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Puffer doesn’t know how long him and Pezzy had been trapped in these endless hallways the yellow walls and vague musty smell slowly driving him mad. The only thing keeping him sane is Pezzy himself always right there next to him attempting to crack jokes and keep conversations flowing between them, making sure Puffer is grounded in the moment, his constant cheery presence lighting up this hell hole.
“Did I ever tell you the Poppy Play Time lore Puffer?” Pezzy asks tilting his head slightly to look up at Puffer.
“Nope and I don’t want to hear about it.” Puffer joked smiling down at him, really he didn’t care what Pezzy talked about as long as he kept talking.
“Wow how rude I’m going to tell you now anyway, so basically the Playtime Co toy factory was-“ They could hear shambling behind them and Puffer turned to see some kind of creature with long black tendrils for a body and what looks to be a video camera. The creature turns its head to look at that and starts approaching them at an alarming speed. They both took of running down the halls and eventually Puffer was able to lose it.
“What the fuck was that thing Pez-Pezzy?” Turning around there seemed to be no sign of Pezzy anywhere.
“PEZZY!” Puffer started walking back the path he came calling Pezzys all the while.
“PEZZY WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU!” Oh lord Puffer couldn’t loose Pezzy in here, he was the only thing keeping him sane, Pezzy was a lot weaker than him he anything could have happened to him, what if the monster got him and he lost what little good he had left down here.
“PEZZY!” His screams were getting more frantic now, trying to imagine a life without Pezzy which at this point Puffers not sure he could take anymore.
“PUFFER!” Oh Puffer could have cried hearing that response as he took of running the way the voice came from. He soon comes face to face with Pezzy and it felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders when he saw him sitting up against one of the walls.
“Pezzy are you alright.” Puffer starts looking over Pezzy for injuries only to spot a tear in his trousers with blood slowly pouring out of it. Puffer kneels down next to Pezzy and pulls up his trouser leg.
“What happened to you man?” Puffer asked as he tears off some of his shirt and ties is around Pezzys wound until they can find something better to cover it with.
“I found a hole I could hide in but as I was crawling in it that thing managed to scratch my leg.” Pezzy tries to get up but he stumbles back on to the floor before he makes it far.
“Wow, chill out man you obviously can’t walk on that leg.” Puffer can’t believe that Pezzy managed to get this injured when they were only apart for about three minutes and the sight makes him terrified for him.
“Well what do you suggest I do just wait here for the monster to come get me, Oh hey there mister here’s a snack for you won’t fill you up much because I haven’t any meat on my bones.” Pezzy tried to joke but Puffer could hear the undercurrent of fear in his words.
“I’ll carry you.” Puffer stated as he gets back up to his feet, it was the most obvious solution but by the look on his face Pezzy didn’t think so
“I’ll slow you down if the monster comes back dude you can’t- “Pezzy starts to protest but Puffer cuts him off by scooping him into his arms in a bridal carry.
“If it bothers you so much I’ll throw you at the monster when it comes back.” Puffer hugged Pezzy closer to his body and felt him relax slightly laying his head on his chest.
“Fine but if I become a problem promise me you’re going to put me down and leave me to keep yourself safe.” Pezzy grabs Puffer's arm as he says this causing Puffer to look back down at him.
“I promise.” Puffer knows that it isn’t a promise he can keep he’d rather die down here with Pezzy than leave him here and live a life without him, he decides as he takes off walking.
It doesn’t end up becoming a problem as they’re able to heal Pezzy before that monster thing showed back up. Although even now that Pezzys healed Puffer keeps him close and in his line of sight making sure he’s available to protect him if anything goes wrong again.
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It’s been a couple of days since they finally escaped the back rooms, and it turns out that they were only gone a day for there time but with everything they went through they know it had to have been longer than that down there. Pezzys been staying at Puffers house since they came back Puffer came up with some sort of excuse of Pezzy staying at his house until both there cuts and bruises had fully healed since none of their friends would believe them if they told them how they got them so it’s better just to hide them. In reality though Puffer still can’t handle the thought of Pezzy being to far away from him, some where he couldn’t reach if he got in trouble, he constantly has to see Pezzy to make sure he didn’t die down there, and this isn’t all a trick. He thanked everything he hadn’t gotten around to setting up a guest room in his house so he had an excuse to be able to convince Pezzy to share his bed with him, so he could feel the heat of his body and the soft beating of his heart.
Puffer was back in the back rooms watching Pezzy get teared apart by that thing that cut his leg unable to move or do anything to help him as he heard Pezzy scream in pain, calling out to him for help, the dripping of his blood landing quickly on the floor until all that was left was Pezzys mutilated body in that things hand and that dripping sound getting softer and softer as all the blood drains out of his body. Puffer woke with a start and quickly sat up and turned to Pezzys end of the bed only to feel ice cold fear grip him as he realises nobody’s there. Puffer jumps out of his bed quickly searching all of his room for any sign of Pezzy when he finally gets to his kitchen and sees Pezzy at Gid counter with kettle on. Puffer's shoulders sag in relief as he quickly walks over to Pezzy and wraps his arms around his waist and propping his chin on Pezzys neck to feel his pulse thump against it, Puffer could feel him suddenly flinch and tense up until he turns around and notices who it is.
“Puffer, what are you doing?” Pezzy has such a wonderful voice, he can’t believe he nearly wasn’t able to hear him use it anymore.
“I was looking for you and you weren’t in bed, go back to bed.” Puffer mumbled trying to soak up all of Pezzys body heat.
“I’m making myself tea I’ll go back up in a second.” Now that wouldn’t do Pezzy needed all of his energy to heal his wounds and Puffer needed to know he was safe and where’s safer in his house than his bed.
“I’ll make your tea and bring it up to you please just go back to bed.” Puffer removed his grip on Pezzy and started pushing him back towards the bedroom.
Pezzy eventually relented and went back to the bedroom and Puffer stood in the kitchen willing the kettle to boil faster so he could go back to bed with Pezzy. When the kettle boiled Puffer quickly made Pezzys tea and rushed back to his room as quickly as he could without spilling the tea. When he made it back to his room he spotted Pezzy sat up in the bed scrolling through TikTok with the blankets in his lap. Puffer set the tea on the bedside table beside Pezzy and crawled into bed pushing Pezzy forward a little so he could curl himself around Pezzys back placing his head on Pezzys shoulder and watched him scroll through TikTok breathing peacefully and occasionally sipping his tea.
“Please don’t leave me alone without letting me know where your going.” It sounded like a desperate plea even to Puffers own ears but he just couldn’t take it if he woke up one day and Pezzy was just gone, he doesn’t think he could cope anymore without the sound of Pezzys voice and his sunny smile after so long of it being his life line.
“Okay.” Pezzy agrees like it’s the easiest thing in the world like it’s not strange that your best friend wants to constantly know where you are but you know what Puffer couldn’t be more thankful for it. He placed a quick kiss to the crook of Pezzys neck and closed his eyes finally able to sleep peacefully with Pezzy safe back beside him.