#whip 2

[lake-lunvik]

.•*keep reading for manuscript*•.

crying emerges from the living room

quartz:

i’m gonna sit down, i’ve babysat enough today.

dove:

hey ru-

ruby:

nope, i came to you to get away from mine.

dove:

thiou, i’m not even gonna bother with you.

lithium quartz:

smart choice, ma.

dove:

ooh, eros, please? your child misses their daddy.

-*-*-

eros:

hey baby, what’s wrong?

a:

daddy, i so hungy, food pweashe.

eros:

yes, your highness.

a:

nonono, uppy, daddy!

eros:

baby, wait, lemme get your food.

a:

no.... a breaks into tears

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.•* three years later *•.

lithium quartz:

well, that fucking sucked.

iolite:

for you it did!

morganite:

i think i speak for both io and i, when i say today was fun! i beat both chari and io in bowling!

iolite:

no need to rub salt in my wounds.

sugilite:

thiou, i’m sorry!

lithium quartz:

you lied to me!

you said, and i quote, “look, there’s gonna be guys and gals, waiting in the alley’s cool breeze, whilst the summer’s sun is out!” and there was none of that there!

morganite:

except for the cool indoor breeze.

iolite:

and the summer’s sun.

sugilite:

see, i didn’t lie-

lithium quartz:

quiet, you!

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.•* twenty minutes later *•.

dove:

what if he becomes untouchable? papa, he’s going to highschool in a couple weeks.

quartz:

he’s your son, how will he be untouchable?

dove:

random guess, cuz i wouldn’t know what highschool is like.

lithium quartz:

but dad does-

dove:

hush you!

quartz:

well, biridie, that’s just the life of a young man- 

lithium quartz:

(nonbinary)

quartz:

he wants that freedom to know who he is and what he wants to be in life!

dove:

well, why don’t i choose for him?

quartz:

birdie... your childhood was not so long ago.

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.•* inside the whip residence *•.

dove:

...and then i told the buyer, and he said no! and my dad agrees with him!

ruby

dang, mr whip, you really think so?

quartz

i know so, im old! contrary to popular belief, old people with money, are particularly stingy!

dove:

but i documented the journey!

ruby:

sorry, d.

hey at least- oh, the kids are home.

lithium quartz:

hey baba, mama, hey ru.

quartz:

hey thiou, your mother said we need to talk? 

lithium:

desperately, my dad isn’t enough support.

ruby:

this about....

dove:

yep, again.

sugilite

nice to see you guys too...

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a little while later...

amethyst:

mama?

dove:

yes, amethyst?

amethyst:

bedtime, mama?

dove:

yes, paidí mou*.

* is  my child in greek. 

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debate continues in the background

iolite:

mama is being talked to by our dearest siblings and baba-

sugilite:

um, where you going?

iolite:

to bed? you still gonna take out my braids tomorrow, right?

sugilite:

morg said no, right?

iolite:

yeah,and i don’t wanna walk to yaya’s* house tomorrow.

sugilite:

so, no braids for highschool?

iolite:

óchi.**

sugilite:

absolutely(!)

* is grandma, eros’ mum, cupid.

** is no in greek.

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manuscript under the cut

lithium quartz:

morg, you gotta back me up here!

morganite:

from what i heard from the bathroom, mama, we are not mindless drones.

lithium quaartz:

 thank you!

morganite:

however...

lihtium quartz:

huh?

morganite:

you have to understand, mum doesn’t want you to end up as a version of what she was supposed to be...

or what could potentially happen to our dearest baby sister, our very own faux, sugilite whip.

iolite: 

speaking of the white devil herself?

sugilite:

uh... why can i hear my name being called? and white devil? from you?

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Whip?