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2021-05-01
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2021-06-09
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A for Effort

Summary:

Hapi, Edelgard, Ingrid, and Marianne all attend Garreg Mach University. After two years of dorm life, they decide to room together for their junior year. Four friends renting a house together... it'll be the time of their lives, right?

While they upgraded from dirty dorm showers to the leaky faucets that their landlord will never fix... there's definitely drama brewing under their roof. Between late night study sessions and exams, each of the girls try to balance a social life, find love in the culture of dating apps and hookups, and finally decide on what to wear to Friday's party. (Well, only if they can decide what to order for dinner, first.)

Follow along as Hapi and the girls try to set up Marianne on dates with some of GMU's most eligible bachelors... as Ingrid plays detective, trying to piece together the events of her own (most amazing) drunk hookup at the frat party... and as Edelgard finally agrees to the most epic Spring Break road trip ever.

Chapter 1: The One Where Hapi Starts a Group Chat

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

February 2, 2019
3:46pm

 

Happy added Edelgard, Ingrid, and Marianne to a group

Happy renamed group to ROOMIES 🏡

 

Happy: so

Happy: its friday nite yo 🤘

Happy: o wait

Happy: lemme rename us quick

 

Happy renamed Edelgard to Edd

Happy renamed Ingrid to Closet Lez

 

Happy: ok anyway so its friday nite and we have zero plans

Edd: Do we really need to discuss this right now?

Marianne: I’d like to go somewhere…

Closet Lez: Oh like a restaurant! There’s a

Closet Lez: HAPI

Closet Lez: HAPI I SWEAR TO THE FUCKING GODDESS

Closet Lez: CHANGE MY NAME

Happy: FINE fine fine

 

Happy renamed Closet Lez to Blonde n Bitchy

 

Blonde n Bitchy: HAPI 

Happy: whAT u asked me 2 change ur name

Edd: Do you have to type like that?

Happy: do U alwys hve 2 typ evrytg out lik its skl r sumn?

Edd: Now I know you’re fucking with me.

Happy: congrats, lvl up!

Marianne: gg no re! 😎

Edd: Not you, too…

Blonde n Bitchy: I refuse to participate until someone, who shall remain nameless, changes my name back.

Happy: u got it, hot stuff

 

Happy renamed Blonde n Bitchy to horseluvr4000

 

horseluvr4000: WHAT

Happy: 😉

horseluvr4000: HAPI STOP

Happy: ur just mad that i know ur fortnite screen name

Edd:  Please cease tormenting Ingrid, Hapi.

Happy: u talk lik ESL student sumtims, eddy

 

Happy renamed Edd to FlameEmperor2001

 

Happy: u forget that i kno u play fortnite 2

Happy: “study time” ok ok ok

Happy: u have no one fooled miss hresvelg

Marianne: Um, I don’t play Fortnite…

Happy: bc ur 2 gud 4 dis wrld bb <3

Marianne:

Marianne: No, I think this world is too good for me.

Marianne: I’m sorry. It took me a while to translate that.

Happy: shit sry

Happy: i mean… sorry

Marianne: No no, you’re fine.

FlameEmperor2001: Now that everyone is speaking English… I hope… 

FlameEmperor2001: I am certain that Ingrid would like to finalize where we’ll be eating tonight.

Happy: i wanted takeout!

Happy: but I know what Ingrid WANTS to be eating out... a moist ham sandwich on white…

horseluvr4000: You know I hate sandwiches!

Happy: oh, so you just like eating the deli meat straight from the bag?

Happy: but no mayo, right? 😉

horseluvr4000: Mayonnaise is disgusting.

Marianne: How can you say that when you like aioli?

Marianne: They’re like the same thing!

horseluvr4000:  It just reminds me of… stuff.

Happy: cum?

Happy: u can say cum 💦

FlameEmperor2001: Hapi, I’m turning off my phone unless you can control yourself.

Happy: k mom

horseluvr4000: Well, I said it before and will say it again… can we PLEASE go to that Duscur restaurant that just opened up?

Marianne: I agree!

Marianne: One of my friends is a waiter there… they have a good vegetarian menu as well, Edelgard.

horseluvr4000: Yeah, the chef made it big on Fodlan’s Best Chef last season.

FlameEmperor2001: How interesting. I think a treat like this will help us plan our Spring Break trip. We can discuss it further once we get to the restaurant.

Happy: spring break? that’s like 6 weeks away lol. u virgos and ur planning

FlameEmperor2001: Hapi? What did I say about speaking English?

FlameEmperor2001: And I am not a Virgo. I’m a Cancer.

Happy: figures. ur kinda crabby

Happy: 🦀🦀🦀

Marianne: A little planning never hurt anybody. It will give us something to look forward to!

Happy: yeah maybe finally grid and eddy can get it on so the rest of us can move forward with our lives

horseluvr4000: HAPI

 

FlameEmperor2001 has left the group chat

 

Happy: u can’t deny it

 

horseluvr4000 has left the group chat

 

Happy: welp

Happy: looks like we wont talk bout spring break tonite

Marianne: And it looks like we’re ordering in Chinese food again…

Happy: i dont care as long as its ok w/ u

Marianne: No, it’s okay… but you need to be more sensitive to others, sometimes, Hapi.

Happy: i kno

Happy: kinda feel bad now

Happy: i just think they need a push

Marianne: Pushing sometimes makes people dig their feet in further.

Happy: i kno n ur right

Happy: um

Happy: ill see u back home. k?

Marianne: Yes, I’ll be working late at the animal hospital.

Marianne: Will you order my usual?

Happy: Hot and sour and tofu stir fry

Happy: coming right up

Happy: and I’ll even get u extra fortune cookies 🥠🥠🥠

Marianne: Thank you so much.

Marianne: You’re a good friend, Hapi.  Just let our roommates find themselves, okay?

Happy: ur right and im sry

Marianne: I’m not the one you need to say that to.

Happy: ugh 

Happy: fine 😑

Happy: see u in a few, still at the computer lab

Marianne:  I’ll see you soon. 😊

Notes:

Edelgard is typing...

 

 

 

 
Edelgard: You seriously don’t like mayonnaise?
Ingrid: I don’t!
Ingrid: I refuse to eat any white condiments.
Edelgard: Not even sour cream? Or ranch?
Ingrid: Nope.
Ingrid: But hot sauce?
Ingrid: I’ll throw down with some hot sauce!
Edelgard: “Throw down?” 🤦♀️
Edelgard: You’ve been spending too much time with Hapi…