Season 7

Episode 5

"Hi guys." 4 murmured, staring at his friends.

4 hesitated for a second, then ran up to his friends and they all hugged each other. 4 was still crying and with everyone hugging him, it didn't help. 3 leaned against the doorway, watching them hug. He felt his phone buzz in his pocket but he ignored it. If it was really important they would have just called him. 3 could tell that they were all talking to each other now but he was spacing out, all words said becoming distant whispers.

He hummed softly to himself to calm his nerves and looked up at the ceiling. His ears twitched when he heard his name be called by someone. He turned to see them all looking at him.

"3 we're gonna go into the gaming room and... talk." 4 murmured.

SMG3 nodded and took his hand. "Alright blue." he smiled at him and they walked to the gaming room together.

The others were ahead of them and already sitting in the game room. Before they could step foot into the room, 4 stopped them.

3 turned to him. "What's wrong hun?" he rubbed 4's hand with his thumb.

4, already very flustered from 3 calling him fucking hun, felt his face heat up even more as 3 rubbed his hand. "3 I-I'm scared t-to talk to them." 4 mumbled, still sniffling. "I haven't talked to anyone since you left."

3 pulled 4 closer to him and wrapped him in a hug. 4 felt comforted in 3's arms and he buried his face into 3's chest. 3 pulled away slightly and looked 4 in the eyes, his arms still wrapped around him. "4 they all care about you and want the best for you. You just have to try and talk to them. I know it's hard but it will help."

4 rubbed his eyes and nodded. He pulled away from 3 slowly and headed into the game room. 3 followed slowly and stopped in the doorway, while 4 sat next to Meggy and Mario. 3 leaned against the doorway again and listened to 4 talk. He knew 4 struggled with caring for himself but he never knew it was this bad. Listening to 4 talk about how much he was struggling broke 3's heart. After a while, 3 unintentionally started to space out and stopped focusing. Within a matter of seconds however, 3 got his attention back by the sound of 4 crying. He was sitting on the couch, knees pressed up to his chest and his head down.

Everyone was hugging him again and 3 just continued to stand in the doorway, staring at them. He sighed and flattened his ears to his head, looking at the ground. He wanted to hug 4 and kiss his cute face and tell him everything was gonna be ok. But he couldn't. He didn't know why but he just couldn't move no matter how much he wanted to be with 4. He jumped slightly as a hand touched his shoulder from behind him. Whipping around he saw Hollyleaf standing there with a smile on her face.

"You are going to give me a heart attack one day, Hollyleaf." 3 whispered at her angrily.

"Eh you'll be fine." she whispered back, still having a big smile on her face.

3 glared at her and muttered. "Is anyone else here?"

"Yeah. Shadowsight and Hawkfrost are outside exploring the show grounds. I think they're heading into your old cafe." Hollyleaf let out a small laugh.

3 facepalmed and muttered. "Shit. Why are you guys here?"

"We're here because we want to meet your old friends stupid. We mainly just wanna meet 4 though and embarrass you."

"What are friends for?"

"Exactly!" Hollyleaf said happily.

3 glared at her again and turned around to where his old friends were comforting 4. Hollyleaf put her arms around 3 and he leaned against her.

Seriously, what are friends for? Hollyleaf thought.

If they aren't for being a pillow I wouldn't know. SMG3 responded through their weird mind talking space.