Together at The Edge of a Universe

✨Chapter 70 - sudden invincible flowing, a river

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Tree P.O.V:

I fidget slightly, looking at my phone.

I sigh, placing my phone down. This is getting me nowhere! 

I bury my face in my hands, rubbing my eyes. Lazily staring at my hands as I dragged them away from my face. 

"I need an actual plan..." I mutter, glancing around tiredly. Who's good with this stuff...who am I kidding no ones good at this!

"This is truly rock bottom..." I grumble, picking up my phone and punching in a number. I sigh, letting it ring.

Hope for the best I guess.

Third Person P.O.V:

"HOOOOOOOOONNNNKKKKKK Mimimimimimmimi...HOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK mimimimiimmimim...HO-"

*RING RING RING!!! PICK UP YOUR PHONE!!!! RING RING!!*

Pen jumps up from his bed, almost falling off his mattress in the process. 

"WHAT THE-" He yelps, scrambling to pick up his phone. "Oh it's just this one." He sighs, accepting the call and holding the device up to his ear,

"Uh...hey Tree?" Pen greets awkwardly. Tree voice sounds strained and tired on the other side, "Hey! Pen- I uh...n-need some advice-" He stutters, clearly sounding exhausted.

Pen rolls his eyes, "Sure, what's up." He asks, taking a sip of water from the water bottle next to his bed. "W-well, I was...uh...wondering if you could help me with a-...uhm...a proposal?"

Pen chokes on his water, spluttering and coughing up the liquid and getting all over his carpet.

"Uh- You okay...?" Tree asks, worried about his friends well-being. "FINE! Dandy even!-" Pen coughs, inhaling gallons of air it seems.

"You-...You're thinking of proposing? To Black Hole?" He reiterates, wanting to make sure he got it right.

"Uh...yeah! I mean...I don't know..." He sighs, clearly frustrated. "I just love him so much...and I don't know what to do..."

"SIMP." Pen whispers before coughing violently again. You can almost hear the eye roll in Tree's voice, "Thanks"

"Anytime." Pen chuckles, sitting down comfortably on his bed. "Anyways, how come you asked me? It's not like I'm married..."

Tree sighs again, "I just...I'm really lost right now, and you seem to have a pretty good relationship with Eraser!"

Pen shrugs, "I guess...well first, you probably need to figure out his ring size."

Tree makes a noise of agreement, "Oh yeah...How should I do that...?" He asks. Pen thinks for a moment, humming absent mindedly.

"Maybe...I mean, you can probably just take him to a jewelry store? He's pretty clueless on this sort of stuff, so I doubt he'd even really know what your planning."

Tree sighs, "Yeah you're probably right. Why did I not think of that?"

Pen chuckles at his friends frustration, "You're probably just overwhelmed, it's okay." Tree lets out a frustrated breath, rubbing the dreariness out of his eyes.

They both sit in silence, just comfortably being in each other's presence. Pen thinks for a moment, drumming his fingers on his desk.

"Hey, how 'bout this." Pen says, breaking the silence suddenly. "You, me, and Black Hole can go to a jeweler tonight, then we can go to the bar? Just hang out so you can relax a bit."