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5 AM

It was simply the same as every morning in the cabin. Only three people were awake at this time, Guest 1337, Elliot, and 007n7.

Guest 1337 and Elliot were working out together, it was normal for Guest 1337 but not for Elliot. Typically by now Elliot would be opening the pizzeria, but of course since he’d been forsakened he couldn’t exactly do that.

007n7 was in the kitchen making breakfast for everyone, he did so every single morning without anyone even asking. Nobody really knew why he did it most assumed it was to get on the good side of the group.

In actuality it was because he was used to getting up before work and cooking for himself and c00lkid.

He would always ask his son what he wanted, the answer was always the same. C00lkid had always wanted pancakes. So 007n7 grew used to making them every morning. He had also grown used to cooking them a bit differently for everyone else, Shedletsky always got Chicken and Waffles, while he usually gave Two Time kids silverware made of plastic just incase, he made Guest 1337 ones with broccoli mixed in to try and help him keep up shape, the rest didn’t really get anything special since they didn’t necessarily require/ask for it.

So here 007n7 was, making breakfast at five in the morning while he heard Guest 1337 and Elliot working out together. Elliot was struggling a bit because he wasn’t exactly on the same level as Guest 1337.

6 AM

Footsteps, slow and groggy, heard through the halls as everyone else woke up. Guest 1337 made sure everyone was awake by six just incase a match started so they’d be aware.

Chance was the first in the kitchen and he saw 007n7 still cooking, having already given Guest 1337 and Elliot their breakfast. Chance noticed something he hadn’t before..n7 used his tail as a third arm somewhat. The man was using it to mix up some more batter.

Chance just sat down without saying anything, then Shedletsky, then Dusekkar, and slowly everyone had filed into the kitchen and 007n7 was handing them plates of food.

7 AM

They were all talking about whatever, and 007n7 was sipping some coffee not paying attention to the conversation.

Until he heard something,

“Why don’t we talk about our lives before we ended up here? I mean we do know the basic stuff but…what if we knew a little bit more? Could help us work better together in matches!” It was a suggestion from Two Time, and suddenly everyone was staring at 007n7. He shifted uncomfortably, “…Why are you all staring at me like that?” He said quietly and Shedletsky piped up, “Well, we don’t really know you. Just what you did in your past, and we’re curious.”

007n7 sighed “What is it exactly that you want to know about? Hm?” He stated bluntly and Chance smirked “How’d you get a kid? No offense but I have a hard time believing that they’d let you adopt a kid.”

007n7 hesitated before he answered, “He was left at my doorstep..and I decided to keep him.”

Everyone went silent as they realized one very important thing, if c00lkid had been left for 007n7 to find then that likely meant whoever did so intended for him to harm c00lkid.

“I know..I know why he was left there okay?” 007n7 muttered and he sat down. He hated thinking about that, he didn’t even know how his life would be if he had..

He never wanted to imagine that, imagine how much he’d miss out on. He wouldn’t trade his son for anything in the world, even now. Even when he knew that c00lkid was unintentionally hurting people. That was his baby..

“Okay..um how about..what were you doing when you got forsakened?” Two Time said trying to break the silence that had fallen on the room. Elliot wanted to stop them from asking, he knew, he’s the one who had found 007n7 after all. It’s part of why he couldn’t bare to see the man dead. It made him feel sick.

“…I killed myself.” 007n7 stated flatly, and the room grew quiet once more and slowly the conversation moved on. But something was different in the room, almost like everyone had come to an agreement..

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11 am

007n7 hadn’t spoken with anyone since he had told them of his death. He knew that technically none of them were dead even if at least some of them had died before.

Elliot and Chance were watching 007n7 from afar, both filled with different thoughts. The man was cleaning the cabin, like he did almost every day. 

While Chance hadn’t even ever considered that 007n7 might’ve ended himself..Elliot had known all along, he had seen it happened.

 It scarred him for weeks afterwards and still did. Seeing 007n7 die in matches made him queasy..he felt bad all things considered. He wished it was different, that he could’ve helped 007n7 out. Of course the two hadn’t ever really seen eye to eye…but he felt like shit for letting the man die in such a way.

Shedletsky entered the room and he noticed Chance and Elliot just staring and he decided to do something. He approached 007n7 and hugged him from behind, wrapping his wings around him.

“Shedletsky! What are you..doing?” 007n7 said awkwardly, this was unexpected. Shedletsky just hummed, “Well, you looked like you needed it!” Shedletsky said as he began putting his hands in 007n7’s pockets looking for anything the man could use to harm himself. “Shedletsky!” 007n7 yelped as Shedletsky’s hands reached his back pockets. 

Shedletsky pulled away with a goofy smile, “Sorry!~ Had to make sure you didn’t have anything on you!” 

Elliot and Chance were speechless, both shocked by Shedletsky’s approach…not that the man hadn’t done similar things to Two Time after finding out what happened when they were around knives. 

007n7 cheeks were dusted pink, “Just because I killed myself doesn’t mean I’m going to-“ Shedletsky put a hand over 007n7’s mouth before he could finish “Nuh uh, nope! Listen to yourself, besides we all noticed the self-harm scars Seven!” Shedletsky said and 007n7’s face went pale.

Elliot and Chance both looked at Shedletsky in disbelief before Chance spoke up, “Come on Shedletsky! You can’t say stuff like that-“

“It’s true though! We all noticed it!” Shedletsky interrupted, he looked a bit defensive.

“Even if it is, do you not see how rude that is!?” Chance replied, his voice raising and Guest 1337 entered the room, “The hell are you two shouting about-“ he then noticed that 007 was basically being held hostage by Shedletsky. “…Shed, let the man go. He looks scared half to death right now.”

Shedletsky let go of 007n7 even though he didn’t really want to, and 007n7 just stared at the other men around him. He didn’t know what to even say…were his scars really that obvious? It had been years since he’d done anything like that.

Elliot sighed, speaking up for the first time, “Chance is right Shedletsky, it’s messed up to bring that up. Besides, the scars are obviously old.” Elliot spoke bluntly and everyone turned to him. Shedletsky walked away a bit annoyed.

‘Great..I caused more problems for everyone.’ 007n7 thought.

Elliot noticed something was wrong with 007n7 but he couldn’t bring himself to say anything, ‘Why can’t I just..help him, I should’ve tried harder then why can’t I try harder now?’ Thought Elliot, he felt conflicted.

2 PM

They had a match today, against c00lkid and Jason.

007n7 felt like shit, he always did after matches where he saw his son kill without being aware of his actions. He hated it, he hated how he couldn’t prevent this from happening.

He hated himself. 007n7 just decided to go lie down in his bed, and before long someone entered his room.

It was Two Time, “Hey..Seven?” Two Time muttered softly, somewhat out of character for them. They sat on the edge of his bed. “..I know it’s uhm..hard facing someone you knew before this like this..” Two Time stared at 7n, they felt bad for him. Of course they had their own pains with seeing Azure but a part of them hated seeing how 007n7 would stare at c00lkid whenever he saw him.

They could see the pain on his face, the want to save him in his eyes. 

They wanted to help him feel better like he had for them many times, even helping them out with their own problems while the others tried to ignore them.

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-Flashback- 

Two Time was curled up in the fetal position in a closet, the voices had gotten bad. They knew something was wrong with them but not what. The Spawn wouldn’t want this for them? Would it?…

They noticed the closet door open, it was 007n7 the supposedly dangerous ex-hacker. 

“Hey..” Seven spoke softly and he sat beside them, still giving them plenty of space though. Two Time simply stared, and 007 gently grabbed one of their hands.

“Breathe in and out okay?” 007n7 muttered, he was being so gentle and kind..understanding even. Something clicked for Two Time that day, 007n7 might’ve done stuff in his past but..maybe he had changed.

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007n7 stared at Two Time and watched as they hesitated before running a hand through his hair. Such a gentle touch, one he hadn’t felt in a long time. Noli was the only one who’d ever touched him like that but after he made him get that voidstar he hadn’t spoken with him.

007n7 leaned into the touch, he was just so tired…then again he’d been tired for years. But this was different, he hadn’t been taking care of c00lkid and working three jobs just for his kid to live a good life. 

He didn’t have his kid, but he did a similar routine. He still got up and made breakfast, he still cleaned, he still took care of someone, just not his kid. 

He took care of the other survivors.

Two Time just kept running a hand through 007n7’s hair, before Builderman entered the room. “…What are you doing?”

“I’m helping him feel better, what do you think it’s easy for him to see c00lkid like that?” Two Time responded and Bulderman sighed “..No, I don’t. Just thought he’d be alone is all” Builderman had planned to try and comfort 007n7, let him know he forgave him. Why did he feel a little bit jealous of Two Time right now?

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Next day : 8 AM

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It wasn’t exactly odd for some to ask 007n7 for assistance whenever it came to up keeping their less than normal traits. Taph had asked him for help with preening several times before but Shedletsky hadn’t..

Until today, Shedletsky and 007n7 were sitting on the couch while 007n7 helped the other by preening his wings for him, a trash bag nearby slowly filling with feathers so they wouldn’t make a mess everywhere. Usually Builderman would be the one helping Shedletsky preen but today he had been distant with everyone…and since the only other person who knew how to preen wings was 007n7 he asked him for help instead.

This wasn’t necessarily just maintenance of beauty but also to ensure Shedletsky’s wings would still be in good condition.

007n7 noticed something while preening, a lasting scar on Shedletsky’s back from yesterday’s match…wasn’t unusual. Sometimes scars didn’t fully heal, even if they were respawned after dying which is what had happened to Shedletsky. 

“…Does it hurt?” 007 asked softly, he already had a small medkit on hand just in case of accidents, a habit he still had from caring for c00lkid.

“Eh..not really, just stings a little bit.” Shedletsky responded and he shivered when 007n7 began treating the wound..it was right between his wings on his back. 

So let’s just say 007n7 was affecting Shedletsky in a way.

Elliot and Guest 1337 walked into the living room together talking about something before pausing when they saw 007n7 helping Shedletsky. 

“…Why does he help us” Guest 1337 muttered “We all hate his guts..” he continued and Elliot sighed, “He’s been like this before we got into this mess. He used to help rebuild the pizzeria if c00lkid ever damaged it..and he even would give me dinner if he found me out working late.” Elliot mumbled, he knew that this wasn’t exactly new behavior for 007n7.

007n7 ignored them and he finished helping Shedletsky, “There we go, should be done now.” 

Shedletsky turned around and he laid himself out on 007n7, effectively trapping him on the couch with him. “…Shedletsky?” 007n7 muttered, why did the admin seem to have a thing with trapping him lately?

Builderman and Two Time entered the room arguing about something but they stopped when they saw Shedletsky. Bulderman sighed, “Seven did you..treat that wound on his back by any chance?”

“…Yeah? Why?” 7n mumbled

“Cause, he’s basically a massive bird. So now his instincts are basically telling him that you’re his mate or lover. It’ll stop in an hour or so but that’s why I hadn’t treated him sooner.” Bullderman grumbled, why was he now jealous of Shedletsky too?!

Two Time rolled their eyes “Of course he is…” Two Time grumbled.

‘Did I make them upset again?’ 007n7 thought as he stared at the two and then at Shedletsky in his lap. Before yelping softly when Two Time and Builderman sat down on the couch next to him and Shedletsky..

“…I..what are you doing?” 007 mumbled and Two Time shrugged “Well you are stuck here for a bit, might as well give you some company!~” they said with a smile.

Guest 1337 sighed, he had a feeling he knew what was going on here. He didn’t expect everyone to go crazy this soon. “All of you, off of him. You’re going to smother him damnit” Guest 1337 ordered as he stared them down.

Two Time and Builderman got up but Shedletsky didn’t, instead just getting more comfortable. 007n7 didn’t really say anything though, he didn’t even know what to say.

Elliot snorted and began laughing, “He looks like he’s trying to turn you into a nest or something” Elliot began chuckling softly. 007n7 was a bit embarrassed, he wasn’t weak but Shedletsky was a bit too heavy for him to really be able to move.

 “Yeah yeah..can someone help me get him up?” 007n7 muttered softly and Elliot as well as Guest 1337 helped 007n7 get Shedletsky up and Shedletsky looked anything but pleased at that.

 “Oh come on! I would’ve gotten up eventually..” Shedletsky muttered and he walked away, Two Time and Builderman shared a look before following him. 

007n7 felt bad after that of course..he didn’t really mean to piss off Shedletsky. ‘Why do I just keep causing problems for everyone?’ He thought

Elliot noticed his expression and sat down beside him, “Seven it's okay, he’s probably just in a bad mood that isn’t your fault.”

Elliot said softly and he rubbed 007n7’s back, a part of his routine was somewhat to try and make everyone hate him a little bit less. 

Think of it as a way to try and be forgiven, but lately he didn’t really get the feeling anyone would forgive him at all for his actions.

007n7 stared at Elliot, was the other man just lying to him? He had to be right..?

Guest 1337 sighed and sat on the other side of 007n7, “It’s the truth Seven, look…we all know what you’ve done in the past but, it’s obvious you changed. We’ve all gotten over our initial…reaction to being here with you.” He said as he ran a hand through 007n7’s hair.

This was a bit weird, why was everyone so touchy lately? Well Two Time didn’t really count because on more than one occasion they had clung to him so he had grown used to them but everyone else was just…being weird.

Chance and Dusekkar entered the room, talking about something.

“Well I don’t see why you’re so uptight about it, just a little gambling never hurt anyone.” Chance said before he noticed Elliot and Guest 1337 with 007n7

“…Chance, you know at that point it’s just an addiction, right?-“ Dusekkar then noticed the three men as well, “What are you guys doing?” Dusekkar asked.

Elliot just stared at him, what was he doing? Like..he didn’t even have a reason to be rubbing Seven’s back, damnit..something told him old feelings were returning..

Guest 1337 cleared his throat, “Providing some reassurance to Seven…” he said as he averted his gaze, he didn’t have a good reason for this. 

007n7 felt like he was going crazy, no way almost everyone here had some weird kind of crush on him. Maybe it was just his ego or something..yeah

10 AM

007n7 was doing everyone’s laundry, something he also did out of habit. He didn’t really mind it though and even enjoyed it.

Then he got to Chance’s laundry and found his gun…he felt those thoughts returning to his mind. He stared at it for a moment before he held it to his chin and pulled the trigger.

Nothing happened, he pulled it again and again and again but still nothing happened. He then realized it was empty..and he just sat there for a moment before he began crying.

Chance walked in at just the right time, he sat down next to Seven on the floor. “Hey, Hey, what happened?..” Chance gently pulled his gun from 007n7’s hands. “..Did you attempt again?” Chance muttered softly and 007n7 nodded “I don’t even know why..” 

Chance hugged 007n7 “You know there are some chances you shouldn’t take, right?” Chance said quietly and 007n7 began laughing into his shoulder. “Did you just make a name pun? Seriously?” 007n7 said softly and Chance smiled, “Maybe, but hey, you stopped crying.” 

007n7 stared at Chance for a bit and gave him a small smile that made the man’s heart race. “Yeah I did” 007n7 said softly 

Now it was getting good.

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12 PM

Everyone was having a meeting without 007n7 or Taph, to address the elephant in the room of course.

“Okay, it seems Seven is unaware of the effect he has on us and as such we shouldn’t try to act out of the ordinary.” Guest 1337 said as he stood up eyeing down everyone else in the room.

“Or..We could just try to win him over and whoever does gets him?” Shedletsky suggested and Elliot sighed

“He isn’t some prize Shedletsky! Even then he’d get more suspicious than he already is!” Elliot said and he rolled his eyes.

Dusekkar then spoke up, “Well maybe we should all just take turns being close with him? It’d probably make more sense for us to do that even if it would make him a bit suspicious still.”

Everyone turned to him before nodding in agreement, that was the plan.

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Meanwhile with 007n7 and Taph, Seven was now preening Taph’s wings for them and humming softly while he did so. 

Taph was happy with it and was humming along with him.

Full circle.

007n7 wouldn’t be a single father much longer now would he? Excuse the fact he isn’t even really a father at the moment.

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4 pm

007n7 was in the kitchen working on dinner. He was trying to make sure he didn’t burn anything but he couldn’t help but wonder, why was everyone acting weird around him at the moment? He hadn’t done anything right?

Shedletsky was watching him from the doorway and already had a wonderful idea, he was going to flirt with Seven! Of course he couldn’t do it in the “normal” way, they’d all agreed that would be too suspicious after all.

So he decided to opt for a much better approach.

Giving him trinkets of course! Though he didn’t exactly know what to give 007n7 anything that he could use to harm himself was definitely out of the question. Chance did inform everyone else of what 007n7 had tried to do with his gun during the meeting after all.

Then he got it! He’d give him some of his feathers! He’d done it with Builderman so should work with 007 too, right?

007n7 was oblivious to Shedletsky’s plotting, and had turned his thoughts to the food he was making.

Shedletsky had already left and was trying to figure out which ones of his feathers would work when Builderman entered the room, “Shedletsky..what are you doing?” To Builderman the sight before him looked ridiculous, Shedletsky was sat in front of a mirror without a shirt on checking out his wings. 

“..Getting Seven a gift~” Shedletsky said with a smile as he looked back at Builderman. “It worked with you didn’t it?” 

Builderman sighed, “While yes it did, don’t you think that’s a little weird? Not to mention we knew each other better before then too.” He said and Shedletsky froze. “..Hmmm, good point, but also Elliot said we couldn’t flirt..technically this isn’t flirting” Shedletsky said with a smirk.

 Builderman sighed and had a small, fond smile. He stepped closer and ruffled Shedletsky’s hair. “Okay fine, he’s probably going to be weirded out by it but go ahead Sheds”

Shedletsky grumbled something about how 007 won’t be weirded out by his gift. Builderman rolled his eyes, “He’s definitely going to be weirded out by that, he was already weirded out by you practically tackling him and refusing to leave his side earlier, remember?” Builderman said as he looked at Shedletsky watching as the other’s face fell slightly. “You don’t know what you’re talking about..” Shedletsky grumbled and Builderman sighed. “Don’t start this again, besides you can’t just try and act like this is going to magically make him interested in you Sheds” He said before leaving the room. 

Shedletsky stared at himself in the mirror, he hated whenever he doubted himself, or whenever he was reminded of the ways he was in the past. He was better than that now..right?

5 pm

Everyone was eating together, chatting away about things that didn’t really matter.

007n7 as per usual, wasn’t speaking. He didn’t really see a point in it and had gotten used to silently eating and listening while the other’s chatted.

“Last time I’m going to say this Chance, you have a gambling addiction. How you weren’t homeless before ending up here is beyond me.” Dusekkar said, staring at Chance a bit judgmental. 

“It wasn’t an addiction..it isn’t an addiction! You just gotta take a chance sometimes.” Chance spoke with a smug smirk. 

Taph glared at Chance but didn’t comment on it.

Shedletsky was staring at 007n7 though, he knew he couldn’t give the feather to him in front of everyone but he somewhat felt like he should, just to prove Builderman wrong, that 007n7 would actually like his gift. He wouldn’t be rejected.

Elliot sighed and he stared at Chance, “How weren’t you homeless? Like actually? You clearly had a gambling problem and usually people with those issues tend to be homeless before long.”

Chance stopped mid bite, “First, didn’t have a gambling problem you should all stop with that, Second, my family was like super rich..huh I wonder if they’re looking for me right now” Chance mumbled the last part but it had made everyone else go silent.

Who would be looking for them right now? Someone had to be right?

“Wait yeah, wouldn’t people be looking for us?” Dusekkar said as he looked over at Taph, “🤷” Taph..said? 

Elliot’s face fell, “Yeah, my family’s probably wondering why I just disappeared..hope the pizzeria hasn’t closed yet without me.”

007n7 remained quiet, he knew that nobody would really be looking for him. Maybe Noli but that definitely wasn’t a guarantee, he hadn’t spoken to the other for months at a time before. 

7 pm 

Shedletsky saw 007n7 sitting on the couch and reading, he decided this was his chance and sat down beside him. “Heyyy 007!” He said with a smile. 007n7 returned the smile albeit his was much softer, causing Shedletsky’s heart to flutter.

“Hello Shedletsky” 007n7 said politely and Shedletsky was over the moon. “I have something to give you!” Shedletsky said before presenting 007n7 with a feather, not just any feather but one of the most perfect ones he could find on his wings! The feather was a nice goldish brown and practically shimmered in the light! Shedletsky was awfully proud of himself and 007n7 was a bit confused but seeing how proud Shedletsky was he decided to take the feather anyways. “Thank you, it’s beautiful” 007n7 said softly and Shedletsky was ecstatic! 007n7 liked it!

Builderman entered the room and he rolled his eyes, he loved Shedletsky but..why was he so pissed that he was trying to get close to 007n7?

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6 am

Different day same thing, except today for whatever god forsaken reason Guest decided to have everyone work out together. “For survival reasons” he said, Builderman didn’t necessarily need to work out and neither did Shedletsky, but then again the Spectre literally made them as weak as regular Robloxians. So maybe they should start.

Guest was shouting orders at them all like it was boot camp. “Drop and give me twenty! All of you! Now!” He shouted.

Builderman and the rest of the survivors all did it quite easily, they’d been at this for two hours though. So everyone was sweating. Builderman couldn’t help but notice 007n7 though, sweat gleaming on his forehead and chest, the man wasn’t wearing a shirt and Builderman couldn’t help but be distracted. Well, neither could everyone else either apparently. Shedletsky and Taph’s wings were both slightly puffed up, Chance was shamelessly staring, Two Time was trying to avert their gaze, Elliot was stealing glances at him and Dusekkar seemed to be the only person not ogling 007. 

007n7 didn’t seem to notice though, but Builderman did..and it pissed him off. 

8 am

Builderman was in his room with Shedletsky in his lap being preened by him. “I don’t get it, why does it affect me so much whenever other people are around him?” Builderman said as he ran a hand through Shedletsky’s feathers.

 “Because, like the rest of us you have it bad for 007.” Shedletsky said with a smirk. “Kinda wish we could look badass like we used to back in the day. You know? Impress him with it” He continued and Builderman scoffed, “Love ya Sheds, but I feel like that’d just scare him.”

“..So what should I do? I can’t openly flirt with him..” Builderman mumbled his hands pausing from preening Shedletsky. 

“Maybe try showing off or something? I dunno..unlike me you don’t have any wonderful feathers to give him” Shedletsky said with a smug smirk, Builderman lightly hit him on the back of the head. “Why did I marry you?..” He grumbled before continuing, “Anyways, I can’t show off..we don’t exactly have any of our regular abilities.” 

Shedletsky chuckled, “Just figure something out, hell if Two Time can talk about the Spawn with him for two hours then I’m sure he won’t be bored with whatever you do.”

Builderman nodded and he kept preening Shedletsky.

11am

Two Time was with 007n7 on the couch when Builderman entered, and he was a bit annoyed with it. He was starting to understand he was just jealous, which was arguably something he’d never expected from himself.

Two Time was talking about Azure, all the little things that they used to do with him and 007n7 was listening and sometimes talking about someone he himself was close with. Builderman wasn’t paying attention to their words though and he sat down next to 007n7.

“Hey, what are you guys talking about?” He said with a smile although a part of him wanted Two Time to leave. Two Time smiled, “We’re talking about our gracious partners, apparently 007 has had one before.” They said softly and 007n7 nodded, “Yeah he was..something.” 

Builderman felt almost immediately like he had to be the only person who had ever been close with 007n7 in that moment, but also he felt a bit confused, who was 007n7 talking about? 

“..I messed up a lot with him though..for some reason he just kept coming back no matter what I did.” 007n7 mumbled before shaking his head and he looked at Builderman. “How about you? I don’t really think any of the admins would be in relationships but..”

Builderman froze for a moment before speaking, “Well actually..me and Shedletsky are..married.” He could see that both 007 and Two Time were surprised to hear this information, they both had shocked expressions on their faces. “..Shedletsky is your husband?” 007n7 said, the surprise evident in his voice. Builderman nodded, “Yeah we got married awhile back when he was still-“ Builderman immediately shut his mouth, he’d forgotten that he couldn’t say anything about that for a pretty good reason. Shedletsky and himself were both afraid of the others finding out their pasts, more importantly that they were technically the ones to blame for John Doe and 1x1x1x1.

“Was still..what?” 007 muttered and he looked confused, Two Time was leaning closer to Builderman, “We are all stuck here there is no point in secrets, the Spawn will still judge you even if you believe it cannot tell what you’re keeping hidden.” They said a bit eerie in their tone but it got the point across. Builderman sighed, “Shedletsky! Come here!” He shouted, a certain chicken loving admin walked into the room and sat down in a chair nearby. “Yeah? What is it?” He said, holding a drumstick in his hand and eating it. 

“We have to tell them” Builderman said bluntly and Shedletsky froze before sighing, “Fine, but you’re telling them, I’m not the one who slipped up” Shedletsky spoke with a bit of annoyance in his tone. Builderman braced himself “Shedletsky used to be Telamon, he supposedly..became interested in a few Robloxians and he decided to try and make himself look as close as possible to one to try and win them over. But he kind of..fucked up when he was Telamon, 1x1x1x1 used to be his student, but Telamon betrayed him and he became that..a sorta fucked up representation of everything he hates.” Builderman paused before he kept speaking “I’m not entirely off the hook either, John Doe is my son, I don’t exactly know how he got like that but it’s partially my fault.” He explained.

007 stared at the two admins for a moment, “..Shedletsky used to be Telamon?” He said in disbelief and Shedletsky froze before averting his gaze, see the robloxians that he was apparently obsessed with were 007n7 and Noli..he wanted them so he tried to make himself “better” “…Yeah, I used to be Telamon” Shedletsky muttered, he definitely wasn’t telling 007n7 the truth, or anyone for that matter.

Builderman caught on to Shedletsky’s change in tone but didn’t comment on the fact. Before long, Taph and Noob entered the room, although Noob didn’t seem to be understanding Taph..at all. They both stopped what they were doing when they noticed the tension in the room.

“Did something happen?” Noob asked, and she looked at everyone else.

“No, nothing happened Noob” Shedletsky answered and he gave Noob a smile.

Builderman ran a hand through his hair and he sighed, “Yeah kid, nothing happened..” Then his attention turned to 007, who didn’t even seem to be bothered by the information he had just received. A part of Builderman was relieved but also he felt like 007n7 definitely saw him differently now.

4pm

Taph had decided that he wanted brownies, but he was banned from the kitchen so instead, he decided to stare at Builderman until he made him some.

It worked.

Builderman was currently trying to make Taph brownies even though he was actually horrible at baking and cooking, sure he could build things but it wasn’t the same as cooking stuff.

007n7 entered the kitchen and he looked in confusion, “Builderman, Taph, what are you two..doing?” He asked softly.

“..Making brownies..” Builderman muttered as he looked at 007n7, Builderman was covered in flour and plenty of other ingredients.

“How about I..help?” 007n7 suggested as he took the bowl from Builderman and began grabbing ingredients from the cabinets. “C00lkidd used to love whenever I made him brownies..” He said with a small smile.

Builderman silently watched as 007 moved around the kitchen effortlessly and he couldn’t help but notice how it made his heart flutter. He had been trying to deny the obvious for so long, he too had fallen for 007n7.. He was no better than anyone else in the cabin. 

Taph noticed but didn’t say anything, he was just happy that he was getting brownies.

Eventually, the brownies were done and 007n7 got them out of the oven, “They’re hot so be careful-“ he said and looked in shock when Taph just grabbed the hot tray and immediately ate them all. “..I..are you okay?” 007 asked, Taph gave a thumbs up and Builderman looked equally bewildered. “You really wanted those brownies, huh…?”

Taph nodded happily and signed ‘Thank you’ to 007n7. 

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5 AM

The killers’ cabin was full of much nicer things than survivors’ cabin was, mostly because the Spectre wanted them to actually want to stay.

Noli was the one that for some reason was left over watching C00lkidd, while 1x and Azure handled the other two children.

Noli had gotten used to being woken up by C00lkidd every single morning at 5am. He had also grown used to cooking food for the kid because of his food sensitivities. 

Noli was starting to understand why 007 chose to keep the kid and retire from hacking, and a part of him wished he had been there with him. Noli, of course, knew that what’s done is done and he couldn’t go into the past and change anything. 

C00lkidd sat there at the breakfast table happily eating pancakes Noli had made him, and Noli was sipping coffee. None of the other killers were awake yet, which was pretty normal, and by now Noli had actually grown to enjoy getting up in the early hours of the morning to make breakfast for himself and C00lkidd. 

C00lkidd looked a bit sad, and Noli picking up on this decided to ask him what was wrong, “H3y, K-K1d..Wh4tz wr0ng?” He said somewhat quietly, even though the cabin was huge he still didn’t feel like dealing with anyone being grumpy because of him waking them up or something, it was a bit hard to control his volume, the voidstar crown being the cause for that of course. 

C00lkidd looked at Noli and frowned, “I miss my dad..” He mumbled, looking down at his plate of food. 

“1 kn0w K1D..” Noli responded, even though it was somewhat 007’s fault he was like this, he kinda stopped blaming him awhile ago. The more time he spent with the kid the more he realized that Seven had changed, a lot, and maybe he did too. He wanted to anyways, a part of him wanted that stupid life he used to never think he’d want.

The life where he’d wake up next to 007 every morning and help him make breakfast, where he’d stay home and clean the house for him, where he’d make them all dinner and help C00lkidd with his homework. That’s the life he wanted, but it wasn’t the life he got, because he had let himself get set in his ways. 

He stared at C00lkidd for a moment, almost considering something.. “H3y, [[K1D]], Y0u w4nt 2 h34d d0wn 2 th3 l4k3 2d4y?” Noli said and C00lkidd seemed to light up, “Really?! We can go to the lake? I thought you said-“ Noli interrupted him, “1’ll surv1v3 1 d4y @ th3 l4k3” He said with a small smile.

7AM

Noli knew it was a horrible idea, the voidstar crown gave him horrible pain almost all over his body and if he took any more ibuprofen he was sure he would be dead on the ground. But, C00lkidd was happy and that’s all that mattered. 

The lake seemed to surround the entirety of the land they were on, maybe it was actually the ocean or something.

Noli did notice something however, far away, barely in sight, was another dock.

The survivors were right there this entire time.

Noli got another bad idea, one that he knew would definitely make a certain someone mad at him.

He was going to kidnap 007n7, so that C00lkidd could see him again outside of a round.

First though, it was beach time.

Noli’s entire body was burning almost and he felt like he was going to need to rip off his own skin, but he pushed through it. It wasn’t often C00lkidd was actually happy at least nowadays, there wasn’t a way to escape and it was more than a little boring for the kid to keep on playing tag all the time especially when he thought the survivors were all being mean to him when they “played”. Noli didn’t have the heart to tell him what he was really doing. 

Noli got into the water with C00lkidd, and they played in the water together for hours, eventually C00lkidd got tired and Noli carried him back to the cabin so he could put him in his bed.

9AM 

“…1..1’M Z0rrY..K1D” He whispered, tucking C00lkidd in before walking out into the main room, he still had that idea swirling around in his head.

He decided to just go for it, he took some pain killers and walked along the lakeside for a bit before he reached the survivors camp, and he snuck inside their cabin quite easily (perks of being a criminal for most of your life I guess)

The survivors didn’t notice him, all caught up in their own problems. He overheard a bit of their conversation though,

“Okay so you have just been blatantly flirting with him? Didn’t we agree not to do that Shedletsky?” Elliot said and the others, besides Builderman all seemed to be in agreement. “It’s not blatant flirting it’s just..avian..courting..rituals?” Shedletsky muttered somewhat defensively.

Noli just decided to move on and not get invested in whatever they were talking about. He did love drama but he was here for a reason. 

He then shortly found his reason, in the kitchen of all places baking something, 007 did always like sweets. 

Noli picked up 007n7 without hesitation, the other man looked surprised, “Noli?! What are you doing-“ 007n7 began to say before Noli ran out of the survivors cabin, and damn 007n7 was heavier then he thought he’d be..or maybe he was just not as physically capable as he used to be.

Noli then made his way back to the killers’ cabin and placed 007n7 on the couch somewhat gently panting, “G1v3 m3 4 s3c0nd..” He said between breaths and 007n7 seemed..bewildered more than anything.

“Noli why did you bring me here?! I..I know I wasn’t the best to you in the past but-“ 007n7 started but Noli put a hand up to stop him, “Th1s 1sn’t 4b0ut th4t Sev..” He said before he sat down next to 007 on the couch. “Then what is it about? Why would you bring me here?” 007 muttered before a voice piped up “Papa? How did you get here?” C00lkidd muttered before running up and hugging 007n7, and 007 immediately returned the hug. “Kid! I’ve missed you so much..” He said as he held his son tight, realizing why Noli had brought him here, it wasn’t for revenge, it wasn't for some weird attempt at getting back with him..it was because C00lkidd missed him. 007n7 just held C00lkidd close for a moment, it had been months since he had been able to actually see his son.

Noli had a soft smile on his face as he watched them, C00lkidd’s tail was wagging and he was talking on and on about the other killers and how cool his new “friends” were. Noli knew this wasn’t something that he should probably want to last forever, the circumstances are far from ideal, but..it was nice seeing them together like this. His family.

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Meanwhile, the survivors continued to argue and get on Shedletsky’s case about 007n7 so much so that they were being a little loud.

“People..We’re all adults here, are we not? I propose something, a bit more civilized, why don’t we all just let 007n7 choose, he has no doubt heard us arguing about him and it would be a bit..rude to assume his preferences on the matter.” Dusekkar piped up, even standing to prove his point, and the others all immediately went silent.

“By the Spawn..we have been rather loud..dearest 007 must’ve heard us by now.” Two Time said a little bit of worry in their voice.

Chance then raised his hand, “Okay so like, question, has anyone even heard 007 in the last like hour or so? Because I haven’t heard anything coming from anywhere..just here…” They said and everyone else went pale, immediately they all began looking around the cabin, Shedletsky and Builderman being the most frantic.

“He’s missing..he..” Shedletsky muttered and he turned to look at Builderman who was behind him, both in silent agreement but not necessarily knowing what to do.

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12PM

Killers’ Cabin

The killers seemed to actually not be hostile towards 007n7 at all, which was throwing him off. He just decided to bake something while he was here, so of course, Noli, 007n7, and C00lkidd were all in the kitchen, making a cake together.

Laughter could be heard throughout the entire cabin, and Noli put a bit of icing on 007n7's nose, “H4! Y0u 4nd y0ur b4k1ng Sev..” he muttered leaning closer to 007n7 somewhat, before hesitating, should he even kiss him? Maybe even thinking about it was stupid..

007n7 blushed slightly and he stared at Noli, closing the distance between them in a soft, loving kiss. Which of course made C00lkidd push them apart, “Gross!” He said and both men laughed at the child’s action.

3PM

007n7 walked all the way back to the survivors cabin with Noli and C00lkidd, he didn’t want to leave them in all honesty but he knew he had to, but what was more surprising was seeing all the survivors outside the cabin looking worried and when they laid their eyes on him, Shedletsky and Builderman immediately ran up to him and hugged him.

“007! Where the hell were you?” Shedletsky said before he stared at Noli and C00lkidd and actually just..pulled them into the survivors cabin. “Whatever, all three of you are staying here, if you want to have them here you should’ve told us!” He said and Builderman sighed, “Shed..it’s fine, good thing is that he’s safe.”

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5AM

Guest couldn’t help it when he was more than a little startled by Noli and C00lkidd’s presence in the survivors cabin, even though they had joined the day prior it was a little unnerving to see two people that were killing you in messed up rounds of cat and mouse. Well judging by how C00lkidd acted he genuinely doesn’t seem to understand that he wasn’t just playing and was actually hurting people, and at Noli and 007n7’s insistence the survivors agreed not to tell C00lkidd about what he had actually been doing.

Guest of course was up early anyway, his body still ran on military time for the most part. He saw something a little unexpected, Noli, 007, and C00lkidd making breakfast together, well C00lkidd was just sitting at the table talking to the two men but it still warmed Guest’s heart to see, it reminded him more or less of seeing Daisy, Matt, and their daughter on early mornings none of them could seem to be able to go back to sleep.

Guest 1337 quietly entered the kitchen just to grab his and Elliot’s water bottles so they could go jogging together, of course he felt curious eyes on him, C00lkidd was staring at him a little confused as to why he’d be awake. 

Guest just smiled and waved at him before exiting the kitchen, and meeting Elliot outside to go jog around the forest that surrounded their cabin.

6AM

Once Guest and Elliot finished there was already the sound of everyone talking filling the cabin, the two entered the kitchen and sat down, beginning to eat.

C00lkidd was happily eating away before he stared at Guest 1337 again, and Guest stared back before C00lkidd spoke, “You have a lot of scars..” He said with a blank expression on his face before he continued to talk “Just like my dad!” C00lkidd said cheerfully before going back to eating and 007n7 looked mortified, “Bud, you can’t say stuff like that, okay?” He muttered 

“Sorry papa..” C00lkidd said and 007n7 just ruffled his hair, “It’s fine kiddo” He seemed exasperated but then again the man did seem tired almost constantly.

Guest smiled and he looked at C00lkidd, “I got mine from serving in the war, kid” C00lkidd nodded, “I know, Bluudud talks about you a lot.” He said absentmindedly before he got up, “Papa, Dad, can I go play outside?” He asked turning to Seven and Noli, “Yeah just be careful okay, and don’t go too far from the cabin” 007 said and Noli nearly choked, C00lkidd nodded and he ran outside to play.

Everyone had gone silent, and were all staring at Noli, “Okay so we all heard C00lkidd just call him dad, right?” Chance said bluntly and Two Time nodded, “Clear as day, though it isn’t much of a surprise if you think about it.” They said and Guest looked at them, “Kids do tend to refer to people as mom or dad whenever they’re in their care for long enough, but Noli..you look surprised has he not..done that before?” He asked turning to Noli who shook his head, “N0, h3’z n3v3r c4ll3d me 4nyth1ng r3m0t3ly cl0z3 2 d4d” Noli stood up before walking outside to go watch C00lkidd and make sure that he was okay.

Everyone’s attention suddenly turned to Seven

Shedletsky spoke up, “So..any reason he might’ve called him dad?” He said accusatorily and Builderman put a hand on Shedletsky’s shoulder but didn’t say anything. 

“I might’ve kissed Noli in front of C00lkidd..?” 007 muttered and Shedletsky looked at Builderman then back at 007n7 before as if on queue the entire group went, “YOU WHAT?!” 

007 looked a bit taken aback and he stared at them all in surprise, Guest cleared his throat, “Look we’re sorry for…shouting like that, but you..you kissed Noli?” He asked and Seven nodded, “Yes..I did expect a little shock but..that was a bit of an overreaction from..all of you.”

Guest nodded, “Yeah, how about we watch C00lkidd and you and Noli get to spend some time alone together?” 

Seven looked a bit confused, “I guess..but that’s kind of weird-“ Chance was already pushing him out of the door and they got C00lkidd from outside.

This was going to be an interesting day for everyone..

9AM

Now because of it being Guest’s idea and him being a father already, the survivors agreed to just have him watch C00lkidd for the day.

He of course didn’t mind this, C00lkidd was a bit odd though, he just seemed to silently observe most of the survivors and hadn’t even said a word to any of them.

Until now,

“You guys all like my papa don’t you?” He said while he colored on the floor, Guest sitting nearby on the couch. “Yes we do, of course we do we’re all friends-“ Guest started but C00lkidd interrupted him, “No..you all like my Papa the way Dad likes Papa..” He said firmly, staring at Guest. “Well, yes we do..but, we aren’t going to come between you father and Noli, okay? It’s 007n7's decision who he wants to be with and at least I will respect that, in all honesty I don’t like him like that..at least not as much as the others do..” Guest said softly, giving C00lkidd a small smile. “Okay!..I wouldn’t like having you as a dad anyways, you’re too scary.” C00lkidd said innocent and Guest was dumbfounded, but he said nothing.

1PM

Since it was lunchtime and 007n7 was still out doing whatever with Noli, Guest decided he would try and cook for everyone, even though Elliot had offered it. 

Just then of course, 007n7 and Noli entered the cabin, “Oh, you guys should’ve came and got me..I would’ve cooked for every-“ Guest interrupted Seven before he could finish talking, “No, please I insist, you cook for all of us all the time anyways, so go sit down and I’ll call you when lunch is done.” Guest said politely, leaving no room for argument. 

007 sheepishly went into the living room and sat down on the couch with Noli and C00lkidd, he had to admit there was something nice about somebody cooking for him..

Guest just decided on mac and cheese, something simple that they would all eat. Hopefully anyways, after around 30mins it was done and he exited the kitchen to go get everyone from what they were doing that’s when he saw Noli, 007n7, and C00lkidd all asleep on the couch together, the sight made his heart melt and he put a blanket over them..maybe he was in love with 007n7, and maybe he was okay if that included Noli too..

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3PM

Chance had of course been considering more than just a few things, including the fact that Noli had supposedly won over 007n7 without much of anything.

Chance, in all their glory, had decided to just openly flirt with both Noli and 007n7, maybe he had a type…

He found a rose bush and began picking them before stopping when Two Time stared at them blankly. “Can I..help you?” They muttered and Two Time had a small frown on their face, “I guess I should’ve expected someone to eventually pick from my rose bushes in our shared pursuit for 007n7..” they mumbled softly and stared down at the ground. 

Chance looked away awkwardly, “Shoulda..asked, my bad, Timey.” He muttered, and Two Time stiffened up, “Chance, my friend, do not call me that.” They said, gritting their teeth almost. “Okay, okay, sorry..” Chance replied and he winced as he looked at his hands, cut up from the thorns on the rose bush. 

“Are you alright?” Two Time said softly before, they grabbed a small first aid kit from their pocket and bandaged Chance's hand for him. “..Thanks”

4PM

After an awkward attempt at gathering roses, Chance had finally gotten them in a nice bouquet, well two nice bouquets. But before he could give them to anyone..they caught on fire.

“Shit shit..SHIT” They had taken off their suit jacket and was using it to hit and stomp the fire out. Just then, as if his luck hadn’t been bad enough already, 007n7 and Noli had both entered the room.

“Uhh..” Chance said, looking like a deer in headlights. 007n7 had a worried look on his face, “Chance! Are you okay?” He said as he carelessly picked up the now charred and still somewhat on fire bouquets and Noli made sure Chance hadn’t gotten burnt.

“Yeah..I’m fine..” They mumbled, something about the two ex hackers being so worried about his safety made his heart race. Noli sighed, “Why th3 [[H3LL]] d1d y0u h4v3 th0s3 s0 cl0z3 t0 4n 0p3n [[FL4M3]]??” He said as he stared Chance directly in the eyes. “I..I..uh..um..” Chance started to speak, before 007n7 cut him off, “Who were those even for-“ suddenly something dawned on 007n7, how weird everyone had been acting lately.. “Were those for me and Noli?” 

“What?? No..hah..” Chance muttered, it seemed today was an unlucky day for them, at least that’s what Chance wanted to say. He had always been bad at lying whenever someone asked if they were hitting on them, iTrapped was a perfect example of that fact, and Chance was starting to realize that maybe iTrapped had been using them because of how obvious his was at times.

But he pushed those thoughts aside and sheepishly just ran away from the conversation entirely and went right back outside to where Two Time was. “I think 007 is catching onto the fact that we all..like him.” Chance sighed and they leaned against a wall staring at Two Time who was gardening. They had been all day. “Hm, while I do agree that he is as divine as the Spawn, I do not find myself wishing to be with him or his companion.” Two Time said as they kept fixing up some hedges, and Chance sighed, “Why not?” He muttered.

 Two Time looked up at them, “Well there are people I find much more interesting than 007, and I think the Spawn will have one of them come to me and that is who I will pursue.” They hummed, standing up. They were kind of lanky, thin to an almost terrifying degree… Chance knew they barely ate, and the others had tried to help them but they always refused. “The Spawn huh..?” He smirked before putting a rose between his lips and staring at Two Time, but before they could say anything they began sputtering, the thorns had cut up his lips. “..Shit!” He shouted and wiped his mouth with his hand, then he saw something and well, heard something. Two Time was laughing, and for some reason the sound was like music to his ears.

 “…Huh..” He stared in awe of them, noticing things he hadn’t before, how they looked in the sunlight, how their skin had begun to tan slightly from them gardening. He loved all of it.

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Meanwhile with 007 and Noli

5PM

Both men were dumbfounded but shrugged it off, 007n7 decided to start on dinner. Noli was making sure C00lkidd didn’t get into any trouble, and watching him while he played outside, that’s when he saw Chance and Two Time, Chance was just staring at Two Time like they were an angel. Noli just decided to mind his own business, he honestly thought the survivors were kind of weird..especially Two Time.

C00lkidd was running around and Noli was just standing at a distance, having his cane mostly because he was in pretty bad pain. Shedletsky approached him, “You look pretty tired, you know you can go rest and me and Builder will watch the kid..?” He offered and Noli sighed, “Y34h..0k4y, Juzt kn0w 1f 4nyth1ng h4pp3nz 2 h1m, 1’m bl0w1ng up th1z 3nt1r3 pl4c3” He grumbled before heading back inside..

Oh this was the perfect way to get into 007n7 and Noli’s hearts, bond with the kid first…