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oh no cigarettes for me thanks i just wanted to be in this dank alleyway with you

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museum dates

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BETTER DAYS  少年的你 (2019) dir. Derek Tsang

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Luis and Alexis Laying On a Red Car

CDMX 2020

By Guarionex Rodriguez Jr

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Maybe you weren’t the one for me, but deep down I wanted you to be.

Khalid; Coaster (via thoughtkick)

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anime irl

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Get in the car I want to drive to the desert and stop somewhere nobody can hear me howl and I want to hold your hand under the stars and gulp in the moon and tell you secrets while picnicking on the hood of my car and I want to scream for an hour until I'm deflated and gentle again and I can kiss you without either of us shaking

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Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.

Neil Gaiman, The Kindly Ones (via thelovejournals)

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— Clever as the devil

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ and twice as pretty. 

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But this is nice, right?

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Eight Ball | White Rook

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“Can I play?” a voice came from the side as a few bodies moved toward the group lingering by the pool table. Marley placed her gin and tonic on the corner of the pool table. “Why don’t we do teams, huh? I’ll take you, and uh-Devan, why don’t you take Tae.” she said, pointing to the boy across the pool table.

“Oh c’mon, why can’t I get the pretty femme?” Devan said obnoxiously, nodding in Lyn’s direction as she walked past them to get her hands on a pool stick. Her baggy cargo pants hung around her hips, letting the skin of her stomach show under her cropped cami. 

Marley snorted, “Fine, why don’t you guys pick?” she said, turning to face Lyn and Tae. She leaned her balance on the pool stick that stood straight at her center against the floor, Devan standing beside her with her hand in her pocket. While looking at the pair, Marley teased in Lyn’s direction, silently pointing her thumb at her chest with a goofy grin while mouthing ‘pick me pick me’. 

“She’s telling you to pick her, ain’t she?” Devan said dryly while facing straight, not even looking at Marley beside her. 

Wren laughed softly with some space behind them, her arms naturally crossed, as she decided which side of the pool table to make herself comfortable. She saw Cindy and nodded at the girl, having seen her earlier that week at the library while they studied with Rafael. When Wren noticed G, she realized she knew the least about the boy and moved slowly toward him to stand shoulder to shoulder facing the table their friends made chaos around. “I take it you’re not much of a pool player?” she said slowly between the two of them, just slightly leaning over in his direction. 

Lyn's feet bounced back and forth looking at their two new friends argue with who gets to be her partner, she doesn't know much about them yet but it was a good to be wanted, so she made sure her smile was wide and bright. 

Meanwhile Tae makes a fake gasp, clutching his heart, feeling dejected but not really since he and Cindy basically do that with Lyn every morning, both wanting attention and her easygoing personality. Given their frequency, Lyn was getting used to diffuse situations like those, "We can switch partners and play a second game after! So I'll start with Marley on this one and Tae will be Devan's partner, okay?" she walks closer to Marley, brushing their shoulders and grinning at her, "Hello, Marley, you look pretty today."

Tae makes a gesture for Devan to join him on the other side of the table, putting on a serious face to say, "Let's get things clear from the start: I suuuuck at this game," he chuckled breaking his posture completely, scratching the back of his hair, "You're the tattooer, right? Very nice to meet you and have you as my partner for what promises to be a disastrous game, I'm Jang Tae-Seong but everyone calls me Tae." He performed a curtsy, much like women in the 17th century. Lyn isn't the only cute one here, he thought.

Cindy's eyes caught Wren's when she nodded, her hand was up doing a wave to greet her back but it stop mid-air as she realized where she was heading and sure enough, it was to speak with her ex. It's fine, she says to herself, keeping her eyes focused on Lyn and Marley chatting instead. 

Seiji was not her boyfriend anymore and hadn't been for over five months, by now she expected to be able to see him talking with other girls instead of feeling jealous and selfish. She lowered her arms, letting them drop over her knees and she suddenly wished she had a drink to hold, eyeing at the bar, figuring she could order something and put it on Max's tab. 

Instead of following Cindy walking to the bar with his eyes, G kept his attention on the new person talking to him, he was polite even if he wasn't charming to talk to, "Compared to those two?" he says talking about Tae and Lyn, "I'm Michael Phelps compared to them which means I am capable of winning some and losing some most of the time." he smiled faintly, "What about you? I bet you could join them as a third team all by yourself and still win against them."

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The Birdcage | White Rook

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Summer looked up as she made Evan and Max’s drinks, sporting a wide grin when Evan asked where she was from considering the three of them all had accents of their own. “I’m Australian.” she said proudly before looking back down briefly to see what she was doing.

“And proud.” Sunshine groaned with an air of humor, “Don’t ask her about it or she’ll start talking in idioms all night long.” they teased, and Summer blew her tongue at them in retaliation. 

“Little Freidrich here is just mad that their accent isn’t as attractive.” Summer teased dryly before sliding two drinks across the bar in Max and Evan’s direction. “Bottoms up, and the devil laughs.” she joked, and Raf choked on his drink to laugh at her. 

“That’s not what your papa said last night in my bed.” Sunshine teased in their loose German accent, and it always seemed like Sunshine and Summer existed in a world that was only theirs, and everyone else was just in the space around them. 

Summer’s face straightened, “Dude.”

Rafael’s lips thinned in an awkward smile and his eyes bounced around between the four people around him. “Yikes.”

Summer rolled her eyes, immediately turning around to tap her fingers against the tablet on the other side of the bar that she used to charge people.

“What are you doing?” Sunshine called to her, “Summer Habibah Abdelaziz, what are you doing?” they called again, leaning closer over the bar.

“Shots on Sunshine!” they called with a laugh, not hesitating to set out five shot glasses, holding a bottle over them and letting the alcohol drip slightly onto the counter as she filled them up.

“Oh, hurentochter.” Sunshine mumbled to his dearest friend, son of a bitch. 

Summer looked back over at the boys, “Summer.” she half smiled, finally introducing herself. “And this is Sunshine, and Rafael obviously. You guys seem to know each other. I met you both that one night Cora was in town right? Briefly but, I remember you guys and your friends.” 

Sunshine’s personality always calmed slightly when talking to people one on one, whereas they grew more colorful in group settings due to a need to be the center of attention. They leaned their head on their hand when listening to Max talk, “I go by they/them, very sexy of you to ask.” they smiled, and flinched when Summer flicked their head despite being involved in her own conversation. As a group, Rafael’s eyes darted and he looked down into the drink he was nowhere near finishing when Max asked how they’d met. 

Sunshine looked up at Summer as if for permission before shrugging, “I live with Marley who I go to Uni with. Marley and Summer used to date and I met Summer through Marley and we fell in love instead, but now we’re all just friends.” they grinned, and though Sunshine and Marley were also close, Sunshine valued their friendship with Summer so dearly. 

Rafael chimed in, “I met Wren through King, Wren and Marley are old friends, and now we’re all here. Long story short.” he smiled, and without trying there was always such a genuine charm in his eyes. “You and Evan are childhood friends right? Crazy that you both ended up here. Are you guys studying, or just picked D.C. to spend your 20s?” he asked, truly interested but unsure. “I know you are, Evan, since you’re roommates with Wade.” he added, realizing after the fact. 

Evan took a large sip of the drink served to him, looking at the glass pleased with how it tasted, he raised his glass and nodded at Summer as a thank you, this is great type of gesture.

Sunshine and Summer clearly had a good relationship, their banter flowing easy and non-stop, the energy was similar to watching some of their friends talk among themselves, Evan was sure that it wouldn't take long before this whole new group of people becomes a part of his close social circle and besides, it offered him a whole new territory of other people that they know for Evan to know and flirt. He had no interest in getting involved with anyone he considers friends, not wanting awkward situations like the one they had with Cindy and G, but friends of friends? That's a go for him.

Max tried to keep the names Summer and Sunshine spoke as a footnote in his head, always enjoying knowing others better, like when Sunshine answered his question. Now Max knew to use their proper pronouns, "Thank you, I'll make sure to use them," he responds not minding Sunshine's flirty talk. Their focus shifting to him and Evan, Max perked up as he got to tell why they're so close, "My mum and Evan's dad are best friends since university and lucky me my mum got pregnant not too long after Evan's mum did, so we were also born in the same hospital too."

"And our families are neighbours," Evan completed, his voice much somber than Max happy tone, "Yes, they are, so I just don't know what's life without Ev, we're always together!" he looks at Evan to see if he wants to answer their other question, "Uh yeah, that's basically it. My mom is American, I have family here which is why I decided to come over to study in DC. Queenie here," Evan drops his hand on Max's shoulder, "He was supposed to move back to the UK once we graduate high school, but he says he can't "abandon" me or Valerie." 

It was partly true, the bigger reason being that Max needed a break from his family, even if he already was years away from them but with the internet it wasn't like his parents didn't find ways to get him involved in their divorce not divorce situation. He just wouldn't stand being there, he's barely holding it thousands of kilometres away. But that was his personal business, Evan knew his friend didn't want more people to know about his situation.

"Where is Wade, by the way? And King." Evan shifts their focus to someone else, "Didn't they come with you, Raf?"

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