The two boys walked side by side for the next half hour until they came up to a lake that leads to the end of the forest. Of course, Ben was refusing to swim across. He had gotten lessons from hoodie but was still very terrified, after all.. it was a lake, almost like the one he drowned in. "Come on! It's not that bad!" Toby shouted from across the lake. He had already made it across and was waiting for ben, who was watching from the other side. "Uh.. I.. um.." ben shivered as memories started to pour into his mind. "Don't worry.. you will be fine.. if something happens, I'm right here." Toby tries to reassure ben. "O-okay.." ben mumbled and started to walk in the lake. Moments later ben felt his feet leave the ground and he was floating, but he started to freak out from the fear that the ground is nowhere close to him. "To-Toby..!!" He called out and started to drift underwater. Toby stood there and watched, "he is gonna get it.." he smiled a little. Ben drifted lower and lower in the water and threw his hands up in the air, "TOWBWY!!" He tried to scream underwater. "Uhhh..ben..?" Toby looked confused and saw bubbles rising to the top. "BEN!!" Toby took off his jacket and ran into the water, grabbing ben and swimming up to the shore. Ben Clutched Toby and shivered from the coldness. " Wtf was that?! I thought you knew how to swim!!" Toby sat down and held ben on his lap. ".. I .. I don't know.." ben lays on Tobys chest and started sobbing. "Hmph.." Toby pouted and cuddled Ben closely, putting his jacket around him.
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After a while, ben had calmed down and they got up again and started walking. "......" Ben was quiet the entire way. "Hey.. guess what?" Toby broke the silence, trying to make the mood happier. "Huh?" Ben looked up with tears/blood in his eyes. Toby suddenly grabbed ben by his waist and threw him up, holding him. "Hello elf boy" Toby said jokingly. "Shut up.." ben smiled and hugged Tobys neck. "Ben drowned.. twice.." he said.Admin: AAAAAA I SHIP IT XD I was supposed to be meeting the mom rn in them story but I changed up (/-<-)/ hope you guys enjoy!! I love ticcidrowned so much omfg. And thanks for all the reads and stuff~♥️