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Kel was having a... OK day! Since Sunny left Faraway and confessed, that's all his day's have been, Hero was very adamant on not going to see Sunny.. At all. No calling, no hanging out.. Just nothing.
The younger brother hated this, Hero couldn't dictate what he did! He wasn't a kid- Kel was almost seventeen for god's sake!
So, Kel did what anyone would do! He waited until Hero left, went to Aubrey and Basil..
"Hey guyyss!" Kel cheered, getting in the middle of them walking, his arms around both Aubrey's and Basil's shoulders.
"What do you want, nerd?" Aubrey scoffed, though it was mostly playful as she swatted at Kel's arm.
"H-Hey Kel!" Basil stuttered.
Kel rolled his amber eyes at Aubrey, keeping his arm there.
"How would you guys feel abouttt..." Kel trailed off to make suspense. To which Aubrey sighed in annoyance.
"..About going to visit Sunny?!" The brunet exclaimed, Aubrey took awhile to forgive Basil and Sunny, but she forgave them eventually. Basil immediately lit up, straightening and nodding frantically.
"Y-Yes! I wan-na see Sunny!" Basil replied, a smile playing on his face.
"Fine.. But don't expect me to break down the door or anything.." Aubrey huffed, crossing her arms.
"Great!" Kel shouted, excited.
"Now here's the plan-" The brunet was going to explain.
"No plan, we're going freestyle, got it?" The pinkette smirked. Kel looked at her, confused, as did Basil.
"B-But... How- How are we going- to get Sunny.. To open up..?" Basil questioned.
"Oh.. I'll find a way." Aubrey smiled, deviously.
...And that's how they got here. In a Walmart parking lot, Kel and Aubrey arguing and Basil about to have a panic attack.
"I told you, Kel! They don't sell fucking walls!" Aubrey yelled, exasperated.
"Well then that's misleading!" Kel argued back.
"G-Guys! We- Need to fin- Find Sunny!" Basil interrupted, stammering. Nervous.
All they knew was that Sunny was in a apartment building, a brick one, with.. Graffiti. This was so different from Faraway!
Some kids, seemingly around everyone's age, a redhead with a absolutely MISERABLE look on his face, a sleeveless shirt and jeans, a girl.. Or guy- No one could tell, with short cyan hair, a beanie with some pins on it and a stoner vibe, a blonde girl in a dress with flora on it.
The cyan kid accidentally bumped into Basil. Dropping... Whatever the hell they were holding.
"Shittt... Sorry, dude.." They apologize, a little bit slurred. The blonde hitting them on the back of their head.
"Atlas! I told you to watch where you were going!" She scolded... Atlas pouting and crossing their arms, the ginger sighing and walking over.
"...Are you guys okay?" He asked, exasperatedly. His ginger hair was curly. He put out a pale, sunburned hand out for Kel to shake... It was funny, the ginger was taller than Kel.
"I am! I dunno about Basil.." Kel shook it, the ginger wincing at the pressure of it.
"Oh.. Well, I'm Logan.. Sorry about Atlas and Ceres, they're.. A special case." Logan apologized. Before a different girl came running up and jumped on Logan-
Jesus, what was going on- Anyways, the girl had long brown hair, around midback, blue eyes, and moles... Everywhere on her body. She was wearing a tank top, with a skirt, and some sneakers, underneath the skirt she had on leggings.
"Heeeyyy there, Fruit tarrttt!~" Said girl mocks, until Logan just gives up and falls back.
Aubrey was... Very confused, though she helped Basil up, and started talking to the.. Atlas Weed Guy™
"Sooo.." Atlas trails off, looking at the two and adjusting his beanie.
"Are you a stoner?" Aubrey asks, bluntly.
"A-Aubrey!" Basil stammers.
"What? Everyone was thinking it!" She defends.
"Uhh.. Y'know... Are you a cop?" Atlas squints, crossing his arms.
"No, quite the opposite, actually." The pinkette responds, shrugging.
"...Eh.. Sometimes." He answered.
When both groups got into their respective order, Kel asked a question.
"Do any of you guys know a Sunny Suzuki? We're looking for him, we haven't seen him in a while! He's short.. Missing an eye.. Pale.. Black hair.. Quiet.." The brunet questions and trails off, fighting himself off from calling him cute.
"..Sunny? Oh yeah, we know a Sunny. But he's.. Not quiet, I'll tell you that much. But your description fits, mostly." Logan nods.
"Where is he?!" Kel asks, excitedly.
"He-" Logan gets cut off by the brunette girl.
"-Oh, Fruit basket? The great Thelia will show you!" Thelia cuts in, puffing her chest out and walking the other way.
"...Just don't give her your address and you should be fine.." Ceres mumbled.
And so, the original squad follows a delusional brunette.