𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄 : u got me candy !?!?!?!?!? 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄 : oh my god- 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄 : you could’ve chosen literally anyone else , kevin 😩

KEVIN: i got you candy KEVIN: he’s hot, arch. what do you expect me to do? KEVIN: and has a 6 pack. also..does he have a girlfriend?

BETTY HAD ALWAYS ADORED kevin, and from a young age she knew that he deserved a hell of a lot better than the treatment he was getting from other guys. whether it was because they were closeted, or they were just complete.. jerks, betty knew none of his grind’em hookups would ever be good enough for one of her best friends, but it was never her place to get involved, and so she never did; she just stood by to keep him company & allow his rants, because she loved him. she had been near the student center when she noticed him, and made her way over. “ i just asked if you were okay, kev ? ” she offered a smile. “ how long have you been here ? ”

he was happy that his best friend, betty cooper, showed up in the nick of time like always. kevin put his head against the wall, more disappointed than shocked at the umpteenth time this happened. betty has been there for kevin through it all, always being there as a shoulder to cry on. his freshman year was one of the biggest benders of him life because of the freedoms he was granted, and hopefully their sophomore year would welcome new and welcomed beginnings. “ i once again got my hopes and let another boy sweet talk me, only to ghost me in the end.” kevin instinctively smiled, something that he told himself to do in hopes of feeling better - but smiling hardly ever worked. “uhm. whenever beyonce last posted her instagram picture is when i started standing here so...” kevin opened his instagram page to the post. “- about 45 minutes now.” he always tried to avoid betty seeing him this way, mainly because it was a continuing thing. “what brings you to the student center?” kevin said in attempts to change the subject.

“that’d be great, kev.” she was so frazzled she hadn’t even realized who she’d gone up to until she saw his face. hearing him call her ears iconic brought a small but sad smile to josie’s face. kevins spirits always seemed to cheer her up. “yeah. i put them down by that shelf-.” she pointed towards a book case a few feet away. “and turned my head for two seconds to grab my water bottle. when i came back they were gone.” she sighed. “and mel, val and i are meeting after school today. but thank god its just a rehearsal.” josie knew buying new ears was an option but she didn’t want to. the pussycats had all gotten their ears together. it just wouldn’t be the same. “i can’t believe this is happening.” 

kevin has claimed himself to be one of josie’s biggest fans and was constantly posting her videos and resharing her content across all platforms. she had her own brand, own style, and absolutely killed it with her singing. he listened to the place she checked, trying to brainstorm places they’d be able to check. he peered over to the shelf and couldn’t see them. thankfully the area wasn’t crowded so they would be easy to spot if they were around them. “i will absolutely go to war with someone if they stole them. i don’t wrestle anymore but there’s always old tricks up my sleeve.” he put his hand on josie’s shoulder, “they’ll turn up, josie. have you tried checking the lost and found downstairs? i thought someone stole my polo sweater and it turns out someone turned them in.” he suggested.

with a sigh she pushed her sketch pad back and stuck her pencil behind her ear. cleopatra was officially blocked. she was supposed to be working on an assignment for her art fantasy class but had resorted to creating random doodles and scrolling through social media. they were on the metamorphosis unit and were required to draw one object morphing into another. she had tried almost everything she could think of and was sure she was stumped. that was until her eyes landed on a boy not too far away from her. that’s it! pretty much all of her brainstorming had included inanimate objects but hadn’t thought about drawing another person. to most asking a complete stranger may have seemed a bit weird but cleo thought it was worth a shot. she took up her bag and her book and walked over to the student.  “hey, i’m cleo. i’m an art student and i’ve been looking for a new subject for one of my projects. would you be interested? if you want i could totally pay you back in cookies or mcdonalds or something.” 

kevin considered it an act of god that someone approached him, glad that he’d be able to get his mind off being stood up. he extended his hand after putting his phone into his pocket, “kevin keller. pr major and aspiring social media influencer.” part of him hoped that his phone would ring with a bullshit apology involving being caught up in some assignment or oversleeping for something that had been planned 48 hours ago. he did occasionally glance around the area and kevin was being extra. “me? a subject for an art project? do you actually think i’d want to do that?” his demeanor was serious, giving off the tone he wasn’t interested. “-because you’d be correct. i absolutely love the arts. you can pay me back by just following me on instagram, twitter, and unfortunately tik tok. how’s that sound?”

𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄 : gross 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄 : who were you gonna hook up with- 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄 : * grease vc * tell me more

KEVIN: so you don’t want the bags of candy i bought you? kool  KEVIN: chandler simpson KEVIN: we hooked up the first day of move-in. he’s an awful kisser but your boy is desperate

kevin leaned against the wall of the student center, airpods in ear while he waited on a boy he was supposed to meet from grind’em. they’d been talking for a week or so now, and kevin had been pushing to meet and the other boy (who went by scott) agreed to meet kevin in the student center. he didn’t mind someone being late, but when the half hour marked past he finally realized he’d been stood up. kevin and scott exchanged numbers a few days ago and the multiple text he’d been sending were clearly going through. he sighed at the revelation that he’d been ghosted. kevin kept his eyes on his phone, not realizing that someone had been speaking to him. “hmm? sorry, did you need something?”

𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄 : i’m so fucking tired , practice is kicking my ass 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄 : let’s make plans !?

      KEVIN: im shopping rn       KEVIN: but i am down later.       KEVIN: supposed to hookup with this football player but hell probably bail 

“if someone is playing some kind of joke, its not funny.” the usually calm and collected pussycat was frantically looking around the room for the item she had lost. how could she have lost them ?? had someone moved them while she wasn’t paying attention? josie didn’t know. all she knew was that her ears were missing and she was three minutes away from having a heart attack. “excuse me.” she strides over to the first person she sees in hopes that they’d be able to relieve her stress. “have you seen a pair of cat ears anywhere? leopard print.”  

kevin had been working on an assignment for his intro to social media class, a class where a book explains each social media platform in the most boomer way. the professor of the class prefers book-work to be handwritten and legible because ‘true pr professionals have great handwriting’ according to their teacher. kevin heard a voice that sound in distress, not paying too much attention until he had been approached by josie mccoy. “josie, hey!” his eyes widened when she mentioned her cat ears missing. “i haven’t, but those cat ears are iconic! i’ll help you find them.” kevin put his books in his bag quickly, turning towards josie. “was this the last place you left them?”

did  you  just  see   THOMAS DOHERTY  ( cismale  ) walking  through  the  streets  of  riverdale  ?  no  ,  you  couldn’t  have  because  while he  looks  like  them  ,  it’s  actually  KEVIN KELLER.  (  polo sweaters & buttons ups,  two boys kissing in the woods, stage lights hitting a standing audience,  comic books stacked next to a spider-man mug, a man taking a picture in the best lighting )  remind  me  so  much  of  them  ,  maybe  it’s  because  they’re  CHARISMATIC  ,  OUTGOING,  BLUNT & IMPULSIVE,  but  i  don’t  know  .  i  do  know  that  they  are  a  age  in twenty  year  old  ,  SOPHOMORE  at  RIVERDALE  UNIVERSITY  ,  if  you  listen  closely  ,  you  can  definitely  hear  FLY BY NICKI MINAJ, RIHANNA  playing  from  their  DORMROOM.  (  percy  !  )