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“Wait–so I was a zombie-barf-thing and I sent you to the elimination space?” Two said, an obvious tiredness ringing in their voice that they were bound to ignore
“Yeah! We got sent to Pie’s room! Well, me Tennis Ball and GB–so we didn’t get to see much since we couldn’t leave as it was upside down,” Gaty said. The two were walking along the shore line while the rest of the contestants were recovering everyone who died, or getting onto each other, but that mainly applied to Just Not, “But it was better than what I heard Four did to the eliminated contestants before the BRB,”
“Oh yeah, his math class, I don’t know how people can like math so much,” Two mumbled the last part, a bit of sand getting in their shoes,
“Did anyone else you’ve mentioned not like math? Or was it just you?” She asked, that certain spark in her eyes that reminded Two of the stars,
“Eh, Nine was indifferent about it, Six and One didn’t particularly like it but they would go hand out with everybody else if they were doing math–but sometimes, well, most times, One would stay with me and we talk about what books we we’re reading, or play on the swings,” Two said as they stopped walking to sit down.
“Do you ever… miss them?” Gaty asked, following Two and sitting down beside them,
“All the time, since One and Three disappeared before Four or I left, but, this was worth it. It’d be cool if One was here though, they alway talked about seeing the galaxy,” Two leaned their head on Gaty shoulder as they kicked off their shoes with their heels, “Maybe that's where they went,”
“Heh, sometimes it's weird to think that you used to live on a whole other planet,”
“Yeah, Earth is one of the closer planets to ours, and one of the only ones that had life that wasn't a few light years away,” Two let out a yawn, “And one of the prettier ones,”
“Glad to know that earth is prettier, but I don’t know if I can say anything since earth is the only planet I’ve ever been to,”
“Maybe I’ll–,” Another yawn, “–show you one day,”
“Maybe,”
“I feel like EIght or Five would like you, they’re some of the more calmer ones,”
“And who are the more outrageous ones?” Gaty let out a laugh, her voice going a bit higher as they asked the question,
“Well, there's Four, but you already know him. Then there’s Six, but they’re just a little violent–mainly to Nine. Then there’s–” They shuttered as their voice cracked “Fourteen,”
“Wait–there's double digits–Hey if you don’t want to talk about you don’t have too,” Councered was laced in her voice as she noticed the fear that was in Twos voice,
“No, it’s fine. Basically what happened was that Fourteen was in jail and nobody told me why. So I went to ask them and they started to tell me a story, and, and he tricked me into helping him divide!” They were visibly angry now, their hands balling up into fists, “He told me that he would ‘spare me for now’ and since nobody told me why he was locked up I was super confused–and then he ate Ten’s skin! A-And then mine!”
Gaty stayed silent at the sudden revelation, “And since we can’t die I still have a lot of scars on me because of him!”
“And that's why you’re scared of division signs, isn’t it?” Two sniffed as he nodded,
“Well as long as I’m here I promise that that won’t happen again, ever.” Gaty hugged Two, who happily took the hug in response, “I’ll beat up Fourteen and I’ll get the rest of the contestants to help,”
“Promise?”
“With all the lives I’ll the lives I’ll live,”
“And you’ll live a lot, I’m learning recovery y'know,” Two smiled up at her
“Of course you are,” They both laughed. Gaty laughed at the fact that she’ll probably have eternal life, and Two laughed at the fact that they’ll never be alone again. Two let out another yawn,
“Are you tired?”
“Yeah, I think that I’ll sleep here tonight,” Their eyes started to droop,
“Do you even have a bed for yourself?”
“Nope, I don’t sleep most of the time,” Gaty let out a sigh,
“Then I’ll sleep here with you too then,”
“But what about your bed?”
“I’ll be fine,” Gaty said nonchalantly,
“If you’re sure, good night then Gaty, I love you,”
“Love you too Two,”
And if Two woke up in Gaty’s bed in Team8s room beside her, then who were they to complain?
And if Gaty got a few weird looks from her teammates after bringing in Two at 1 in the morning, who was she to deny a god of comfort?