Fake It Till You Don’t Make It ⇄ Pearlet
Once Violet’s vanity is sated and displayed to the world with an influx of filters and emoji’s, Pearl is already settled into bed, the remainder of makeup on his face smeared on a cleansing wipe, though streaky traces still remain giving his eyes a hollowed out appearance compared to Violet’s still made-up and immaculate face resting on the other pillow.
Her comments about shitty teeny boppers have him dramatically pouting ‘….Hunger Games isn’t shitty, if it was Twilight you know I’d agree, but don’t insult the cinematic greatness of whatever the fuck this century is’ rolling into his stomach ‘….We really need to go out and get some DVD’s if we’re bunking together for the Premiere’s, these pay per view movies are shit.. And I’m not watching some gross horror flick, and we’re not watching Granny Porn”
If there was one thing that was constant when it came down to their interactions - whether they be together or split up or somewhere in between - it was that Pearl always succeeded in saying something that had her losing her pupils from an intense roll. His argument in favour of the Hunger Games was no exception and further inspired Violet to keep browsing, knowing that she better pick the film now or else she’d be stuck watching some preteen cult classic for the next two hours.
The suggestion to pick up DVDs was ignored thanks to the startling prediction that this roommate arrangement wouldn’t be a one time thing. “You really think we’re going to have to bunk at every premiere?” Violet quizzed, trying to mask the concern in her voice as her gaze remained stone cold and set on the flickering screen. “Hey, they Notorious Bettie Page is on.” She reported delightedly, excitement buzzing through as she landed on a docudrama covering the life and times of arguably her greatest soul and aesthetic inspirations. “You know I can’t not watch this…”













