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His grip on the steering wheel tightened as he stepped on the brakes.
Gear shift.
Beep, beep beep.
Gear shift again. Parked.
The brown-haired, spectacled man stepped out of his car.
Wordlessly, he stuffed his hands into his pocket and smiled,
Stepping into the airport.
-
The engine drones on.
“Passengers, this is your captain speaking.”
He expected to hear bad news.
“We’ve successfully landed. Welcome to Florida.”
The passengers rise from their seats.
The dark-haired man looked away from his grinning reflection in the window.
And he stands up.
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The Manhunt chatters
Dream: Bad!!! I heard from Ant that you’re meeting up with Skeppy like… right now-
Antfrost: I’m sorry Bad!!! I had to tell someone other than Velvet because it’s finally happening. After like, so long!!!!
Antfrost: Oh and Velvet says hi and good luck!
BadBoyHalo: Oh c'mon Ant I wanted to surprise everyone >:(
Antfrost: Sorry but I’m not sorry. I’m just so excited!!!!
Sapnap: Excited for them to finally kiss?
Antfrost: HELL YEAH -Velvet
Antfrost: Sorry that was Velvet
Antfrost: Anyways-
GeorgeNotFound: wtf is happening
Dream: GOGY
GeorgeNotFound: what.
Dream: THEY’RE MEETING UP
GeorgeNotFound: Who’s meeting up with who???
BadBoyHalo: Me and Skeppy :)
Sapnap: LOL GOGY DID U JUST WAKE UP
GeorgeNotFound: It’s literally 4am you can’t blame me
GeorgeNotFound: We don’t exactly have the same timezone u know
Dream: WELL YOU HAVE TO STAY UP NOW IT’S MEETUP TIME
GeorgeNotFound: Wait… it’s like, right now?
BadBoyHalo: Yeah… his flight just landed. I’m waiting at the arrival halls right now
Antfrost: WOOOOOOO SKEPHALO FOREVER -Velvet
Antfrost: I won’t bother apologising now
Sapnap: BECAUSE YOU’RE RIGHT
Dream: WOOOO POP OFF SAPNAP
Dream: GEORGE JOIN IN ON THE FUN COME ON GOGY
GeorgeNotFound: Okay fine
GeorgeNotFound: OMG SKEPHALO IS REAL YESS POP OFF
GeorgeNotFound: There are you happy
Dream: yes.
Sapnap: yes
Antfrost: Yes. -Velvet (and Ant, even if he isn’t at the phone)
BadBoyHalo: Guys!!! O_o
-
Ping!
Skeppy sent a message!
Skeppy: bda
Skeppy: dba
Skeppy: Bad
BadBoyHalo: Yes Skeppy?
Skeppy: I jsut got out of the plaen
BadBoyHalo: I’m at the arrival halls waiting! :D
Skeppy: Alright
Skeppy: I was scaered you wouldn’t show up all of a suden
BadBoyHalo: Of course not! I wouldn’t miss this for the world!
Skeppy: Alright I gtota go seeya
BadBoyHalo: See you in a few minutes!
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The Manhunt chatters
BadBoyHalo: Guys… he’s here!!
BadBoyHalo: Actually, now I’m kinda scared
Antfrost: Aww Bad, don’t overthink this too much. I know Skeppy’ll like you just the way you are.
Antfrost: Even if you’re such a muffinhead
Antfrost: Velvet framed me I swear
Dream: Yeah Bad I’m sure you’re still the same muffin man we all have come to know and love <3
GeorgeNotFound: Yeah the one who throws knives (it’s a joke)
Sapnap: Go and pop off with ur manz Bad
Antfrost: YEAAAA
Dream: YEAAAAAAAA
Sapnap: YEAAAAAAAAAA
GeorgeNotFound: yeaaaaaaaa
BadBoyHalo: You are all muffinheads -_-
Antfrost: More like you’re Skeppy’s muffinhead
Sapnap: WOOOOOOOO GET HIM ANT
Sapnap: OR VELVET WHOEVER IT WAS
-
Skeppy sent a message!
Skeppy: I’m walkinggg to luggage collection point rn
Skeppy: or sumth
BadBoyHalo: I’ll look out for you :D
-
Bad finally looked up from his phone.
His nerves were at their peak. He was going to see his best friend, and it was going to change their whole lives. The best outcome was that Skeppy has a good time meeting up with him, the worst outcome was that he leaves because well, either Bad screwed up or he just didn’t like Bad in real life.
…
Bad didn’t think about it.
What mattered was that it was happening, right now, and he would do anything for him. For his happiness. Even if it had taken him forever to agree to it.
-
Skeppy was bouncing in excitement.
He could. not. wait.
After, what, a year? Of asking and asking and asking and asking and asking… (you get my point.) Bad finally, finally agreed.
Skeppy honestly felt happy. He didn’t know what managed to convince his best friend,
But he would take any chance he could get.
The luggage collection point was in view now. Internally, he knew Bad would be looking for him even from here.
That just made him anticipate this more.
Imagine, your best friend of two years is a glass pane, a few steps away, and you can finally, finally give them a hug, after longing to for so, so long.
Who wouldn’t like the idea of that?
Skeppy ran towards the collection aisle. He only had one luggage, one which was most definitely noticeable even from afar.
A light, bright blue luggage with Skeppy’s minecraft character’s blocky diamond head as a sticker on the side of it made him grin as the people looked at it in awe, shock, he didn’t know. He just liked seeing their reactions.
Oh, how fun it was going to be trolling his best friend.
-
Bad started seeing the luggage collection conveyor belt start moving.
Knowing that Skeppy would come out soon enough, after all, he was the one that kept him waiting, and Bad was 100% sure that Skeppy was going to be excited.
(“achoo!” Skeppy sneezed, and he mumbled to himself “You better not be sick, not now when you’re literally about to meet him.”)
And he was right.
Bad saw a ridiculously bright light blue luggage. From where he was standing. Which was where literally everyone was.
And he knew that was, most definitely,
Skeppy’s.
Bad, quite literally, facepalmed.
But the next moment he looked up and the luggage was gone.
“Wha- where’d it go???” he mumbled, swivelling his head around. Bad walked towards the doors that Skeppy would come out of…
-
And suddenly, bursting out of the only glass doors was him.
Bad could feel his jaw slacken, but he did nothing to stop it.
Skeppy was a living angel.
Bad thought Skeppy looked good (admittedly, very handsome) in their calls? No. This was even better.
He was beautiful.
Glowing like the sun, his smile unwavering from his face, the blue Skeppy hoodie hiding his hands that gripped the luggage firmly, as he looked around for the person who was staring at him in all his wondrous glory.
Bad wanted to ascend. Forget being a demon, he’d rather be an angel and just ascend right to heaven from this. If he died and this was the last thing he saw, he was okay with it.
Then their eyes met.
Alright, Bad’s soul practically left his body.
-
Dark irises meet green.
Skeppy could not help himself.
“What the fuck.” he cursed.
-
The world was silent.
Except for them two.
Skeppy walked forward, his eyes never leaving Bad’s.
Bad was really never one for eye contact.
But he feared, if he tore his eyes away,
His best friend would vanish as if this never happened.
A hand on his cheek.
“...Bad?”
“Skeppy…”
And arms wrapped around his waist tightly, as Skeppy buried his face in Bad’s shirt, “I’m here.”
Bad couldn’t help but hug him back. “You’re here.”
The tears couldn’t be stopped anymore. They were in a world of their own, a bubble of happiness, and they couldn’t care less if people stared at them, they couldn’t care less if anyone recognised their happy faces beaming with joy as they held each other.
They were together, finally,
And both felt whole again, in the arms that welcomed them home.
Bonus!!!
The Manhunt chatters
Dream: Bad???
Dream: Baddd?????????????????????????
Antfrost: BADDD WE NEED AN UPDATE ARE YOU OKAY
GeorgeNotFound: Can I sleep now
Dream: No.
Sapnap: No.
GeorgeNotFound: ok
Sapnap: BAD??????????
Antfrost: VELVET’S DEMANDING AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION AND ASKS IF YALL HAVE KISSED YET
Sapnap: They probably have
BadBoyHalo: No >:/
Dream: OMG BAD HOW WAS IT
Antfrost: VELVET ASKS IF U BECAME A SIMP
GeorgeNotFound: i actually wonder what’s going on in ur brain rn
Sapnap: So?????
BadBoyHalo: Well he’s amazing as always what can i say
Antfrost: Ha simp -Velvet
Sapnap: Vouch
Dream: TRUE
BadBoyHalo: Hey :V I’m here you know
Dream: Well you’re not like gogy he’s literally going to fall asleep i just know it
BadBoyHalo: It’s almost 5am in England, give him a break o_O
Antfrost: Sleep is for the weak
Sapnap: HA GEORGE IS WEAK
Dream: Gogy the weak HA
GeorgeNotFound: jokes on u all i’m still awake
Dream: GASPSPSPSPS
Sapnap: no way
Sapnap: he’s awake
Antfrost: guys we’re straying from the topic-
BadBoyHalo: no, no let them continue I don't wanna be interrogated
GeorgeNotFound: No, Bad what are u doing here go play with ur bf
BadBoyHalo: my breakfast??? But I already had breakfast-
BadBoyHalo: also don’t encourage playing with your food >:(
Dream: oh my god he’s too innocent lord help us all
Sapnap: he’s pure
Antfrost: unlike us
Sapnap: true
BadBoyHalo: Forget you all I’m going to help Skeppy :/
Antfrost: Alright simp -Velvet
Antfrost: I’m sorry I had to
GeorgeNotFound: he took my suggestion
Dream: Why don’t you take mine and come visit Sapnap and I then
Sapnap: YES GOGY VISIT US
GeorgeNotFound: No.
-
Bad could only chuckle as he stood from the comfortable sofa, longing to hear Skeppy’s voice again. Oh, how he was a fool in love.
“Skeppy!”
“Bad!”
Splash!
“WHA- HEY!”
“HAHAHA, GOT YOU!”
This was going to be a long stay.
...
Bad didn’t mind.