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It had been around a few weeks since the trio's reunion. It had been four weeks since Ze got out of the hole. And it had been four weeks since Ze realized he had been living a lie.
It had been four weeks since Ze realized that Regect and Moe cared about him. That they were looking for him. That they had been worried.
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Ze had been sitting on his bed, staring at his wall, gun clutched to his side. He had always carried guns on him, he had always been armed with something. But this time was different. He felt scared. He felt the same way he had when his dad put him into boot camp to 'toughen up'.
He heard a knock on his door, then the sound of it opening and closing.
It was Regect.
Normally, he would've yelled at the entity to get out and start fighting him, but he allowed it this time.
He wasn't about to push away someone like that.
"What do you want?" He asks harshly, his tone sharper than he intended it to be. "I'm just checking on you...Moe's worried, and we both think you should come out. It would..distract you we think"
Regect's tone was oddly soft. Like he was speaking to Ze like he was something fragile. Something that's easy to break.
"No- go away, Regect."
But Regect didn't leave his room, it just stood there, silently staring to Ze. But, Ze felt something boiling under, anger.
"I said LEAVE, dumbass! How hard is it to understand!?" He sat up quickly, now standing, pointing his gun at the entity.
"Fine then. Be like that, stupid." Regect scorned, walking out of Ze's room, aggressively slamming the door shut behind itself.
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If he didn't feel like shit before, he definitely did now. Yelling at someone who was worried at him. How idiotic of him. How stupid. Why does he have to always be so damn aggressive? Why does he always have to push away people he cares about?
Ze was now walking of of the trio's shared house, walking into the nearby forest to do something to burn of steam. Maybe punching a few trees? Maybe just sitting next to the lake/river near their house to calm down.
As he was walking, he heard shuffling behind a couple of trees and bushes. He walked up to the trees to get a closer look to see what was behind them.
It was Regect.
He looked upset. He soundedupset.
"Regect..."
"What do you want? I thought you wanted to be alone."
"I do, you damn chud. I just- didn't expect to see you out here too I guess"
The two were in an uncomfortable silence before Ze sat down next to Regect. "I'm sorry for being an ass to you earlier. I don't know why I'm so aggressive"
Regect stayed silent for a couple of seconds before responding to the other, "It's okay I guess."
"Really. I am."
"I know you are, Ze."
The silence that followed was uncomfortable before Ze placed it's hand (paw? What does it even have sobs) ontop of Ze's, still looking away.
Ze took that as a chance to intertwine their hands.