gene and khaio getting high and making fun of higgs? i love their dynamic so much, comfort ship
@nemodoren coming up hon :D
Laughter erupted in the back end of the porter residencies. The sounds echoed down the hallways and luckily, out of earshot from the higher-ups. Gene and Khaio were enjoying themselves, exchanging a few cigarettes that had been laced with marijuana. Both of them experimented with the different strands, seeing which ones they preferred and what gave the most benefits.
There was nothing against porters hitting blunts or using the drug, but it was frowned upon. However, given the week the two had with delivery runs and trying to outmaneuver BTs attempting to kill them, they needed to let loose.
"We should have done this a long time ago." Gene mused as Khaio nodded, taking a hit from his cig as he smiled. The smoke emitted through his nostrils as Gene snorted.
"Yeah, I don't know why we were so freaked out with talking to each other either!" Khaio said and smiled. "I mean there was nothing stopping us."
"I can name something we have in common that aided that. A certain fella who made our lives stressful as hell. He knew we'd be too powerful if we became acquainted." Gene grinned, watching Khaio's expression turn ecstatic.
"Higgs fucking Monaghan!" They both exclaimed, erupting into another laughing fit. Both their faces turned red before Gene tried to shush Khaio.
"There's something I gotta tell you about him---"
"Okay, okay I'm listening!" Khaio moved closer to her, to where both Gene and he were huddled up like a couple of kids trying to plot something.
"Higgs isn't his real name."
"Get the fuck out of here!"
"No joke! You want to know what it is?"
"Tell me, tell me, tell me!"
Gene tried to control her laughter, a giggling fit starting to escape from her throat as Khaio shook his fellow porter by the shoulders to snap her out of it.
"No fucking way!" Khaio and Gene once more roared into a fit of laughs. They cackled like hyenas howling into the night. Gene wiped away her eyes, tears going down her cheeks as Khaio slapped his leg several times to get the energy out.
"There's no way I'm gonna take him seriously now! No way!" Khaio said in between breaths as Gene nodded in agreement.
"Gene, Gene, that reminded me there's something I gotta tell you about Pete--I mean Higgs."
"Word is, he's got a nipple piercing."
"You are bullshitting me!" Gene shouted wide-eyed, on the verge of another fit.
"I shit you not! Some porters from the D-12 unit caught him in the public showers, where he NEVER goes to and saw him with it!"
Khaio furrowed his brows, taking another hit as Gene was losing it against the wall. She was laughing so hard he couldn't tell if her lungs were collapsing or not.
"Gene? There something you want to tell the class?"
"I'm sorry--" Gene panted. "But I pictured it being like a drawstring toy, you pull the nipple ring back, it's attached to a cord, it goes back to him and he starts saying random shit like the cowboy from Toy Story!"
In between Gene's strained voice explaining herself, Khaio nearly collapsed beside her. He was holding onto his stomach at the imagery. Truth be told, it was probably the most ridiculous thing anyone had said but he was too high to care.
Footsteps from around the corner could be heard, and Gene and Khaio quickly tried to compose themselves. They even went so far as to toss their cigs or hide them underneath their porter boots. Fear overtook whatever joy they had as they nervously looked around, trying to appear inconsequential.
"Shouldn't you two be on the upper floor working?" Higgs said, raising a brow at them as he showed up.
Gene and Khaio, the moment they locked their gazes with Higgs lost it. The imagery in their head was too strong to hold back as they pointed and laughed at him.
Confusion settled on Higgs's face as he got ready to say something, even attempt to correct the behavior but he decided against it. Whatever was going on, he didn't want to get dragged into it as he shrugged, shaking his head, and walked off.
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