“Ooo, he’s got it hard!” Ares snickers.
“Hey, I’m just fucking saying-”
“So, since when?” Jayce asks, cutting me off.
I shove Ares to shut his damn mouth before glaring at Jayce. “Hey, she’s Heaven Somers, that ship ain’t going nowhere. Besides, we’re at war, man, I’m not going to waste time on love and shit. And I’m not hooking up with a Rossi for fun either. I mean, let’s learn from Jayce how awkward that shit becomes.” I snicker.
He throws a can at me, and I catch it before it connects with my face.
“Dickhead,” he mutters.
“Besides, I’m going to go out there and fight until I fucking die,” I remind them.
“We ain’t talking dying, alright. Come on, man. All of you,” Carter says, frowning. “We aim to survive this.”
We all nod. “Yeah,” we say in unison.
“Alright then, let’s drink to that, to doing everything in our power to survive,” Carter says.
He is the first to hold out his drink. Renji is second, then Ares. Jayce and I look at one another before we simultaneously hold our drinks out, clinking them with the others, before we drink to that.
To survive.
“Because we all deserve to live,” Renji murmurs with a determined nod.
“Yeah… guess so,” Ares says as he looks at me. I smile faintly before we all fall silent for a bit as we dig into the thirdpizza box.
“So, let’s play a game. Each of us has got to answer one question truthfully. No matter what, you’ve got to answer it,” Renji suggests, his eyes sparkling. “Shall we?”
“I hate this game already,” Ares grumbles.
“Fine, let’s do it,” Carter agrees. “Asking the person on our right works?”
“Yeah, that works,” Renji says, and I look at Carter. I’m unlucky enough to be on his right.
“I’ll start then. You got the hots for Heaven?” Carter asks.
“I thought we already went over this.” I frown.
“Na, you avoided it,” Renji reminds us. “So, answer truthfully. A Westwood keeps his word.”
I sigh heavily. What does it matter if they know? “Fine, yeah, she’s fit.”
They all break into catcalls and whistles, and I punch Carter in the arm, making him groan as he massages his arm, but it doesn’t wipe that smug smirk off his face.
“Alright, my turn. Ares, I ain’t going easy on you,” I warn, but have no idea what to ask him. “You like or love anyone?” I ask, knowing I’ve wasted it the moment he stares at me with a bored expression.
“No. I don’t,” he replies, flipping me off. “Renji, you and Shahira, how far have you gone?”
Renji frowns at him as I snicker. “I like this. Tell me, Ren,you don’t get scared around her, right? And can’t get it up or some shit?” I mock.
“We’ve kissed, and, like I said, we’re taking it slow. My turn.” He almost pouts as Carter snickers.
“I’m shocked they got that far,” he remarks, and I chuckle.
“Agreed, Renji being a good boy.”
“Hey, be nice, man,” Renji whines as Ares snickers. Jayce simply smiles, amused as he watches us. “Jayce, do you still love Sienna?”
