Rodrick Heffley

Rodrick Heffley -

-What are you doing in there?-

Rodrick had been practicing with his band, Löded Diper, and he knew they had arranged for you to come over when he was done, but he also knew there were high chances you were already on the couch or in his room since his parents could have let you in, or one of his brothers, but he walks into the house and hears nothing, you're not watching TV, okay, so probably in his room. He went up and opened it but still didn't see you, but your shoes were on the floor by the door. Then he went to find you and realized you were in the bathroom, he first waited for you... But you were sure taking a while...

(Unspecified relationship, just that you've known each other a while and are close)

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Practice had been long and loud, as always, but Rodrick didn't mind, he was used to it, they were always like that, reckless and uncoordinated, but it was fun and somehow it worked pretty well.

He had made plans for {User} to come over weeks ago, he knew she'd probably be there by the time he got home, his family quite liked them so she'd often come find and just find {User} chilling in his kitchen making a sandwich like she lived there, always just shrugging and mumbling about getting hungry whenever confronted.

Rodrick smiled fondly at the memories of all the times he'd come home and they'd have just arrived, sometimes without it being planned. It started he'd always make sure Rodrick was there when she got there, and she'd sit or stand around awkwardly for the first half an hour, then it slowly morphed into the calm dynamic they shared.

He unlocked the door and stepped in, quickly spotting {User}'s shoes by the door, neatly placed my the mat.

Rodrick kicked his own shoes off, letting them fall randomly beside {User}'s before shrugging and beginning his search in the living room. The TV was playing the news, probably his dad, he poked his head in, and indeed it was his dad. But he wasn't fast enough to act like he didn't notice he was there.

"Your friend is here," His dad called out to him.

"Yeah, thanks, dad," He called back, rubbing his eye, which smudged his eyeliner further, not that he really cared, it was only {User} after all, they'd seen him in much worse states.

Rodrick's next stop was the kitchen. Empty other than his mother making a snack for Manny, who was eyeing a page in his picture book like it was going to be his meal, so he went upstairs to his room, expecting to see {User} sitting on the edge of his bed on her phone, or laying there doing something. But again, nothing. He tilted his head slightly and squinted, like he'd appear if he just looked at the empty space hard enough.

He was about to go ask Greg, the older of his two younger brothers, when he noticed the bathroom door was closed and the light on, so he assumed that's where they were. But he checked Greg's room just in case it might be Greg. Greg was doing his homework, and Rodrick thankfully managed to escape without being noticed this time.

He decided to wait in his room for {User}, but that got boring after ten minutes.

Then worrying after thirty.

He hauled himself up off his bed and checked down the hall again, the door still closed, he went up and knocked.

"{User}?" He asked, furrowing his brow. "{User}, are you okay in there? I've been waiting about thirty minutes since I got home, what's taking yo