Part 2 to the New Years thing, it's 10 k words how the fu-

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The ride went smoothly for them...for the most part. The car rode fast along the freeway, and Isa and Matt got to see more of the sights of the colony. Nova happily pointed out any important building, street, city, etc. they passed and lights of the buildings illuminated the space like their own stars. They passed by no trouble. Except for the fact that they had to put up with Jackie and Orion's loud car karaoke all the way until the hall. One would think they did some pre party drinking. Myung actually did get a headache this time around, and it was a good thing she put aspirin in her purse. She was going to need a lot of it after this party. Ophelia and Sid joined in from time to time, but Ophelia did get bothered by Jackie putting the volume all the way up. To all of their relief Orion turned it down when Ophelia notified him of her discomfort. Unfortunately all four of them bellowed at the top of their lungs from time to time, despite their fun it annoyed the other four who had to share the cramped space. Nova didn't mind their fun, in fact she smiled when she heard Ophelia and Sid having so much fun, but she found herself cringing every time Jackie screeched out a note. She wasn't going to lie that Jackie's excitement can get a little too intense. She fiddled in her own bag to pull out her music player and headphones, she felt so glad she didn't forget them.

"Are they, always like this?" Isa asked referring to the loudly singing four in front. Matt had his ears covered, as he stared out of the large window. Nova chuckled as she stared as well, "Sometimes, if there's something good going on Jackie gets way too excited. I guess it's just too contagious and caught onto the other three." She uttered. As she heard them gear for another song she handed Isa one of the ends of her headphones, the latter accepting gratefully.

"So then those two are a bad influence around Ophelia and Sid."

Nova let out a sigh, "Yeah basically." She turned on her own music to at least distract them from all the screaming going on. By then Jackie turned into a large street surrounded by tall buildings, seemingly a large city. Isa and Nova listened to the music, being taken in by the sights of the city with large decorations hanging from lights, doors, and windows. They watched people in fancy garb walked together on the street, going in the same direction as them and remarked on the different outfits they spotted.

"Orion you're not playing Brockhampton* with kids in the car!" Myung yelled over the loud music making Orion's expression turn sour. Needless to say they got into a little argument over music control. Everyone suddenly turned a little awkward listening to the two bicker back and forth like they usually do, until Jackie got them to calm down.

"Please let us reach quickly...and safely." Nova pleaded while silently praying. The twins sat wondering how crazy the whole scene proceeded, but nonetheless they felt a little amused how fun their friends could be. Even if it got a little out of hand. They all sat, for another 10 minutes until they saw the large hall where the party was being held. The building stood tall, a round dome colored gold shining with all of the lights reflecting off of it. A bunch of decorations hung off the building, the entrance being more extravagant with large ribbons as well as leftover christmas lights wrapped around the white marble in different patterns. Everyone gawked in awe at how the gold and white glowed along with the many lights, and the exorbitant architecture. Jackie, carefully this time, parallel parked in the street near the sidewalk and the group observed the large amount of people walking to the front of the entrance.

The twins felt a large sense of deja vu, "Wow this brings me back to all the balls I went to." Isa affirmed taking in the rest of the sights of the area. Nova hummed, "Well it might be slightly different."

"How so?"

Nova pressed her lips together, her finger tapped her chin as she thought for a moment. "Well," She started and looked towards Isa with a small grin, "This is more of a fusion, like there's fancy food, and dress code, but a lot of the music are more. Hm I would compare it to more club based?" She hesitated answering, eyebrows scrunching together as she tried to describe it. Isa nodded in understanding, her eyes shined and heart beat in anticipation, and she showed her own grin to Nova. When the others finished getting themselves together, the two girls walked there with hooked arms, and synchronized steps towards the entrance of the hall. And as they stepped through the large double doors, their eyes widened and jaws dropped. The hall looked large, loud voices bouncing off the walls to their ears. Many blue and gold decorations mounted the walls, tables, and made the bare space feel more special for the occasion. All of the people mingled together talking of random subjects or of their plans for the New Years. Isa spotted several figures that didn't look like humans, and gained Nova's attention.

"Are those-"

"Aliens? Yes, the colony allows for different organisms to live and study human behavior in the university." Nova explained giggling at Isa's expression.

"Wow, I didn't know even aliens came here to study too." She gasped, marveling at the different figures that passed her vision. She felt her chest swell in fascination and happiness at the scene, watching at how humans and different figures interacted so often. "Some of them remind me of Voltron." The two said the last word at the same time, then laughing afterwards at their own actions.

Isa walked in and observed more of the scene up close "Amazing."

"Let's go have fun then!" Nova chirped running ahead to the large table with different foods and drinks. Isa followed, mirroring Nova's enthusiasm. Ophelia and Sid were the second to enter, both of them running around the venue remarking the lavishness of the decorations. Ophelia adding in her own commentary like a reporter. The two ran about, trying to find more kids to play with them. The rest of them finally entered the hall, Jackie and Orion immediately racing each other to get to the drinks, while both Matt and Myung just shook their heads. Already they felt slightly embarrassed because of those idiots. Nova let Isa walk around and make conversation with some of the alien guests. They talked about their home planets, many other things they learned while traveling the galaxy and both girls listened with huge interest to learn more about the vastness of space and what lived in it. The group met up after spending some time on their own. Both Nova and Isa gazing on the bizarre contest between Jackie and Orion.

"What are they doing?" Isa asked staring at them with raised brows. The two of them were chugging down glass after glass of alcohol, Orion looking at the timer on the table from time to time. Myung rubbed her temple, "They're having a contest to see who can drink the most shots in 4 minutes." She explained, her voice sounding tired.

"Shouldn't someone stop them? They're going to get sick." Nova stated as she watched Jackie chug two glasses in a second. Myung only released a deep sigh, "Let them do what they want I give up." She muttered, her posture slouched as she pinched the bridge of her nose again. Nova pat her back in sympathy, knowing fully well that having to keep up with those two can drain a lot of energy.

"It looks kind of fun.." Matt muttered, Isa glancing at him with a raised brow in response. "Don't tell me you want to participate?" She asked in a soft whisper. Watching the two down a few more drinks Matt shook his head, "Hell no, I think I might actually make them drink until they pass out if I did that."

Isa chuckled, "Fair enough." She murmured, as she observed the two finally finish their little contest. The ring of the timer went off making a few spectators look over. Nova and Myung stared with a look of disbelief at how many empty, stray glasses littered the table. The two stayed still for a moment, eyes closed tightly, and heads drooped to help recover from their vigorous drinking. Finally the two leaned back, Jackie groaning while Orion's head swivel left and right, a light red flush appeared across his face. A few slurred words left his lips, and his his eyes seemed to gloss over. Myung's hand slapped her forehead as she muttered curse words, while Matt blinked. He went up and poked Orion in the cheek to get his attention, while Orion slowly looked over to him in a daze. They stared at each other for a few seconds, before a large toothy grin came on his face. "Heeeyyy...sweet cheeks...you're hella cute..." He slurred to him, small hiccups escaped him between his words. The twins nearly jumped in disbelief. Matt on the other hand blushed deeply at the nickname. 

"They're drunk already?! Isa blurted watching the two flail about in their seats. How much alcohol did they have? "It's not even two hours in..."

"This is usually what it likes with these two, at least 75% of the time they wind up drinking until drunk. At least they changed a bit to only to this during special occasions." Myung explained, her arms crossed as she gazed at a drunken Orion starting to sweet talk Matt.

"Wow..." Isa gasped feeling a little bad for both of them. God knows how many times they had to put up with this.

"Lucky for Myung Jackie's a sleepy type of drunk." Nova interjected giving Myung a sympathetic smile. Myung breathed through her nostrils, her foot tapped against the ground in irritation, "I guess. They're gonna get quite the wake up call if they don't open their eyes by the countdown." Myung whispered, a huge smirk spread on her face as she cracked her knuckles. Nova shivered at the aura Myung emitted. Once again she proved to be quite scary when provoked. She went up to Matt, whose wrist was still being held by a giggly Orion, and she pat his shoulder suddenly making nearly screech.

"Good luck to you." She said in a low tone.

"Eh?!" He yelped, his heart beat and mind raced as to what she meant. But, taking one glance at Orion gave him a clue as to what she meant and he swallowed a forming lump in his throat. His first time dealing with his boyfriend while drunk, for some reason he felt more nervous that normal.

Scratching her cheek, she went over to Isa, "Want to go and talk some more? I don't think they're gonna recover anytime soon..." Nova's voice drifted off as she glanced at the drunk duo, a scarily calm Myung, and a red faced Matt.

Isa nodded, smiling at her, "Ok, although I feel wary about Matt." She glanced over at her brother, yet she felt the need to laugh at his expression.

"He'll be fine. Myung would take care of it, just in case." The two left the four to go and enjoy the festivities. Meanwhile, Matt continued to endure every flirt Orion threw his way. It surprised him that Orion's flirts became more intense than they were when he was sober, even if they did become slurred and incoherent. They did, however, become more frequent much to both his happiness and distress. He froze when Orion suddenly grabbed his hand, getting chills all over his body when he felt the contact as well as the grip tighten. He glanced over, Orion still holding the cheeky grin, except it was smaller. "Uh, what are you doing?" Matt asked, but his voice shook.

"Juuust holding your hand, your skin's sooooft." Orion stated running his thumb over Matt's knuckles in little patterns, his pitch changing slightly. Matt blushed a deep red, he should feel weird since Orion was drunk, but instead he felt oddly comforted. Despite the speed of his heart, he felt himself liking the soft touches and the secure grip Orion had.

"And your..face..your eyes I can see stars ...everything is pretty.." Orion complimented, leaning in so close that he could practically smell the alcohol that laced his breath. Matt gulped, he felt his heart jump from the words that spilled out of his mouth.

"Maaaan, I only met you for 10 minutes and I want to make you my boyfriend." Orion beseeched to him, his voice getting louder letting everyone hear him. Myung softly slamming her head on the table, having to to listen to Orion rave on and on felt like torture.

Matt blinked, his eyes narrowing as he processed the words, "But, Orion, we're already dating." Orion's eyes widened at his answer, his lips twitched into a wide smile. The bright expression flustering, scaring, and surprising Matt all in one swoop.

"Really?! Wow!" He shouted and cheered so loudly that even the music could not overpower his voice. Matt shushed him when he saw people staring at the both of them because of the volume. "I didn't realize my charms worked that fast." He slapped Matt's shoulder making Matt flinch in both shock and pain.

"Tell me," Orion inhaled and let out a hiccup, "Does that mean I get to kiss you?" Matt felt his face turn hot on the question. He only nodded silently, Orion blinked but let out an amused, drunken giggle. He leaned forward, and let his head rest on Matt's shoulder, Matt staying totally still.

"Awesome." He slurred, slinging his arms around Matt to cling to him. Matt didn't know why, but he felt he might have to stay that way for a while. Not that he minded, he enjoyed the feeling of the tight hug of it despite him being drunk. His lips formed a small smile, as he returned the embrace, staying in the comfortable position.

Nova and Isa spent their time back at the drink table, they thought why not let loose a little bit. Nova at least had more control over her drinking because of her distaste for drinking, she only stopped when she started feeling tipsy. And Isa couldn't even get drunk so she just did it for the fun of it. But, she remained alert in case Nova needed the help, because even when tipsy Nova's mind always buzzed as if she were drunk. She also couldn't help herself and point out how much of a lightweight she was. As per Nova's request the two then spent the time searching for Ophelia and Sid, considering they haven't seen the two in while. To their relief they found them with a bunch of other children, in a separate room apparently very successful in finding new friends. The kids sat in a circle, playing duck duck goose, and Ophelia walked around them, before she tapped on Sid and ran around. The kids cheered on her as she tried to outrun him, she quickly sat in Sid's spot and the game started up again. The two chuckled, the sight of them playing around proved to be very amusing and quite cute. After confirming the two were alright, they went back to the crowd deciding what to do next.

"Want to dance?" Isa asked holding out her hand. Nova looked at the people dancing and then biting her lip, "Um, I'd rather watch.." She mumbled. She never danced before, and she felt nervous to go into a space where everyone could watch her mess up on her steps. And that also just embarrassed her to the core. But, at the same time it looked kind of fun. Isa hummed, rapidly grabbing Nova's hand and tugging her making her yelp.

"Wh-a-a-!"

"Why don't you just try?" Isa asked as she grabbed the other hand and looked at Nova with bright eyes," Besides you wouldn't want to leave me hanging by myself do you?" Nova shook her head to that. Definitely not. Well at least there was a ballad on so she wouldn't have to do any fast movements.

Isa winked at her, "Don't worry just follow me, there's a lot of people here too so no one's going to pay attention." She whispered to her gently, taking her hand and holding her waist she waited until Nova grounded herself. With a deep breath, she looked down at her feet as she listened to Isa's guidance. As she felt herself getting into a rhythm, and she performed successfully she looked up with an elated smile, making Isa's heart skip again. Nova got the hang of it, and this time got the confidence to actually look up fully. The outside world melted away, and she just gazed into her eyes, the same eyes that made her feel safe and comfortable in the past. As the song ended, Nova slowly stepped away, but they kept the gaze locked on each other. Until the music changed again, and people flocked onto the floor snapping them out of their trance. People pushed them trying to get to others, or just moving crazy across the floor, and both girls tried to push past them to escape the tight space and disarray. Nova suddenly jolted, a force pushing against her lower back**, and panic slowly rose in her throat wanting to invade her sense of self. She fiercely pushed through the crowd, a feeling of dread taking over her that she needed to escape to a spacious area quickly. When she broke past the crowd she ran, Isa noticing her sprint away at the corner of her eye, she grit her teeth and pushed through. She ran in the direction with great speed, only stopping when she heard Nova take in deep, quivering breaths. She creeped up slowly, to try and not surprise her, and called with a calm voice, "Nova."

Nova jumped, unaware Isa followed her, and her hand held her chest. Isa noticed the way she clenched the fabric of her shirt tightly, and the way her arms wrapped around herself made it look like she wanted to protect herself from some unknown force. The fear she showcased projected, even if she tried hiding it at the moment.

"I-I'm ok..." Her voice shook intensely showing she was the opposite of ok. Isa knew that. So, slowly but efficiently she let herself into Nova's space, being very cautious of Nova's reaction. She cupped her cheek gently, bringing her closer so that forehead's practically touched, and she whispered soft nothings to her. Soft and quietly, so that Nova could ground herself once more. And, through impulse, brought her into an embrace to try and calm her down. Nova told her about her little attacks, but she didn't think it would happen here so soon. She held her firmly, waiting patiently until she heard Nova's calm breathing return. She held her at arms length, but Nova kept her eye contact towards the ground, only mumbling a small, "Sorry." Isa took Nova's chin and lifted her head so they looked right at each other again.

"Don't be." She stated

"But I-"

Isa cut her off by shushing her, "You can't help these things, it just happens. I just want to help you not dwell on it." She affirmed, Nova let out a shuddered breath. Lips twisted into a frown, her arms crossed under each other and she stepped back to gain some space. Isa leaned against the railing, just waiting until Nova felt ready to talk. They observed the scattered lights of the city in silence, the sky turning completely black, Earth and the moon laid across from their vision. Surrounded by a sea of stars. Isa found herself momentarily awestruck by the sight, so this was what Ophelia meant.

"Isa, I'm sorry." Nova spoke up gaining her attention back. Nova had a smile on her face, but her arms were still crossed and eyes quivering ever so slightly. "I probably ruined the rest of the night, and the countdown hasn't even started." Nova lamented, going back to stare at the city silently.

"You didn't ruin it though." She argued, while Nova stared back at her. Her expression remained, and Isa sighed, "Did you want to talk about it?" She asked standing close to her. She lowered her head, her two hands running through her hair, her mouth opened and closed trying to find the right way to express herself.

"I probably just felt overstimulated, and also I got pushed." Nova explained and then gestured to her back. Isa's eyes widened slightly, as she now understood what caused her panic, and then she felt empathy. Nova didn't tell her the details yet, but she knew Nova would set herself into a deep panic if anyone would come into contact. And she always felt bad about it, which was the worst part. She settled her hand on top of Nova's moving closer so their arms came in contact, and Nova didn't move away, she just laid her head on Isa's free shoulder just reveling in the tranquility for a bit. Sometimes she just needed to be in peace with someone by her side, the fact that it was her girlfriend made her blissful.

"Will you be ok?" Isa asked glancing down at her, she felt her heart accelerate seeing Nova's smile return.

Nova nodded, "Yeah," She hooked her arm around Isa's humming in content. "By the way," She pipped gaining the other's attention, "What did you have planned for the new year?"

Isa thought for a second, she hadn't given it much thought before. So she shrugged, "I don't know yet, but I'm sure it'll come to me. What about you?" She asked.

"Improve myself, start more projects, maybe send you letters or something so i keep in touch more often-"

"Wow that's a lot. You sure you'll be able to complete it all?" Isa laughed lightly when she saw Nova pouting slightly. "Hey.." Isa poked her temple showcasing a large grin, "I'm just kidding, I'm rooting for you to complete your list." She sang out, bumping her softly on the side which made her laugh. A soft blush adorning her face.

"Thank you... Oh!" Nova bleated, she patted down her pockets and searched herself making the other blink at her actions. She pulled out from her pocket, a silver colored pendant. The charm in the shape of a crescent moon with a wave pattern sketched on the entirety of the surface, and embedded within it a cyan colored gem. It emitted a soft blue light as Nova held it in her palm. Isa gazed at it with wide eyes, both in fasnication at the pendant's beauty and in awe at the light.

Nova brought out her own pendant, the same design, except the charm was in the shape of a sun, in the middle sat the same colored gem. "About this, it's hard to explain logically but I got these from a shop, and the owner told me the gems are special." She explained as she put the pendant in Isa's hand. "He told me if I give this to someone, and if it still lights up then I know that life is still with that person. It's kind of hard to believe on my part, but it's kinda like magic." She clairified. Her index fingers pushed together, and her eyes closed feeling a little apprehensive "And I wanted to give it to you, so we'll always be connected in some way." When she received no response she cracked open one of her eyelids, to see Isa still staring at the pendant with an unreadable expression on her face. Nova inwardly panicked, was it too much? Too cliche?

"Can I really have this?" Isa whispered, her thumb ran over the gem.

"Of course."

Isa felt her face warm, and her chest swell in appreciation and elation. The fact that Nova thought about her enough to treat her so special, it just made her love her more. An affectionate smile came on her face, so large and brilliant like the gem's light that it made Nova blush heavily. Isa wrapped her arms around her in another tight embrace, this one a lot more comforting than the last. "Thank you." She mumbled into Nova's shoulder, Nova blinking, but returning the gesture showing just as much love.

"10 MORE SECONDS UNTIL MIDNIGHT!" They heard a random man screech, slightly surprising them. Then they laughed at the timing. They decided to stay outside enjoying the view, and joined in the countdown.

3...

Gripping the pendants, the light gleamed brighter.

2...

Without Nova's knowledge, Isa turned her around and gripped her at the waist. Nova, still with the blush on her face, stepping on her toes she slowly wrapped her arms around Isa's neck.

1...

They leaned in with closed eyes, touching each other's lips with the slightest peck.

"Happy New Year!" Everyone in the hall cheered, poppers going off with loud bangs and blowers sounding loudly. The kids cheered, and also gagged at all of the adults kissing each other, all of the alien guests just observing curiously or cheering along. And outside of the noise and celebration, the two leaned in again, ignoring the noise and cheers, to kiss each other more deeply.

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I got too softly gay at end forgive my soft like gay tendencies.

Notes:

*Brockhampton is a boyband lead by Kevin Abstract. Their music is, ok, I'm not that big on rap but I kinda like that they rap about meaningful things...sometimes.

**Nova gets panicky when you touch her lower back cause it reminds her of her of her past. She had a bad past that I will explain later someday if I actually make something for these characters

Yes, the setting is not on Earth but instead on a planet in space. I did this so I could go into world building and also practice world building cause it's a hard and long process.