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Pierce is walking back to his home, defeated and heartbroken. His date had gone completely wrong, Leo hates him and he's got nothing left.
It starts raining because of course it does. Just his luck really.
He opens the door, his house dark. Empty. It felt hollow now, it felt... wrong. Nobody came home yet. No Kaboodle, no Ferre.
Nobody
He feels so sad and so broken. He's basically lost himself at this point. And what does Pierce do when he's safe and broken and depressed? Eat!
Clown has alot of comfort foods, which is basically anything he can get his hands on.
He opens the fridge and doesn't bother to look around. He immediately grabs everything he can carry and goes to his room.
He locks the door and starts eating. He grabbed quite alot. A few bags of chips, a pint of ice cream and soda.
He knows it's not the best choice of food, but comfort foods were different. In Clown's opinion at the very least.
He's never going to find love again.
It's been a week since that incident.
And they've tried everything.
Ferre tried talking to him, but was met with the middle finger and a million insults. Mugm and Ash tried to take away all of Clown's comfort food. They came out with their noses bleeding and a black eye. You don't need to guess to know what happened in there.
He won't talk to anyone. Not even Kaboodle!
Everyone is discussing what to do but Kaboodle looks pissed. How is she not? Her brother is heartbroken because of them.
"We need to do something.", Ferre says. "Clown is in the dumps, we need to help him."
"Well what can we do? He doesn't trust us anymore.", Ash argues. "We've tried everything already!"
"I could try to talk to him, he knows I wasn't part of what happened.", Squiddo suggests.
"That... could work actually.", Mugm adds.
"Should we try that?", Kaboodle asks, unamused.
"Well if it doesn't work. We need to call him.", Ferre says seriously.
"Really? Him?", Squiddo asks, not believing a word coming out of the dragon hybrid's mouth.
"Yes.", Ferre answers.
"We're calling MinuteTech."
Clown is laying in his bed, eating his ice cream and is both listening and crying to music that isn't even sad. A knock could be heard at the door, not like it mattered. Because without Leo, nothing matters, not anymore.
The door slowly opened and a girl with an orange sweater comes in.
"Clown...? Hey, it's me, Squiddo.", she says.
He glances at her and turns away, now facing the wall. If he was going to be honest, he would say he looked and was acting like a child. Well, maybe he was but let's not talk about it.
"Clown... come on, get up. I know what Ash and the others did was fucked up and you could even say that they are bitches for doing it in the first place.", she started. "But that doesn't mean you can give up on Leo now. Besides, we're all worried about you. Please come on out."
"Oh? So now they're worried about me? Last time I checked, they ruined everything."
"Clown, you and I both know they mean well."
"Mean well? Seriously Squiddo, when have they ever mean well?"
"Clown, I don't expect you to forgive them. All I'm asking is that you try to talk things out with Leo."
"Leo? Leo hates me."
"No he does not."
"Yes, he does. You heard him in the library."
"You need to talk with him, Clown. You can't keep listening and crying to--what is this? Is this TayTay? Why are you crying over TayTay? Her songs aren't even sad."
He doesn't answer. He's too tired and done with everyone.
"...Clown? Clownnn? You still here with me?"
"I'm sorry the old Clown can't come to the phone right now."
"Dude, you can't be serious."
"Why? Oh! Cause he's dead!"
"Alright that's it. You're getting up and coming with me to go to Leo."
Squiddo grabs Clown by his ankles and starts dragging him to the door.
He retaliates by gripping the sheets of his bed and fighting like a cat. Even hissing like one at her.
"No! You will never take me alive!"
"You-- need to go-- to-- Leo!"
"No! Never!"
"Will you two stop fighting?"
Squiddo drops Clown and looks behind her.
MinuteTech had come.
"Hi hi hi!"
And appearantly Spoke.
"What's up?"
And he brought Mapicc. Of course he did.
"Minute! Finally! Would you help me drag him to Leo?"
"No! I am not going back! Minute, can I kick her out?"
"Okay. First of all, no, I am not helping you drag Clown and no you can not kick Squiddo out because she was trying to help you.", Minute deadpanned.
"Aw man.", Squiddo grumbled.
"Squiddo, leave. I'll handle this.", Minute glares at her.
"He's all yours.", Squiddo says, not wanting to be part of this nonsense.
"You two also.", he looks at Spoke and Mapicc.
"What did we do?!", Mapicc yells.
"You two are disturbing. This is private."
"Aw, come on! Pleaseee dad?", Spoke says with a puppy like face.
"That face isn't going to work on me, Spoke. Go.", Minute stares.
"Fine.", Spoke replies back, grabbing Mapicc by his hoodie and dragged him out.
Now it was just Clown and Minute in the room. Alone...
"So are you going to explain what the hell happened or do I need to guess?", Minute asks in a straight voice.
"Do I need to explain, Minute?", Clown snarls. "It's pretty obvious why."
Minute sighs and sits on Clown's bed, "Clown. Do you love Leo?"
Clown stayed quiet for a while. Yes, he loved Leo. To the moon and back. But loving him hurts. It felt like Leo would be better off without him, because he is better off.
"...Yes.", Clown replies, a bit coldly.
"How much?"
"Huh?"
"How much do you love Leo? Like on a scale of one to ten."
"I wouldn't be able to measure it even if I needed to."
"Clown, when you love someone so much..."
He knew what Minute was going to say. He was going to ask him to let go. Let go of past, of Leo. Maybe... it would be the right thing to do...
"I know...", Clown tried to finish his sentence when Minute spoke again.
"You really can't let them go easily..."
Wait...
What did Minute say...?
"What...?", Clown asks.
"Did you think I was going to say to let go?"
Clown nods, confused.
"No! Both of you love each other too much, you two can't give up on one another."
"But he hates me..."
"That's not true."
"Do you have proof?", Clown asks, sarcastic.
"No, but what I do have is the truth. Clown, he loves you, more than you know. Spoke followed Leo once, he was with Parrot, you know who Parrot is right?"
Clown nods. Everyone in UU University knew who Parrot was. Majored in Biology, president of the student council, top of his class.
He's a sensation. A prodigy.
Of course he knew Parrot.
Minute continued. "Well, he heard the two talking and appearantly Leo liked you for a long time."
What?
Leo liked him?
For a long time?
How dumb and blind is Clown really?
Clown gets up from his bed. "You're joking."
"I'm not.", Minute says quickly.
"If he loved me... then why didn't he say anything?"
"Because he didn't know how to."
"D-do I go to him...?"
"It depends on you, Clown.", Minute says softly. "But if I were you, I would go to him."
"Okay! I'm going now!"
Clown runs out and leaves Minute alone.
"Y'know dad, Clown is gonna focus on Leo only after this right?", Spoke asks from the doorway.
"That's fine. As long as he's happy, then I'll accept it."
"How did you even convince him? We've tried everything.", Squiddo asks, leaning on the door frame.
"I just had important information that he needed to hear."
"Really?", Squiddo looks at him.
"Really. Now Kaboodle you can let Ferre down from your trap now!", Minute shouts.
Kaboodle watched as Ferre, Mugm, and Ash are all dangling from her trap when she heard Minute yell. She grumbled at what she's hearing. How the hell does he always know?
Leo is crying on his bed.
Actually, it's all he's been doing for the past week straight.
He's binge watching a k-drama right now. He has never felt so alone when watching that.
If he was going to be honest. He misses Pierce. Leo never thought that he would love someone this much.
But Peirce was gone.
Leo had yelled at him and now?
They don't even speak anymore.
Their chats have gone quiet.
Why oh why did he get mad at him?
He loves Pierce, he would do anything to even be noticed by him again.
Leo's phone lights up, multiple notifications can be seen on the screen. All from his friends...
He scrolls through all the messages.
JumperWhos: Leo???
JumperWhos: Please talk to us
LightningDerap: Leo we're sorry
NufUli: I'm so so sorry Leo...
LightningDerap: Can we talk?
JumperWhos: Are you okay?
NufUli: Please forgive me...
Leo didn't bother to read any of the messages. They made their choices, and he made his...
His phone starts ringing with the contact name wide enough for him to see.
[X2Parrot is calling]
Why can't they just leave him alone? He really wants to answer, should he answer?
You know what? Screw it, he'll answer.
Leo presses the green button and sees Parrot is in a café.
"Hey Leo, you doing alright? You look awful."
"I'm... okay, at the very least..."
"Everyone is worried..."
"I know they're worried, I've seen their messages.", Leo states. "And I don't care what they have to say, they got what they wanted, me and Pierce are done for."
"Are you sure Pierce blames you?"
"I yelled at him Parrot, obviously I'm sure."
"Have you tried talking to him?"
"No, not yet. I don't even think he wants to..."
"You two should talk, it's probably a misunderstanding."
"I don't know how! You know how I was when I told you before! I didn't know what to say to him!"
"Y'know, I heard he's not taking it lightly either. Maybe you two should meet, just the two of you."
"I just...", Leo sighs. "I don't know what to say to him. Do I explain myself? Do I let him talk?"
"That's up to you Leo. You can try thinking about it, I'll call you back okay? Just... think about it."
The call ends and Leo is alone. Again.
Ugh, why is life so hard?
Parrot sets his phones down and looks at the others.
"So? Did it work?", Jumper asks.
"I don't know, he's still thinking about it though, that's a plus."
"This better work, I need to get back to my dorm!", Derapchu shouts for everyone in the café to hear.
After the date, Leo threw out all of Derapchu's stuff into the hallway since the two are roommates. He even changed the damn locks. How much does Leo hate them seriously?
"So now what? We just hope for the best?", Nufuli asks, chewing on his sandwich.
"Yeah... I guess so.", Parrot says back.
Let's hope it's not too late...
Leo paced around his kitchen back and forth.
He has no idea if Pierce even wants to talk to him. Still, Parrot has a point. He doesn't even know if Pierce forgave him.
He knows Jumper and the others were there with Parrot. It was pretty obvious, he could practically hear Derapchu with his smoothie.
Well at least it's a sign they care, right...?
Though, Parrot's offer is... tempting.
Should he...?
Maybe he should...
Oh who is he kidding? He embarrassed himself in front of Pierce. He probably thinks Leo is some sort of a child or something.
As Leo is contemplating his life choices, someone knocks on the door. It was 9 in the evening.
Who the hell is here this hour?
Leo opens the door and is immediately pushed against the wall, the door closes and he looks up to see Pierce.
Why is he here?
"Pierce? What are you--mngh!"
Pierce kissed him directly on the lips. It was a bit sloppy but Leo is just gonna ignore that.
Pierce lets go and Leo is gasping for air.
"Leo... I... I'm so sorry...", Pierce whispers, burying his face into Leo's shoulder.
"W-what...?"
"I'm so sorry, I've should've done something, anything. I won't let you go, not now, not ever, I promise."
"Pierce... I'm sorry too..."
They stayed like that for a while. Leo is both shocked and flustered. Pierce... kissed him. And it felt so good.
Pierce picks Leo up in a bridal style, ignoring Leo's protests.
"Pierce! P-put me down!"
"No, I'm not leaving."
Ugh, how stubborn is this man?
Pierce carries Leo to the bed and puts him down. He gets in and wraps his arms around Leo, forcing him to stay there and snuggles into him.
Leo is baffled by the other's actions. He hoped this wasn't some cruel dream.
Pierce places a kiss on Leo's forehead. Leo could feel his face heat up.
"Leo... I love you...", Pierce speaks up.
The blush on Leo's face reached up to his ears. Turning bright red.
He feels like a fool.
It feels so awkward.
He doesn't know what to say.
Pierce seems to notice it too.
"Leo... please.", he begs. "Please, say anything, I'll give you whatever you want, anything. Just please say something."
"I...", Leo trails off.
He loves Pierce, and he has proven he does too. Would it...? Maybe, he should...
Leo places another kiss on Pierce's cheek. "I love you too."
After that, Leo does not want to explain, let's just say, after he said that, Pierce had gotten a little needy and they spent the night together in Leo's dorm.
He wakes up to see Pierce still clinging on to him. How cute... and he's all his.
Leo looks down on his chest to see marks everywhere.
Damn Pierce, didn't even go slow.
He tries to get up. Key word, tries.
"No...", Pierce mumbled.
"Pierce... we need to get up, come on."
"Five more minutes, please?"
Pierce looks up at him with these such adorable eyes, Leo cannot resist.
"Fine, but you're treating me to lunch."
Pierce gives a kiss to Leo's head, then his cheek, neck, and finally, Pierce gently takes Leo's hand and kissed his knuckle.
"Deal."
Leo only has one thought.
It's a dream come true...