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“Don’t be an idiot John!” Pezzy called out after his friend. John didn’t pay any mind to that though and continued on with his quest, petting a goose. Now this is probably the dumbest fucking thing he could ever do, he knows that, but send him to hell if you think that's going to stop him.
He skipped away, hands over his ears. Just to make Pezzy more upset. "LALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" he yelled back.
Pezzy tapped his foot in annoyance, “He’s gonna get himself killed one of these days.” he sighed, running a hand through his fizzy hair as it started to bubble and fizz due to stress.
Droid rolled his eyes, with a breathy chuckle he spoke. “Yeah, yeah I’ll wait here for the others while you go catch that idiot before he does something I would do.”
Pezzy slouched, "Ughr, I'll be back.." he trudged off after John. Hands shoved into his pockets.
"Goooood luck!" Droid called out. Chuckling when Pezzy flipped him off in response.
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“You really need to get out more dude, I practically had to drag you with me.” Matt mumbled, tossing an arm over Smitty's shoulder. He could feel the man slump under his weight but just chalked it to him being mopey.
“I got work to do, you know this dude, but thank you anyways. I did need a break…” Smitty slung his arm over Matt's, the two jumbled together like a messy puzzle.
Matt scoffed “No duh, You looked like a walking corpse my guy. When I first saw you open the door, you were practically melting!"
“Just had a rough morning is all ugh…” he shook his head, trying to mentally bat away the doubt “..Anyways, it's quite nice out today. Seems to be a lot of people out and about now that the weather has gotten a bit warmer.”
“Mm yeah I guess you're right, I wasn't expecting so many people to be here. Don’t blame them though, gotta take advantage of the nice weather while you can around here.” Blarg hummed back.
They followed the simple stone path around the park, talking to one another about what they’ve been up to since they last spoke. Smitty was glad he had Blarg to pull him out of his head. Having time like this with his friend was very much needed with all the stress he's been under lately. Matt was right, he had been so stressed out keeping himself whole he hasn't really had a chance to just breathe.
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John inched forward, kneeling down a few feet away. One thing about him was he loved birds, any chance he got to look at them was a chance he took. He pulled out his phone and quickly clicked open the camera app. Lining it up with the goose that sat a few feet in front of him. Despite how mean geese were, they sure are pretty. “Hey there little guy, don’t mind me..just snapping a quick pic…” John whispered softly, raising his camera to take a photo of the goose. He angled an icy wing up, using it to shine the light just right.
The bird turned towards him slowly, raising its head elegantly. “Perfect…”
John snapped a photo, checking it over once before deciding it was good enough. He will definitely have to paint this later, he noted. Just as he put his phone back in his pocket, the goose honked.
“Shit-”
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Smitty gave Matt a friendly shove, “Aw come on dude! Don’t joke with me like that!”
“Seriously dude! It was a fucking giant ass spider!” Blarg stretched out his arms to a very exaggerated length. “It was like THIS big bro!!”
“What would a giant ass spider be doing in Canada bro? No picture, no proof my guy.” He placed a hand on his hip and pointed at Matt. “You seriously expect me to believe you found a spider the size of a dog?”
Matt lowered his arms, “no- ugh dude…you know what I mean.” He croaked.
“I do lmao I’m just messing with you dude don’t wor-”
As he moved to turn someone ran full force into him, sending him toppling down onto the ground with a startled yelp. Matt had to jump out of the way so he didn't also get thrown to the ground.
The person who ran into him stumbled over and fell on top of Smitty. Their ice blue wings sprawled out behind them.
“oww..” Smitty groaned as he tried to sit up. He could feel a sharp sting on his hand where it had scraped against the path in the fall.
He looked up, meeting the eyes of the man, breath catching in his throat. It felt like his brain was short circuiting for a moment. The guy’s eyes were a piercing blueish green, fragments of blue shimmered from his skin. They both sat there for a moment bewildered.
Smitty blinked a few times, clearing his head. He didn't know how long they have been on the ground for but it was definitely making people stare now. "Uhm…could you…get off me?" Smitty asked.
The man on top of him scrambled to his feet, face turning red as he muttered curses under his breath. He offered a hand to help Smitty to his feet. “Oh fuck my bad dude.”
“It’s fine.” Smitty took the man's hand, gingerly standing back up. He was glad he chose to wear his padded coat today or that fall could have hurt worse than it did….they didn't let go of each others hands. The man's hand was cold, like ice. It felt refreshing on his warm hands.
Matt rushed over and basically pushed the guy out of his way, quickly looking over Smitty for any injuries. Smitty's hand fell to his side, balling into a loose fist. What was going on with him right now?
“M’fine don’t worry Matt.” Smitty shrugged him off. Taking a hand and dusting his pants off. He looked at the hand that stung, a bit of blood ran from the side of it but nothing too crazy. It would probably hurt for a few days though which sucked.
Matt grunted “Dude you just ate concrete! I’m making sure you're ok.” he took Smitty's injured hand and checked it over, grimacing when he saw how bad it was. "You could have softened your fall and you know that." Matt stated.
"And you should know that I don't care." Smitty bit back.
The guy stood awkwardly, looking behind him every too often. Inching back slowly.
Another guy ran up to the pretty ice guy-..what the fuck, not pretty, he didn't find this guy pretty. What the fuck was his brain doing. "I told you not to run off dude. Now look what you've done!" The new man's hair fizzles and popped, the stress evident in his voice.
"I'll….listen next time. Sorry bro." Muttered the ice guy, obviously catching the fizzy guy off guard.
"…it's fine dude-….."
Matt poked Smitty on the forehead, "your melting."
"Huh." Smitty looked down at his hands, noticing them slowly turning a bright white and drops of liquid spattered on the path. "Oh."
Matt pulled Smitty close, wrapping an arm around his shoulders like before. "Come on, let's get home before you turn to a puddle."
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Pezzy took a deep breath and met John's eyes. "..it's fine dude, now come on, I left Droid behind to wait for the others and you know how he gets.”
"oh god hes going to start fighting a dog for a ball again isn't he?" John joked.
Pezzy pushed John forward. “Probably dude, hurry!”
As he was pulled away he looked back and watched as the two strangers walk out of the park. Feeling intrigued, wanting to know more about the dude he had ran into.
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Smitty rubbed his arm, watching as the two strangers left. He wished he could somehow go back and talk to the stranger. God maybe something was wrong with him. Matt was pulling him out of the park, wanting to get his friend out of the public eye as soon as he could. He was also still worried about the hand Smitty had scratched up in the fall.
"Jesus, you would think people would be smarter nowadays.” Matt huffed.
“Says the guy who thought a spider was the size of a dog.” Smitty remarked.
Matt chuckled, ruffling Smitty’s hair. “You know what I mean dude.”
Smitty shrugged, the two falling back into silence. Matt gave Smitty a worried glance, wanting to say something but choosing not to. “Let’s….just get you home and patched up..”
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