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"LORELAI!" FELIX YELLS, his voice drifting up the stairwell from the foyer and into Lorelai's room where she cocks her head up in confusion.

"Yeah?" She yells back.

"Come here!"

"Why?"

Upon receiving no response, Lorelai groans and stands up. Her legs, cramped from sitting crossed on her desk chair for the past three hours, crack with a sickening noise as she stretches them out. Felix had definitely heard her yell back, but he also knows that by not responding, she'll be forced to come downstairs. He had done it in the past, and Lorelai knows how he works. It was honestly a pretty smart way to coerce her downstairs if she was being honest.

Lorelai had spent the majority of her morning doing work. She had emailed companies back, talked to her manager about opportunities, and spoke with Sive about ways she could upgrade her editing. The first time she had asked Sive for editing tips it had been a bit strange since in theory, she could just hire him, but he made it clear that he was too occupied with editing for Felix to take another client and was totally okay with giving her tips. His reassurance quickly eradicated all awkwardness from the situation, and since then, Lorelai would call Sive occasionally for some editing tips and tricks.

That's one pro of living with Pewdiepie, she supposes. You have access to almost everything.

Lorelai finds Felix in the kitchen drinking G Fuel at the table with Marzia drinking tea across from him. She was knitting something Lorelai can't quite label and briefly looks up to smile at the girl as she enters the room. On the kitchen counter sits a package addressed to Lorelai with a pair of scissors laying on top of it.

"That arrived this morning," Felix says, nodding his head at the package. "What'd you get?"

"Good question," Lorelai answers.

She hadn't ordered anything recently, she knew that. Online shopping isn't a skill she possesses; she could never find things she liked online. So the slightly damaged box with her name written on it in sloppy handwriting was throwing her for a bit of a loop.

That is unless it's...

Lorelai takes the scissors and spreads them apart before slicing one of the blades through the packaging tape on top of the box. It cuts with a loud noise, drawing the attention of Felix and Marzia onto the Danish girl with peaked curiosity. With a steady hand, Lorelai cuts through the tape on the sides and finally opens up the box.

It is.

In the box, folded up a little messily but with an obvious effort, lays a black hoodie with red decals on it. Lorelai's hands move with a mind of their own as she reaches in and takes out the sweatshirt. As she unfolds it, she can see the design on it. It's obviously Corpse's merch, as depicted by the drawing of him and the little scribbles of words relating to his brand. Miss You! and I am Corpse can be found on different spots on the hoodie written in a white chicken scratch that stands out against the black of the hoodie.

Lorelai quickly shrugs it on, allowing the hoodie to engulf her body in comforting warmth. She breathes in, smelling something deep and rich. Her sniffing skills aren't refined enough to name what she smells, but she knows that it's cologne.

And something in her tells her it's Corpse's cologne.

TWITTER !

15:32

lorelai 🌃 | lorelai
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thank you for the hoodie <3
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replying to @lorelai

isimpfortoomanypeeps: tea bestie?

kozekq: the heart kinda sus 😏

evie193: this feels like an indirect bestie

corpse_husband: <3

rysterics: corpse bud what do you know

theonlybtslover: are we interrupting something 😐😑😐

jjaiaoo: wait until corpse stan twt finds this one‼️

IMESSAGE !
04:01
direct messages between corpsey and lorelai 🔪

CORPSE
THE HOODIE
I LOVE IT SO MUCH
ITS SO COMFY
AND SWAGGY
AND I LOVE IT
THANK YOU

pfft
glad you like it
how much coffee have you had

none tyvm
im just really happy cause i like the hoodie

awwwww
that's cute

you popped off so hard
like please i love it

thank you
that really means a lot

i'm not taking this off you know

i figured
did you get everything out of the box?

WAIT FUCK THERES MORE HOLD ON

TWITTER !

16:11

lorelai 🌃 | lorelai
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i- what do i say @corpse_husband

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bauiiakan: couple goals hello

b1tchn0where: he ‼️ made ‼️ her ‼️ a ‼️ bracelet ‼️

loevresboygeorgie: brb sobbing

corpse_husband: now we match
↳ lorelai: you are so amazing corpse

nexawtww: that is so hot

malsbitchahah: cherry? 🤔🤨🧐

valkyrae: WHY DONT YOU GUYS SEND ME THIS KIND OF STUFF
↳ lorelai: sounds like a you problem 🤷‍♀️

ccloudyyy: fuck that's cute

IMESSAGE !
16:14

INCOMING CALL FROM lorelai🔪 !
✅ ACCEPT ❌ DECLINE

"HI, CORPSE!" LORELAI yells into her phone excitedly.

"Hi, Lorelai," he chuckles in response, dragging one hand over his face on his side of the phone as he tries to hide his grin.

"Corpse, you're like the best person ever," Lorelai says. "Seriously, you're wonderful and I love you and this sweatshirt and bracelet and oh my gosh."

"You good there?" Corpse asks with a laugh. "You're all over the place, princess."

Lorelai takes a deep breath and nods. "I'm good. I'm just really excited and happy." And wearing your sweatshirt.

Corpse nods, taking in Lorelai's words as he leans back in his gaming chair. Lorelai was laying on her bed, bundled up in Corpse's sweatshirt with a dopey smile on her face. A vanilla-scented candle was burning on her bedside table, filling the room with a warm heavenly aroma. Every once in a while her eyes would flit to the bracelet on her wrist and she'd get happy all over again. In all honesty, she wasn't too sure why it was making her so overly ecstatic, but she didn't want to question it too much.

"I was thinking today," Corpse begins, his voice suddenly small and nervous. "Would you like to meet up with me?"

Lorelai freezes up for a second. "Really?"

"I mean, it's just an idea if you don't want to or are worried about Covid or-"

"Corpse, I'd love to meet with you," Lorelai admits, "but do you wanna meet me? I know you're pretty secretive about your identity and all that and I don't wanna intrude or push your boundaries or anything."

"I think so," Corpse says, pausing, before restating, "yes."

Lorelai lets out a sigh of disbelief. "Wait, so, like, how would we meet up?"

"You'd have to come to me," Corpse replies. "Americans can't enter Europe right now without dual citizenship in it."

"Okay, makes sense," Lorelai says. "So, how would that work? And when?"

Corpse runs a hand over his face again. "Maybe the second or third week of December? And we can figure all of that out when it gets closer."

"Sounds good to me," Lorelai replies. "Oh my God, this is insane. Dude, you just keep making me happier today."

A smile breaks through Corpse's nervous expression. "I'm glad. That's what I'm here for, princess."

"Shut it, Corpsey."

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author's note

cc where were you?! why were you gone?! i was on vacation 🤠

short chapter go brrr i needed to set up a few things lol