Hope's apartment, immediately after Zen's debut stream.
Juliet laid on the floor in the living room, a silly smile on her face. Wearing her comfy pink hoodie and a pair of blue jeans, she held up her phone, giggling as she scrolled through reaction comments and news.
Sipping on a chocolate milkshake nearby and wearing an oversized white t-shirt with a certain animatronic bear printed on it...
"You're really that happy, huh?"
...Erie looked amused as she sat on a giant beanbag chair she'd dragged from the lounge room.
Juliet sat up and said, "I can't help it!" She hugged her phone to her chest and said, "Everyone is so nice, and Hana said I did good, and now people are even drawing fanart of me, and they're all so sweet, and-"
Hope's giggle echoed from the other side of the apartment. After that, she padded out from her room, wearing a cozy-looking bunny onesie pajama set. "Clearly! That smile hasn't left your face since the stream ended, Julie!"
Erie glanced at Hope and said, "And you're waaay too comfortable just lounging around these days."
Hope raised an eyebrow and said, "Isn't that you? Wearing just a t-shirt without even any panties..."
Erie turned a bright red and said, "I'm wearing underwear AND a bra, thank you very much!"
"Well, at least you remembered this time." Hope walked over to the fridge and pulled out a vanilla pudding cup. "I wasn't expecting to be flashed the other day when you tripped..."
"WE PROMISED TO NEVER SPEAK OF THAT AGAIN!"
Hope huffed and said, "You keep bringing up stuff I say to keep secret, so it's fair play! Like the lab incident!"
"THAT WAS A FIRE HAZARD!"
"Well, seeing your lady parts is a mental health hazard!"
Juliet laughed and said, "Okay guys. Let's settle down a bit."
Erie sipped on her milkshake to calm down. But after that, she chuckled and said, "Relax, Julie. We're just bantering."
Hope grabbed a spoon and pulled the lid off her pudding cup. "Mmhm! It's okay, Julie! I'm just teasing Erie a bit. She's like a funny younger sister, you know?"
Erie rolled her eyes and waved her milkshake cup at Hope. "If you were my big sister, I would have corrected your corn obsession ages ago. And fixed your damn tastebuds."
"My tastebuds are fine! And even if they aren't, I'll have weird tastebuds over your obsession with MSG in everything!"
"Hey!" Erie huffed. "MSG is fine! It was a conspiracy by Big Food to shut down Chinese buffets and Chinese restaurants in America!"
"It gives you high blood pressure!"
"Only if you eat a lot!"
"You doordash three trays of lo mein, general tso's chicken, orange chicken, and a bunch of other weird dishes every night!"
Erie blushed and said, "W-Well, I have to maintain my calories! And I'm not the one eating my weight in desserts!"
Juliet rolled her eyes. "I do not eat my weight in desserts. I only eat a pint of ice cream every night."
Silence.
Hope blinked and stared at Juliet.
Erie blinked too and also stared at Juliet.
Juliet froze, realizing she'd admitted something she didn't intend to. And that the others didn't know.
"WAIT!" Erie jumped off her beanbag cushion and pointed at Juliet. "YOU'RE THE ONE FILLING THE TRASH CAN WITH PINTS OF ICECREAM EVERY NIGHT?!"
Hope pointed at Juliet too and said, "JULIE! YOU'RE THE ONE EATING MY ICE CREAMS!?"
Juliet turned a bright red and stammered, "I-It's just a bit of ice cream! And I replace it in the morning!"
Erie finished her milkshake and placed the cup in the sink. Then she glared at Juliet and said, "Hope's been blaming ME for the missing ice cream!"
Hope nodded. "I have! And even if you replace it, it's STILL gone every night! My midnight snacks are ruined!"
Juliet coughed and said, "W-Well... start buying double...?"
Hope gave Juliet a blank look and said, "Julie... normal people don't eat a pint of ice cream every night... And I only scoop out a small bowl."
Erie eyed Juliet's waist and clicked her tongue. "No wonder you've been getting curvier..."
Juliet reflexively covered her waist and said, "I-I have not! A-A-And anyway, aren't you supposed to congratulate me for a successful debut?"
Hope stomped her foot and said, "Ice cream stealing is more important! Even if you're a villainess, that's no good!"
Erie nodded. "Stealing ice cream is criminal behavior, Julie... Oh wait."
Hope let out a dramatic gasp and covered her mouth. "No...! Julie, you can't revert to your family's old ways! It's no good!"
Julie gave Hope a deadpan look. "...Really?"
Hope giggled.
Erie chuckled and then reached up to stretch. "Alright, alright. Enough messing around." She gave Juliet a soft smile and said, "Congrats though. Really. You did good, Julie."
Juliet played with the hem of her sleeve and said, "Thanks, Erie-"
"And you also showed everyone the reason why Hana's your Oshi in 4K resolution."
Hope giggled at Erie's words and said, "That's true! I didn't think you'd really let chat make you murder so many people, Julie!"
Juliet coughed and said, "It wasn't murder. It was... dramatic disabling. No blood."
"Puh-lease." Erie rolled her eyes. "Everyone knows the 'petals' were really blood. It was just censored for UTube. Also, even if it wasn't... have you SEEN the screenshots yet?"
Juliet blinked. "Screenshots?"
Hope giggled. "Yep! There's a ton! I think you're even a new meme! Here." She pulled out her phone and texted Juliet.
Juliet felt the buzz and pulled out her phone.
Then she was met with a series of memes with her face... Well, Zen's face.
[tfw the intrusive thoughts win]
[POV: he said no one too many times]
[hot scorned gf decides to go on a rampage]
[Return to Zen'der]
Juliet stared at the captions. Then at the progressively more unhinged expressions on Zen's face. Then she felt her own face get burning hot from mortification. "Th-These were taken from the stream?"
"Yep~" Erie popped the 'p' on 'yep' and then chuckled. "Congratulations, Juliet. You've definitely recreated what would have happened if Romeo ran away with Cinderella."
Juliet slowly slid back down onto the floor and curled up into a ball. "Noooooooooooo."
Hope giggled and said, "Cheer up, Julie! At least this means you're memorable!"
"I don't want to be remembered for violence!"
Erie gave Juliet a blank stare and said, "But your Oshi is."
Juliet reflexively sat up and glared at Erie. "Hana is a pure and innocent little sister and I won't have you slander her good name!"
"Okay, okay!" Erie held up her hand. "Sheesh... No need to wring my neck about it..."
Hope raised an eyebrow and said, "You're still making those jokes, Erie?"
"It's practice. I'm gonna make it a bit."
Hope gasped and covered her mouth. "That's terrible! ...I approve."
Juliet slowly composed herself and looked at Erie. "Isn't your stream planned to be even more unhinged than mine?"
"Well, yeah. But I didn't let chat spend an entire hour spawning in various weapons and pretend to listen to imaginary voices like a crazy person and murder people begging you to stop live on stream."
Juliet paused to consider it. "...When you put it that way..."
Hope's eyes lit up and she smacked her fist onto the palm of her hand. "Oh! That's why the hashtag 'shedidnothingwrong' is trending!"
Erie blinked. Then she burst out laughing and said, "No fucking way. I saw that. Is that really why?"
Juliet felt her face heat up from embarrassment again. But at the same time, she felt a bit of pride that she had fans willing to defend her-
"Romeo totally deserved it. The way she split the priest apart with the axe was art. The commoner girl being kicked down the stairs was chef's kiss..." Erie scrolled through the posts and glanced at Juliet. "Julie, bestie. Your fans are even more unhinged than you are."
Hope finished eating her pudding and junked the cup. Then she plopped herself onto the couch and scrolled through the hashtag too. As she did, she giggled and said, "The Ohana are debating if this makes you the strongest Ohana or the worst Ohana."
Juliet huffed and said, "I'm normal!"
"X to doubt." Erie immediately retorted.
"Nope!" Hope immediately shot Juliet's response down too.
Juliet groaned and curled up into a ball. As she did, she opened up Hana's channel on UTube to watch her livestream. "At least my Oshi will comfort me-"
*-And did you see how my cute kouhai murdered everyone? Wow! Even I couldn't have made it look that pretty!*
"..."