𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Good luck, Krismas~~ [ Said with as much of a lilt as she can manage. ] 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026And now the other Noelles are...! [ ...Why is she blushing. ] 010
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It's... really flattering, that's all! Being fought over a little... 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026...gosh, I've really put my hoof in it now, huh? [ Staring mortified at the ground after last night. ] 000
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026// holds your hand. together... we can giggle and kick our feet at gay shit on the tl... 110
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026How they always should have been. ... I want to keep that. I want to have that in my life. It's so easy for the quiet to drive you frickin' /crazy/ in this town, I... ... Is it wrong, to want a little more? 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Right. I... mm. I don't think I have much bad going on in my life right now. Besides... my dad, I mean. [ A slightly weakened smile, but it's still genuine. ] Kris is back. Susie is softening up. You're back in my life too. It feels like... things are coming back to how they should be. 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I'll be the judge of that, thank you. [ She gives her a stern look. It's... reminiscent of the rest of her family, for once. ] I... think you're wonderful, Catti. And I want to hear what you have to say. Especially now. 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026...Catti, you sound like you're... nobody else is going to die, it was just... ... I think... sometimes, bad things are going to happen. But that doesn't mean we should ignore the good. ...Talk to me? Please? 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026... I'm not her. I'm not going to disappear. She... I... Why... why didn't you tell me? 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026[ She feels something prick at the edges of her eyes, there. This passion, all about her...? She... isn't. Sure how to handle it. She steps forward, gently placing a hand on Catti's. ] ... Catti, I... I'm sorry. I didn't know. I... 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026// all my friends are making au characters... perhaps? an adult noelle? much to conslider... 010
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026...I... Catti. I don't need protection. I don't... want it. You didn't fail anything. I think we just... grew up, a little. I don't want you to think you weren't good. You're one of my best friends. I don't want to lose that. I don't want to lose you. 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026...and at the Festival, I... ... I felt horrible when you ran off. Like I had done something really, really wrong. But Susie's still so...! She's just... ...mmh. I just. Feel all jumbled up. Like I was so sure of my path and now there's so many others. 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026[ ...she looks at Catti, something unreadable on her face. ] In your words... I guess I just. Feel like I'm at a crossroads. There's so much going on, and... it's hard to know where I want to go. I thought it was Susie for a while. But then Kris and I got closer again, and then... 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026...gosh, sorry, I... I'm saying a lot right now, huh. I can... stop talking. If you want. 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026[ She frowns at that, kinda just... going quiet for a bit. It's... complex, this whole thing. Sure, she's a teenager, they always are, but... ] ...Catti, I don't really know what I want anymore. 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I... really don't. I know she likes me, I know I like her. But... Kris, y'know? ... And you. 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026It's just... complicated. Same reason me and Susie kind of... aren't really sure where we stand yet. ... It's... funny. I think you two are really alike in the good ways. 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026...just. Um. With my. Thing. About Susie. I know... you two don't really get along. I hate that I have to pick between you two, because you both are just so... guh. [ Running her hands through her hair. Why are emotions so darn confusing... ] 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026... I... after everything, I don't think I've really got a shot, eheh... 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I didn't know! That you! Were there! Half the time everyone is scattered to the nine winds??? 110
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I know she's kinda. Mad at me right now. And to be honest I don't know if we'd even work. But. 020
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026... [ Trying not to blush as she thinks of a cat that's on the heavier side a bit. ] 120
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026[ She waits quietly for a few moments, then... ] Y. Yeah? 000
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 12/07/2026What are reindeer immune to, Kris? [ Leaning in curiously! ] 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026...I'm sorry. Really, I am, I... ... ...f-fuck, I just. I'm so sorry. I just... I don't want you to hide y-yourself away again. Right as I w-was finally getting you back, I... ...I know, I'm s-still being selfish even now, but... 000
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026No. It's not fine. I made an objectively bad choice as your friend and you're allowed to be upset about it. You... Kris, you were dating Susie first, and on the most... important day you could have with her, I... [ She cuts herself off, breath ragged as she leans away for a moment. ] 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026...fine?? [ She almost wants to close the distance between them and throttle them for that. This isn't the first time they've completely shunted off all sorts of apology and just... decided to play martyr about it all. Most days, she just looks away and ignores it. Not today. ] 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Especially when you were the one that... told me it was okay. After you and Susie kissed and all, and you told me it was... ...gosh, I was a really bad friend. 000
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026[ A gulp, then. ] I'm sorry. I'm sorry I pulled her away for so long. I know you two have a thing too, and I shouldn't have been so selfish. Should have... ...fahaha. Should have shared. [ She's always been attached to taking as much of the sweet treats as she can... ] 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I... kinda just thought, if... well, if I could be your friend, and hers too, maybe... I could help? In a way? And then I just... well. She got close and I couldn't... gosh, it was just... I couldn't stop myself. She's... haha. She's great. I see why... 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026...y-yeah, um. I thought so. [ She nods softly, a bit of a sad edge in her tone. It was... on her mind. All that fun with Susie, with the added sharp edge of Kris looking at them with the most... longing look she'd ever seen. ] I... know you've been really close with Susie lately. 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I... yeah, I thought it was fun too. It's just... I. Kinda noticed that you just looked... ... ...sad. During the whole thing. ... 000
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Fahaha... thank you. [ She... hesitates a moment, fiddling with her hair before finally deciding how to speak this worry she's had for a few days. ] Hey... um. So... did you enjoy the festival a few days ago? 000
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026That was really pretty... it felt like an adventure of some kind. But like... kinda like that one middle point of Dragon Blazers 1, the Sunset Fields. I liked it. 000
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026[ They both have a lot going on when it comes to their fathers, don't they? Not that she'd know their story. ] 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026[ No, not one bit. She listens along silently, head bobbing to the much faster beat. Still, Kris seems almost... pensive at it all. She wants to ask (perhaps something to do with the Dark World?), but she doesn't. ] 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026[ ...She doesn't respond further than that. Now that they're talking... she does have some thoughts. Things to ask. Especially from what happened a few days prior. But... For now? She wants to listen to this last song before she grills them. ] 000
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Hehe. I already have it loaded on my phone. [ She nods softly, settling in again to listen along. That smile is just... so lovely to see. She almost holds back saying it, but... in the moment, she just has to say something. She can't /not/. ] ... I really missed this, Kris. 100
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026[ There's no applause. No explosion of emotion. It's not really Kris's style. Instead, there's just... a smile so soft from Noelle. ] That was beautiful, Kris. [ And she means every word. ] 000
𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 @lostnextdoor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026[ She finds herself closing her eyes, slightly swaying along as it goes on. It's... familiar, with a new edge of actually being here. She... missed being able to spend time with Kris. She missed them. More than she can really say. ] 000
