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It was a peaceful night at the hotel, most of the contestants were sleeping due to the challenge that was going to be hosted on other day, although some of them were watching TV or just doing whatever they feel like as long it isn't destroying everything
With all this peace and quiet, there was a certain someone who didn't match the comforting air the hotel was having
A certain algebralien
And that was Two.
They were at their bedroom, laying down on the bed, waiting to doze off like they always do. But that doesn't seem to be an "always" night.
So they started to wonder, why are they not sleeping?
Except they knew the answer, at the same time they didnt.
Everything was going well to them lately, Gaty was back, the competition was on going, and all of that algebralien problems were gone! But... Why do they still feel.. Sad?
It's a sadness hard to describe, Two doesn't know if they are feeling melancholic because yes or something happened between all those things and it was wiped out of their memory but not of their feelings.
Regardless of the answer, they sighed and decided to go to the bathroom to wash their face, they were thinking to go to the kitchen to drink some milk to see if they could get sleepy
So that's what they did, they went to the bathroom on their room, turned on the faucet, poured some water on their face, turned off the faucet, and looked into the mirror.
"Wow i really look a mess..." Two thought out loudly, letting out a single ha alongside it.
But then they started staring at themselves for some time... And then started to think
Couldn't they have done something different?
At the same time, they did a confused face as if they were about to say "what am I thinking??" but then they thought deeper into it.
Couldn't they have done something different in every situation they were?
Everytime something that was way too intense for them to handle they ran away, not caring for what the others thought.
They knew they couldn't handle it so that was a valid answer!.. But what about the others?
For example, when Three's value got messed up the best thing they did was give them some food and then just go back on playing with the grass
Or that other time when there was a whole zombie apocalypse going on and the only thing they did was the cake at stake and make the zombie thing a challenge, like they didn't careless about the contestants
Or when Gaty went missing, instead of looking for her the only thing they did was... Stay on the bed. Not moving at all.
All of these sound awfully... Selfish.
Were they really that terrible? Couldn't they just helped out back when they could? They had a good amount of power in most of these situations, so why they couldn't just help?
This made them feel sick. And they know themselves way too well to know they are gonna do that other times, just caring about their own self...
If only there was a way they could punish themselves for all of this.
A sorry won't be enough, they need to go deeper into this, no matter if the apology was accept or not.
Then they remembered.
They opened the drawer, and saw it.
A razor, it was shiny and in a perfect state, they picked it up.
It doesn't matter if it hurts, it doesn't matter if they are going to regret this, they deserve it, and that's why—
Knock knock knock.
Two jumped out of shock, the razor briefly touching their arm, luckily, it didn't cut anything
Knock knock knock.
They quickly put the razor back in the drawer and closed it, then they got out of the bathroom, they started thinking who could it possibly be knocking at this time, then went to their bedroom's door and opened it.
"Heyyy Four! Didn't expect you.. Like, genuinely." Two said anxiously. Out of all people, they didn't expect Four to be the one to come at them, especially on their bedroom.
"Hi. X told me to give you this." Four quickly gave Two a small basket, out of curiosity, Two decided to check it out
It was filled with cookies, brownies, a piece of cheesecake, and a small note. That made them stare at the inside of it for a good while, and Four was just staring at them the whole time annoyingly.
"So, when are you going to stop looking at the food like you just got all the math questions right?" Four asked furiously
"... Ah! Sorry!" They looked at Four "I just didn't expect the gift. This is amazing!! Thank you!" Two was about to pull Four to a hug until they remembered that Four is very strict with touch, so they just took a step back.
"You shouldn't be thanking me, thank X tomorrow morning, they are sleeping right now."
"Oh, well, did they bake all these?"
"... Yes." Four's hesitant answer made Two a little confused, but nothing to get worried, at least. "Anyway, i also came here to... Apologize."
"Huh?" Ok, first, Four hands Two a gift, that even though its X's gift they are still surprised Four agreed to deliver it to them. Second, he was apologizing???? For something???? What?????
"Listen clearly because im not going to repeat it again." Four demanded, and the only thing Two did was to nod positively. "Alright... Well.." this is where he realized he was not built for apologizing, his lips started to tremble, there was an awkward silence, and Two was looking at them. Great.
But even with that, he spat it out "I'm sorry for acting rude with you for all of this season, even though YOU stole MY SHOW. X told me about how were you feeling and i... Understand why you did that know. So yes this is an apology for both acting rude with you and saying that i didn't know you all the way back then."
Even if Four sounded like they wanted to punch himself midway of his apology, Two still felt it was genuine, they couldn't help but smile and even let out some tears fall, which Four immediately panics and started to sweat
"hey. I didn't say anything wrong. Stop that." Four anxiously ordered, which Two answered with a giggle
"Calm down!" Two swept their own tears with one of their hands "it's a cry of happiness, I'm glad you apologized!"
"Oh." Four started blushing, getting embarrassed "well uhh it's not like i was worried or something like that ANYWAYS BYE I HOPE YOU HAVE DREAMS." Four ran away to his room as fast as they could after saying that. Leaving Two alone
Well, Two couldn't do much more other than go back to their room, so they closed the door and sat down on the bed, they took out the note from the basket, the note clearly had X's handwriting so they knew it was from him
"Hey, Two!
Me and Four decided to bake you some goodies after all of the stuff that happened, since you are the host. I hope you enjoy it!!
Also, dont tell Four i wrote this, but he insisted on baking the cheesecake all by themselves. They know its your favourite!
Anyways, hope that cheers you up!!
With love, X."
Two was found dumbfounded reading this. But, when they read that Four was the one who made the cheesecake, they didn't hesitate to take it from the basket and give it a bite.
Oh goodness gracious it was delicious. They knew Four could bake but wasnt sure how it tasted since he never let them taste a food of his.
In the first time after a year, they felt peace and happiness. As if they never had those thoughts minutes before Four arriving.
Well, at least they could distract themselves now. Maybe they should just talk to Gaty about how they feel when they can.
They wished they could thank Four more for appearing at the right time, but that means that they would have to explain what's on their mind.
And honestly? They really don't want to worry another person.
Especially Four.