Vengeful | A Rainbow Quest AU

Chapter 18: A Gift

I'm sorry this chapter is a bit short, I wanted to give you guys a calm fluff chapter before getting back into chaos after last chapter, but not much happens between the fire and the squad's next shenanigans-

On the bright side, Dark gets a lil friend :3

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[Sabre's POV]

Although the hurt from the fire is still new, we have to get supplies to properly move into the new house. So, once Time finished making his list this morning, we were assigned tasks.

Rainbow and I are to get anything we see on the list from the village market if we see it. Food is no issue since we all know how to gather food from the wilderness, so we don't need to buy any from the market. However, we still need things like cookware, cleaning supplies, tools, and other usual household items.

Green was tasked with going out into the forest behind the house to check around for any wild sources of food. He has more experience with foraging than any of the rest of us, so he volunteered for it. He said that he'll bring back anything he recognizes as safe, and make note of any possible new things he finds.

Time took charge of looking for places around the village for anywhere that has open jobs, since he's better with people. The money we have is fairly few, and we're probably gonna have to spend most of it today getting things for the house. Besides, helping out around the village is the least we could do for their hospitality.

Dark was tasked with organizing the house and finding places to put the things Rainbow and I get from the market. While everyone took the loss hard, Dark took it the hardest. Considering that and Dark's episode the previous day, Time and the rest of us figured that it'd be best to have Dark take it easy for a little bit. We didn't tell him about that though, it's for the better that we let him process his emotions without anyone making him feel like he's lagging behind.

Rainbow and I have already made a few trips between the house and the market, picking up as many items from the list as we can carry, then taking them back home and dropping them off. It's tedious, but it's passing the time and helping the others, not to mention keeping us from focusing on what happened yesterday. Although, it doesn't stop me and Rainbow from talking through our connection.

"So... are you doing okay?" Rainbow asks me as we walk through the market once more, looking for things we need.

"I'm as okay as I could be." I reply. "It's not my first time being dropped back to square one. You?"

"I'm mostly just... angry. Or still in shock? I don't know." Rainbow answers, sounding conflicted. "I just- I know I should be more sad about it, that was our home and we lost a lot of our stuff. But the more I think about it the more I just want to cave Shadow's face in."

"Sounds like to me you just got past the sad part of the grief a lot faster than everyone else."

"And you?"

"What about me?"

"You just seem like you've already accepted it, sort of."

"Like I said, this has happened to me before. I'm just... numb to it by now, I guess. Just lets me pick up the pieces faster so I can start working on putting things back together."

"Wh- that's not a good thing, how many times have you been through this?"

Rainbow stops, and I stop with him. We're at the edge of the market, next to a more forested part of the back of the village. He looks me in the eyes with a worried expression.