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The group just got back from a fishing trip and as usual, Regect was blabbering on about how he got 'the most fish' even tho he clearly summoned them all. He did not even touch a fishing row the whole trip. Ze rolled his eyes.
"Yeah man I don't know what you mean, I did that all by myself" said the entity in a smug tone. He was more arrogant than usual and that just made Ze irritated.
And to his luck, he just got an excuse to log off for the day. A call from his mom.
"Hey guys I gotta log off for the day, we'll do that build we were talking about later"
The played waved goodbye, mostly to Moe since he's still annoyed at Regect and then he dissappeared. Just like that the whole atmosphere changed. The entity dropped his smile, not that it was visible anyway.
Silence enveloped the room, you could hear a pin drop.
He sighed.
"Man I hate it when Ze leaves.." Regect hugged himself for comfort. "it gets lonely.."
Moe honked twice, trying to comfort him, tho she agreed with what he was saying. Hell even the two's constant bickering was better than this deafaning silence.
And aparently they were the only ones who felt that way, Wakafante was happily doing whatever in his room, some anti gravity potion or what he thought of that day.
The duo headed to their rooms. Regect laid down on his bed with a creak. He knows Ze always comes back in about a week, or in the real world in a day or two, but he still hates the emptiness, the silence.
Sometimes he even blames himself, what if he had pushed him away, what if he left because of him, and even worse, what if he doesn't come back, what if he'll leave him like-
The image of the familiar white skin flashes in his head. His breathing quickens. He curls into a ball, rocking back and forward.
This was the worst time for a panic attack.
He tries taking deep breaths, his mind is getting hazy but there's one thing clear in his mind, his last interaction with Micha.
He looked at his hands, his vision getting a bit hazy.
This has happened before, he tells himself. He tries his usual calming down techniques like naming stuff he can touch, smell, taste and other things, and in the end, it works. He calms down enough to think clearly, tho he's still breathing fairly fast.
He lays down, exhausted. This wasn't how he wanted to spend his day. The entity sighs and turns to his side. He tries to sleep, he really does, but apparently fate has other plans for him.
He can't stop thinking about his world with his Micha, and he feels like he needs to check it, what if he came back? What if he came for him and he wasn't there?
And before he starts panicking again he leaves the world. He inhales sharply and joins the first one he ever joined. The buildings were still there, the grand house he built for them both, Micha's old house, and the smiley face.
Man he missed him. There was a bittersweet grin on his face the whole time he was there. They were both good memories to visit and hurt even more to think about.
After walking around for a bit he left the world again, he was about to join Moe again. He looked at his friends list, there was someone online, Ze said he'd be gone a while so could it be? Regect took a shaky breath before joining the world Micha was in.
[Regect joined the server]
That's what flashes in the chat. And the second a certain kid saw that he immediately jumped up. Was it really his friend?
Regect walked slowly through the woods until he sees a house build a bit ahead. He runs towards it. He runs like his life depends on it.
And when he sees that figure in the distance, the same white one with the purple arm, he was overwhelmed by emotions. A mix of happiness, grief and longing, all at once, too much for one to handle.
The two ran to each other, and when they had just a bit of space between them, Micha opens his arms, inviting the other to hug him.
And Regect gladly accepted it but when he wraps his arms around the player, he dissolves into smoke, making the entity fall to his knees.
"Micha?" he asks, his voice desperate and panicked. "MICHA?" he yells, tears rolling down his face.
A laugh was heard from behind. He knew that laugh. He knew who was behind this horrid joke. Regect slowly turned around, being faced by his former boss.
"HAH, really thought you'd escape from me that easily?" the demon laughed mockingly, the entity stared as his hands. "And even fell for that basic trick? You can't leave the game dummy, this is a dream! "
He looks directly into those two disembodied eyes.
"Why would you do this" he said quietly
"Really thought I'd visit a reject like you? Im here because I need you to do something for me."
Regect remains quiet.
"I need you to get Ze back into the hole."
The entity stands up quickly, almost loosing his balance.
"Never." he said, leaving no room for argument.
"Not even if..." he pauses "Let's see, I bring you to Micha again?"
Regect stared in horror. He can't seriously be asked to choose between his current friends and Micha.
"Don't worry" the voice said mockingly "I'll come back in a few days to get your response"
The voice laughed again before the entity woke up with a gasp, his breath quick.
It was really all a dream, but now he's got a new problem on his hands. Regect needs to talk to his friends. And quickly.
Luckily for him..
[Ze joined the server]
When the entity saw that message he jumped out of bed and ran down the stairs, tripping multiple times.
When the player came in sight, he ran towards him and hugged him tightly, tears were streaming down his face and he was shaking violently.
"Woah dude what's wrong?! What happened?"
He says, worried. Regect tries his best to explain, but no words were understood between the sobs.
"Hey it's ok, calm down" Ze pats his back and
guides him to the couch. "breathe in and out.." he whispered in a comforting tone, "that's it, in and out".
After a bit the creature finally calms down enough to talk. He explains what happened with him and his boss in the dream. He told him the choice, and how scared he was.
Ze remember their conversation about Micha, and frankly if he was put in this situation, he'd act the same. But he's faced a lot of stuff. And he thinks he can prevail through this too. He puts a hand on the entity's shoulder, him looking up, and wiping tears from his face.
"Look man, I know how difficult this is and it's your choice, but I think you should decline the offer, from what you told me, he's not trustworthy. And mabye he doesn't even have Micha in his grasp." Ze inhaled and hugged the entity, tho he didn't do the same.
"We went through a lot, we can get through this."
Regect let's out a shaky beath.
"Ze.." he pauses. "Are you sure, I barely held him back for 5 years, I don't know if we can defeat him" he whispers into the other's ear, still not hugging back,his body tense.
"We'll find a way" the words were so confident , so.. reassuring.
And even if he knew the words weren't true, he found them comforting.
He finally hugged back.