‧₊ ·˚ ༘❁ 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐒𝐓
𝟎𝟎𝟓 | 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓
narrative , tiktok

‧₊ ·˚ ༘❁ ━━━━ february 14th, 2025

by 7pm, the crew had made it to room 912 — after blowing up the group chat with "where r u" texts and jafia threatening to come drag people out of their beds.

someone knocked three times, loud and chaotic.

"who said this was a public lounge?" cesar called out, already knowing no one would care.

"me," jafia declared from the hallway, pounding on the door dramatically — until embreigh gently grabbed her wrist when someone poked their head out of another room.

cesar opened the door in pajama pants and a hoodie, holding a half-eaten granola bar like he was doing them all a favor. "welcome to my humble kingdom," he said flatly.

ayden breezed past him, holding up a bag of hot fries. "i brought offerings."

"you're allowed in," anahi said immediately, already perched on the bed, matching socks and all.

"figured," he grinned, tossing the bag onto the bed next to her before sitting right by it — one knee pulled up, elbow resting on it like it was casual, not intentional.

preslee followed right behind her, dropping a tote bag full of very important necessities onto the floor. "snacks, charger, energy drinks. let's get this night started."

embreigh slipped in next, carrying a fuzzy pink blanket and her water bottle like she was prepping for a sleepover and a hydration challenge at the same time. paul trailed behind her with a backpack full of random tech — probably a tripod, a mini ring light, and a half-eaten bag of chips.

"lighting in this hallway is insane," ayden said, spoke up with his phone already open to tiktok. he turned to anahi with a half-grin. "come film with me?"

"depends," she said, arms crossed. "will you let me pick the sound?"

"i'll pretend to," he replied, which was apparently enough for her to nod and follow him into the hallway.

the next twenty minutes were a blur of half-choreographed dances, screaming "WAIT, DO IT AGAIN" at least five times, and aggressively syncing lip movements that never quite matched the audio.

paul filmed himself doing dramatic face zooms in the mirror. preslee attempted a soft aesthetic vibe with embreigh, but jafia kept throwing herself into the background just to ruin it.

ayden and jafia eventually nailed a trending dance, laughing as they hit each move. then anahi joined in — not to dance, but strutting through the background, vibing to the beat like she owned it. ayden paused mid-step, staring at her through his phone screen a little too long. he quickly stepped back and laughed it off, covering his face while jafia hid a smile.

unbothered, anahi and jafia took over the tiktok entirely, finishing the video with coordinated twirls and mock seriousness.

embreigh was the first to finally say what they were all thinking, "okay, movie time! let's go."

they had dragged pillows and blankets across the beds, making the two beds a cozy mess of limbs and snack bags.

ayden reclaimed his spot on the right edge of anahi's bed, legs crossed, casually leaning back while jafia leaned against a pillow near anahi's feet like it was her small couch.

embreigh quickly claimed cesar's bed again, curling up under her blanket. paul collapsed beside her upside-down, already half-snoring like a cat that had claimed the warmest spot in the house.

preslee slid onto the other side of anahi, already snuggled under a throw blanket. "tell me we're watching something dramatic and slightly unhinged."

"the original decendents trilogy," anahi said, announced like it was law without hesitation. "it's nostalgic and it's got musical numbers. deal with it."

"wait, like the disney ones?" cesar raised an eyebrow.

"yes," jafia said immediately. "it's peak cinema."

"i swear if any of you sing, i'm leaving," cesar muttered, already passing anahi the remote.

"oh no," she grinned widely, turning the tv on. "you're trapped with us, remember?"

they turned off the overheads, clicked on the bedside lamp, and started setting up what quickly became a chaotic but cozy nest. the beds quickly became snack pits — hot fries, gummy worms, popcorn, and different kinds of juices or energy drinks.

and when the first descendants movie started — that familiar opening scene with its nostalgic disney vibes and over-the-top costumes — it got quiet again.

except for the occasional laughter, fake singing, and, of course, blushing during the romantic scenes.

ayden leaned just slightly closer with every scene. and every time ben looked at mal like she was the only person in the world, anahi could feel her ears getting warmer.

from across the room, embreigh sent her a teasing smirk. anahi rolled her eyes — but not without smiling.

preslee giggled from her place on the left side of anahi, phone in hand and smiling way too much at her screen.

"you're not slick," anahi whispered with a smirk, eyes flicking to her. "shut up," preslee said back, cheeks pink. "i'm just... sending brennan a meme."

"sure," anahi teased, nudging her lightly.

she then grabbed the bag of hot fries in between her and ayden before popping them open with a grin.

"i still can't believe you brought me these," she spoke up silently, still surprised.

"i mean... yeah," he said, not looking at her. "they're your favorite, right?"

he remembered.

her heart fluttered in a way she refused to name. "i guess maybe i'll share since you're being so nice."

"i brought the whole bag for you," he said with a shrug. "so... don't worry or whatever."

somewhere between the vk's going to auradon and mal twirling in her purple dress, ayden shifted closer. not close enough to touch, but close enough that anahi felt it.

she glanced at him once during the "did i mention" scene — the moment ben sings to mal, all wide-eyed and soft — and caught him already looking at her.

she looked away too fast.

her cheeks were warm.

and across the room, embreigh noticed.

she didn't say anything — just smiled softly, then glanced over at cesar, who was munching on popcorn like none of this mattered. but when ayden laughed quietly at something anahi whispered, cesar did glance up. just once.

he narrowed his eyes, then slowly turned back to the screen.

"you're not intimidating," embreigh whispered, leaning into his side. "i don't know what you're talking about," cesar replied, completely deadpan.

"mhm," she said, a tiny smile tugging at her lips.

by the time the credits rolled, no one even asked whether they'd start the second movie — descendants 2 just began like it was fate.

preslee kept quoting mal's lines under her breath, then jafia and paul did a full-body reenactment of "chillin' like a villain." ayden kept absentmindedly handing anahi chips every few minutes.

during the boat scene — the one where ben tells mal he loves her even if she thinks she's "not good" — no one said a word. not because they weren't paying attention, but because everyone was.

anahi's heart did that dumb skip again. and she didn't have to look at ayden to know he was doing that sideways smile thing. she could feel it.

anahi hid her smile behind her hand.

"you okay over there?" preslee whispered near her ear, trying not to laugh.

"so okay," anahi whispered back, her cheeks a little too warm.

preslee smiled again and glanced down at her phone — screen lighting up from a new message. she kept biting back her own grin that had everything to do with certain someone and nothing to do with the movie.

by the time descendants 3 started, they were half-asleep, tangled in blankets and sugar crashes. "i vote we all fall asleep here and just make this our official base," jafia mumbled.

"agreed," preslee said, laying back. "but if i wake up and someone's drooled on me, i will sue."

"i'm still picking the next movie tomorrow," cesar added.

"unless we just watch twilight," anahi said with a small grin.

"you are so lucky you're my sister," he replied with a small groan. ayden chuckled softly at that and anahi gave him a look like don't even start.

but they were smiling.

and somehow, that felt like the perfect way to end the night.

three movies. four snack bags. one pile of blankets. and a group of teens who probably should've been deep asleep by now, but were too busy living the exact night they'd all been waiting for.

𝐬𝐡𝐞.𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭.𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧

liked by 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡𝟏.𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐚, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐧.𝐦𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬𝟕, 𝐢𝐭𝐳_𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐚 and 𝟐𝟕𝟗.𝟗𝐤 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐬𝐡𝐞.𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭.𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧, they stole my show😒😒

♫ 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥 - 𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐮!
𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝: 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡𝟏.𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐚 , 𝐣𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚
load comments!

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫, the way he got nervous when anahi walked in
↳ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫, he's so obviously in love

𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡𝟏.𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐚, or maybe... and hear me out, the show was never yours to begin with☺️
↳ 𝐣𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚, literallyyyyy dafuq
↳ 𝐬𝐡𝐞.𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭.𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧, i hate you guys😑
↳ 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡𝟏.𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐚, oh please yk you love us

𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐞𝐬𝟒𝐫, i'm watching you👀
↳ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫, cesar going protective brother mode

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫, best trio finally met up!!

𝐢𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐲, we're pretending anahi is embreigh okay? okay.

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫, they're def not beating the dating allegations soon
↳ 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐧.𝐦𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬𝟕, oh trust me they arent😭
↳ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫, WHATTTT
↳ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫, umm anayden confirmed?!?

𝐣𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚, nah we ate that upp😌😌
↳ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫, rightt they literally MADE the show

𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲𝐧, periodt
－ 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫, AHH THEY FINALLY MET
↳ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫, THE SHIP MIGHT FINALLY SAIL🫣

𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, i see you
－ 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫

load more comments!

𝐧𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬
i lowk hate my
writing but ugh
i love them so
much already, i
cannot wait for
you guys to see
what i have in
store for them!!