you got to the front, smiling when you came face to face with one of your best friends. "Hey stranger, can I get your usual?" he teased as he pulled out the croissant he had saved for you along with a cup of tea. "Figured you'd like a drink too, I know how you like your tea."

"Aw, thank you Trey. Here, keep the change." And you slid him a $20 bill that was more than double what you needed to pay. "What? But it's not even that much--"

"Consider it as a tip for knowing your customer so well." Trey was caught off guard with how smooth that was, a little blush crossing his cheeks as he laughed and gave in, taking the bill. "Alright alright, you win this time." "Thank you!" You flashed him a cheeky smile and a wink before you took your food and made your way over to a seat next to an outlet. Placing the food down on the little table, you pulled the laptop bag off your shoulders and set it down, sitting and getting comfy and placing the food to the side before you reached down to grab your laptop and put it in front of you.

Once everything got hooked up, you pressed the on button and waited for it to boot up, pushing it forward a bit so you could take your croissant and take a rather messy bite out of it. You could never eat without making a mess, but hey! It tasted divine since it was practically fresh, and sipping the tea right after? Perfect temperature of a herbal blend with just the right amount of sugar. Not too sweet, not too bitter. Just right. That man truly spoiled you, didn't he?

Once that screen illuminated 'Welcome, Yuu! Password:', you plugged in your password and got to work on both the croissant and getting your wifi connected to the shop's. Lots of applications sent in, lots of updates to check on, and lots of new applications to submit. And yet still no phonecalls or emails. Well, it was early, and even though you sent some of these applications weeks ago, nothing was going to stop you from sending more.

And thus began the hunt once again.

#twisted wonderland #twst #fanfic #azul ashengrotto #jade leech #floyd leech #trey clover

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