not sure where everyone is.
NOOOO!!!!
don't say that!! i’m sure it's cute! happy ur finding some alone time tho! pretty sure Jesse and Charlie would die if they weren't up my ass 24/7 lol.
Tara
I chuckled, rolling my eyes. We'd managed to find a few times to hang out just the two of us, but shedidhave a point. There was definitely more time that Tara spent with at least one of her pack than without them. If I didn't know better, I’d almost think it made me jealous.
Pressing the two buttons on my tablet, I took a screenshot of my progress to forward over to her.
see? mayb it’s the color or smth?
uhhhh??? i see how SLAY it is, i want that one when you're done, the purple will look perfect with my setup!!
just gotta find some room on the wall…
Tara
I flushed. Tara was probably just trying to hype me up—she was a master hype woman. The kind of girl who always found something nice to say about somebody else.
It made me feel good that she liked it, even if I wasn't entirely confident in the piece myself. But… the idea of her hanging one of my drawings in her room, especially if it would be in view of one of the half a dozen cameras she used for her streaming setup, made me feel a little shy.
Okay, fuck that,majorlyshy.
i’ll think abt it.
wyd?
boreeddd
wanna go out this week?
i don't rly have a plan yet, but i need to drink and shake some ass!! tired of being a housecat lmao
Tara
I actually laughed out loud at her message, picturing the dark-haired omega’s big personality stuffed inside the body of a tiny, fluffy four-legged feline—then I laughed again, because I’d just flawlessly described Tara’s kitty companion, Inky.
Leave Inky out of this! i’d love to, i’m pretty free this week, msg me, and we can work it out when you're ready?
At her thumbs-up react, I tossed my phone back onto the cushions, zooming back into my piece to continue coloring. I was second-guessing how much purple I used, but since she liked it so much, I pressed on, leaning into the artpop style like some kind of modern Warhol.
Well, if Warhol still struggled with not making hands look fucked, at least.
In the silence between songs as the album looped, Indi’s raised voice penetrated my space, muffled by the noise-cancelling of my headphones and the floor between us. I pulled one of my earbuds out, curiosity winning out over my desire to pretend I was home alone. Indigo wasn’t exactly the type toyell, goofy and unserious in a way that was charming as much as it was disarming.
It was part of the reason why I'd been so drawn to him. He wasn't your typical growlly alpha, too busy being silly to worry too much about typical pack dynamics and doing things theproperway. Perfect for me, since I didn't really fuck with the weird ritualization of modern courting—buy me presents because you want to, not because it's expected in some freaky tradition to show me that you can provide for me or some other designation-based hierarchical bullshit.
I can do that myself, thank you very much.
It was quiet, leaving me listening hard and wondering whether or not I'd imagined the disturbance in the first place, until the distinct cadence of the alpha's voice drifted from the first floor again. It was too muffled to hearexactlywhat he was saying from up here, but he must've been shouting pretty loud for me to have caught anything.
Curiosity took over as I pulled out my other earbud, leaving them and my tablet behind as I eased open the door of my nest and crept into the hall. The stairs could be creaky, so I was careful to walk quietly as I approached the top of the landing. Based on the sound, clearer with every step as I approached, they were probably in Marcus’ precious kitchen or maybe the dining room beside it.
“We shouldn't even be having this talk without Joon,” Indigo snapped, their irritation obvious. They had a playtest this morning, and based on their tone, they were running a bit late, so whatever the alphas were arguing about had to be important.
Though it didn't really matter if it was important or not, once I'd heard my name, there was no chance I was moving any time soon.
