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atari was so tired she didn't even stir in her sleep when her twin called out to her to wake for school. by the time she'd woken up, school was half way done, there was no point in attending. "i'll just text mia to ask what i missed.."

tilting to her side, she grabbed her phone and groaned at the amount of messages she'd gotten. her brother who'd sent her a million texts because she wasn't answering, he worried a little too much in her opinion, a few texts from both minu, yuna, mia and june, then a handful from jay and joker. but none from vinny.

she missed him.

june thought about asking her to participate in the race but she wasn't apart of their crew, so minu was against the idea even though they both knew that she'd participate for them.

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( yuna )
hey are u at school?

( mia )
dw you didn't miss much !!
but i'll lend you my book :)

( yuna )
ur an angel mia

( atari )
yes u are, i slept it in oops
thanks <3 see u both tmr

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there was nothing on for the rest of the day and it was only noon, she could have the day to herself. and she was either going to use that day to sleep, shop or do something spontaneous.

she slid her grey sweatpants on along with a matching grey cropped singlet and slipped on black platform converse. she always wore a beaded black bracelet along with a digital watch and a silver cross necklace.

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( princess )
u awake?

( joker )
no.

( princess )
k

( joker )
tf u want

( princess )
dw u prick

( joker )
just tell me jfc

( princess )
nah ur lazy

( joker )
hurry up

( princess )
come pick me up first

( joker )
ok

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though the light blue haired male had dropped her off and picked her up countless times, he'd never actually seen the inside of her house. he was curious, of course, but he'd never ask to be invited inside. he didn't want to seem desperate.

"hey loser."

an irk mark appeared on his forehead, "so are you going to tell me why you called me here?"

she shrugged, "didn't want to go shopping alone."

"is that it?"

"yes?" she saw the look on his face and she forced a small smile. "i mean, you can go if you want. i'm not forcing you to stay."

atari was used to doing stuff by herself, but that didn't mean she wanted to be alone. it was fine.

joker could tell that it was a forced smile, he'd seen her actual smile enough times that she could tell this one was fake. he liked to watch her. more than he'd ever admit. she was interesting. he grabbed her wrist and pulled her back towards him. "and who said you were forcing me to stay? hop on princess."

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having her arms around him felt nice. he almost didn't stop where he was supposed to, it'd be too suspicious if he didn't so as much as he didn't want to. that feeling had to end. for now.

the mall was more crowded than usual, and when atari looked back at him, she chuckled at the expression he was making at the crowd. "not too late to back out."

"who says i'm backing out?" he mumbled and instinctively grabbed onto her wrist. "just stay beside me. i might lose your short ass in the crowd."

"true, it's so easy to spot you though, giraffe ass," she snickered and led the way.

about thirty minutes in, joker noticed the amount of shopping bags that she was carrying and swiftly snatched them out of her hand.

"you don't have to d—"

"it's fine, just do what you came here to do."

"i'll treat you to korean barbecue after." she shrugged his hand off of her wrist and the look he gave her was absolutely priceless. he looked so offended. "whoa relax, my wrist was getting sore.. and.. thank you for coming with me." she grabbed his hand once more and looked away.

after another three hours atari finally decided that was enough, she'd occasionally glance back at the tall male to make sure he was alright and he looked kind of overwhelmed, so she decided to call it a day.

"don't think these will fit in my bike.." he said holding up the bags.

"i'll have someone pick them up, don't worry, we can leave it at the service desk." she smiled up at him.

how cute. he almost blushed at her expression.

once the bags were safely stored with the clerk, they headed to the nearest korean barbecue restaurant which was conveniently in the mall itself, on the top floor.

"now, let's go eat. i'm hungry."

"you're always hungry."

"so are you."

from afar, sung had spotted the ravenette. even with her common hair colour she was easy to find in a crowd, there was just something about her. but the guy beside her, he wasn't familiar.

he snapped a photo just to interrogate her about it later.

"you better not be cheating on vinny," he mumbled, knowing full well that the pair weren't officially dating.

sung  wanted them to just get together already. it really was frustrating to watch them dance around their feelings when they'd both told him how they felt.

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( AUTHOR'S NOTE )
SHORT LIL CHAPTER ABOUT
MY ATARI. LOOK I WAS GNAA
INCLUDE VINNY BUT HE'S
GOING TO TAKE OVER THE
STORY LATER ON SO JOKER.
i feel like joker is that tough
guy that has like a secret uh
soft spot AAAA. luv him.