Falling With You

Chapter 6 - Promises Were Kept

Warning: Major Character Deaths.

Smg3 wakes up from his nap and looks beside him to see Smg4 on the ground, hugging his knees and crying. "4..?" Smg3 asked before slowly getting up and walking over to him, kneeling down and rubbing his back. "Hey..what's wrong..? Did you have another nightmare..?" he asks calmly. Smg4 doesn't respond, and instead, looks over at Smg3, a gun pointed at his head. Smg3 freezes in place but keeps direct eye contact with Smg4, the other man doing the same. "Smg4. Put it down." Smg3 says in a serious yet panicked tone. Smg4 only stared at him as he placed his finger on the trigger, tears still falling. "How can you care for me after everything I put you through..?" Smg4 asks behind quiet sobs. "Smg4 please. We're friends! I care about and I forgive you alright?! Put the damn gun down!"  Smg3 says. Smg4 looks down and puts the gun away from his head. Smg3 uses the opportunity to grab the gun from him. "You idiot! Where did you even get this?!" he yells before hugging Smg4 tightly. "Don't try shit like again you hear me?!" Smg4 didn't say anything nor hug Smg3 back. "It's your gun Smg3.." he says before Smg3 lets go of him and looks at him. "My gun? I don't have a gun, Smg4." he says sternly. Smg4 looks up at him with an expressionless face, "Oh come on. Like you haven't thought about killing me before.." he says before standing up with Smg3. "You have the gun now, Smg3. Go on. Shoot me." Smg4 says. Smg3's hands suddenly force the gun up and point it at Smg4. "What the hell?!" Smg3 panics and tries to throw the gun, but his hands refuse, continuing to point the gun at his counterpart. "Smg4 what are you doing?! Stop this!! I don't want to kill you!!" Smg3 yells. Smg4 only walked closer and the gun was touching his forehead. Smg4 smiled at Smg3, but Smg3 continued to try and move the gun away. "Back off! I'm not shooting you!!" Smg3 keeps yelling. Suddenly his finger moves to the trigger, about to pull it. Smg3 looks at Smg4 again and keeps begging for him to move. "Smg4 please!!" Smg4 only smiled at him and closed his eyes. "You finally got your wish Smg3. You win." he said before Smg3 unwillingly pulled the trigger.

Smg3's eyes shot open as he had awakened from his nightmare. He was sweating and wiped his tears before sighing, "Stupid nightmares.." he muttered to himself before looking over at Smg4, who was still laying on his chest. Smg3 began to blush hard as Smg4 continued to hold onto him. "Damn it you-" he mutters again before carefully trying to wiggle himself out of Smg4's grip. It doesn't work as Smg4 only holds him closer, their faces inches apart again. Smg3 blushes more and looks away from his friend, not wanting to get any ideas. Smg3 continued to try and move away, but Smg4 woke up due to all the movement. He rubbed his eyes before making direct eye contact with Smg3, and both men became red like their tomato soup. Smg4 yelped and fell back, resulting in him falling off the bed. Smg3 peeked over, trying not to laugh. "You okay?" he asks while trying to hide his giggle. Smg4 tried to hide his blushing face. "Y-Yeah! Sorry about that man-" he stutters before standing up, brushing off any dust on his outfit. Smg3 rolled his eyes and sat up. "How do you feel? Still sick?" he asks. Smg4 shakes his head in response, "Surprisingly I feel much better.." he smiles at Smg3. "Thanks for taking care of me" Smg3 blushes a bit, "Shut up. Don't thank me again." he said before getting up and stretching a bit. Smg4 rolls his eyes and sits back on the bed, "So, do we have a plan on how to escape?" he asks the other man, to which Smg3 just shrugs.

"I think the best we can do is look around the area to find either a spring-pad or something to help us climb up." Smg3 suggests, to which Smg4 nods, liking the idea. "You sure you're okay to move? I can carry you if-" Smg4 begins to speak before being cut off by a blushing Smg3, "No I'm fine! No need to carry me!" he quickly exclaims. Smg4 smiles and rubs his back. "You know I don't mind if you need to carry you, Tsundere." Smg4 teases, and Smg3 blushes more, shoving him away. "Shut up. Let's just find a way out of here." he says.

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The two continue to walk around in silence, looking for a path to climb up or something they can use to jump to the surface. No luck so far. Smg3 begins to think about his nightmare again, and looks over at Smg4, somewhat worried about him. Smg4 is looking through rocks and climbing up to get more ground, and that's when Smg3 saw something. He saw Smg4 had the same gun from his nightmare. The one he used to kill him. "Smg4. Come here." Smg3 says sternly. Smg4 looks over and jumps down carefully, walking over to his counterpart. "Yeah? Everything alright?" he asks, a little worried for Smg3. Meanwhile the other was staring at him in disbelief. "Where'd you get that gun?" Smg3 asks out of nowhere, to which Smg4 jumps at the question. "O-Oh this?" he asks before taking the gun out. "I always keep a spare in my room. I think this was an old one I took from you a while ago." Smg3 snatches the gun from, which startles Smg4 a bit. "Dude, are you okay?" Smg4 asks, and Smg3 sighs.