No Mask Required

A Dream Vs Reality

Chatterbox ran all of the red lights to make it to cups as quickly as possible. Of course, he'd run then either way.

As he pulled onto Grove Street, he noticed cups running in circles in the middle of the street.

"What the yuck are you doing?

"Just waiting on you to get here!" She giggles, continuing to run circles.

A partial laugh escapes while he blurts out....
"Of course, the only logical thing to do would be to risk your life in the middle of the yucking street! HA...HAVE YOU LOST YOUR YUCKIN MIND CUPS?"

"Well, maybe, but wait, whaaat!? How dare you say that!? you think I'm crazy don't you!? That's why you're going to break up with me!"

"Cups, ahhh!"
Sigh
"I am NOT going to break up with you!"

"Well, that's fine. I'm breaking up with you because you think I'm crazy!"

Chatterbox was silent.

"Did you not hear me?" Ray asked in a sarcastic tone.

"I heard you. Cups, I'm just trying to understand. Wait, whaaaat the yuck are you  talking about. WHYYYY?!?"

Ray Mond runs around the car a couple of more times.

"Get in the car cups." Ray continues to run around in circles.

"Cups! Get in the yuucking car!!"

"I don't get in the car with ex situationships, Chatterbox!"

"What the yuck? We, Cups, we are not a situationship!!!! You are my yuckin' girlfriend, and I plan on keeping it that way!!

Continues the circles..

Cups! Get in the yuckin' car!!"

"Cuuuppss!!!"

"Yes, Chatty?"

"Please, get in the car cups!"

"Okay, Chatty!"

As cups makes her way into the car, Chatterbox breaths a sigh of relief "Thank yuck!

"So, cups, are we uh, are we okay? You're still mine..I mean my uh cups, I mean we're still together? Right?"

"Do you want me to still be "your cups" Chatty?"

"Well um yesss!!!"

"Then I am still "your cups"
"Didn't really know I was "your cups" but now I do, why have you never called me "your cups" before? I thought I was " Your queen"?

"Well, I mean you are that too, but um more to the clowns ya know but, but I mean uh you go by cups so wouldn't that make more sense?"

"Yup" being her only response.

"I mean is that okay, I don't want to make you do anything um you know, anything you don't want to do..??"

"As long as we're not an ex situationship, I'm fine with whatever!"

"Uh huh, uh huh, well okay then"

Chatterbox is confused, her manic hdmi self infuriates him but also makes him want her even more. And it's making him think he's crazy!

As they drive and approach Grapeseed chatty's feeling of insanity worsens as he begins thinking about the dream. Her hand over on his knee. Her almost saying what hes been longing to hear! His heart has the butterfly feelings again!

"Uh cups, I have a surprise for you!"

"You do?! Is that what you meant by plans?"

Her smile is so big as she turns to the side in the car and playfully pushes on his shoulder.

"Yes cups"

"Okay Chatty, where are we going?"

"To the fun house cups."

The closer they got to the house the more the feeling grew, "what the yuck is wrong with me" He thought.

They pulled up beside the fun house with the first thing in cups sight is a sign out front that reads "Get the Yuck out and don't come back for 24 hours -Sooty"

*text ding*

Sooty: "House is ready for the king and queen's night alone."

A sigh released from Chatterbox's lips.

"You okay Chatty?"

Silence from Chatty was unsettling for raymond, he had been unusual all day...

"Chatterbox?!"

"Um uh yes cups...I'm fiiiine!"

"You don't seem fine, are you upset with me?"

"I'm not cups, I promise"

Chatty says as they walk up to the steps of the fun house.
"I just wanted some time together... alone."

With those words Ray's heart dropped. Her inner self desperately wanted some time with Chatty alone, but she was terrified what might come from this. She's frozen at the bottom of the stairs.

Chatterbox has already walked up the stairs and is standing in the doorway.

He turns around expecting to admire his queen. He however is shocked by a pale almost frozen Ray Mond at the bottom of the stairs.

"Cups, is everything okay?"

"I um I'm not sure. I want it to be, I just, I'm just..."

Tears begin to form I'm Ray Monds eyes

Chatterbox sees her knees start to buckle.

"Cuuuups!!!"

Chatterbox jumps over the rail, but he doesn't make it Ray Mond, over come with anxious feelings about be alone with her king, falls as if in slow motion.

Chatty hears a thud as she hits the ground hard!

"Cups, Cups, Cups, it's gonna be okay Cups I've got you!"

Chatterbox scoops her up and carries her over the threshold, laying her down on the sofa he quickly gets a cold cloth to place on her head.

Ray Mond doesn't stir.

Chatterbox's head is going crazy! "She's got to be okay. It was a tiny fall! she's still breathing so that's a good sign right"

Chatterbox box feeling selfish at this moment begins to pace the room.

"I should take her to the hospital right? RIGHT! I should, but that will ruin everything."

Chatterbox runs his hands over the top of his mask.

"You are going insane!"
"What if you caused her to be brain dead or worse!"
"How could you be so selfish to want what you want her needs!?"
"What if she doesn't feel the same way about you?
"What if she really does want to break up with you!"
"YOU'RE GOING TO YUCKING LOSE HER!"

His body is cold and shivering in utter disgust in his thoughts, and actions as he has been trying to sort through his feelings this past couple of days.
His hands are even icy under his white gloves.

Chatterbox sits down beside his beautiful cups. Pushing her hair away from her eyes once more.

"Come on cups, wake up for me, please!"

A single tear falls from his mask tumbling down to his arm where his sleeves are rolled.

As chatterbox places his hand on the side of the couch to stand, realizing a hospital trip is imminent.
His icy hand turns suddenly warm.

His heart drops as he notices a familiar hand on top of his, and with a slight squeeze from her hand, he hears the faintest and most sweet phrase to ever glean his ear.

"Hey, Chatty...."