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Aquarius and Taurus were playing Slaps on the couch, both stubbornly refusing to admit defeat. Slaps goes by many names, but what it is is where you hold hands almost like you'd arm wrestle, but you just take turns slapping the back of the other player's hand. It hurts. A lot. Lots of cussing & bad attempts at hiding winces came out of it.

"I thought relationships were supposed to be all cutesy and cuddly," Libra remarked, who was watching her friend & her boyfriend essentially numbify each other's hands.

"We cuddle too, but this motherfucker — shit!" Aquarius was smacked hard in the hand by a smirking Taurus.

"Yeah, I know you love m–" Whatever came out of Taurus's mouth, I cannot turn it into letters. It was a mix of a gurgle, a gasp, a goat, and whatever else starts with a g that makes sense. Greg? Yeah, Greg.

Libra shook her head, smiling. She couldn't imagine these two idiots without each other. Otherwise, she'd have to deal with Aquarius all herself, and Virgo Taurus.

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"Dipshit, get your sorry ass back here right now!" Aries panted, sprinting.

"Fuck no!"

"Leo come on!" Sagittarius piped up.

"Give me back the phone!"

"It's my phone!" Leo reached the bottom of the stairs, rounding the corner sharply.

Sagittarius followed Aries down the stairs, reaching the bottom almost as quickly as Leo. "We need it!"

"Why the fuck do you need my damn phone?!" The blonde boy almost slipped onto his face as he turned another corner into the kitchen. Wearing socks would get him killed, but stopping to take them off would kill him quicker.

"Shut the fuck up!" Gemini piped up, who was eating a rad bowl of Fruit Loops at 11:30 pm in the kitchen. As Leo passed by, he smacked his friend in the back of the head. "Geez, can't a guy eat his dinner in peace?!"

"Shut up Gemini." Aries smacked the red-head too. Sagittarius was nice and distracted enough to leave the poor air sign alone. "And Dipshit, we already explained why!"

"You talk too much I can never understa-" And then poor, poor Leo fell down the stairs. The basement stairs. All but two steps of the way down. If I'm gonna be honest, it was probably those black cat socks against the hard wooden steps.

At the bottom was an angry Virgo & a beat-up Leo who looked like he'd blackout any second. Aries picked up his Pikachu phone, which was halfway across the floor. It surprisingly didn't crack — well, there was a crack. But that was from before. Not that Aries knew that though. Not that she cared, either, though. "Make sure he won't die within the next two minutes." She told Sagittarius.

Sagittarius bent down and blew in Leo's face, who replied by scrunching up his face and smacking Sag's. Neither were too pleased.

Aries held the phone above Leo, for face recognition to work, went to calls, and called her phone.

Virgo marched up the stairs, not wanting to be a part in the fire signs' fighting. "I never get any alone time, do I?" She grumbled, before disappearing around the corner.

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Outside, the rain was getting heavier. Yes, there was rain. Why didn't I mention it? I mean, you could hardly hear it before. Not noticeable at all. It was also getting pretty windy at this point. Yes, Mr. Storm was paying the Zodiacs a visit. Probably to tell them to shut the fuck up.

Oh, and thunder now. How fun.

Cancer was trying to calm a worried Capricorn. He wasn't a fan of the loud thunder, but he was cuddling a nice lil Teddy Bear, so things were going better.

"We live in a rich people house. We are rich people." Cancer tried to reassure Capricorn. "That means it's high-quality. I'm sure we won't die."

"Gee, that sure helps."

"I mean, if you're going to be sarcastic, I'll just take Teddy Roosevelt back then–"

Capricorn hugged the stuffed animal tighter. "Now now, let's not get crazy or anything."

"Virgo?! Viiiiiiiiirgo! Virgie!? Viiiirrrrggooo! Vir–" Aquarius, who was walking around upstairs, opened Capricorn's door, only to see the one who's supposed to be co-moming this operation, curled up in a corner, hugging a teddy bear. Not just any Teddy Bear, but the comfort bear. The bear Cancer gave to stressed-out people. The mental breakdown bear, Teddy Roosevelt — must I go on?

Aquarius turned right back around. "Virgo?! Virgo, I think my veins wanna jump out of my skin! Is that normal for humans?!"

Oh yeah, she lost Slaps. Taurus was sitting victoriously on the couch, a bag of frozen peas on his hand, since they didn't have bags of ice. He & Libra were watching something on Netflix. Gemini was watching from the kitchen.

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"There's my phone!" Aries exclaimed, dropping Leo's on the ground of Cancer's room, where she had left it. She quickly turned it on, and Sagittarius huddled close, his own phone on & ready to type as she talked. "Okay — it's 393-"

She went on, listing seven more numbers to Sagittarius, who typed them into his phone a bit too fast. "Thank you~" They gave each other a high-five, and left the room. Leo's phone was still on the floor, and Leo himself was still on the floor of the basement. No one knew if he was still awake — or alive, at this point.

Sagittarius smiled, as he texted the number he just put in after he was in his room. And by texted, I mean he sent them this magnificent picture:

A "Fuck no." came from the next room, and the next thing Sagittarius knew, an annoyed Scorpio was suddenly in his room. The black-haired boy grabbed hold of Sag's phone.

"I think the fuck not–" Sagittarius grabbed his phone back and yeeted it behind him. The poor Deadpool phone smacked into the wall and ricocheted under the bed.

The boys looked at each other, and simultaneously leaped for the phone, and at each other, to keep the other away from it.

"Stop taking my phone–" Sagittarius got kneed in the face. Ouch. Even worse, he bit his tongue. RIP.

"Stop sending that." Scorpio scowled and tried to throw himself over the bed. Sagittarius grabbed him, and the water sign flopped onto the ground. Very painful. And loud.

Just as Scorpio smacked into the ground, an especially loud crack of thunder boomed, and all the lights, TV, and the microwave warming up Libra's milk & honey all flickered off.

There were screams from the basement, Cancer's room, and the kitchen.

Leo was accepting the fact that the basement monsters would eat him, Capricorn was just a mess, and Libra was grieving the loss of her tasty treat. And by that I mean she was yelling at the microwave.

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Pisces was trying her best to help Aquarius's hand, which was honestly freaking her out from all the veins popping out. The water sign was just grateful that she didn't have to look at it anymore.

"Aries, can you find Virgo?" Pisces asked the other girl, who had been on the couch. She didn't know where the ziplock bags were, and she was sure none of the idiots downstairs would either.

"Yeah, sure." Aries turned on her phone flashlight and walked around the first floor. Virgo liked to hide when she needed her space. Not like she could sit out in the open without being caught up in something.

Taurus got up and walked over to Aquarius, examining her hand under Pisces's flashlight. Not pretty. He gave her his peas. Not offered, oh no. He just took the bag off of his hand and set it on her hand. He gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze, she smiled in thanks, and he went back over to the couch.

"Guess we don't need Virgo anymore," Pisces said. "I'll go tell Aries." She didn't want Aries to waste her time. "And could someone please go get Leo."

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Upstairs, hearing footsteps & seeing a flashlight, Cancer called in whoever was in the hallway. She honestly didn't care who it was. She just needed backup. Capricorn was in actual tears. Not even Teddy Roosevelt could help now.

The red-haired air sign ended up walking in. "Gemini, get over here."

"I know I know, I'm coming. What do you want?" His question was answered as soon as his light fell on Capricorn. Oh boy.

He gestured to the blonde, mouthing 'what happened?'. Cancer gestured to the outside, and bringing her hands together so close they almost touch, and then separated them — essentially a clap without the actual clap. Did Gemini understand? Kinda. Good enough for him.

"Uh, do you need a hug?" No, he wasn't good at this. How could you tell? Cancer face-palmed. And to think she would've picked this one over Scorpio.

Speaking of which, Scorpio felt dead and looked dead. Much like Leo, who Virgo had finally collected from the basement. Aries had found Virgo before Pisces got to her. Sagittarius was hiding his phone while Scorpio was trying not to pass out.

Once he got done with that, he made his way over to Scorpio. He had to squat down since Scorp's face was squished sideways against the floor. Sagittarius then blew in his face. This time he got kicked in the side.

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A/N

Hello! Thank you so much for reading this! I really do appreciate it!!

I don't have much to say, other than I don't know why I find cabij funny. Also that I feel bad for poor Leo. At least he want eaten by basement darkness monsters

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