This takes place one year after the last chapter.
TW: mention of planned self-delete attempt
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Scar waited outside the robotics workshop, waiting for his boyfriends to come out of robotics club. He held a large banner that was painted to say, "Prom?" with a bunch of flowers and pretty things decorating the empty space, because Mumbo and Grian liked pretty things.
Bouncing on his toes, the brunette was starting to get impatient. It was almost ten minutes after the time that robotics was supposed to get out, and they were still inside the workshop. Did he come on the wrong day? He was so sure that it was on Thursdays...
Just as he thought about leaving, the double doors opened and out walked a bunch of students, the last being Mumbo. The latter stopped and stared, wide-eyed at Scar.
"Well, that's not what I expected to see leaving robotics," Mumbo said with a laugh.
Scar frowned. "Where's Grian?"
Mumbo pursed his lips, inhaling deeply. "Joel and Liz didn't... tell you?"
"Tell me what?" Scar asked impatiently. "Did something happen? Is he dead? Please tell me he's not-"
"He's not dead," Mumbo said, lifting his hands to rest on Scar's shoulders, calming him a little. He started walking toward the doors. "But, uh... he did try to be. Or almost! He almost tried. To be... dead."
Scar looked up at Mumbo, tears already spilling from his eyes. "What...?"
Mumbo sighed. "Joel found two full bottles of ibuprofen that Grian was planning on taking all at once," he said, opening the door for Scar to leave the school. "Right now, Grian's at the wellness center that Joel works at. He's been there for, like, three days now. He was pretty happy when I called him last night."
Scar blinked and rubbed at his eyes. "Jeez, if I would have known..."
"All of us would've done something," Mumbo sighed as they stopped at the edge of the sidewalk. "Lizzie's on her way to pick us up and bring us to the wellness center to visit."
Scar's eyes lit up. "Really?!"
Mumbo nodded. "There's her car," he said, pointing to a silver Nissan Pathfinder.
"Hey, kids," Lizzie said, rolling her window down.
Scar rolled his eyes. "Stop calling us kids," he said playfully as he and Mumbo got in the back of her car.
They were about ten minutes into the drive when Lizzie got a call from Joel.
"Hey, babe," Lizzie said cheerfully, but her smile disappeared when Joel sighed. "What's wrong?"
"Grian's in the hospital," he said. "He had a heart attack."
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𓈊 Petal's Diary
Fanfic*COMPLETED* An insider into APBAON!Scott's mind and his side of the story. Please read A Poppy By Any Other Name first before reading this. *** Lowercases are intentional! *** This work belongs to me, @bumblvee, and only me. I reserve the right to...
