10 x Infinity | Ben Tennyson x Reader | Book 2

Episode 19: Pet Project

TW: A whole lot of mentions of blood, slight self harm, and power fueled mental breakdown.

I took a few of creative liberties...steer away from the plot of the episode a bit.

Y/N got her emotional support pet stolen and she is not ok.

And Ben is not ok because Y/N's not ok.

And Kevin and Gwen are just here.

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Ship happily chases after the ball, I smile at the sight. "Y/N, we can't keep putting this off. We need to talk about what's been going on." Ben sighs, crosses his arms "We're talking now, Benji. We've been talking to each other our whole lives." I joke flatly, Ship rolls the ball back over to me. "Y/N-" "Oh! Benji, check this out, I've been teaching Ship some tricks. Come here, Ship!" I say, Ship waddles over excitedly, "Ship!" He barks before morphing into a toaster, "See?" I say excitedly, Ben looks at me sadly, it makes me feel sick to my stomach. "Yeah, that's great." He sighs. Ship morphs into a washing machine, I smile when he morphs back to normal. "Good Ship." I chuckle, Ben only looks more upset, I bite the inside of my cheek. I bite hard enough to draw blood...

"Um, anything else you wanna show him?" I ask Ship, Ship nods before morphing into a big *ss submarine. It breaks Mr Baumann's fence, "Oh, sh*t..." I gasp. Ben's eyes widen too, "Ok, change back, Ship..." I say nervously. He turns back to normal, "Um...good boy." I say with an anxious smile. "Y/N, I'm going home. Call me when you wanna talk. Have fun with Gwen." Ben mutters out sadly. He walks over to his yard and goes inside he's house, "...Don't go...please..." I whisper, there's so much I wanna say, but...something's stopping me, a black liquid leaks out of my eyes, I wipe my eyes quickly. Kevin's car horn honks, "Oh...that's Gwen and the other one. I'll be back later, Ship. Guard the house for me, but don't get kidnapped. We both know I can't have another loved one get kidnapped." I joke with a pained laugh. Ship only looks up at me, titling his head innocently.

I run to my front yard, I wave and get into the back with Gwen, "Are you ready to shop?" Gwen asks "Gift cards from my birthday, I'm totally ready." I say, flashing the cards. Gwen and I grin evilly before we purposely let out high-pitched girly squeals, Kevin flinches. "Ok...no shrieking in the car..." He sighs, "No promises. Sometimes we're gonna shriek." Gwen says, smirking playfully.

She's still getting back at him for the Cooper thing. It's a couple days, but she's still getting him back for it, I appreciate the pettiness.

"Yeah, like you and Benji do when you're watching football." I state, grinning. "We do not SHriEk!" Kevin huffs, his voice cracks at the end. I bite back a laugh, "Um...shriek..." Kevin corrects in a hushed tone. I start laughing, "Uh huh." Gwen teases. Kevin huffs, "Anyway, I'll drive you to the mall as promised, I'm not hanging around and watching you shop." He says, I could see his pink cheeks from here, "That's ok. You're not invited." Gwen says with a smile, I laugh more. Kevin says nothing else, he starts the car and we drive off.

Ok, d*mn Gwen.

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"So...what's going on with you and Ben?"

I glance at Gwen, "Oof, it's complicated right now." I sigh "We're kinda...I dunno, it's hard to explain. We're still together label-wise, but mentally and physically...it feels we might as well be broken up." Gwen frowns, "And how's that...effecting you?" She asks, there's something in her tone...I can't explain it, but I know there's something she worrying about, I shrug tiredly,  "I've been......ok. I mean, Ben wants us to sit down and really talk about where we are right now, but I've been avoiding it." I state, Kevin glances at me through the rear-view mirror