BENJI One-shots

✨Truth Serum ✨ (pt2)

After they ate they were all trying to figure out what questions they could ask without Kenji being uncomfortable and were finding it very hard to agree on any ideas each of them had. It had already been an hour and Ben was getting fed up of this, " Right that's it then Question one, Kenji what's your favorite colour?" He asked abruptly, causing everyone to stop and look at him in surprise. Kenji immediately answered, "Turquoise.".

"And how did that feel? Was it different somehow to how you would usually answer questions?" Ben asked Kenji who had a small, thoughtful frown on his face. Kenji responded ," Uhhh maybe a bit I think but I couldn't really feel anything like bad.".

"Okay then next question?" Ben said waiting for a response from Kenji ,telling him to carry on. Kenji nodded. But Ben didn't have another question ready, he turned towards the others "Any ideas?- and I mean actual good ones.".
Everyone stayed silent so Ben sighed and turned back to face Kenji, "Well what's your favorite food?" He asked and like before Kenji responded immediately. "My mum's apple and rhubarb crumble." He said with a sad look creeping across his face as he thought about his answer.

"Huh would've thought you would have gone for a more expensive, fancy dish ,Kenji." Brooklynn mentioned from beside Sammy and Darius on the sofa. "Nah nothing will ever beat my mum's cooking, she would always make my favourites....and we'd watch movies.... I can still smell the fresh flowers that we would pick from the gardens and put in that vase on the kitchen table. I made sure she would be with those flowers out in the garden when we let the rest of her go." Kenji said, his quiet and a small, reminiscent smile on his face. "The rest of her?" Darius questioned cautiously, leaning forwards ever so slightly on the sofa.
"Yeah the other ashes were made into a diamond, my Father had it put on a ring and when he was going to give it to Lucy, his fiance, I managed to hide it in one of the stuffed dino toys my mum bought me. My father only sent me here because he was angry and thought I stole it. It's probably actually still at the penthouse on the island if a dinosaur hasn't got to it yet." Kenji said and everyone stared at him with wide, teary eyes. Kenji had never talked this much about anything except for money before and he'd never been so vulnerable with them like he was now.

"Oh I'm so sorry Kenji" Brooklynn apologised for her judgement on his favourite food.
"It's okay. I'm sorry I kind of started rambling there." Kenji said but everyone was already standing up and going to give him hugs. "Never apologise for talking about your lost loved ones Kenji" Darius told him, holding his necklace and giving him a sad but encouraging smile, "You know we can probably make it over to the penthouse quite quickly tomorrow if you want." He added. Kenji looked at Darius, "Yeah, you sure?"He asked hopefully. "Yeah of course." Darius answered and Sammy yelled, "Right first thing tomorrow we're off to that penthouse! And we can get in easily with Brooklynn's keycard she found!".

The Camp fam slept soon after that and woke up at seven in the morning to start their journey to Kenji's penthouse. It was a fairly ordinary morning with no major dino attacks. Once they made it up the unnecessary and absolutely exhausting amount of stairs, they all started to look around. The penthouse was spacious and grand with marble sculptures and luxurious, golden accents on just about everything. The place was literally oozing money and extravagancy.

Kenji pointed out some expensive objects to the others and handed them some water and snacks before heading to his room. The white walls and cold marble floors made the place feel harsh but Kenji knew his room was different, he would always have lots of blankets, pillows, posters etcetera to fill the space and make it more cosy. He walked into his room cautiously because they always should be incase of an unexpected dinosaur attack and let the wave of comfort wash over him as he set his eyes on his room. It was still extremely extravagant and expensive and posh but his bed was covered with comfy pillows and blankets just like how he remembered and the dinosaur and plant posters still hung on the walls, making the fancy paintings look out of place.

Kenji jumped onto his bed and gladly sank into the sea of comfort for a bit. When he sat up again he walked over to a plant pot, now housing a very dead Alocasia, and dug around in the soil for a few minutes before unearthing a small cream pouch, tied with a pretty lilac bow. He slipped the pouch into his pocket and made sure to push it down far enough for it to not slip out easily if they were to find themselves running for their lives again anytime soon. 

Ben slowly pushed open the door with kenjis name on it in big, bold, golden letters , looking for Kenji. It was hard for Ben to not notice how Kenjis room was so different from all the others in the building and how it felt more comforting and happy.Even if it was only a change in some decorations and colours, the whole room was so much more nicer. Ben found himself already walking into the room before he could think about it. "Kenji?" He asked, looking around for his friend. "Oh hey jungle-boy" kenji said, standing up from where he was crouched down next to a pot with a withered plant.

"Nice room"

"Thanks"

"It's so different from the rest of the penthouse. Oh my God are those David Bowie and Lana Del Ray posters?" Ben exclaimed, walking over to a wall almost  covered in music posters.
"Yeah." Kenji replied instantly, rubbing the back of his neck with nerves.
"Cool! You've got some nice taste in music then and definitely in posters, your room is super cool dude." Ben said excitedly, turning to walk over to Kenji. He squatted down so he was face to face with Kenji next to the decaying plant. "Oh I guess nobody was here to water it, that's a shame." Ben mentioned. "Yeah but it still kept my mum's  diamond safe" Kenji replied, gently patting his pocket to indicate the precious stone was in there, "so.....". 

"Well we should probably get back to the others soon but um do you want to grab anything? I can leave if you need some ti-" Ben was saying as they stood up. "Uh no, no! It's fine... y-you can stay." Kenji quickly interrupted, his words beginning to tumble over eachother and an awkward tension filled the air, "Umm ill just grab some things that could be useful, you can take anything if you find something we might need.".  Ben nodded, "Okay". They walked around, searching for useful items in silence for five minutes before deciding they had found all they wanted and the others were probably waiting for them.