"You better not be leading me somewhere to get sacrificed, Parker. I'm serious. I will haunt your ass forever," Mina murmurs, pinching her nose as she squeezes Parker's hand, the only thing that's been guiding her through the darkness. The blindfold feels heavy on her face, and she constantly feels as if she's two seconds away from walking into something, but when Parker squeezes back, she lets her troubles trickle out in a sigh. Arguing has already proved to be pointless, anyways.

She'd been a little wary when Parker arrived on her doorstep, cheeky grin and bright red handkerchief in hand. Even more so when he'd demanded she turn around, clearly uninterested in anything she had to say, and blinded her. Still she finds herself taking a deep breath, concentrating on his fingers laced between hers, his skin flush against her own.

"That's really sweet that you're still so devoted to me after death."

"Wonder how sweet I'll be when I'm using my ghost powers to kill you. In all of the ways. Ghost Mina has a ridiculous amount of ghost resources."

He laughs. "Well if Ghost Mina is anything like Alive Mina, she'd still be a ten out of ten, so I'd be all right with it. Maybe minus a point or two every time you try to murder me, so maybe keep that to a minimum."

She can almost hear the smile in his voice, and she can't stop the heat that sparks on her cheeks, hopefully hidden underneath the crimson cloth. Somehow without the distance between them and the warmth of his palm makes his words hit a little harder, no longer just disembodied syllables over a telephone wire. He's there, in front of her, touching her. Real.

They step through a doorway and she can hear the buzz of people around her, a soft rock song playing idly in the background, the lightning crack of billiards at the other end of the room. Her brow furrows unconsciously in confusion, but she's already asked somewhere near a billion times where they're going, and Parker seems less than willing to surrender that type of information.

"You're so weird."

"Babe, that's part of the charm. And you're the one wearing the blindfold, so between the two of us, who's the weird one now? If you wanted to get kinky you could've just asked, you know."

She snorts. "The blindfold was your idea, dumbass."

"But you agreed to it. That counts for something."

"That your delusion is contagious?"

"Shh! We're almost there!"

She chuckles under her breath, wondering how every time he opens his mouth he never ceases to surprise her. Constantly on her tip-toes. And then they're going through another door way, a quieter room, and Mina's curiosity sparks to new heights.

"Hey, dude, let's go, this room is under private use at the moment."

"Are you guys gonna-"

"Private use, sir! With private reasons! Please leave!"

Mina's brow crinkles. "Parker, what are you-"

"Two seconds, just, one sec, come here, watch your step, okay, come in here, all right, okay, show time," he says, turning Mina by her shoulders and fiddling with the blindfold.

As it falls from her eyes, she's welcomed by the flickering, fluorescent glare from above and the chipping blue paints of a bathroom stall. Bewilderment stirs inside her, and as she opens her mouth to berate Parker for whatever weird fantasies he's trying to make happen, her eyes fall specifically on the writing scrawled across the wall, and her pulse trips.

"Mina, will you go out with me?" she echoes the words plastered across the stall, in bold block letters, offensively enormous enough to melt her heart a little.

"I felt like since it started in this stall, it was only fitting," he explains, a broad grin devouring his face.

"Oh my God, of course you would. Of course. It's like equal parts disgusting and adorable," she concedes, laughter shaking her shoulders as she hid her mouth behind her palm. "I can't believe you did this."

"So disgustingly adorable that you're going to say yes?" he asks, eyebrows raised hopefully.

She snorts, throwing her arms around his neck, drawing close those hazel eyes and pale lips that always seem to await her as soon as she closes her eyes. "Well I can't disappoint the bathroom stall, can I?"

He shrugs, grinning. "That would just be sacrilegious."

As he ducks down and presses his lips against hers, the sarcastic remark dies on her tongue, and the warmth of his mouth ignites a shiver down her spine. Her fingers entangle in his short, dark hair, and his fingertips brush against the small of her back, causing her to arch into him. She almost forgets that they're in a bathroom stall until she feels herself press into the wall, taking the break to catch her breath and look up at him.

"While this is mighty fun and all, but maybe we could do this somewhere people, like you for instance, don't shit."

He pouts. "But... but the kissing. That was fun. Let's keep doing that."

She laughs. "We have plenty of time to do all the kissing without the imminent threat of disease around us." She reaches up, planting a quick kiss on his freckled nose.

He pauses, narrowing his eyes. "Okay, but you know, you can't take it back now. You've sworn to the bathroom stall. We're dating now. I am your boyfriend. More importantly, you are my girlfriend. No takes backsies."

"Of course." She nods her head, mocking his serious expression.

When he takes a step back, Mina steals the opportunity to slip out of the stall, a grin touching her lips as she turns to look at him. "Fingers crossed!" she beams, throwing two crossed fingers in the air before quickly slipping out the door.

As the door's about to shut close behind her, she hears a resounding groan bounce of the walls, spurring her grin even wider.

Turning her back, she brushes her fingertips against her lips, still tingling with Parker's presence, and smiles. Somehow on a Wednesday months ago, he'd called her, right where she stood, and she thinks how lucky she is that she picked up the phone.

***

i hope none of you stayed up late for this! but it's still within a 24 hour period so STILL COUNTS AS DOUBLE UPDATE shhh okay.

anyways- queen of author's note is here to say: IT'S DONE! FINISHED! MY SECOND STORY ON WATTPAD HAS COME TO A CLOSE!

i just wanted to say thank you so much for everyone who supported me through this story. it was my first ever dialogue-centered story and i'm so happy that even through just the little snippets of their lives, you guys somehow fell in love with parker and mina and their story. thank you to everyone who read this! it means a lot to me honestly that you guys stuck with it until the close, and i hope the epilogue was the satisfying end that you guys wanted. c:

i am definitely going to miss writing about parker and mina- they're definitely two of my favourite characters ever.

will i be writing a sequel? probably not, honestly. i'm not very good at sequels, ahaha. but!!! i think someone might be making an appearance in the fraternizing with the enemy bonus chapter that I WILL BE POSTING BEFORE OCTOBER ENDS.

ps. junk mail is posted which is a spin-off~

what's next for gabby?

i've done some serious ground work on another story on wattpad soon. it involves cats and pretty boys, so stick around, yeah? it's called smitten kitten! ^^

ANYWAYS. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS. i'm so happy that we got this to 300k before it ended, and you guys have seriously commandeered the #1 spot in short story (this is almost 19K "short" story) for so long, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST. SERIOUSLY THE BEST READERS. i know i don't always respond to comments but know that i read every single one, but seriously, ily guys. it honestly warms my heart whenever anyone says that reading this cheered them up because that is my absolute favourite response. <3

GOODBYE PARMINA~ THEY WILL FOREVER BE IN MY HEART~