Chapter 3: Something Clicked

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☆ It was about ten minutes before Mr

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☆ It was about ten minutes before Mr. Sunshine, Mr. Lollipop, and I reached the peak of the rainbow. I was silent, focusing on keeping my legs steady on this unsafe path with no railing whatsoever. I glanced over at the other two, not understanding how they could be so careless up here. The weird Matt was dancing around, still tapping that tambourine, while Mr. Lollipop clapped along with no worries at all.

Looking over at the ground beneath us, I began to get annoyed. Supposedly, this path was meant to be a shorter route to get to "Mr. Rainbow", but from what I could tell, the walking distance was so far the exact same. Unable to take anymore of this, I decided to speak for the first time during the whole trip.

"I thought you said this saw faster," I muttered, my words getting the attention of Mr. Lollipop. The eyeless man turned his head to face me.

"My, my, friend, are you always this restless?" he questioned with a smirk. I glared in response, not in the mood for any of Mr. L's witty remarks.

"Just answer the question, please," I spoke lowly, biting back a string of insults. Mr. Lollipop just smiled wider and turned away from me, tilting his head up towards the sky.

"We will be there soon, believe me," he said, chuckling. "Until then, why not try to enjoy the view, friend?"

Yeah right, I thought, shaking my head. I continued to walk quietly as Mr. Lollipop went back to talking with Mr. Sunshine. With no one else speaking to me, I began to let my head wander, something I knew I should avoid doing. Absentmindedly, I moved the fingers of my robot arm around in my hoodie pocket, hearing the sound of the metal sliding against each other.

I sighed to myself, slowly reaching out my left hand to lightly touch the other, the great contrast making me shudder. Så flaut... I should be over this by now. My robot arm is a benefit, it's helped me so much...

"We're here!!!" the scream of Mr. Sunshine yanked me out of my inner monologue. Jerking my head up, I rushed over to see what he was talking about, only to see more rainbow. I growled slightly, looking at the ginger with an irritated look.

"We're still up here," I grumbled.

"Yeah, I know!" Mr. Sunshine giggled. From the corner of my eye, I could see the sun (named Sunny, go figure) laughing too. As my annoyance shifted to confusion, Mr. Lollipop began to speak.

"Time for the 'shortcut' of our journey," he said, and with no other words, sat down on the rainbow. I didn't even get the chance to ask what he was doing before Mr. Sunshine did the same.

"Come on, don't be scared, pal!" said Mr. S. "Just think of it as a... giant slide!" My eyes went wide when I finally realized what we were doing. Instantly, I took a couple of steps back.

"You're kidding me," my voice shook in my throat. "Don't you know how high up we are?" Mr. Sunshine pouted at me in response.

"You're such a worrier! Come on! This is the only way!" he cried.

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