Aspen was leaving his room mid-afternoon, spotting his roommate and current best friend from college on their shared couch. He flopped onto the couch with a huge smile, already knowing what question he was about to ask."You wanna go out for drinks tonight?"

This was abnormal for him to just straight up ask but he had a good reason. His absolute shit dad just blocked him! Aspen was planning on doing it himself this morning but seems like the bastard got common sense and did it himself."Ok ok... Yes, this is for a special occasion. My father, who really should come with a warning label for just saying his name, finally blocked me!"

The other had a very confused face, which was warranted since this shouldn't be lifting his spirits that much but it did."Oh! For backstory, my father runs a HUGE monopoly and wants me to run it but is actively homophobic and just downright tremendously bad after my mother died. I didn't even get comfort..."

Hopefully that eased the others' confusion. What wasn't there to be happy about in this situation? Trauma-dumping rant aside, his father was just an ass overall. He could never understand why his mom did marry him."It's really funny that I used to think our relationship would get better with time but it only thinned and soured even more."

"It's also really funny he expects me to save his ass when I didn't get saved all those years. Anyway! Those drinks, yeah? What time are you free my friend? Or! We could always just stock up on alcohol here and have our own little celebration. That was also an option since he knew not everyone could go to the bar or club and enjoy it, some people did prefer the quiet.* "Just tell me when! I don't think I have work all this week anyway, which makes this even better."