The distance

The Truth

They arrived at the cafe, they sat down and ordered their drinks,
Flamingo and Denis sat next to each other, Corl was sitting across from them.
Corl felt awkward, he haven't talked to Denis in a while now, the silence was starting to kill him
"So what are you guys doing this weekend"
He asked, Denis looked up from his phone and chuckled
"We're going to the winter prom"
Denis smiled
Corl eyes widen and looked at Flamingo, who was drinking his hot chocolate.
"You-but he-WHAT" Corl was trying to process this information.
"Calm down, we're just going as a friend date"
Flamingo corrected
Corl felt relief
"Thank god, I was getting nervous, I thought you guys were dating"
Corl laughed,
Flaming just crossed his arms and glare at Corl
"What wrong with us going to prom" Flaming asked
Denis rolled his eyes and nudged Flamingo
"Nothing, it's just I thought you guys were going as a date, like romantically" Corl said,
Denis chuckled and shook his head
"No, we're just friends"
Denis responded, Flaming drank his hot chocolate and glance at his watch, Corl raised an eyebrow
"Hey Flamingo why do you always wear that watch?"
Corl asked, Flamingo almost choked on his drink
"Because it's my favorite one" He quickly answered
"What time is it anyways"
Denis asked,
Flaming felt nervous, the clock didn't work and he can't even read the time
"It uhm- you uhhh" He scratched his neck and glance at his watch.
"8:45 pm"
Flamingo lied
Denis chuckled and shake his head,
"It's only 4:30 pm"
Denis said, Flamingo eyes widen and look down at his watch
"Huh...my clock must be broken" Flamingo said, he fiddle with the time and set it back,
Denis shook his head and took a sip of his drink, Corl looked at Flamingo,
"I heard there's going to be a lot of people at the winter prom" Corl said trying to make conversation.
Denis nodded
"Yeah I heard everyone was planing on wearing blue" Denis
Flamingo smiled, the Denis in his universe loved blue, he always wear a blue shirt but he wasn't sure
If this Denis liked blue as well.
"We should get matching outfits, like a tux"
Flamingo suggested
"Matching outfits, like a couple!?"
Corl yelled,
Denis laugh and shook his head
"Good idea, hey maybe we should bring our kid to the prom" Denis joked
"Hey!! I was joking!" Flamingo argued,
Corl was laughing his ass off, He never seen Flamingo so embarrassed before.
"Oh man, that was the best"
Corl laughed, Flamingo just crossed his arms and looked away.
Denis smiled and pat Flamingo on the back
"Sorry I honestly do think it a good idea"
Denis comforted him
"You're supposed to be on my side"
Flamingo grumbled,
Denis smiled and took a sip of his drink.
"Eh you guys should  just come along with me and Sketch, we're supposed to meet up with Alex outside the school for prom" Corl suggested,
Flamingo and Denis look at each other and shrugged.
"Sure"
Flamingo looked at the time and stood up
" sorry guys I gotta go, it was nice hanging out with you guys"
Denis waved goodbye and watch Flamingo leave

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Flamingo went to an alley looking around, he sighed and push his watch entering to the portal and going back to his universe,
He looked around realizing he was in his room. There was a knock on his door
"Flamingo I need help in the lab" Jake yelled
knocking on his door
"Yeah yeah I'm coming" Flamingo shouted back,
he took off his jacket and headed to the lab, there was papers laying around, Jake was typing something on the computer.
He walked towards Jake and sat down next to him on a stool
"Sooo what up" Flamingo looked at the paper on the floor, it was mostly old newspaper talking about the Zombie apocalypse. He frown remembering the beginning of the apocalypse.
"Flamingo, you okay?" Jake asked,
Flamingo snapped back into reality and looked at Jake,
"Yes, why wouldn't I be" He mumbled,
Jake shook his head and grabbed a newspaper on the floor
"Look at this"
Flamingo snatch the newspaper and read it out loud
"The new scientist found a cure to the zombie virus"
Flamingo dropped the newspaper and felt his heart racing
"Are you saying we can reverse this"
He said, Jake nodded and gave him a notebook, Flamingo looked through it and felt excited.
"So how do we do this!?" Flamingo asked
Jake got up from his seat and paced around the room
"We have to travel and find the cure which was left in the lab" Jake explained
Flamingo bounce up and down feeling hopeful
"Alright!! When are we going"
"Tomorrow morning"
Flamingo stopped and felt time stop
"Tomorrow morning" Flamingo repeated
Jake nodded and went over to a box,
"We have to pack, there's a lot of stuff we have to bring"
Jake open the box and handed him a list
"Uh how about we started traveling next year" Flamingo said,
Jake and Flamingo locked eyes making him feel nervous
"Next year...Next year!?" Jake shouted
Flamingo wince and bit his lip
"Flamingo...this is a cure we been looking for, what the fuck could be more important than this!?" Jake push Flamingo aside and sat down on his chair
Flamingo felt guilty
"Jake-I'm sorry I know it's important but..." Flamingo stopped talking, how the hell was he supposed to tell Jake that he had a magical watch that can take him to universe
"But what?"
Jake snapped
"Jake I'm sorry, it's just I'm dealing with some stuff" Flamingo mumbled,
Jake looked at him and groaned
"Just forget it"
Jake rubbed his eyes
"I just wanted to make a cure, fuck flamingo I lost people too you know" Jake whisper
Flamingo felt a lump on his throat
"I-i know, I'm sorry, it just"
He sat down on a chair and sigh,
"I don't know what I'm doing, I'm tired of everything, I don't want to live like this" Flamingo cried,
Jake looked at him and sighed, He knew what Flamingo meant, living in fear, watching people get turn into zombies,
He remember seeing his friends getting attack and screaming in pain.
"Jake I need to tell you something...I need to tell you the truth...."
Flamingo whispered,
Jake felt his heart skip a beat and sat down
"Okay..tell me the truth" Jake said
"You know the watch I have" Flamingo whispered,
Jake nodded,
"Denis gave me the watch before he was bitten, before I shot h-" Flamingo inhaled and felt tears run down his face
"I-uhm once I-I killed him...the watch was glowing" Flamingo explained
Jake looked at him confused
"And?"
"And..I found out it could take me to different universe, fuck Jake I- I met so many different versions of our friends" he gripped his hat and started to feel anxious
"I mostly been going to universe to see Denis again...I just couldn't move on, in different universe me and Denis are either dating, married or just friend..Jake I'm so sorry- I-he-" Flamingo hiccups and wiped away his tears
"I been stealing versions of me life and pretending to be them, sometimes I even change the universe story" Flamingo explained
Jake sat there quite and processed the information
"So, you're telling me you're been changing the story line of each universe"
Jake repeated,
Flamingo nodded and wiped his tears
"Jake.. I know that fucked up..." Flamingo said
Jake got up and looked at the watch and then at Flamingo
"You can't do...what- Flamingo your stealing people roles and changing it"
Jake muttered
"Shit! Flamingo what storyline did you change"
Jake whispers
"Uh-I changed a universe were Sketch and Denis were supposed to get married..Oh! I also change a storyline where Denis and me were enemies and changed it to us being friends" Flamingo said trying to think anymore universe he had change
Jake felt like he was going to pass out
"Holy shit"
Jake sat back down and looked at Flamingo
"That's really fucked up...do the versions of Denis know" Jake asked,
Flamingo shook his head
"I mostly just ditch them and go to new ones, and well...I kinda found a Denis similar to the Denis we once knew" Flamingo said
Jake sighed and put his head on the table
"What am I going to do with you" Jake huffed
Flamingo chuckled and got up, he felt nervous
"I'm sorry"
Flamingo mumbled,
Jake sat up and sighed
"Look I...wow I don't know what to say...Flamingo I don't think this is a healthy way to cope...I miss Denis too but replacing him with someone else is kinda messed up"
"I know...imma just go to be bed, I'll see you tomorrow"
"I doubt your going to bed" Jake snorted