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𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗘

CHAPTER FOUR
video games, you pass me a note

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REAL LIFE

IT WAS SEVEN in the morning when Luna heard the front door to her house open.

As expected, she hadn't fallen asleep at all. From the hours of about three to seven, she had sat in the same spot on the couch, strumming her guitar and writing new lyrics to the song idea she had. I know it won't work, fully inspired by what she had seen earlier with Foolish and Mary Jane, was completely done. All she had to do was record it, because she had a feeling that this wasn't a song that she would lock away in her drawer for no one to see. Of course she had to ask the two if it would be okay for her to actually release it, but considering it was one of the completely finished songs for the album she was working on, that could wait.

She had kept her eyes on her phone, waiting for the screen to light up. Mary Jane had finally texted her at six that she was on her way back from wherever the fuck she had gone, but other than that, there had been nothing. There were no messages from Karl either, so Mary Jane hadn't texted him anything, apparently.

The house had also been quiet — well, besides the quiet strumming of Luna's guitar. That's why Luna's head immediately snapped up when the sound of the door opening echoed throughout the room. Mary Jane emerged from the other side, closing it behind her. Her hair looked windswept, and from both the light from the living room and the sun peeking through the windows, Luna could see her eyes were still red and tired.

"Oh, thank God," Luna let out. She stood up from the couch and rushed over to Mary Jane, opening her arms. "I was so worried."

Mary Jane sunk into Luna's embrace, wrapping her arms around her tightly. "I'm okay." She moved a little closer to her, her voice sad. "I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry, Lunes, I just freaked out, and I didn't know what to do, and—"

"Hey, hey, hey, it's okay," Luna cut in, her voice gentle. She ran her hand up and down Mary Jane's back comfortingly. "Where'd you go?"

"The beach. It was really the only place where I felt like I could clear my head. The sunrise helped."

"I'm glad." Luna pulled away from her slightly to look at Mary Jane's face and frowned slightly from the dark circles under her eyes. "You should get some sleep, MJ."

Mary Jane shook her head. "I think I have more pressing matters than sleeping right now. Do you know where Noah is?"

"He's asleep in my room," Luna answered. "He didn't want to leave while you were out, so I let him crash in there."

Mary Jane's eyes then flickered to Luna's guitar and her song journal discarded on the couch and coffee table. "Did you stay up this whole time?"

"I wasn't just going to sleep while you were out by yourself, so . . . I wrote." Luna cleared her throat. "I can show you it later, but if you want to talk to Foosh, I can go get him."

Mary Jane's expression was hard to read and was something Luna couldn't quite place, which made her stomach churn uncomfortably, because it was never like that with Mary Jane. "Sure. Thanks, Lunes. I'll tell you everything later, okay?"

Luna gave her a tight smile and walked out of the living room. As she started to go up the stairs, she let out a breath she didn't know she was holding in. Part relief, part confusion. Mary Jane was back which was the main thing causing her anxiety, so that was gone. But that look on her face when she offered to go get Foolish for her and how he had slept in her room . . . maybe Luna should've just let Mary Jane do that herself. She was his girlfriend after all.

Fuck. Why was everything just so damn complicated all of the sudden?

She got to to the top of her stairs, shaking her head. It didn't fucking matter, anyways. Foolish and Mary Jane would talk, and they would be okay again, and all of this would be forgotten. That was just the way it was.

"Foosh?" Luna began, knocking quietly on her door.

She opened it slowly. Her room was still painted shades of blue and dotted with stars from her star projector, but it was much less vibrant now because of the morning light shining through her curtains. Luna had expected Foolish to still be sleeping, but he was sitting on the edge of her bed, his hair and clothes ruffled from sleeping. She also couldn't help but notice her covers weren't just thrown into a pile, they were actually pulled up to her pillows. Luna felt her stomach flutter slightly from how he made her bed — God, she had to get a grip.

"Oh, you're awake." She leaned against her doorframe, crossing her arms. "Did you sleep well?"

"Not really," Foolish responded. "I kept waking up."

"Well, uh, MJ's downstairs," Luna continued. "She wants to talk to you, so . . ."

"Thanks." Foolish stood up from her bed and started to walk towards her. "Did you stay up this entire time?"

Luna nodded. "Yeah, but I'm okay. I entertained myself by writing. I just couldn't sleep while MJ was out."

Foolish stopped by her, placing his hand on the top of her arm and staring down at her seriously. "Get some sleep, Lunes."

She swallowed a little from the commanding tone of his voice, the way his eyes were staring so deeply into hers, and how he towered over her. Luna nodded again, her words practically failing her. Foolish gave her a small smile and walked out of her room fully, heading down the stairs to where Mary Jane was.

Luna shut her door and slumped back against it, letting out a sigh and running her hand over her face. How was it that he could just do such a simple gesture, touching her arm and telling her to get some sleep and making her fucking bed, could make her fall for him even more? Those were probably little things to him, but meant everything to Luna. Mary Jane must've been on the receiving end of those things but times a hundred, and Luna wanted nothing more than to be in her place.

This was awful.

She let her hand drop from her head, looking back at her bed. However, her eyebrows immediately knit in confusion. Sitting right on the top of her pillows was a folded up piece of paper. Luna walked over to her bed and picked up the paper. She unfolded it, only to see it was one of the sheets she used to talk to Foolish through their windows. Scribbled across it in pen was Foolish's handwriting — a note to her.

Thank you for everything, Lunes. You're the best.

Valo later? ☺

- Foosh

Luna smiled to herself, falling back on her bed with the note still in her hand, her heart pounding against her chest. God damn it.

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REAL LIFE

LUNA HAD BEEN talking to her chat for well over an hour, answering questions and whatnot. She had started stream later in the day, the sun already slipping below the horizon and painting the sky beautiful shades of pink and orange. After the night that she just had, streaming was really the only thing she wanted to do. There was just something so comforting about sitting at her setup and talking to her community. It was something she did at the soundchecks whenever she had live shows, too — she would just sit on the stage and practically talk shit with whoever showed up.

As promised, Luna was showing up for Valorant. She had actually gotten on Valorant and joined the party with Foolish, Rae, Miyoung, and Sykkuno. They were in the queue, and Luna watched as the time increased. As much as she just wanted to sit and talk to her chat for a little bit longer, she knew that the others were wondering where she was and why she wasn't in the Discord yet.

"Have you ever played Valorant with Karl?" Luna read. "Uh, no, I haven't. Does Karl play Valorant?" She waited for a second, watching as new messages rolled in, and one caught her eye. "Valorant brings out the toxic side in Karl. Oh, I see. I feel like that would be . . . an experience."

She grabbed her water bottle and took a sip. Her eyes then flickered to the party chat in Valorant, because Foolish had typed LUNA WHERE ARE YOU. Luna put down her water bottle and navigated to her Spotify, pausing her playlist.

"Okay, guys, we're moving onto Valorant mode. We can talk later, promise. I just have to find the VC." Luna looked over at her monitor that had Discord on it to find them. "Oh, here they are." She clicked to join the call. "Hi, homies."

"Luna!" Foolish yelled. "You're here! You got my note!"

She smiled to herself, hoping her cheeks weren't splashed with pink. "I did get your note. I'm here. We're playing Valorant."

"Wait, you guys send notes to each other?" Rae asked. "That's so cute."

"We also talk to each other through our windows with notepads," Foolish added, accompanied by the sound of his clacker fidget toy. "It's whatever."

"Yeah, we're just besties," Luna replied, laughing a little.

"Oh, Lunes, did you get any sleep?"

Luna slowly looked at her camera before looking back at her monitor — she hadn't slept at all. "If I tell you yes, will it make you feel better?"

"Yes," Foolish stated.

"Then yes."

"I have a feeling she might've not slept," Sykkuno cut in.

"No," Luna responded, dragging the word out. "What are you . . . what are you talking about? I definitely did." Valorant then announced that there was a match found, providing a perfect segway for her. "Oh, hey, look at that, guys, we're getting in a game."

"Because you just lied to me, I'm stealing your Sage," Foolish told her.

Luna's eyes widened. "No, please don't. Foolish, please." They loaded into the agent select, and Luna did her best to try and click Sage, but somehow, Foolish had managed to click it faster and lock it in. "No!" She gasped. "Noah!"

Rae laughed loudly. "Damn, not the government name."

"You motherfucker," Luna continued. "After everything I've done for you, you go ahead and do this?"

"Wow," Miyoung let out, all while laughing. "That was actually so sick of you."

"Foolish," Luna complained, staring at her screen in disbelief. "I'm a Sage one-trick and you know it."

"Lunes, I'm just trying to get you to branch out," Foolish insisted. "This is a good thing."

"No, you're just praying on my downfall. You're actually throwing my game right now. Literally fuck me, I guess. You know know what? You don't care about my wellbeing. That's what this is telling me. No, I'll remember this."

Sykkuno laughed. "Oh my God."

"Fine, it'll just be like that," Luna said, speaking over Foolish's wheeze laugh. She stared at the rest of the agents. "I don't even know who to play now." Luna sighed. "Okay, I'm just gonna lock in Phoenix. Maybe I'll be a better Phoenix than Foosh. Ooh, or maybe I can just follow him around and flash him so he can never see and then I'll throw his game."

"I love how you're saying all of this while I'm right here," Foolish admitted. "You're, like, talking to yourself about all of these plans as if I can't hear them."

"Shut up." They got into the game, and Luna bought a flash instantly, not caring about anything else. "Where are you going, Foolish?" She pulled her flash out. "I've got my flash ready. Where are you going?"

"Luna," Foolish let out, still wheeze-laughing, which made Luna start to giggle, because his laugh was just too fucking contagious. "No."

"Luna did not come to play," Rae stated.

"He stole my Sage!" Luna exclaimed. The round started, and the first thing that Luna did was throw her flash right in front of Foolish's character. "Yeah, fuck you."

Foolish laughed a little harder. "Oh, Luna, you're adorable."

Luna froze for a moment, swearing her heart stopped. Her face felt warm, and her stomach felt all fluttery. She only snapped out of it when she died because she wasn't paying attention from being so stunned. Adorable? Foolish thought she was adorable?

She smacked herself in her head, shaking her head and sitting up a little straighter, focusing more on her monitor. Mary Jane, Luna reminded herself, because she knew that this feeling — falling — made her feel like flying, but soon enough, she would crash to the fucking ground, and her bones would crush.

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liv loves luna username • 1h
no thoughts, head empty, literally just luna and foolish running around and giggling with each other on valorant today . . . they belong with each other don't @ me on this one

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THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR WINDOWS AND FOOLISH LEFT HER A NOTE AND HE CALLED HER ADORABLE AND HE CARES ABOUT HER SLEEP SCHEDULE

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lexi howard's gf username • 1h
so I guess mary jane just doesn't exist anymore huh?

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the timeline for this is so fucked but listen it's not my fault foolish decided to go to ohio for basically the entire month of november

okay let me just walk you through this

right now it's the beginning of october 2022, luna and foolish go to twitch con, foolish & mj break up some time in the beginning-middleish of october, foolish & luna get together at the end of october, hang out in florida for halloween, then foolish goes back to ohio, he comes back to north carolina, they go out to la for foolish's birthday in december, and then the book ends in april 2023 :)

IT MAKES SENSE IN MY HEAD OKAY