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Parrot, Wifies and Theo.
These guys were the talk of unstable high, something about queerbaiting, if they secretly hate eachother, if Wifies would ever confess his love to parrot, oh yea, people were shipping their classmates, normal activity, except for when parrot and Wifies found out
Parrot thought it was a little weird, but didn’t really do anything about it unless they went too far
Wifies? He went along with it. Hugging parrot whenever people were watching, giving him kissy faces just to piss him off
Things a best friend would do just to purely spite you
Theo on the other hand, was a little skeptical, but it was funny seeing the two interact, Theo was basically a body guard for parrot
Always at his side like Wifies, but always getting parrot out of trouble when he needed it
Wifies was…what some people would call obsessive, even to his own friends.
Theo would catch Wifies glaring at him sometimes whenever he and parrot got too close, or whatever was too close in wifies mind.
Wifies would always make excuses to be alone with parrot, not to do anything weird, he just didn’t like anyone else being close with him. He has vented and talked to parrot about this, and he is seeing a Therapist to see what’s going on, but honestly Wifies kind of hates his therapist-
And that’s what they were talking about it in class today, just Theo and parrot comforting and listening to Wifies vent about his therapist
“Dude she’s so!- ugh I don’t even know how to describe it!” Wifies groaned, his ears pinning back
Wifies was a dog hybrid, well, to be specific, a wolf-dog hybrid, half wolf, half dog, half human-
His wolf species is unknown, but his dog species is a Dalmatian, which should explain his loyalty to parrot and how he’s always by his side, sometimes getting really depressed and overly worried whenever parrot left for too long
But his therapist thought otherwise and shut it down whenever he asked.
“I keep trying to ask for a new therapist but they keep saying ‘oH DoNt WoRRy ShEs a SpEciAlisT’ SPECIALIST MY ASS!!” Wifies complained, not really caring how loud he was because literally everyone else in the class were yelling and talking loudly too
Parrot snorted, leaning back in his chair with a smirk. "Bro, she sounds like one of those therapists who thinks everything is 'attachment issues' and makes you write five paragraphs about your feelings."
Theo nodded seriously, unlike some people here, Theo actually took mental health stuff pretty seriously. He adjusted his sun glasses before speaking
"Did she… at least acknowledge that you feel distressed around Parrot’s other friendships? Or did she just call it jealousy again?"
Wifies flopped dramatically across the desk like a sad puppy who’d been scolded for chewing shoes. His spotted ears drooped even lower.
"NOO" he whined into the wood grain. "She said I'm 'projecting insecurity onto platonic relationships’… what does THAT EVEN MEAN?! I’M NOT INSECURE! I JUST DON’T WANT SOMEONE ELSE STEALING HIM!" He blurted out, his pupils going small as he panicked
Across the room, Flame choked on his soda.
Lomedy immediately elbowed him “DUDE-“
Parrot blinked slowly… then side-eyed Wifies.
Theo stayed quiet, but his expression shifted slightly. A tiny frown tugged at his mouth as he glanced between them both again
Wifies froze, slowly turning his head side to side as the class coincidently started to get quiet
He may have said that a little too loud.
the fact that it got quiet was eating Wifies alive.
He slowly sunk into his seat, his face a little red from embarrassment and pure panic as his tail tucked between his tail
“Uhm..I did-…I didn't mean to say that out loud..” he coughed, his ears pinning back more
“I-…I didn’t-…mean it like that I uhm-“ he tried to backtrack himself, but suddenly the smartest person in school was stuttering like a middle schooler.
Parrot opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out
What was he even supposed to say to this?…
Wifies couldnt do it.
He felt trapped, in a small little cage where no matter where he looked someone was staring at him.
He had to get out of there.
With a small whine he grabbed his open bag and bolted out of the classroom, some papers scattering out of the bag like in the movies
The people who weren’t paying attention definitely were now.
Some asking what happened and why Wifies just ran out
Theo tried to calm everyone down, trying to lie and say that Wifies just had an emergency
It didn’t help that parrot decided to run after Wifies. How could he not?..Wifies was one of his best friends besides Theo. And being known to have some mental issues.
“Wh- parrot! Oh come on we can’t have you leave too!-“ Theo groaned out, his feathers fluffing up
Mapicc spoke out and helped with the tension “he’s probably just checking up on him, I mean I would too if my friend just bolted out the classroom like that-“
Theo sighed and slumped back into his seat, arms crossed like a disappointed parent.
Mapicc gave him a sympathetic look
The class slowly returned to chatter, whispers spreading fast:
"Did Wifies just say something about stealing Parrot?"
“Wait no I think it was more possessive?"
"Bro they’re so obvious."
“Now’s not the time Boosfer.”
“Oh come on they’ve been acting weird for weeks!"
Lomedy nudged Flame “This is worse than that time Zam got rejected.”
Flame sighed and muttered “I can’t believe we’re watching this unfold live.”
Meanwhile
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Wifies back crashed against the wall of the janitors bathroom
The janitor let Wifies use it whenever he was feeling panicked
And boy was he panicked right now.
He couldn’t help the way his body shook uncontrollably. He’s never had such a bad panic attack since that time his parents locked him in the closet.
His breathing was horrid, deep breaths and shallow breaths at the same time
He could barely see. Everything came crashing around him as he silently sobbed, he couldn’t even ask for help. Nothing could come out of that dry throat despite the tears being forced down it
He started pulling at his tail subconsciously, scratching and pulling at the fur until small bald spots appeared
the janitor was off duty today
But..if the janitor was off duty…
The door creaked open
slow, cautious.
Not the janitor with his mop and coffee stain shirt.
Parrot. Who somehow managed to track him all the way here
He stepped in quietly, their feathered wings slightly tucked back to avoid making noise. His eyes immediately locked onto Wifies crumpled form against the wall.
For a second, Parrot froze.
His breath hitched. He didn’t know what to do, a panic attack? He’d never seen someone have one before
not from himself and not someone they cared about this much anyway.
Wifies looked broken. Shaking violently, tears streaming down his spotted cheeks, his tail looking shredded, breathing all messed up…
Without thinking twice, parrot rushed over and dropped to his knees right in front of the poor boy
Reaching out to try and comfort him
Wifies froze completely, his breathing still unstable, his instincts told him to back away, get away from parrot before he got hurt
But, there was no where to go.
Wifies couldn’t speak. Could barely breath either
Just watched as the blurry multicolored figure moved infront of him, hands reaching out
Wifies could tell it was parrot from the colors, that didn’t stop him from being so scared. His eyes could barely lock onto once thing, he could barely see from the tears and pure panic in his eyes
He could only hope that parrot knew what he was doing
And parrot didnt know
He didn’t know anything
He didn’t say anything.
He couldn’t, because if there was one thing he knew about Wifies, was that jumbled words right now would just make it worse.
So he did something simple.
Slowly, so slowly, he reached out
And wrapped his arms around Wifies in a tight hug. Not too hard. Just enough to hold him there like an anchor in a stormy sea.
His wings folded slightly around the back of his shoulders, not trapping him, but creating this soft little cocoon of warmth and feathers
No sudden movements. No loud sounds from him either, he just held on quietly as Wifies shook violently between sobs he couldn't control or voice aloud..
Parrots feathers were warm, they felt like stuffed animals, everything about parrot felt warm.
His breathing turning into more of when your unbelievably tired from running
Parrot then started humming softly under his breath, if words wouldn’t work, this was all he had left.
that stupid song that parrots mother used to sing to them when they had sleepovers, from a cartoon that got discontinued, he didn’t even know parrot remembered it.
Wifies tried to close his eyes
Slowly letting go of his bruised up tail
But everytime he did he only opened his eyes wider, thoughts and feelings flooding into him all at once
But parrot holding him, the soft vibrations of his humming, Wifies could feel every part of it
His breathing slowly shallowed, until he could actually swallow, the first time he did in what seemed like forever
His dry throat began to fill up with spit, he felt like he could actually breath again
His small pupils started to dilate, then go small again
Like his body was trying to uncover whether parrot was real or not
Parrot smiled just a little, small and private, and tightened their hug by an inch, feathers fluffing up slightly with comfort warmth like a living blanket made for one person only
him. Wifies. His best friend since the beginning of middle-school.
He could tell Wifies was still scared
so he stayed perfectly still, even after finishing the last note of the cartoon theme song…
Wifies just held on
Like if he let go, everything would go to ruin again.
then gently, So gently.
Parrot leaned back just enough to look at Wifies face
and without saying anything yet, he lifted one hand and softly wiped away a tear-streaked spot on his cheek with his thumb. A small gesture, but it meant so much more.
Wifies stared, like looking into a vast open void
That hand..it felt so soft, so, agonizingly familiar
Wifies pupils dilated in pure joy
“Parrrot?…” he croaked, his mouth hanging open slightly as he had to lick the drool from his mouth before crashing into parrot, his arms wrapping around parrots neck as he sobbed
Not in panic
In pure relief that parrot was okay.
And parrot caught him
didn’t pull away. Didn’t flinch at the wet tears soaking into their shirt or the snot.
He didn’t care.
just held on tighter, wings curling fully around the hybrid now
One hand rubbed slow circles between wifies shoulder blades while Parrot rested their chin lightly atop his head
No words yet
No words were needed.
And Wifies never wanted to leave.
to anyone, this would feel like home, a safe place
Parrot was more than a safe place to Wifies.
He was everything.
Wifies light and day. His sun. While Wifies was the moon
Because the sun is the reason the moon shines.
Parrot was more than home, more than anything. Wifies would die for parrot if he had to.
Parrot holding him like this made him feel loved, valued, something that someone actually cared about
And he didn’t want anyone to take that away from him.
Parrot didn’t realize it…but they were thinking something similar.
Like their minds connected through nothing but pure love and devotion
Like they were connected through fate in every universe.
That Wifies WAS their moon. the calm glow that showed up when things got too dark. The one who always remembered Parrot's coffee order without being asked. Who waited outside class if he got held back by teachers even though he hated waiting.
And yeah, maybe people teased them about being close friends or called it "queerbaiting” whenever they swore they weren’t anything more, not even using the term right
but right now? None of that mattered.
Just this moment.
This hug.
This boy clinging to him like he’d disappear if he let go...
And so parrot softly whispered for the first time since arriving
"...Hey."
It was nothing much
Purely a check in to see if Wifies was even still with us
Wifies had stopped sobbing, but he could stop the tears that streamed down his face as he pulled away slightly to look at parrot in the eyes
Wifies looked like a puppy who had gotten pulled out of a ptsd moment, like someone had put his heart back into his body
Like someone had showed him what it meant to love someone.
“Hi..” Wifies sniffed out with a snotty laugh, which sounded more like a sob, but you could tell which was a laugh and which was an actual cry
"...You okay?" Parrot chirped, voice hushed like the world outside this bathroom didn't exist anymore.
lifting one hand and gently cupping Wifies cheek, his thumb brushing away a fresh tear that dared to paint that pretty face
Wifies immediately leaned into the touch, silently sobbing to himself again just from something as simply as parrot cupping his face
“Better now that…your here..” he choked out, smiling like a stupid idiot
If he was in an anime right now his pupils would be hearts, pure joy and love spilling out of his face through tears and touch
Parrot had felt their own eyes get a little wet from the sight
From Something warm and fuzzy blooming in his chest like sunlight breaking through clouds.
Wifies stupid smile, it was contagious
Parrot didn’t say anything for a second. Just stared at him. Memorizing every tear track glistening under the flickering bathroom light.
Then, without warning, like it was instinct
Parrot leaned in
Wifies breath hitching as he felt parrots face close
And kissed him.
Not on the forehead.
Not gently or "as friends."
A soft but real kiss right on the lips
a quiet press of warmth and care that said everything they hadn't been saying out loud for months
Something that made Wifies body shiver.
That made his tail start to wag softly against the cold tiled floor.
He’s been kissed before, he’s been loved before
But not like this.
No…oh not like this at all.
This felt warm, like Wifies was in space, like he floating off into the void with the pure feeling of being alive
And he never wanted to come back down.
His eyes fluttered closed as his body learned to lean into it, not avoid it like he had been for all these years
Thinking it was stupid
That it was wrong.
That it wasn’t worth his time.
But this moment, was worth every second of holding it together. And breaking apart all over again.
Parrot smiled against wifies lips as
His tail kept wagging slowly behind him, a quiet, unconscious rhythm of pure joy and disbelief
All the years of hiding his feelings… pretending he was "fine" with just being best friends
lying to himself that it didn’t hurt seeing Parrot laugh with others.
It all dissolved in that kiss.
Parrot felt him lean in deeper, not pulling away, not flinching or overthinking
and their heart pounded like a drumroll from heaven itself.
And when they finally pulled back
Their foreheads rested together. Still breathing each other’s air. Still close enough to feel every shaky breath
Wifies breath fell heavy again,
but this time, it wasn’t from panic.
It was awe
His chest felt too small for his heart. Like it had swollen to twice its size and was about to burst right out of his ribcage.
Parrot’s forehead against his, their noses almost touching…the faint warmth of that kiss still lingering on Wifies lips.
He didn’t know what to do with himself.
Should he hug them? Should he say something? Should he-
No.
He couldn’t do anything but just do what felt right in the moment
He tilted his head forward again
And kissed Parrot back.