Wow procrastination really does wonders.

Chapter 10

Ekko sighed. The wind did actually feel pretty nice when it was qui-

"EKKO!"

Never mind.

Jinx bounced up to where he was sitting. "Whatcha doin?"

The boy frowned, "Well, I was sitting peacefully until you got here."

"Sorry," the blue braided girl grinned, "Not!"

Ekko couldn't help but smile crookedly. "Where's Riven?"

"She's somewhere in the place," Jinx shrugged. Ekko glanced at her. "Is there a reason why you came to interrupt me?"

"Oh, not really, just wanted to see my favorite cookie," the girl grinned cheekily as Ekko blushed faintly. "So," he said awkwardly, "We should go find Riven."

"Okay," the girl wrapped her spindly fingers around Ekko's wrist. "Let's go!"

The boy allowed Jinx to drag him around the monastery like a doll for a few minutes. After a while, it seemed clear that Riven was not where they had last seen her. "Either she left, or she's in another room that we don't know about," Ekko said, putting on the brakes, and stopping Jinx with him. "We should just wait until Riven comes back."

"Comes back from where?" A voice asked.

Jinx whirled around. "Oh hey, it's paintbrush hair guy! I thought you were in school!"

Yasuo raised an eyebrow. "First, don't call me that. Second, school ended. Like, a while ago. Riven came to 'pick me up'. She's in the bathroom right now."

Ekko frowned. "What time is it?"

His friend shrugged. "'Round four thirty?"

Ekko blinked. "Shit."

"Uh, Ekko-cookie, language filter!" Jinx laughed. Ekko shook his head. "No, Jinx, we have to go! Mom doesn't know we ditched, and I always come home right after school. Ugh, she's going to kill me!"

The girl rolled her eyes. "Relax, let me just call her, stupid."

Ekko frantically shook his head again. "Oh no, that's going to make it worse, don't-!"

Yasuo watched the scene in amusement.

Jinx stuck her tongue out at the white haired boy and started running around the monastery with her pink phone against her ear. "Nah nah, you can't catch me~"

Groaning in defeat, Ekko fell back onto the floor and covered his eyes with his hands. "It's all over, mom is going to take my Z-drive away. Then she's going to do something awful that has to do with time and rewinding it and doing it over and over and over and over."

Yasuo laughed. "It was nice knowing you, man."

Jinx's loud voice was resonated around the room. "Mom? Yeah it's me, Jinx. Uh, me and Ekko-cookie are at paintbrush guy's house. Yeah, he forgot to tell you. Yeah, I'll make sure he stays in line. Mmhmm. Yeah. Okay. No problem. Oh, also, please don't take his Z-drive."

She glanced at Ekko with a haughty look.

You owe me one.

"Okay! See you at five! Byeee."

Ekko's jaw dropped. "What the actual hell did you say to that woman?"

Jinx flashed him her trademark grin. "She just likes me better," she said, making a face at him.

Quiet footsteps echoed down the halls as Riven made her way into the room. "Oh, hey guys. How long did it take for you guys to notice I was gone?" She asked conversationally.

Ekko was still in shock while Yasuo was still silently laughing, so Jinx bounced up to her. "Until paintbrush guy came back."

Riven giggled slightly. "You guys really do have no sense of time," she commented. Ekko snapped out of his trance as soon as he heard Riven's pun. "Not that again," he mumbled. "Is it really that fun to make puns out of?"

Jinx smirked. "Y'think I should start making puns?"

"Please no," Ekko begged, heaving himself off the ground. "Not you too."

Jinx walked over to him and stood on her tip toes, reaching up and patting his mohawk. "It's okay, cookie," she cooed. "I won't make puns," she grinned maniacally, "If you do everything I say for the rest of the day."

Ekko moaned, "Jiinnnxx, please no..."

Riven snickered and strode up to the wallowing boy. She tapped his nose, "You're whipped, remember?"

Jinx sniggered.

Ekko decided it was best for him to faceplant onto the floor.

"Whipped," Riven sang, before turning around and making her way over to Yasuo.

"Good, good," Mrs. Timewinder mused. "You came home at five. Well, five oh-one, but no matter. I'll let it slide."

Ekko looked defeated while Jinx was smiling crazily. "We'll be going up to Ekko's room until dinner," the girl said, tugging Ekko's wrist. "C'mon, let's go!"

Ekko's mother chuckled. "Ah, young, oblivious love."

"So," Jinx sighed, laying flat on the bed. "Any new gossip?" She twirled her left braid around her index finger lazily. Ekko shrugged. He sat down on the bed beside her. "Why do you expect me to know?"

Jinx giggled. "Why shouldn't you know?"

"D'you have any plans for prom?" Jinx asked curiously. Ekko's turned red as he suddenly raked his fingers through his mohawk. "N-not really."

"Awwwh, too bad," the girl frowned playfully, "I was gonna ask you to go with me!"

"U-uh," Ekko stared at her. Jinx glanced at him from the corner of her eye. "Somethin' wrong? Are you even going to go?"

Ekko managed, "I-I'll go with you, if you want..."

"Yay!" Jinx sprang up from the bed and tackled him in a hug. "Now I can have a lot of fun when we go!" She grinned evilly. "I have a lot of plans to get people to face smash. Me and Kitty have a lot of ideas."

"Kitty?" Ekko asked curiously, his face still red. Jinx sat up on his stomach. "Oh, um, her name is Katarina. Our coach."

"You're making hookup plans with our gym coach?" The boy asked incredulously. Jinx waggled her finger in front of his face. "And Riv!"

"Yeah, yeah, and her," Ekko sighed, cracking a smile. Typical Jinx.

"Children, dinner time!" They heard from downstairs. Jinx tumbled off Ekko's stomach and pulled his wrist. "C'mon, I'm starving! I need to eat."

"We all do, Jinx," Ekko sighed but let himself be pulled up and dragged down the stairs. His mother raised her eyebrows. "Ekko, dear, you have your own muscles for a reason."

Ekko shrugged halfheartedly. "The crazy girl does what she wants," he smiled. He sat down at the table and Jinx bounced onto hers. "Or, you're just whipped," his mother teased. Ekko groaned loudly and slammed his head onto the table. "When did me being whipped become a thing?"

Jinx rubbed her hands through his spiky hair. "It's okay, Cookie!" She giggled. "Look, let's eat!"

Giving into the alluring smell of dinner, Ekko raised his throbbing head from the table and began to eat. "I'm never going to get rid of the 'whipped' title, am I?" he mumbled to himself.

Nope. :) Hope you enjoyed. Prom is coming up soon! Ohhh, what's going to happen?