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"I'll see you tomorrow then Willow?"
"Yup! Bye Luz, don't die on your way home!"
"No promises!"
Luz's hands were shoved inside her jacket pockets as she stumbled along the side walk, dreading getting back to her dorm. "Stupid Blight...why do I have to get roomed with her!?" Her mumbles got her some weird looks in the streets but she didn't take any notice. "Like seriously! There is, what...1000 people in our university? And SOMEHOW I got stuck with her!" It bothered her day and night the fact that she was roomed with the most snooty girl in all of campus.
They'd known each other in high school, Luz and Amity. She'd tried getting to know the girl at first, becoming friends with Amity was her main goal throughout most of the year. But Amity had rejected her friendship harshly, calling her 'dumb' and 'weird', so the two gained a sort of 'rivalry' like relationship. Luz had forgiven Amity after they left high school, not being one to hold grudges, but when they got roomed together some of her old feelings re-surfaced.
All her inside thoughts had taken up most of the journey home and soon she was at the front door, taking in a couple deep breaths. "Hello?" She called as soon as she shut the door behind her, but she didn't get an answer. 'Phew, she must not be home-' Before she could finish her thought a large crash was sounded from upstairs and Luz bolted to where she heard the noise, funny enough it landed her straight in the jaws of the beast.
Amity's bedroom.
It was pink, very pink, though it wasn't a girly girl kind of pink, the type that makes you want to scratch your eyes it. It was just a very aesthetically pleasing room, unlike Luz's bundle of chaos that could barely be called a room.
"Blight, you in there?" She asked, staying close to the exit of the room in case the teal-haired girl was in one of her awful 'moods' and decided to attack. "What the hell do you want Noceda?" The hiss in the girls voice made Luz step back slightly, she looked over to see Amity on the floor looking extremely pissed off with an Ikea manual in her hand. "Huh?" Luz tilted her head in confusion, just angering Amity more. "WAIT- Amity Blight...the 'famous' and 'all powerful' Amity Blight, can't even put together a bookshelf?" A snort escaped her lips and Amity stood up, pointing a sharp finger right in Luz's face.
Luz let out a squeak as Amity's angered face came up close to hers. "Zip it Nitwit!" Amity huffed out, bringing her finger down and wrapping her hand around Luz's wrist. "Hey- what are you doing!?" After being dragged inside Amity's room, Luz finally snatched her wrist back and rubbed it with a wince. "Your going to help me-" At that statement, Luz's eyes widened and she backed up. "Oh no way! I have better things to be doing than helping you with- with that!" She pointed harshly towards the dismantled bookshelf.
Before she left she turned to look at Amity one last time. 'Why does she look so miserable over a bookshelf?' Letting out a sigh, Luz walked back over to Amity and sat down next to her on the bed. "Right, so in the manual it says...aha! Step one, get these two identical pieces..." As Luz read through the manual Amity stared at her in confusion. "Why are you helping me?" She questioned, her arms folded and a pout on her face, like she was expecting Luz to say 'sike' and walk out the room. "Mmmm, because you looked sad and I'm a nice person..." Luz hummed out, a smirk on her face.
"Ehh, that's debatable!"
"Shut up Blight-"
"Nope."
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"And your certain you read the manual right?" The two girls were stood side by side, looking at their creation. "Duh! Maybe this is how its meant to look?" Luz scoffed, folding her arms over and giving Amity a side-glare. "Noceda...your so dumb! That's not what a bookshelf is meant to look like!" A groan came from Amity as she face-palmed, shocked by Luz's stupidity. "It's 2020, bookshelves can look however they want to!" Luz mumbled, feeling pretty offended by Amity calling her 'dumb'.
Amity snatched the manual from Luz's grasp and read through the instructions. "I think you read the manual backwards-" With a roll of her eyes, Luz walked over to see what Amity was on about. "I did not! What are you- Ohh..." She had indeed been reading the manual backwards this whole time. "You are so useless, oh my god!" Amity groaned, pulling her hair out in frustration.
It was meant to take 30 minutes to put the bookshelf up, it's already been an hour and a half. "Look! All we have to do is reassemble it...that shouldn't take to long!"
By the time every little piece was re-constructed, and all the fights between the girls in between, they finally managed to get it done. The two lay flat out on Amity's bed, "Why did that have to take so long!" Luz groaned, banging her head against the bed. "Because someone decided to take a break in-between to watch cat videos!" Amity gave Luz a side glance, causing the brown-haired girl to sit up and smirk. "Don't act like you didn't like them Blight, I saw that smile on your face" A blush appeared on Amity's face and she turned away, not daring to look back.
"Well it's over now! You can go back to your room and leave me alone!" Amity got up from her spot and grabbed Luz by the arm, dragging her to the doorway. "Alright! Alright, jeez. Don't have to be so rough with my weak nerd arms!" Luz pouted and headed out the room, glancing back at Amity.
"I had fun Blight, we should hang out more" After giving a wink to the teal-haired girl Luz hurried back to her room, leaving Amity standing shocked in the doorway. 'Didshejustwinkatmeohmygod' All her thoughts were crowded with that one wink, her face went bright red and she slammed her door shut, getting back into bed and screaming into her pillow.
Luz sat in her bedroom, her phone clasped tightly in her hand as she messaged her group chat.
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man with dah plan: u guys r so gay 4 each other :)))
luzura: omg! we r not, square up bruv (ಠ_ಠ)ง
plant mother: you literally helped her set up a book shelf, and winked...sorry luz im with gus on this one-
man with dah plan: hell yh! see luzzy?
luzura: gawd do not address me by that awful nickname (;-_-)/
plant mother: so...dya like her?
luzura: n o o o o o o o o
man with dah plan: autocorrect sucks, ik u meant to say yes
luzura: shaddup!
plant mother: maybe we should get some sleep?
man with dah plan: ......
luzura: ......
plant mother: what-?
luzura: ahem willow check the time ヾ( ･'⌓'･)ﾉﾞ
plant mother: 9pm is a respectable time to sleep
man with dah plan: she is the mom friend-
plant mother: I- at this point im just accepting that u guys are pure and utter children and if I have to be the so called 'mom friend' then fair enough
luzura: night mom
*luzura has logged off*
man with dah plan: night mom
*man with dah plan has logged off*
plant mother: oh lord...
*plant mother has logged off*
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After a few sniggers, Luz logs off her phone and places it beside her on her desk. She lay awake, staring at the ceiling for a moment, her mind still focussing on a certain girl who lived with her. Was she really starting to think of Amity as more than just...her rival? The two had been like that since she got rejected in high school, it'd be a tad weird if they just changed all a sudden. Plus Amity still despised her guts so I guess everything will just stay the same?
There was a slight ache in Luz's chest when she thought of that, would staying as enemies do more harm then good? All these thoughts in her mind started to give Luz a headache so she cleared her mind and snuggled up to her pillow. Sleep overtook her sometime later.