Dime's POV: I stop walking and turn around to see Pin visually and physically freaking out and Coiny being very concerned and confused. I sigh while resisting the urge to yell 'put a pep in your step!' and run over to them. "Is she okay?" I ask Coiny with little concern in my voice. Coiny gives me a look that says 'does it LOOK like she's okay???' I roll my eyes and look at her again. Okay, maybe he has a point because she's literally shaking. "Pin, no offense but this is a bit extra-" "DIME." Coiny says while trying to get Pin to calm down by assuring her that 'everything's gonna be okay.' "Dime, I think she having a panic attack or something could you get a bottle of water for her?" He gives me a quarter from his hoodie pocket where it could easily fall out but whatever. I nod and take the quarter. After I get the water bottle I find Pin and Coiny sitting at the same bench where we met up. Pin seemed to have calmed down a bit. She still looks a bit uneasy but at least she seems more at peace. She's hugging her knees with one arm and using the other to play with her bangs while Coiny has his arm around her shoulder. Once he sees me, he gets up after planting a light kiss on Pin's forehead and walks up to me with a worried expression. I part my lips to say something be he beats me to it. "Look, Dime, uh-, so Pin just got triggered by something. She's all right. That means don't ask her any questions about...this. Thanks for getting the water by the way!" He whispers to me before taking the water bottle. I nod understandingly and sit next to Pin on the opposite side of Coiny. "Are you okay?" I ask her while tilting my head slightly. She nods making zero eye contact.

Pin's POV: I blink back a few tears while hugging Coiny's arm tightly. "Do you still wanna get ice cream?" Dime sits up a bit to make eye contact with me. "Uh," I say just to let her know I'm thinking. Ice cream does sound good; especially right now. "Um, sure." I reply while making slight eye contact with Coiny. I sit up as well and let go of Coiny's arm with a flushed face and a forced giggle. "Pin," Coiny takes my hand again. "... nevermind?" He says indecisively and unintentionally turning it into a question. I give him a confused glance but brush it off with a hand gesture. I wanted to know but I decide to mentally shrug it off because I honestly just want my ice cream. (A/n: I shouldn't be laughing at my own thing help😭🙏) Dime gives me a devious smirk before gripping Coiny's shoulders from behind and using them to jump on top of his back forcing him to give her a piggyback ride. Coiny flinches and almost falls backwards before catching himself using my arm. "Uh-!? Dime!!" He wraps the creepily giggling girl's arms around his neck in a way that she wouldn't choke him but also wouldn't fall. I chuckle at them a bit before holding his hand properly again. "Heh, are you okay?" I asked with a soft smile. Coiny looks at me and rolls his eyes half jokingly. "Yeah, I'm good,"

*Timeskip (Era/Teal please don't eat me)*

Dime and I wait for Coiny to finish his small cup of ice cream. They only had three flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. I got strawberry, Dime got vanilla, and Coiny got chocolate. I was gonna pay for us but Coiny insisted he should do it instead. We started going back and forth with each other until Dime suggested that we play rock paper scissors.

This is how it went: "Best out of three!" Dime shouts excitedly.

Coiny's POV: (connected to 'This is how it went:') I'm not letting her win this. I put my right fist in my left palm as I stare at the determined redhead intensely with a smirk. She does the same with a more serious and straight face. Dime giggles before asking: "Ready?!" We both nod. "ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, SHOE!" (A/n: ik it's shoot but idc bc I've been saying shoe my whole life so too bad for you🤪🫵🤡💔🥲) I shoot a scissors while she does paper. I chuckle before dramatically pretending cutting her hand with my fingers. "YOU ALWAYS DO ROCK FIRST?!" The redhead whines in annoyance and shock. I giggle and reposition my hands. This time she won by picking paper again. I have to win this one... I stare straight into her shiny, silver eyes trying to calculate her next move. Her eyes are so gorgeous it's hard to focus... She's so pretty. I realize how long I've been staring at her and chuckle quietly with a certainly flushed face. She giggles and smiles lovingly at me making my mind go completely blank. Dime loudly clears her throat trying to earn back our attention.

Obviously I won this time by picking rock and got to pay for our ice cream! 😈😈😈🤪🤪🤪 (A/n: sry not sry-)

Pin's POV: (flashback is over now!) "I'm done now." Coiny informs with a bit of chocolate on his nose. Uh- how do you get ice cream on your nose!?! It looked kinda cute though. Well, Coiny is just a cutie in general... I giggle at him trying not to the laugh that much. "What are you laughing at...??" He asks heavily confused. I giggle more. "You- you got a bit of ice cream on your nose..." "O-oh!" Coiny giggles with me with a pink face while Dime rolls her eyes unamused. "I'll get it for you," I say with a devious grin. "I-I didn't get any napkins-" I interrupt the short boy's sentence by kissing him on the nose and managing to get most of the chocolate off of it. I use a random napkin from my small purse to wipe the rest of it.

Coiny's POV: I feel my face warm up as the smiling redhead dabs my nose with a napkin. How the hell is she not my girlfriend yet? When she's done she taps my nose with her finger playfully causing me to flinch and then cover my face in embarrassment. Is she TRYING to kill me?! "Um, Coiny? Where's Dime...?" Pin asks with concern. I lower my hands and look around to see my sister in the distance talking to someone around her height. My brotherly instincts kick in as I grab ahold of Pin's hand and quickly get up with her. As soon as I get to the silver haired middle schooler I ruffle her hair aggressively. She turned around to face me and punches my arm hardly. I wince in pain pathetically. "UM, OW?! You nearly gave me a heart attack, jerk... who's this-" "Tacky!?" Pin says before taking the random girl's hands and spinning in a circle with her as if they were playing ring around the Rosie. I'm so damn confused... Dime gasped excitedly. "You know her?" Dime asks Pin "She's my cousin!" (Thank you, amdfree3 , for the idea of Pin's cousin! 😍) The redhead says with a laugh. She turns her attention back to Tacky. "So, what are you doing her?" She asks her innocently smiling cousin. "I'm here with Aunt Maggy! She said she used to go here when she was my age so she took me!" I immediately look directly at Pin's face. She paused a bit before going back to smiling. Poor girl...she doesn't want to cause any trouble again. "W-where is she?" Pin continues. It's obvious she's scared. I walk up to her and wrap my arm around her waist comfortingly. She gives me a crooked smile and looks back at Tacky waiting for her answer. "She went to the bathroom. She'll be back any minute now. She's gonna be so happy to see you, Pin! She talks about you often." "...I bet she does." Pin moves closer to me slightly. I can feel her shivering. What should I do?? Pin fake giggles and lets go of the girl's hands. "Uh, Tacky, could you talk with Dime for a minute? I gotta tell Pin something." I ask. The polite girl nods and runs over to my deviously grinning sister. I look at Pin and she looks at me with an expression that makes my heart break. She looks so scared... "Aww, Pin..." I say sympathetically before pulling her into a hug. I go on my tiptoes to kiss her cheek. Pin squirms out of my hug and takes ahold of my hands. "I'm fine, Coiny-" "No, you're not?! D-do you want to go home o-or-!?" Before I could finish my sentence a taller women who's wearing mostly orange places a hand on Pin's shoulder from behind causing the redhead to freeze and tense up. Is she the crusty, musty, dusty, disgusting, weird, creep aunt lady who traumatized MY future wife!? Pin turned around hesitantly to face her. She backs up slightly because of how close they were. The women smiles. "It's my beautiful niece: Pin~! How are you dear?" Okay, so this is her aunt... "M-k-w-I-I I-I'm f-f-r-fine!" Pin struggles to quickly reply. "Hehe, did I startle you?" She places a hand on her shoulder. "N-n-not at all! J-Just long time no see...heh," Pin stammers out while fidgeting with her hands aggressively. Maggy looks at me confused as I resist the urge to give her a dirty look. "Who's this child? Are you baby sitting these two?" I immediately speak up. "Okay, I might be short but I am NOT a small child! I'm sixteen AND for your information I'm actually her boyfriend! Hmph!" I say impulsively while wrapping my arm around the clearly embarrassed redhead's waist and pull her closer to me. She take my arm off of her while side eyeing me with the same fake smile she gave Tacky earlier making me feel like I did something wrong. I back up away from her feeling guilty. "Coin-nee, c-could you u-uh l-leave us alone for a second?" Pin nervously asks trying not to make the question sound offensive. I stare at her with a frown for half a second before answering. "Yeah, I'll just wait at the bench we were just at..."

Pin's POV: I feel an aching feeling in my heart while watching my best friend walk away. Why'd I do that? I obviously made him feel really bad... What is wrong with me? Why haven't I screamed and called the police? Why am I still with her? Why am I about to let her hug me? She steps closer to me and wraps her arms around my back sending shivers down my spine as I hesitate to hug her back. I just pat her back a few times before pulling away trying to make that hug as short as possible. She giggles and cups my face with her cold hands. "Oh, Pin, my dear, you're so gorgeous... Didn't think you'd change that much in two years. I almost didn't recognize you!" She says half jokingly as she starts touching my hair. "Haha, you're pretty too..." "I know, Pin. Anyways, do you have any idea how much I missed you? And you didn't talk to me at all for TWO whole years! Way to shut somebody out, am I right?" "O-oh, uh, w-well-" She puts a finger to my lips. "Shh, that doesn't matter anymore." I push her hand down. "You tried to choke me." That accidentally slips out of my mouth and I immediately regret it as she stares at me like I've accused her of something she's never even thought of doing. "Heh, alrighty, Pinniekins! I think the heat is getting to your head!" She says with an amused chuckle. "Maybe you should go cool off in the bathroom." "Um, okay..." "Would you like me to come with-?" "NO- I mean, haha, I-I'll be fine!" I speed walk to the bathroom and when I get in it's completely empty. That's the one good luck I have today. I start feeling light headed; it's like the same queasy feeling in my stomach from Tuesday. I sit on the counter where the sinks are and lean against the mirror. I glance at my phone to see my lock screen. It's a photo of Coiny and I on Halloween years ago. I remember my mom taking the picture. I remember Coiny daring me to be a clown because I used to be scared of them. I giggle to myself and decide I should probably text Coiny and let him know I'm sorry. I press his contact and realized that he texted me eight minutes ago. 'Im sorry. That was really stupid of me. Are you ok?' I immediately start typing. (A/n: y'all know what time it is🗣️🗣️🗣️) Text:

Pin: No, Coiny, I'm sorry. I got mad at you for trying to defend yourself

Coiny: I didn't need to say I was your bf tho that was rlly unnecessary

Pin: I'm okay btw. I'm in the bathroom trying to calm down

Coiny: did anything happen?

Pin: well uh I think I made her upset or something bc I accidentally said that she tried to choke me after she was trying to make me feel bad for not seeing her in 2 years😐

Coiny: girlypop💀 what? I'm coming

Pin: wdym? Like here? I mean no one's in here anyways

Coiny: yeah

Pin: I bet she's gonna come in here to "check on me" in about 3 minutes

Coiny: so?

Pin: Coiny

Coiny: I'm still coming ✨✨

Pin: ok

I sigh while turning my phone off and placing it next to me on the counter. I hug my knees and rest my head on my arms waiting for Coiny to come. After a few seconds I hear the door open and mentally pray that it's not my aunt.

"Pin?"