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Suitcase pov

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She hit the turn off button on her alarm and looked at her clock, 6:30 they were going to be leaving at 9 to go to the school for dorm assignments. Luckily suitcase had packed everything days prior that she'd need, it's not like she had much to pack she had only moved in with her father, step mother and step brother four months ago after her mother passed. she convinced her father ribbon  to let her stay with her aunt so she could finish her freshman year at her old school but he insisted she move in with him after school ended so here she was. She didn't hate her father or step family far from it, she had just grown used to how things were her living with her mother full time and visiting her father and his family on holidays and during the summer. Her step mom  bat was a nice woman she always made sure suitcase knew she was welcome and made sure not to overstep any boundaries especially after just losing her mother, and baseball was a great older brother they had met each other when their parents had started dating when she was six and he was seven. Despite not being around each other alot they grew a tight bond and texted each other alot while suitcase was with her mom. 

Suitcase showered and   got dressed in a white button up long sleeved shirt attached to dark brown skirt with yellow suspenders  and a pair of her black flats, her medium length hair brushed back and held in place by a yellow headband before going downstairs. Bat was making breakfast as ribbon was finishing up the last of suitcase's medical forms for her to bring to the school, insanity academy (she has no idea what would lead someone to name a school that but apparently it was one of the best soo who cares). "Morning dear did you get everything ready to go?" Bat asked her as suitcase sat at the table "yep I got the last of it packed up last night" suitcase confirmed as she drank some tea. "And your schedule-" her father started before suitcase cut him off " is in my folder with the rest of my documents needed".  Baseball walked downstairs and plopped in the chair next to suitcase's " you ready?" He asked ruffling her hair  making her sigh as she fixed it  "yes I am" she assured them for what felt like the 100th time. The four ate breakfast and went over the plan for the day, they would leave at 9 to get to the school at 10 in time for orientation for suitcase and helping the two move into their dorm rooms.

The ride to the school wasn't too eventful she mainly listened to her music as baseball texted nickel, ugh nickel she understood he was baseball's best friend but he always got on suitcase's nerves and made her feel insecure about herself , she cared about her brother though so she kept those feelings to herself besides they were in separate grades how often would she have to deal with him?

Orientation came and went it was a simple going over of rules and dress code restrictions,if she's honest it seemed like principle Mephone couldn't care less about it. Her dorm was 23 while baseball's was 68. Each dorm  had a small living area and kitchen  and  2 to 4  rooms in it (hers was only 2)  with a enough room for a bed , dresser and desk in each. Her roommate hadn't arrived yet so she just claimed the room on the left and started unpacking. 

Maybe this year won't be too bad after all.

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Knife pov

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"KNIFE I SWEAR TO GOD TURN OFF YOUR STUPID FUCKING ALARM CLOCK" mic yelled from the room next door to his. Knife slammed the off button and scrolled on his phone for the next 20 minutes before mic reminded him he needed to finish his packing "why didn't you finish it yesterday?"she asked helping him fold his laundry "pickle and bomb wanted to play cod" he said flatly zipping up his bag. "Of course," mic retorted as the two brought their bags down to knife's beat up pick up their mother helped  him buy  for his 17th birthday, it wasn't much but he knew his mom put in alot of overtime to even help him afford it on top of their school expenses. " hop in i don't wanna drive longer than I gotta" he sighed tossing the bags in the back before locking the door hopping in the front seat. Their mother had a shift at the hospital so she couldn't see them off "what about breakfast?" Mic asked " I'll stop at McDonald's if you don't blast your shitty music". 

Orientation, same shit different year , it was clear mephone hated doing it but vice principle floory always insists that he should do it to welcome the students. He's in dorm 68 , dammit not only is he not with bomb or nickel but he has to deal with baseball, nickel and balloon. Over the last year balloon became less annoying but knife couldn't fucking stand baseball or nickel, everyone knew nickel was an ass but baseball should be considered worse cause he never stops nickel's behavior. Yes knife is a jerk but at least he admits it baseball and nickel just act like their better.  Knife unpacked his things before plopping  down on the couch in the living area and setting up his game system on the cheap TV the school provided each dorm. "Your sister make it to her dorm safely?" Knife overheard Balloon ask baseball, "god there's another one of you?" Knife asked laughing making baseball glare at him "keep my sister out of your mouth knife. She doesn't need to get picked on by you on her first day." Baseball warned.  "Fine fine. If she's anything like you I wouldn't bother with her anyway" knife stated going back to setting up his system.

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Suitcase pov

Suitcase  woke up on her bed to talking in the living room area, when had she fallen asleep? Last she remembered she was watching a random video on her phone. She figured she might as well introduce herself to her room so she stepped out of her room to see two girls on the couch laughing, one had dark curly hair put up in a bun and was wearing skin tight ripped jeans and a black tank top with a band she didn't recognize on it while the other had soft pink hair pulled back in a neat ponytail and was wearing a pink dress with a white belt around her waist and white gloves. " Oh hey! your up! Sorry did we wake you? I'm mic I'll be your roommate and this is Soap! She was helping me organize my room" the girl, mic said. "Oh dont worry you didn't wake me! I'm Suitcase  it's nice to meet you!"suitcase said sitting by the two on the couch. They all chat for abit getting to know each other when mic got a text, " Oh my brother invited me over for pizza since we dont have groceries for the dorms yet do you guys wanna come? It beats the cafeteria food here trust me" she informs suitcase. "Would that be okay? I dont wanna intrude" suitcase asks worried about being a nuisance. "Nah don't worry about it! Besides he usually orders 2 because he invites his friends over too" mic assures her.

As the trio got to mic's brother's dorm suitcase noticed the dorm number looked familiar but could remember why. "Yo asshole im here i brought soap and my roommate" mic said knocking on the door. A tall guy with silver spikey hair wearing a black crop top and ripped jeans opened the door. " come in , bomb pickle and taco are already here" the guy said giving suitcase a look over before walking in. The girls followed and in the living room was a boy with curly green hair and a green t-shirt another boy in a similar black tank top top to mic's with black braided hair and red tips and a girl with a blonde pixie cut with green and red slips in it. "This is suitcase shes my roommate so be cool guys" mic warns the group before sitting by the girl named taco. Suitcase sat quietly by soap and spoke politely when spoken to worried about making a good impression. Mic's brother who she learned was named knife gave her a slice of pizza and a can of lemon lime soda.

"Will yall keep it down your being loud as fuc-" a voice suitcase instantly recognized as nickel's started as he walked out of one of the rooms "uh baseball your sister's here!" He called back into the room making baseball walked out followed by a boy she was introduced to earlier named balloon. "Suitcase what are doing here? And why are you hanging out with them?" Baseball asked pulling his sister back towards him glaring at the group mainly knife for some reason. "Mic invited me what's wrong?" Suitcase asked confused about the sudden tension in the dorm. " b b baseball  C c calm  d down w we w w w eren't d d doing a a anything" bomb told him. "No offense bomb but it's not yall im worried about." Baseball said still glaring at knife. "God i wasn't doing anything to your nerdy sister asshole i just gave her food because she's mic's roommate" knife spat out matching baseball's hostility. Suitcase backed up nervously over the turn of events and felt her chest start tightening  and gasping slightly. Mic put a hand on her shoulder "yall just calm down this is a stupid fucking argument to be having on day one! Me ,soap, taco and suitcase will go back to my dorm and eat there just calm your tits." Mic told the group annoyed with both of the guys arguing. Baseball nodded and gave his sister her bag she left on the ground before the girls left with half a box of pizza and some cans of soda.

"Did i do something wrong?" Suitcase asked as they reached her dorm. "No those two fight alot already, baseball thinks knife is a dangerous asshole and knife thinks baseball is a stuck up hypocrite" taco informed bluntly. "Soo your baseball's sister? Why haven't we heard about you before?" Soap asked wiping the mouth of her drink before sipping it. "O oh I lived with my mom for most of my life I just moved in with my dad and his mom at the start of summer" suitcase informed hoping they wouldn't ask more questions. Mic picked up on her not wanting to explain further " well! I'm glad your here now!" She said patting suitcase's back making her smile abit and feel welcomed.

"Yeah..I think I might be too"

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Knife pov

Of course his sister's new friend had to be baseball's little sister just his luck. Knife sat on his bed, before baseball and nickel interrupted the group was having a good time , the girl suitcase was her name was quiet but that seemed more out of social anxiety then having a bad time. He was scrolling on his phone when baseball walked in "you stay away from my sister. I dont care if she's Microphone's friend but you dont need to be anywhere near her." Baseball warned. "Like I said before I dont give a shit about your nerdy little sister. As long as she doesn't mess with me or mic i dont care" knife informed him. "Asshole." Baseball mutter before leaving.

The next day was the first day of school so knife went over his schedule again.

Pd 1: pre calc - room 216 

Pd 2: english 11 - room 313

Pd 3: gym -gymnasium 

Pd 4: lunch

Pd 5: free

Pd 6: bio - room 122

Great calculus first thing in the morning could this year get off to a worse start?

suitcase pov

Suitcase was laying on her bed when she got a notification in the group chat baseball put her in.

BB: suitcase stay away from knife he's a bad influence on people

Nick: yeah agreed but even so it's not like he'd want to hang out with her so you got nothing to worry  about baseball 

Looney:  i dont wanna tell you what to do but you should know knife's not the greatest. 

Suitcase sighed and turned off her phone before getting ready for her first day and looking at her schedule.

Pd 1: bio -room 109

Pd 2 english 11 - room 313

Pd 3 : geometry 

Pd 4; lunch

Pd 5 : free

Pd 6: gym - gymnasium 

Yes! She got approved to skip a grade in english! Could this year get off to a better start?

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Suitcase pov

Bio was fine, suitcase had met a girl named test tube and and her paintbrush plus she ended up sharing it with soap who instantly sat by her.  But suitcase got really excited for her english class, she looked at the seat chart and took her seat in the third row and pulled out her notebook. Her excitement dwindled as she saw knife walk in and sit by her. She figured knife  was angry about  baseball shouting at him. " u uhm hey knife im sorry about baseball yesterday- she started before knife cut her off "look i don't give a fuck about what your moron brother had to say to me. I'm used to it and as long as you dont mess with me or my sister we're fine." Knife assured her calming her nerves a slight bit.

knife pov

It wasn't her fault her brother was dick so he might as well not hold it against her. "So how are you in junior english as a sophomore anyway?" He found himself asking . "Oh! I tested for advanced English at my old school so they bumped me a grade here!" She explained and knife swears he saw her physically brighten as she explained her joy of reading and writing. "Ok ok calm down nerd your gonna give me a headache" knife joked before noticing her demeanor shrink abit " I uh im just joking your fine. Don't take what I said too seriously" knife told her. " no no it's fine i know I can be too much at times" suitcase laughed it off.

During his free period knife met up with mic who coincidentally was talking with suitcase by the school fountain. "Oh hey knife I was just inviting suitcase to come to the start of year bonfire with our group" mic told knife making him roll his eyes "will your brother let you out that late?" He joked. "Well he's also going with nickel and balloon soo he really cant say anything about me staying late" suitcase said annoyed. "Thats more like it! It's so much fun suitcase , since it's still warm out we go early to swim in the lake! "Mic told her making suitcase freeze for a second before agreeing that sounded like fun. 

suitcase pov

" no way suitcase! I told you to stay away from him!" Baseball said after suitcase told him about the invite. " please baseball! I'm actually starting to make friendships! Besides it won't just be knife! Mic , soap and taco will be there too!" Suitcase assured him. " fine. But me and nickel are gonna go too." Baseball relented with stipulations making suitcase reluctantly agree.

Well at least shes able to go but now she has to worry about her brother and nickel

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Suitcase pov 

During bio the day before the bonfire soap was sick so suitcase sat and was talking to test tube and a girl named lightbulb who suitcase learned was test tube's partner and she also learned the two were poly with a guy named fan and someone named paintbrush. The topic of the bonfire came up and suitcase brought up going with knife's group. " im not gonna tell you not to hang out with them because it's not my place too but I do recommend being careful other then soap that group isn't known for being the most..responsible" test tube warned suitcase and compared to baseball's warning suitcase appreciated test tube's more due to her not forcing suitcase to not spend with them but simply warning her. "Come on tube-girl they aren't Thattt bad besidess you and mic went out for a few months before you got with us" lightbulb teased her girlfriend " that was BEFORE taco convinced her to steal my science project!" Test tube growled. "She apologized and admitted the teacher remember? " lightbulb said calming test tube who just muttered "still mad."

Saturday came and suitcase put on her yellow polka dot two piece swimsuit before tying up some of her hair.

She was excited to hang out with mic and her friends, even at her old school she never made many friends so it was exciting to finally be included in something.  Yet the idea of swimming was.. less then ideal , she had never really admitted to anyone but she was not a good swimmer and she barely knew how  but she figured if she stayed in the shallow area it should be fine. Suitcase rode with mic and soap in taco's car to the lake a mile away from the school where a bunch of other students also were , she recognized a few from her classes like a pompous guy named silver from her geometry class and a pale boy with hetrochromia named paper from her gym class. Their group set by a tree and suitcase noticed a boat nearby that apparently nickel rented for some reason she also noticed a guy with blonde hair she hadn't met before named trophy. In the middle of the Lake was a wooden platform kids were sitting on.

After awhile everyone was having fun suitcase stuck to sticking in the shallow water with soap who didn't go deeper because of germs when nickel and baseball came up. "Come on we're gonna go to the platform " Baseball told her. " i dont know im ok here" suitcase replied not wanting to go far into the lake. " come on suitcase dont be a pussy." Nickel laughed  "hey dont call her that just because she doesn't wanna do something" soap retorted angry at nickel's insult. " it..it's fine soap I'll go" suitcase assured her used to having to deal with nickel's pressure and baseball's usal willingness to go along with it. Soap just gave her a concerned look as the three got in the rowboat nickel rented.

Okay this wasn't as bed as she expected suitcase thought as she sat on the edge of the platform, knife ,pickle and bomb were in the water having some type of race while mic sat  with taco on a float nearby. It was actually pretty relaxing or at least it was until she felt to hands push her into the water. She hit her head on the platform due to her leaning back as she fell. She tried pushing her self up above water but she felt her foot get trapped on some kelp. She felt herself starting to drift out of consciousness and the last thing she can remember is someone grabbing her and pulling her up with them.

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Knife pov

Knife was not looking forward to baseball and nickel joining their group for the bonfire and lake day but mic wanted suitcase to come and if he was honest with himself the past few days he found she was alot different from her brother. They sat beside each other in english class and he found they actually similar tastes in book genres with them both enjoying supernatural and thrillers, he still wouldn't consider her a friend yet but her company wasn't horrible. So imagine his surprise when he heard his sister yell stop and  as he turned he saw nickel push suitcase into the lake from the platform while trophy filmed it. Knife noticed suitcase hit her on the platform as she fell and when she didn't surface after a minute  he dove underwater. He saw her leg caught in kelp making it difficult for her to pull herself up but what made his blood run cold was when he noticed her body starting to go limp. He quickly grabbed and pulled her making the kelp snap letting him start pushing the two of them to the surface. Once he finally got them above water pickle and bomb helped him lift the now unconscious suitcase onto the platform where it was now apparent that her head was bleeding. "SUITCASE!" Baseball yelled quickly moving to his sister's side as a guy with red and white hair he recognized as life ring ran over "Stand back i know cpr!". The group and few others watched as life ring began doing chest compressions. After a minute suitcase started coughing up water and life ring turned her on her side. A boat pulled up with principle Mephone, vice principle floory and mr mepad on it "what happened here?" Floory asked as mepad helped suitcase sit up and mephone called for a ambulance. 

"NICKEL PUSHED HER IN!"  Mic yelled angry "it was a accident how was supposed to know she couldn't fucking swim!" Nickel yelled in his own defense. "She was still too close to the platform for that to be safe!" Pickle yelled "hey now let's calm down it wasn't on purpose " Baseball said shaken up. "Your really gonna defend him?! Your sister could've died!" Knife shouted. " ENOUGH! Mepad help suitcase onto the boat a ambulance is on its way to check on her."mephone ordered and mepad nodded helping support suitcase as she shakingly walked to the boat clutching the heart necklace she was wearing. Baseball followed  onto the boat worried.

suitcase pov 

The medical staff took a look at suitcase's head wound and said she shouldn't need stitches and checked on her mental consciousness , she kept her answers short not wanting to talk much. She had so many thoughts in her mind most other things drowned out. She almost died, her brother defended the person who pushed her , he WATCHED him push her. Despite this suitcase started blaming herself for the accident she shouldn't have gone to the platform, she should've told someone that she wasn't a strong swimmer she should've done more to prevent it. Nickel's voice cut through her thoughts as she heard him defending himself " suitcase knows it's was just a accident right suitcase?"nickel asked giving her a pointed look. Suitcase looked up and saw nickel, mephone , floory and baseball all looking at her for her answer and seeing her brother look at her like he wanted her to agree with nickel just had her even more convinced that it was her fault. "Y yeah..accident..I know he didn't mean it.."Suitcase stuttered out looking down. "Suitcase we saw him-" mic started before suitcase cut her off "i it's fine mic i just wanna go back to the dorm.." Suitcase stated wanting nothing more than to just leave this situation. "It's getting dark I'll drive you and mic back" knife said grabbing his keys and other things "that's not-" Baseball tried insisting. "She said she wants to go It's getting dark and I doubt you want her walking alone baseball" mepad said in his understanding but firm tone. Mic and soap helped suitcase get her belongings and get into knife's truck.

She just wanted for this day to end.

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Suitcase pov

October 3rd... it feels weird knowing she cant be with her mother today. It was her mother's birthday and every year her mother would let her take off the day of school. the two of them  would go out to a bookstore then to get ice cream,  she missed those days and it was saddening to know she'd never get days like that again. Still she couldn't just miss school so she get dressed   put on a old gold heart locket her mother gave her for her 9th birthday it had a photo of the two of them from a day her mom saved up enough money to take suitcase to a amusement park. Suitcase has worn the locket every day since her mother's car crash.

1 year prior - January 13th 

Suitcase should've know something was wrong when she was called into the principle's office and her father was there. Ribbon never just came without warning unless something was wrong. "Casey.." her father started and suitcase felt her blood go cold. That was the worst day of her life, her mother was on her way to work when a drunk driver's truck slammed into the side of her car resulting in her death. Suitcase barley remembered the funeral she couldn't focus on much other than her tears that just wouldn't stop falling. The next week she spent locked in her room wanting the nightmare to end, her father tried to convince her to come live with him , bat and baseball but she wasn't ready to leave her hometown or school yet so her father agreed to let her stay with her aunt bottle for the remainder of her school year and she'd move in with him at the start of summer.

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The school day went slow , others noticed she wasn't fully there that day and some of her new friends helped in little ways ,  soap and test tube took  notes for her bio , knife told her about a new horror movie coming out which helped take her mind to a less dark place even if it was just for a few minutes. Baseball brought her favorite coffee from a cafe near the school during lunch  and just sat with her alone in a old classroom for the period while she let herself cry. She went on a walk in town  for awhile after classes ended and found a bookstore, she went inside and looked around her eyes landing on a  help wanted sign. She figured working might be good for her , she went up to the front desk where a girl with light blue hair in a wheel chair and a boy with bright orange hair in a button up were talking. " e excuse me i saw the help wanted sign are you still looking for workers?" Suitcase asked nervously " Oh yes! We are im cabby my grandma runs this shop but shes getting abit to old to do alot of the restocking so me and oj help her but it's a big shop and I cant do to much for the top shelves"  the girl cabby explained handing suitcase a application. "No one really wants to work in a bookstore" oj stated looking at what seems to be balance sheets. Suitcase filled out the application and left the store feeling a tiny bit lighter.

Times arrow doesn't stop all she can do is move further

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Knife pov

He woke up annoyed already hearing nickel yell at balloon over something small , same shit different day. Baseball was on the phone with what sounded like his dad or mom and when he hung up he told nickel not to mess with suitcase because it would be a difficult day for her (so he does know his best friend can be a asshole to his sister). 

During english class knife noticed suitcase seemed more quiet and reserved than usual and remembered baseball's words he wouldnt consider suitcase a friend yet but seeing her like this is odd. "You hear their making another horror movie of a group of people dying one by one after surviving a disaster " knife promoted flicking a tiny piece of paper at her getting her out of her trance. Suitcase blinked for a minute processing his words "really another? Haven't they milked that series dry by now?" Suitcase asked  "Nah besides what other horror movie made a entire generation afraid of logging trucks" knife joked. The two talked about the trailer for the movie until the bell rang and they went their separate ways.

In gym knife was sitting on the bleachers with bomb and pickle talking about a Halloween party at the end of the month. " yeah apparently oj is hosting it at his parents hotel , almost everyone in school is invited" pickle told knife " e e except  s s salt" bomb added. " you know shes gonna show up anyway right?" Knife said flatly as the others nodded. It was well known knowledge that salt was into oj a unnerving amount despite the fact that he was taken and openly gay. "Didn't you and her go out for a minute?" Pickle asked with a smirk " God no. She paid me 60 bucks to be a fake date to one of oj's parties. Hardest job of my life." Knife scoffed. 

Knife had a part time job at a auto shop every Wednesday and Friday after school plus  Saturday mornings. After  his shift he was driving and saw suitcase walking towards the school he pulled to the side  and honked startling her. " yo nerd need a ride" knife teased opening the passenger door for her from the inside. "Thanks knife, what are you doing out this late?" Suitcase asked getting in the truck. "Eh had a shift at the auto shop. What bout you?" Knife inquired starting to drive again. "I went on  a walk then put in a application for a  job at a bookstore" suitcase explained. The two talked for abit before knife pulled into a dairy queen drive through "what do you want?" Knife asked  looking over at her "Oh I dont have any money-"  "I didn't ask if you had money what do you want" knife asked. "A vanilla milkshake please.."Suitcase answered with a small smile.

No knife wouldn't consider her a friend yet but her had to admit they started having a small bond. 

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Suitcase pov

it wasn't a easy week for her. Nickel seemed to enjoy messing with her more then usual. She put up with nickel for baseball's sake and told herself it wasn't that bad because they didn't share classes but every lunch felt like a heavy weight on her shoulders. She thought about sitting with mic and knife's group during lunch but she didn't wanna upset baseball. She loved her brother and deep down she was worried that if she cant put up with nickel then she might lose  him. After the loss of her mother she didn't wanna risk breaking the bond she shared  with baseball.

It seemed like others noticed her lowering self esteem too. "Suits you cant keep letting him act this way to you" mic told her one night as the two of them and soap watched a movie while mic braided suitcase's hair "it's not that easy he's BB's best friend and I dont wanna make him upset if I try standing up to nickel" suitcase explained. " if baseball really cared about you he'd understand that he can be friends with nickel while also seeing how he treats you isn't okay." Soap told her. Suitcase just looked down not sure about it , baseball never stood up to nickel at least not in ways that actually stopped nickel's behavior. 

The next day at lunch things reached a head, nickel had been making comments on pizza suitcase got for lunch " that greese totally will make your skin better" and the skirt she had borrowed  from mic "are you sure you have the legs to wear a skirt that short". Each comment felt like knives on her skin and all baseball did was shoot an apologetic look her way like that would do anything to help. " hey what's that necklace your wearing" nickel asked and before suitcase could react he yanked on it snapping the old clasp holding the locket.

Time felt like it stopped, voices all muddled together as suitcase held the now broken locket in her hand,the last piece of her mother she had now broken " what did you do." Suitcase said her voice cold as she finally looked up. "It's just a necklace " nickel said stepping back seeing suitcase's rising anger. " just a necklace? Just a necklace?! It was the last thing I had left to remember my mother!" Suitcase yelled making other heads in the lunch room turn. "Casey calm down he mean to" Baseball said touching her shoulder making her turn and face him all the anger she has been bottling up finally coming out. " he never means to does he?! He can treat me whatever way he wants because 'he doesn't mean to' or 'it was a accident'! I almost died because he pushed me in the lake and you defended him! You always defend him! It's easier to let me feel like crap instead of standing up to his shitty personality and now he broke the most important thing i owned and you still defend him!" Suitcase yelled at him. "He's my best friend suitcase what do you expect! You know this is just how he is! " Baseball asked raising his voice. " and im your sister! But that never seems to matter when it comes to him now does it?! You'll never stick up for me because he matters more to you and im tired of pretending that you actually care about me" suitcase yelled leaving the lunch room tears blurring her eyes as she clutched her locket in her hand.

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Knife wasn't in the cafeteria when the incident went down but pickle sent a video of it. Mic told him the next day that suitcase hadn't left her room since so now here he is knocking on a girl's bedroom door that he's only know for a little over 2 months when he should be in class. "Knife? Why are you here dont you have class?" Suitcase asked when she opened her door. She looked rough, her eyes were red from crying and her hair was unkempt. "Get your shoes on we're going for a drive, bring the necklace " he told her. Suitcase gave him a look before putting her shoes on and putting her hair up in a messy bun. Knife brought her down to his truck and began driving into town. "Where are we going?" She asked as they  drove further " my cousin's shop" knife informed her. They arrived at a small tattoo and piercing shop and knife went up to the guy at the counter "yo bonesaw you still do repair work for jewelry". "Bonesaw hasn't done it in awhile but he would be willing to take a look at what knife needs fixed" the guy said and suitcase slowly handed the locket to him. Bonesaw took a look at the locket and the broken clasp " this is easy work bonesaw will have it done in a hour" bonesaw informed her and stopped suitcase when she started to pay "bonesaw no take money from knife's friend he do this for free". Knife and suitcase sat in the waiting room for abit and suitcase watched as some customers got piercings "you wanna get one? I'll pay" knife told her making her get abit red. " i don't think i could pull off a facial piercing"   "Nah you could a nose ring would look nice on ya" knife told her. Suitcase seemed to think it over for a minute before nodding and knife brought her up to the counter where she picked a gold stud nose piercing. 

The two left the store with suitcase's locket repaired and a new piercing in her nose. "So why did you do all this," suitcase asked as knife drove them back to the school. " i dunno.  Random act of kindness?" He offered with a smirk.

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baseball pov

It's been four days since suitcase has spoken to him, nickel told him it wasn't his fault that suitcase was just being overly emotional and she'd come back around but baseball wasn't sure. He wasn't sure if he even knew who is little sister was anymore, apparently she got a nose piercing the other day? When did she ever mention wanting one of those?  

He had lunch plans with clover and the two sat at this café where a girl from his bio class named tea kettle worked.  After awhile baseball told clover about the incident with suitcase hoping for a fresh perspective from someone not directly involved with the incident. "Wow..that's alot how are you feeling?" Clover asked putting her hand on top of his which he didn't even realize was trembling slightly. " i..im confused i thought things were going well she never complained before and now she won't even answer my texts or calls " Baseball explained. Clover rubbed small circles on the back of his hand " i think she just didn't want to upset you, I think those feelings were always there but she just let them keep bottling up and when nickel broke her necklace it all just came out at once can you remember any other situations that could have lead to this " clover asked. " welll there was when he pushed her in the lake...and comments he would make but those were just jokes! She knew that!" Baseball tried to defend but now those defenses sounded hollow even to him " did she? Or did she just not want to rock the boat by telling anyone that those 'jokes' hurt her".  Baseball got quiet remembering all the times suitcase would shrink abit at every comment nickel would make. "I wasn't a good brother to her was i?" Baseball asked burying his head in his hands. " i think your bond with nickel gave you rose tinted glasses for his behavior so you would try to rationalize his behavior even if he was in the wrong, and sadly suitcase has a right to be upset at that, but that also doesn't mean you can't try to make it up to her , you need to accept that you can have a bond with nickel but you can't always turn a blind eye to his behavior especially when it's hurting others including your sister, jokes are only funny when everyone involved is laughing and suitcase never was" clover explained to him. 

"So what do I do now? She doesn't want to talk to me" Baseball told clover "give her time, and when you feel like your ready don't push her to forgive you  and go at her pace for how she wants your relationship to be going forward" clover told him.

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Suitcase pov

"A costume party?" She questioned as she helped oj put away the newest shipment of books at the shop. "Yep! I hold one every year at my parents hotel, you should definitely come" oj told her "your parents own a hotel?" Suitcase asked. "Yep! Oj here is the school's resident rich boy, he just works here cause his parents wouldn't keep giving him money to spoil paper" Cabby informed from the counter where she was filling out paperwork on the shipment. Suitcase laughed abit " I'll think about it" suitcase told oj before finishing up that last of her work and heading out only to see taco's car outside where , mic, soap and taco were waiting "get in loser we're going shopping!" Mic teased from the car. "Really another mean girls reference?" Taco sighed as suitcase got in the backseat with soap. "We're going to spirit Halloween to get costumes for oj's party then mic wants to go get Chinese food" soap told her.  " you guys are going to the party?" Suitcase asked as taco started driving " Oh absolutely! It's one of the biggest parties of the year" mic told her. " just about everyone goes and oj let's a few stay over in some of the rooms" soap added.

The girls got to spirit Halloween and instantly suitcase was pulled by mic to the costumes. Soap was looking at some nurse costumes , mic at some rocker get ups and taco at some presidant costume. "So what you thinking suits!" Mic asked as suitcase looked at some costumes " maybe I'll go as Belle? I like the movie and it seems fitting for me" suitcase offered " yeah because your a nerd case-girl" lightbulb said in a cheery voice ruffling suitcase's hair after sneaking up behind the group. Suitcase turned and saw lightbulb and test tube along with what looked to be a 8th grader with silver and green space buns. " Microphone. "  "test tube".  Suitcase sensing the tension between the two stepped in " soo! Who's this test tube?" She asked looking at the eighth grader. "I'm bot test tube's parents adopted me last year" bot informed suitcase. 

knife pov

"Why do we have to dress up again?" Knife asked as he and pickle worked on a car, "it's a costume party knife dont be such a party pooper, just put on some wolf ears and flannel and boom ! Werewolf costume" pickle told him, " b b back w w with t t the c c coffee" bomb said walking in with three coffees. "Fine fine what you two dumb asses going as anyway?"Knife asked finishing up the oil change. "I'm going as link bomb is going as bowser" pickle said.  "Yo you boys are free to go for the night I gotta close up early" their boss told the three.

The guys met up with mic and the girls for dinner. " nose piercing looks good on you suitcase what's next a tattoo?" Pickle asked "oo you should let me do it!" Mic told her " I dont think so, not quite ready for that yet" suitcase laughed. The group hung out for the night before they headed back to the dorms ready for the party next week.

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Suitcase pov

she had just finished her shift at the bookstore, it was the Wednesday before the Halloween party and all oj was talking about was planning, he had given suitcase a invitation to be one of the people to stay over night. Suitcase walked out of the store and knife was waiting in his truck "thanks for the ride" suitcase told knife as she got in. "No problem I had some stuff to do in town anyway here's your coffee, a iced caramel latte with extra whipped cream " knife said handing her the drink. " aw you remembered my order" suitcase said with a smile as she sipped the drink "Oh please it's what you always get when I drive you" knife remarked as he started the car. Suitcase didn't know why but she felt her heart flutter.

When she got to the dorm she saw baseball waiting outside "Casey can we talk? Please?" He asked stepping closer but giving her her own space. "I really don't wanna hear you defended nickel again right now BB I just got off work" she remarked unlocking her dorm door , mic was with soap and taco in soap's dorm studying for some test they have in their math class. "Thats not why I'm here i..im sorry Casey I'm sorry for not stopping nickel's behavior towards you and I'm sorry for always defending him, i should've seen it was hurting you and I know me not sticking up for you hurt you too" Baseball admitted sitting on the couch  next to her. " it did.. i thought one day you'd stop it to tell him that it wasn't okay.. but you never did..I could handle it when I'd just have to vist during the summers but then when I moved in with you and dad he was around almost every day and there would be more and more comments and I was willing to let it slide because he's your friend but..im sorry tired of letting his behavior slide..im so so tired of putting myself last" suitcase sighed curling into herself. Baseball slowly putting a hand on her shoulder " you never should have had to put yourself last...and I'm sorry i ever made you feel like you had to.." Baseball told her. 

"I'm never going to be friends with him "

  "I know " 

"It's going to take me awhile to believe you'll defend me"

"Im willing to take as long you need to trust me again"

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Knife pov

"not happening." He told salt with a glare. " come on knife! I just wanna make oj insanely jealous!" Salt pleaded. " he's not going to be jealous if he thinks we're dating. He's gonna be relieved your not gonna be bugging him anymore."knife told her flatly. "He's totally gonna be jealous! Once he's sees I'm not on the market he'll realize he's in love with me and dump paper!" Salt insisted. "God I need to tell apple she's no longer the dumbest person I know.." knife muttered before stating again he won't do it.

"Seriously she asked you to be her date to make oj jealous? When will she realize he's gay!" Pickle asked "when pigs fucking fly i guess" knife muttered as the two played some random shooting game in pickle's room . "Speaking of dating trophy wanted me to get suitcase's number for him" pickle said after a few minutes "what? Why?" Knife asked setting down his controller looking at pickle with a slight glare. "Apparently he's into her. He knows we have her contact wants us to give it to him" pickle explained smirking at knife's glare "so why do you care?" . "They wouldn't mesh well. Trophy is way to into sports for her taste." Knife muttered looking away. "Holy shit. Your into her!" Pickle yelled "shut the fuck up! And i am not!" Knife yelled back. " it's so obvious, your constantly texting her, you drive her back from work  even when you don't have a shift at the shop that day! You like suitcase!" Pickle insisted. "K knife i I is i i into s s suitcase?!"bomb asked walking in after a study session with oj and paper 

"NO"

"YES"

Suitcase pov 

" So we leave tomorrow at 5 for the party?" Suitcase asked "yep! And then we get dressed in our costumes the hotel rooms oj assigned us for the party at 8" mic told her. "Im surprised you agreed to switch costumes to match with us" soap told suitcase braiding her hair " i  dont mind i enjoy faires I'm just surprised you got taco to agree to dress as one" suitcase joked. "She only  agreed because She's basing her's off the one fairy from the pirate fairy from tinker bell" mic informed "ah that makes much more sense" soap said.

"Sooo suitcase i heard a rumor that somebody is into you" Taco told suitcase after she joined the girls after her shift at the cafe. " what? Who?" Suitcase asked confused by this information. "Trophy" taco said flatly "ew" mic and soap said in unison. "I've only talked to him once or twice why is he into me?" Suitcase asked. "Probably because your hot" mic told her plainly "i am not" suitcase insisted. "You are joking right? I can not tell if she is joking" taco asked mic and soap. "You are very attractive suitcase , bomb and pickle have said that if they weren't gay they'd ask you out" soap informed her "plus I saw how knife looked at you when you wore that sundress the other day" mic told her making suitcase blush. 

"YOU LIKE KNIFE?!"

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suitcase pov

They had just arrived at oj's family hotel and oj hand each of them a room key suitcase had her own while mic ,taco and soap shared due to them being a couple. Suitcase was getting ready in her room putting on her costume and styling her hair into a spikey look to resemble a pixie adding a flower clip in it.

Knife pov 

Knife was in his shared hotel room with pickle both of them getting dressed in their costumes, knife as a blacksmith with a fake sledgehammer and pickle in his link costume. "So bomb is rooming with oj and paper?" Knife asked, "yep but he still won't admit there's something going on between the three of them" pickle explained. "Probably because oj and paper have been a couple for so long with just them it must be awkward trying to add another person and explaining it to everyone" knife sighed. "So you gonna ask suitcase out tonight?" Pickle asked with a smirk. "Fuck off" knife sighed.

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suitcase pov

By the time suitcase made it downstairs for the party  most of the guests had arrived, she saw a few people she knew and alot she didn't. She grabbed a thing of punch , it tasted odd but overall it was good.  Suitcase talked with lightbulb and  test tube for a while who were dressed as a pirate and a mad scientist respectively as well as their partners paintbrush and fan who were dressed as Bob Ross and a gameshow host. "Fanster here is transferring to advanced English next semester" lightbulb  boasted for her boyfriend leaning on  him. " cool we might be in the same class then!"suitcase told him before the two started talking about random reality shows.

"Hey Casey "Baseball said walking up a hour later in his Baseball player costume. " hey BB I thought you'd be hanging with nickel today?"She asked looking confused by Baseball being alone "he and balloon are currently in the closet together" Baseball said flatly  making suitcase snicker abit " what a shame" she replied before clover called Baseball over wearing a princess costume. Suitcase smirked at her brother's blush letting him go before sipping her drink again feeling a small headache. 

The party kept going and the noises started getting to her so she decided to check out the veiw from the roof. She sat there for awhile before knife joined her "nice night huh?" Suitcase asked with a small smile as she watched the stars. "Yeah it is, I like your costume by the way" knife told her. "I like yours too, It suits you "suitcase replied. The two sat and talked for what felt like hours about random things and suitcase felt her heart warm abit as they talked.

After awhile they headed back to the party and suitcase poured herself more punch. And then another and another until she felt herself get dizzy and then things went black. 

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Knife pov

he was spending the majority of the party with pickle and bomb and then bomb went to help oj with something. He saw suitcase slip out of the party and followed her to the roof "nice night huh?" Suitcase asked him after he sat with her,she was watching the stars and knife just looked at her , The starlight caught the gold of her accessories making her look like she shined. "Yeah it is..I like your costume by the way" knife told her. "I like yours too, It suits you "suitcase replied.

The two talked for awhile and knife noticed suitcase drinking the punch but thought nothing of it and the two returned  back to the party where knife talked with mic, taco and soap for awhile before being joined by pickle and bomb who returned after helping  oj . " a a apparently  c c cheesy s spiked t the punch w w with s s some type o o of s strong v v vodka c called g g grey g g goose" bomb informed the group "again? I thought he'd stop after last year when he and trophy got suspended" soap commented drinking her soda knife felt like something was wrong but couldn't remember why he felt that way.

After abit test tube and lightbulb came up "have any of you seen baseball? "She asked the group looking worried. "I think he went upstairs with clover for the night why?" Mic questioned " case-girl is wasted painty and fanster are watching over her but she's pretty out of it" lightbulb informed. "Nobody told her about the punch..." knife sighed before he , mic , taco and soap followed the two to the couch where suitcase was leaning over " suitcase hey you with us?"soap asked shaking her shoulder abit only to get a hum in response. Knife picked suitcase up and mic took him to suitcase's room where he put her in bed. Mic went back to soap and taco while knife put a trash can beside suitcase's bed in case she puked and sat in a chair to keep a eye on her incase of any problems. He had gotten drunk before and knows that it isn't too fun so he didnt want to leave her alone.

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Suitcase pov 

She had woken up in the middle of the night still loopy  and changed into her shorts and tank top she brought with her before falling back asleep with a pounding headache.  In her loopy state she hadn't noticed until she woke up again at 6 that knife was asleep in the chair in the corner still wearing his costume. "K knife? Why are you in my room" suitcase asked shaking his shoulder lightly very relieved that she at least went into the bathroom to change last night when she was unaware he was in here. " mmh? Oh hey.. how ya holding up? You were out of it last night"knife informed her " huh no i wasnt" suitcase insisted although she didn't remember coming to the hotel room oj gave her last night and why was her head pounding like this? " you were suits. You got black out drunk last night off of the punch cheesy spiked. I stayed in here to make sure you didn't choke on your own vomit in case you threw up" knife informed her again. Suitcase felt her face flush with embarrassment " I didn't do anything weird right?" She asked hesitantl "nah lucky your a sleepy drunk, ya passed out on the couch downstairs before me and mic brought ya up" knife told her. " and we definitely didnt?..." Suitcase hesitantly asked once again "no! No no no! Wouldn't try anything like that with you  especially when you can't consent.  Im and asshole but im not a monster!" Knife said very quickly.  Suitcase apologized for the assumption and put on a robe that was in the bathroom due to the cold although she couldn't tell if she was cold due to the weather or her hangover, she wondered if oj had any pain meds. Knife left a few minutes later to go change in his room neither aware to the spectator around the corner. 

Nickel pov

It was way to fucking early to be up especially after the party last night , but unlike balloon who is a heavy sleeper and still in bed he got woken up by yinyang arguing next door. He figured he'd go downstairs to see if oj put out breakfast yet however he wasn't expecting to see knife leave one of the rooms In his costume from last night as suitcase stood in the doorway saying goodbye to him in a robe. He quickly pulled out his phone and took a few pictures knowing no one would believe him however it was very clear what the two did last night.

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Nickel pov

okay so he had the photo of knife and suitcase but the more he thought about it he wondered if he should even tell  anyone especially baseball. The past week or two he's been on thin ice with him and even though nickel believes he isn't in the the wrong he doesn't wanna lose his best friend.

His solution comes in the form of trophy who saw him looking at the picture over his shoulder and asked nickel to send it to him. Now nickel and trophy weren't close but they were friendlyish  to each other for the most part.  Nickel agreed on the terms that trophy doesn't tell baseball. 

"Of course "I" will not tell baseball"

Trophy pov

Immediately after his conversation with nickel trophy found salt the school's biggest gossiper.

"Hey there i got something you need to see"

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Baseball pov 

it was a few days after oj's party and baseball felt like people were hiding things from him.  Test tube had texted him the day of the party saying they had a problem but then messaged saying it was handled and nickel seemed like he knew something but wouldn't tell baseball.  

It wasn't until his gym class when things came to a head. "Heyy baseball" Salt said walking up to him and clover with a knowing smirk " what do you want salt." Baseball asked squeezing clover's hand. "I just wanted you to pass my congratulations to your sister on her new relationship" Salt told him with a laugh. " what new relationship. " baseball asked confused yet stand offish. " Oh you didnt know? Her and knife totally slept together at oj's party" Salt informed him showing baseball the photo of knife and suitcase the morning after the party. Baseball felt his world freeze before anger overtake him.

"HE DID WHAT!"

knife pov 

Knife was sitting behind the school during his math class, his usual ditching spot when paintbrush came up angry. "Knife we need to talk." Paintbrush said calmly but a anger behind their eyes. "Thought you hated my guts after everything with marsh." Knife asked crossing his arms. "Did you sleep with suitcase while she was drunk." Paintbrush asked flatly not beating around the bush. "What?!?! Of course not!"knife yelled standing up angry. "Salt's been showing everyone pictures of you two and suitcase was in a robe" paintbrush informed before knife explained everything.

"I swear if your lying ill-"

"Wait did you say she showed everyone?"

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Suitcase pov

why would oj and cabby want to meet her during lunch at the library? The three were friends but usually at school they didn't interact too much. When she got to their table at the library the two looked a mix of angry and worried. "Suitcase we need to talk about the Halloween party" Cabby informed her. Suitcase sighed "I know I know im sorry i got drunk I didnt know the punch was spiked-" she gets cut off by oj " you think we're upset at you for getting drunk?"' . "Yess? Why else?" Suitcase asked confused  "suitcase we're not mad at you! We heard what knife did" Cabby told her before oj added "it was completely unacceptable for him to take advantage of you while you were drunk like that."  "Wait wait no no no! Knife didnt take advantage of me!"suitcase quickly informed to clear the story. "He didnt? We saw the picture of him leaving your room while you were in a robe" Cabby said. "No he didnt! He only stayed to make sure I wouldn't get hurt while I was drunk, he slept in a chair and left in the morning. I was in a robe because it was cold so I put it on over my pajamas, and what picture?" Suitcase explained.  Cabby pulled up salt and pepper's gossip blog and showed the the new article with the picture saying how a anonymous source told them how knife was seen leaving suitcase's room after witnesses saw her drunk at the party. "About half of the school's seen it by now" oj informed her and suitcase felt a chill go over her, if half of the school has seen it by now then most likely so did...

Baseball

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Suitcase pov

Okay it's been two hours and she still hasn't found baseball or knife and neither are answering her calls, she needs to get to one of them before-

" would suitcase Paravel please report to the office. Suitcase Paravel to the office" Mr Mepad's voice called over the sound system.

Damn it.

Suitcase arrived at the main office where her step mother bat was waiting. "Oh suitcase sweetheart! The school called me! Apparently baseball got into a fight and it was about you, your father is at a business conference or he'd be here! Are you okay?!" Bat cupped suitcase's face looking for bruises or cuts. "Im okay bat..what did they tell you?" Suitcase asked putting her hands over bat's rubbing soothing circles "they haven't told me anything! They wanted to talk to you first what is going on?!" Bat asked confused and concerned.  "Mrs Rawlings we have talked to your son and he told us some..incriminating things that happened to your step daughter by another student- oh she's here" mephone said walking out with floory and baseball who had a busted lip sounding tired of this whole situation. "What?! What did someone do to you suitcase did they hurt you?!" Bat asked even more concerned "no! This is all a misunderstanding!" Suitcase told them " I saw the photo suitcase!  Salt told me knife took advantage of you!" Baseball yelled squeezing his sister's shoulders his expression a mix of anger and concern. " HE DID WHAT!?" Bat yelled now furious. "No he didnt! All he did was help me to my room and stayed to make sure I didn't get hurt while I was drunk!" Suitcase told baseball firmly "you got drunk!?!" Bat and baseball both yelled.

"Yes I didnt know the punch was spiked at oj's party and I drank too much, knife brought me to the hotel room oj assigned me, he stayed so I wouldn't hurt myself on accident and slept in a chair , I was wearing a robe over my pj's because it was cold!"suitcase explained.  "It's seems like you three have alottt to talk about sooo you can use my office just.. don't break anything? Cool? Cool" Floory told the three "Oh and no one is pressing charges right? Because if you want to i can get the cops here" mephone told suitcase.  "No im not pressing charges" suitcase sighed as her ,baseball and bat go to floory's office.

"What the hell were you thinking baseball!"