Refresh: Extras 2

Reaper and Fresh

   Weird AU I thought of... Andrew was a bit more off(?) and dropped Fresh off at Reaper's place. Cause Reaper and Fresh are my favorites :3 Reaper is 16 and Fresh is 12. Its been two years since

   "Fresh c'mon there's some kids coming up the hill!" Reaper hopped down from the window with a grin.

   Fresh stood up carefully. " How many?"

   "Uh... 6." Reaper hummed peaking through the window again.

   "That many? Wow." Fresh stretched a little bit.

   "Yeah! Oh I'm so excited!!" Reaper grinned. "I hope we get enough for pizza."

   "Yeah." Fresh smiled lightly at his practically brother. They lived together. Fresh didn't... remember much. He had just shown up one day wet and covered in scars. He... had dreams of his family sometimes. And nightmares of a bad man when he wasn't dreaming of his family...

   Reaper and Fresh had bonded over their lack of families. Reaper figured his mum wasn't returning... But where were a 16 and 12 year old going to go?

   "Pizza sounds really good." Fresh smiled brightly.

   "Yup. Action time!" Reaper jumped into place.

   ... In the end they got 15 dollars from the kid in the red scarf. And the kids found Reaper out.

   "You wanna explain what this is about!? You almost scared us all to death!" The kid in blue and red huffed.

   The short kid clutched onto the green kids arm while the oldest kid tapped his foot impatiently. The brown scarf kid looked traumatized still.

   "Listen... It was just a joke. Me and my brother needed money and we usually scare people into dropping it cuz where are a 16 year old and a 12 year old gonna go?" Reaper wilted a bit under their stares.

   "There are two of you?" The oldest with blue rings around his eyes huffed.

   Fresh whimpered hiding behind the corner. He didn't do well with yelling...

   "Yeah my... My little brother. I mena he isn't really my brother. Fresh just showed up one day–"

   "Fresh! His name is Fresh? And you said he just showed up!" The red scarf one managed to get out.

   "Well yeah..? Fresh come on out."

   Fresh took a deep breath and listened to the older one. He stepped out carefully and gave a nervous wave.

   "That's Fresh..." Reaper hummed and then tensed up. "But this was all my idea so don't hurt him!!!" He had been hurt when the kids he pranked got angry before... Fresh shouldn't get hurt.

   The six kids collectively gasped staring at Fresh.

   Fresh felt very awkward suddenly. He hated the stares. These kids freaked him out. "Uhm..." He glanced over their faces and paused on one. Red scarf kid. He was leaning on the oldest kid like he was hurt. Tears had built up in his eye. The other was covered by a glitch.

   Fresh... recognized that kid. From his dreams. Of his past family. He looked over the group again and caught on the red and blue one with the weird face markings. He recognized that one too.

   He carefully slid around the group and ducked behind Reaper. "I recognize two of them..." He whispered.

   The group seemed to stunned to say anything.

   "Recognize them?" Reaper whispered glancing between Fresh and the kids.

   Fresh nodded. "The red scarf and the weird blue lines."

   "Good or bad recognize?" Reaper hummed.

   "Good... I think... I also recognize the little one..."

   "What should we do..?"

   "Fresh?" The red scarf tried again standing on his own.

   The oldest glanced back at the red scarf in worry. "Careful..."

   The small one was dissolving into tears. "This can't be r-real..."

   Fresh blinked as a name came to mind. "Geno..."

   "What?" Reaper blinked.

   "Geno! Reaper its Geno! The one from my dream!" Fresh grinned ducking out fron behind the elder.

   Geno looked like he was going to start crying even more. "Oh gosh. It is you–"

   "Wow! You knew me before I forgot everything didn't you? Who was I? What happened?" Fresh blabbered out. "Why... Why was I left here..?"

   Reaper put a hand on Fresh's shoulder gently.

   "Forgot everything..? Fresh you... don't remember anything?"

   Fresh shook his head. "Nothing from before two years ago..."

   There was a chorus of gasps from the kids.

   Geno sniffled tears falling from his eye again. "Well... I... I'm Geno. I'm your brother!"

    Fresh blinked. "Brother?"

   Reaper tightened his grip as a knot worked its way into his throat.

   "Yeah! I'm the oldest and Error is our middle brother!" Geno smiled pointing. "And Decans was your best friend!"

   Error turned away to hide his tears. Decans was openly crying about this...

   "Really..? What happened then? You act like you really liked me... Why leave me here?"

   " Oh Fresh no!" Geno went for a hug but stopped himself. "We went on this vacation to Disneyland... and you went missing. That was four years ago..."

   Fresh frowned. "That doesn't make sense. That's still two years unaccounted for."

   "We... we never knew what happened to you." Geno sniffled. "Mom looked everywhere– Mom! She has to know about this!" He grabbed Fresh's arm and went to drag him.

   Reapers sockets went wide as Fresh slipped from his grasp. No... Not again.

   "Hey wait!" Fresh called. "Where are we going?"

   Reaper couldn't lose anyone else...

   "We can't just leave!"

   Tears welled up in Reaper's blank sockets.

   "Geno you're scaring me–"

   Geno stopped and looked at his youngest brother in concern. "What?"

   Fresh pulled his arm away and hurried back behind Reaper. "I don't wanna leave Reaper here..." He muttered.

   The knot in Reaper's throat released and he sighed out a shaky breath. He wiped his eyes and frowned. "Fresh doesn't go anywhere without me..."

   "What the fuck do you mean? Hes our brother!" Error snapped finding his voice again.

   Fresh flinched at the curse word.

   "I said. Fresh doesn't go anywhere without me." Reaper grit his teeth. "You might be his family but he doesn't remember you guys. Hes really freaked out right now.." He sighed and shoved the wallet he picked up from red scarf back at them.

   "Fresh–" Geno tried with a heartbroken look.

   Fresh clutched more onto Reapers shirt. "I'm not leaving..."

   Geno looked desperate. "Reaper can come too!"

   "What?" The brown scarf one squawked.

   "It was him who scared the crap out of us Geno!" Error huffed.

   "Yes but its either we get both or we get none," Geno huffed.

   Fresh looked at Reaper as if asking 'well?'

   Reaper swallowed. He hadn't left the house... Some part of him hoped his mom would come back still... But Fresh was his job now. "Okay..."