The distance

Secrets

Denis was smiling the whole day at school,
He kept thinking about last night .
Sketch was the first one to notice his strange behavior
"Hey you good?"
Denis was in a daze and didn't notice him,
Sketch tapped his shoulder and Denis came back to reality
"Sorry, I've been thinking"
"Oh about what"
Denis stood quiet and just shrug, he continued to do his work humming to himself. Sketch huffed and kept staring at him hoping it will get him talk
"You know, your acting strange lately" Sketch said, Denis stopped and stared at Sketch
"What are you talking about"
"Dude you have this goofy grin on your face"
Denis blushed
"Do I"
Sketch nodded, Denis looked away and kept writing
"Well I can't tell you, it a secret"
Sketch raised his eyebrow
"Oooo, a secret"
Denis shook his head
"No no!
Sketch laugh and look at Denis realizing he was serious
"Oh come on that stupid, can you just tell me!"
Denis thought for a moment
"Okay"
Sketch lean in
"I might have a crush"
Sketch eyes widen and started yelling
"Oh my god! Denis is finally moving on from Flamingo"
Denis covered his mouth and looked around the room, everyone was looking at them
"No idiot! My crush is Flamingo"
"Seriously!? Denis no offense but you have terrible taste"
Denis laughed and just shrugged
"I guess, but that not the point"
"Then what is it?"
Denis took a deep breath
"Well...yesterday he confessed to me"
Sketch smiled and patted his back
"That's great, so are guys dating"
Denis smiled and nodded
They sat there quiet
"You and Flamingo huh?"
Sketch smiled and looked around
"I guess so"
Sketch just nod
"It just...he's a little weird and he wears a stupid cowboy hat to school"
He complains
Denis stare at him dumbfounded, he was about to say something but he noticed Sub entering the classroom
"That weird..Sub isn't in this classroom"
He thought
Sub looked at him and just ignored him, Denis didn't think anything of it and looked back at Sketch
"So when did you start having a crush on him?"
"Well-
Denis was about to explain but Sub interrupted him
"Denis I need too talk to you"
Sketch look at him surprise
"You can ta-"
Sub cover his mouth
"Sub your-uh wow sure! Let me get my things"
Denis grabbed his stuff and was following Sub
"So you can talk now?"
Sub shook his head
"Okay but, why can't we talk at lunch"
Sub stop and just stared at Denis, He was about to say something but didn't
"Okay fine, but imma talk to Sketch after this"
Sub just nodded and started walking, Denis noticed them stopping in front of a door,
"Huh I never saw this classroom before"
Sub pulled out his notebook and wrote
"Because it doesn't exist, I been here at this school for a year now and I never once saw this door"
Denis eyes widen as he read
Sub open the door and push Denis inside,
"Wha- Sub?!"
Denis was confused and looked around the classroom, it was empty and there was nothing inside,
"What the hell"
"Look we don't have much time, so listen up"
Sub spoke, he pace around the room.
"I notice things have been changing, Sketch is moving, Alex isn't studying anymore and Corl has been overworking!"
Denis just listened and looked away
"And- I'm worried about you, you seem like you forgot what happen"
"Forgot? Forgot what!?"
Sub just stared at him
"Last night!? Don't you remember"
Denis frown and begin to think
"I remember going to prom and afterward I met up with Flamingo"
Sub huffed
"Look Denis I know its hard but your not real"
Denis eyes widen
"What"
"Your a alternate version"
"Sub-no im not I'm real, your probably just messing with me"
"No I'm not! I noticed these things and once Flamingo came to our school you been acting weird!"
Sub was shouting,
Denis was taken back and took a step back,
"Your just being paranoid"
Sub grabbed Denis hand
"Look at yourself! You're acting like everything is normal!"
Denis glare at Sub and pulled away from him
"Sub you're insane! Nothing your saying makes sense"
"Denis please-"
"No shut up, I don't know what your trying to pull but it isn't funny"
Denis turned around and walk towards the door
"I'll see you later Sub"
He slammed the door shut and started walking
"Stupid"
"What stupid?"
He jumped and turned around to see Alex
"Nothing I just got in a argument with Sub"
"The hell!? Really wow I didn't expect that"
Denis nodded
"Yeah well, what can I say"
"Well, let go back to class, we have a test remember"
"Shit I forgot"
They both laughed and entered the classroom, Denis sat back down and look over at the empty seat
Flamingo wasn't here today which is strange, maybe he's avoiding him, or he hated the kiss
Denis shook his head felt devastated
"Denis hey, are you okay"
He heard Sketch said,
Denis turned his head to Sketch and smiled
"Yeah, I'm fine"
Sketch frowned
"Did you guys fight or something"
"I- ugh Sub was acting weird and I just- I don't know"
Denis frown
Sketch took a seat next to him
"I'm sure he just stressed"
Denis looked down and sighed
"Maybe"
"It okay Denis, don't worry"
Sketch smile,
The teacher walk into the room and announced they have a test, Denis grabbed his pencil.
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Sub sat on the floor of the empty room, he couldn't believe it. He doesn't exist and he's just in an alternate universe, everything seems to be different now, he doesn't know if it's a bad thing or not.
he sighed and put his hand on his face
He felt exhausted and tired, he knew Flamingo was trouble the day he met him and he even manipulated his friend. Sub shook his head and gripped his hair feeling irritated, it felt good to talk but it also meant their universe was changing.
He was worried and afraid of what was going to happen, but he couldn't do anything, it was all his faults
Sub got up and left the room, abandoning the door and kept moving forward. He had some many questions but his main question was
"Where is Flamingo alternate version?"
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Jake lay in bed groaning in pain, Flamingo looked at him worried.
"I'll be back"
Flamingo went into the kitchen and grab a glass of water,
He went into the storage room and open the drawer.
There was a needle, he pick it up and examine it. Flamingo bit his lip and went back to the room
"Jake...I need to give you a shot"
Jake eyes widen and sat up
"What! No I'm fine really"
Flamingo frowned
"Jake this is to prevent the virus, you need to take it"
"No, I told you already"
Jake was sweating
"Jake please...your hurt and you could get infected" Flamingo grabbed his arm and placed the needle
Jake started hissing in pain, once Flamingo was done he grabbed new bandages, He sat next to Jake and helped him
Jake looked down and didn't say anything,
"You know...I always wanted to be a scientist, I always want to discover new things, like how the brain works, and how to make a human clone"
Flamingo stayed silent
"When I was little...I remember people thinking I was weird, and I felt different from other kids, but then I met Denis he was always there for me, helping me with ideas and making sure I wasn't alone"
Flamingo just listen and stare at Jake
"Denis became my lab partner and help me with experiments, we wanted to create something new and exciting, then the zombie apocalypse happened"
Flamingo finished wrapping Jake arm and got up
"Thank you...Flamingo do you want to know what Denis was working on?"
Flamingo looked at Jake and nodded
"He wanted to make universe merge"
He sat there quiet and looked at his watch
"Did it work"
Jake chuckled
"Am not sure...Denis had a lot of secrets"
Flamingo stood up
"Flamingo where are you going"
"outside"
He left the room and sat in the living room
He pulled out his journal and started writing
"Denis"
"Why didn't he tell me?"
"Secrets? Denis never had secrets"
Flamingo stopped writing and threw his journal across the room, he sobbed and shook his head
"What I'm I going to do?"
He sat there crying until he finally fell asleep,
He woke up in the middle of the night, He didn't know why,
He was still upset about what Jake told him.
He was also sad because he missed Denis.
He sat up and looked at his watch, he wanted to leave but Jake needed him right now, Flamingo got up and went inside the lab, Jake was laying there staring at the wall.He cleared his throat and catching Jake attention, he sat on the chair next to him
"Denis has secrets...?"
Jake sat up
"Yeah...he had many secrets"
"How do you know"
They look at each other
"You know how you told me about your watch....well I think I know how you have the ability to travel through universe"
Flamingo started biting his nails anxiously
"No one knew this except for me but...Denis had the power to travel through universe, he gained those ability one night when I was doing experiments on him"
Flamingo stood up and looked around the room
"So what! It doesn't mean I have the same power"
Jake shook his head and sighed
"Denis created the portal"
"But-
Jake cut him off
"When Denis disappeared that day he went to a different universe gathering information"
Flamingo felt frustrated
"And!? Denis didn't have secrets! He told me everything, and you kept doing experiments on him!?" He shouted
Jake roll his eyes
"Look it not like he had a choice, he volunteered for this experiment and you should be happy I told you, and no I didn't know you had a crush on Denis"
Flamingo eyes widen and felt his face heat up,
He was speechless and didn't know what to say
"What the fuck does that mean!?"
"You know exactly what it means"
Flamingo wanted to slap the shit out of him
"That's-you-fuck!!!"
Flamingo punched a wall and left the room
He needed a drink, he grabbed a bottle of wine and started drinking, he was pissed off and didn't want to be near Jake right now.
He stormed off to his room and collapsed on the bed, he couldn't believe him...Jake was experimenting on Denis
"Who does that!?" He shouted out loud
Flamingo couldn't sleep, he was awake the whole night
He didn't understand, Denis and him always share secrets, why didn't he tell him about his power or his relationship with Jake. It didn't make sense to him,
Was he not trustworthy, or was Denis planning something
He felt anger
Flamingo got out of bed and head toward the shower
"What a fucking mess"
He stripped down his clothes and got into the shower, He turned on the water.