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Pomni paced around her suburban apartment, phone in hand as she fought with her boyfriend of 3 years for the millionth time about her unhealthy relationship with work. She was a huge actress in the industry, her level of fame sadly came with a price tag the girl was always busy with work she doesn't even remember how many times she has been working on her birthday's. Pomni placed a hand on her head as she stared out from the balcony before speaking up "You knew what you were getting yourself into when you started dating me!" She replied to the guy on the other line of the call "Yes I knew it! but back then it wasn't to the point you can't even have our 4th anniversary off, you always cancel on me! When was the last time we went on a proper date, hmm? You won't even remember because each time we try to do something you get a call from your agency or manager and you gotta go rushing to wherever they need you to be! I just want to spend time with my girlfriend but apparently that's a problem, I can't even be seen with you in public because of your 'image' at this point you're just ashamed of out relationship." Her lover fought back.
Pomni scoffed and rested her free hand on her hip as she glared at a picture frame which had a photo of them together in a trip they went when their relationship started "You don't know how the industry works, I slip up and all my hard work goes to the trash! I've worked for years, I gave up my childhood for this and you think I'll give up my career for a relationship?! Why can't you just be happy for me?! I don't want to give up on us and much less my career.. I.. I don't want to lose you." Tears fell down her cheeks yet she kept a straight face as she answered back. There was a moment of silence before the guy on the line spoke "Well.. I have given up on us.. I can't do this anymore Pomni I want a normal relationship, a healthy one where I don't have to be hiding and I can freely talk about my girlfriend to my friends. This?.. This is not healthy for neither of us, I understand you point of view but you never understood mine, I just wanted to be able to love you properly and yes I made mistakes in the past but that's all I wanted, to be with you. Let's leave it here, we can't keep going on like this." And with that the line went dead, leaving Pomni there standing as her arms went limp and she stared out her balcony in a daze.
With that her almost 4 year long relationship ended, she glanced down at her phone and stared at her background picture before it went black. There was a girl cleaned her tears and opened the sliding door to walk out on her balcony, she put her upper body against the railing and rested her head on her hand, her eyes traveled around the street, soft sniffling was heard from her but no tears threatened to fall anymore. A crowd of people gathered outside the bar caught her attention which made her shrug "I might as well go have a drink.." she sighed and walked inside closing the sliding door behind her. Pomni stood in front of the mirror fixing her makeup, which consisted of black eye liner and a bit of black smudged on the corner of her eyes, she grabbed her bag and walked out of her apartment and into the elevator where she met Ragatha "Hi Poms! Where are you headed?" The red haired woman asked "Hey Raggy, well I just got broken up with, I'm just going to spend some time in the bar. I saw quite a few people gathered there which is unusual." Pomni answered "Oh! I'm sorry.. I hope you feel okay. You know you can open my door at any hour my house is your house too.." Ragatha stayed silent for a second before continuing as she rubbed her chin "I heard there's a special kind of event in the bar, some famous band is going to put an act but ehh I don't know if the bar has enough resources to pay a huge band to play for them." She chuckled before waving at the girl as the elevator had opened on her floor "I'll see you later Poms! Remember you can come over at any time! You have my key!" The red haired girl said as she walked away.
The elevator doors closed leaving Pomni alone once again, she was so grateful she had someone such as Ragatha as her best friend. They met in a coffee shop a few years ago, Pomni had spilled some coffee on herself and Ragatha came up to her to hand her wipes to which she ended up offering to buy the brunette haired girl another cup of coffee to replace the one she had spilled on herself if she stayed to have a talk, there they realized they had been living under the same building for months and never crossed paths. From then on they got closer and closer, they had been there for each other's good times and bad times. It was a simple way for a great friendship to grow, Pomni smiled as she reminisced about the memory until her attention got broken by the elevator doors opening. She walked out and headed to the bar which again was oddly full even more inside, the girl knew the bartenders since she comes here frequently not to drink every single time but just to visit.
Pomni sat down and waved at one of the bartenders she knew which immediately waved back and rushed to her "Hey Trixter!" "Heyyyy Poms! How's my favorite person ever doing? On the house!" He looked at her, gave her a Cosmopolitan and rested his elbow on the countertop "Hmmm well.. I got broken up with." She laughed nervously as she ran her finger tips along the edge of the glass coupe. Trixter clicked his tongue and shook his head "Don't even worry none of us liked him either way, he was kind of a asshole every time." He chuckled and pat her arm making her roll her eyes playfully, she took a sip of her drink before speaking up "Why is it so full tonight?" She asked "Oh! Somehow our boss made THE Riverline play here." He shrugged "Riverline?" She asked again, one of the other bartenders that knew the girl gasped in shock "You don't know Riverline Pomni?! Their songs are great, they play a few genres I figured you'd enjoy listening to them too! The 3 of them are sooo hot, my favorite is Ribbit! But their leader is so dreamy! His name is Jax, don't tell anyone I told you this but I heard he's really mean behind closed doors!" She whispered the last part to Pomni only to receive a soft smack on the back of her head by Trixter which immediately made her turn around, glare at him and pout "Leave the poor girl alone." Pomni said giggling taking another sip "Of course not! Come on you've got work to do! Go go go!" Trixter said swatting her away "I have to go too, keep ordering whatever you want tonight I'll put it on my tab." "What? No, I can't do th-" "SHUSHHH! It's on me tonight, you get the tab on our next hang out." He put a finger up to her lips to make her stop talking and stuck his tongue out playfully "Fine that's a sweet deal then." Pomni said smiling and waving him goodbye for him to keep doing his job.
After 2 more drinks the lights suddenly dimmed down and live music started playing, the curtains opened with the spotlight focused on the 3 band members, there they were, Riverline. Zooble on the drums, Ribbit on the piano and last but not least Jax playing the electric guitar. Pomni's eyes scanned the escenario as they played, trying to understand the hype of this band that she had never heard of. After the first song ended Jax put his guitar to the side and grabbed the mic from the stand, the girl's attention drifted to him "Eh.. I guess he is kinda good looking." Pomni mumbled as she drank her 3rd Cosmopolitan starting to feel the effects of the alcohol "Welcome to tonight's show! Are you ready to have the best night ever?!" Jax's voice boomed through the speakers, the crowd went wild making him chuckle and look around "Do y'all want another song?!" Once again the crowd roared in excitement "Let's get it!" With that they started playing their next song. Pomni stared at him intently her eyes half lidded, her cheeks flushed due to the alcohol in her system. Trixter came to check up on her from time to time just receiving slurred answers from the girl.
A few songs later Pomni was on her 4th Cosmopolitan, she giggled to herself, her eyes never left Jax. At first everything was innocent, she admired his looks, how good he was at the guitar, how nice his voice sounded. Her thoughts started to become more dirty, she looked at his muscles, how nice his jawline looked when he had a chance to drink water, the sweat that ran down his forehead and chest glistening, how he pushed the fur on his head back, how his fingers moved on the cords of the guitar. Pomni felt warm all of the sudden but she brushed it off as the drinks taking a toll on her, she softly bit her lip as her mind raced to darker parts 'If that's how his fingers move on the guitar I wonder how good they would feel between my legs..' she thought to herself as she stared at him in a drunk daze, she swore she made eye contact with him multiple times throughout the night. The band played their last song "It has been great to have you all here tonight! Thank you for coming and supporting us always!" His eyes narrowed as he eyed Pomni from afar, the crowd begged for another song but it was time for the bar to close.
Eventually the doors had been locked for the public, only the bartenders, Pomni, the production crew and the 3 band-mates on the back ready to leave remained. Jax changed out of his stage clothes into a black long sleeve turtleneck and black cargos, his mind kept reminding him of the girl that kept her eyes on him the whole night. He groaned and glanced at the other 2 "I'll stay behind tonight, you two go." He puts one hand in his pocket and with the other he points at Zooble and Ribbit "Jax we have a packed schedule tomorrow." Ribbit crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow "Am I saying that I won't be there? Exactly. I'll just have some drinks and head to my house let me be, it has been a hectic week." He said in a serious tone yet sulking "The baby can't handle a packed week?" Zooble said covering their 'mouth' to hide their chuckle, Jax glared at them "I don't owe any explanati-" he got cut off my Zooble and Ribbit and the same time "Technically yes you do." He groaned annoyed and walked away without saying a word.
Pomni's head rested on the countertop of the bar an empty glass beside her "A-another one!" She hics out "No no that's enough for you Poms. I'll be out soon I'll take you ho-" Trixter stopped mid sentence as he watched Jax approach and sit beside Pomni his arms crossed and a serious look on his face. "Whiskey Sour. Please." He said without looking at him as his gaze was fixed on the girl that was almost passed out. She sat up straight and narrowed her eyes trying to focus on him "Ugh why do all the good looking men hurt me!" She whimpered "Pomni don't say that!" Trixter covered her mouth and apologized profusely to Jax who just waved him off in a don't worry manner. "You'll get me fired shush." He said before walking away to make Jax's drink "Why are you here?" He raised an eyebrow, the question immediately made the girl tear up a little "My boyfriend dumped me because he can't handle me being successful! I'm amazing! An amazing girlfriend, amazing friend, amazing actress and amazing in bed!" She slurred out and cleaned her tears as she sulked, Jax hummed as he stared at her his eyes sharp, Trixter brought Jax's drink to which he gave the bartender a $100 bill and told him to keep the rest. The guy left after thanking him to continue his job to finish as soon as possible. Pomni stared at Jax and giggled "I saw you playing tonight~" she did circles on the rabbit's chest getting closer to him "Your fingers are good on the guitar.. but are they good between my legs? I would really love to know~" Pomni slurred, her fingertips running down his chest, Jax downed his Whiskey Sour, a sharp breath slipping past his lips "Do you want to come home with me? Make me forget about my terrible ex?" She continued as she stood up running her fingertips over his shoulder as if to lead him. Her steps weren't straight and she kept laughing on her own, Jax scribbled on a piece of paper leaving it where Pomni's cup was, he looked around before standing up and following closely behind her. Trixter came back and saw his friend wasn't there and panicked, when he was about to call her he saw the scribbled note that said 'I went home! :)' He sighed in relief and mumbled "this girl I swear..."