Loss for Words

Chapter One

The small breeze peeked through the small gap in the window. It was 11:30 in the evening. The stars shone brightly, penetrating the black-and-blue sky. Huh. They look pretty this evening. I started to stare at the sky, not even thinking about the time. Tomorrow was going to be a nice day. Fan and Lightbulb had all planned for us to go to this little café. How cute..
I picked myself off of the stool that I was sitting on and put my paintbrush away. Then, I walked out of the room and walked outside.

Meanwhile, quite a few people were talking in the main lobby. Knife and Pickle were playing video games, Lightbulb was playing with Baxter and Fan was talking to Lightbulb while writing on his blog. It was reasonably calm today, and everything felt nice.
Well, if everything's alright here, I might as well  look at the stars.

As I got outside, the soft grass beneath my feat rustled, and the green trees stood like soldiers. I also saw TestTube in the distance, taking out a telescope and looking at the stars.
"Hey, TestTube!" TestTube jumped, and she looked a bit startled. I chuckled a bit; she must be very interested in stars.
"H-Hi Paintbrush! I-I was just.. setting up a telescope. The stars look really nice today!"
I nodded in agreement, looking up again at the  stars that shone brightly. The girl looked back to her telescope, staring through it and seeing the constellations that appeared.
"Hey, I found this really bright star over here!"
TestTube looked over to where I was pointing, and she adjusted her glasses. Her eyes widened in surprise as she saw the shimmering speck in the sky.
"Wow.. it's really nice."
"Yeah.."
I didn't realise that the time was 12:00, so I decided to go back to the hotel.
"TestTube, it's 12:00, are you coming?"
"Maybe, like, 5 minutes.."
"Ok.." I rolled my eyes as I walked. That girl never stops doing her sciencey things.

As I got back to my room, I sat back on the stool, picking my paintbrush back up. The small strokes I took plastered the paint on the canvas. As much as I wanted to finish the painting, I felt a bit tired. A lot happened today. Nevertheless, I kept painting the half-blank canvas. I started to feel very sleepy now. My face rested on the blank bit of the canvas, and my eyelids felt heavy....

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I woke up, seeing Paintbrush sleeping, their face leaning on the canvas, and Baxter nestled in the small pile of pillows. Today was a good day!!
I quickly shot up from my bed and got my hairbrush, brushing my golden yellow hair decently and tying it into 2 messy ponytails.
"Painty, wake up!!"
They shook in their sleep, waking up slowly to see me in front of them.
"What.. I literally just woke up... is there anything so important that you must tell me now?"
I nodded my head in excitement and giggles softly.
"Today, we're going to the Café!!"
I watched as Painty got up to look at the time.
"Lightbulb, it's 6am. We're probably going at 11, so you shouldn't get ready so early."
I shrugged my shoulders and ran downstairs to get breakfast, Painty following me behind.
"Should I make breakfast? I mean, I've never really seen you cook anything that isn't burnt."
I looked at the ground, then looking back up to Paintbrush.
"Ok! I love your food, it's soooo yummy!"
Paintbrush blushed the smallest blush ever, like literally smaller than atom from ONE, and  chuckled.
"Thanks! It's not like anybody has ever said that to me before. I don't cook really often, so I thought people might think that it's bad."
I smiled, and went to my seat. The aroma of pancakes swirled through the kitchen. Me and Paintbrush were one of the only people here, so I waited patiently for the food to be ready. 3 minutes later, the pancakes were ready, and one was slid onto my plate. Then, I devoured them like I was the monster in the one part of Kirby and The Forgotten Land.
"Wow, these are yummy!"
"Thanks!" I noticed that Paintbrush was eating their pancakes to.
As I finished my pancakes, I went to Fan's room and I burst through the door!
"Hi Flat-Face!"
Fan was brushing hair hair, until I came in and startled him. He let out a small yelp as he jumped.
"AH.. Oh, hi Lightbulb."
Then, he continued to brush his hair. When his hair was decent enough, he went out of his room and went to eat breakfast. He just made himself a sandwich, so I have nothing to say about that. The time was 8am, so I went to get some nice clothes. As I rummaged through my closet, I found a nice yellow top and some grey trousers.Hm. This suits me.
"Fan,Fan,Fan,Fan,Fan! Can we go to the Cafe now? Please, please, please?" I was very excited.
"Oh sure. I'm just waiting for TestTube."

TestTube was putting on some fresh clothes, and when she did, she washed her face and immediately went to join the others. She hasn't had much sleep last night, so she tried to hide that.
"Alright, let's go!" And we were off, walking down the path that led to the city.

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We started to walk through the town. There sun shines brightly and I felt like this was going to be great. If only every day could be like this.. The smile on my face slowly turned into a small frown. Then, Lightbulb looked at me and raised her eyebrow.
"What's up, Paper Boy?"
To make her less worried, I plastered the smile back onto my face and looked at her.
"Nothing. I'm just bored. I can't wait to get to the Cafe. After all, there's nothing to do really.."
I looked at the pavement and the patterns and cracks that were in it. Just forget about it, Fan. Today's a great day.
Ok, now I forgot why I was sad. What happened yesterday? Well, Balloon was left outside again, Knife and Trophy had an arm wrestle, Paintbrush painted this cute picture..
Huh. Alright. I just gotta keep walking. I guess I just had a bad feeling or something, idk. The trees and bushes rustled in the breeze, and my hair danced around my head. The Cafe was in sight, and bikers rode around the town, laughing and talking. Birds chirped and the chatter of people could be heard. Wow, this is nice.

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When we got to the Café, the smell of pastries and hot chocolate swirled through town. We then went to the counter to order some things.
"Can we get.. a hot chocolate, an iced tea and a cinnamon bun please?"
"Sure!" The man held his hand out to receive the money which was placed in his hand.
We all went to sit down at a seat, and we waited for somebody to spark a conversation.
"Well, I'm not getting the food."
"Me neither"
"Not me."
All eyes were locked on me, as I didn't say a thing.
"TestTube, can you get the things when they're ready?" Paintbrush said.
I rolled my eyes jokingly and chuckled. "Fine. Only because you're too lazy to get them."
"Hey!"
Then, I got up to get the snacks and I brought them to our seats.
"Thank you!"
Everything was silent, and nobody dared to speak until I spoke.
"So, what should we talk about?"
"Dragons!"
"Anime."
"Anything really.."
After a while of talking and laughing about each other, the skies turned grey and the clouds crowded the atmosphere. I also finished my iced tea.
"Hm. It's getting really cloudy. Do you think it will rain soon?"
"Yeah," Lightbulb chirped in with her happy, optimistic voice.
"We should get going back to the hotel." Paintbrush said.
"I agree, maybe for the first time in years." Fan said after that.
So then we headed to the hotel as the thunder rumbled and the rain started to drizzle onto the ground. We were also getting a bit wet while walking. By the time we go to the hotel, it was heavily raining and we were soaked.
"Alright. I am drying myself."
"Me too."
We all went to change into some dry clothes, and we dried our hair. The rain was getting heavier every second, and the thunder boomed through the town. When I was dry, I looked out of the window. The rain splattered everywhere, and the grey clouds darkened every minute. This didn't seem like ordinary rain..

Not at all.

*dancing intensifies*
AW YEAH I DID A CHAPTER WITH 1500 WORDS YAY!
I have not been writing because I am a Muslim who is celebrating Ramadan. Of course, I have to read Quran, go to mosque and delete this for the sake of my sanity. I might write more now since Ramadan's almost over! Toodles!

Ps. Thanks for @WanderingStoryTeller for inspiration! I also love your content on yt!

Double ps. Sorry that I made fan's part so short, I made that last minute 😅