Where Were You When I Needed You the Most? (PHIGHTING! AU)

Ch. 8: Aftermath of His Losses

Chapter Summary: Tripmine gets therapy from Medkit!

uhm, yeah

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It took a few days to have Tripmine to officially move in to Medkit's home. Medkit made sure to check in with his parents if they were fine with that, and they said yes. Tripmine was glad. He didn't want to go into a foster home. He loved his neighborhood and the school he was going to already. What if the foster home was too far from Medkit? Or what if it was too far from Blackrock? Tripmine would rather live with Medkit than a random family.

Once he had everything to move to Medkit's place, his old home was up for sale. He had lost his family and home. But now he gets a new life, and a new family. It might take a few days (or weeks) for Tripmine to adjust to the new environment, even though he had always stayed at Medkit's house many times, he always felt homesick afterwards. Feeling homesick was going to be tough, since this will be his new home from now on.

'It'll be like sleeping over at Medkit's house!' Tripmine would try to think about it in a positive way.

'...But sleeping over forever .' But he can't seem to find that positivity.

Maybe it's from all the stress around him. Things were fine when his family was still in one piece, well kind of, but it was in better shape than where he was right now. Maybe all of this wouldn't have happened if his mother died. Maybe if he did something when he got that dream of her. Maybe if-

'No. No more overthinking, Tripmine.' He said in his head.

His thoughts went silent after that.

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"Where should I put this?" Tripmine asked, he was holding a box full of his things, clothes probably.


Medkit, who was at his desk and reading a book, looked up at Tripmine and pointed at the closet. "Just put it over there. Either beside the door or in the closet. I don't mind."

Tripmine walks over to the closet and leaves it right next to the door. He dusts off his clothes and hands. "Well! That's the last of it!"

"Well, that's good." Medkit nodded his head, not looking away from his book this time.

"I'm kinda glad you have a big room, Meddy!" Tripmine walked over to Medkit, seemingly curious about what he was reading. "Whatcha reading here? You've been reading a lot lately!"

"I'm trying something new..." Medkit turned the book to its cover. Tripmine could see that it's some kind of...

" Romance? I didn't know you were that type of reader!" Tripmine giggled and teased.

Medkit scoffed and opened his book and went back to the page where he was. "Shut up, you're still reading those superhero comic books, aren't you? I bet in one of those boxes you still have your silly collection."

"H-hey!"

"I knew it, you do."

"I was going to sell it! I don't read those anymore!"

"Sure, sure, whatever you say."

"No, seriously! Those comics are old, they're like- fifty years old! I could sell them at a high price!"

"Oh, cool."

"... You don't seem amazed about it."

"I don't seem to really care."

Tripmine made a dramatic gasp. "I can't believe you! You don't care about me at all? I'm hurt!"

"I don't seem to care right now ." Medkit corrected himself.