AvM/AvA (ADVENTURE)

GIFTS

Get ready for the longest chapter yet :)

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"Green..."

Green woke up with a start. He looked around sleepily, his neck aching with the movement. Purple stood in front of him, looking slightly concerned.

"Oh hey Purp." Green said, yawning. He was slightly put off by the look on Purple's face -- he looked...almost...concerned.

Purple crossed his arms. "Why aren't you sleeping in your bed? We literally fought for them, and here you are, not even bothering to sleep in it."

Green blinked. He stayed quiet for a moment, instead turning to look out the window. The sun was still rising, sending an almost lazy hue of orange and yellow light splashed against the deep blue and dark purple of the rest of the sky. Building lights were still on -- Green was starting to think that things here were on 24/7.

After a particularly uncomfortable silence, Green turned to look at Purple again.

"Just didn't feel like it." Green said, shrugging. In truth, he really didn't know why he was acting the way he was. But then again, he's been feeling a bit distressed for a while now -- and the problem was that he didn't even know why.

Purple watched him closely, but in the end he decided not to push it.

He moved away, going to go and get ready for the day. Green let out a little sigh of relief, moving to get ready himself. A full hour later, the two were sitting outside the ice cream parlor, eating their breakfast that they had gotten from the bakery. On this particular day, places were quite crowded. Fortunately the six friends' table in the ice cream parlor wasn't occupied.

The two sat waiting for the rest of their friends to arrive. Today was going to be the last day in the city, so they had to make the most of it.

After about half an hour, Yellow and Blue moved in, followed closely by Red and Second. Second, in which, was still exhausted from the day before. The six sat silently at the table, tiredly making their way through their breakfast. It was when Red finished his breakfast did he finally decide to say something.

"Yellow." Red stated firmly, turning to look at said person. His gaze was intense, and he watched Yellow without blinking.

The other four watched Yellow and Red curiously, confused as to what Red may be hinting at. Yellow, though, seemed to get the idea right away. He sighed, standing up from his seat and leaving into the ice cream shop.

Second turned to Red.

"What did you do now?" He asked, sounding almost exasperated. Relatable, for he was quite exhausted still. Red, though, just blinked at him innocently and didn't reply at all.

It was a full thirty minutes before Yellow came back out again, holding a container. There were six holes punctured into the container at the top, and resting in them, sitting upright, were six ice creams in total. Yellow set the container down in the middle of the table, taking his seat once more.

Almost immediately after the container was set down, Red reached out and grabbed an ice cream, beginning to eat despite how cold it was. At this cue, the rest of them followed, grabbing their own ice creams and beginning to eat it too. The ice creams were just the right amount of creaminess and crunchiness -- melting slightly in the hands of each friend, but it tasted absolutely delicious. Probably even better than the ones that the group of six had on the second day they were in the city.

Red was the first to finish his ice cream. He had literally wolfed it down, and after wiping his hands off (he actually had the manners to use a napkin), he addressed his friends excitedly.