Story of Another Us | Huskerdust AU

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While Anthony was away, Husk tidied up the house a bit. It wasn't quite messy because, both of them picked up after themselves. Anthony's room was cluttered and one could probably call it a bit messy but, it wasn't a disaster area or anything. Anthony does keep up with it, he doesn't let it get unmanageable. There were some dirty clothes on the floor here and there he hadn't gotten around to bringing the laundry to the basement. He was still having a. It of a hard time with his mental and emotional health but, it was definitely getting better.

Husk was currently out of the house. He locked the door as he took Fat Nuggets for a walk. He waddled around trying to sniff a butterfly. He grunted in annoyance that it wouldn't stop for him. Husk sat on a bench. The pig laid on the pavement. Then and only then did the butterfly land on his snout. Husk's eyes mimiced what Anthony's eyes would have looked like if he could have seen it. They were wide, both of his eyebrows were raised. Nuggets wasn't usually nice to insects, he would eat them. He gave no fucks. The cat demon took out his phone and quickly took a picture. He hoped it wasn't blurry, he wasn't very good at that.

He decided it was good enough and texted it to the spider.

Shnookums 🎲❤️

I think the pig is broken.....

Sent a photo

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It was a long ten minutes of silence for Cherribomb. It was even longer for Anthony, he didn't like spending even that much time in his head. That's why he's impulsive. It's bad when, you annoy yourself.

He took a deep breath in and sighed.

"I guess for startahs, I want to prove that I can be clean."

Cherri's eyebrow raised. She wore a confused expression. "Prove it to who?! All of us know you can! You've d-"

Anthony shut his eyes as he cut her off. He knew what she was going to say, and it hurt. Because, it was just another lie he told. Another reason for him to run when he can't hide it anymore.

"To myself! I know all of ya think I can. Cause I want ya to. Fuck, I NEED ya to if I even fuckin wanna THINK about being sober! I haven't actually stayed clean for longer than a month last time, and it wasn't by choice!" He didn't mean to yell, his voice broke several times as he did.

Her eye widened she blinked slowly. Her mouth was open. She shook her head. "God Tony." She paused as she kept processing. "So, you just lie to all o' us, all the time?" She asked. Her tone was soft specifically because she wanted to be sure, if wasn't taken the wrong way.

Anthony's face fell his pupils narrowed but his eyes went wide.

"What? No! Not all o-" he cut himself off rubbing his face as he collected his thoughts. "Look, I'm sorry I lie, fuckin hate dat I do. But, it's just easier, den." He took a deep breath and sighed.

Cherri's arms were crossed. Her face was soft though as she looked up at him. She crossed her legs in a pretzel shape turning to face him.

"Den, admitting that I'm a goddamn failure!" He wasn't looking at her he hung his head and covered his face with his hands unable to stop the tears.

She sighed. This wasn't how she wanted to spend the day but, she was glad she invited him over. He can't keep going on like this. She scooted closer to him and rubbed his back.

"You're not a failure, Angie." She stated softly. She audibly smirked. Cherribomb started out serious."You'd be a failure if you didn't try, at all. But, you do. And ya fuckin try again too! None of us would ever look at you differently! Ya jus betta know who ya friends are if you do stay clean. Hands WILL be thrown." She chuckled though she was half serious. Cherri was pretty sure Anthony wouldn't but, when he runs away, he runs away. There's no contact, he doesn't leave from wherever he is, he doesn't even check social media, shutting himself away from everyone.

The only time he didn't completely disappear was when, he and Husk broke up. They unfollowed each other on sinsta but, He knows how Anthony is. Husk would check his page from time to time, just to see if he had been posting. He didn't really look, he just had to make sure the spider was okay. Never interacted with any of the posts because he still followed Cherri and if they were hanging out, he'd see it.

He looked up from his hands wiping the tears from his eyes and face. His lip quivered before he spoke. He waved a hand with his index finger pointing upward.

"Fuck you, fa thinkin' I'm EV-AH, walkin away from ya's for good." He stated with an almost chuckle.

Cherribomb did chuckle though. She held our a fist to him as she spoke.

"Ride or die, bitch?" She asked.

Anthony snickered a smile finally pulled onto his face. His left lower hand's knuckles met Cherri's. He nodded. "Ride or die, Glittuh."

The two Hugged and moved on with their hangout sessions. Who needed therapy, when you had Cherribomb? Cherribomb put on some music. They put on face masks, did each other's nails, they chatted some more about, more lighthearted things. Once their nails dried Cherri challenged him to Mortal Combat.