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Skateboard started noticing slowly, the way Boombox didn't listen to his interests anymore, stopped laughing around him and lastly how he ignored him, didn't talk first... how other inphernals would make him laugh, he talked to them, loved them... then it was him...
He began to notice months ago, whilst he was talking to another inphernal about random shit... he couldn't remember, it had made him jealous... like he wasn't enough anymore.
He sat there, they were hanging out again, Coil, Slingshot, Boombox and Shuriken.
Without him.
It hurt, he watched Boombox walk away from the group, sit alone just like he was... maybe someone would talk to him, he was on the verge of tears anyways.
But someone walked up to Boombox, sitting next to him and talking to him...
But not Skateboard.
"Everyone LOVES Boombox" Skateboard thought, jealousy overtaking him as he teared up. "They love him because he's a pushover, they don't deserve him... I try but he just.... doesn't WANT me, he needs to learn better... not let people step on him!"
"...Or maybe thats why they don't like me... why everyone hates me."
Skateboard started crying, walking away with a single glance by Slingshot.
The next day another inphernal went up to him
"Whats going on with you and Boombox?" She asked, cheerfully.
Great, just another shithead here for drama.
"Nothing, ignore it." He responded, gruffly.
"Think about what you did recently, I know why hes ignoring you, meet me later and we can talk it out between you two!" She smirked.
....
God he hated this girl
She acted like his friend but bullied him
Pushing jokes always.
She didnt come at the time she promised.
He didn't understand why Boombox was doing this, what he had done...
But from that day on he kept trying.
Talking to them, approaching the group a lot... talking, trying to be included...
He heard everyone call Boombox a different name... he didn't know they meant him...
No one noticed they were leaving Skateboard out...
Everyday he started sitting at home, crying, so hard... he wanted it to stop, to go back to how it used to...
Laughing his ass off, talking to Coil, Sling and Boombox with Shuriken...
All of them....
God... he wanted it so bad.