BEHIND THESE DOORS

4

Seek POV:

I twisted open the cold metal doorknob and walked in the room. I saw the familiar entity sitting on the bottom bunk of the bunk bed— the sharp teeth, the diseased ass flesh... Figure.

"Hi, Seek..." he spoke, his voice low like usual.

"Hey, bitch." I sat down next to him. "Everyone's fighting again."

"They're always fighting."

"I know... hey, where'd Screech and Eyes go—?" Almost like it was coincidence, Screech burst in with Eyes over his shoulder.

"RUSH IS GONNA KILL US!!" He ducked behind me. "HELP!"

I rolled my eyes. "You're too annoying to want to save. Get outta here."

Rush appeared at the door. "CAN'T HIDE FOREVER, QUEER!"

Screech peered up over my shoulder. "I'LL HIDE ALL I WANT!"

"Let's just calm this down—" Figure piped up, covering his ears— err, ear holes?

"SHUT IT, FIGURE!" Screech and Rush both yelled in unison.

Yeah, that's where I draw the line. I stood up. "DON'T FUCKING TALK TO THEM LIKE THAT!"

Rush crossed his arms. "Daaammmnnn, getting defensive over your boyfriend?"

Screech wrapped his arms around my neck and put his head on my shoulder. "Yeah, that's kinda gay, bro."

Eyes stood up next to me. "... Dudes, let's all just say sorry to each other and move on."

"Yeah, move on?" Rush walked up and grabbed Eyes by his sleeve. "Not letting that shit slide without you getting water dunked on you too."

Screech tried to fight Rush off— "Dude, let go of him!" —but Rush just grabbed him too.

I couldn't even register what was happening before Rush was pulling the two out. Was this a serious thing? Was I supposed to get in there? Or was this just another joke— another thing I shouldn't take seriously?

I tried to assess the situation, just standing there— until I heard Figure's soft voice behind me. "You... good?"

"Yeah, I'm fine..." I walked over to the door and shut it, sliding down it to sit on the floor. "I just don't know if I should intervene."

"Hey," He got up and sat next to me. "You're trying. I know it's hard for you."

I just gave him a small smile. I didn't know what to say to that, believe it or not. Figure always understood, always knew what to say... I don't know what I'd do without him. I just rested my head against their arm.

"Thanks, bro..." I had a question in the back of my mind I wanted to ask them... but it seemed too awkward to ask. But, as always, my mouth moved before my mind. God fucking damnit. "Hey, Figure, mind doing something for me?" Well, now I can't back down.

"Hm..?" He hummed, turning to face me.

I cringed at what I was about to say. "... Mind going human, so I can look at your eyes?"

They looked at me for a moment— well, not looked, but like— you get what I'm saying, damnit! He shifted from entity to human.

Their long-ish thick curls fell down in front of his face and cascaded down their back, it was shaded a sorta bole color. (Yes, that's a real color, look it up.) His desaturated light tan skin worked perfectly with the color. Their button like nose peeped out from under his long bangs, creating a little bit where you could see their mouth.

I reached up my hand hesitantly and brushed away his bangs, revealing his light blue eyes— almost white. They were super sensitive to light, so he usually just walked around as an entity... but his eyes were honestly beautiful. I liked just looking at them sometimes.

He chuckled a little. "Gonna say anything?"

"... nope. I don't need words right now."

"How cute," they teased.

"Shush, idiot..."

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Screech POV:

"NO, NO, NO, NO, NO—" I squealed out as Shadow held me back, and Rush began filling up a bucket in the kitchen. "DUDE! LET GO!"

Shadow just snickered. "Nah, it's funnier to watch you get drenched."

We stood in the living room, the others all gathered to watch us intently. Halt would break this up, but they're off doing something, so I guess we have no fucking hope.

Maybe Eyes and I should stop doing this so often.

Nah.

Never.

"Bro, I'm not as annoying as him, can you let me go??" Eyes piped up.

"Bro!"

"Sorry, I'm not trying to get drenched!!"

Rush finished filling the bucket and turned to us. "REVENGE!" He yelled as he threw the water and Shadow got out of the splash zone, absolutely drenching us.

There was a silence in the room for a second, before everyone burst out laughing. I decided to add. "... y'all suck."

"... I'm gonna go get warm." Eyes began to walk off to our room.

"Yeah, me too..." I began to walk after him.

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(A/N: sorry this came out a little late, I got sick :(. Anyways, hope you like this shorter chapter! You'll get a real nice chapter tomorrow ;) anyways, if you liked this chapter, please keep reading and give an upvote! Thx!)