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February, oh the month of love. The month to spend time with your loved ones; holding hands, kissing, giving gifts, and just overall being loved by one another.
Everyone enjoys this time of the month, it helps them feel appreciated and lets them know they are loved, whether it would be platonic or romantic!
There is one guy though, he HATES this month. He hates how everyone gets excited over something so “useless” in his words. He sees no point in it, it's just another wasteful day to give you something to do with your life he says.
If only he could actually experience it himself, maybe he would change his mind?
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‘Stupid people and their stupid partners UGH! I hate it! I hate it!’ Raymesis grit his teeth together, just the thought of love made him sick. He couldn’t stand people having fun!
He started kicking small rocks in a path he was walking in, he didn’t know where he was going really he just wanted to get away from all the lovey dovey stuff.
Just that alone made him regret joining his enemy’s side, how can Rayman even deal with all of that? It's so gross! I mean-
Raymesis hit his head to get the thought of Rayman out of his mind. He didn’t know why Rayman kept popping up into his head unannounced. Learn some privacy will ya?
Raymesis wasn’t really looking where he was going, so he ended up bumping into someone. “HEY WATCH-” Raymesis almost went into a fit of rage before realizing he bumped into his friend Selena.
“Oh..Hey Sel..” He put his hand on his neck, looking away from her just kinda refusing to make eye contact.
“Hey! I was just looking for you actually!” She smiled, resting her right hand on her hip.
“Really? Huh, what timing..” Raymesis awkwardly said he wasn’t the best at conversations with others. This was an issue he struggled with, which is why he barely has any friends.
“Yea! Haha! But I wanted to ask if you wanted to go to the shop with me to pick out some stuff, and I kinda need help with it..heh..” Selena smiled nervously, though she tried hiding it. Which Raymesis noticed immediately.
‘Help..? What would she need MY help for..?’ He thought standing in silence for a few seconds, debating on whether or not to actually ask why she needed his help.
“Hm..for what?” He asked, he was genuinely curious on what she needed his help for. Villains? Cleaning? Or girl lesbian stuff?? He didn’t know, he just wanted to find out. His curiosity was getting to him.
Selena blushed a little bit, she started putting this awkward smile on her face while fidgeting with her hands. This gave Raymesis his answer, making him tick a little.
‘Ah..I see..’ Raymesis got a bit angry, I mean she KNEW he didn’t like that type of stuff. He decided to leave it be since she was y’know, his friend.
“Telling by your reaction i'm guessing you figured it out, I just need some suggestions for gifts! You don’t have to do anything too serious to help me!” She started flapping her hands a little bit, sweating a lot, she seemed like she REALLY needed his help.
Raymesis rolled his eyes, ‘god she really is pathetic as she says she is..this is sad.’
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One thing Raymesis hates the most, it's love but other than being in love it's also being in a really big crowd. Especially during “special events” like these. It made him sick, he felt like he was gonna throw up. He KNEW he was being watched, but by who he doesn’t know.
He can’t pick up any specific sounds from anyone due to it being all noisy, too much noise messes up his echolocation.
He couldn’t help but clench his teeth at seeing people being all touchy with each other in the huge crowds.
“Whatever you’re wanting to get it better be quick.” He said with an attitude, he really hoped this wouldn’t take long. He just felt nauseous and wanted to go back to picking fruits like he originally planned.
“Don’t worry, all we’re doing is just picking up some flowers! It shouldn’t take that long.” She grinned, putting her hand on his shoulder. This made Raymesis uncomfortable, but all he could do was sigh.
“So like, did you ever figure out what type of flowers she likes? Or are you just winging it?” Raymesis looked at her, wondering if she actually got any info on the girl before anything.
“Nooo…I’m kinda just winging it” she shrugged her shoulders awkwardly, making Raymesis look at her in disbelief.
“You’ve gotta be kidding me..” He pinched the bridge of his nose. He can’t believe he was genuine friends with a fucking idiot.
“But! You can pick out which one you think she likes!” Selena smiled wildly, hoping to get Raymesis off of her neck. Which did not work.
“Selena..” He said.
“Yea?” She looked over at him, but his face made her sweat.
He looked pissed.
“I don’t know the girl.” He turned to Selena. Making her gulp and step back.
“What makes you think? I KNOW WHAT FLOWERS TO GET?!” He shouted at her, he was shaking with rage. Pissed at the fact Selena had the audacity to tell HIM to pick the flowers. When SHE is the one that's in love not HIM!
“Uhhh…” She tried getting something out of her mouth to not get murdered in front of thousands of people. Who were looking at the two, whispering.
“You guys act the same! So you guys might like the same flowers??” She put her hands up in defense.
Raymesis kept staring into her eyes like he was casting a personal spell on her.
“Y’know…” she gulped “great minds think..uh..alike?” Selena was practically shaking at the point, she honestly had no clue what else to say.
“Just..” Raymesis took a deep breath. “Just bring me to the flowers..” He looked away, honestly having zero clue on what to do there. There’s no point in yelling about something so useless.
Selena sighed in relief, she was spared for another day. “Alrighty! C’mon they’re this way” she told him while dragging him to the flowers.
Raymesis was worried about the amount of people staring at them. God he hated it. He hated how much people saw him as a villain still, he hated how much he was in Raymans shadow. He was so far deep into it he felt as if it were true.
He will always be Raymans enemy.
He was a nightmare which is fair why people don’t like him as much, hell maybe even not liking him at all, but, he has saved The Glade more than once with Rayman after leaving his creator's castle. So it’s only fair he gets at least some hero treatment right..?
“RAYMESIS!!”
He jumped not noticing he spaced out.
“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?!” He shouted back, shortly realizing after that he was only bringing more attention to himself once more.
He put his ears down more than they already were.
“You were spacing out again, you need to stop doing that.” Selena told him, crossing her arms. Though she said this with genuine concern. Hmm..
“Can’t make any promises.” He put his hands in his pockets, looking away. His wrists aching. He will always be the same old Raymesis, the one who can’t be trusted because he was the first creation of Mr.Dark. Raymesis furrowed his eyebrows, making a growl in the process.
Selena sighed, turning to the flowers that were behind her.
“You still wanna pick them out?” She raised her eyebrow turning to him “I mean it’s your choice man, I’m not forcing you.” She put her hand on his shoulder and looked at him letting him know it was ok to say no.
“No it's fine, I mean you need it don’t you? I’m not THAT much of an asshole.” He walked over to the flowers scanning at the different ones sitting in front of him. He saw one that caught his eye, they looked well..dead? Almost.
He picked them and handed them to Selena. “Here.” He watched as she looked at him then at the flowers then back at him, with the most confused expression on her face.
“Raymesis..” She started. Coughing to clear her throat.
“Not trying to be rude or anything” Selena started sweating “But these flowers are practically dead at this point..are you sure yo-” She inhaled “Are you sure she’ll want these?” exhaling the last part kinda fast.
She continued to examine the dead like flowers.
“I mean, great minds think alike right?” He turned to her with a smug expression. Leaving Selena in a bit of a shock, she tried saying something but she couldn’t get it out.
“Welp I’m off, see you later Sel..” He walked off waving to her without looking back.
“See ya..” Selena said in a low tone, watching as she saw Raymesis get smaller and smaller as he walked off.
She sighed heavily as she pulled out her phone dialing a number.
“Sooo…did he pick anything?” The person on the other end asked Selena. Their tone was excitement mixed with worry. Selena rolled her eyes.
“Yea he did, and you’ll NEVER guess what he picked.” She said with a somewhat annoyed tone. She looked around as if she was finding something or someone. Squinting her eyes to get a better look.
But she found nothing and groaned.
“Just get your ass over here and pay for this shit I did what you asked.” Selena told the person harshly.
“Yea yea, I’ll be there in a second..” The person sounded annoyed like they regretted picking Selena to do their job.
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(THIS IS THE END , TY FOR READING!!)