It was 8:30 on the dot, and Daniel had arrived at the address Zoe had told him was (Y/N)'s apartment.

'I must be in the right place!' He thought when he saw the rest of the gang that (Y/N) had invited standing in front of a door.

Zack was aggressively knocking on the door.

"Is she serious?! We've been out here for ten minutes!" He snarled.

"Relax, she's probably in the shower." Mira reasoned.

Before Zack could pound his fist on the door again, it swung open, and Daniel had to stifle a laugh when he saw who answered.

(Y/N) was standing in the door looking absolutely miserable. Her dripping hair paired with her baggy, worn hello kitty sweatshirt really pulled the look together.

"What are you guys doing here?" She sighed.

"For the slumber party!" Zoe chirped, trying to skip into (Y/N)'s apartment, But was blocked by her putting her arm up and blocking her.

"The what?"

"You know... the slumber party? That you invited all of us to?" Mira hinted.

"Please tell me you're kidding." Zack groaned. 'Does she really not remember?! I don't feel like walking all the way home!'

"If you're not up to it we can go, (Y/N)." Daniel kindly offered.

"Yeah, I'm sorry you guys. Tonight is just-" (Y/N) started.

From the back of the small crowd, Jay held up the two bulging bags of takeout that he had brought.

"... going to be so much fun, come on in." (Y/N) finished, stepping out of the way and holding the door open wider.

"Yay~!!" Zoe cheered as she frolicked into the small apartment.

"I'm so excited!" Mira squealed excitedly.

"Yeah, just put your stuff in the living living room."

Jay nodded and walked in, Daniel following after him.

'Her apartment is small and cozy... it smells nice!'

"(Y/N)-ie your apartment is so cute!" Zoe called from the living room, too busy taking in the aesthetically pleasing decor to take notice of the other person sitting in the living room.

"Duke? What're you doing here?" Daniel asked, excited to have another friend here.

Duke gave him a confused wave, 'What are all of these people doing in (Y/N)'s apartment?

... she hates people.'

"Let's do the face masks now, and we can eat later. (Y/N), where's your bathroom?" Zoe asked, looking around.

"We're going to have to use the kitchen sink, there's somebody in the bathroom right now."

"Okay! Everyone into the kitchen!"

Daniel, Mira, Jay and Duke obediently followed, but Zack remained on the couch with his arms crossed.

"I'm not doing a damn face mask. That shit is for girls." He huffed.

"Are you sure?" (Y/N) asked, leaning in the doorway.

"Yes, I'm sure. What do I look like to you?"

"I don't know, I was thinking Mira would help you put it on." (Y/N) said with a shrug before walking into the kitchen.

Zack scrambles to get off of the couch.

"Wait, did she say that?!"

A few minutes later, Zack was grumbling as Duke smeared pink cream onto his face.

Jay was putting his own white mask on, not putting any on his forehead.

"Is it supposed to feel spicy?" Zack asked when he felt his eyes watering.

"Yup!" Mira answered, rubbing some blue goop onto her cheeks.

"Mine feels minty!" Daniel gasped excitedly, he went to touch his face but (Y/N) grabbed his wrist.

"Wait until it dries." She grumbled.

"Oh! Sorry." He glanced over to see (Y/N) looking relaxed, her eyes peacefully closed as Zoe put a purple face mask on her.

'How did she see my hand?'

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A few minutes later, the group of teens was struggling to eat. They were trying to simultaneously stuff their faces and not touch their faces at all.

Zack sighed and grumpily set his chopsticks down.

"This is stupid. I came here to sleep and we're not even trying to sleep." He grumbled.

"There's sleepy juice in the cabinet!" A voice called from down the hallway.

"Oh! (Y/N), I didn't know your brother was home." Zoe said, 'Why is his voice so deep? Isn't he like... twelve?'

"Oh no, he's at his friend's house." (Y/N) explained.

"Then who is-" Daniel started, but went silent when a new person joined the party.

Huo stood in the entryway with nothing but a towel hanging from his hips, his green hair still dripping.

The room went silent, awkwardly staring at each other. Mira choked on her noodles and Zoe's jaw dropped.

"I'll drop the towel for five bucks." Huo said with a teasing smirk.

"I'll give you ten to leave." (Y/N) sighed.

"He can stay!" Mira and Zoe said at the same time, earning a sharp look from (Y/N).

"Yay!" Huo celebrated, coming up and popping a piece of broccoli in his mouth. "Let me go get some clothes on and then I'll come back."

Mira and Zoe wordlessly nodded and (Y/N)...

'Is she pouting?!' Daniel thought in disbelief, seeing the girl's lower lip jut out.

It was quiet again for a few seconds before Mira spoke up.

"Umm, (Y/N)... who was that?"

"Is he single?" Zoe finished.

'Mira!! Don't look at him!!' Zack internally seethed.

"That's my roommate, and that's all you need to know."

Zack turned to give (Y/N) a stern look too.

'(Y/N)!! Don't live with strange men!!'

Daniel frowned and looked in the direction that the guy had walked off in. '(Y/N) has a boyfriend?' He glanced at Duke who wasn't bothered at all. 'Does Duke know about this?'

Jay had a small frown playing on his lips, seeing Daniel's distraught expression made him feel icky. Seeing a strange guy with tattoos living with (Y/N), walking around nearly naked made him feel icky as well. Is he coming down with a fever?

It was awkwardly quiet for a bit longer before Duke got up from his spot on the floor.

"Let's put on a horror movie." He said, turning on the expensive looking TV and beginning to fiddle with the equally luxurious movie player.

A few minutes later, Huo returned to the living room. He picked up (Y/N)'s legs and sat down where they were laying before letting her settle her legs back onto his thighs.

"So, What're we watching?" He asked as he leaned forward to steal some of the group's food.

"A horror movie." Duke answered, grabbing the remote.

"Nice."

'Finally! Maybe Mira will be afraid and cuddle up to me!' Zack thought excitedly side eyeing Mira.

'I can't handle gore!' Daniel felt himself pale, 'I wonder if Jay likes horror?'. He turned to look at the blonde, who looked like he was trying to hide his face in his sweater.

"The only thing that could make this better is some of that sleepy juice you mentioned earlier." Zoe said with a wink.

"I am not condoning underage drinking at my sleepover." (Y/N) snapped through a mouthful of rice.

"If you don't condone underage drinking then why do you have alcohol? Both of you guys are underage." Zack points out.

"Shut up." (Y/N) hissed.

Huo hopped off of the couch again, displacing (Y/N) and ran off to the kitchen.

"I'll go get it!"

When he returned with a bottle of cheap wine, Zack scoffed.

"What are you guys, soccer moms?" He teased.

"We're just broke and classy." Huo shrugged. "But we also don't have any clean cups at the moment, so we're drinking from the bottle."

When the bottle finally came around to Duke, Jay and Daniel, who had decided to stick together, they politely declined.

Watching everybody else get shitfaced on the surprisingly potent wine was fairly entertaining.

At 9:30 Huo began to show people videos of himself and (Y/N) doing stupid shit. One of them included Huo tearfully singing "Kiss Kiss Fall in Love."

At 10:00 Zoe and Mira begged to see Huo's cat and he caved, bringing the fat creature out of his room. (Y/N) immediately demanded to hold him.

"(Y/N), no."

"Give me the child." (Y/N) demanded, holding her arms out to accept the grey cat.

"What's his this handsome boy's name?" Mira cooed as she scratched behind the purring cat's ears.

"That depends on the day and who you're asking." Huo explained.

"Why is he so f-" Zack started, but was interrupted by (Y/N) sneezing.

"(y/n) ohmyGODYOUSNEEZELIKEA KITTEN!" Zoe gasped.

At 10:05 Daniel and Jay forced a drunk (Y/N) to eat in order to suck up the alcohol in her system to she could take some allergy medicine.

Duke attempted to feed her himself, but she only pinched his cheeks.

"It's not an easy task, being this cute. Is it?" She slurred and used both of her hands to squish the poor boy's face.

"What do you guys think?" She asked, turning her head to look over her shoulder at Jay and Daniel.

"(Y-Y/N), please let Duke go."

The girl sighed and let him go.

By 11:00, everybody who had decided to drink was passed out. Daniel, Duke and Jay were exhausted as well.

With relieved sighs, they all laid down on the messy piles of blankets and pillows they used as makeshift beds. (Y/N), Zoe and Mira were all piled onto one small couch, Zack was slumped over the table and Huo had stumbled back to his room.

Hopefully nobody would be too hungover for the first day of their retreat.