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His tail wags like crazy as he licks her face.

“You’re a ferocious lion, Wally.” She laughs and gives him more pets.

The guys smile and chuckle as they watch Lucy.

“Best costume in the whole house, hands down,” Nick says.

“I can’t believe you guys did this,” Lucy says. “This is so awesome.”

“It was all Leo’s idea,” Blake says.

Lucy looks at me. “You did this?”

I nod. “I didn’t want him to feel left out.”

She gazes at me, her smile warm.

Poppy, Briar, and Anna walk over, squealing over Wally’s costume. They all give him pets and kisses and take selfies with him.

“You guys have the cutest couples’ costumes,” Lucy says when the guys greet the ladies.

She offers to take photos of each couple, and I offer to also.

“You look like a real doctor,” I say to Travis, who’s dressed in blue scrubs.

He rolls his eyes. “Yeah, right.”

He slides his arm around Anna, and I take some photos.

“I’m gonna call you Dr. Sexy,” Anna says, smiling up at him. The serious straight line of his mouth softens, and he kisses her.

“You guys really committed to the costume with your wigs,” Lucy says to Briar and Blake.

Blake grins and touches the dark-haired wig he’s wearing. He tugs on the lapel of his leather jacket and glances down at the fake police badge hanging around his neck. “I look incredible, don’t I?”

“I was surprised you didn’t just go shirtless and wear a scary mask,” I joke.

Blake shakes his head, still smiling. “I can’t give away my secret identity.”

Blake has a secret social media account called @ThatShirtlessGuy where he posts photos and videos of himself shirtless and wearing a mask. He’s apparently a pretty popular thirst trap. Briar is in the videos with him too, sometimes. They’ll role-play dark romance tropes and scenes. They have a ton of followers and get loads of views.

It’s kind of an open secret that @ThatShirtlessGuy account belongs to him. He’s never shown his face on his social media account or publicly acknowledged that it’s his account, but enough people have figured out it’s him. Especially after what happened earlier this season.

He got into a tunnel brawl with Briar’s ex, who played for an opposing team. In the photos and video clips of the scuffle, his jersey got ripped, revealing a scar on his collarbone. Some online sleuths noticed That Shirtless Guy had the same scar and figured out it was him. It was all over college sports news and online too. Our coach was so pissed off about it that he threatened to bench Blake, but we all rallied around him, and Blake stayed on the team.

He still has his secret account though because I guess it’s pretty lucrative from all the views and brand deals he and Briar get.

Nick hooks his arm over my shoulders. “I think the award for most epic couples costume goes to us. Right, Luigi?”

He grins behind the massive fake mustache he’s wearing. He’s wearing blue overalls, a bright red shirt, white gloves, and a big red hat with the letter “M” on it.

I laugh and roll my eyes. “Whatever you say, Mario.”

We take a bunch of pictures together, then Poppy poses with us.

“Aww, look at Princess Peach and her plumbers.” Lucy giggles.

“Your costume is awesome, Lucy,” Nick says. “Misty rocks.”