HEART AT WAR [PART 2 OF A&B] [CSM]

i'm sorry for the things i can't undo

As you wake, you feel a heavy weight on your lower stomach. Opening your eyes and stretching, you look down to see Stone laying their head on you. Half their body is sticking off the bed as if they were a mannequin. You sigh, sitting up as Stone's head rolls off of you. You climb off the other edge of the bed, adjusting the rest of Stone's body onto the bed.

You open the blinds next to your bed, peeking out the window for a moment before walking to the bathroom. You pick your toothbrush up, putting a pea sized amount of toothpaste on your toothbrush and brushing the bottom left side of your teeth. You move to the bottom front, then the right.

Next, the top right, middle, and left.

As you spit the toothpaste out, you look in the mirror and notice the tiniest bit of blood on your gums.

You should probably brush your teeth more.

You brush your tongue, trying as hard as you can to not gag, spitting into the sink once more.

You look for the stuff you use to floss, noticing it's gone.

Oh, well.

You put your toothbrush back, realizing you're still wearing your suit.

The one you grabbed wasn't nearly as tight as the one Miss Quanxi gave you, thankfully.

Seriously, it was like you were wearing latex.

Why did you sleep in your suit?

Well, Stone did, too.

Now that you think about it.. does Stone even have any of their own belongings? They just kind of moved in with.. nothing. No suitcase, no little box, no spare clothes, no nothing.

Who did Stone have before meeting you?

Probably no one.

That sucks.

You wonder how they're so energetic despite that.

Jeez.. they said they'd never had a buddy before.

You're their first buddy.

A shitty buddy.

Asshole.

You blink a few times, rubbing your eyes and tugging your tie as you sigh. You look down at the sink, turning the faucet on for a few seconds before turning it off.

As you walk downstairs into the dining room, you watch the clock tick on the wall. It's fairly early.

Ma's usually watching TV in the living room by now.. maybe she stayed up late on her phone.

You go to the cabinet, grabbing a couple pieces of bread and popping them in the toaster. As you open the fridge, you grab a container of butter and place it on the counter. You stand in front of the toaster, silently waiting for the bread to shoot out.

After a minute or two, it does.

You pinch both of the pieces with your hands, realizing you didn't grab a plate.

Dude, how'd you prep to butter the toast but forgot a plate? You didn't get a butter knife either, idiot.

You put the toast back, grabbing a paper plate from the cabinet and a butter knife from the drawer.

As you walk back to the toaster, you didn't realize you started the toaster again.

Goddamn it, how do you turn a toaster off?

Do you just unplug it?

Is that even safe?

You don't want the toast to burn.. um..