𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫
𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 : 𝐀𝐓𝐋 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡.
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟒:𝟒𝟒 𝐩.𝐦.

Once you, Nicky, and your mom walked out of the courthouse, your friends (minus C) and Onyakapon were outside waiting with balloons and a poster saying, 'Welcome Home'. "Welcome home !" the group shouted. JuJu and Sasha were holding the poster while Jean and Armin held the gift baskets they all pitched in for. Bryson, Onyakapon, Mikasa, and Eren held balloons and other gift bags filled with articles of new clothing that couldn't fit into the gift baskets, that were mostly his favorite snacks he missed and trinkets. 

Nicky laughed, "No way. (y/n) you put this together ?"

You shook your head no, just as surprised as he was. You knew they were going to organize a get together. That surprise you were apart of. But this one ? This was entirely your friends and this is why you loved them. You almost forgot that they were your brother's good friends as well before he left.

"You know we had to come surprise you." Onyakapon gave him a big bear hug followed behind by everyone else.

"Thank you guys. I love all y'all," you brother answered, taking in the love he missed when he was in jail.

"Good thing you got out because this poster board would've went to waste," Sasha teased.

"Sasha you still look as beautiful as ever," Nicky flirted. Not even an hour out of jail and leave it to your brother to start back up on his crush on Sasha. You couldn't blame him though. She's beautiful and way better than the hoochie mamas that he used to bring around.

"And I'm still as uninterested as ever," she answered, half-jokingly. 

"For now."

"Okay ya'll can stop flirting now," Bryson interjected. 

"Yeah..We're right here," Armin adds. 

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫
𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 : 𝐀𝐓𝐋 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡.
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟕:𝟏𝟑 𝐩.𝐦.

Though it was a school night, later that evening you and your friends had dinner at JuJu's house since his parents were out of town, Onyakapon didn't have the space for everyone to have dinner there, and there was no way your brother and your dad are going to be under the same roof right now. The dinner was only part one of the celebratory festivities you all had planned, one of them being a sleepover since your parents would be one a romantic getaway for a week and a half. Yeah, it was the best week for Nicky to come back home. You, Sasha, and Mikasa were in charge of food. Since it was Nicky's celebration, you guys decided to make his favorite food, tacos, by making him a makeshift taco bar. For sides, you made tostones (with your mom's direction over the phone), salad, chips with salsa, and elote. You, Mikasa, and Sasha divided up different tasks and got to work so that you didn't have to keep your brother waiting any longer than he had to for a homemade meal, while everyone sat around talking and asking questions about what jail was like. 

"So then I had this bunkie after I got into a fight with my old one-" 

"Woah you were fighting in jail ?" Eren sat up in amazement, with his menace ass. 

Nicky laughed. "It might seem corny but you actually have to fight for respect in there."

"Damn so how'd the fight with the other dude start ?" Jean inquired. 

"He took the hot fries on my side of the room and kept leaving piss on the seat," Nicky answered, thinking that his answer would get a different response than the one you guys gave. For a moment the whole house went silent with the exception of the platanos frying in the oil. That's when everyone erupted into laughter. 

"Ain't no way yo' ass was getting buck for some hot Cheetos," JuJu laughed, falling into Bryson who was sitting next to him. 

"The piss thing is understandable," Ymir reasoned before going right back into a fit of laughter. 

"Laugh all y'all want but he was trying me," Nicky smiled. 

"Well all this talk about jail and hot fries is cute but food's ready. Come get it," you call from the kitchen, washing off your hands so you could make your plate after everyone else. That's when there was a sudden knock on the door. "I'll get it !" you call, since everyone was rushing to get at least two of everything that you guys cooked. 

You skipped up to the door, happier than ever and looked through JuJu's peephole. And guess who was on the other side. 

That's right. It was C. But are we surprised ? It wouldn't be a normal day without C popping up somehow, someway.  

You opened the door, revealing the sight of him with a small gift bag and a bouquet of roses with a note attached to them. "C ? What're you doing here ?"

"JuJu told me to swing by. Not sure why but I heard the great news. I'm happy for the two of you," he said.  Your eyes panned down to the roses and back to him, silently asking what they were for. "Don't get the wrong idea. These aren't for you this time around."

"Yeah ? Then who are they for ?"

"Your mom."

"Excuse me ?" Your eyebrows raise. 

"Oh ! No, not like that. Just figured it'd be nice to get her some. It's a big day for her too."

You nodded with a smile appearing on your face as you let him inside. "Oh. Hey C !" JuJu spoke. 

"Hey everyone," he responded walking over to the kitchen where everyone was standing around eating. 

"Who's this ?" your brother asked. Suddenly his sweet ole' smile was completely wiped off his face and now he was staring at the unexpected guest. Onyakapon had the same expression on his face but he knew who C was. He obviously heard his name a few times because of the things he did but that wasn't the problem. Onyakapon's problem was that he knew there was a crush brewing between the both of you, from the things both him and you would post. Whether it was an occasional picture of a place that both of you happened to be at "coincidentally" at the same time or it was a reposted twitter quote. And Onyakapon would be lying if he said he doesn't wish it was him.  

"This is-" Bryson starts but C quickly cuts him off. 

"I'm C. You must be (y/n)'s brother ?

"Yeah.." Not wanting to put you on the spot, he left out the part of how you briefly mentioned C to him. "Whatcha got there ? Something for my sister ?" he asked pointing to the bag and roses. 

"Well the bag is for you and the flowers for your mom since it's probably a special day for her too."

Everyone else watched in complete silence as your brother stepped closer to C to take the bag from him. His brown hand dug around in it, before taking out a book entitled '48 Laws of Power'. After examining both the front and back of the book, his straight face cracked into a small smile. "My cellmate read this book all the time. He said he'd let me get a turn but I had ended up leaving. Thanks man," Nicky said.

Instant breaths of relief sounded across the room, since C seemingly made a good first impression. "No problem."

"This was cute but can we continue eating now ?" Onyakapon asked, obviously annoyed as he went to go finish putting the toppings on his tacos. Everyone agreed and started back to eating.

"Guess I should be heading out now,"  C said before turning to walk to the door. 

"Wait !" you grab his hand. "Why don't you just stay to eat ?" 

"I would but it seems like a special thing for you guys."

"Well at least take something for Azula and your brother."

C smiled, showcasing his straight smile. "So considerate, Princess. But they're eating right now at my uncle's house."

"Alright..Well I'll see you tomorrow ?"

"Yeah."

As C continued walking to the door, another voice stopped him. "Aye ! C, right ? Where ya' going ?" your brother shouted across the house. 

"Was gonna head home, let you guys have dinner," he answered. 

"Good call. See ya- Ouch !" Onyakapon began to answer but was quickly interrupted by Mikasa hitting him in the shoulder. 

"What ? Man come sit down and eat ! There's enough to go around," your brother answers. 

"You sure ?"

"Yeah, man."

C hesitantly followed you back into the kitchen where he acted like he never made a plate before. Frustrated you snatched the plate and told him to go sit down. You loaded both his plate and yours with one of everything before sitting down next to him and sliding him his plate. "Here."

"Thanks," he smiles as his cheeks glowed a red color.

"So C. You work ?" your brother asked, attempting to get to know someone who all of his friends, with Onyakapon as an exception, was cool with.  

"Yeah. A few jobs here and there."

"Works so much he barely has time to hang out with us anymore," Jean mentioned. 

"Yeah but at least my birthday gift will be a good one," Sasha joked. 

"Speaking of birthdays, (y/n). Did you figure out what you wanted to do for the big eighteen ?" Historia asked, getting giddy since she knew that every time you had a party idea you went all out. Given the last birthday you had was a disaster and bottom line traumatic, you didn't want to have one but maybe this year was different. 

"Umm. I was thinking a 90s themed party at The Juke," you answer folding up one of your soft tacos to put into your mouth. 

"That shit would be off the chain ! I already know what Imma wear," JuJu exclaimed, starting to put a Pinterest board of outfits together. 

"That'd be cool just let me know when you're gonna have it so I can make sure I'm free to come visit from school," Onyakapon suggested. 

"You know I'm always free for you, (y/n)," C teases causing for you to laugh.

"Barf," Ymir said, trying to hide it with a cough. 

Everyone else took it as a joke. That is except for Onyakapon. "So are you guys dating or something ?" he asks bluntly. 

You choked on the leftover tortilla in your mouth. "What ?"

"I mean yeah. Going out on dates and everything. Surely you have to be together," he continued. 

Your brother raised an eyebrow and looked at you because if you and C were in fact dating, you didn't mention a word about that. "You seem to be up to date. So why don't you tell us ?" C answered, looking up from his plate. 

A small, "oop" was heard from JuJu and Armin who were watching the two boys' facial expressions closely. 

"What's that supposed to mean ?"

"I mean you must have the answer for us since you know what we be doing. "

You figured it was probably time to say something before it got out of hand. "Okay not that it's anyone's business but it was one date. Doesn't mean we're dating," you answer.

"But granted if they were dating, they'd be realllyyy cuteee," Jean added in a sing-song voice.

"I second that," Eren said.

"I actually third that opinion," Mikasa agreed.

"I fourth it," Ymir coincided."Head council ? What do you guys think ?" Head council was Bryson and JuJu.

"I been tryna tell ya'll they'd be a great couple," Bryson said.

"Okay can we not talk about this right now ?" You laugh, nervously.

"No actually I think we should keep talking," your brother rebutted.

"Okay well I'm making the executive decision to cut this conversation short. So. You know. Everyone shut that shit up."

"Do you two know each other or ?" Bryson asked, a little confused by the sudden animosity between C and his cousin.

"You know I actually don't know him." C turned to face Onyakapon, who was on the other end of the table. He flashed a bright smile and as if C could reach him, he held out his hand to shake it from the other end of the table. "Hi I'm C. I run track and go to Paradis High School. And you are ?"

"Onyakapon. I run track for Clark Atlanta," he responded in a monotone voice, his face not daring to crack into a smile. 

"Okay good. We all know each other now. Let's move o-"

"So C what exactly is your line of work ?" Onyakapon questioned. Once again Nicky stayed quiet, looking over to C and then back to his friend. 

"Is this an interview ?" C responded before taking another slow sip of the the drink you poured for him. 

"What's wrong ? No shame in how you make your money," Onyakapon continued.

"One of my jobs is at the Juke," C said poking around at the things on his plate. "I do concessions and maintenance."

"Do you now ? Mr. Nelson must be paying a lot for you to have the newest Jordans."

C shrugged. "I get by."

Then came a silence that filled the room with a strong tension. A tension so thick that you could cut it with a knife. That is, until Bryson spoke. "Okay Imma say it. Is there some type of problem here ?"

"Yeah, Onyakapon what's your problem ?" you ask. 

"My problem ? I don't have a probl-"

"Boy, boo. We knew yo' ass for years and we know when you have a problem. It's been mad animosity between ya'll," JuJu interrupted. 

"It's fine. I'm someone he never met at his friend's coming home dinner. I get i-"

"I don't need you to talk for me," Onyakapon cut C off from talking.

It was getting borderline irritating how rude Onyakapon was being, especially now that he cut off the only person trying to see his side of things. Though the situation was annoying, you almost laughed at the fact that Nicky was just sitting down, eating, and staring off into space. He was tuning out everything that was going on but part of you knew it definitely was because he was probably used to arguments breaking out during table settings. Fights break out all the time in jail, or at least that's what he told you. 

"That's the problem. C ain't do shit since he been here," Bryson replied. 

"Ya'll just met this nigga-"

"Correction (y/n) was the only one who's just met him recently," Jean managed to sneak in something to the conversation. 

"Whatever the case may be. He came up in here during shit that doesn't concern him and is now sitting at the table." Unbeknownst to everyone else, this was obviously not the reason Onyakapon had a problem with C. He was just jealous. Onyakapon has had a crush on you for the past few years, basically since the first time he met you when the two of you were younger. However he never acted on it. Between him fearing that your brother would have a problem with it and between you dating Porco for the past few years, he felt like it was almost impossible for the two of you to happen. So seeing C and you get so close so quickly straight up pissed him off. 

"First of all he came to drop something off for Nicky. Plus, Nicky invited him to stay. Grow the fuck up," you said. 

"You know what. Imma go," C said but this time he sounded like he was only getting angrier. He slid his plate to the side and got up out for his seat. His balled up fist then went into his pockets as he began to walk towards the door. "Welcome home Nicky. Good luck with everything."

"Alright, bro. See you around," your brother answered.

"Bye everyone," C then said to the rest of the room, to which you all responded with quiet 'bye's' pretty bummed out that he wanted to leave. 

You quickly got up from the table to walk him to the door. Your brother didn't see a problem with it because believe it or not, he thinks C is a cool person. Sure he had a bit of an off feeling about him but for right now, he wouldn't act on it. However that feeling was in no comparison to the amount of negative feelings he had when he met Porco for the first time. 

"You know you don't have to go," you say quietly. 

"Yeah but today's supposed to be a good one for you. Not one where you have to argue," he answers. 

"But-"

"No but's, Princess. Call me later, okay ?"

"Okay," you respond.

𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚.𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬 : my favorites <3, welcome back nickkkk 

╰𝟏𝐱.𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤 : im back home so fw ur boy !
╰ 𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚.𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬 : i'll think about it..
╰ 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥.(𝐲/𝐧) : @ 𝟏𝐱.𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤  nigga u aint even been back for 24 hours-

𝟏𝐱.𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤 : feels good to be back :)
╰𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧.𝐭𝐡𝐞.𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 : W IN THE CHAT FOR NICK !
╰𝐢𝐭𝐬.𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧 : WWWWWW
╰𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 : BIG MF W
╰ 𝐣𝐮𝐣𝐮.𝐝𝐚.𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛 : BIG FAT ASS PURRR
 ╰ 𝐛𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 : @ 𝐣𝐮𝐣𝐮.𝐝𝐚.𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛 the straight version babes
╰ 𝐣𝐮𝐣𝐮.𝐝𝐚.𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛 : ohhh okay bet. W BRO ! LETS GO GET SOME CHICKS !
╰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐨𝐟𝐦𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 : LMFAOOOO 

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫
𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 : 𝐀𝐓𝐋 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡.
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟖:𝟏𝟎 𝐚.𝐦.

Your debate teacher was gracious enough to let you, C, Armin, and Jean do your debate on that Friday since beforehand you told them about why'd you would be out of school. Right now, you were reviewing your details an tweaking a few things on the flashcards you provided for C because though you knew he was pretty smart, you wanted to be as careful as possible. Other than that, you were all good except for the fact that C had yet to show up. And not to mention you were going to have to go with or without him in T minus five minutes. "Where's C ?" you asked Jean.

"Hell if I know. I just talked to him this morning he said he had something to take care of," he answered. 

Great. Just when he got on your good side, he had to fuck it all u-

"I'm here !" C said, jogging into the classroom with food and iced coffees in his hands. 

"Mr. Springer. This is the second time you've been late within the first week of school. Care to explain ?" Professor Zoe said, looking down at her attendance seat. 

"Um. Can I plead the fifth ?" he said.

The teacher did not look amused. "If not you could just get yourself a detention."

"As a matter of fact Professor, I was late because I stopped to get you... this," he answered pulling out a blueberry muffin from his Dunkin' Donuts bag. 

Professor Hange examined the pastry before ultimately taking it, a small smile creeping onto their face. "Go take a seat you'll be starting soon."

C smiled and headed over to you, plopping himself into the seat next to you. "Here you guys go," he says, placing a bag of food in front of his two friends across from him. He then slid you a caramel iced coffee with whipped cream and caramel drizzle on top. "And here you are, Princess."

"You're late, C."

"I had some things to do. Plus I couldn't let my future girlfriend get hungry," he replied smoothly. 

"Future girlfriend ? Boy please," you say. "But the coffee was sweet," you finish, giving him a quick peck on the cheek. It was obvious it was going to take way more than an iced coffee to win your love but it didn't hurt to give him a quick thanks every now and then. 

"Alright Springer, Jean, (y/n), and Armin ! You're up."