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There was something that Regect kept secret, beyond the words of sarcasm were the feelings of something that was gnawing at his skin desperately trying to get out and pounce.
Z let out a giggle and Regect felt his invisible eyes flutter to the sound of Z’s annoying voice following his bright smile to the bareness of his nape.
‘What would he feel like?…Wait.’
Regect let a naughty thought slip past his barriers.
What? Why would I think something like that? He reprimanded himself.
Regect shook it off, although he did not want to face it he knew that there was something he was failing to confront, something he wanted to bury because he knew that if he ever let his desires and wishes slip past his own thoughts he would be forced to break down the walls he wanted to maintain so badly. Those walls were there to protect and prevent the chance at another heartbreak. Afterall, how could he, an entity ever allow himself to feel? How could he ever dare to think him, Z and Moe could last? No, even if the desire for something more, with those retched feelings that were way too human that lasted till the end of time, there was no way it would be reciprocated. He was just the annoying reject in Z’s world afterall. And at the point he was at, it was his job to maintain that persona, to stop himself from showing anything deeper because anything beyond his front would make their relationship, their…friendship no longer what it was.
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“Hey—hey dude, were you even listening to me?” Z snapped his fingers and Regect suddenly came back to reality.
“Oh, yeah yeah of course dude, I totally got that.”
“Uh huh, right, ‘kay then repeat to me what I just said.”
“Mmmmmm…you ask alot from me man, you know there isnt one per—“
“Yeah see you didn't hear a word I said didn't you?”
Regect paused before stifling giggles came from him. “Yeah no, did not hear a word. Maybe it just wasnt that important for me to remember, this big brain of mine only retains important information.”
“WHAT BRAIN?! Oh my god just go investigate the building already!”
“Alright alright geez geez.” Regect started heading out of the house and under his breath mumbled “the things i do for you”
“WHAT WAS THAT?!”
“IM GOING, IM GOING! SEE?!” Then he skedaddled out of there.
Regect finally let out a sore sigh once he was far enough from the house. Apparently a strange building spawned in front of the house and because Z was done with investigating randomly spawning houses it was Regect’s turn to see what was up. The building that spawned was made of brick and it looked pretty big. The door’s were made of iron so Regect hit the button and went in. It was pretty empty so he tried looking through all of the halls but yet there was nothing, just empty rooms with desks and blackboards, there was even a cafeteria. It seemed that the building he was in was an abandoned school. Finding nothing in his investigation Regect turned to go back then suddenly—
“AH!! Z!!” Regect jumped in shock and terror. “Woww!! H-how, why are you hereee???”
Z sighed exasperated and palmed his forehead. “I should've known— I can never escape this hell. Long story short I was helping Moe with herding rainbow sheep when she suddenly got scared and dug a hole and I thought ‘oh maybe I should try going down there and see where she’s going for once!’… and now I'm here. I don't know how but I am.”
”Damn man, that sucks.” Regect sniffled awkwardly, lowkey not interested on how Z got there. He was too busy admiring Z’s pretty features afterall.
”yeah.”
They both stared at each other in silence before Regect spoke again. “So… I was just looking away for a way to escape if you wanna you know, come with me or something.
”Oh, yeah, yeah, of course, lead the way.”
After that the two started on their way out but quickly found that all the entrances that were once there suddenly disappeared. “I swear the door was right there dude I’m not going crazy.”
”yeah sure.”
”ugh whatever let’s just find another way.” Regect continued on with Z following behind for several horrible minutes until he finally found something in the distance.
“Oh look it’s a door! Z, it’s a way out! We’re free!”
“OH HO HO NOT SO QUICK!” Out of the blue from out the ground popped a thing—an old person wizard with his hands high in air conveniently blocking the exit to leave. Z and Regect quickly halted, flabbergasted by this wizard’s sudden presence.
“Oh of course.” Z complained at the new inconvenience.
“Hey! Who are you? Can you please get out of our way? We’re kinda trying to escape here.” Regect shook his fist in disbelief.
“Look wizard, if this is you trying to get back at you…me, blowing up your house I can like…rebuild it or something, just like please let us pass.”
“BLOW UP? HOUSE? CHILD I HAVE NEVER MET YOU MMMM I THINK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MY BROTHER, YES MY DEAR BROTHER WAKA’FONTE, BUT BEHOLD! IT IS I THE SCHOOL WIZARD.”
Z sighed, “Okay I guess that makes sense. Just— just let us leave this place and we’ll have no problems alright?”
“Yeah, let us leave and we wont have to—have to do whatever it is we’re going to do to you if you dont let us leave!” Regect tried backing Z up and turned to him for approval to which Z nodded. “Yeah, yeah, thats right wizard, let us leave and we’ll have no problems you understand?”
The wizard paused before speaking in a more normal tone than before. “Well I wasnt going to stop you anyway.” The wizard, Regect and Z all stared at each other in silence before the Wizard went back to his original tone of speach. “ONLY IF YOU ANSWER MY TWO QUESTIONS TRUTHFULLY.”
“Oh.” Z and regect said in unison
“I mean, that doesn't seem so bad, its only two questions.”
“Yeah, yeah I guess.” Z agreed.
“Yeah. Okay man hit us, we’re ready.”
“ALRIGHT! YOU!! Z BOY! WHAT IS YOUR NAME?”
“Oh haha, that one’s easy, Z, my name’s Z. You literally just said it.”
“CORRRECT!!” The wizard then turned to Regect “YOU!! WEIRD THING!”
“That wasn’t very nice but okay.”
“WHAT IS THE THING YOU WISH TO DO WITH Z THE MOST?”
“WHAT?!” Regect jumped, shocked at the audacity of the question. “Thats not even! Thats not even on the same level of the other question! Give me a different one!”
“ANSWERRR!!!” The wizard shouted jumping up and down with his hands in the air enthusiastically.
“Just answer the question man.” Z said.
“Uhh…okay, okay! Here it goes, you listening wizard? Alright…I wish to… go to a carnival with Z.”
“A carnival? How would that even work here?” Z questioned.
“I heard about them online okay? They sounded pretty cool. Are you judging me right now? cause it sounds like you’re judging me right now.”
“No man not judging, not judging, I would never judge you.” After a moment of blank staring Z and Regect both turned back to the wizard awaiting his verdict, anticipating being able to go back home in the next moment, then they’d have enough of this nonsense and could finally rest. At last the school wizard finally spoke.
“Mmmm NOOOOPEEE!!! ERR! WRONG! INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN OR YOU SHALL PERISH IN…TEN!!”
“Perish?! Oh my god dude!! Why didn’t you answer correctly?!”
NINE
“Thats such a weird thing to lie about!! HURRY UP HES COUNTING!”
EIGHT
“Uhh!! Im sorry I don't know!! I panicked okay?!”
“Okay well panic a little less right now because we’re literally going to perish!”
SEVEN
“How can I panic less dimwit?!!”
SIX
“Just answer the damn question!!!”
“Uhh okay okay!!”
FIVE
“I want to play games with him!”
FOUR
“I want to explore with him!
THREE
“Dude! Why is it so hard answer the damn question.”
TWO
“Regect!”
“I WANT TO HUG HIM!!”
….
Silence. The wizard stopped spinning and jumping and Z stared at the now extremely flustered entity. There was not a world that Regect could escape to that would be far away enough to get away from embarrassment he just brought upon himself.
“Regect…” Z softly said.