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'…She's so cool..'
Beetle thought to herself for what could've been the hundredth time today.
'Kat Hollowbone was naturally talented at, like, EVERYTHING. It's not surprising that she has so many friends and is doing so well at Sarcophaga. But..it feels different.'
...
'She just doesn't seem like the same person who used to roleplay with me, or write cheesy romance fanfiction about side characters that nobody cared about but us. I feel like if I asked that question now she'd laugh at me and leave.'
"Beetle?" An uncomfortably familiar voice suddenly rattled around in Beetle's head like a crazy pinball machine-
"Abubeheayeah, what?"
Oh my GOD.
"I- uh- YEAH yes, what is it!" She stumbled, making everything worse.
Or..better? Kat was laughing! Guess those stuck up students didn't turn her into one of them; all boring and unfun. Beetle didn't know why she felt so hot, or so sweaty that just by looking at BG would dissolve them! That was kind of gross.
But Beetle never was like this before! She always messed up her words like that before Kat left but it never embarrassed her, she didn't even think about it!
"I guess you have a lot on your mind, huh? I kind of do too, I guess," Kat spoke for Beetle, looking down at her hands which she was fidgeting with awkwardly.
Beetle had a feeling it wasn't just her who thought things had changed. "Yeah, um, anyway how is Sarcophaga?!" She quickly tried to change the subject to relieve the embarrassment but all she did was latch onto how aggressively she said Sarcophaga!
Kat's gaze softened. "It's been okay. Really tough, but I'm managing. They teach you some pretty neat things there, but you know? Sometimes I'd rather do fun stuff, like pick up writing fanfiction again, you know?"
The mere mention of "fanfiction" assured Beetle that this was definitely the same Kat that she used to hang out with.. Wait, pick it back up? "You stopped writing?"
Kat looked down at her hands again, fidgeting them once more. "Yeah, it was kind of no fun once you weren't around to write with me.."
Why did Kat valuing spending time with Beetle make her feel so happy? Must be because it's been so long. "Yeah, me and BG have been working on their OC, the story gets pre-ty wild," BG boasted a hearty grin, and Beetle's confidence was stored entirely in that 'pretty'.
She paused for a moment to process.
"I mean, like we can totally show you! If you want, you know!" She instinctively ran her hands through her hair. "And like, you can continue your OC's story.." She said much more sheepishly.
Kat laughed again, yet this time was much more lovely Beetle thought to herself and ONLY to herself. Before Kat could calm down she sort of blurted out, "you're different! Well, I mean like in a good way!"
"Yeah?" Beetle asked with a small smile that for the life of her she just could not wipe off. "I was thinking the same thing.."
They both became silent again, and BG was just enjoying the show honestly.
"In the good way, too!" Beetle added on right as the thought came to her, to avoid any miscommunication that lived only as scenarios in her mind.
"Of course!" Kat assured.
…
Beetle didn't know what else to say, but she wasn't necessarily in a hurry to think anything up. Where they were right now was enjoyable. She was so glad to see Kat again, and even if she didn't talk to beetle at all the whole time she'd still love it just as much, just because Kat was there with her.
And just the same, Beetle was a breath of fresh air to Kat. Everything was so boring and stressful for so long, she really missed being able to pal around with Beetle, and she definitely didn't mind BG either!
"So, um, BG how's your character coming along?" Kat finally broke the silence that wasn't very heavy, well, to her at least.
Blob Ghost lit up, and began shifting into different shapes to help convey their character to Kat, with the help of Beetle's insanely detailed memory of what they had written down together, much to Kat's delight, as there was finally a new character added to the mix!
'Finally, it was getting pretty boring before today.' Kat and Beetle both thought to themselves.