Bug's burning shit mix

Finders Keepers

Written: Oct 23 2022

Losers weepers

“Finders keepers!” Lightbulb always hated that phrase, especially now that paintbrush used it to get their way
“Oh c'mon'! You’re acting like a child saying that!” She argued
“I didn’t make the rules! Not my problem” They smirked holding the object just out of her reach, it was a pearl necklace that lightbulb had lost and they managed to find and grab it seconds before lightbulb did.
“You know that it’s mine now give it to me!” she snapped desperately trying to grab the necklace to no avail. Paintbrush just laughed and walked away, lightbulb glared at them and clenched her fists as they walked away delightedly. She eventually noticed she was holding her breath and sharply exhaled. Quietly tears started forming in her eyes as she mourned the loss of the necklace as it was her mothers, it was the last thing she had from her before she died. Her mother was a good woman who made time for her child even though she worked very long and grueling hours and she always managed to look on the bright side of things. Lightbulb remembered her mothers last words
“Lightbulb..” Her sickly voice murmured
“Yeah mom..?” She asked desperately trying not to choke up
“Can you do me a favor.?” Her mom asking with what's left of her voice
“Of course” Lightbulb replied, Her mother put her hand on lightbulb’s
“Since I am dying I can no longer look on the bright side and face the world with a smile so i need you to do that for me, okay?” She quietly asked. Lightbulb looked into her mothers eyes and nodded. Seconds later tears began to uncontrollably form and flow, streams of tears rushed down her face and fell on her arms and her mothers bed and hugged her mother.
“I love you…” She choked out.
That was the last time she saw her mother alive. Lightbulb caught herself starting to cry and quickly ended it.
"Hey lightbulb!" Someone called out to her, she violently turned around to see fan
"Oh, hey fan! What's up?" She greeted him kindly
"Wanna hang out with me? I got some new movies" He asked, lightbulb thought for a second before agreeing
"Yeah! Sounds fun" she said nodding
"Alright! Does 6 sound good?" He said pulling out his phone, lightbulb nodded
"Alllriight! See you at 6!" Fan said finishing typing something on his phone "I gotta go now though so see you then" He walked away waving and she waved back cheerfully. Once fan had left her sight she walked to the elevator and pressed the button to her floor and the second she tried to relax she heard a voice
"Wait!" Someone said in an almost scream, lightbulb jolted and saw test tube booking it to the elevator but it's doors began to close, quickly,  lightbulb stuck her hand through the doors to open them again just in the nick of time and test tube crashed in.
"Floor... 7" She said gasping for air, lightbulb quickly pressed the button for room seven and the doors shut quickly after
"So tube what's the rush for?" Lightbulb asked helping test tube onto her feet
"Heh.. sorry about that I just got some new things for experiments I'm desperate to try out" She explained and soon began quickly rambling about things lightbulb didn't understand but still was listening
"-and when it comes in contact with skin like ours it burns it and causes serious damage and can even cause death so it's very important you're extremely careful with it-" test tube ran on until the doors opened.
"Oh that's my floor! Gotta go! See you around Lb!" Test tube said walking out, the doors shut and it was lightbulb alone and she could finally have a break, she let out a deep exhale and held onto the railing of the elevator and tried to make sense of what on earth was happening with paintbrush but that was quickly put to an end as the elevator abruptly stopped and opened its doors, lightbulb pushed herself off from the sides and used the rest of her strength to drag herself into her room and fall onto her bed. She stared at the ceiling with hollow eyes and reminisced about paintbrush. She never could figure out what happened to them, nothing was adding up and it was like they were replaced with someone who just looks like them. Lightbulb then flipped over and put her hands under her pillow but when she did she felt something under it. She fished the unknown object from under her pillow and looked at it, it was an image of her, paintbrush,  test tube, and fan. She remembered the day very vividly
"Cmon painty get in frame, it's a special day!" Lightbulb persuaded paintbrush, they sighed trying to act all grumpy about it but struggled to fight a smile.
She felt a break down try and happen but she was quick to prevent this, lightbulb got up from her bed and put the picture far back in her dresser where she wouldn't find it and flopped onto her bed, she checked her phone for the time, 5:30. She set an alarm on her phone for 5:50 and took a much needed nap to clear her head.

Oddments

Lightbulb slept soundly; her dreams carried her away into a universe where none of this happened.
She and paintbrush sat in a flower covered field, many things were nonsensical like the periwinkle sky, the sun now a rose, and the grass that was now deep blue.
"It's so nice here" Lightbulb said admiring the sky
"Mhm, it's really calming" paintbrush said in their calm voice that lightbulb always liked
"I had a horrible dream where you were a big jerk" she said giggling, paintbrush was silent and lightbulbs laughter quickly ended
"Hey is everything alright..?" Lightbulb asked putting her hand on paintbrushes shoulder, paintbrush fiercely turned and stared at lightbulb directly in the eyes, their eyes locked lightbulb in place against her will
"P-painty.. what's going on" she spoke with difficulty yet no response, paintbrushes eyes distorting and the world around the two turning into a horror, the sound of static overwhelmed her and her lungs felt as if they were shrinking, her stomach tangled, and her heart raced. Her imaginary world crashing in on itself and just before she woke up she could hear paintbrush faintly say
"Finders keepers" In a jarring, displeasing voice
She jolted awake, her alarm screaming in her ears.Her breathing was shallow and her heart continued to race. Once she had calmed down she looked at the time and it was 6:03, somehow, she quickly made herself presentable and ran to fans room

“Hey fan! Sorry I’m late, i got distracted” she fibbed
“Oh yeah don’t worry about it! Its only five minutes off!” He said believing her white lie
Lightbulb walked to fans bean bag chair and let herself fall on it before scooting herself into a comfortable position
“So, what are we watching?” She asked, fiddling with the chair
“Oh well i thought i could show you what i’ve got and you can pick one” he said setting a timer on the microwave “also you want some dr fizz?”
“Sure” she said and made grabby hands as fan walked to her with the cold drink, lightbulb mercilessly ripped open the can and chugged a little more than half
"Jeez lightbulb calm down" Fan laughed
"Never!!" She playfully replied trying to forget her dream
"Oh! Lightbulb I forgot to tell you, I found your pearl necklace in paintbrushes room, I thought you might want it back" Fan said grabbing it off the counter "here"
Lightbulb took the necklace and looked at if for a few seconds
"Thank you Fan! I was looking for it!" She thanked, relieved she finally had it back
"No problem! Speaking of paintbrush,  have you seen what a jerk paintbrush has been lately" he asked “they’ve been such a bastard..”
“Ugh, tell me about it. They’ve been stealing my shit lately and it’s annoying as FUCK” She fussed accidentilly crunching her can a little bit
“Yeah! Just yesterday they stole my scarf” Fan exposed
“THE WOOL ONE?” Lightbulb questioned as she jolted up from her slouched position