Fear x Anxiety // Anxifear

Chapter 1

//Any more pumped and I'll throw up.\\

Fear woke up like any other day (with Anger's agonizing screaming). He had a terrible bed head, which is impressive, considering he has less hair than the neighbor's naked mole rat. His eyes were heavy and his sleep gown was dirty. Anger broke the washer because Disgust refused to wash underwear that wasn't hers. The construction guys said that it would be running again in 2-3 days though. He was on his way to the bathroom (the one that works, which is on the other side of the building. Wow, they really took a toll on the place when the new emotions came.) when Anxiety popped up out of nowhere.

"Morning Fear! Can I borrow your clipboard and pen?" She asked. Fear stood there's almost frozen. What was he doing!? She couldn't see him like THIS!

"Yeahletmegogetitforyouonesecondhaha!" Fear ran out, leaving Anxiety confused. Fear shut the door behind him, taking a deep breathe. God, he's so stupid! The effect Anxiety had on him was massive, probably because he had a massive crush on her. Fear couldn't get through his day-to-day life without worrying about Anxiety at LEAST 7 times. Oh, right, the pen.

Fear got himself put together the best he could and brought out the pen and clipboard for Anxiety. She was getting an energy drink out of the fridge before turning to face Fear standing there awkwardly.

"Oh! Thank you Fear! I'll give it back at the end of the day, promise. Oh, and.. your vest is kind of.. inside out?" Anxiety pointed out before grabbing the items she needed for the day.

"Aughsbsao yeah it's uh.. a new fashion statement Disgust told me about!.." Fear did an allegedly convincing pose with his words.

"Oh, really! I'll have to ask her about it later, probably.." Anxiety calculated. "when she wakes up in around 7 minutes. Thank you!" She speeds off while Fear is waving.

"Yup! I'll see you later!" He swallowed the lump in his throat, putting on a nervous smile. He exhaled and turned around to see Joy, smirking deviously.

"Is someone in loooooove?" She said, holding her chin with her hands. Fear tugged at the collar of his shirt while awkwardly chuckling.

"Whaaaaat? No, no, I- pfft- of course- of course not!" He tried to play it off by looking unbothered, while still looking very much bothered.

"Uuuh huh. Suuuure." Joy was still nagging "subtly" while slowly nodding. Fear couldn't come up with a response, already too nervous that Joy knows (and yes, he does realize he said he could change Anxiety to Joy, but that's NOT the POINT), and opened his mouth to speak but all that came out was some inaudible stutters before a,

"GOTTOGOBYE!" He raced to anywhere but there. He just needs to calm down.. HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT!? It's fine, he's fine. Everything is normal. He's Fear, he looks out for Riley. Oh right- the console. He walks over to it after he put himself together again. Anxiety was, of course, making plans for Riley while showing them to Envy. Ennui was on the couch like she always was, tapping on her phone doing god knows what. Sadness and Embarrassment were talking to eachother at the book area, meanwhile at the console, Joy and Anger were taking over. Fear assumed that Disgust was doing her morning routine which took around 30 minutes to an hour.

"Alright are we all pumped for today!?" Joy attempted to hype everyone up, but was met with unamused faces.

"Any more pumped and I'll throw up." Disgust said from the bathroom. Everyone slowly turned their heads towards her. She looked at them aswell, "I mean, yay! More pumping!" She sarcastically remarked.

"Keep it up, Disgust! Alright, this is one of our last weeks of Summer so we have to make them count!" Joy started rambling again before Anger interrupted her.

"Isn't it still July?" Anger pointed out.

"Yes, but that doesn't mean we can't still have fun! Anxiety, got any plans?" Joy motioned for Anxiety to come over and show them to the group. She nodded and brought her borrowed clip board over, full of papers and notes.

"For today I've come up with around 23 options that'll help us in the future.. first, we can practice our hockey which will help us by getting ready-" Anxiety went on and on with Joy making little side notes of how to make it more fun. They've been trying to get along with their differences, but sometimes it's hard. Fear wasn't listening, truthfully, he was admiring Anxiety. She was so well put together, yet not.. he loved that about her.

"Fear?" Fear snapped out of his dreams and realized how he might've looked- in love.

"Yeah?" He responded to Joy. Apparently she didn't get the hint that he was not listening to a SINGLE WORD.

"Can you take Anxiety's plans and think of the dangers?" Joy grabbed the clipboard and gave it to him, smiling.

"Yup! I, uh, on it!!" Fear walked away slowly with it, but Anxiety followed.

"I just think I should, uhm, tell you about it more in depth so you don't mess anything up! Y'know, like, giving Riley a false worry?" Fear rolled his eyes at Anxiety's remark. Like she can talk. He responded with a hum and found a place to sit down.