Chapter 17

February 11th, 6:00pm, 2025, at a club in New York City

WARNING: A BIT NSFW 💋

Nymphia walks into the dressing room to find Bagel sitting on a chair in front of the giant mirror. They both have a gig there and Plane will be performing aswell. Nymphia immediately says hi when she sees Bagel.

"Hi!" Nymphia says while setting her stuff down.

"Hi mamaaaa!" Bagel replies.

Nymphia sits down and opens up her makeup bag to start getting ready. It's uncommon for New York clubs to have a dressing room so it's a bit weird for Nymphia and Bagel, but it's honestly better that nothing.

"How have you been today?" Bagel asks while putting on concealer.

"Good, but I was kinda stressed out about my numbers that I'm doing tonight yk?" Nymphia responds while getting started on her base makeup.

"Why are you nervous? You know you're a sickening performer." Bagel said.

"Well it's not that I think I'm gonna do bad, it's just... I don't fucking know. Besides, I always get nervous." Nymphia expresses.

"Is it also because...yk...Plane?" Bagel asks.

Nymphia still isn't sure how she feels about Plane also being at the same club tonight. They still haven't talked to each other since November, which is pretty bad considering how close they were before. They used to call every night and now both of their phones stay silent, no vibrations, no ringtones. Nymphia wants nothing and everything to do with Plane all at the same time. Confusing, right? It's been like that since November.

"I mean a little bit, but it's not that big of a deal." Nymphia says trying to act like it doesn't bother her.

"You sure?" Bagel replies.

"I..well...it's like...just don't ask that again okay, I don't wanna talk about it." Nymphia utters sounding a bit annoyed and embarrassed.

"Sorry, I was just wondering." Bagel apologizes while contouring. It's pretty obvious that Nymphia is nervous about Plane because of how she's acting. She does get nervous before shows sometimes, but it's obvious that it's not about that right now. It's just that feeling of confusion and uncertainty that comes with fighting.

"What songs are you doing tonight?" Nymphia says while contouring her nose.

"I'm doing Taste by Sabrina carpenter and Juno." Bagel replied.

"I'm doing 360 by Charli xcx and Last Friday night by Katy Perry." Nymphia says.

They both continue to paint and talk until it's time for Bagel to perform.

Nymphia hugs Bagel before she goes behind the curtains.

"You're gonna do great." Nymphia says softly.

They both smile at each other before letting go of their torsos going their separate ways. Bagel stands behind the curtains waiting to be called on by the DJ and Nymphia sits back down in her chair and turns around to watch Bagel from the crack in the curtain.

"FROM TAIWAN TO BROOKLYN SHE SERVES CUNT ONE HAIR FLIP AT A TIME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PLEASE WELCOME. BAGEL!" The DJ announced as the music started playing and Bagel walked out. The crowd erupted and Bagel started performing. As that was happening, Nymphia saw Plane in the corner of her eye, she didn't want to see Plane so she kept watching Bagel perform from behind the curtain.

Plane saw Nymphia in a glimpse and felt a lump of regret in her throat. She stood against a wall in the dressing room not to far from Nymphia. All of a sudden, the back door swung open and it was Kori, who had performed right after Plane and before Bagel.

"Girl let's get drinks!" Kori said.

"Alright let's go." Plane responded.

They went to the bar and left Nymphia alone in the dressing room. When they got to the bar, they sat down.

"What do you two want to drink?" The bartender immediately asked.

"I'll have a martini." Kori said.

"Okay, and you?" The bartender said, directing it towards Plane.

"Just a shot of tequila." Plane said in a monotonous manner.

Kori started a tab and they got their drinks.

"Why did you only get a shot?" Kori questioned.

"Listen to me. I'm trying to say something to Nymphia tonight and I don't want to be nervous. When I saw her in the dressing room I was so nervous, my heart was racing." Plane muttered quietly so only Kori could hear.

Plane had told Kori about the fight that Nymphia and her had at a bar in Boston back in December. So this whole thing is nothing new for Kori.

"Oh, well are you gonna have anything else tonight?" Kori asked.

"I don't know, I might just have a cigarette at most." Plane responded.

"Well I hope things go good for you when you talk to her." Kori assured Plane.

"Thanks." Plane replied.

Plane took her shot right after thanking Kori. Plane made a disgusted face from the spicy feeling of the tequila's aftertaste.

"I just still kinda don't know what to do about it." Plane admitted while staring off into the distance. Nymphia was performing up on stage now because Bagel had finished up her numbers.Plane stared at what she had basically lost three months ago. Something about looking at Nymphia was so painful, but so addicting that you just can't quit by yourself. Kori snapped her fingers in front of Plane's face. Plane faced Kori.

"Girl you need to become more aware of your surroundings, you've been zoning out for like 2 minutes!" Kori laughed.

Plane elbowed Kori in the ribs softly.

"Sorry." Plane laughed back.

Kori and Plane ended up talking about other things until the show ended. Everyone decided to go to Nymphia and Bagel's apartment rooftop for the night to just chill and get drunk.

Everyone got to the rooftop and sat down while Nymphia and Bagel were taking off their heels and putting on slides instead. So they got a bit late and Nymphia ended up sitting only two people away from Plane. The whole thing was a bit awkward for the both of them, but they made it through.

When it was about 1:00 am at night and everyone else had left for a second because they went to the opposite side of the rooftop to play drunk twister.It was almost a pitch black night sky with only the fairy lights and stars to light up the rooftop. Plane looked over at Nymphia who was sitting there nervously.

"For whatever it's worth..." Plane started to say as Nymphia turned her head.

"...I've never hated you even after you left." Plane uttered.

Nymphia looked over at Plane with a sense of disbelief. She truly thought Plane hated her because of what she did, but the truth was that Plane slept with no hate for Nymphia every night.

"I always thought you hated me because of what I did." Nymphia responded softly.

"I've never hated you." Plane replied immediately.

Nymphia stared at Plane for a moment before speaking again.

"Can I talk with you in my apartment." Nymphia asked nervously.

"Of course." Plane said.

They both walked down a few flights of stairs before getting to the door of Nymphia's apartment. Nymphia unlocked the door and they both walked inside and took off their shoes. They both went to Nymphia's room and sat down on her bed.

"I love you so fucking much." Nymphia said.

"I really do." She added on.

"I do too." Plane responded.

Nymphia starts crying. The one thing she wanted to hear all along was "I love you" from Plane. It pained her so much about the situation that sometimes she would isolate herself from any love.

Plane immediately brings her into her arms and hugs her tight.

"Don't cry baby." Plane whispered.

After 5 minutes, Nymphia got herself together. There was one part that Plane still wanted to happen though. So she made it happen. Plane kissed Nymphia on the lips, nervous on how Nymphia would react. Nymphia kissed Plane back and they both eventually kissed each other again and again that it led to them making out on Nymphia's bed.

They were making out until Nymphia got up and closed the door. Plane understood what this meant. Nymphia straddled on top of Plane while she was laying down. Nymphia crept up close to Plane's ear. She bit Plane's ear playfully before speaking.

"Let's rebuild what we had before." Nymphia said, kissing Plane on the neck.

Plane and Nymphia took of their clothes and went under the covers. You can guess what happened after that.

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After 50 minutes they went up from the covers panting while laying right next to each other. Nymphia turned over on her side and looked at Plane.

"Let's get back together." Nymphia whispered and then giggled.

"Absolutely." Plane replied.

Just right after they heard the door open, Nymphia scrambled to lock the door.

"Put back on ur clothes." Nymphia whispered.

They both put back on their clothes quickly and Nymphia unlocked the door quietly, then she turned off the lights and pretended to sleep with Plane.

Bagel came into Nymphia's room but then saw them both laying down together. She smiled before walking out and closing the door again. Bagel let the others know that Nymphia and Plane were sleeping, they were all tired as well so everyone ended up crashing at their apartment, mainly in the living room.

Song of the chapter: Sailor song by Gigi Perez

Sorry for pushing the date a day forward 😭 I had a lot of work I needed to do for school so it just took up my day. But I hope you guys like this chapter. My missing assignments in math are sobbing rn lmao.

That's all!