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Coiny sat in the grass, his thoughts raced around his mind like flies that no matter how much you swatted away, would stay and always come back, while buzzing continuously.
His thoughts weren't anything that he would usually worry about, especially considering he got counselling and never really thought about it, but today was a exception unfortunately for him.
Coiny plucked a blade of grass one after the other, and as he trembled even more, he started to just pull out handfuls of grass out from the ground. He curled into a ball as his breathing accelerated, his breathes shaky and heavy.
He didn't typically get like this, Coiny afterall was one of the most composed contestants, not to mention how he rarely got mad, so seeing him nervous or scared was like seeing a blue moon at night.
"I.. I can't.. " Coiny mumbled as he grew more anxious, his expression grew into a look of fear, as his body stiffened even more.
Coiny wasn't someone who thought irrationally, and in fact usually was the one who would help people with their own irritational thoughts, but he couldn't help but try to hide when he felt scared, and unluckily for him, someone who knew him very well, had just found him.
"Coiny..? "
Firey's voice was usually confident, or aggravated when talking to coiny, but instead of the typical casual tone, his voice came out like a worried friend instead.
Coiny's body stiffened when he heard firey spoke, he wanted to reply so badly, but he just couldnt. All he could do was cry even harder.
Firey approached Coiny, his hand extended to rest into coiny's back, before he quickly retracted it, and resorted to sitting beside the coin instead.
"I, um.. Are you, uh okay..?"
Firey asked awkwardly, this was clearly his first time attempting to comfort someone, and out of all people, it had to be coiny.
Coiny's sobs continued, he tried to word out something, but his panting and sobs completely made his words unrecognizable.
Firey patted coiny's back as he awkwardly tried to give out some words of reassurance,
"There there, buddy. I'm here for you. "
Coiny's breathing slowly slowed down, his panting became less heavy and his tears slowly stopped coming as he listened to firey talk to him.
"im, sorry.. "
Coiny whispered through sobs, as he attempted to try and make himself look like he wasn't just breaking down.
"huh? What for?"
"for having to see me like this.. "
Firey was stunned, he was confused on why Coiny was apologizing to him. It wasn't like coiny slapped him, and even if he had, he would NEVER apologize for that.
"it's fine, it's not like I'm upset over it, but uhm, can I ask why ur so upset?"
Firey asked curiously, his mind creating elaborate stories and theories about whatever coiny was upset about.
"Oh, I.. It's a bit embarrassing. "
"Thats fine, I won't judge you for it. "
" I just.. I'm scared, I'm scared for the future. I don't want time to pass, I don't think I'm ready to move on from this, and I was no where near ready for leaving bfdia. "
Coiny had one fear, and it was time. He didn't ever talk about it, but he deeply hated the concept of time. He hated how no matter how close you could be with someone, one day, you'd eventually just stop talking. Coiny hated how no matter what, he could lose someone no matter how hard he tried, and end up in completely different paths in life.
"Move on..? What do you mean by move on? We aren't up for elimination, we can't leave bfb yet? "
"Not like that, I mean how I will one day have to move on from all my future, past and current friendships, I'll have to keep this experience as a memory for the rest of my life, and I have to move on despite if I'm ready or not and even if I'm 100% happy with it. It's.. Hard to explain. "
"It's fine, I know I can't do a lot, but even if we do get on each other nerves sometimes, im here for you, and im not going anywhere anytime soon. "
Coinys body relaxed as he heard that, despite how much he considered firey annoying, he did really care for him, and he couldn't deny that. Not like he wanted to, anyways.
"Are you feeling any better coiny? "
"I don't know yet, I just.. "
"It's fine coiny. I'm here, and if you want, I can go get pin or-"
Firey pushed himself upwards as he looked for any sign of pin or needle.
"actually, could you maybe just stay here. I know it's silly but, I really just want you to stay here with me for now. "
Firey froze as he heard coiny's request, his face relaxed into a smile as he slowly sat back down and shuffled closer to coiny.
"Yeah, thats fine. I'll stay here with you for as long as you need. "
Firey started talking about anything he could think of, his face grinned as he talked about bfdia and the challenges he won, while coiny listened and shuffled in closer towards firey.
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"Oh! And and-"
Firey paused as he felt coiny lean softly into him, his head posed cozy on top of firey's shoulder. firey looked at coiny, his face looked peaceful, and his breathing was quiet and controlled.
"This isn't too bad. " Firey thought to himself, as he leaned into coiny aswell, while keeping him in a way that kept both of them comfortable.
Firey watched coiny's face as he slowly grew drowzy himself, and eventually fell asleep. both content and relaxed with one another.