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Regect was in charge of cooking dinner for his roommates today, Ze tried to protest because he thinks Regect sucks asscheeks at cooking (which wouldn't exactly have been wrong), but the entity insisted, which was probably just because he cannot accept the idea of agreeing with the other about something.
But you know what? It couldn't be that bad! Regect would manage just fine.
….
He did not manage just fine.
And now the two are arguing as usual about how all this could've been avoided..
“OH MY GOD YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT.”
“HOLY SHIT CALM DOWN, IT WAS AN HONEST MISTAKE-”
“REGECT. YOU BURNT THE WATER. HOW THE HELL DO YOU EVEN DO THAT.”
“.. Ummm- well, Chat GPT said-”
“FUCK CHAT GPT, YOU'RE AN ENTITY WITH GODLIKE POWERS, WHY WOULD YOU EVEN RELY ON A STUPID APP TO- YOU- YOU LITERALLY COULD’VE JUST SUMMONED THE FOOD, BUT NOOO, YOU JUST HAD TO GO AND BURN THE WATER!”
Ze and Regect kept arguing for about 5 minutes, Moe blissfully ignoring the two as she honks happily while continuing to make water splash potions. She insists that they're water balloons, but water balloons aren't exactly made with glass..
Oh well. Moe would probably point a gun at anyone who begged to differ, so there's no point in arguing against it.
“You- you know, I could literally use my powers whenever I wanted, I just don’t feel like it-”
“Oh yeah, and what are you gonna do? Summon me to another random dimension again?”
“I- YEAH ACTUALLY, I WILL. I'LL- I'LL GO SUMMON YOU TO A RANDOM DIMENSION, RIGHT NOW.”
“Wait no-”
In an instant, Ze vanished. Regect could obviously bring him back at any time, but he felt like being a devious little bitch and leaving the protagonist in wherever he is right now for about an hour or two. Usually he manages to come back on his own, though.
“📯📯📯?”
“Oh uh, Ze's fine. Probably. He was just being annoying. Don't worry about it.”
“📯📯…”
“Wh- no hes fine, literally, I've done this before and he came back fine every time, worst case scenario is he's in a messed up mood for the rest of the day, I- look, look, if he ends up physically hurt or whatever, you have the right to massacre me with those water bottles or something.”
“📯📯📯!! ^^”
“Okay cool.”
⚘.𖡼.𖥧.𖤣-ˋˏ ༻❁✿❀༺ ˎˊ-𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
“.. Where am I?”
Ze had honestly expected himself to be sent to some hellish dark landscape like all the previous times, but this.. Was actually different, for once. Like, very different. But.. In a good way?
He found himself in a grass field, alliums blooming at every angle, and the sun’s rays were warmly beaming down.
It was calming, but Ze still reasonably wanted to go home, so he started walking across the field to attempt to find a way out.
After a few moments of walking, there was a figure wearing a cape that could be noticeable in the distance. Was that.. A child-? Maybe they could help take Ze back home?
It stopped and looked towards the protagonist's direction, before running away while giggling, “CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!!”
“Wuh- HEY! WHO ARE Y- Ughhhh, Regect is SO dead when I get out of here..”
Ze tried catching up, but the kid was unnaturally fast. Almost like they had no air resistance.
Eventually he lost them and stood there, getting his breath back while he accepted the fact he was stuck on his own, when all of a sudden-
“I WIN!!”
“ACK- oh, it's you again-”
“Let's play again, eheh!!”
The kid tried to run off again, before Ze stopped them, demanding to know where he was, or what this place even was, to which they just laughed in response, clearly happy to see another person. Kinda weird how they were able to just sneak up on him like that.. Maybe they were also an entity?
Whatever. Ze needed to get home, so-
“Okay, um, who even are you?”
“Micha. I'm the owner of this world! ^^” The kid- 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢, happily replied as he smiled at the other.
“Yeahhh, I figured.. I’m Ze. Look, I got into an argument with this really annoying guy, and he sent me here as some messed up joke. Do you mind helping me get back home?”
Micha thought for a moment, which sorta worried Ze, before then answering,
“Mmmm.. Sure I can help! I can kick you from my world, and that will bring you back home!”
“Okay, sweet. Thanks Mich-”
“On one condition.” Micha interrupted, “Can you help me make a gift for my friend?"
“Huh-? Oh, um, yeah, I can do that. What were you thinking of?”
“I'm thinking of making a flower crown for him!! Not sure how he can wear it.. But I’m sure he can find a way!
We used to talk a lot.. He was like my ghost friend! Like, kind of an older brother!
Until one day I.. Um..
..
Basically, what matters is that I just know he's still waiting for me, and I felt like giving him a gift to let him know that I'm still thinking of him!”
Ze blinked, not expecting to hear something like that, and probably assumed this friend in question either left, or is six feet under. He didn't feel like breaking this poor kid's spirit though, so he just didn't question it.
“That sounds like a great idea. We can use uh.. Those alliums? You know what alliums are, right? The purple flowers-”
“Mhm! ^^”
“Cool! Alright then, let's do this.”
They both went around picking alliums that were scattered across the field, and eventually gathered a decent amount.
As they were tying the flowers together, Ze kept thinking of that random explanation Micha had given. He knows he probably shouldn't pry or ask any doubtful questions, but..
“So um, about this friend-”
“Yesss?”
“You.. Mentioned him waiting for you for a while. I don't know how long ‘a while’ is, but, how do you know he hasn't just.. Left?”
The question hung in the air for an uncomfortably long time, and Ze was about to just tell Micha to forget about what he just asked, before receiving a response, albeit in a very worried tone,
“.. No. He wouldn't have left. He promised me he'd be there when I came back. Oh gosh.. He must be out there all alone in the rain..”
“No, no, it's okay-! I'm uh- I'm sure he's managing fine. He'll love this gift, I'm sure.” Ze immediately tried to comfort the other to the best of his ability, but he's honestly never been good with kids, or with comforting people in general. Stupid idiot.
“.. Okay. I trust you!
Could you tell me more about your friend?”
“Huh?”
“You know, the one that sent you here!”
“OH, um, he's not- I told you he’s like, really annoying, I wouldn't say he's my-”
“Pleaseee?”
“...
Yeah, sure.”
Ze told Micha a bunch of stuff about the entity (although he never mentioned his name as he didn't think he needed to), like how he keeps forgetting that he can fly, or how he literally manages to burn water somehow, to which Micha happily laughed as a reply every time.
He was honestly a very sweet and whimsical kid, the sunlight reflecting off of him giving off the illusion of a golden ring above him.
It's really a shame he has to be alone in this world. What even happened to him, anyways?
Ze notices a purple bracelet on the other's arm, the letters ‘DNR’ printed onto it.
He doesn't know much about medical terms, but he knew it had something unsettling to do with it.
Still, he doesn't point it out.
Soon, they finished making the flower crown, and it looked pretty decent! Micha was overjoyed with it and hugged Ze as he thanked him for his help about a thousand times.
“Oh thank you thank you thank you SO much!! He'll love this gift!! :D”
“Ahah, it's really no problem, I'm glad I was able to help-”
“Well, because you helped me, I'll bring you back home now!
Thank you again.. I don't usually get to talk to friends that much.
But..
I liked talking to you.
..
Can you do a favour for me, Ze?”
“.. Hm?”
Micha stared at the purple flower crown for a moment, before giving it to Ze.
“ Give this to Regect.
Say hi to him for me, and..
Tell him I said that I miss him. :c”
“Huh-?! I- I never told you his na-”
⚘.𖡼.𖥧.𖤣-ˋˏ ༻❁✿❀༺ ˎˊ-𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
“HAH! LOOK AT YOUR FACE-!! YOU LOOK SO SHOCKED, PFFT- OH MY GOD THAT'S- THAT’S PRICELESS..” Regect laughed at Ze's expression as he still tried to comprehend those last few moments, unsure on what to say.
Moe on the other hand waved happily at Ze, welcoming his return.
“📯📯📯!! ..📯📯?”
“Moe he's finee, he's probably just processing what he went through in that other dimension-”
“📯📯.”
“.. Well, uh-”
Ze kept looking at the flower crown of alliums in his hands, then at Regect, then back at the flower crown, then back at him.
“Regect.”
“Wh- yeah? Did something bad happen? Please tell me nothing bad happened, I do kinda care about if you're okay or not, but Moe's also gonna kill me if-”
Ze simply pushed the flower crown into the entity’s hands.
“Who's Micha?”
Regect froze at that. He was unable to answer. Ze just sighed and started walking off to his room, before adding,
“Whatever. He wanted to gift that to you. Said he misses you, is all.”
“...”
“📯📯..?”
“It's- it's nothing, Moe. I think I just need some time to myself right now.”
Regect can only wonder how or what happened in that time Ze was gone.