Stay With Me // [Red Guy x Reader]

11

Has forgotten to mention this, but here are the heights of the main trio:
Manny is 5'3
Red is 6'5
and Robin is about 2" taller than Y/N so his height depends on all of you

It felt like Y/N was there forever and wouldn't be able to leave anytime soon. The night terrors had ceased after a while, but it didn't stop Y/N from not having the capability to sleep at night. This never-ending loop was draining Y/N, but as long as they tried to add something different, their sanity started to stay.
The light of the sun blinded Y/N, yet a feeling of something being different that day stuck to them. They sat up and rubbed their sore eyes before getting up and stretching like every morning. Heavy footsteps followed Y/N as they entered the kitchen and were quickly greeted by a grinning ear-to-ear Manny who held out a present.
"Happy birthday Y/N!" He'd cheer proudly, Y/N raising an eyebrow confusingly and yawning a bit.
"My birthday isn't until (birthday date).." They'd mumble tiredly.
"Oh," he paused, "well, happy (early/late) birthday then!"
"Thanks, bud," Y/N smiled and took the small box in one hand, using the other to ruffle Manny's hair before inspecting the box. It was a plain, brown box with tape struggling to hold the small box together, so Y/N gave the tape a break by removing it and opening the box to reveal something that was face down and only showing the back of what seemed to be a picture frame. They'd carefully lift the item out of the box and immediately felt their heart swell. It was a picture frame, they were correct about that, but in the picture, it was of Y/N trying to teach Manny how to skate while they were at the skating rink. Y/N didn't know that a photo was taken of them, but they'd didn't need to ask.

"Harry took that photo since I mentioned you not having a photo in the house, and he did this!" Manny continued to grin eagerly, "Do you like it?"
"Mhm," Y/N's eyes glanced between the photo and Manny, "thank you."
Manny giggled a bit and hugged Y/N by the waist, comfortably nuzzling against them. Y/N rested their head gently against Manny and got comfortable into the hug, not wanting to let go from the sweet moment but having to once they felt his hands retract from their body. They'd part from the hug and smile at each other for a moment before Y/N turned back around and walked back into the living room, setting the photo gently down on the chair and grabbing their shoes from the ground beside the chair, and slipping them on their sadly bare feet, it felt uncomfortable but they'd live. Manny peaked around the frame and stare confusingly at Y/N
"I know where this can go, so get the others ready," Y/N said, shooing Manny off to get Duck and Red ready.

"And...there!" Red said a slight pitch to his voice as he stared at the photo he just hung up on the wall. It was on the bare wall beside the desk of the clubhouse, giving it a nice touch. Although you could hear crickets from the silence, it was a silence that was appropriate for the moment as everyone in the room was admiring the new photo on the wall, which seemed to amaze the three others that belonged inside this world. As for Y/N, they were just happy to have something up to remind the others of a good time, even if Robin wasn't there during that. There was always another time though.
Finally, the silence was cut off, "So, what are today's plans?" Robin asked.
"Well...I checked our schedule earlier and it said to play a game together," Red paused and seemed to hesitate a little, "we haven't had anything added to the schedule before since, well, we don't do anything but...sit around."
"Hm. Sounds nice," Robin replied, "Should we head home and wait till when it's planned?"
"N—No, it's set for...all day, actually. So we're not going to be sitting around and waiting."
"Well, then let's go home," Robin was cut off by Manny.
"Wait!" Manny would rush across the room and stand in front of the giant bookshelf, swaying a bit before grabbing a box and holding it like it was a protesting sign, "Let's play 'Capitalism'! We don't have this in the house."
"'Capitalism'?" Y/N asked confused, raising an eyebrow.
"Alright, that doesn't sound so boring." Red flatly said and walked over to the small table.
"Oh, I love this game!" Robin cheered, his voice switching a bit to auto-tune as he followed behind Red. Y/N, in confusion, followed them and stood at the table while the main three sat in chairs.

"Aren't you going to sit?" Robin asked, almost sounding robotic.
"There are only three chairs.." Y/N mumbled, leaning against the table. Red seemed to be thinking about something but chose to stay silent.
"Oh, right. Well, let's start the game!" Robin grabbed a card from the top of a stack of cards.
"Wait, Y/N can't play," Manny said, stopping Robin from fully starting.
"Why not?" Red asked.
"They don't know how!" Manny frowned at Red, Red looked over at a confused and slightly embarrassed Y/N.
"He means you don't know the rules, so..let me explain," Red said, pointing to the pile of cards that Robin just snagged a card from, "So the game starts off with everyone each taking one card from this pile, the card will include what job business you're apart of and will give you a color. If someone else gets a card with the same color, then you basically battle to get as many buildings as you can with the same color," Red pointed to another card pile that had the words "capitalism" written in bold and messy letters.
"You draw a card for here when you land on a spot that says 'capitalism' after you move your piece, whatever your card says will predict what happens to a business of yours or...something like that," Red found unsure of his words but continued, "also, when it becomes your turn, you start by rolling the dice. If you land on a one, then you don't move, but if you land on a six then you can re-roll and get an extra move...unless it"s a one of course, then you stick to just six moves." He'd gesture to the dice and then the game pieces, "and these are the game pieces, it's just the...game pieces. Nothing really special except for you possess it during the game and it's the only way you can play. Also, you have money from the buildings, but you have to buy the businesses with the money or pay other businesses when you land on their property...if it's a shared color, then don't worry about paying."

Y/N nodded intently, trying to understand all of this in a simpler term in their head as their eyes darted across the wonky-shaped board that contained the pieces that Red had just explained.
"Do you understand?" Y/N looked up at Red and replied with just a nod as a simpler form of the rules echoed inside their head. Choose a beginning card, and roll dice on a turn, one means no go, six means extra, your color is the business "type" you own, and if you land on "capitalism" then you have a 50-50 chance of being spared or kicked in the ass, money...so just complicated Monopoly. This replayed in their head as their hand reached out to grab a card, the others joining in and looking at their cards. Y/N managed to get the same color as Robin and knew they were probably going to get bit soon if they end up winning and not him.

"OH, WHAT THE FUCK!" Robin quacked out angrily, slamming his fist that contained the "capitalism" card harshly against the table, the force of the hit caused the table to shake and make items on the table shift slightly. Manny and Y/N laughed at Robin, who unfortunately went bankrupt because he was sued for being accused of false advertising. The duck's anger amused the laughing duo, but Red only laughed on the inside since he wasn't all good at expressing his emotions.
"That's what you get for trying to take the business that I planned to take," Y/N snarkily replied to the raging man, crossing their arms with an amused smirk on their face. Robin growled at Y/N before mumbling incoherent sentences to himself before Red glanced out the window across the room from him to see the sky turn darker.
"Come on guys, stop mucking around. It's getting late and we should just end the game," Red said flatly, his eyes glancing around to the others to see what their responses were to this. They glanced at each other before agreeing in silence during the game since Robin seemed like he would lay an egg out of anger while Manny and Y/N had to go ahead and clean themselves up. Because they were always so distracted by doing other things, they tend to forget to take care of themselves.
They left the tiny clubhouse one by one and headed back to the bigger version of it that seemed more like home. The home of the duck, the mop-man, the yellow boy...and the human. It was the only home they had, and they liked it that way. Since, well, they're a family.

SORRY I TOOK FOREVER TO FINISH ｡ﾟ(ﾟ'Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡
next chapter will maybe contain mentions of body insecurity, so a heads up.
no, the whole thing isn't about the body's insecurities, there's just a quick mention of it because of the context

if you do deal with insecurity, just know that it's not on the outside that matters, it's what's on the inside. you are a beautiful person even though I've never met you, but I know you are gorgeous in your own way. no matter who you are, you always have something beautiful about you that everyone has to love. you are amazing if you're reading this rn, and I hope it helped you in a better mood. but believe me when I say it's true. no matter the way you look, no matter the way you act, no matter the way you dress or style yourself, no matter anything...
you are beautiful.