Disease
The infirmary is boring. It’s so boring! Judd made Michael and Sloane sit on beds alllllllll dayyyyyyy. The only interesting part was when Michael got a note through the air vents (???) from Lia to “meet me by the pool @ 11 pm”. Easy enough, he thought.
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Lia had to have a conversation with Micheal about a certain conversation with a certain practically sibling. Unlike Dean and Cassie, Lia and Michael’s breakup was actually mutual. Although why Dean had lied about that, Lia didn’t know. She sent Celine to find out why a few hours ago and to find out who broke up with who. She had a strong feeling that Dean was the Heartbreaker.
The only question now was why. So that’s the reason she was going totalk, no laugh at Michael tonight. Lia had heard their conversation when Dean and Cassie got home, and the angst! Dean these days, always so obsessed with seeming nonchalant and emo, although that conversation was anything but. It was very funny to her. But also, Jesus it was uncomfortable! Thats part of the reason why she needed to talk to him; to give him pointers, because how could she have him fend for himself?
She sat by the pool, waiting at 10:50
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It was 10:49. Michael was still awake, and he made sure that Sloane was still snoring in bed.
He slowly, oh so slowly, got out of bed, creeping out the door. After successfully getting outside, he could walk normally.
He saw Lia, sitting by the pool alone, waiting. It was exactly 11:00. “Lia?” She didn’t turn around. Michael sat by her, trying to look at her face. She was...Smiling? “Lia?!” He was worried now. What had happened? She was laughing? Then, she was hysterical, crying and wheezing and hiccupping in absolute joy.
Michael just sat there, confused. “I- oh im sorry,” She kept giggling. "No, I’m not. I’m laughing at you, by the way.”
"I could tell” Michael replied dryly. “Why did you want me here again?”
“Because, dear Michael,” She started, grinning. “You, my dearest friend, are super duper gay for Dean. And don’t even try to deny it! I’m not blind. Cassie’s dense, Celine’s too busy with Sloane, and Sloane hardly knows what love even is. Your conversation the other night?” She grinned even wider. “Peak humor.” She started laughing again.
“If you just brought me here to have a good laugh, I’m leaving.” Micheal’s cheeks burned in embarrassment, and he got up to leave.
“No-no.” She wheezes. “I still need to talk to you. First, are you gonna tell him? Well, I guess you kind of have to. Because of your Hanahaki Disease.” Another coy smile played at her lips. Michael realized that she was looking forward to this. In her mind, every time Michael and Dean spoke, she thought “omg otp”. Michael was feeling less sunshine – butterfly and feeling more like “I want to beat myself over the head with a bat” after that conversation. The next one was even more unpleasant. It was more along the lines of “How to get a boy to like me”. Lia was smiling the whole time, and Michael wanted to die. They stayed out until at least 2 am and then went their separate ways.
Unbeknownst to Michael, if Celine had found out about Dean and Cassie’s breakup, she was about to have to exact same conversation with Dean.
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Celine woke up when the sun wasn’t even out yet. Somebody was poking her. “Celine- oh my god- it Lia-shit- you slap hard!” Celine had slapped Lia. Well, she hadn’t known it was her. “What’re you poking me for?” She was a bit irritated; she hated being woken up. "Did you find out if Dean broke up with Cassie yet?” Ok, wow, straight to the point. “Um, yeah. He was really uncomfortable the whole time and started talking about not wanting to drag out his dead feelings for her.” Sher put her head back on the pillow, and Lia smacked her. “Stay awake! Do you know what that means, Celine?”
Celine was suddenly very awake. “Who?”
“Michael”
“No!” Celine gasped and then started laughing. “Wait, actually, of course it’s those two.” Lia shushed her. “If you wake up Cassie, she’ll come here, and then she’ll tell sloane, who will tell both Dean and Michael because, no offence to whatever you guys have, but she can’t keep a secret.” They kept talking.
But Cassie was already awake. She never slept that much anymore. Not after Dean broke up with her. And now to hear that he had broken her heart to get with Michael? The guy he hates? Dean almost killed him, and now he liked the guy? Cassie didn’t get it. She couldn’t see them. She didn’t like it. And she was determined to stop it.