"Finally! I thought you'd never get here." Nashi placed her bag on the back of Jeremy's car, putting on the seatbelt as usual while she was taking off her wet blazer. "What took you so long?"

"Hey, I'm the one who should be asking you questions," Jeremy, meanwhile, handed over a plastic bag to put the wet clothes in for her convenience- his, too, especially since it's their car, of course. Yep. Their's. They saved up to buy the car together, even though only Jeremy knows how to drive this thing. "Why did he leave you here in the rain? That douche." Jeremy floored it to get out of this place; it must be so sad for Nashi to still witness the view, after all.

"Want to tell me why he broke up with you? Y'know, besides being a terrible person." He was trying to find ways to cheer her up, seeing as it's her second boyfriend that she's been cheated on. Plus, he was looking for a place to eat for both of them before he takes her home.

Nash rubs her nose, shrugging at the question. "He hasn't been as wonderful as he promised me he would be. Such that texting or calling me, tell me he loves me and the like. . ." She took the jacket Jeremy had brought over, wrapping it around herself. "And this breakup seemed to be the best option."

"In the rain? Really? You could've gotten sick."

"Is Jeremiah upset about Nash, hmm?" There she went again, dodging the question by teasing about her best friend's name. He knew exactly how to handle it.

"Yes, he is." Nash, admittedly, was taken aback herself at the sudden mature response. But remained unfazed to not let him receive satisfaction with what he thought was a good comeback. "The next time his best friend does this, he won't be there. H-He won't be sitting at home alone, he'd probably be dating someone and won't have enough time for Nash and-"

"Dude, chill. You can talk in your own pov now." And that, my friends, is just how witty Nashi is when it comes to sarcasm. Jeremy ended up almost making Nash hit the front window when he stepped on the stop pedal, facing her with a serious look.

"I'm not kidding around anymore. Start focusing on your studies instead of letting trashy boys get in your emotional way." Nash was used to this kind of talking from him; all she could do at the moment to prevent herself from getting all embarrassed was to fold her arms against her chest, pretending to be cool when all she wanted to say was she doesn't know how to do that. Jeremy was about to start driving again, towards her street, but Nash held on his arm,

"Wait. Let me sleep at your place for the night. I don't want Mom and Dad getting all. . .mushy about this again. They'll get the wrong idea."

🌱

Jeremy, like the friend he is, dropped her off to his place. Erza and Jellal were completely fine with it, trustworthy of their son not doing anything to her as they had been together since they were little kids.

Nash plopped herself on top of his bed, staring at the ceiling; meanwhile, Jeremy kept tapping on her knees to get out of her wet clothes before doing so. Nash, like the person she is, started taking off her shirt in front of him without precaution.

"Dude! Cover yourself up and get in the bathroom!" Jeremy looked the other way, refusing to let her get the best of him. Nashi wasn't affected by this as she was used to seeing him naked, too, sometimes, when he gets out of the shower and he's not aware of her presence there.

"Dude, it's not shit. Calm down," she smirks, lurking through his drawers for spare (oversized, preferably) shirts for her to wear for the night. "Hey, where's my favorite shirt of yours?"

Jeremy scoffed, making his way over and found the black shirt with an alien spaceship on its front. He rolled his eyes to see that she didn't listen and still wore the clothes in front of him, and once again, plopping on his bed to look at their GC.

He picked up after her, tossing them into the hamper for him to wash in their washing machine tomorrow.

"Jer, look at this," she gestured for him. He plopped down next to her to look at their group chat. She turned to his side for them to share the screen together, where their two other friends were seen sending texts.

Group Chat:
FOURSOME
(not what you think)

NASH
(pic of her and Jeremy)

NASH
lmao got wet in the rain
earlier

RAINBOW
did you just call my name?

NASH
no. we lit got out of the
rain. jer picked me up 🤗

RAINBOW
ew
you two would want to
get wet in dirty water?
gross

GALE
stfu bow
anw i have news

JEREMY
delete. that. pic. nashi.
sakura. dragneel.

JEREMY
oh? what's the news? :D

NASH
n e v e r
@JER

GALE
i'm coming there
moving by myself
since my parents can't handle
me lol

NASH
oh good
you can crash at jer's

JEREMY
stop volunteering me to
things i don't want to do

GALE
sooo you ain't cool with me
jer?

JEREMY
that's not what i meant

JEREMY
you can stay at my place

GALE
lol just kidding
my parents got me my own
condo. i can handle myself

JEREMY
that is so cool

NASH
ooooh that makes it 3 places
i can crash at when i'm lonely

GALE
of course you can 😜
bring your own food though

NASH
okay, i will baby 😚

RAINBOW
sleeping at gale's is like
living in a pig's farm
no thank you

GALE
i didn't send you an invitation
anw

RAINBOW
🙄🙄

JEREMY
nashi dumped a guy under the
rain

RAINBOW
typical drama queen nashi

NASH
uhm thanks
i liked the scenery

JEREMY
her mom's a writer,
what can you do?

NASH
eyy don't base it off that
okay maybe a little
i just find idealistic romance...
exciting
and the drama, too

RAINBOW
basically basing off some
cliché romcom scenes for you
to remember by and tell to
your future children

GALE
still cool

NASH
i just keep wondering what
kind of romance fantasy
i'm destined to have ugh

JEREMY
nash, a stone-cold war freak,
has feelings?!?!?!?
oh

NASH
oh like you didn't know already

GALE
i'm packing my stuff now
laters

RAINBOW
this is a wreck
i'mma go put on my moisturizer
nighties xx

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Jeremy was in shock and awe to see that Nash was trying to get comfortable in his bed, pushing out her butt for her usual position. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Trying to sleep. So, shut up."

"Uh, no, you sleep on the deck. This is my bed."

"Nighty night."

Why does he let someone like her boss him around, even? In his own house at that. Nevertheless, he took all the blanket for himself as revenge. Unfortunately, she had the strength of a cow and pulled it all off him for her own.