I Can't Stop... - An OK K.O. story

New Normal

Weeks went by and not much had changed. I was still scared to make any new moves and I haven't even dared show my presence to anyone else. Even if I still felt trapped, I'd rather hide in the back of his mind than do something wrong and risk losing everything again. I know he made a promise to never lock me up again, but I still fear the worst...

Sometimes, I peek at the outside world, just to see what K.O.'s life is like now. He's been visiting PV every weekend since he discovered he was his father. I'd discovered that much after K.O. had freed me from his subconsious. It seems like he and Fink are on better terms however, ever since they realized they're basically siblings. Sometimes, when PV is busy during K.O.'s visits, he'll just play videos game with Fink. It's nice, and sometimes I try to play along in the back of his mind, even giving K.O. some tips and stuff that might help.

I've tried to help K.O. when I can, but it's not very often I feel like I can do much, not even during fights. He's been visiting me less, but his real life has gotten more busy, so I understand, I still miss him though... There's something that's been compelling me to want to be close to him. Not in any lovey way, I just want his company since I've been so lonely.

Sometimes I just get so sad for no reason. I'll lay on the floor, feeling like nothing, and just hope maybe K.O. will come along and try to cheer me up.

Well it finally happened. He popped into the mindspace to find me laying face-first on the floor, arms and legs spread out like a bear rug. I lifted my head with an "eh?" as he popped in.

"T.K.O.? What are you doing?"

I layed my head back down on the floor. "Being depressed."

He couldn't help but smile, probably holding back laughter and he helped me up. "Come on. You wanna go hang out?"

"Yeah..."

So we played videos game for a while, at least until we got bored. At that point, I was pretty tired as well. It was now nighttime in the real world and K.O. had already been in bed the whole time, he just used that time to check in with me in the mindspace. I headed to bed myself when I noticed him following me. I turned around, confused. "What are you doing?"

"I wanted to just make sure you're alright."

"So you're following me to bed?"

He didn't have any response. I chuckled, "Well, if you're gonna come with me at least gimme cuddles."

I could tell he wasn't expecting that, considering his embarrassed and surprised expression. I rolled my eyes and grabbed his hand, continuing to my room. I crawled into bed and got comfy, then I noticed K.O. just standing there, still looking embarrassed, like he wasn't sure he should do this. "Well?"

He seemed to give up and got into bed beside me. I took the chance to basically bear hug him, and he still seemed surprised at this.

"Hey T.K.O.?"

"Hm?"

"I never thought you liked cuddles..."

"Well, I didn't. Until I realized just how lonely I am here since you kept me in the subconscious."

"Oh..."

He seemed to take this chance to return the cuddles and we managed to sleep peacefully.

For all of those wondering, not this is not a TKKO thing. I'm already writing a ship story, I'm not messing with TKKO stuff unless I wanna get cancelled by the fandom >:/

In this context, T.K.O. is simply deprived of physical affection and is taking the chance to stay close to K.O.