A Human's Touch || BillFord (Gravity Falls)

Did you like my gift?

Tw: abuse/assault and other sensitive topics

[Bill POV]:

I know Ford hates his birthday so he hides it from everyone, but you can't hide something from a guy who's litterally been in your head, Sixer! Happy birthday! He's going out for something, but I need my portal sweetheart- better remind him.
"Peekaboo!" I smile wide. This fake human Ford stuff sure is hard to manage, but, I'm actually getting used to it. I'd almost marry myself if Ford wasn't the second hottest thing, well more like third, Because, the sun. Wait what the fuck am I saying?

Anyway Ford learnt jumped out of his skin when he heard me! "My Muse! Uhm, I wasn't expecting you. Its been a little since we last talked. Its good to see you though" he explains ,trying not to trip on the rats. "Did you like my gift?" I smile. If he hates it I will set McGucket on fire. He begins to laugh, "I think you have a strange way of trying to understand human customs" He scratches his neck. I float closer and push his glasses up "aww I'm glad you like it. You have no idea how hard it was to wait for each rat to die perfectly in those places. Anyway I missed you too, Sixer" Having a mouth is so strange, usually my eye just heats up or vibrates when I speak but now I can actually consume food, lick stuff, or even more! What's that over thing I also could never do before.. that dumb romance thing. A kiss, was it? Maybe I should learn to do that too. Eh, screw learning, I'll be great, and I've got no time, I need this portal built now or I will set Ford's brain on fire. I muster all my knowledge of the human romance concept and attempt a kiss on the cheek. Ford turns an off color. "Huh, you turn red when that happens. Intresting" I took mental note. "I just.. wasn't expecting that" he smiles. "Speaking of surprises, is my portal ready? I know you wanna learn all the town and universe secrets, Fordsy. I'm getting tired of reminding you" I started to grumble. "Oh, yes, should be done in another week. I uh, usually take a day off around this time of year, for personal matters" he explains. I roll my eye. This isn't getting me anywhere.. "Hey look! The Hide-Behind!" I shouted and pointed a direction he wasn't looking. I watched him quickly turn and I leaped into his body. Sorry Sixer, just a little more effort and we'll be free. Freaks like us will be Normal.. we'll be Stars.

I wobble his flesh stick limbs into the basement. Yes I've done this a few times, but I'm used to being 3 feet tall and equal angular, not some gross, lumpy flesh puppet. I take us down to the basement and start speeding up the portal. I was so focused I didn't even notice my least favorite person. Fiddleford. Uhg, what does he see in that hillbilly?
Strangely though, he seems like he's not allowed together as the last few times I've seen him. Maybe I should remind him of our priorities.
His mind reads he wants to tell Ford something, and it could compromise the portal. If he comes any closer than five feet I'm choking him to death. I continued working on the portal, about three times faster than Ford would've done it. I hear the blowtorch abruptly stop. Oh ,great, here it comes. I listen to his shaky breathing before he shuffles his oxygen-waste of a body over here. "hey, Ford? Can- can we talk?" He mumbled out pathetically. I roll our eyes. "What, McGucket" I continue bolting the portal pieces together. He sighs "I haven't been sleeping well since all the.. incidents. I know when we started working together that would be expected, but, I mean look at you.. you haven't showered in like 2 weeks, going on three, you talk to yourself more than you even talk to me, I'm getting worried.. maybe we should take a break. Get out of town for a while, go adventure, just the two of us" He explains. I can feel his facial expression burning into my skin without even having to look at him. He wants to take Sixer from me. I was letting this slide long enough, and you know what McGucket? I'M the one who can't do this anymore. I'll make you wish you'd never been born. "We have work McGucket, IMPORTANT work. Get back to it" I snarled. I have hear the sharp hitch in his breath. Yes, choke on that rejection ,let it sink in! Let it eat you alive, I'll sit and watch as the heartbreak destroys you inside, until all you can do is destroy yourself. Though, I still want to have the last word. "Yes sir" he mumbled and goes back to welding the metals together on one of the other portal pieces.
Even his stupid breathing fills me with anger. I assumed things would go fine after telling him no, but of course not. He sets his stuff down and grabs a carton from his pocket. Ford's mentioned his tobacco addiction before and I tried not to care but this time; it's getting in my way.
"Where are you going" I shot him a glare. "To smoke outside.." he stops as if it were a question before continuing quietly "I know you don't like it when I smoke in the house" he stops again. "I thought I said get back to work" I stood up. He holds back a smirk as if he thought I was joking "c'mon Ford , everyone needs a break every now and then. What's gotten into you?" He looks at me as if he can almost see what's really going on ,but not quite. He mumbled, thinking I wouldn't hear it (and likely impulsively) "it's just.. this isn't like you".
I walk over to him and like the sheep he is, he doesn't move. "Whats gotten into me? Look at you" I shove him. A new, delicious look of fear flashes across his eyes for a moment as he takes a few steps back. "Hey, Stanford I'll work on the portal, just give me five minutes, okay?" He nervously stammers out. "Are you kidding me? You've been out of line for months, McGucket. I have to walk on eggshells just to make you feel more comfortable about your 'anxiety' meanwhile, this is costing me everything! Five minutes? FIVE minutes?! Five minutes is all the work you ever do lately, and you know what, maybe you need to be reminded to stay on task. If you don't shape up, you'll wish what I'm gonna do to you kills you" I begin to smile as I beat him to the ground. I pounce on him just to get my hands around his neck. His pathetic attempts for air only enrage me more, somehow in this though, I still smile.

I watch his face turn red, the feeling of all his veins screaming for oxygen under our fingers. I could end it right here and now, but that would compromise the portal too much. At the last few seconds, I let go. He inhales as much as he can and scurries away from me across the floor like a diseased rat. I watch him cough for a moment as he tried to get his breath, his body now dragging him to tears. "What the fuck is wrong with you?!" He shrieks. I dust myself off, making my way back to him again. "Don't ever compromise my life achievements again" I kick him in the ribs a couple times for good measure. I knock the wind out of him and he begins shaking and sobbing more. He tries to get up to leave but I grab his shirt collar. He stops and shakes in place as he turns to look at me. I begin to smile again "This never Happened.
Got it?" I ask rhetorically. Hopefully this will keep him out of the way. With Ford wrapped around my finger for now, I can continue what's important. I let go of the disgusting hillbilly on my fingertips and he scurries up this room. He'll probably be traumatized by this for a while, but if he breathes a word, I'll make sure to visit his dreams before I snap that thin neck of his.
I continue to work on the portal way into the night until the body is about ready to give up on me. Oh well, hopefully that makes a good dent in our progress, overexertion is Ford's problem now, Hah.