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Cage closes his mouth, trying not to laugh. “Shhh, I know he is. He looks good, did you expect him to not know how to woo ladies? Hmm?” He whispers.
Violet goes to speak but he slips a finger over her lips, quietly shushing her.
“Я люблю тебя.” He whispers.
She softly smiles, setting her glass down on the counter behind him. “Yeah?” She slips her arms around him and leans in for a kiss.
Cage ducks behind a laundry basket, still trying not to giggle.
Miki slid down to the floor, holding one hand over her mouth and flailing with the other one. "CAGE, they're so adorable help." she squeaked.
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Cage looks at Miki weird. “What? Cute- no. A scandalous couple that belongs in a drama? Yes.”
Ben rests his hands on her hips and he pulls her closer as their lips touch and they kiss.
"No, no, no," Miki squealed. "They're so cute and in love, Cage. And we never–"
A scream split through the house, followed by Silver's voice shrieking, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING???"
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Ben tenses, looking for the source of the sound, and Violet gasps. Both of their eyes land on Silver at the same time, Ben’s lips smudged with her lipstick and Violet’s fingers tangled in his curls.
“Silver.” Violet exhales, relieved.
Cage peeks over the basket, whispering to Miki “she ruined this.”
Silver stared at them, one hand clinging to the balcony so hard her knuckles were white. "What… Ben…" she gasped, confusion and horror and suspicion chasing each other across her face. "You can't do that. You're not married yet." She reprimanded them.
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Violet let’s out a soft chuckle and rests her forehead on Ben’s chest.
He raises his eyebrows. “Ah, yes. I forgot. I’m sorry, Silver.” He turns back to Violet, lifting her chin with his hand and starting to kiss her again, placing his other hand on her back.
Cage bites his lip.
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"BEN, STOP, YOU CAN'T." Silver shrieked, gripping the balcony with both hands. "BEN YOU TOLD ME I COULDN'T KISS GABE, YOU CAN'T KISS VIOLET EITHER."
Miki covered her face in her hands, her shoulder shaking with laughter.
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Gabriel’s eyes open and he coughs, setting a hand on his collarbone.
WHAT.
Violet pulls away to laugh and Ben smiles, chuckling a little.
Silver gasped, her face contorting further, and dug her hands into her hair. "Violet, you know better! Make him stop! He told me I couldn't–dang it, he GOT SO MAD AT ME for kissing Gabe's nose yesterday and you're FREAKING MAKING OUT RIGHT NOW. Violet, tell him it's wrong!!!"
Miki lifted her head, gasping for breath. "Cage, she doesn't know." she breathed. "Cage, she doesn't know they're married."
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Ben straightens his face. “Silver, that was a kiss. I was not making out. If you'd like-“
Violet shoves him. “Benjamin, no. Shhh.” She giggles.
Gabriel gulps, squeezing himself, and slowly turns invisible.
Cage giggles. “This is gold.”
Silver sighed and crossed her arms, her confusion giving way to annoyance. "Well, FINE then, Ben! Then you can't stop me from kissing Gabriel!" And she leapt over the balcony, landing on the bottom floor with an audible THUMP.
"Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no," Miki said, scrambling to her feet. "Gabriel will run away if he hears her, Cage. And Ben will legit kill her if she successfully kisses him."
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Ben glares, eyes widening. “You will NOT.” He states.
Gabriel scrambles to his feet.
WHERE DO I GO???
Cage stands, covering his mouth. “This got a whole lot scarier.”
Silver glared at him, planting her hands on her hips, but through her anger her eyes reddened with tears of confusion. "Then why can you kiss Violet?? Why do the rules not apply to you??"
Miki stumbled out of the laundry room. "Silver! SIL!" she yelled, running into Gabriel and falling to the floor. "SILVER , IT'S OKAY THEY'RE MARRIED."
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Ben purses his lips, letting Miki blurt out the answer, beating Violet to it. Violet gives Silver a smile. “Calm down, Love. He was only joking.”
Kissa barrels over the balcony, taking Silver down. “THE ONLY THING YOU CAN KISS IS THE FLOOR!” She yells.
Silver crashed face first to the floor, but was up a moment later, flinging Kissa off and back toward the front door with one flick of her hand. Her eyes burned rage and pain toward Ben. "Why didn't you just tell me?" she hissed, voice too low to mean anything good.
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He sighs, rolling his eyes. “Silver, please. Is it that big of a de-“
Violet elbows him and approaches Silver, leaving him rubbing his ribs. “Silver, I’m sorry. Is your, umn, face okay? Love?”
Silver turned away from Ben in disgust and wiped her face. "Yeah, I'm fine." she muttered.
"Sil," Miki said, coming around the island to her sister. "Hon, you're bleeding." She reached up and wiped Silver's face where she had smeared blood across her cheek from her nose.
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Ben rubs his forehead, sighing softly.
Augh, Child.
He bites his lip and clenches his teeth, remember a few similar happenings with him in her place.
He purses his lips, approaching her and nodding for Violet to go.
Violet gives his hand a quick squeeze before returning to the counter and he slips his hand into Silvers.
“Will you come talk with me? Please?”
Silver snatched her hand away from him and glared, wiping her nose again and taking a tissue from Miki to press against it. "Basement." she growled, and turned on her heel, throwing the basement door open before she reached it and stomping down the stairs.
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This is… not going to be fun.
He swallows and follows, bringing a tissue box with him for her bloody nose. He jogs down the steps, stopping at the bottom.
Silver headed straight for the nearest punching bag and threw her fist into it, not caring about her nose anymore and letting the blood stream down her face. She waited until she felt Ben at the bottom of the stairs before she stopped punching, her chest heaving. "Talk."
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He bites his lip, trying to find the words.
“It’s best to start with I’m sorry. I didn’t think you’d get so worked up. This is on me.”
She pressed her tissue to her nose again, her back still to him. "Yeah. It is."
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Ouch.
He takes a breath.
“I should have thought before I joked. I know how it feels to be on the other side of that situation, and it’s… not fun.”
He wrings his hands, breathing hard.
She let out a breath, some of the fight leaving her. He was really trying hard to make it up to her.
"How long have you two been married?"
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Thinking, he stares at the ground. “A few weeks? I- I didn’t want to make a big deal of it.”
Slowly she turned to stare at him incredulously. "A few weeks?" she repeated. "Ben, we're family. You didn't have to make a big deal out of it but it would have been nice for you to let us know."
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I let Cage know.
He bites the inside of his lip, starting to sweat.
I didn’t mean to upset you.
He shifts his weight, crossing his arms across his chest and staring at the floor.
What do I say?
She sucked in a deep breath and turned back toward the punching bag. "Ben, do you know how hard it is for you to yell at me every single time I think about Gabriel when you and Violet are so stupidly in love with each other."
