Dysphoria /1/

Chapter 5

After several hours of video games, Nogla raging, and Evan trolling, Delirious went upstairs for bed. Opening the door, he saw that his room was completely different. His clothes were no where to be found, everything was clean, and there was a girl sleeping in his bed.

"Alice!" Delirious kept tapping her shoulder, hoping that'd she wake up. He was too tired to be mad, but he wanted answers. "Wake up, Alice."

The messy haired girl moved a bit. "Stay on your side of the room, Bunny boy,"she muttered, covering her face with her pillow.

Jonathan hadn't heard his old nickname in a while and honestly, he hoped he didnt have to hear it ever again. He sat on his side of the bed, still clad in his regular clothes. His hands went to rub his temples.

It had been a long few weeks since Chroma fell apart and it took its toll. People started leaving all of a sudden and he didn't know why. So he found himself walking out the door, leaving what was left of the gang, leaving Alice. Jonathan realized that Alice would have stayed and she did. She stayed until everybody else had left and she's still going strong.

Thinking about the past and his old friend stressed him out too much. The brown haired boy went to his dresser, but instead he found all of his clothes clean and folded.

"You were always a mess Jonathan." Delirious turned around and saw Alice leaning against the headboard and watching him. "I hid the vodka over here."

She pulled the large, clear bottle out from under the bed and smiled.

"Mind sharing?"

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Two hours and an entire bottle of vodka later, the two of them were drunk out of their minds.

Delirious could still hear everyone downstairs, so he knew that his friends were all awake.

Both of the drunk bastards laid down on the floor, on either side of the bed, and stared at the blank ceiling.

"I never wanted to see your face again after you left," Alice started. "But when I saw you today, I was so relieved to know you were safe."

She heard a sigh opposite from her. "I couldn't stay watching my family leave, Ally. If you didn't know, not everyone is as tough as you."

Delirious had used Alice's old nickname as well and she hadn't realized the fact that she missed the sound until he said it.

"I wasn't tough Jonathan. Everyone left me and I cried my eyes out for weeks with nothing," Alice said. "I can tell you're not comfortable talking about Chroma though, so can we start over? Forget the things that happened and focus on the gang."

Two strong arms suddenly lifted her up and onto the bed. "Let's only forget the bad things then. Go to sleep now."

The moment reminded Delirious of Chroma once again, but a better memory. He was two years older than Alice, but they were the only two kids in the gang so he always tucked her in at night when her dad was out working.

He watched her eyes slowly close and once they did completely, he changed into a regular white t-shirt and gray sweats, slipping in next to her. Jonathan would take the tape off tomorrow morning, so he wrapped his arm around Alice and fell asleep.

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"There is no way in hell I'm waking them up. They're both fucking crazy," Terroriser whisper-shouted.

"Maybe we shouldn't and let them sleep. I don't think Delirious has slept this well ever since he got here," Moo added.

It was true. Ever since Vanoss officially recruited Delirious, he hadn't slept one night without tossing around or shouting.