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

Fog

Not my art -Lund

[Bill POV]

When I woke, Ford was scribbling something on the back of the music sheet from the piano. He folded it up and pocketed it. I yawned and fixed my clothing. I dragged Ford over by the chain. He jolted but sighed. "What is it Bill?" He crosses his arms. "What time is it?" I rubbed my eye. "Hell if I know, you turned the sky into a nightmare hole" He grumbled. I leaned up and just then a few of my Henchmaniacs came in. "Bill! Gideon let the Pinetree get to the bubble!" Teeth tells me. Ford turns his attention to them. "Can't you two see I'm busy here?!" I screamed at them. "We're sorry sir!" Lava Lamp Guy quickly apologized. "Whatever, Mabel's bubble is the greatest trap I've ever made, it'll take a will of titanium to ignore its influences" I chuckled. "You've imprisoned my niece?!" Ford began to argue. I turned him back to gold for the moment and screamed at my men to get out.
Great, they screwed up another thing! What am I gonna do with Sixer now? I can't get through to him, should I cram more torture down his throat? I mean I don't really want to. Fuck, I shouldn't have burned those journals.
Actually that leaves me an idea! If I make him his own room in the castle, a place only I know about, I could make another prison bubble.. and in there anything can happen, even those journals coming back! Plus I can warp it into having Ford believe whatever I want! A world where Ford went to his dream college, a world where Stanley never came to the Falls- a world without Mabel and Dipper, my own personal playground!

Just move this bookshelf here, secret room here, annnd abracadabra! Now that that's there, just gotta put Ford inside. I snatch the gold figure into my hand. I hope he'll forgive me after all this. I shove him inside and hide the room, but I observe it from time to time.

Time is different in those bubbles, a few hours is like 3 days, but there's not always an obvious day or night cycle, it helps with the brainwashing. I left him in there for a few hours, long enough to feel like a week, I wanted it to feel believable for him. I met him all over again, but this time without all the demon stuff, in human appearance. If I can get him to drop all the anomaly stuff maybe we can just be normal.

Things didn't stay golden for long though, he started going "I miss Stanley, what happened to him?" N' all that. "Don't worry about it Ford, aren't you happy enough? You went to your dream school, you're one of the smartest people in the universe, isn't that enough for you?" We would have this argument a lot. "Bill, he's my family, I can't just forget-" and then I would cut him off "He almost screwed you out of your dream collage because his codependent ass can't bare to be alone for 5 seconds, I saved you!" I would scream, maybe I said too much though. Even when I'm in these worlds ,it gets to me. "But he's my brother! And what are you talking about?" He'd question. I'd dodge the question, "And what has he ever done for you? He never considered what you wanted, not once, why would you want to be around someone so selfish?!" I tried to tell him. He didn't always know what to say. "Listen Ford, I'm the one who's here for you now. Don't push me away, brainiac" and then I'd smile, which I always forget is posible in human form because I'm not used to having teeth. "I know, I just.. wish things were different" He sighs. "After everything I've done for you? Why? Aren't you happy enough?! Isn't this enough for you?!" I'd revert to yelling and he'd be conflicted. "Bill something about it just seems odd to me, alright? Too good to be true.." he'd stutter off. Sometimes if use the memory gun. Since it's in the bubble I don't think it'll actually do anything to him, but I like having a "Do Over". My other favorite thing about this world is not having Fiddleford around! Finally, after enough time I had broken him down. He really believes me and loves me this time, it's like I've fogged up everything in that brainiac's head and I'm all he can see, the Sun to his stars! In this new world with my new Ford we're gonna go to the book store, get some house plants, have a white picket fence type house, something just simple, something we can't fuck up. In this universe we will work. We have to.
I'm tired of failing. I've destroyed so many dimensions and this is the one stupid place I can't leave. I'd leave this planet alone if I could just force Ford to love me in the real world.
"What are you thinking about Bill? You haven't said anything in a while" Ford interrupts. I guess I have been in deep thinking lately. Since I have this human form I've been meditating a lot, since it's something Ford used to do for me. "Nothing to worry about" I'd tell him. "Can I get you anything to eat or drink?" He would smile with a loving gleam in his eyes. I haven't seen that in a long time. "Some tea, maybe a wine could be nice." I'd ask just to send him away. He would nodd and head to the kitchen to see what was there. At least I got to see that look in his eyes, that smile, maybe one last time. I know I won't get away with this forever, and maybe trying to change him was a mistake. Maybe I can just get him to shake my hand one more time, and figure out where in his probably now very fucked up brain he might be able to undo the weirdness magnetism of this town.
He returns with a combination of tea and strawberry rose wine. I sit down on the sofa and take a sip, the steamy cup  comforting my lips as the drink slides down my throat. Maybe this is what I need. Just one more peaceful moment like this with Ford.