"Done!"
Dante grinned as he finished the complex formulas he engraved in his runes. The connection between the rune and Whis' powerful signature has finally synced and amplified so he can teleport towards their location safely.
It's been a week since he and the O'Connell family shared their drinks. After helping Billie in writing a song, she promised him that she and her brother will release it someday. He stayed at their house that night having a conversation with the singer at the treehouse, sharing how he has a girlfriend that looks like her and plans to have them meet soon. At, Maggie groggily invited him for breakfast to which he accepted happily.
They all ate together that day despite Patrick and Finneas sleeping on the table.
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"-Ciri huh... you're handsome, so if you have a girlfriend, she should be beautiful..." Billie smiled towards the raven-haired, earning her a nod in return, "H-How does it feel to be in a relationship?" she asked as they were sitting close to each other, just enjoying the low volume background music she played in a Bluetooth speaker.
"Yeah... you've got the same features as well, you could be mistaken as twins," Dante nodded, "It's nice, it makes you want to live and persevere despite the hurdles you're facing... you've never had a boyfriend before?"
"W-Well," Billie blushed embarrassingly, but Dante could see the sadness covered by it, "I had this boy that I liked, we went to watch movies and stuff... then we went to a rooftop and kissed under the none existing stars here in LA..."
"Then?"
"Then... he said, 'Wow, it isn't as magical as I thought'..." the ashen-haired artist curled her body, hugging her knees, "That's the closest I've been to a relationship... fuck I don't want to cry" she said as she laughed, tears threatening to fall.
The raven-haired nodded empathetically, "There are people like that. However, don't use that as a reason to drive you away from giving yourself a chance to love," Dante sighed, "besides, it's his loss, not yours."
This made the 16 year old smile and nod in response, "Thanks... I'll keep that in mind."
"Billie, Dante are you up there!?"
The both who were mentioned looked down to see Maggie just under the tree house looking up to them, she smiled when she saw Dante.
"Come down, we're having breakfast!"
"Coming!" Billie yelled in reply and turned to the raven-haired, "let's go."
Dante waited for Maggie to go inside the house and then teleported both him and Billie to the ground, making the ashen-haired grab his shoulder in support.
"Ugh! Why'd that make me feel like puking?" she muttered, trying to hold herself from actually doing it.
Dante smiled and helped her up in support, "Side effects..." he said as they went inside the house and saw Maggie placing down a bunch of plates with food on the table with Patrick and Finneas resting their heads on the said table. "What a bunch of pussies."
"Yeah right? I thought they were men, and here I am, doing all the work here," Maggie laughed making the father and son groan in reply, "See? Disappointments." she shook her head.
It took them minutes to finally eat at normal pace. Patrick, who was silent for a second, spoke, "Now that I think about it... how did we end up home? I'm pretty sure we were all drunk at Beverely Hills, that's a thirty minute drive. Did you drive? Wait no, you're too fucked up to even do anything" He looked at Finneas and shook his head, then at Maggie, "Did you?"
"No," She shook his head, "I thought it was you, and it'd be impossible if it were Billie... Dante?" she turned her head to the raven-haired, earning her a nod in response.
"Yeah, it was a fun ride, you were all sleeping while moaning in the car all the way here," Dante laughed, 'This has to be the best lie I have done in all my years of living...'
They all laughed while Billie frowned when she heard her mom, "Hey! I know how to drive you know..." 'And ya'll didn't even see us teleport here!'
They all laughed again after hearing her grumbling, which made him furrow her eyebrows more, earning her a flick in the forehead by Dante.
"You keep on doing that and you'll look like 80 in your 20s," he smiled, making her grin.
"So, Dante, where do you live- wait, now that I also think about it, we only met yesterday right?" Patrick questioned out loud, "It's weird, I feel like I've known you for a very long time now..."
"Yeah, one dinner it feels like you've been living with us for years." Maggie muttered, but everyone heard it, making Finneas scratch his head.
"No matter, it's a miracle I made a friend like this guy in a night, never thought that something like this would happen in my life," Finneas was still trying to fight his hangover while eating so he was talking slowly.
The raven-haired shook his head in amusement, "I got weirded out too, but you guys are really good company, and to answer your question," he looked at Patrick, "I'm temporarily staying at Lexmar Hotel near the Echo venue Billie and Finneas performed at."
"Oh? That's far, you can live here if you like, though you'd have to sleep on the floor, Billie and Finneas occupied all the rooms while Maggie and I are sleeping in the living room," Patrick joked, making them smile.
"It's okay, I have somewhere to be a week from now," Dante shook his head, "somewhere really far."
"Ohhh... where's this place? A mysterious island that's full of rabbits fucking?" Billie made a joke but only Finneas laughed, making the parents sigh.
"It's a secret, but what I can tell you is that I'm going to stop the world from ending." Dante smiled at them, making them laugh. He looked serious but they thought he was joking, but only Billie stayed silent.
"So you're travelling?" Maggie asked/stated.
"You could say that, yeah, I'm travelling..." Dante took a piece of vegan meat which tasted deliciously. "And I'll come back here in Los Angeles in... a year or two, or maybe three or more? But definitely not more than half a decade..."
"That's a long time..." Patrick spoke, "do you have any social media accounts? Maybe to contact you?"
Dante smiled at his concern, "Although I no longer use those kinds of stuff, I do have an instagram... it's '@HandsomeDante', no profile pictures, no followers and following."
"HAH!" Finneas was drinking water and choked when heard his username, "That caught me off-guard, so shameless!"
They all laughed, especially Billie who was banging her hand on the table, "Wait, wait... I'll follow you, follow back."
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And yeah, this is a flashback chap. (:P)