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2 months after one had been defeated, everybody who stayed at the hotel had took turns cleaning it up, & today was one of x’s turns.
x’s assigned room to clean was the kitchen, made sense considering x was in there a LOT before the whole,, one thing.
he was expecting a mess, but he wasn’t expecting THIS much of a mess in the kitchen alone.
there were plates smashed EVERYWHERE, the drawing on the fridge ripped, rotting food, and even some of the cabinets were broken.
the room felt suffocating, x backing into the corner already feeling short of breath.
he could feel his skin crawling as he lowered onto the floor in the corner, his eyes darting around the room & his breath quickening.
x began flapping his hands, something he usually does when they’re severely overwhelmed.
their legs were shaking, head hurting, and they had already started crying about a minute ago.
the room looked like it was unable to walk in. therefore almost impossible for x to even begin cleaning.
it didn’t take long til their quiet tears turned into a sob, he brung his legs up to his chest and rested his head in them to try and calm down.
it didnt work as x’s clothes began feeling tight on his body, even though he always goes for baggy clothing.
at this point x was hyperventilating, his sobs probably echoing through the first floor of the hotel.
he hoped to algebra someone would hear them and help.
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two was brushing up next to robot flowers mini shop in the hotel lobby, pretty peaceful as the lobby had finally been cleaned!
but two began hearing choked sobs & loud gasps of air coming from the kitchen.
they immediately knew that it was x who was letting out said sobs.
to be quite honest, two isn’t the best person to handle this so they decided to run upstairs to four & x’s hotel room to get four, as something like this happened with x in the past & four was pretty helpful and calmed down x quite well.
“four!” two semi-shouted as they got to the hotel room belonging to x & four, four turning to look at them with a confused & slightly annoyed facial expression.
“what is it, two?” four said in a empty tone. “its x, i was downstairs brushing up next to the kitchen & started hearing sobs, and then i remembered i assigned x to clean in-“ two’s sentence got cut off as four got up and almost ran out the room.
four got down to the hotels ground floor basically immediately, they heard x from inside the kitchen instantly.
four made his way to the kitchen and opened the door gently, eyes scanning the room for x.
“x..?!” four then turned to the corner beside the door, and there he was.
x lifted his head to look at four, face tear stained, and he was still sobbing.
“four-“ thats all he managed to choke out before four immediately rushed over to x, but being sure to not touch them because four knows what its like to get so overwhelmed like this.
“you don’t need to speak, x. are you able to move?” four asked as softly as they could. x replied with a shake of his head.
“thats okay, are you comfortable with me picking you up so we can leave the kitchen?” four inquired. to which x nodded.
four gently grabbed x, who was still crying, but the crying had stopped being sobs.
four then carried x out of the kitchen and up to their room.
as they were speed walking through the lobby, four picked up a plastic cup.
when four & x reached their room, four carefully set x down on their bed before going into the bathroom to fill up the plastic cup they grabbed.
x's crying had stopped, but they were still struggling to breathe slightly, mostly because he was overwhelmed by his clothes. but hey, atleast he was able to move slightly.
four walked out the bathroom with a cup of water, handing it to x.
shortly after, four noticed x pulling on his clothes. as x was drinking the water, four walked over to the dresser. " are your clothes overwhelming you? " x nodded in response. "okay, i'll get you a change."
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x had drank all the water, and was quite a bit more regulated now. four handed x a change of clothes, which he happily took with a half-smile.
he stood up and walked to the bathroom, which he was happy to be able to do. mostly because his legs felt like they didn't even exist a few minutes ago.
x had changed into a baggy t-shirt & shorts, sighing in relief as he didn't feel like he was wearing something intended for a 3 year old size-wise.
they walked out of the bathroom to see four sitting on their bed, waiting patiently for x to be done changing.
x grabbed a hair tie and walked over to their bed as he tied his hair up, sitting next to four and snuggling up against them, with four wrapping their arm around x's shoulder. they seemed very happy that x was feeling better.
"thank you, foury." x leaned onto fours shoulder, sighing softly & smiling. "of course." four replied. "would you like to talk about what made you so upset? I haven't seen you get that overwhelmed in years." x was hesitant for a moment. "i-if you don't want to its completely fine! just know that if you did want to, i'll listen."
"it,, it was a multitude of things, really. at first it was the kitchen, it was really messy to the point it felt suffocating. but then my clothes started feeling really tight on my body, they weren't sitting right." x's leg began slightly bouncing as he was remembering it. "I don't think i'll be able to clean the kitchen, and I feel really bad about that." x said sadly.
"its okay, x. i'm sure someone else will be okay to handle it." four moved his hand from x's shoulder to his hand, gently interlocking their fingers with x's.
"in my opinion," four started. "your mental health is much more important than assigned jobs." x turned around, now fully facing four. "I mean, I think anyone's is." x said with a light laugh.
"well, yeah. but you're special." four said whilst pulling x slighly closer to him. "how am i special?" x asked, tilting his head.
four lightly ruffled x's hair. "because you're x, and nobody else is x. therefore you're special!" fours voice cracking at the end of his sentence.
x simply giggled at this. "you have a very odd way of thinking, you know that right?"
"i DO have an odd way of thinking, and i like it that way." four grinned. "of course. well, odd thinking or not, i love you either way." x said as he smiled, taking fours cheek in his hand. his eyes glancing down at their lips, then back up at them.
" i love you too, x." four replied, a light flush on their face. "four?,," x said softly. "yeah??" four responded, tilting his head.
"can i kiss you?" x asked in a tone that was very 'you-dont-have-to-if-you-dont-want-to'. four immeditately replied with a pretty eager nod.
and so x closed the gap between them. the kiss was delicate, gentle, but pretty long. which left the two of them only pulling away for air.
four leaned back in, stopping briefly so that x could confirm if he wanted that or not, to which x nodded with a smile.
the two of them so focused on eachother, that they didnt notice the approaching footsteps from outside their hotel room.
"hey four i just wanted to check-" four and x immediately pulled away from eachother at the sound of the familiar british accent.
"TWO!! WERE YOU NEVER TAUGHT TO KNOCK?!" four semi-yelled. whereas x just covered his extremely red face with his hands, laughing in both amusement at his partners switch-up, & also as a way to try cover up his embarrasment.
"hey! i was just checking up on x!- i mean clearly hes doing better now." two said, raising their hands in defense.
"yes! hes doing better! now leave, and learn how to knock." four said, still very annoyed. "okay! i'll leave. & learn how to knock." two said as they backed out the room. but as they were walking away they turned around "also i could tell the whole time, you two have raging romantic tension & have had it for years!" two shouted as they walked off. "FUNNY STORY TWO! I COULD SAY THE SAME ABOUT YOU & GATY!!" four yelled down the hallway.
at this point x was laughing just out of pure amusement now.
x thought it was pretty crazy though, the way he went from hyperventilating in the corner of the kitchen, to laughing about the stupid banter between four and two, within the space of half an hour.