Afraid of the Forest

6

 "Nothing much." He spoke without a sideways glance. Mabel then rolled her eyes and punched his arm.

"C'mon. Bill wants to talk to you." She stated as she walked back into the house to be with Grunkle Stan. Dipper then stood and climbed his way slowly up to the attic. Once he did reach the door to his bedroom, he opened it swiftly and stared at the human form of Bill Cipher laying on his bed. Bill had his head buried into Dipper's pillow and his legs tangled in his blankets.

"Mabel said that you wanted to talk to me?" Dipper questioned as Bill shot upright from his laying position.

"Yeah." Bill stated clearly surprised that he would follow her orders. He suddenly regained most of his confidence. "I haven't seen you in a long time, Pine Tree. What's up with that?"

"Well, I do have a life of my own, Bill. And I've had fun not being here." Dipper stated as he sat on Mabel's mattress.

"What made you come back, then?" Bill questioned genuinely.

"Parents made me come back 'cause Grunkle Stan is getting old." Dipper chuckled.

"Well, I can't argue with you there, Pine Tree." Bill smiled while Dipper moved to sit cross-legged on the mattress when they both heard Dipper's hips pop.

"What was that?" Bill asked.

"That was just my hips popping. Happens all the time." Dipper brushed off. "How long have you been in this human form?"

"I can shape shift whenever I want and this form just seems to be my favorite." Bill answered. "What have you been doing while you were gone?"

"I did a little writing and ariel yoga, but other than that, mostly school." Dipper replied and countered, "What's been going on here? Mabel said that it's been calm since I wasn't around."