7/50 (Full, Original Story)

Day 2

Fan opened his eyes. He looked around. He noticed saliva on the floor below him. He was drooling in his sleep. He was lay down because Lightbulb was moving around in her sleep.

He slowly stood up and stumbled around. He was dehydrated. He didn't really drink much yesterday, nor eat, and that was before waking up in the cubicle.

He looked at the countdown timer.

[5:22:39:42].

[5:22:39:41].

[5:22:39:40].

He sighed. At least it was day 2.

Fan looked back at Paintbrush and Lightbulb.

He started to remember what happened yesterday. He stared at Lightbulb with sorrow. He felt so bad for her. He hated seeing someone like her upset to the point of no return.

He knew that when she wakes up, she's not going to be happy.

Fan started to feel desperate. He needed to go for a No.1.

He quickly ran to the restroom.

Lightbulb opened her eyes.

She yawned and sat up. Her vision was blurry. Her arm was numb due to her sleeping on it. She rubbed her eyes with the other hand and examined the room with her pupils.

She frowned. She noticed the countdown wasn't anywhere near the end. She still had another 5 days to get through.

She also noticed Fan was gone. She started to become worried. She wanted to shout for him, but didn't want to wake up Paintbrush.

She didn't want to think that Fan left the room without them.

She quickly stood up and started exploring.

Before reaching the other side of the room, she wondered:

''...he might be in the restroom...''

She turned around and ran to the restroom.

Fan was still in a cubicle.

He heard footsteps. Quick footsteps.

He didn't know who it was, so he waited for them to speak first.

''Fan, are you in here?...''

Fan was relieved.

''...Yes...''

Lightbulb was relieved.

''Why? What's the matter?''

''I just... thought you were gone... like gone-gone...''

''Oh... well, I'm not... don't worry...''

''Alright... um, are you actually using the toilet?...''

''Yes... so can I please... have some privacy?...''

''Yeah, yeah... S-Sorry.''

Lightbulb turned around and left the restroom. She was glad Fan wasn't gone.

Once she left, she saw Paintbrush was awake, probably wondering where she and Fan was.

She took note of this and walked over to them.

''Mornin' Painty... don't worry, Fan's still here. He's just using the loo.''

''Oh. Um... okay...''

Paintbrush looked at the countdown and sighed. Still 5 days to go? Christ.

Fan walked out of the restroom, finished with his business.

Luckily for him, he finished at the perfect time, because the tannoid made that awful screech sound again.