To my surprise instead of a police officer suddenly being the one to bust through the door, a caramel skinned girl with a short pixie cut and purple hair busts through the door wearing all black. Which was then followed by another girl, this one had very long dirty blonde hair though and her skin was only a little darker than the first girls, she was very thin and almost had this cutesy vibe to her despite being completely covered in tattoos and wearing a pastel pink dress covered in a pattern of pastel green eyeballs. The purple haired girl sees Declan and before even glancing anywhere else she starts speaking.

“So did you string on another one oh my god he's here.” The purple haired girl says, stringing the sentences together as she finally catches sight of me.

“Awwn, he's so much cuter in person!” The blond haired girl says in a high pitched voice as she walks closer to me with a big smile on her face. Damn she’s cheary.

“Hey, um, Dick hole, who are these girls exactly?” I ask, as I do so though I suddenly see the blond haired girl's expression change and stop in her tracks, suddenly losing her genuinely cheery expression and forcing a bit of a sad smile, clearly uncomfortable. I was confused. Did I do something?

“That's Stevie, they're non-binary.” He says, referring to the blond haired person.

“Oh, sorry.” I say, being genuine for once. Stevie gives me a genuine smiles at my apologie.

“It's alright.” They say in a smooth voice.

….

What? I know I’m an asshole but I’m not going to go out of my way to be a dick, besides, if I'm going to be a piece of shit I prefer to be a piece of shit and know it. I catch Declan’s expresion at my apology, he’s obviously surprised but quite frankly I don't really give a fuck since this is the last time he will ever be hearing those words come out of my mouth.

“And this is Lex.” He says referring to the purple haired girl.

“Yea, hi, um, ok so now that that's all dealt with, Declan, why, in the actual fuck, is he hear?” Lex asks him. Well this looks like it might be a good sign for me.

“Yea Declan, why in the actual fuck am I here?” I ask, my attitude very much on the agitated side of things. By that I mean I was fucking annoyed out of my goddamn mind. Like shit, my god damn apartment gets floded, fuckin ruins my teck, most of it built from practical scratch to by the way, then I get arrested only to be followed up by being kidnaped. What a fuckin day. You know, maybe this is the bullshit divine retribution those nut jobs were talking about for being gay, who fuckin knows.

“Ok firstly I'm not a big fan of this ganging up on me that’s going on, secondly can I talk to you for a second Lex… in private please.” He says, directing her to where I assumed was either a bedroom or a bathroom. Lex looks annoyed but agrees and walks to the room with him, before he closes the door though he says one last thing. “I’ll explain the rest to you in a bit Steve but for now can you just keep an eye on him and makes sure he doesn't go anywhere?” They look towards him and smile warmly.

“Yea sure, no problem.” Damn I don't know how this person smiled so much all the time, it really was something. They then sat down next to me in a playful, almost childish way.

“So you’re Jea huh? It’s nice to meet ya.” There smile was so genuine and there entire disposure just radiate positivity. It was like poison to someone like me. But no, I was not going to let this person where me down with there damn cheary bull shit, no way in hell.

“Why did you and Lex know who I was when you walked into the door?” They chuckle a bit at my question, still smiling blindingly bright.

“That’s a secret for now I’m afraid,” They bring their finger to there lips as they say so. “but I promise I’ll tell you what I can once I know the situation, k?” They then wink at me of all things. Goddammit why the hell do they have to be so damn sweet. At this rate I’m going to get cavities and diabetes in the same fucking day.

“Yea uh… sure… thanks…” How the fuck did they get me to thank them when they are litterealy helping keep me in a place I very much don’t want to fucking be. Christ they’ve got to be doing some kinda damn voodoo shit. No one is this nice or this cheery, it's just not fucking possible.

“Are you alright? You’re frowning a lot.” I here there voice cut through my thoughts. Damn, I didn't realize I was frowning, I guess that's probably just my resting face though at this point.

“Wha… I mean yeah I just… I mean this is just my face ok? chist.” I felt an immediate ping of gilt in my chest at how annoyed I got when they were just asking me a genuine question but, I mean I'm not a good person, I've never pretended to be. That's why I try to stay away from people like Steve, they’re just too fucking nice and happy for me. I just end up hurting them. Not that I care or anything, it's just not worth the trouble. Somehow though Steve didn't even flinch despite me getting annoyed and saying something in my usual shitty tone. Instead they just giggled and smiled, humming out a sigh.

“Mhm, you’re definitely right, that is your face.” They were clearly amused by something I could not comprehend but I wasn't going to break my brain over it. “Mn” They bite there lip a little, seeming to be deep in thought. “I don’t know why Declan brought you here but, he’s not a bad person, he just, makes decisions sometimes out of the blue without really thinking about it properly. That can be a good thing sometimes, and sometimes not so much.”

“That’s nice and all but he litteraly fucking kidnaped me.” I say, being fairly blut on the matter.

“Mn, I’m sure he had his reasons.” I really don’t understand where the blind trust in this guy comes from. What? Is he the fucking Messiah? What is this shit? Both our heads turn though as we start to hear muffled raised voices coming from where Declan and Lex had gone. This doesn't sound good.