There was one simple word to describe the events that were currently unfolding at Amity's house: chaos.
"What's the ETA on the food? You can't have a sleepover without good food, people!"
"One and Two just called; they'll be here within the next two minutes!"
"Good! Who's tracking the Blight parents? We need to make sure they won't suddenly return home in the middle of all this!"
"Me and Four are on it! We hacked their scrolls and discovered they're still in the neighboring town. Business talks are currently on hold on account of Odalia scaring one of the business partners into passing out."
"Keep me updated. We can't afford them returning with Luz here; there's no telling what they would do," Kevin ordered as he wrote something down into his clipboard. "Pillows and blankets! Where the hell is 13? I sent him to the market almost two hours ago!"
"I-I'm back sir!" 13 huffed as he stumbled into the room, a mountain of blankets and pillows piled into his arms. Some of the nearby clones rushed to him and started lessening his load until he was only carrying a single thick, purple blanket. "S-Sorry it took so long! I had to fight off three elderly witches to get all of this."
"You're just lucky Luz hasn't shown up yet. Are these the 800-thread count like I requested?" Kevin asked as he used pen to poke at the blanket 13 held.
"Even better sir; they're 1,500 count! They're even made with the silk of spiders that griffins cough up, making them softer than regular blankets!"
"Perfect. We all know Luz loves heavy blankets. Listen up everyone! 13 is my new favorite for now; everyone else, step your game up!" Kevin shouted loud enough for all his clones to hear, causing many to grumble as they continued their work.
"You do realize I have my own pillows and blankets, right? More than enough, in fact. There was no point in getting more of them," Amity said as she sat on her bed in her pajamas, a simple pink shirt with black shorts. At the moment, she was watching her room be invaded by Kevin and clones as they checked to make sure everything was ship-shape for tonight. They'd been here for the past several hours, and Amity felt her sanity slowly start to slip away.
It was Saturday night, and the sky outside the Blight manor was slowly but surely starting to turn a crisp black, and the guest of honor, Luz, was supposed to show up at any moment for a sleepover. With her parents out of town for the next several days due to a business trip, now was the prime time to have one. Of course, Amity was a bit reluctant, and even scared, to ask the human girl to spend the night, and only did so after Kevin annoyed her into submission. Not only was she scared of Luz rejecting her offer, she was nervous about spending the night alone with the girl. And how could she not be?
Amity would be all alone with the love of her life in her bedroom, the place where she dreamt of the two of them being together, the place where she drew fanart and wrote stories about of two of them, and place where she had...thoughts about the two of them, and where she had her...'private' time while thinking those thoughts. So yes, she was very nervous over sharing her room with the girl of her dreams. On top of all that, they'd be wearing cute pajamas and sharing the same bed! It was no wonder why she was secretly freaking out on the inside! And on the outside too.
"There was a point in getting extras! Luz loves building pillow and blanket forts, and loves building nests out of them too! Trust me, you'll be happy I got them once you're both snuggling under a mountain of blankets," he said, causing the witch to blush at the thought.
"How do you even know that she'll want to share the same bed?"
"Simple: Luz is a very cuddly, snuggly person. She'll love sharing a bed with you." He shrugged with his answer, causing Amity's eyes to narrow. The way he said it raised several questions and red flags.
"How do you know that?" she asked him as he continued writing stuff down on his clipboard.
"How do I know what?"
"That she's a cuddly and snuggly person?" she clarified her question, and she watched him freeze halfway through what he was writing. He seemed to think for a moment before clicking his tongue.
"What was the question again?"
"Kevin," she growled threateningly.
"Well, you see...hey! Why do I hear eating? Number Nine, if you're eating their food, I'll throttle you!" Kevin shouted suddenly as he made his way to open the door.
"Wha—you're not even wearing your earpiece! And number Nine is in my closet checking for monsters!" Amity said before growling and screaming coming from her closet made her jump in surprise. She turned to see her closest door slam open and watched as Nine came flying through the air before landing on the pile of pillows and blankets the clones had tossed onto the ground. He growled before standing back up and rolling up his sleeves.
"Round two fucker, let's go!" he shouted before charging back into the closest, the door slamming behind him as he went back to fight.
"Huh, who knew you and a monster were hiding inside your closet," Kevin cackled at his own joke, as did many of his clones. His laughing was quickly cut short as his clipboard erupted into pink flames, causing him to yelp in surprise.
"What did I tell you about making stupid and inappropriate jokes?"
"To keep making them because they annoy and fluster you, which in turn brings me great amounts of joy?" Kevin answered as he opened the window to her room and tossed out his burning clipboard. He watched as it landed in a bush and flinched as the bush suddenly caught ablaze. "Hey, uh, your bush is on fire. You know, that actually reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask. With your brown and green hair, does the carpet match the drapes?"
"What-What does that mean? Is that a human thing?" the witch asked while cocking her head to the side, confused. Kevin forced back a snort and took a small breath to calm himself; sometimes he was happy witches had no clue what human slang or mannerisms actually meant. He sent a glare towards his clones as he saw some of them getting ready to laugh.
"Uh, y-yeah, it's a human thing. You know, you should ask Luz that sometime soon! I'm sure she'll love hearing it come from you!"
"Well, can you tell me what it means before—"
"Oh Mittens!" two separate voices shouted from behind her door, causing her to groan out in annoyance. "We're respecting your privacy by knocking, but asserting our authority as your older siblings by coming in anyway!" Edric and Emira shouted simultaneously before collectively kicking her door open, causing it to slam clone Eight against the wall, destroying him. Kevin sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"What are you two doing here? I thought you were going to spend the night at your friends' house!"
"Why would we go hang out with some people we don't even like when we can stay here and bask in your glorious gay panic attacks together?" Emira asked as if it was the simplest thing in the world, causing Edric to nod in agreement.
"And thanks to Kevin here, we'll have front row seats! The apple blood is cold and the boomcorn is booming as we speak! I'm so excited!" Edric said giddily.
"What are you talking about?" Amity asked before turning to Kevin. "What are they talking about?"
"Oh, did I fail to mention? Yeah, I'm kind of...staying the night, to make sure nothing bad happens..."
"You're WHAT?! That wasn't a part of this idea at all!"
"Well, how else am I supposed to keep an eye on things and make sure nothing bad happens? I kinda can't do that from the Owl House," he said, causing Amity to splutter as she tried coming up with a reason, any reason, why he couldn't stay over. But she failed since he did make a good point; he couldn't keep an eye on things and make sure nothing bad happened when he was on the other side of the island. Plus, having him over was maybe a blessing in disguise; maybe he could keep Emira and Edric distracted and keep them from annoying and bothering her and Luz all night?
"If you promise to behave and to leave me and Luz alone tonight, fine, you can stay. Just don't break anything or make a mess, our parents will kill us if you do."
"Figuratively, right?"
"Literally," all three Blight siblings answered in unison.
"I see. Don't worry your dyed green little head about anything! Me and my clones are professionals, nothing bad is gonna—"
BOOM! BAM! CRASH!
Everyone in the room flinched at the sounds of incoherent screaming, random, jumbled curse words, and what sounded like a full-scale war happening from somewhere inside the mansion. After what felt like forever, the noises finally stopped. "Sorry about that!" Clone Seven shouted from somewhere inside the manor.
"Now. Starting now, nothing bad is going to happen because of my clones," Kevin said before letting out a small, nervous laugh as Amity glared daggers at him. 'Someone, please help me.'
"Luz is walking up to the front gate!" Clone 11 shouted suddenly, causing Kevin to sigh in relief.
'Oh thank the great Doomguy below,' Kevin thought to himself before clapping his hands together to gather his clone's attention. "Okay people, this is not a drill! Luz has finally arrived, we gotta clear out asap! Grab your gear and let's move, move, move!"
The clones listened to their creator, and like clockwork, started packing up their supplies before exiting Amity's room in a single file line. The door to her closet was kicked open, and out stepped clone Nine; the clone was covered in a sickly green goo and he was dragging the carcass of some kind of orange octopus looking monster. Kevin sighed upon seeing the green goo the clone was tracking on the ground, and summoned two more clones to clean it up.
"Oh yeah, I forgot we put that Vileling in there," Edric said as he and his twin watched the clone drag the dead beast out of their little sister's room.
"You put that thing in there?!"
"Yeah, we were hoping you were gonna open your closet and it would scare you or something, but his stupid clone got to it first." Emira shrugged, leaving Amity flabbergasted because what kind of sibling would knowingly and willingly put a wild and dangerous monster inside the closet of their younger sibling? Her siblings, that's who, and honestly, she wasn't sure why she was surprised at this point.
"Sleep with one eye open. For the rest of your lives," Amity warned.
"You can threaten your siblings some other time, Luz comes first! Let's move it you two!" Kevin said as he pushed the Blight twins out of their little sister's room. "You go let Luz in, I'll bring these two to their room. If you need any help or advice, come see me and I'll help however I can. And, remember to keep calm," Kevin advised as he closed the door on his way out.
'Right, calm, I can do that,' Amity thought to herself as she took a deep breath to calm her nerves before exiting her room and making her way towards the front door. She and Luz had spent loads of time together alone before; she just needed to keep her cool and not go into 'gay panic mode' as her siblings and Kevin called it. 'Keep your cool and relax; it's just Luz! You're just spending time with the love of your life...alone, in your most private place, where anything could happen. Amity blushed bright red and buried her face in her hands, groaning silently to herself as she stood in front of the door. She slapped her cheeks a few times to calm herself and to get her mind back on track. 'C'mon, you're Amity Blight! Get your head in the game and calm down! You can do this!' she thought to herself, and with renewed confidence, she opened the door to allow her guest inside. "Hi Luz—"
"Amity!"
Amity felt her breath get knocked out of her when Luz suddenly charged into her, wrapping her arms around Amity's waist before lifting the witch high into the air for a hug. She giggled as she spun the witch around before setting her back onto the ground and staring in awe at the inside of the house. High ceilings littered with fancy and expensive-looking chandeliers, marble flooring, walls, and staircases, and beautiful carpets that Luz was positive were worth more than the house her own mother owned. "Your house is so cool, and big too! It's probably the biggest house I've ever seen! Even bigger than Kevin's back in the human world, and his was pretty big!"
"G-Glad you like it," Amity said as she gasped for air. It didn't take long for her to get her breathing back to normal, and it certainly didn't take long for her face to redden yet again from seeing Luz's attire. The human wore a simple white tank top and short purple shorts; totally innocent choice of clothing, but the thoughts running through Amity's mind from seeing so much exposed skin were anything but. "Y-You, uh, you look nice," Amity managed to stutter out.
"I just got here and you're already flirting with me? Wow, you Blights work fast," Luz joked, causing Amity to splutter in surprise.
"I-I wasn't, no! I just thought you looked nice, not to say I don't always think you look nice, which I do. What I meant was—"
"Amity, relax! I was just messing with you. You're so easy to fluster, it's actually really cute!" Luz giggled, causing the witches face to burn and turn a bright red.
"L-Let's just go to my room."
(With Kevin and the Blight twins)
In Edric and Emira's room was a large monitor that hung from their wall. The monitor was turned on and displayed a wide screen view of Amity's room. Kevin sat in a chair in front of the monitor, and Edric and Emira sat behind him.
"You planted a camera in Mittens' room?" Emira asked.
"Yup, that way I can keep an eye on them and make sure nothing bad happens."
"Won't she get mad though?"
"Probably, but she gets mad at everything I do. I'll let future Kevin deal with her anger and wrath. For now, let's enjoy your sister making a fool out of herself," Kevin said as the door to Amity's room opened, and in stepped the green-haired girl in question.
(With Amity and Luz)
"And this is my room. Make yourself at home; just try not to make a mess or destroy anything please," Amity said as she closed the door after she and Luz entered her room. Luz nodded at the request and spun around, drinking in the sight of the room with awe. The room was definitely bigger than her own room, both at the Owl House and her room at her mother's house. Magenta stone walls surrounded them, a light blue carpet nearly covered the light brown, wooden floor, and several large bookshelves lined the walls, filled from corner to corner with books of various sizes and colors. Luz could see most were educational books, but the occasional 'fun' book here and there would catch her eye. A large window allowed the moonlight to enter the room, and Luz could see their giant backyard.
Wait, was that bush set on fire recently?
"So, what do you want to do first? I've never actually had a 'girls' sleepover before, and I doubt everything they show in TV and movies actually happens. Or, do girls actually practice kissing at these things?" Luz joked as she sat her bag next to Amity's bed.
"Titan, I wish," Amity mumbled under her breath. "I was actually hoping you knew. When I had sleepovers with Boscha and the others, all they'd want to do is gossip, make fun of people on Penstagram, and do each other's makeup. Most of the time I would just zone out and stare outside the window," Amity said, remembering the countless, joyless nights she had spent with her old friend group. How many girls had Boscha made cry from being her cold and ruthless self? She was just thankful her old friend was trying to be a better person. If that could happen as a result of her fighting Kevin, maybe she should hire Kevin to fight her parents?
"Ooo, we could try that!" Luz exclaimed suddenly, startling Amity.
"What? Make fun of people on Penstagram?"
"No silly! Let me do your makeup! I've been practicing and I've gotten really good at it!" Luz said before she got close to Amity's face, lips formed into a small pout as she gave the witch her famous puppy dog eyes. "Please?"
"Uh, s-sure, I g-guess. L-Let me get my stuff," Amity managed to stutter out, cheeks heating up from having Luz's face so close to her own. Luz grinned and stepped back, giving the witch her space and allowing her to let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding. With shaky legs she walked over to her wardrobe and opened it before spotting her small makeup kit that sat neatly between a few trophies she had from school. She grabbed it, not bothering to close it, before returning back to Luz and handing it to her. The human took it eagerly and beamed at her friend.
"Awesome! Go ahead and lay down on the bed!"
The witch did as she was ordered (definitely not because she liked taking orders from Luz, nope, not her, the mere idea that she was into something like that was...it was...shut up!) and laid down on her bed. She thought nothing of it and watched out of the corner of her eye as Luz opened the kit and grabbed a few things. Amity mentally readied herself for whatever Luz was going to do to her.
Was she wasn't in a million years ready for, was Luz climbing on top of her and straddling her waist.
(With Kevin and the twins)
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! I was promised a PG-13 show, not 18+!" Edric exclaimed as he shielded his eyes from the screen.
"Oh relax! They aren't doing anything, that's just how Luz puts makeup on other people. I should know, she would practice on me all the time back in the human world," Kevin sighed; the memories of Luz trying to put eyeshadow on him for his Halloween costume still haunted him to this day. That was just the physical trauma; the emotional scars he got from her plucking his eyebrows would never heal.
"So that isn't some kind of weird human mating ritual?" Emira asked, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Oh don't worry, I'm sure it won't be long before Luz shows Amity a thing or two about that kind of stuff," Kevin said before he felt himself start getting pelted with boomcorn. "Hey! Knock it off!"
"You can't just say stuff like that dude! That's our baby sister for titan-sake!"
"Hey, I can either be honest or be a liar. Which would you rather have?"
"Be a liar!" the twins shouted simultaneously.
"Okay, fine. Edric, I think you're handsome," Kevin said, surprising the male twin and causing him to blush a bit.
"Oh, well thank yo—hey, wait a minute!" he shouted, suddenly realizing what the human had just done. Kevin and Emira chuckled at his response as he pouted. "I've been emotionally scarred and bullied in the span of 10 minutes. I demand compensation!"
"Oh yeah? Like what?" Kevin asked, failing to see the devious look the Blight twins gave one another.
"Well, since Luz is doing Mittens' makeup, how about we—"
"Noooooope," Kevin said, shooting down the idea instantly and causing the twins to groan out in annoyance.
"Ah c'mon, please? Mittens' never lets us do her makeup or dye her hair!"
"I would rather die. Again. For like the fifth time."
"Be reasonable here Kevin. We can use Illusion magic to show you what it'd look like before we do anything!" Emira argued before she and Edric nodded at each other. Drawing a spell circle each, a small mirror suddenly appeared in front of Kevin, and his hair was suddenly turned pink. "How about pink? Or green? Red maybe? What about navy blue?"
"I already said—ok wait, go back two colors," Kevin said suddenly, causing the twins to grin as they changed his hair back to navy blue. He hummed to himself and ruffled his own hair. "I actually like that. You know, ever since I was a kid I've always wanted to dye my hair blue."
"I think you look really nice with blue hair," Emira said as she leaned over his right shoulder and gave him a genuine smile. He gave a smile back and combed a hand through his hair.
"You really think so?"
"Totally! What about nail polish? How about light blue? Or, even black?" Edric said, using a spell circle to change Kevin's nails black.
"Okay, that does look cool, I can't lie about that," he said before seeing the two giant grins the twins were giving him. He sighed and nodded. "Give me something strong to drink, and you've got a deal."
(With Luz and Amity)
"And, done!" Luz exclaimed with a smile before putting away the makeup and grabbing a small mirror so Amity could see her masterpiece. "What do you think?"
It took Amity a minute to process what Luz had said, her mind was still fuzzy after having the girl on top of her for so long, faces mere inches apart. Her eyes focused on the mirror, where she sat her whole face and ears were beet red from her blushing. Dark purple eyeshadow had been applied to her eyelids, bright red lip gloss to her lips, and some blush to her cheeks. Despite the fact she looked like a tomato with makeup on, she thought Luz had done a great job. At least, better than Emira and Edric had done in the past.
"Y-You did a g-good job," she stuttered out, causing Luz to grin at the praise. With a giggle she sat the mirror back inside the kit and closed it before getting off of Amity and walking it back towards the wardrobe. She sat neatly where it once rested before something from the door caught her eye.
"Oh! I had no idea you kept this after so long!"
Amity raised an eyebrow at the statement, wondering what Luz was talking about. Lifting herself off the bed, she felt her heart suddenly stop from the sight before her; Luz had found and was currently wearing her old Grudgby jacket, but from when she was the captain for the team at Hexside. The human girl had a wide smile as she zipped the jacket up and did a small spin, showing it off to the witch.
"It fits! I look good in this, right?" Luz asked as she gave her friend a large grin before she noticed something. "Amity! Your nose is bleeding!"
(With Kevin and the twins)
Kevin started to laugh loudly from the scene, cackling from seeing the blood start to spill from the witch's nose. Edric and Emira gave each other a questioning look from his confusing reaction.
"What's so funny?"
"N-Nothing. It's just, something like this happening has a very specific meaning in the anime me and Luz watch."
"Which is?" they asked in unison.
"Y-You don't wanna know."
(With Luz and Amity)
"C-Could you grab the tissue from my desk drawer, please?" Amity asked as she covered her nose, the image of Luz in her jacket forever implanted into her memory. The human nodded at the request and was quick to open the desk's drawer before grabbing the little pack of tissues hidden inside. She grabbed it before noticing something else that had been hidden inside as well, and a warm smile worked its way onto her face as she grabbed onto the object. She walked over to Amity, hiding the object behind her back and handing Amity the tissues. Amity muttered a quick thanks before opening the pack and wiping away the crimson.
"I can't believe you kept this after so long," Luz said, confusing Amity until the human brought out a golden tiara with a pink jewel implanted in its front center, shaped to look like a lotus flower. It was the same tiara she had gotten after she and Luz attended their first Grom. Amity spluttered, forgetting she had placed the tiara in her desk.
"W-Well, yeah. That night...it meant a lot to me," Amity said, blushing. "Other than us defeating Grom, it was the first time I ever danced with someone...as lame as that sounds."
"I don't think it's lame. It was my first time dancing with someone as well," Luz said, her own cheeks darkening. Then an idea formed in her head, and she grinned widely. "What if we did it again?"
"Did what again?" Amity asked as Luz walked in front of her. The human placed the tiara neatly on the witch's head, grinning as she leaned forward with her hand extended.
"Ms. Blight, may I have this dance?"
(With Kevin and the twins)
"No one genuinely cared about me before I met Luz," Kevin said drunkenly, a bottle of some kind of expensive-sounding alcohol clutched tightly in his right hand since his nails had just finished drying. Emira, who was busy dying his hair, and Edric, who was painting the nails on his left hand, hummed in unison, letting him know they were listening and for him to continue. "It's always been 'Kevin, the world's in trouble again, we need your help' or 'Kevin, Talon has launched a nuke, we need you to stop it'. But it was never 'hey Kevin, how are you feeling?' or 'hey Kevin, I heard crying coming from your room last night, wanna talk?'"
"It sounds like they cared more about your abilities than they did for you as a person," Emira said as she wiped some of the dye off of his neck.
"Everyone's always treated me as a weapon or some kind of last line of defense. But I'm a person, goddammit! I have feelings and emotions; sometimes I get sad and need to vent to someone or a shoulder to cry on."
"Then you met Luz, who became that someone who you could vent to, who gave you a shoulder to cry on," Edric said as he blew on Kevin's nails to dry them faster.
"I haven't been happy in a long time, but that all changed when Luz came into my life. Even after finding out about my past, she never looked at me or treated me differently. She...she makes me want to be a better person, to move on from my past," Kevin smiled softly as the memories of their adventures in the human world came flooding back to him. "It's no wonder why Amity is literally head over heels for her, she's amazing...maybe a little too amazing."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, she makes me feel like I'm a good person, that my past doesn't define me and that I deserve to be happy like everyone else. But do I? The things I've been through, the things I've seen, the things I've done...do I deserve to be happy? Or, am I doomed to a never-ending cycle of pain and loneliness that'll only end with a blade through my neck?" Kevin asked as he stared at the ceiling, the bottle he held finally drained of its contents. Emira and Edric stared at each other in shock; they hadn't expected any of that.
"Kevin, you're uh, you're crying a little bit," Emira pointed out before using the corner of the towel that wasn't covered in blue dye to wipe his cheek. Kevin blinked, confused, before reaching up and feeling his wet cheeks.
"Ah, so I am. Sorry about that, certain alcohol makes me emotional," he said before wiping away his tears.
"You know, Mittens told us that blowing stuff up tends to make you feel better. You wanna go blow some stuff up?" Edric asked.
"...A little."
(With Luz and Amity)
The lights were dimmed, balls of light floated around the room, and some kind of slow human song was being played from Luz's phone. As much as Amity thought this was dumb and that she probably looked beyond foolish, she would lie if she said she wasn't enjoying every second that her crush's arms were wrapped around her waist. Luz was currently leading, careful to not step on the witch's feet or hit the desk or bed. She was affectionately giggling to herself as they danced, and Amity couldn't help but to giggle as well.
"This feels...nice," Amity said as she continued following Luz's lead.
"It does, yeah. Just you and me, without all those people staring and making me nervous. And, dip!" Luz said before dipping Amity, causing the witch to laugh before Luz brought her back up.
Luz probably didn't think of much of this dance, but to Amity, it felt so...intimate. Holding onto each other tightly, alone in their own little world, away from the wandering and judging eyes of other witches. In a way, all of this felt forbidden, which made it all the more exciting. Nothing could ruin this moment.
Besides Luz's two left feet.
With a yelp, Luz ended up tripping on her own foot, sending all of her weight into Amity and accidentally slamming her against the wall. The witch winced as her back hit the wall roughly, but other than that, she was fine.
"Are you okay?" Amity asked.
"Y-Yeah, I'm...I'm fine..." Luz trailed off, and the two of them froze once they realized the current position they were in. Luz had accidentally pinned Amity to the wall with her body, hands on either side of her head, faces mere inches apart, hot and heavy breaths washing over their skin.
Time seemed to freeze, Amity gulped slightly as a new emotion slowly made its way into Luz's eyes. She had never seen the look before, her legs started to shake from the intensity of Luz's gaze. It was hunger, raw and primal, and it took Amity's breath away; and here she thought Luz couldn't get any more attractive.
Her eyes widened in surprise as Luz closed her own and started leaning in; her heart started beating a mile a minute, face turning a dark shade of red as she started panicking mentally. She was frozen like a deer caught in headlights, not knowing if she should stay there or lean in as well. Luz's breath washed over her, and she bit her lip as she watched Luz close the distance.
'So close, so close!'
BOOM!
The two girls screamed in fright and held onto each other tightly as the house shook as a massive explosion was set off right outside, a sudden eruption of flames flying high into the air past Amity's window. They could hear crazed laughter coming from the backyard and gave each other a concerning look before moving to the window to investigate. Their worry turned to relief and anger respectively when they saw Kevin, Edric, and Emira standing outside. The two twins were throwing potion bottles into the air so Kevin could try and hit them.
"What are you idiots doing?!" Amity shouted as she opened her window, causing all three to pause in their activity to stare at her.
"And why are you here Kevin? And are you drinking?"
"Uh, we found Kevin wandering around the woods, sad and drunk and brought him back here! We were cheering him up by letting him blow stuff up!" Edric answered, only half lying. While they didn't find and bring Kevin back here, everything else was technically true.
"Blood for the blood god, me!" Kevin shouted as he threw another bottle into the air and shot it with fire, causing it to explode and shoot green and pink lights into the air, much like a firework. "Whoo! Did you see that?! That was-That was...I'm sleepy," Kevin said as he swayed back and forth before falling backwards onto the ground. He started to snore loudly as the bottle rolled out of his grip and across the grass.
"We'll, uh, take him inside and put him in the guest room. Enjoy your sleepover you two!" Emira said as she and Edric grabbed Kevin under his arms and wrapped them around their shoulders. He mumbled in his sleep, muttering something along the line of 'Russian dogs' and something called a 'gulag' as they dragged him inside.
"Amity...are you okay? Your face is really red."
"I'm feeling nothing but homicidal rage right now."
"L-Let's get back to our sleepover."
(Two hours later)
Amity yawned tiredly as she walked back into her room after having brushing her teeth in the bathroom. She smiled softly upon seeing Luz already buried underneath several layers of blankets, scrolling through her phone as she waited for Amity to return. The witch was careful as she walked back to her bed, stepping over objects as if the floor was a minefield. It might as well have been, since it looked like a war had been fought in her room. Pillows and blankets, boomcorn, clothing, and crumbled up balls of paper had been scattered around the room. The pillows and blankets were from the fort she had made, which they had named Fort Azurate, named after the popular ship of Azura and rival turned friend Hecate from a book franchise they enjoyed, The Good Witch Azura. The boomcorn has been brought to them by Edric and Emira; they said they just wanted to bring them some snacks, but Amity knew they were using it as an apology for losing control of Kevin and his...Kevin-ness. The paper was from their drawing session; what had started as drawing little sketches and giving one another prompts to draw turned into a full-blown paper ball battle. Overall, the night had been amazing (minus Kevin interrupting their kiss), but sadly, all good things must come to an end. She flipped off the light, allowing the moon light to illuminate the room. She slid under her covers and let out another tired yawn.
"Thanks again for coming over Luz, I had a lot of fun."
"Thanks for inviting me! We should do this again sometime; you could come over to the Owl House! I promise Hooty will leave us alone this time!" Luz grinned as she shut off her phone and placed it on the nightstand.
"Uh, we'll see about that," Amity chuckled nervously, still remembering all of her other, horrible encounters with the house demon. "Well, goodnight Luz."
"Goodnight Amity!"
The witch felt Luz's weight on the bed shift before she felt the human grab onto her left cheek; her eyes widened in surprise and her face grew dark when she felt a pair of warm lips press against her right cheek. It was over as quickly as it began, and Luz turned away before getting back under the covers. Amity blinked several times from the surprise action and touched the spot where Luz had kissed; it still tingled from the human's soft lips pressing against it. She choked back a soft whimper before lying down and staring at the ceiling, playing back the event over and over in her head as Luz snored beside her.
'This night can't get any better,' she thought.
She felt Luz shift on the bed, and before she knew it, a strong arm was wrapping around her body, pulling her flush against the human. Her blush intensified as her eyes widened again; she was pressed tightly against Luz, arm wrapped protectively around her waist, their height difference allowing her to tuck her head under Luz's chin. She returned the embrace and held onto Luz tightly, never wanting to let go.
'I stand corrected.'
(Several hours later: Morning)
Amity snored deeply in her sleep before her alarm ended up waking her. She mumbled to herself, drool cascading down onto her pillow as she lifted her head. She reached over and slapped the alarm off before yawning as she sat up in her bed and stretched. She wiped the gunk out of her eyes before noticing the lack of an extra body in her bed. She frowned and looked around, noticing that Luz and her belongings were gone, and that her room had been cleaned sometime when she was asleep. She noticed something folded neatly on her desk with a piece of paper on top; so she crawled out of bed and walked over before picking up the note.
Amity!
Eda called and said she needed my help ASAP. :(
Sorry I couldn't stick around for breakfast. Also sorry about the mess last night, but it's okay! I cleaned up your room so you wouldn't have to! :)
I hope we can do this again soon!
PS. Your jacket was really comfy, so I'm stealing it for now :) but it's okay! I left my cat hoodie behind as compensation until ya wanna trade back. Take care of it!
Love, Luz ❤️️
Amity smiled at the heart, and shifted her gaze to the neatly folded purple and white hoodie that sat atop her desk. She placed the note in her drawer and grabbed the hoodie, fingers running across the worn-out material. It had seen a lot of use, and Luz trusting her enough to hang onto it made her feel fuzzy inside. She slipped it on, noticing how perfectly it fit her and how warm it was. Grabbing the front, she lifted it to her nose and took a whiff, smiling to herself as the hoodie still had Luz's scent; lemons and pine, a fruity and earthy combination. Luz's scent made her feel warm and fuzzy on the inside and safe, like nothing bad could happen. She was so caught up in smelling the hoodie, she didn't hear her door opening.
"Are you done nose fucking Luz's hoodie?"
Amity screamed in fright from the sudden voice and turned to see Kevin standing in her doorway, holding onto his head in pain. "Oi, can you knock that shit off? I have a hangover from hell!"
"Well, it serves you right for last night! Do you have any idea what you stopped?!" Amity growled, tempted to burn the human alive right here and now, but she couldn't. Not because it was illegal, but because Luz would never speak to her again.
"You almost kissed, I have the whole thing on tape," Kevin said as he grabbed her desk chair and sat it against the wall. He climbed on top of it before taking something off of her wall and presenting it to her. "I hid a camera in here last night; that way I could keep an eye on you two and make sure nothing bad happened."
"You what?!" she shouted, causing him to flinch.
"Keep screaming and I'm gonna give it to Edric and Emira; there's loads of blackmail on here," Kevin warned, causing Amity to growl in anger. "Now if you're done, meet me in the library in a few hours. I gotta take something for this hangover first."
(Several hours later: Amity's secret library room)
"The hell did your siblings give me? I've never had a hangover this bad before," Kevin groaned as he leaned back in his seat, massaging his aching head.
"Are-Are you okay?" Amity asked, surprising Kevin. He cocked an eyebrow at the witch.
"Why the sudden interest?"
"After you left, Edric and Emira told me what you said last night…look, I know we may not have started off on the right foot—"
"Like you attacking me because you thought I was making out with Luz? Or, how you're always threatening me with bodily harm and death seemingly every five minutes?"
"Can I finish please?" Amity snapped at him, and he raised his hands in surrender. "As I was saying, we may not have started off on the right foot, but I do consider you a friend. So when Ed and Em told me what you said, yes, I started to worry a bit," Amity explained with a frown. "So, are you okay?"
"...It's nothing I can't handle," he replied robotically, as if he's had to do this hundreds of times before. Amity frowned at that, realizing he probably has. "But, thank you, I appreciate it," Kevin smiled before standing up and tossing her a marker. "C'mon, enough with the sappy stuff and let's pick the next one."
"I'll let this go for now. But if something like this happens again, I'm getting Luz," she warned him before standing at the board and eyeing it. She hummed to herself before circling another option.
"Good choice. Maybe we can fake your drowning so Luz can give you mouth to mouth," Kevin teased, causing Amity to blush. "Ooo! Maybe she can be the lifeguard to your bathtub!"
"Is that some kind of inappropriate human reference?"
"Yes, yes it is...is this the part where I run away?" Kevin asked, and Amity only cracked her knuckles in response. He laughed before turning and bolting out the door, with Amity right on his tail.
It's been a while! Hi, what's up? Sorry for taking so long to update, school, depression, and general lack of motivation has been really kicking my ass, but I'm getting back into the swing of things! I hope you enjoyed the chapter! And, I'm happy (and a bit sad) to say that with his chapter, we are officially at the halfway point for this story (unless I decide to add a new chapter or something). But don't worry! When this story ends, it won't be the last time you see Kevin, Luz, and Amity going on adventures... ;) ;) ;)
Note time!
This chapter was gonna be a lot more inappropriate, but I got too lazy to write one scene and decided to not write another scene. The 'too lazy to do' scene was gonna be of Emira winking at Kevin, Amity asking what that was about, and Kevin running away. The scene I decided not to write was gonna be Amity smelling something a lot more...intimate than just Luz's hoodie. So I just changed it to hoodie to avoid people trying to 'cancel me'. Don't worry, from this point forward for my fics, I'm not holding back! ;)
I officially have an Instagram account now! My name is ghost509_ if you wanna follow! I also made a ko-fi account where y'all can donate to me (if you want) since times aren't the best rn. You can find the link in my Instagram bio since FFN is stupid and doesn't let me post links. Eventually I'll open up commissions for stories and maybe some art, but it'll be a while before doing that though.
Besides that, I've come up with new AU ideas! I can't wait to write them...eventually, lol
Might start another Owl House fic, might not. Should really finish this story and my Grim Reaper Luz story first before starting any others.
And I think...that's it. Join me next time when a trip to the beach turns bloody. See ya in chapter 12!