DBH One Shots

/Markus' POV/
My back hurts crazy bad. It shouldn't, but it does. Weird. I was slouched in front of my canvas all night until I fell asleep, and now everything hurts. God, is this how humans live? I shouldn't have gotten that update. Anyways, it'll only get worse if I stay here, so I should probably get up and make Connor something to eat. Wait, isn't there something on today?
"Babe! Happy birthday!"
Oh, yeah. It's my birthday.

"So, who's coming?"
"Everyone from Jericho, plus a few others. Kara, Luther, Alice, Ralph, HK/Henry, Jerry, Traci, Traci, Simon, Josh-"
"And North..?"
"Yes, and North. I know you don't like her that much, but she's, like, my best friend. You'll just have to get along for tonight."
I give him a sympathetic smile, stroking the side of his face. Part of me feels bad, but it's my birthday.
"Hank can come too if he wants."
"Are Nines and Gavin invited?"
"No."
Connor lightens up a bit, sighing.
"As long as North doesn't try anything-"
"She won't."
"Or kill anyone."
"She won't, Connor. Ill make sure."
Planting a soft kiss on his forehead, I stand up and start walking off until Connor grabs my wrist.
"Wait!"
He pulls me down and rubs my cheek for a second.
"What?"
"You had paint on your face."
Of course I did.

It's around 8:49 pm and there's already a knock at my door. Who's here so early?
"Hi, Markus! Sorry, am I too early? Alice wanted to say hello, and I don't want her in bed too late."
It's Kara with Alice sitting on Luther's shoulder next to her. They're such a perfect family.
"No, it's totally okay! Do you want to come in, or get Alice to bed first? Who's looking after her?"
Alice already looks tired; Rubbing her eyes and yawing every five minutes. I want a kid like that.
"I think we'll give you this-"
She places a wrapped box in my hands, "-And now we'll head home and get you to bed. We'll be back in a bit."
The small android nods sleepily, leaning on Luther's head. Cute.
"Alright, see you then!"
And with that, the three of them are off. I set the box down on the nearest table before setting out the best part of the party; Alcohol. Kamski really had fun with his new android updates. Connor and I have been saving up for months since we never had a good excuse to drink all of the various drinks we have.
"Beep beep, here comes that party train."
He dumps a box of beer on the table, cracking his knuckles afterwards.
"Did that take you ten minutes to carry over here, or did you just not want to see Kara?"
"Take a wild guess."
Only I really know this, but Connor's not one to socialise. That just makes tonight all the better for me.

"Hey, Mark!"
It's North. She greets me with a large smile and wraps her arms around me, pulling me in for a tight hug. Ever since the rebellion, we decided that our relationship wasn't really working out, so we chose to just be friends and it worked out really well.
"Hey, North! Got a girlfriend yet?"
"Unfortunately no. How's Connor? Does he still hate me?"
"A little."
Yikes, that's awkward. I really hope the two of them done start anything with each other tonight.
"Well, Si and Josh are on their way. I think I saw Kara and Luther walking together too. Kara looks gooooood."
"You know that they're married, right?"
"Well, I call dibs on Kar if they ever get a divorce."
After talking for a little longer while waiting for everyone else, the two of us end up watching TV until there's another knock at the door.
"Hello, Markus!"
It's Luther, Kara, and... three.. Chloe's..?
"Welcome back, and hi Chloe. Since when were you with them?"
"Oh, we just bumped into each other while coming here."
They're all wearing the same dress, just in different colours, and talking in a synchronised manner. Are they a hive mind?
"Well, come in! Drinks are on the table, North is over there, and.. yeah that's about it."
North perks up at her name, immediately darting over once she spots the Chloe's. A light blush decorates her cheeks.
"Hey, do you all have the same name or..?"
"Well, after we kept asking him, Kamski finally gave us separate names and different clothes. I'm Charlotte."
The one in orange speaks.
"I'm Chelsea."
The one in green nods.
"And I'm still Chloe."
Finally, the last one in the original blue smiles, stepping up from the back of the group. I can tell North's going to have a hard time.
"Nice to meet all of you, I'm North."

Everyone's here now, laughing and drinking, except for Connor. Throughout the entire night, he's been in my bedroom, looking salty. Hopefully, I can get him out.
"Cooonnoorrrr..."
I gently push the door open, stepping over to the bed next to him.
"Yes..?"
"Can you please come and enjoy the night with me..?"
He pauses, thinking.
"Fine. Let's go."
At last, he gets up and walks out into the lounge. Hooray. Simon and North are currently losing to all three Chloe's (can I still call them that?) at beer pong, mostly because North won't stop flirting with Chloe.
"Damn, I thought pretty girls were supposed to be bad at sports.."
"They are, that's why you're losing."
Aaaand North misses her shot. Meanwhile, Connor's hovering at my side, holding my hand like a child afraid of losing their guardian.
"Connor, c'mon, don't you want to have fun?"
"I do, but it's a little hard to when almost everyone is or has been in love with you."
"Kara's not. Go talk to her."
With a huff, he drops my hand and shuffles over to her, leaning on the couch where she and Luther are sitting together. I can already tell that this is going to be a dumpster fire of awkward. The music is too loud for me to hear exactly what they're saying, but it looks like it's going okay. Kara's laughing, at least. Now I can finally talk to other people.

In hindsight, I shouldn't have invited so many people. It's a little overwhelming. Although, there were more people than this in Jericho, and I could talk to all of them, so surely I can deal with this many. Can I?
"Heyyyy, birthday maaan.."
It's North, again, but this time with an empty bottle in her hand and one of the Chloe's at her side. I've already forgotten who's who.
"Oh god, don't throw up on me, please. Can we even do that..?"
"Probably.."
She shrugs, giggling. Green-dress Chloe nods and takes the bottle from her hand, throwing it into the bin.
"I think I'll take her home now. Is that okay?"
"Nooo, it's not..! Let me stay..!"
Despite her protesting, green-dress Chloe starts to drag her away. I think it's for the best. Oh, it looks like Connor's coming back over. Very awkwardly.
"Hey Con, you feeling okay..?"
"Yep! I'm feeling greeaat!"
Oh god. Kara's laughing at us in the background, and now I know why.
"I trusted you, Kara..!"
"Sorry, Markus! He asked us how to be 'chill and cool!'"
I'm never letting him out of my sight again. I guess I have to deal with him now until he sobers up.

It's 12:46 am, and almost everyone is gone. The remaining Chloe's, blue and orange, are just leaving now. Kara's helping clean up even though I didn't ask her to. Apparently, she cleans when she's drunk or stressed, but she just cleans all the time. The circumstances don't matter.
"Let's go, Kar."
"Okay, I'm done anyways."
I mean, I'm not complaining. She's done nearly all of the cleaning for me. All I have left to do is take care of Connor who's currently passed out on the couch. Kicking a couple of stray cups out of my path, I pick him and carry him to bed. I feel really bad. If I hadn't invited so many people, both of us would've had a better night. Hell, I shouldn't have invited anyone and just had it be us two. I'm such a bad boyfriend. Whatever, it's over now, and I'll apologise in the morning.

"Hey Connor, are you feeling okay?"
To make up for last night, I made him his favourite breakfast; Pancakes.
"Morning babe, I'm feeling decent.."
"Sorry for last night. I've shouldn't have invited people that I knew you didn't like, or that many people at all.."
Luckily, he smiles, sitting up properly.
"You don't have to apologise for anything. It was your birthday, so you got to choose who was there and what we did. I should be the one saying sorry."
He's right. It was my day, but that doesn't mean I could disrespect him like that.
"How about we just forget that yesterday even happened?"
"Deal."