No Mask Required

Please Don't Ask

"Oh my god, Cups!"

Chatterbox's tears begin falling like rain.
He's never felt so vulnerable, and he's unsure of the feeling.
His face with his mask still on is down on the palm of his hand.
He's unsure of what to say.

"Chatty?"
" I'm so sorry, cups. I'm so sorry, are you okay!"
I'll be fine, Chatty. The hospital isn't necessary. I promise."

Cold rushes over Chatterbox's body once more.
"I'm trying my best to play it cool." He thought.
Realizing Cups had heard him.

"You sure cups, I just want to make sure you're okay?!"

"No, Chatty, I'm fine, but I do wanna talk about how you are!?"

Ray Monds eyes almost break him immediately, her eyes feel so powerful it almost burns a hole through his.

What is this power that she has over him he hasn't quite been able to understand.

"Play it cool, Chatterbox. Play it cool." He repeats over and over in his head.

"What? Why!?"

"I heard the things you said, Chatty."

Gulps hard "um uh you did?"

"I did, Chatty! I heard the anguished tone of your voice. The pacing, you're worried I would break up with you, and you would lose me. Yeah, I heard it all. "

"Well, yuck, I honestly didn't realize I was talking out loud. ahhhh,"

Chatterbox's scream was so loud Ray Mond even jumped a little.

" Why are you upset, Chatty? Do you not want me to know how you feel?"

Chatterbox was suddenly aware Cup's hand was still grasping his. He quickly pulls his hand away.

"No, it's not that. I uh I want you to know how I feel! Yuck, I want you to know everything!"

Ray Mond begins to look around the fun house, trying not to think about Chatty pulling his hand away from her.
There are rose petals about on the floor. A candle lit table with wine glasses and a bottle of wine.
Ray Mond sits up, still dizzy from hitting her head.

"Ooo, Chatty. Is this all for me, us?! Whatever the same thing, " she giggles

Chatterbox rocking from heel to toes back and forth. "Absolutely, cups, it's all for you!"

"There's some food cooking in the oven for us too!"

"REALLY!??"

Chatterbox smiled so big beneath his mask as his cheeks blushed.
He loved seeing "his cups" happy.

Ray Mond jumped up from the sofa where she had been for quite some time.
Falling straight down onto the floor, Chatterbox hears "bleh," a sound he was familiar with as his cups were kind of clumsy.
"Hey, cups, cups, cups, slow it down a little for me, okay!?
"Yes, Chatty."
"She's mine  he thought. as she walked toward the kitchen."

Chatterbox suddenly realized cups had disappeared from his sight.
"Cuuups! Where are you? Cuuuuups!?"
"Chattttyy!?" I'm upstairs. I'll be right back. Ray Mond runs down the stairs, and she faceplants again. "bleh."
Giggling Chatterbox says, " Uh cups, you've got to stop doing that! You're gonna bruise that pretty face of yours!"
"Nahhhh, I'll be fiiine,"
Ray Mond runs past Chatty, surprised about the compliment he just gave her.

"Why do you fall like that!" Chatterbox is still laughing as he speaks.
"Well, you see Chatty, I really need to re-train my muscles, but I'm too lazy,"
Chatterbox laughs. "To lazy, huh? Well, okay, cups!"You really should fix that."
"I'll get it done eventually." she laughs

"Are you cold?" Ray Mond asked while starting to shiver.
"Uh, yeah, a little, are you?" Chatter box reaches over and puts his hands on both Ray Monds' shoulders.
"Holy Yuck, you're not cold, You're freezing. There are too many holes in this fun house."
"I am a little cold, YOU SHOULD HAVE YUCKING SAID SOMETHING!!!"

"I'm sorry, Buuutt, You could make it up to me?!" Chatterbox's face turns red under his mask.
He laughs "Oh I can, and how's that?"
Chatterbox's mind is racing with what she would request.
wondering after everything at this point if it would simply be, I'm breaking up with you.

"Chatty!!!" Ray Monds yelling knocks him back to reality.
She looked so concerned....
"Can we light the fireplace?"
"Um, sure, cups! Mumbles has been keeping them clean, so why not?!"
As he walks away under his breath, he says, "Please don't ask, please don't ask, please don't ask."

Ray Mond smiled and watched Chatty as he walked across the room, gathering a couple of pieces of wood, matches, and a poker and all to give her what she wanted.
"Where did I find such a man!" She thought to herself. "My man. A good man. A man that once wanted to fucking kill me, Ugh HDMI that doesn't matter anymore! I'm falling for him."
Those words sound so strange to her, but at the same time, they bring comfort.
She sighs. "He's mine'
Ray Mond thinks about the night before.
The fear she felt waking up alone in the fun house.
She doesn't ever want to do that again. "That's why I'm so scared of this!"
"What Cups?" Chatty asked

"Damn, I said that out loud, didn't I?" She thought to herself...
" Nothing! Nothing! Everything is fine, AHHHH. "
"Cups, what the Yuck is going on? I'm trying to light this fire, and with you yucking screaming like that! I'm going to burn down the whole Yucking funhouse!!"
"I'm sorry, Chatty," Raymond pouts, "I just said something out loud that I meant to say in my head."
Ray thinking "Please don't ask, please don't ask please don't ask."

"I'm gonna be honest with you cups, I'm not even gonna ask. You've heard multiple Yucking things today. I didn't mean for you to."
"Thanks, whew, I appreciate that,"
"Now, can I light this fireplace, or are you going to scream again?"
"You can light it, I won't scream."
"YOU PROMISE!" Chatterbox joked
"I promise chatty,"

As chatterbox lit the match, he thought....

"I promise too, cups....I promise too....."