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18
my 18th birthday was when I fell in love with music; not just any music, heavy phonk, hardstyle, edm, dubstep and wubstep, anything that could make your brain feel tingly and ears feel like they could explode. My friends had taken me to a rave in stick city and it was one of the best nights of my life my friends had surprised me with 5 tickets to see AVENZA in stick city with them, I’m surprised Second stayed up just for me, apparently he chugged 3 energy drinks before hand; absolute madlad.
We had gone to the pub for dinner right above the concert venue beforehand and blue got absolutely smashed even before we went inside; thank god he had some sober potions like regeneration to help him so he didn't get kicked out. The venue was a small hole in the wall concrete venue, barely small enough to fit maybe 150 sticks.
And that's when I saw him, a purple stick figure with shimmering wings, arms decked out in kandi bracelets (some being his pride flag, and others with other sticks names and socials on them) the baggiest rave pants I've ever seen and a bright neon orange mesh top, talking to some other brightly coloured sticks, it may have been the alcohol talking but he seemed to be glowing, maybe he had some sort of face paint on? Or maybe I'm just a bit tipsy, yeah; it's just probably the alcohol talking.
“C'mon yellssss lets go to the bar and see what crazy drinks they have!” Blue grabbed yellows hands and dragged him along. “I'm going to sit down with red, he’s feeling a bit dizzy, come on red lets go” second said to green; a hand intertwining with reds and moving over to sit on the chairs, letting red rest on him for a bit.
well, I guess I’ll just socialize for a bit green thought, walking up to the purple stick and his friends.
“Oh hey! I don't think I've seen you around before, and I go to these things pretty frequently so I know most people here! What's your name?”
The purple stick reached out to grab greens hands and shook them rapidly
“I'm uh, I'm green, it's nice to meet you” he said shyly “the names purple! This is my boyfriend neon!” he said.
“It's nice to meet you” Green said to bright red neon stick while putting his hand out; while neon kept his arms crossed, the other taller stick just gave him an intimidating up-down look.
“Sorry, neon gets a bit grumpy and antisocial when he’s had a few, I'm sure he’ll lighten up once he gets to know you!” he said, tapping Neon's shoulder while he stairs at purple hand.
Green immediately doesn't like this guy.
Then some more of Purple's friends came over, giving him a big hug and dragging him further to the designated dance section of the rave; while Neon stood back and watched with green before someone was yelling “HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREEN!” at the top of their lungs over the music playing, Green immediately turned beet red knowing it was blues drunken ass; as Yellow tried to shush him, purple turned towards him and his eyes lit up.
“You should've told me it was your birthday!” purple said, reaching into his little waist satchel and pulling out two purple bracelets, one with his socials and just a regular mixed coloured purple one, grabbing greens hand (making him blush) and gifting them to him, that catches neon's attention.
"hey Purps" the stick figure started with a gruff sounding voice "I'm gonna go get a soft drink, want to grab something?" he says, wrapping his arm around Purples shoulder; "sure! lemme say bye first, you go ahead!" he says hugging Green then waving him goodbye and chasing after Neon, as green watched them make small talk with Yellow and Blue and the bartender, a purple hollowhead with black hair and a tail.
about two hours later and with Purple a few drinks in, Green comes to collect his friends from the bar to go home, and was looking to say goodbye to Purple and Neon, but they where nowhere to be found; green starts to get a sinking feeling in his stomach.
As they exited the venue, the colour gang spots Purple and Neon, but then they heard some yelling and hid behind a alleyway; green peeking his head out the corner.
"I don't get what the fuck you're issue was tonight!?" Purple exclaimed
"My issue? dude, you where clearly flirting with the guy! I could see it from a mile away!" Neon argued back.
what?! we had literally just met! and you know I sometimes get touchy with people when I have alcohol in my system!"
"dang green, causing trouble in paradise?~" Blue drunkenly teased, while Yellow slaps a hand over his mouth to keep him quiet.
"No, that guy is clearly an asshole, if this escalates I'm stopping the fight"
then all of a sudden, they hear loud metallic thud, Neon had punched the streetlight next to him so hard it had shattered the lightbulb inside turning that part on the street to pitch black darkness, but before he could do anything to Purple; Green rushed in to stop the fight.
"HEY! don't you lay a finger on him!!" green shouted, running to get in the way between Neon and Purple. "Green!" the colour gang shouted after him, walking out of their hiding spot incase he needed backup.
"you..." Neon said with venom in his voice, turning around to face green.
As Neon saw he was clearly outnumbered he turned to purple, "we're done." And then Purple slumped to the floor on his knees, tears streaming down his face; but he wasn't sobbing. With Green rushing over to help purple up, the colour gang rushed over to help Green help Purple.
"hey, hey its ok; we've all got you. do you have anyone to take you home?" green said, but he wasn't listening, just tears building up in his eyes as he watched Neon walk down the walkway; when green repeated himself purple turned to him'
"no, Neon was my only ride home; but he drank anyway so we wouldn't've been able to take his car." pulling Purple up, Green started "we can take you back to ours if you want, but we don't live here, we live on a PC." Green started "that's fine" Purple quickly responded.
they took the elevator up to Alan's PC that chosen had made for them Purple rested on Greens shoulder, still crying, but calming down now.
As they arrived back, Alan came to greet them but noticed the strange stick that was with green. Since Second was the only one able to properly communicate with Alan, he explained what had happened and his cursor came over to the heartbroken Purple on the couch, bringing up his notepad application, the next hour was just blue cooking some warm winter dish for himself Green and Purple, Alan talking to and comforting Purple With Green; and the rest of the stick figures had gone to bed.
maybe not the best night of my life, but it certainly was a fantastical night, before the fight... he thought to himself, putting his arm with the bracelets around purple, comforting him after such a hard night.