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"Wemmbu."
The violet haired fighter turned around to look at his best friend. He tilted his head slightly, with a bright smile on his face, looking at Eggchan with a questioning look. He looked relaxed.
"Yea? What's up?"
"You're going to die doing this." Egg stated, his voice unwavering. He saw Wemmbu's posture go rigid, the smile on his face slowly disappearing.
He laughed and brushed him off with a dismissive handmotion. "Don't make me laugh, Egg, i'm not going to die so easily." The smile returned, this time trying to be reassuring.
"I wouldn't leave you alone."
(Liar.
Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar.Liar.Liar.Liarliarliar.)
Egg closed his eyes at the splash. He lifted his trembling hand to wipe at his face, he opened his eyes to see his bloodied hand. He slowly lifted his gaze upwards, afraid of what he was going to see there. Even if he knew that it was inevitable.
His breath hitched as he saw Wemmbu stand in front of him.
Half of a netherite sword from the lawman was through Wemmbu.
Wemmbu made a choking sound as the sword was twisted deeper into his stomach, then it was pulled out.
He stumbled slightly before falling to the floor in front of the sitting Eggchan. The random lawman didn't even care, just ran back to the fight where the rest of the people were fighting.
Wemmbu choked, then coughed up blood. He put one of his hands to where he was stabbed and pressed it against the wound. Even if both of them knew it was futile.
"We-Wemmbu-" His voice wavered as he crawled closer to his friend and pulled his head to lay in his lap. He carded his fingers through the violet hair with white streaks from the frequent usage of invisibility potions. "Why would you–"
Wemmbu lifted the hand that wasn't occupied to grab Egg's. He took in a deep, ragged breath. "I'm..sorry."
"No. Don't—"
"I'm sorry.." Wemmbu cut him off, "For..a lot of things. But mostly because..i'm going to leave you.." His voice was trailing off, it got more quiet and quieter as he talked. "I'm..happy that you we-..were my friend..."
He quieted down.
"Wemmbu-!"
"I wish..i was better to you.." There was a slight tremble to his voice but he still tried to smiled at Egg one last time as the light left his eyes. Those golden eyes that were always brimming with light, atleast for Eggchan it always looked like they did. Maybe he thought that because in his eyes, Wemmbu was someone who always lit up his life and was full of life. Maybe he thought that because Wemmbu was his best friend.
He felt as if the world stopped around him in that moment. He felt his throat close up and his vision blur as he was finally hit with the cruelty of what just happened.
His best friend was dead.
His best friend was dead.
And there was nothing he could do about it.
With one of his trembling hands he slowly closed Wemmbu's eyes. He looked so peaceful. He let out a shaky laugh at that, because of course he would look peaceful. The only place where Wemmbu would fully ever be relaxed and peaceful was in the afterlife.
He hoped that Rejoice was waiting for him and would help him settle in.
As the moments passed his vision started to have black spots around it, consuming his sight and then he passed out.
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"EGG!!"
Said person bolted upright in bed at the shout, he brought a hand up to his chest to calm himself then looked at–....
Wemmbu?
Did he dream that-?
"Egg, what are you still doing in bed? It's literally twelve! And we're about to go and whoop Letty's ass you know." He let a laugh as he grinned, which slowly faded as he looked at his friend a questioning look. Maybe the horror that Egg felt was showing on his face.
"Egg?? What's wrong?? Did something happen?"
He opened his mouth to say something but the only thing that came out was a low sob, Wemmbu's eyes widened as he sat down on the bed besides Egg, then looked at him with a worried expression. His hands were hanging in the air, unsure if physical contact would make his friend feel better or not.
The gesture just made him feel even worse.
"Egg? What's going on? Did you..dream something bad?"
"I..- i don't–" He cut himself off and instead just threw himself onto Wemmbu to embrace him. He felt the other freeze for a moment, this was probably too out of character for him to react immediately.
He felt hands wrap around his back, he tightened his grip slightly, in response one of Wemmbu's hand wandered up to the back of his head, where he started to thread through his hair in a comforting manner.
"It's gonna be okay."
It was not okay.
It wasn't.
It wasn't a nightmare–
He wished it was.
It wasn't.
He held Wemmbu's body close to himself. Hugged him, as if it would make a difference, as if it would give comfort to Wemmbu in his last moments. His body was still warm.
"This can't be.." He laughed in his misery.
He knew that it was too real to be a dream.
He knew what would happen.
And he didn't do anything to prevent it.
And just like last time, black spots clouded his vision and he passed out soon enough.
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He woke up himself this time and he knew he wasn't going insane. This had already happened. He looked to the side and saw the door open in that exact moment with a very much alive Wemmbu walk in with a smile on his face.
"Oh, you're finally awake. I was about to come in and wake you bro, i thought you're never going to wake up at this point." He crossed his arms over his chest and grinned at Egg teasingly. "Now come on, get up. We have a big day ahead!" He turned the other way and walked out of the room.
Eggchan was alone with only his thoughts now.
He knew he wasn't going insane, it felt all too real to be deja vu and he was right. Because well, he woke up again and Wemmbu was still alive. He felt the dread settle in his gut as he began to comprehend his situation.
He woke up when Wemmbu died. He woke up to the same day when Wemmbu would later on die. Dreaming the same thing, the same death twice and then waking up again cannot be a coincidence.
He remembered reading a book about time loops back when he was stuck in the End. It was an interesting concept.
The main thing to know about them was that it built around one core moment that wasn't supposed to happen but it did anyway, and the person/people in the moment were sent back as long as they would fail changing what had happened. So the core moment here was Wemmbu's death, since that was when he always got sent back, and he was supposed to change the moment so that it would keep on track.
In all honesty, he didn't even care that the timeline got off track, what he did care about was the fact that Wemmbu was going to keep on dying until he can't change it. He wouldn't let that happen, he was going to change what had happened. He was going to make sure that his best friend would live.
He got out of bed, his thoughts still everywhere and nowhere at the same time. On one hand he knew what to do, on the other he didn't. He thought what he had read in the End was a myth or some kind of story but as he looked at Wemmbu talking to Parrot and the others, he realized that it was actually real.
He walked up to them, they greeted him then started to fill him in on what they were planning to do against Lettuce.
"Okay, so since he's probably not going to be fighting, knowing him, he'll just stand on the sidelines while his people fight, we'll have to defeat the army first."
"What if i tried to talk to him first? Maybe i could change his mind." Parrot said after Wemmbu finished talking. "I mean, it might be futile but you atleast we tried..?"
"Bro is probably not going to give up but sure, you could try it, i guess." Flame spoke up.
After they settled on a plan on what to do they went to talk to their own little 'army'. Some people were against Parrot, their future king, talking to Lettuce and putting himself in danger but he quickly shot that thought down because 'just because he might be king doesn't mean he won't put himself in danger for his people.' Parrot's words, not his.
Spoke and Mapicc then left to go gather some wither skulls because the voidling said that if they summon like, six withers it'll help them. No one really argued against it.
So everyone was preparing themselves now, talking and hyping each other up for the fight.
Egg knew that Wemmbu was talking to him right now, but he just couldn't bring himself to focus on his voice, because, well, how could he? He was stuck in, what was probably a loop that he might not even be able to change. He knew that he shouldn't panic or freak out, that would just make his situation even worse because then he couldn't think his actions trough. He had to be careful going into this because this was unknown. The book that he read didn't go into that many details.
Egg doesn't even know if he could tell anyone about this or if it would mess something up. Well probably messing things up more doesn't really matter because he was already in...quite a situation.
He had to come up with a plan.
He knew that Wemmbu died protecting him, so he somehow had to avoid getting into the place where he was attacked. Maybe if he somehow managed to convince Wemmbu to look out for himself and not Egg? But then he would die and the demon probably wouldn't handle that well. Egg wasn't even in the middle of the fight but away from it, trying to pot up people. Maybe if he just didn't go at all?
"–g?"
But that wouldn't rule out the possibilty of Wemmbu not dying. He could still die even if it wasn't by defending him.
"Egg!"
He flinched as he was pulled out of his thoughts by the sudden shout. He looked at Wemmbu, his eyebrows furrowed in a concerned expression. "Egg? Are you alright? You seem to be really in thoughts, what's on your mind?"
The seraphim let out an exhale, trying to calm himself. Others always thought that Wemmbu was someone who didn't care but he did. He could worry so much for the people he looked out for, even if he wasn't someone who could comfort people well, he always let them know by subtle actions that he was there for them.
And now he was going to die- his best friend was going to die and he might be unable to stop it.
"Nothing, Wemmbu. I'm just thinking about the future. Everything's fine." He tried to reassure his friend that he was fine. He didn't want Wemmbu worrying over him any more than he already does.
"If you..say so..?" He said, clearly not believing him but he let it go. "Okay then.."
"Guys! Mapicc and Spoke are back!" Parrot's shout could be heard throughout the base, "C'mon, let's go." Wemmbu said and the two started walking to the main area of District 13.
"Okayokay, so guys we got lots of skulls and soulsand, so we can now go and kick Lettuce's ass!" Spoke exclaimed with too much enthusiasm with someone who was about to go to war and risk his life probably. Mapicc was probably only smiling because his friend's energy was contagious.
Soon enough everyone was heading to the battlefield, many people in diamond armour, some in netherite but they all shared one goal; defeat the Law and stop their reign over the server.
Parrot's talk with Lettuce didn't work, Wemmbu obviously didn't wait for his command to fire and just immediately shot his orbital cannon, their communicators were pinging after every death.
Egg felt the dread of impending doom looming closer and closer as the fight went on. He was mostly watching from the sidelines, Wemmbu's orders obviously, he wanted bloodshed. He saw the lawman that would be his death if Wemmbu didn't decide to shield him with his body, start to come after him.
He took out his bow and started shooting at the guy, trying to not let him get close, then Wemmbu flew up into the air and then came down, smashing the guy with his mace. The lawman wasn't paying any attention so he died instantly.
Egg felt himself relax, "Egg! Watch out–!" Wemmbu flew at him with elytra at full speed then pushed him out of the way of an axe.
The axe went into his side, the netherite chestplate didn't do much when the weapon managed to slip in where the straps were "Oh fuc–" He heard Wemmbu say as the guy pulled out the axe then went for a shot to his head, which dealt the final blow.
Blood was everywhere, the scene wasn't pretty. Wemmbu fell to the floor like a ragdoll.
The lawman wasn't spared though, because while he wasn't looking, FlameFrags came up behind him and stabbed him through his neck with Inferno.
"Wemmbu!" Egg didn't know if it was him shouting or if it was Flame.
Because as much as Wemmbu and Flame wanted to pretend that they're oh so great rivals, most people knew that it was friendly rivarly when they managed to put aside their hatred for each other aside. Egg knew that deep down Wemmbu cared a lot for Flame, and that Flame also cared as much as the two pretended that they didn't.
Both of them fell to Wemmbu's side. Flame hissed as he saw the damage. "Oh shit, bro."
Egg didn't even know what to say. He thought that Wemmbu would be fine after he avoided that lawman. He wasn't going to survive this and all three of them knew that.
Wemmbu's breathing became ragged, "Gosh... i can't belie..ve that Lettuce..won" He tried to laugh but it came out as a cough. "Sorry..guys.."
"No, Wemmbu, wait—!" Flame trailed off as Wemmbu's head fell to the side, his eyes unmoving and dead. Both of them stayed quiet for a while, neither of them really cared as the battle kept on. That was until Flame broke the silence.
"I'm going to make Lettuce pay." He reached out a hand to Wemmbu's face and closed his eyes, he looked just as peaceful as he did last time. "I'm going to make him pay for causing the death of so many. Of causing the death of Wemmbu." He stood up and summoned his mace into his hand.
Egg knew that Flame could never avenge Wemmbu or anyone, because the next loop will begin.
Egg's vision started to cloud again in black spots, he knew that he was going to be sent back.
"Egg?" Flame asked, "Eggchan!" Egg looked at him one last time before he let the darkness consume him.
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He woke up with a jolt, breathing hard. Wemmbu died again. Wemmbu died again. He died.
How was he supposed to do this if Wemmbu was killed by another after he managed to escape one death? How?
"Good morning sleeping beaut-y..." Wemmbu stopped talking as he took in the sight of him. He probably looked like a mess.
"Uh..Egg? You..good?" He walked up to him and sat down in the bed. "That was a dumb question. It's better if i ask; what happened?"
Wemmbu looked at him with that soft and caring expression that he only gave to his closest friends. He was clearly worried about him, he extended one of his hands and put it on Egg's cheek, he leaned into the touch unwillingly. "What happened?"
"Wemmbu. I want you to promise me that you'll believe me." He looked taken aback, surprised. He tilted his head slightly, he always did that when he was questioning him. Egg grabbed the hand that was on his cheek and held it in his hands. "Just. Promise me."
"Yea- of course, Egg. Why wouldn't i believe you?"
"Because the thing i am about to say will make me sound crazy!" Egg's voice raised at the end and the other's eyes widened as he nodded. "Okay, okay, i promise. I'll believe you."
"I..i saw you die, it wasn't a nightmare. You died, Wemmbu. And i got sent back to this moment. I swear i am not crazy, this is the fourth time that i woke up to this morning! Wemmbu, you have to believe me—" He tightened his hold on the demon's hand.
Wemmbu's face was one of surprise and shock. "What? What does that..what do you mean by that?? You're stuck in a loop??" He raised an eyebrow, probably not believing him.
"Yes! Yes, i'm stuck in a loop. Wemmbu you have to believe me!" Egg sounded desperate, he didn't know how to convince his friend to believe him. He was terrified of seeing him die again. He doesn't want to see that again. It was enough seeing it for three times already.
"I..sure.. okay, so you're saying that you lived this already?"
"Yes! While planning on how to defeat the Law, Parrot is gonna say that he wants to talk to Lettuce before attacking. In about an hour from now Spoke and Mapicc are gonna decide that they're going to go get more withers skulls so that it'll help us in the fight. Those will happen, i swear."
"Okay, okay, calm down, Egg. It's alright, i believe you. I do. So you're saying i'm going to.. die in the fight?" He looked lost in thought for a moment before he asked; "Who's going to kill me? Lettuce? Ain't no way."
"No, you're going to die protecting me both times." Egg admitted. He was relieved to know that Wemmbu believed him and didn't think that he was going insane or that it was just a dream.
"Ah. That makes sense, yea. Okay well, then let's make sure that it won't happen again hm?" He smiled at him and put his free hand on Egg's shoulder and squeezed it. "Now let's go, i want to see if what you said will happen or nah."
It did in fact happen, both of them and Wemmbu looked at him with the most mind blown expression ever. Egg was sure that he believed him now.
Okay, they avoided both of the death that Wemmbu had. It was going to be fine.
And then Wemmbu flew away with full speed to where Parrot was being chased by fifty people. Theo was nowhere to be seen.
Egg watched it go down as one of the people in the crowd managed to shoot an arrow into his back, a slowness arrow probably as Wemmbu's speed decreased. His ears were ringing and his legs moved on it's own as he saw SargeLaw take out a cart and blow it up. Wemmbu didn't have a totem, Egg remembered that he popped it in the beginning of the fight.
His communicator pinged.
He didn't have to look at it to know who's death message it was as he heard someone shout, or himself, he didn't know because of the constant ringing; "Wemmbu!"
He had failed. Again. It didn't matter that he had told Wemmbu.
He wasn't surprised when the black spots appeared and then he passed out.
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"Eeeeeggg!!! Wake uuuppp!" His eyes snapped open as Wemmbu shook him up awake. "It's almost time to go and fight!" The demon was too enthusiastic about them going to war.
Egg looked at him and took in every little feature. His long, violet hair which had white streaks in it, he always wore it in a high ponytail but Egg knew that he loved having letting it go or having it in a messy bun, Eggchan's favorite was when he had it braided. His golden eyes with had a little bit of purple hue in them, his sclera was black instead of white. His skin was the color of light lavender. His black horns were quite small for a demon, they were black with one of them being halfway broken. He had a little tail, it always swayed back and forth in a calm motion, in some shape or form Wemmbu was always moving.
Unlike when he died–
"Egg?" Wemmbu's voice brought him out of his darkening thoughts. "Nothing. I'm good." Egg waved him off and stood up. He was taller than Wemmbu, even if he wore heels. "Let's meet up with the others." The seraphim said then walked ou of the room, he heard Wemmbu walk after him too.
The two didn't say anything but Wemmbu shot him looks as they walked.
Eggchan was thinking, he didn't know what to do anymore.
Maybe he should push Wemmbu out of the way.
This day went on as the others did.
He didn't have it in him to tell his best friend about his situation this time.
It felt like as if time had passed rapidly because the next moment they were on the battlefield again.
And Wemmbu was about to die again.
He saw him fly to Flame this time.
And Egg's body moved on its own.
His large wings flapped as he flew over to where Wemmbu was and pushed him away from the cart as it blew up.
The last thing he saw was Wemmbu's widened eyes filling with tears.
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He groaned as he bolted upright in bed, his side felt as if it was on fire.
Wait, what?
No.
No.
He was supposed to die—!
So that–
The door opened with a creak and Wemmbu stepped in. "Goood morning Egg–..you alright?"
It was always the same sentence every morning.
Always the same worry.
Always the same motions as Wemmbu sat down next to him.
He told him.
He told Wemmbu about the loops this time.
The other believed him, because of course he did. Why wouldn't he?
The events were the same.
Wemmbu had died in the end again.
He woke up again.
Wemmbu had died again.
He woke up again.
Wemmbu had died in a different way this time.
He woke up again.
Wemmbu had died in a different way again after he managed to save him of the deaths he had before.
Eggchan had woken up again.
This went on and on and on andonandonandonandon.
Over and over again.
Again and again.
Eggchan had lost count after the one hundred and fiftieth loop.
He didn't want to count anymore.
It was futile.
No matter what he did.
He had killed lawmen. He had killed himself. He had to kill Wemmbu once so his death would be painless. He tried to keep Wemmbu away from the fight, but he was always a stubborn person and not keeping away.
He didn't keep count anymore.
He sometimes told Wemmbu about the loops. Sometimes he didn't.
Whenever he did tell him, the weight got lighter.
("Did you ever think to like..change something else other than trying to stop my death?")
Wemmbu's words rang in his head as he sat up on his bed. That was something that he..never actually tried.
The door creaked open as Wemmbu walked in with a smile on his face.
And Egg decided that this time will be the last.
He's going to stop this.
"Gooood morning sleeping beauty. Did you sleep well?" He asked as he flopped down on the bed next to him. He was clearly happy, Egg felt his throat close up.
"Yea, i did. And you?"
"Oh i could hardly sleep dude, i was thinking about today so much. Do you think we'll win?"
"With you around? Of course."
"Ehh, biggest glazer i swear."
And for the first time in a while Egg let out a laugh, Wemmbu didn't catch on to his distress.
Maybe because he wasn't distressed but determined to end this all. He has to keep Wemmbu from going to the battle somehow. Or keep on the sidelines.
He should..
He should talk to someone else.
"The others are waiting, let's go and talk to them, c'mon." Wemmbu got up and dragged Egg out of bed.
The two started heading to main part of the base and Egg knew who he had to talk to as soon as he saw the colorful wings.
Parrot.
Everyone greeted each other then they began to talk about a plan of what they should do, Egg heard this too many times by now to listen. When the conversation was done he told Wemmbu that he had to talk to Parrot about something so he left to get geared up a little bit better.
"Parrot, can i talk to you for a second bro?"
The person in question was talking with Flame, they both looked at him. "Egg? Is something wrong?"
"Ehh..." He looked over at Flame and decided that if the blaze demon thought he was insane then let him think that. Parrot would probably believe him.
"Okay, yea so like, i'm not sure if you two will believe me if i tell you."
Flame and Parrot both looked at him with a confused look, "Okay, bro. Just say it, stop being so mysterious." Flame crossed his arms over his chest. "We'll try to believe you, Egg." Parrot reassured.
"Okay, so like..basically i am stuck in this endless loop. And before you think i'm crazy, i am not. I always wake up to this morning whenever Wemmbu dies in the fight against the law. I'm not insane, you two have to believe me."
Parrot and Flame were visibly taken aback as to what Egg was saying.
"Wemmbu dies and i wake up. I tried so many things by now but i am getting nowhere and i don't know what to do. This is my first time talking to someone else about this, other than Wemmbu so this is kind of my last hope."
Flame looked skeptical, he didn't seem to really believe him that much. Egg could see him glance at Parrot who was deep in thought.
"Okay, i mean...there is not really any reason for you to lie about this or mess with us before the fight. So i don't see why i shouldn't believe you." The avian said, "So we gotta keep Wemmbu on the sidelines so that we can avoid him dying? Since that seems to be what triggers your loop."
Egg felt some of the tension break in him, Parrot believed him. He can't believe it. Maybe this was actually his shot at stopping this.
"Yes, i tried to keep him away but it never works. Sometimes he dies protecting me, sometimes you and there were times when he defended you." He turned to Flame, whose eyes widened.
"Me??" He asked incredulously, clearly surprised by that revelation. As if Flame wouldn't also do something like that, Egg thought. "Why would he..wait nono, let's rewind. You're in a loop??"
"I know it sounds crazy, but i don't care. I just want you guys to help me come up with a plan or something because i can't..do this anymore."
They stayed quiet for a while, neither of them speaking, not know what to say. Flame still looked like he didn't fully believe him and Parrot was probably thinking of what they should do next.
"I know." Parrot broke the silence. "Since Wemmbu wouldn't appreciate us kicking him out of the fight, we have to keep him in the middle of it."
"What?" Both Flame and Egg spoke at the same time.
"You said that he always died protecting someone, so we have to keep him focused at all times on the fight and not focused on protecting people. I know how this sounds. But just hear me out." The two nodded, listening.
"Egg, you have to stay away from the battle, like full on away. Maybe even just stay here. I'm going to stick more to Theo and potting people up, because you said that he protected me too so then i'll be somewhere where i'm safe. I probably got split up from Theo if i ended up in that situation, but it won't happen this time." Parrot nodded, as if agreeing to his own plan.
"Flame, i want you to try and be with Wemmbu as much as possible. This is our best shot right now. I don't think we should tell him about this, that is up to Egg in the end but i think that this will work."
"The fact that i told you guys probably changed some of the timeline already.. Okay yea, i am fine with that plan. I can..stay here i guess."
He wasn't too sure if he was fine with that one. He wanted to go with Wemmbu but he also knew that he was a distaction for the mace user in a battle, especially one like this. The other would be probably surprised by his choice but it's for the better if he stays here. As for telling Wemmbu, he probably will, after he came back from the fight.
The three said their goodbyes after agreeing on the plan, atleast he think that Flame agreed too because he wasn't really listening. He was lost in his thoughts, sue him, he had a rough time.
The hours went by, Wemmbu and Egg talked and the demon agreed on letting him stay away. He even said that it was better for his mind, he knew that he didn't have to focus on anything else.
They both settled on Egg staying away but he won't stay in district 13 and instead he'll stop a few hundred blocks away from the fight.
So their little 'army' began to walk to battle and for the first time in a while, Egg felt hope build in him.
Flame and Parrot kept glancing over at them, the two were clearly thinking about what Egg was going through.
"Alright guys, we're almost there, just a few hundred blocks." Parrot spoke up, loud enough for everyone to hear. "Let's stop here." Wemmbu whispered to Egg, letting the others walk away.
"Okay so, please just stay here, okay? You've been acting strange and i don't know if it's because you're worried or something else just..don't do anything reckless."
"You're the one saying that?"
"Shut up, i'm trying to be serious here, Egg."
"..Don't worry about me, Wemmbu. Focus on the fight and not dying, please." He wondered if his friend could feel the desperation creep into his voice. Even if he did, he didn't say anything about it.
"Of course, i'll see you in a few hours, Egg!" He ran off, catching up to the others quickly.
The seraphim stood there for a few moments and then sighed. "Alright, i guess i'll just...build something."
He gathered materials and built a little hut for himself in the snowy biome, he went mining and just did things that he never did on this server. He built his enchanter about two hours after he had talked to Wemmbu.
He made his hut bigger into a big house by hour four.
He made a fishing farm and sat there for an hour.
By hour six he had made a whole base for himself, he was kind of proud of it.
And then forty minutes into hour six he saw Wemmbu.
He saw Wemmbu flying towards him with his elytra.
He saw Wemmbu and not the black spots.
"Yo! Egg! We won–" He was knocked out of breath, as soon as he landed, by Egg throwing himself onto him. The two fell into the snow. He hugged Wemmbu tight, not wanting to let go, fearing that this wasn't real and he was about to be sent back again.
He held him tightly, one hand holding the back of his head, the other was on his back. He buried his face into his best friend's shoulder.
It took Wemmbu a moment but as he got out of his surprise, he returned the embrace, holding Egg impossibly close.
"Hey..what happened? What's with all of this all of a sudden?" Wemmbu broke the silence after a few minutes.
"Do you promise that you'll believe me?" His voice was muffled by the other's clothes.
"Yea, of course i'll believe you. Now spill."
Egg let go of Wemmbu and sat in front of him, the two were now looking at each other.
"I have been..going trough a time loop, where each time you.. die i get sent back. I lived through this day so many times that i've lost count. Wemmbu, you have to believe me—"
"Is that what you were talking with Parrot and Flame?" Wemmbu cut him off.
Egg just stared at him with an incredulous look.
"Is that really your first question after what i just told you?"
"O-kay..i see your point."
The two fell into a comfortable silence. Egg waiting for Wemmbu to confirm if he believes him or not while the demon looked like he was in deep thought.
"I believe you, Egg."
"..Really?"
"Yea, i mean. What reason would you have to lie about something like this? Plus i've known you since we were kids, i know what you look like when you lie and this is not it."
He let out a relieved laugh. "Thank you, i'm..happy that you believe me."
"Yes, i do, and we'll talk about this later but the sun is going down and i am so tired", i have to sleep. Please tell me you got beds in that house."
"Yea, of course i do, dude."
The two got up and headed into the house, Egg showed Wemmbu around a little and they talked for some time about the fight.
Wemmbu fell asleep before Egg did, obviously. The seraphim was lost in thought.
He was out of the loop wasn't he? Wemmbu was alive and well. He was alive and well. He had never been this happy and relieved in his whole life.
But he had to make sure he was actually out by sleeping and seeing what day he wakes up on.
He turned and twisted in bed for a few minutes before he felt sleep creep in and he succumbed to it.
The next day when he woke up in the house he had built and saw Wemmbu sleeping in the other bed, snoring, he let himself cry out of joy for the first time in forever.