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Zes eyes fluttered open,
with each attempt to open them he opened them wider and wider till he was fully awake.
Still a bit drowsy from his sleep he attempts to get up
but his body fails.
He was too weak.
NO this can’t be happening Ze Is never weak! He tried again and again and only after the third attempt, did he mange to slightly lift his body up.
Suddenly he got hit with a wave of nausea with a throbbing headache which made him instantly fall back down onto the couch with a slight thud sound.
“Oof”
He heard distant, voices or maybe mumbles? He wasn’t really sure on what they were, or where he was, since he didn’t seem to recognise his surrounding.
Ze once again attempts to get up but this time he was interrupted by a voice.
“No Ze stay down for a bit I don’t want all of my progress of wrapping your bandages up to get ruined” The Entity stated with a frustrated yet worried tone.
It took a minute or two for Ze to fully comprehend everything that was happening as he laid there on the couch.
With a quick swipe Zes fist kissed the entities face or well where he assumed the face was.
“OW DUDE WTF??”
Regect hissed as he rubbed his injured cheek.
“YOUR NOT REGECT!! WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!? WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY FRIENDS?!?”
Ze couldn’t help but scream out in anger.
The same anger he had towards the eyes, The same anger he had kept inside of his now, broken bottle of an emotional state.
“I’m still in the hole”
“Im still in that goddamm hole”
“Why did I ever think I would get out?”
Zes mind at this point kept spiralling into an endless rabbit hole of doubt and worry.
Mixed with his already throbbing head Ze clearly wasn’t in a right state of mind.
A warm hand gently fell onto Zes shoulder while Regect with a hushed soft tone grounded Ze back to reality.
“Dude calm down.”
“I don’t know what hole you’re even talking about but that was kinda shitty of you to punch me like that after probably saving your life??”
“Have you ever even considered even saying thanks after I spent so long bandaging you up asshole??”
“What?”
Ze replied completely out of it at this point.
He felt his body becoming more and more weaker by the second and the idea of rest seemed quite peaceful to him”
Regect saw Ze slipping into unconsciousness and quickly move closer to catch him to prevent him from roughly hitting the wooden floor boards.
“Fuck Ze your so difficult to deal with”
Regect swore to himself as he caught Zes resting body and laid him back down onto the couch.
…………………………………………………………………….
Some time has passed and Ze began to stir awake again.
The entire time Regect was by his side never leaving just staring and hoping that his best friend is okay even if he would never admit about worrying for Ze to his face.
He still was worried, about Zes condition and how Zes body seemed to get more and more weaker. That punch barely ticked yet Regect still made a fuss about it.
Deep down Regect didn’t want the same thing of loosing his friend to happen again this time he swore to be more gentle towards Ze even if he was never really that good at comforting.
It’s clear to Regect that Zes mind isn’t in the right state to even be communicating or arguing but it seems as if Ze dosnt quite trust Regect this time so Regect planned to give him some space the next time he wakes up.
Zes eyes slowly opened and closed once again but this time he knew that he was still in the hole. He wasted no time laying on the couch and instantly sat up. Only for a warm hand that was on his chest, pushed him back down. It was Regect or well the fake version that Ze had assumed.
He was about to start a fuss again and fight the Damm entity before…
“Creek”
A sound of a door opening was heard coming from the kitchen.
Ze instantly recognised those sweet red pigtails carefully braided to the sides of her shoulders. Her red bright clown nose matching with her beautifully done white makeup and most of all her iconic pinafores yellow and Green outfit.
It was Moe.
She carefully came into the living room gently carrying a bowl in her hand making sure to not spill with each step that she took. She came closer towards the couch where Regect and Ze were on and gently plopped the bowl of homemade soup onto the table.
She turned a full 180 degrees to look towards Regect and with an angry look honked at him to indicate that Ze needed his space while pushing Regect aside.
“Oof” Regect spat out as he was pushed aside.
She then turned towards Ze and with an observational look at him, she honked twice before quickly scurrying back into the kitchen.
Both Ze and Regect turned their heads towards each other to indicate to one another how they were both confused before the door creaked open again.
“Creek”
It was Moe again as she came back from the kitchen carrying a glass of water and some pain killers.
She set the glass of water in front of Ze on the table while handing Ze the pills.
Although Ze knew he couldn’t trust these fakers he still swallowed the pills as the pain from his injuries was too much for him to handle. Gulping then down with the water Moe had provided him.
Even if this Moe was fake he knew he could always trust her unlike Regect as he side eyed the entity who was just staring at the floor seeming quit puzzled by something. Nonetheless Ze was just happy for the pain to finally subside as Moe looked at him with those big teary eyes of hers. He knew this meant that she wanted to hug him so he opened his arms to let her embrace him into a sweet hug.
“Don’t worry I’m here now Moe”
Ze reassured as Moe started frantically honking her horn while tears streamed down from her eyes like a pipe that had just burst from the pressure.
Ze was very well confused mentally he still felt like he was in the hole but the way Moe acted and seemed made him question his thoughts.
Maybe this was the real world maybe he did get out of the hole, considering he was back in their old house.
However he still felt skeptics towards Regect that entity is always up to something stupid. It’s hard for him to ever tell if Regect is himself because of the way he normally acts always doing something random that’s never predictable like at all. The only way Ze last time figured out wether Regect was even him was through his music taste.
That’s right! A light bulb moment in Zes brain.
He could just do the same thing he did last time to figure out wether or not Regect was the real one.
His thoughts were interrupted by Moe holding out a spoonful of soup towards Ze as if he was some toddler needing a parent to feed them.
“No Moe I can feed myself you don’t have to go through the trouble of feeding me”
Ze reassured her but she angrily honked at him while continuing to shove the spoon to his mouth.
“Fine only this one time”
Ze drank the soup from the spoon it tasted slightly bitter with a nice creamy aftertaste.
It was chicken soup.
Ze then proceeded to take the bowl from Moe and eat the rest himself.
Moe throughout him eating the soup continuously stared at him with her shiny big blue eyes as if looking away would cause Ze to spontaneously to disappear.
“Hmm”
“Moe this is really good you did a great job making this soup, probably the best soup you’ve ever made”
Ze reassured her.
Once Ze had finished his soup Moe quickly took his empty bowl and scurried off into the kitchen.
Now it was just Regect and Ze in the living room.
Regect eventually snapped out of whatever daydream he was having and was about to say something to Ze.
“Ze sorry I-“
“SUSH SHUT shut it”
“What is your favourite song?”
Ze demanded
“Uhh what?”
Regect replied confused by the random question Ze had just asked.
“NO WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SONG ANSWER ME DAMM IT!!??”
Ze screamed already frustrated at Regect for taking so long he didn’t even know if it was even safe to be around this faker.
“UUHHH It’s in the big country???”
It took a moment for Ze to comprehend it but this really was Regect the way he spoke the way he carried himself it really was him.
“Regect??? Is that actually you?? Oh thank god it’s really you,”
“Well duhh who else would I be?”
Regect intercepted.
“Oh boy I have soo much to tell you dude you won’t believe what happend like I was in this hole and like there were these eyes?? And like there were fake clones of you and Moe”
“Wait fake clones???”
Regect interrupted again.
“Dude we encountered a fake clone of you like a while back who was soo obviously fake I don’t even know why anyone would even want to pretend to be you but like me and and Moe beat the shit out of him, it was so fucking funny dudee if only you were there to see it”
Regect explained
“What?? There was a fake clone of me??”
Ze questioned
“Yeah dude it was so funny he didn’t even bother trying to act like you at all”
“Also where have you been for these past few like however long it was days or whatever??”
Regect replied while crossing his arms he clearly wasn’t happy for Zes disappearance.
“You guys were worried about me?”
Ze questioned not expecting Regect and Moe to genuinely care for him.
“Yeah dude of course we did we spent like months looking for you dude??”
“Honestly I thought you guys didn’t even care?”
“Dude your actually an idiot like your an actual idiot if you really think that”
“Well whatever what even happened??”
“BROO I found you fully knocked out bleeding on the ground that’s what happened like maybe you should care to explain WHAT HAPPEND TO YOU???
Regect shouted out in pure confusion.
“Well I was getting to it before you rudely interrupted me??”
Ze spat back
“No I didn’t?? When did I ever interrupt you??” “Matter of fact you kept interrupting me???”
Regect replied with a frustrated tone
“NO YOU ALWAYS INTERRUPT EVERYONE YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME DON’T DENY IT??”
“Idk what your talking about dude your talking crazyy”
“NO IM THE ONE TELLING THE TRUTH”
Ze screamed out
“NO DUDE YOU ALWAYS LIEE!!!”
Regect retorted back
“HONK HONK HONK”
Moe had interrupted the both of them before they could start their fighting sessions again.
She angrily punched Regects shoulder while honking.
“HONK HONK HONK!!??”
“Your right Moe I’m sorry I shouldn’t be picking fights with Ze at his current state”
Meanwhile moe turned around to look at Ze and just gave him an angry glare while honking at him to stop picking fights
She then wrapped her arms around both of them bringing them in into a close group hug to settle the fighting.
Once she felt like the two had calmed down enough she then instructed both Regect and Ze to sleep as both of them seriously needed rest.
(Ze needed his rest to recover meanwhile Regect needed rest after he had spent the whole 2 nights refusing to sleep while looking after Ze)
(Idk how but) somehow they had all cuddled up with each other onto the tiny couch (Ze refused to be anywhere near Regect but was forced to be in the centre anyways) as they all slowly drifted to peaceful sleep.
Both Regect and Moe knowing that Ze was finally home and safe.
While Ze knew he was finally home with the real people he loved and cared about.