It had been a long time since my birthday, I'm not sure how long though, time is weird here. I've been exploring some more of the Backrooms with Giggles who I've gotten to know a lot better. Giggles seems to know everything about the Backrooms and humans. He's told me all the safe places to go, people to avoid, foods to eat and not to eat. Tomorrow we're throwing a birthday party for a boy near my age named Michael. "So since we're going to Michael's level tomorrow we need to pack a bag" Giggles says already packing some things for the party. "Why would we need to pack tonight when we're going there tomorrow?" I ask. "Well to get to the level it's sort of an overnight process," Giggles says "we have to draw a picture, go to sleep and when we wake up we'll be there". "What do we have to draw?" I ask confused. "Well we have to draw one of those things the humans call a fuzzy worm on a string" they say as they chuckle lightly. (This is a fuzzy worm on a string btw)
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"Oh! I used to have one of those when I was really little" I say excitedly "It's name was Lewis from the Lewis and Clark expedition! My father gave me it for my birthday!". Giggles stops and turns to look at me in surprise. "That's amazing Norman, I can't believe you remembered all that!". I grin sheepishly from the compliment. After that we start to pack a bag for tomorrow and draw the fuzzy worm before drifting off to sleep.
In the morning "Mmmmggh" I groan as I sit up, my eyes still adjusting. "Hello!". I look over to my left to see a boy presumably around my age staring back. He had a red Etch-a-sketch attached to his neck and a blue striped T-shirt.
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"Hello, you must be Michael" I say as I rub my eyes trying to get the sleep sand out of them. "Yup that's me, you must be Norman". "Yeah that's me". "......" I begin to take in my surroundings more and I see giggles standing on a short and colorful little chair hanging up a banner with the words: Happy Beginning of Existence Day Michael! : on it. As I look around more I realize there's no one else here. (But that doesn't make sense, Giggles said it's an overnight process to get here yet theres no one else here) "So where are the other guests" I ask curiously turning back to the boy on my left. "Oh... they couldn't make it....again..." his words words slow as he looks to the ground sadly. I feel bad for the boy as he sits there lonely, clearly thinking about those who didn't show. My heart aches as I see this, I understand his pain so well it's almost like I've the emotions are my own. "Why do you have a tail?" I quickly change the subject to help him and myself feel better. "Oh! This is Marcus he's my best buddy" he says as the orange fuzzy worm wraps around his shoulders sort of like a hug and he giggles. "Do you wanna draw with me?" He asks. "Sure! But I didn't bring any stuff to draw with...." I say sadly. "Oh don't worry about that I have my own stuff over here" he says as he opens a closet that looked like it had an art store throw up in it. "Whoa where did you get all this?" I question as I get up and look through the glitter glue covered closet. "I don't know it's just always been here" he says with a shrug. We start grabbing some colored pencils and paper to draw with and when we have a good pile we head over to one of the colorful table sets and start drawing. After a while of drawing we start to talk some more. "So who were the other guests going to be?" I ask slowly, not wanting to push a sensitive subject. "Oh! They were traveling humans who ended up here on accident. They promised they'd come back to visit me so I told Giggles to invite them to my party." He says happily coloring his picture. "I guess they couldn't come but that's ok they'll surely visit soon" as he says this he smiles widely. "Come! Let me show you all they're gifts they gave me!" He says as he runs to the front of the small room towards a teachers bullet board. "See these? These are the drawings they made me!" He says pointing and wagging his tail slightly. I look at the drawings in awe, there are so many colors and glitter and drawings pinned to it that I can't even see the actual board. "They're beautiful" I say as I admire the collage of colorful papers. "I know right!?!" He grins at them all with pride. "Alright kiddos I finished putting up decorations and setting out snacks come over and eat!" Giggles says to us with his hands on his hips admiring his work.
Time skip "Ugghhhhh j think I ate too much" I groan holding my stomach as I lay on the ground. "Me too~" Michael says from beside me. "Alright Michael it's getting late and me and Norman need to go" Giggles says gently. Michael stays silent for a moment before saying "okay...". He slowly gets up and walks over to the craft closet, opening it and grabbing something. He walks over to us with a sad expression on his 'face'. "Here you go" he says handing us each a paper and pencil. "What do we Need this for?" I question. "You need to make a drawing and have Michael put a gold star on it to leave" Giggles says as he starts draw on the paper Michael gave him. "Oh... alright" I say as I begin to draw on my paper as well. After a few minutes Giggles puts his pencil down and says "alright I'm done, Michael it was so nice coming to visit you I'm glad I had the chance to". Giggles goes over to Michael and hugs him, Giggles let's go first and Michael pulls out a sheet of gold star stickers. He hesitates before placing the sticker on Giggles' drawing. In a small flash of light they're gone and I'm left with Michael who looks at me sadly. "I presume you want your sticker now....?" He says looking down. I pause for a moment before holding him in a tight hug. "Don't worry I promise I'll visit you" I say quietly. "...That's what they all said but they never came back..." his begins to cry his shoulder rising up and down in jagged motions as he holds his face in his hands. "...here" I hand him the flower I had in my hair. "Huh what's this for?" He asks taking the flower into his hands and cradling it. "Well I love that flower so I'm giving it to you so you know I have to come back for it" I say smiling slightly. He stops and stares at it for a moment before placing it on one of the window sills. He reaches into his pocket and holds out his hand for my own. I hold out my hand and he places something fuzzy in it. "If you're going to give me something I might as well give you something, please treat her well" he says gently. I look down to see a yellow fuzzy worm in my hand. I hold her to my heart and look up at Michael. "Don't worry I will, I hope to see you again soon" I say as I hold out my drawing for him. He hugs me one last time and when he pulls away he smiles. "We'll time to go, I'll see you another day" he says placing a gold star on my drawing. As I teleport away I have just enough time to see him cry once again and my heart aches.
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Heyyo end of chappy one, this is a long one. Hope you like it. 1369 words
