S1 Episode 4A

Luna Catches a Cold

Welcome to Trainwrecks, a free-to-read fiction serial that follows a group of six Seattle-adjacent friends from the year 2004 to the year 2015. Join Luna Cruz, Sebastian Velasquez, Dimitri and Victoria Hale, Duke Kingston, and Jasmine Nolan as they stumble their way from adolescence to adulthood, falling in love, making mistakes, overcoming their pasts, and staying together through it all.

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AOL Chat Room—VOTE FOR PEDRO
October 17, 2004

Moona: The new episode of Inuyasha last night was SO romantic!!!!

Sir Duke: It was alright

Smooth Jazz: What’s the matter Duke, afraid of a little romance?

Sir Duke: No I’m just sick of filler episodes

Moona: But Miroku and Sango shared an umbrellaaaaaa

Moona: And she turned down a marriage proposal to keep adventuring with him!! ;O;

Victoria: Aww. That sounds sweet.

Sir Duke: And then Miroku grabbed her ass and she smacked the shit out of him

Sir Duke: but keep talking about how romantic it is

Dimwit_Genius: You guys are still watching Inuyasha?

Seblasquez: Luna refuses to give up on it

Moona: Since you don’t like my choice in anime, why don’t YOU recommend one?

Dimwit_Genius: My recommendation is don’t watch anime.

Sir Duke: You’re literally reading Love Hina brah

Dimwit_Genius: FOR THE PLOT

Moona: Anyway, the new Inuyasha episode was SO romantic

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Moona: I’m going to tell you something you don’t want to hear and I need you to PROMISE me you won’t overreact

Sir Duke: When in my life have I ever overreacted

Moona: Promise meeeee

Sir Duke: Fine. Spit it out

Moona: You remember when I said my throat kinda tickled yesterday? It’s more than just a tickle

Moona: I’m sick =A=

Moona: You and Victoria are on your own tomorrow

Moona: I’m sorry

Moona: Duke

Moona: Duuuuuuuuke

Moona: Are you there??? O__o

Sir Duke: You’re leaving me alone with her?!

Moona: Yes. And I am BEGGING YOU TO BE NICE

Sir Duke: You’re obviously forgetting who started all this

Moona: I DON’T CARE WHO STARTED IT. IT’S BEEN A MONTH. FINISH IT ALREADY

Sir Duke: TELL THAT TO HER

Moona: I’VE TRIED

Sir Duke: For fuck’s sake

Sir Duke: Sorry you’re not feeling well

Moona: I have a fever ;O;

Sir Duke: I will TRY not to kill her -.-

Moona: That’s all I’m asking

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Seblasquez: Luna’s sick, so if I don’t show up to school later this week, it got me too

Smooth Jazz: Oh no ):

Smooth Jazz: Is it a cold?

Seblasquez: Looks like it

Smooth Jazz: Tell her to drink a ton of honey lemon tea

Seblasquez: She usually drinks an Olympic swimming pool’s worth of water and it fixes her

Seblasquez: But if I get sick, it’ll take me out until Halloween

Smooth Jazz: You need a better immune system

Seblasquez: I’m leaving you my guitar in my will

Smooth Jazz: Seb nooooo

Smooth Jazz: At least leave me your car…

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Emoticon Key for Emoji Users:

;O; - a crying face with a big open mouth
=A= - an exasperated face with a slightly open mouth
O__o - a weirded out face with two different sized eyes
-.- - an annoyed face with a small mouth

Author’s Note: InuYasha is a romantic action series about a middle school girl who travels back to Japan’s Warring States era and ends up partnering with a half-dog demon to track down a magical jewel. Love Hina is a harem anime about an aspiring college student living in a female-only apartment full of attractive young women.

Think Duke and Victoria are going to murder each other next week? Let me know!