˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  "very nice of you to ask that, but no. i can't. what even makes you so sure he's the person you saw? it could just be someone else with a really... real funky haircut... you know?"

✧          🎀       𝐆𝐈𝐎   𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑   for   @pochaccoed ⋆ . ˚ ࿔

" why not get even and cheat on him too instead of crying like a pathetic loser ? "

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  "c-could you perhaps... not tell people that? did no one ever tell you it's bad to lie? you'll get wrinkles. i don't think you can afford to get wrinkles at your ripe age too... go tell her the truth... give her my number while you're at it."

✧          🎀       𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐘   𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑   for   @pochaccoed ⋆ . ˚ ࿔

" yes , i told her i'm with your child . i told you , you're mine . you better get used to it . "

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  harper was mid-reach for a pack of seeds before she turned to look at the male hauling a child. her jaw gaped slightly, looking around and checking to see if he could be talking to anyone else. she was the only one in the aisle. "wha—... excuse me?" she asked, swallowing hard. "could you not have asked? does it look like i know your sisters flow? it... it must be big if she pushed that out..."

✧          🎀       𝐒𝐀𝐌  𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑   for   @pochaccoed ⋆ . ˚ ࿔

" hey ! hey , new girl !! yeah you . can you help me for a bit . i'm running an errand for my sister . she told me to get her tampons , what size do i get ? she pushed out this gremlin here if that helps . "

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  "c-can you remove it," freddie asked sheepishly, feeling like he was being branded like a cow with the hand hanging in the back pocket of his jeans. "your hand feels too warm.. it's melting the goods." he, of course, was talking about the wad of chocolate coins he had in his back pocket—white chocolate, of course. he had to wrestle his sister to try and get those and he didn't want to say he won fairly. his mother said it wasn't good to lie.

✧          🎀       𝐊𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐘  𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑   for   @pochaccoed ⋆ . ˚ ࿔

" wha —— excuse me !! i was not trying to steal from you . for your information , my hand was in your pocket because your butt looked cute and i wanted to touch it ... like nemo !! "

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  "yeah! how else am i supposed to read the tea leaves? they don't move otherwise... duh." nabi's eyes rolled, completely getting the art wrong. she leant back as lips were pursed, scrunching her nose back. "yeah, the kiss of death." she heaved after, looking at the other to ensure that she wasn't too offended.

"you can't either! i can still see liquid in the cup." she was half tempted to shake nabi a little to make more of it's content slosh over the sides. "i do," she punctuated her words with a pointed purse of her lips. "i give great kisses."

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  "it wasn't a favour to me!" violet cut the other off, wrapping her arm around oke's and pulling her with her. "oh, if that's the case then you won't ever leave. may as well start living together," violet joked, it felt like she was pulling along a dog that didn't want to continue on their walk. "good to see you have money for pain relief." she deadpanned, rolling her eyes.

"anyone who's a fan of big naturals... — personally, haven't seen any i didn't like..." that was not the point !! but, oke will digress. "i am not planning on leaving, no worries. at least not until i make it up to you." how much was it, again ?? god, the thought of spending any amount of money pained her. that was normal. clearly. "look... — dinner is a good idea, yes. i also gotta run to the pharmacy real quick. i can sense a headache coming, and it's not gonna be pretty, dude..."

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . while his methods made no sense at all, leah simply turned into a mother who didn't care what their child was doing, so long as they were having fun and being safe. "h-horse?" she clung to the males arm, not quite ever admitting to her fear of horses out loud, but there was signs. "shut up, might have big teeth but at least i'm not a mouth breather like you, you absolute goblin." she shoved cain away as he walked to the bathroom. "do you have to use a branding iron? what are the neighbours going to think if they hear gunshot type noises?!" she went to follow, but was halted at the door. "then we'll have to go to another dogs trust then, because i got banned from the last dogs trust too and that was because i was dropping bones off too. do they have to go to the dogs trust? why can't you just... i dunno. bury them? they're animal bones, it's not like you'd get in trouble for it! besides, if you get in trouble again, i'm sure my mums got a nice jacket you can borrow for court. might even have a matching skirt too. we could match! couples items."

                ˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥         "yeah, i'm— making it vegan? to save a sheep, you've to kill a few cows. i got the cow at tesco, so it could be horse meat for all we know." pondering for a moment at remembering the woman he abducted, his head suddenly shifted to the sound of the bang from the bathroom. slow-panning back to leah, he gave a sigh. "leah, the horse is here." already trying to worm his way out of the situation, he'd figured the woman was already dead before trying to clean up his mess. "yours are bigger because i haven't been to turkey ... i'm already expecting you to get veneers. you can barely close your mouth as is, so altering that further is going to leave you looking like a patient of lockjaw." ignoring the pathetic pleas on halting with the bleach, he began to make his way back to the bathroom. "if you hear a gunshot— it's my cow branding item i got off of temu. i dunno, whichever kid made it had a sick sense of humour. oh, i'll need you helping me carry out some bones later. you can donate them to dogs trust, but you've to go in they'll look a bit funny and i'm banned. i got accused of their staff going missing last time, so i'm not going to court again— i couldn't get a fucking blazer for my hearing in zara."

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . "...what do you mean you can't touch your toes? standing up or sitting down? bending at the knees doesn't count, by the way." / @luvticon

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . "i could only wish to work for the onion. what's the carnivore equivalent? the sausage? the chipolata? i did, however, just post a column about how to come down from the high of three people reacting to your message with 'haha'. you should take a read!" / @khianat

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . "i don't want a curly whirly," maxine sighed, sitting on the other to keep them still. "i just want... let me get a little bit," scalpel in her hand. "i just wanna see what your blood type is! i can know more about your personality then!" / @cinnamcroll

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . "if you asked for no pickles then you get no pickles. i'm not going to take pickles out of your burger just to fuck with you? and you can TELL my boss i cursed at you! i'm hanging by a thread and living on a prayer at this place!" / @allbettr

i'm dropping new muses later.. please like this if you'd like a starter from one 😁

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . "okay, okay... elvis presley on hot ones... but he's just eating 10 normal grapes. yet, he's still crying and sweating. thoughts?" / @allbettr

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . after seeing the realisation settle on the others face, violet yawned softly before pulling herself out of her shirt and up off of the couch. "i got it." she murmured, sleuthing her way into the baby's bedroom. it'd been long enough for her to understand which floorboards creaked and which ones didn't and she could see where the jingly mobiles were hanging. the young woman was able to grab both bottles with ease—she'd left another one in there from her stint earlier. she overlooked the baby as they lay sleeping in their crib, wondering how something so small could face so much heartbreak unbeknownst to them, or how they could make so much noise and chaos. backing up out of the room, she shut the door quietly and exhaled deeply, leaving the room unscathed.

padding back into the living area, violet sighed before picking up the few soiled muslin cloths from feeding earlier, motioning to tehui to follow her out into the kitchen. she began to load the bottles into the dishwasher and put a washing load on for the cloths, the first time all day she'd had a moment to put their little home in order. she was expecting more fight between the two of them, more disagreement on 'parenting' methods; but she soon quickly realised that they were both just managing to survive, there was no room for arguments. they were both exhausted. violet listened to tehui talk, before leaning against the kitchen counter. "no," she said softly. "i don't want to leave you on your own." that wasn't coming from a place of mistrust, but more out of a place of support; she knew she'd lose her mind if she was on her own so soon. "plus, a lot of my friends aren't parents, you know?" her smile was weak, still coming to terms with her new title. "do... do you not have anywhere to be? anyone to see?"

fatigue finally wearing him down, making his sloppy body melting away into the soft fabric of the couch. he hadn't expected none of it to be easy. however, he had underestimate which conflict would be the worse. he had been waiting for it to be the coexistence with violet, ready to shout, fight and crawl his way off the department every time. yet there's wasn't any time. for anything. and if he had to be honest, the only thing he could share right now with the young girl was sympathy. an utter empathy for their positions. he knew both of them wanted to make the best. wanted to honored their friend and having his child grow up the best they could. yet that seemed so far away now, between diapers and warm milk, the future seem unattainable. his whole life consumed by a small creature that only woke up to make their lives miserable.

'shit, the bottle' he had made a mental note to carry it out of the room, now absolutely scared to go in and wake up umi, there was no way the small beverage could be retained. 'did you got any rest today?' he wasn't a monster, he knew the girl was working as hard as him and had spent the night making sure everything was perfect for the little kid. the least he could do was give her some time, drifting shifts. 'i can stay up tonight, maybe you can go out? hang with friends?' the prospect of staying alone was utterly terrifying. they both had taken the job seriously since the first day, despite their differences, they had joined to make sure the baby was never alone. he realized he had somehow gotten used to her help. wasn't sure what that meant for him now.

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . nabi was still hung up on what sage was. how could she ask yuri? what if he judged her? she was meant to be a Supreme Cult Connoisseur, how could she not know what sage was? would she be able to tell the difference in a blind lineup with other herbs? her biggest hurdle would be with oregano, she reckoned. but then again, nabi didn't even know what oregano was. wasn't that a place? her arm was still around the client, rubbing the arm closest to her in a soothing manner. "r-right!" nabi stuttered as she was corrected. "sorry, haha! silly me! his ex partner was called shaun, with an s and a h, not sean with an s and an e!"

"no, you havent!!" nabi called out, as if it was a call and response at a pantomime. "yuri, yuri! he's our man, if yuri can contact spirits, no one can!" she began to cheer, before looking down at the woman beside her. "that was a bit half-assed from you, ma'am. do you want to be haunted by shaun for the rest of your life?" nabi asked the client with a straight face, before rolling her eyes and letting go, giving a mini salute to her coworker and standing, looking in what seemed to be every nook and cranny for something that could resemble ghostly energy. when a ghostly wedgie was mentioned, nabi stood straight with a gasp, bringing her hand to her mouth. "no!! oh, ma'am, we need to make sure there's no ghosts left! what if you get a wedgie and we're not here to save you! oh, yuri, we can’t let that happen to... uh..." she looked down at her hand and the smudged ink. "...mrs swift! smith? sift..." nabi looked towards the elderly woman for any clarification that she got the name right.

yuri had always been weak to pretty girls, and his track record showed that he put far more emphasis on their appearance than on their intellect. he'd once hooked up with a girl who eagerly believed that the earth was flat, and he'd only felt a little bad afterwards !! needless to say he could handle someone as ... quirky as nabi. someone who invented things about his life at almost the same pace as he did. he'd even return the favour, once in a while -- he had told his sexy, sexy secretary that nabi was flirting with him, for instance, in an attempt to get her off his back. that poor woman was the first coworker he hadn't attempted to bed !!

still, he felt the need to correct her on the misinformation, which seemed rather slanderous. ❝ my ex was named shaun, not braxleightyn ... but don't worry, ❞ he coolly reassured the two, mistaking nabi's timidity for genuine fear of the occult. ❝ have i ever failed to eliminate a spirit ?? i was top of my class, you know. ❞ was that even a thing ?? did mediums go to spirit school ?? was that what americans meant by ❛ spirit week ❜ ?? he'd have to give that a google when he got home, but at the moment, he was busy burning bunches of sage and reciting some real-sounding-yet-very-fake latin spells, effectively driving away the spirit ( he stopped hitting the underside of the table with his knees ). ❝ nabi, can you make sure it's gone ?? you're better than me at finding the spirits. we need to cleanse this place entirely, don't you think ?? wouldn't wanna risk a ghostly wedgie on your way out. ❞

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . he was still nose in the book until danbi took it off of him, sighing for being forced to give her all of his attention. "i'll miss you as much as a hole in the head," he deadpanned, watching as she paced. as a side thought, he didn't really care for the lavish parties or other annoying events he had to attend alongside the woman. he felt more like a glorified babysitter than anything else. "you think running away is shaking things up?" arlo asked, moving his hands to rest at the back of his head. "s'pose it does shake things up a bit when you're panicking and have no idea how to explain to your parents that you're stuck in a window. or that youv'e got dirt all down your dress."

his playful demeanor incite her arrogance, taking her chance at him, she softly took the book on his hands to get all of the attention. 'you're gonna miss me so badly, what you gonna do when im gone, hm?' she had a track record of failures, something she hide away in her mind, pretending small parties with his bodyguard there were still some type of victories. he had found her every time, accompanying her to annoying events she was sure did not made for a pleasant time for the young boy. 'don't you want to shake things up a bit sometime? make something...wild'

˖ ࣪ . 🧸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . louie flapped a little from excitement. finally, someone understood her name! they didn't think he just really liked lilo and stitch. "o-oh... it's... it's really a person?" he asked, eyes widening in shock. "i thought... i though they were a made up person. you know, like keanu reeves!"

          ❛ . . . — i thought lilo was short for scoliosis. you gotta put some respect on the full government name, ❜ dawn says teasingly, her attention still focused on the cute kitten rolling around on the floor before them. ❛ don't tell me you've never heard of aretha franklin, louie. are you fucking with me ? ❜