Garou: Even monsters shouldn't be alone

Reunion or a bad reminder

Suddenly the mood in the whole house changed. Garou felt all his frown and worry slowly wash away as he observed his past friend.

(G: = Garou; R: = Ryan)

R:"You're planning to just look at me? I'm as surprised as you are, but at least give me some intel, anything, man."

G:"You said soon.. besides.. there's not much to talk about" - Garou tried to dismiss him again

R:" Oh well we both know that's not true. But.. yeah, all in due time. I just have a feeling we'll both be bed ridden for a while.. well, I'll be. So what can we even do besides talking now?"

There was a slight silence in the room.
Ryan spoke again, bit annoyed by his friend's dismissal.

R:"Whats it been like.. 10 years?"

G:"12.."

R:"Woah... that really shows, though i could never confuse that hairstyle even after 20. You haven't changed a bit. From outside at least, in fact, you have really improved upon it."

Silence continued

R:"No response.." - Ryan exclaimed as if expecting it
Garou looked at him annoyed by the fact that he had to say it out loud.

R:"Look if you don't wanna talk now, just say it"

G:"I... don't"

R:"And thus i go back to sleep then. Thanks for the breakfast tho.. Was quite delicious" - Ryan put himself sleeping on his side and said nothing more.
Garou was left alone with his thoughts again.

Why did it had to be him? I don't suppose that changes anything, we get better and we get out of here. That's the plan.

Garou cracked a smile he used to be crazy about space and how he would conquer it. Though often shy. Guess I'm not the only one who's changed

Garou put himself back to bed. His eyes felt sore again, but less so this time. The poison was finally stopping and soon it would filter out.
He started snoring, meanwhile Ryan was still awake:"Dang. If you keep going like this, I'm gonna request a different room"
Garou didn't hear it, but it's better this way. Ryan, too, closed his eyes and drifted off to nap-land.

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Oh look it's the monster lover!

Hey Garou, did you get your monster girl already?

Some monster guy. Why don't you turn into a slug so we can flush you down?

G:"No.. no please! I don't want this! Please STOP!!!"

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                      ...  There was silence, Garou couldn't differ where he was, he just curled up, hugging his knees and wept.

R:"Hey Garou. why are you crying?" - Ryan sat beside me

G:"I don't want to be a monster" - I looked at him with tearful eyes.

R:"Oh... you're not a monster. There's nothing about you like that."

G:''sniff  yo.. you really think that? Everyone say's I am because I like them more than heroes''

R:"Yeah, And there's nothing wrong with liking them. I mean.. I like them, they have cooler designs than all the heroes do. I think that's reason enough''

Garou's face brightened ''Thank you.. Thank you so much!''

I wanted to hug Ryan, but he vanished and everything around me turned dark. Suddenly I began to hear mocking laughter of children.