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Two weeks.
It had been two weeks— That's 14 days, also equivalent to 336 hours since you had last been on Air Island. That sole fact was troubling the winged wubbox of the island, as he was pacing back and forth while his metallic wings shuttered anxiously. He muttered his frantic thoughts to himself, "Where are they? Are they mad at me? Did I do something wrong?" He stopped in his tracks suddenly, "Are they hurt?!"
On the other hand, his Common counterpart was irritatedly rubbing the space between his eyes. With a long and annoyed groan, he reassured, "Air, shut up. They're probably dealing with something important on another island right now."
Anxiety spiking, Air whipped around to lash out, "Really? What's so important that they're away for this long?!" His anger was rising steadily, and so was his fear, too. His high regard for you felt as though it weighed his core down, causing his mind to run in circles.
"Are you serious? With how many islands they have to check on, I'm surprised they aren't away for longer." Common stated with a shrug, beginning to walk away from Air's emotional mess.
You had always treated him with respect and kindness, which he was always grateful for. With air being the smallest Wubbox out of the group, he had always been teased about his height, standing at about seven feet, numerous feet short of the others of his kind. He had always guessed that the reason behind this was because of his ability to fly. Even with this ability over the others, he was still always teased about it. You saw the positive side of it, as you felt like you could connect with him more than the other wubboxes as you didn't have to crane your neck as high to speak with him.
But, as of now your absence was the only thing on his mind. The most you'd stay away was a week, and usually you wouldn't. Snapping him out of his thoughts was Common, yet again: "We get that you love her, but would you please control those?" He referred to Air's wings, which, from their nervous jittering, had ruffled a tree's leaves onto the ground, making a new pile. The Air Wubbox cheekily laughed, apologizing. Common, in response, says, "They'll be back, just be patient, for their sake..." he knowingly put a (large) metal hand onto his (equally large) arm, in an attempt to comfort him.
As his older counterpart left Air to contemplate, an idea struck his mind.
'Why not just...leave?' He stopped pacing to turn his goggle-covered gaze to the far-out islands, just being able to make out their overall shape between the clouds. Before Common could leave, he called out to him, "do you know where they even are?"
Unknowingly, he replied, "Pretty sure they're on Earth Island, but take it with a grain of salt." Before the implied context behind the question settled in, Air was already a step off of air island's border. Common, who wasn't about to let this terrible idea slide, yelled out to his younger counterpart, "What do you think you're doing?! You leaving will throw off the balance!"
