A Chaotic Friend

[3] Comfort

-[Aris]-

Marxie glanced at me, a sorrowful look on her face.

She seemed so...

Afraid.

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"ARIS!" Marxie yelled in relief. She got into a pounce stance. Oh no no no no nooo. I backed away, "mARXIE NO-"
 She pounced on me instantly, screaming, "ARISSSSSSSS!!!"
I fell against the ground and yelped in pain. I looked at Marxie, tears coming out of her eyes.

"W-When you left I got really s-scared because you didn't come back in the time you said you would!" She stammered, "A-And I tried to get out of here to find y-you and I couldn't so I h-had to try to break my way out of here! I k-know you said not to leave the couch thingy bUT YOU NEVER CAME BA-HA-HA-CK!!!"  Marxie sobbed while holding me close.

I became infuriated and shoved her away from me, "MARXIE! I TOLD YOU I WAS COMING BACK, I WASN'T JUST GONNA LEAVE YOU HERE FOREVER. I'M NOT THAT MEAN."
I got up, crossed my arms, and glared at her, irritated and furious.

Marxie froze, her mouth was open but quickly shut.
She slouched and looked at the ground, still crying.
"I-I'm s-sorry... I'm a-a really bad friend!" She sobbed, trembling quite a bit. 

After a few short seconds past, a realization rushed into my mind, I stopped glaring at her and put my arms down and immediately face palmed. Aris, you idiot. Of course she's going to panic and go crazy. She doesn't know better. You're such a fucking asshole, man.

Marxie began shaking uncontrollably,
"I- I didn't m-mean to ruin your home! I just-
I was worried and I- Just-p- p- PLEASE DON'T ABANDON ME!" She cried, her voice was rough and shrilled.

I froze, astonished at how dark everything quickly became.
Marxie curled up and held herself, she clenched her hands and became silent.

Being the asshole I am, I just stood there, staring at her. Not helping her one bit.
It wasn't because I wanted to be rude or anything, I just didn't know how to react to her.

It just felt so strange hearing such a thing come out of Marxie. She seemed so cheerful and happy, I just never expected her to say that out loud.
I mentally slapped myself (though I should of slapped myself physically) and walked up to her, knelt down, and hugged her tightly.


"Don't you ever  think I would abandon you, Marxie. I would never do that to you." I said in a sharp but gentle tone.

Marxie became stiff but slowly calmed down and began to breathe steadily. Her body relaxed and she soon stopped shaking. Clinging on to me and never wanting to let go.

I took a moment and looked at her, I never really noticed her freckles before.
They were scattered near her eyes and nose, her face was light red and her eyes were gleaming and yet, a bit dull. 
Her black, curly hair partially covered her face. 

"Aris." Marxie spoke, sounding uneasy, "I am... Um... Sorry." She looked at me, seeming nervous of what I would say to her.
I gave her a reassuring smile, "It's okay, I forgive you. It was my fault for lashing out on you. I guess I just didn't expect you to become so... Berserk. You just don't know much yet, but I'll help you. I'm going to teach you everything you'd want to know about earth, that's a promise!"

Marxie's eyes (Literally, I swear to god) became stars and sparkled, she beamed with happiness, wrapped her arms around me, and hELD ME REALLY FUCKING TIGHTLY- HOLY SHIT IT HURTS.
"M-MARXIE- I C-CAN'T BREATHE." I said, trying to get some goddamn oxygen. "O-Oh, sorry!" She let me go and I gasped for air. 

After a few minutes of panting and coughing, Marxie lie down on my lap and ended up falling asleep.
Which sucked because of 2 reasons, one; we were on the floor, and two; she wouldn't allow me to get up because if I did, she would growl.
And that scared me.

I sat there, examining the damage that was done to my -once beautiful- living room.
Glass was shattered on the floor, curtains were all tore up, couch was flipped over, and the TV was on the ground, surprisingly not broken.
I groaned at the thought of how long it would take to clean and fix up the place.
Note to self: Don't leave Marxie alone in the house ever again.

I sighed and felt exhausted and bored. I checked my pockets for anything entertaining to mess with (Like lint or something) and luckily, I HAD MY PRECIOUS PHONE!
I was so relieved (and a bit confused to why I didn't know I had my phone in the first place.) but I didn't care, I was just glad I had it.
I turned on my phone and-

10% battery left.

Fuck.

I grunted but accepted my terrible fate.
Instead of searching for something productive, I spent the rest of my battery life on looking at dogs.
Corgis, poodles, pitbulls, boxers, beagles, and so much more. Fuck, I love dogs holy crap especially boxers. That's the shit, man.
Maybe Marxie would like them as much as I do. I don't really see why she wouldn't. I guess I'll introduce her to the existence of dogs. 
I mean, what could go wrong?
I'm sure she would get along very well because of the fact that she acts like one, and seems the type of person who would love them.

While thinking about dogs, I slowly became drowsy. My breathing became steady and then I soon fell asleep.

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Alex laid beside me on the grass. We both looked up at the clouds. It was so peaceful and beautiful. Despite it being a nice day, we were hella bored.

"Aris." Alex looked at me, his hair blowing madly in the wind. It made him look a bit funny.

"What?" I asked. 

"What do you have planned for the future?"  He ran his hands through his hair.
I took some time to think about the answer.

"I... I don't really know. It's not a subject I think about often."
Alex chuckled,"You don't think about a lot of things, which is why I'm asking. You always have your head in the clouds, which is a bit concerning sometimes."

"Oh, like you don't have your head stuck in the clouds like me." I scoffed.
"Not as much as you though." He said playfully.
I rolled my eyes, "Whatever."

"But seriously, what do you have planned, Aris?"
"I don't know! Successfully rob a bank and live a rich and happy life I suppose?"
"For real, dude."
"That could be for real! I just need some weapons, a mask, and a perfect plan and that's it!"
Alex shook his head, "No! Something like, getting your own company or whatever."

"Well then what's your plan for the future?..."

Alex turned his head towards the sky.
"What I have planned is to live a calm, yet exciting life with someone. Friend or girlfriend, I dunno. I just wanna be able to explore and discover new things with them and just be happy. I want to experience joy with them and just be content." He smiled, blushing a bit.

I also want to become a scientist and research all I can about the sky and the universe around us. To be able to find the answers to questions we don't know.
I just want to be able to help those around me and well yeah."
Alex put his hands together.

I stayed silent.

"It seems you have it all planned out then." I said, feeling envious all of a sudden.

He looked at me, as if he wanted to tell me something, but then quickly looked away.

"...I suppose." He said softly.

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A/N:

bye bye boo.
heh no sry for the short-ish chap.
Longer one shall be next.

also new cover yassss c: