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Blossoming friendship

A lil story about Visitor and Jones becoming friends :]

The seven could be portrayed as a big, dysfunctional family. Or at least that how Jones saw them. And maybe some other loopers too, but its not about them we are talking here.
The blond originally, like many though the seven were a very bounded team, with all members ready to strike into action when needed to, and all in very good terms with each others. But he quickly learned it, sadly, wasn't the case. From the very quiet Visitor that spoke only when asked to, and seemed to lack social skills, to the missing Paradigm accused of betrayal in the past, the seven was everything but a bounded team and a functional family. He never spoke a lot to the other members beside Foundation and sometimes Origin, but he didn't miss how the leader looked more and more like a tired dad that was so freaking annoyed by his children's problems. Visi, was the quiet little brother, that Sci always tried to cheer up or give the attention he deserved and lacked as a good big bro. The three girls were the trouble makers obviously, and Origin the oldest of the batch, as tired as Foundation from those kids shit. What a strange group, one he wished wasn't always on edge and accusing each others of things that weren't true most of the time. 

Jones was staying at the rocket launcher island with Visitor today. The guy seemed to need the company, and so here he was in all his stupid glory sitting next to the space lover thinking about- yeah the family troubles he possibly had.
Not so surprisingly, Visi hasn't said a word since sitting here, and he didn't seem to mind it, watching the calm blue of the ocean in a very unfocused gaze, legs dangling from the edge and just being content with the blond as silent company. "If it makes you more comfortable we could talk Jones." And here it was, Visi feeling bad for absolutely nothing ! Aw man Jones knew he himself was a very anxious guy with not so good coping mechanisms but man why did this poor guy needed to be so quiet and unsure when talking ?
Sci had told him that one time he talked to him back at Synapse, Visitor had been very quiet since coming back from his first mission on Athena, something about blaming himself for all the trouble the island had gone trough because of his simple visit and some not nice arguing he had went through with the others because of it.
He didn't have further information but it was enough for him to know, this-kid wasn't okay. How old were all of them mentally anyway- ? Visi wasn't older than 20 years old clearly, even with the hundreds of years the seven all had accumulated trying to protect the zero point. I mean- Foundation was nearing the two thousand or something- years old.
Just as he was going to go deeper in his though like he always do, Visitor took off his helmet, to the Legend surprise. "Wearing a helmet helps me when i think too much, you should try it." "O-oh sorry hehe, i do that often, being lost in though i mean. Sorry if I didn't answer your question-" Visitor raised an eyebrow at the other who was trying to find a justification for something he couldn't stop himself from doing. "Y-you can take back your helmet too, don't really need it" Much to Visi relief Jonesy didn't look his way one single time, another things he was uncomfortable with was showing his face to others, and Jones seemed to understand that, so he put his helmet back on , his visor showing the usual smiley face he wore all the time.

 Those two sure were something. 

"I was wondering Jones, are you and Foundation a thing ?" AAAH THE COMFORTABLE SILENCE- COME BACK PLEASE, Jonesy chocked on his own saliva, a worried Visi trying to convince him he didn't have to respond to him and it only was out of pure curiosity he asked. "It's fine ! I didn't think you would ask that's all !" Jones was redder than Tomatohead, if it was possible, gripping the dirt to get back his breathing while wearing a dumb smile. "And- to answer, huh no were- were not a thing, was I that obvious with my feelings ? haha."
"I don't know, I'm just pretty good when it comes to see that kind of things i guess..." And after that the comfortable silence came back. It probably was the most Visitor had said in a whole week. 

The two sat here the whole afternoon, doing small talks whenever they felt like talking and watching the clouds pass by.
Jones was proud of himself for making the introverted member of the seven get out of his shell even if only a little and having a new friend, a shy one yes but a friend is a friend. 

Later in the day, a tired Scientist found two idiots sleeping in the grass and happily joined them.