The ride home was surprisingly quiet. Cronus looked at me in the midst of the silence. "So... Chief... Do you like Grease?" He asked awkwardly. I shifted in my seat. "Well, it isn't healthy for you...-" I was caught off by him chuckling. "What did I say...?" The heat rose to my face. "Nothin'. It's just that Grease is a movwie." "Oh?" "A musical, actually." He kept his eyes on the road and reached for the glove box in front of me.
I squeaked and scooted back in the seat. He chuckled and grabbed a CD. "I ain't plannin' nothin'. Don't vworry." And with that, he put the CD in the player. He pulled onto a side road and glanced at me as the music started. He had this cute- No don't say that - smile and started singing with it.
"I got chills, they're multiplying
And I'm losing control
'Cause the povwer, you're supplying
It's electrifying!"
I blushed as he glanced at me. God... Why me? He continued to play songs until we reached my home, or, as Mituna and his family called houses, hive. "Thank you for the ride, Cronus." I said as I exited the car. "No problem, chief~ Any time~" He stayed in the driveway until I made it inside. A slower song came on and he kept his eyes on me and the road until he was on the road completely.
I regretted going inside, though, because Karkat had Gamzee and another friend of his, Nepeta, over. They were all sitting by the window the whole time. "Flushed miracles~" Gamzee slurred. "Flushed miracles" is what he called it when someone had a crush. Nepeta giggled. "AC says she pawsitively ships it~" She uses cat puns like her older sister, Meulin.
I hid my face from them and trudged upstairs to my room. I slipped off my sweater and flopped on the bed, extremely tired.