*the UNholy trinity*

-the light 🤍-

-the dark 🖤-

-the life 💋-

the light 🤍

yo bitchass

how'd the meeting with the hawt guys go 🥵

the life 💋

um they're literally my brothers wtf sky

the dark 🖤

um well let's just say one of them is hawt as fuk 🥶

the light 🤍

oooh who bitchhh

the dark 🖤

shhhhh

the life 💋

i hate u 2 idiots oof

the light 🤍

shh, u luv us 💩

*the band*

-corbone 🎮-

-danny 🕶-

-zek 💫-

-jek 💤-

-dad ☕-

dad ☕

ok guys, so what do we think abt crystal

danny 🕶

she cool, but calls me a giraffe -_-

jek 💤

u do look like 1. well anyways, she's chill man

zek 💫

butterfly? yah, i like her. shes fine ig 🤷‍♂️

corbone 🎮

good, shes gon live with us now so thats great

jek 💤

hol up hol up

danny 🕶

wait wha-

zek 💫

um- care to elaborate?

dad ☕

yeah so corb called me yesterday and asked if crystal could stay with us. she basically lived with skylar until now and skylar's doing in-person college now and well, they both say crystal cannot handle herself alone since shes had quite a dark past.

corbone 🎮

eh yeah, so i hope u guys dont mind that. she's kinda like my lil sis and  i cant let her stay alone...

danny 🕶

ya man , were ok w it

jek 💤

thats cool, but u could of told us earlier

zek 💫

yah i mean we do have a shit ton of spare rooms

corbone 🎮

great man, i love yall and appreciate this, thanks. ima go let rys know about her new arrangement now

dad ☕

wait she- doesnt know-

setting his phone down, corbyn drives to crystal's and skylar's. LA traffic making it hard for him to reach quickly. as he got stuck in the fourth signal, he took out his phone and called skylar. one ring, two rings, three rings, four rings, and finally at the fifth one, just as corbyn got impatient, a voice spoke. it wasn't skylar's.

"hey corboner!" crystal's sweet voice spoke.

"hey rys," he said; shaking his head at the atrocious nickname, "can you hand the phone to skylar?"

"you don't wanna speak to me?" she whined from the other side.

"i'm on my way there right now. but can you please hand the phone to skylar?" he spoke, starting to drive again.

"fine," he could practically hear the pout in her voice. he let a small smile at her childishness.

"ayo corolla," another, more harsh voice spoke.

"um, corolla is the biological name for petals. what even do you mean?"

"enough with your gyaan, tell me what's up?" she says. sky and crys both had the tendency to say hindi words in between sentences. gyaan meant knowledge, which corbyn knew as he practically grew up with them.

"the boys said that she can live with us. even if they had said no, i'd have convinced them but that's another thing."

"oh wow. i'm glad. so, we're gonna tell her together, right?" skylar said, anxiousness clear in her voice.

"of course, sky. but i'm really not sure about how she will handle it."

"well, we'll see as soon as you get here." and with that, the phone call ended, and corbyn took a right, driving into the street where their apartment was.

with just one knock, crystal opens the door, hugging the dyed blonde tightly. soon, skylar joined the hug, making it a group hug. their bond, it could never be broken. not even the worst thing in the world could break up this friendship. they had been through each other through thick and thin. and it was meant to be that way.

"crystal, we need to talk to you," corbyn starts, breaking up their group hug. crystal pulls a face,

"is it a serious talk?"

"yes, it is. take a seat," skylar says, "i'm leaving for in-person classes, as i told you. and you can't stay alone so..."

"you're gonna stay with me and the band," corbyn finishes.

"another thing is, i'm gonna have to leave in two weeks as the new semester starts..." skylar says, scared of the younger girl's reaction to the situation.

"oh... that's fine with me," crystal says, looking at her lap.

"no it's not. i can tell. i know it's difficult and you know, we're going to keep facetiming and talking over call. and besides, it's only for this semester. and then i'll be back!"

"only this semester?" corbyn questions.

"yes, just this. mostly because this is the most important semester and it's better if i'm going offline."

"oh, i guess i'll be fine then but i'll miss you dearly, light," crystal says, skylar smiling at the use of the meaning of her middle name.

"i know, and i'll miss you too, dark," she responds.

"me too, come back soon, light," corbyn says.

"of course, life."

they all break into fits of laughter. they never actually address each other by these nicknames. grade three, they made up these names. crystal and skylar's because of their middle names and corbyn's because he was the life of the group.

"well, let's get you settled into the house!" corbyn says loudly, breaking the laughter.

"lets go!" skylar shouts. chuckling at her friends, crystal tags behind them to her room.

~

"corbs..." crystal dragged, as skylar was driving to the house and corbyn and crystal were poking fun at each other.

"yes, madamé?" he spoke in a 'i'm trying to be french' accent.

"do the guys really want me there or did you force them?" she finally asked what was on her mind. 

"of course they do! i mean, they've only seen you once, minus zach. but they like you," corbyn tries to convince the brunette.

"i... don't believe you, byn. i feel like you told them to be nice."

sighing, corbyn takes out his phone to show crystal the messages in the band group.

"oh, well i'm glad they like me," she smiled, her mood being hundred times better.

"if they didn't like you, i'd beat those asshats up, rys. you know that," skylar said with a 'no joke' tone.

"well, we're here now. you can park the car over there, sky," corbyn spoke.

"great. wait up for me. i'll be there in two."

"oki!" crystal smiled.