𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟭

《 1 week 》

⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️
Suicide and talk of suicide

Spifey and I are silently playing in the arcade, not really talking to each other. Meanwhile, I can't stop thinking about the elevator. Floor 21. Bad.

I die for the 100th time and space out at the screen as 'please insert coin' flashes on my screen. I groan and give up "Spifey can we go? It's actually getting late. We've been at this almost all day" I say, tired. "Yeah I kinda wanna go, too" he says, making himself die in the game he was playing.

We leave and go back to the room, seeing that Zelk, TapL, and Vurb were already in there. "Hey guys. We were gonna come get you to go get food. What do you guys want?" Zelk asks upon seeing us. "I'm fine with anything" I say, casually. Spifey repeats what I say

We all order Chick-fil-a for pickup and Spifey, TapL, and Zelk all go to get it a bit after. Vurb and I didn't wanna go, so we stayed behind and waited for them to get back. Not long later, they arrive with food and we all eat. Honestly, Chick-fil-a is so good that it makes up for being homophobic

Later on, we wave bye to Zelk and TapL as they go to their room. The door shuts and we all get in bed. "This place is cool. A lot more boring than I anticipated, though" Vurb says, yawning. "I second that" Spifey replies. I just mumble a tired "mhm"

It didn't take long for us all to fall asleep

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I'm staring out the window. I don't know how I got here, but I'm just staring down at the ground. I already know I'm on floor 21. Looking down at the ground causes no butterflies in my stomach, no sinking feeling in my stomach, no fear. I just feel... numb. That's the only way I can describe it

I didn't notice it before, but I feel tears streaming down my cheeks. I go to wipe them, but quickly realize I'm not in control of my body. No, this isn't my body.

I watch as the body I'm seeing the point of view of wipes their eyes by themselves. I hear a small sniff come from them before a choked back sob. They cover their mouth, sniffling more. They swallow the immense amount of fear that I can also sense and wipe their eyes.

Suddenly, they reach out, opening the window with only a slight struggle. They climb onto the small ledge on the wall as I realize what's happening. What am I seeing right now? *who* am I seeing right now?? What are they... oh god oh fuck what are they doing? Please tell me they aren't..

They turn, holding onto the windowsill for literally their life. They stand there, tears being blown away by the wind that tosses their hair and hoodie strings around carelessly. I can do nothing but watch from their point of view like a puppet

Suddenly

They let go

They fall back, the sky getting further and further as their tears are left behind

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I shoot up, gasping for air and hugging myself. What the fuck was that? Was that a dream? It felt so real. I shakily hug myself as tears slip from my eyes and onto the bed. I steady my breath after a bit and wipe my eyes messily, getting up. I go to the door and leave quickly. I speed-walk to the elevator, pressing the button and stepping in right as the door opens

I hasitly press the 21st floor button and the door shuts. Not long later, it reopens and I step out. My eyes are glued to the window as the figure in front of it looks out, his hand on the glass. "Bad" I call out, making him flinch and turn around. "Skeppy?" He says, confused. "Bad, I missed you" I say, walking to him. "Why's that?" He asks, curious. "I-I had a weird dream.." I say, trying to remember it. "What was it about?" He asks

I look up to him "I was looking through someone else's eyes. I can't remember very well, but I was on the 21st floor. They opened the window and climbed out of it. I don't remember after that" I say, upset that I don't remember all of it. The smile fades from his face, replacing it with a sad look "oh"

"What's wrong?" I ask, hesitantly. "I remember that, too" he says, looking to the window. I don't get what he means. "What? Did you dream about that, too?" I ask, dumbly. "No" he turns to me

"I'm the one who did it"

My eyes widen. "...what?" I say, wanting to know if I heard him right. He turns away and looks out the window again "are you familiar with the news story of the boy at this hotel? Darryl?" He asks. "No.." I reply, hesitantly. "Boy named Darryl Noveschosch found dead at hotel in Florida after jumping out of the top floor window" he says, quoting the mentioned news story. I stay quiet.

He looks at me "that's me. My name is Darryl" he says, a smile on his face. "..You're.." my breath stops. He's dead. He holds out his hand. I hesitate, but hold it. He's cold. Really cold. "Ghosts don't go through you if you don't want them to" he says, a smile remaining on his face. My breath is stifled from shock as I pull my hand away. I look up at him again "Darryl.."

"You.. killed yourself?"

He looks back to the window "sadly, yes". "Why?" I ask, not even stopping to think if it was too personal. He didn't seem to mind talking about it, though. "Why not?" He says "no one missed me". I blink "that's.. sad" I say, standing next to him and staring out the window with him. "Not really. No one ever misses me. I could dissappear right now and still no one would miss me" he says, looking longingly at the sky. "I would" I say. He looks to me and I look to him "really?". I nod "yeah". He smiles and looks back out the window "that's a first... I'd miss you too, Skeppy" he says, softly.

"My name is Zak, by the way. I know your real name now, you should know mine" I say, looking outside with him. "I like Skeppy" he says, leaning his head on my shoulder with a remaining smile. I blush and smile "I like Bad".

We sit there for a bit until he seems to realize something, picking his head up "oh crud, it's late. You should go" he says, flustered. "But I don't want to" I say, sadly. "You can always come visit me later, Skeppy. You have to go" he says, softly. I sigh "fine"

We walk to the elevator and it opens. I turn to him and embrace him in a hug, startling him. "I'll miss you. Bye, Bad" I say, softly. He hugs me back "I'll miss you too. bye Skeppy" he replies. The hug breaks and we're both smiling. I walk into the elevator, both of us exchanging smiles and waves before the door closes.

I wait until I'm back at my floor. I go to the room and enter it quietly. Vurb and Spifey look to me "hey, Zak. I was wondering where you were. We just woke up" Spifey says, yawning. "I woke up early to get some fresh air" I lie. They believe me

"Can you believe we're leaving in a week? I can't believe it's already been a week here. It felt like 3 days" Vurb whines, obviously wanting to stay. "A week?!" I say, not remembering we were leaving. They look to me, startled. "Uh- yeah. Why?" He asks, startled. "..no reason. I was just- surprised" I stammer, looking away.