remember you till i forget <3

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it's a unsettlingly calm and very quiet day, the opposite of what it used to be.

croissant was as calmly and as quietly as the day itself filling some files that even she didn't know what were for.

"funny" she thought, signing for probably the millionth time "funny, how time always seems to pass slower when you aren't having fun."
she put the paper aside, leaning back in her chair and sighing deeply.
"funny, how you only realise that, once the fun has passed, time will return to its slow pace, barely after you haven't had fun in a while"

she chuckled to herself. "funny.. how tiring reading and signing a bunch of papers can be" she thought, this time, louder than just inside her head.

since it wasn't a busy day, most of the employees had the day off (lucky), so that meant croissant was basically alone in the huge building of the tbd.. of course.. alone meaning with string gummy always a feet or more away and watching her every move like some creep. he wasn't a creep, no..! he was just 'watching out for her'.
"it's not like anything's gonna happen today" she stepped out of her office, finally taking a fresh breath of air.

"so, how's the paperwork going?" string gummy showed up, quiet as a mouse, thus startling croissant.
"it's going..i guess. i think i would've been sick if i stayed any longer in that paperwork stink" she chuckled. "no, really, it smells."
they both snickered at croissant's words.

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croissant did not sleep very well that night. she kept shifting in her bed, unable to figure out what's causing all of this..paranoia she was experiencing. she knew something big was gonna happen. she had a feeling. but what was it gonna be?

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the next day was just as quiet as the last. and, sadly, croissant had even more work to do.

"are you sure you can work? you seem pretty tired." string gummy asked for the millionth time.
"yes, i'm sure" she answered, even though she knew she wasn't gonna make it throughout the whole day with barely 3 hours of sleep.

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"finally. i've finished it all." our sleep-deprived croissant said in an incredibly dramatic tone.

"well, that means you can talk with me now! if you have the energy to finish the work, you have the energy to talk" her beginning-to-be-annoying companion basically shouted from the other side of the door.

sighing as loud as possible, croissant made her way out of the office, only to be greeted with..a coffee?
"here, it's on me. i don't think coffee helps with sleep deprivation but.., oh well" string gummy smiled as he handed her the hot cup.

one half of croissant was listening to string gummy's yapping, and the other was staring at the humongous clock. why did they need a clock that big anyways?

staring at..nothing, croissant jumped out of that trance, hearing that her friend shut up. he let out a small gasp, only to be followed by croissant's louder noise caused by surprise. a rift was opening!

both of them froze, not knowing but also knowing that they mustn't stop what was coming out of there.

speaking of croissant's mini-shriek at the sight of the rift, she let out a even louder one this time.

that silhouette coming out.. that hat, that hair, it was all so familiar..
those clothes..and....those scissors.!

without realising it, croissant practically yelled the silhouette's name. that so well-known name she used to say every day..

"TIMEKEEPER!!"

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600 words?!? i always deliver 🙄💅/j