if we paint the sky... // Bench Trio

Chapter 3: Neon delights

6,025 words     (whoop! This is a big one. Never thought I'd be capable of writing a chapter over 4,000 words but, I did! 😅)

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"You're wasting your time, you're wasting mine."
"And I hate to see you leaving, a fate worse than dying....."

Tommy handed the two lily's to them, showing off their fresh prestine glow right next to the old little flower trying to grasp the little life it has. It rots on the page next to the words written, like a bed has been made in tribute for the fallen.

The sky was in the blue stages. A bit light but began to have some darker variations of that color.

"Wow, never took you as a flower guy, Ranboo," Tubbo said, ammused by the lily.

"Who said I wasn't? I remember buying a pack of lily seeds from the flower shop and planting them as a child. They were actually the only things that I've grown and were kept alive. Surprisingly.

"And I've only just gave Tommy a flower that I saw just because of how pretty it was," he said.

Tubbo laughed, turning his head to the both of them in which they were busy looking at their tiny flower, "Well that looked like it took us to the right direction then. I guess this book will lead us to our answers because we need to actually find them."

"You mean, an actual Easter egg hunt or something?" Tommy said, staring at the open book where pictures were spread out on everything.

He sounded like he was tired even when he didn't even walk a whole shit ton of miles for this. Well at least he hopes he doesn't if that book of theirs was going to take all three of them to what? Another country like France or Italy? No, that shouldn't happen at all. God, that's going to take forever! Who knows how much Tubbo, Ranboo, and this friend traveled!

Tubbo took the silence and continued to say things right when seeing the looks on both Ranboo and Tommy. Ranboo felt like he wanted to get over whatever the universe had for them. Tommy, well, it's obvious why he's feeling ever since they laid eyes on each other.

"C'mon guys! This would be a fun adventure! And we're probably going to all have fun for the first time even when we've maybe experienced it already, why not? This could lead to our friend Ranboo."

Tommy looked at Ranboo, his facial expression changed from timid to a little smile. "I suppose you're right Tubbo. I just want to get back home to where everything is normal and we could have our memories back and be with the friend that we can't even remember."

He paused before Ranboo could take a deep, collective breath, and laid back on the green grass knowing fully well that every sharp point of the land would poke him on everything. But he didn't mind at all, instead, he looked up at the sky as he talked.

"I wonder why this is actually happening. Like, are we some special characters that get to be treated like this? Is this what main characters get so they can have a reward of a happy ending? If so, that feels like a story that no one would want to have in their life..."

The silence was loud after that statement given by Ranboo. He kept still on the grass, the sky was dark and some lights were visible from either houses or lamplights from the nearby streets in the distance. Tommy definitely lost track of time just by being with the two of them. It all came by so fast, wasn't it such a bright and beautiful day for the first time and forever?

Ranboo's words reminded Tommy a lot of his older friend, Wilbur, whom was the lead singer in some band that he ran off to after he had gotten older and could fen for himself. Wilbur used to babysit him, he would bring his guitar to his house and sing some of those songs that he'd written. Tommy looked up to Wilbur. Wilbur had a person who looked up to him. He was like a big brother to him, a wise person at the most.