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Of course Jupiter had to do this today of all days.
Her fucking daughter's 13th birthday.
"Jesus, you're really doing this today?" Diamond sighs shakily, face falling into their arms.
It was just Clementine's 13th birthday, everyone was happy..
That is, until Jupiter comes home, vaguely high and wearing a new necklace?..
"Shut the fuck up, Winters, all you do is drink, slit your wrists, and be the family punching bag" She rolls her eyes, gripping the sage green crystal necklace adorned with wooden charms and beads hanging around her neck.
Diamond laughs.
"and where have you been all day? whilst I've been celebrating our daughter's fucking birthday-" They sigh, trying desperately to hold back their anger.
"oh here we go.. poor spouse getting worked up again? gonna yell at me again?" Jupiter teases, pouting as she tries desperately to hold back her laughter.
"we're only here because you're being stubborn over some stupid fucking necklace, we don't need this to escalate.." Diamond says, trying to sound reasoning but the fear and hysteria of the situation making their voice tremble lightly.
"you're right. stop being fucking unreasonable. It's a necklace, you fucker" She retorts, rolling her eyes with clear irritation.
"it's not the necklace, Jupiter, it's how you're acting over it" Diamond sighs, head resting in their shaking hands.
"right, just because I'm wearing Astella's necklace doe-.." She grumbles, face falling as she realises, fear flickering in her eyes.
Silence fills the room, until Diamond's hand (that was originally supporting their head) falls with a long bang.
"who's astella." They say coldly, glaring at Jupiter.
"..I-I.." She stutters, clearly taken aback by her slip-up, before finally regaining her composure.
"..you really wanna know, Winters?" She laughs, making Diamond's face soften with sadness.
"..y-yeah, sure, whatever..-" They stutter, trying to sound unphased but voice shaking.
She sighs, smiling slightly.
"she's a little.. friend.. of mine"
"..and how come I've never heard of her?.."
Jupiter groans.
"are you fucking thick, Winters?? I've had someone on the side since before we we even found Clem in the first fucking place!" She laughs bitterly.
Silence fills the room as Diamond stares blankly, hand slightly twitching as they process this new information.
"I- y- wha-.." They mutter, continuing to stare blankly, silence filling the room until they laugh with disbelief.
"I need a fucking drink, I'm too sober for this shit." They continue laughing with disbelief, eyes widening a little as they get up from their chair to get themselves a bottle of vodka.
"pfft- once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic!" Jupiter laughs.
Diamond slams the bottle on the counter, silencing Jupiter.
They start pacing, hands twitching and shaking more vigorously.
"This entire marriage I've let myself be physically hurt, insulted, hell, you broke my FUCKING NOSE! MULTIPLE FUCKING TIMES! And I put up with it cause I loved you! And what do you do? You go and find someone else! Just great!" They say frantically, tone varying to manic to furious as they try not to yell.
Jupiter sighs.
"can you quit it? God, I fucking hate when you overreact.." Jupiter grumbles, causing Diamond to stop rambling and freeze.
Silence fills the room for a second.
"..overreacting..?" They say manically, twitching. Silence creeps through the room again, until Diamond finally breaks.
"I'M OVERREACTING??"
"shut the fuck up, Clem's gonna hear you"
"I DON'T FUCKING CARE IF CLEM HEARS ME, I'M FUCKING SICK OF BEING USED LIKE THIS, YOU'RE A FUCKING BASTARD" They continue yelling, until they start pacing again.
"I need to calm down, I'm gonna hurt someone, I'm gonna fucking kill someone" They ramble manically, hands shaking more aggressively.
"wow, first breakdown sober! How you feel?" Jupiter says sarcastically.
"I'm gonna fucking kill someone" They sink down into a ball, still rambling manically as they bury their face into their knees.
"really? are you now?" Jupiter says sarcastically, clearly uninterested.
"Where's the axe?"
She pauses.
"..the what?"
"the axe we use for firewood?"
Silence fills the room as Jupiter realises they're being serious.
"..I'm leaving."
As she passes, Diamond hears a faint noise come from Clementine.
"you're leaving again, mum? what's going on?" Clementine asks curiously, concern adamant in her voice.
"this is all your fucking fault, Clem" She grumbles, then the door slams.
"..parent?" Clem calls, voice growing more concerned.
"I'm alright, Clem, just a little argument." Diamond states cheerfully, their tipsy voice slightly betraying them.
Clem doesn't seem convinced, but doesn't ask anymore questions.
After a little while, Clementine slowly retreats back to her room, probably to test out her new digital pen she got today. Diamond is still rocking on the floor slowly, trying to calm down.
"..fuck fuck fuck fuck.." They mutter, head still spinning.
They pick themselves up slowly, and begin roaming around the house.
They keep trying to calm, until they see the axe (mainly used to collect firewood) at the door, and their hands immediately start shaking once again.
They could kill anyone in the world, but Jupiter?
Their wife for multiple years? Hell, the mother of their adopted daughter?
They don't even want to kill anyone.
"Fuck it, she's dead to me anyways" They mutter shakily under their breath, grabbing the axe.
Then they put on Jupiter's long, black jacket, and leave once again.