Whisky and pocky

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Cole let go of me from the hug then I gently grabbed a hold of his left prosthetic arm and looked down at it "Oh my. care to explain what happened here cowboy?" I hummed with a tiny grin. "Ah could ask ya the same thing. thought you said you'd never get a tattoo." Cole remark and sticked his tongue out like a child. I rolled my eyes "Long story short I changed my mind." I answered honestly with duck lips which caused cole to laugh which of course made me laugh, his laugh was also so god damn addicting like smooth rich caramel but after our laughing spree we left my room to the dinning area and common/ living room area to chat with everyone else.

I talked with most of the gang but as I was talking with Lena (tracer) I would kept glancing at Cole as he was chatting with Genji and Zenyatta then I heard Lena chrip "who ya lookin' at luv?" she said in her British accent, I glanced at her then smile down at my feet "i'm just still so surprise that Cole's here" I mumble and felt my cheeks grow hot. Lena giggle "He always was a tough one Ari. you guys friendship was so close and lovely that everyone kinda thought you two were dating so we just accepted it but we were happy for you both" Lean said happily then began poking at my right arm. I blushed darkly "u-uh y-yeah" I stuttered  'WHAT NAH! COLE NEVER LIKED ME LIKE THAT AND I NEVER LIKED HIM LIKE THAT EITHER...R-Right?' my brain questioned then got flustered with that then Lena's voice snapped me back to reality "Nice tattoo love! uh what is it?" Lena asked then heard someone walk up behind me but I busy on answering Lena's question. I chuckled then smiled "It's the cold, harsh winds of winter in my home land. the polar bear represents the many Canadians who have adapted to the cold to survive in it like a polar bear and the northern lights represents the beauty in my country and how beautiful the scenery can be in the night" I finished after pointing to each part on my arm. I then felt someone put their hands on my shoulders the hum "Finally got an answer to that question" they said, I screeched then turned around and slapped the person across the face then backed up as I started to feel my anxiety rise. I heard Lena laughing loud behind me then fall onto her ass "OH MY GOD HAHA! TOO RIGHT!" she laughed and held her gut, I looked to see who I smacked...It was Cole.

 "Ari it's me!" Cole yelled and rubbed his face, I grew angry "What the fuck! don't scare me! I'm sorry but you had that coming!" I crossed my arms and huffed "I'm kidding doll, i'm all good" Cole remarked then smiled beautifully 'maldita sea por qué tiene que ser tan guapo' (damn why does he have to be so handsome) I thought as I blushed. I then shook my head and lightly punched Cole's arm before heading to a little bar area near the dinning room and sat down and saw Morrison there. He seems...sad. Even though I hate this man..He taught me to stand up for myself, I cleared my throat then spoke "you okay Morrison? Any word on the other that haven't arrived?" I asked as I looked at Jack. His gaze shift to me before he shook his head "Gabriel is part of Talon. So is Moira and Amilé" Jack answered. I sighed and moved closer to Jack and patted his back "You miss him...don't you" I simply said. Jack nodded the sighed heavily "Thanks...for talking to me...I thought you still hate me for verbally abusing you while I was in power" Jack muttered. I snorted "I still do. But you taught me to stand up to assholes for myself. yer abuse gave me a reason to snap when people are treating me wrong" I paused then sighed "But that was long ago...I had time to reconsider and forgive but I still technically hate you" I huffed and pulled out a whisky bottle and open the poured myself a glass "pour me one as well honey" I heard Cole said as he sat beside me. I hummed then grabbed another glass and poured some whisky into it before giving it to Cole, I fiddled with my glass and then looked at him "so Cole..." I paused to let the rest of my sentence form in my head "yea Darlin' ?" I heard Cole asked. My eyes shift to Cole before turning to him slightly

"What have you been doing after all this time...?"