Vinny x Joel

In The Garden

Out of nowhere, Vinny decides to get a little garden in the backyard. Joel seems surprised at first but consented after some thoughts. And so they went to buy some seeds.

"What kind of flowers should we get?" Vinny asked. Joel scratched his head.

"How about roses?" Joel suggested.

"Eh, I really want a flower that isn't native to the US actually." Vinny stopped for a moment. "How about red spider lilies?"

"What's that?"

"It's a flower that originated from China, Korea, and Nepal. To be honest, I think it looks cool." He whipped out his phone and began to search for the flower. He found an image and showed it to Joel.

"Hm... that does look quite cool. I guess we should buy it." Joel said. He saw Vinny grow a smile on his face with excitement and seeing that made him a little bit more happier than before.

Made myself a little garden, to grow myself my only friends

"Yes! It gonna be a brand new start to our garden!" Vinny said with happiness. Joel smiled at him and gave him a pat on the head.

"Can you do it yourself?" Joel's question made Vinny flinch a little.

"M-Maybe..." He muttered and all his previous emotions got washed away.

Got myself a brand new start and oh no, I screwed up again

"Vinny, what are you doing?" Joel asked with a cup of coffee in hand. Vinny looked over his shoulder.

"Oh, I'm looking after the plants. Can you grab me one?" He pointed at the coffee. Joel hesitated but he nodded anyways as Vinny sees him walk back into the kitchen. He scoots towards the wall where Joel cannot see him from the kitchen.

Guess I'm stayin' up all night, in my mind and out of sight

4 hours has gone by. Joel went to look at the garden and sees not a single plant growing. Legit, but still. He went to Vinny's bedroom and found him curled up in his blanket, creating a huge ball in the middle of the bed.

"Vinny, you ok?" Joel asked. He walked closer and hears sniffing beneath the blankets.

"It's all my fault.... it's all my fault... it's all my fault..." Vinny whispered to himself.

I'm to blame for this
I hide away until the day is through
I will pay for this
Won't find a way to push the blame on you
I won't run away from this
Hide away until the day is through

Vinny got out of his bedroom and the first thing he sees is a huge plot of weeds growing. It has only been like 7 hours and already weeds are growing. He wondered how in the world would weeds grow at that rate. Yesterday everything was normal but now, now things are getting interesting.

"Joel! Can you help me?" Vinny yelled. He closed his eyes tightly as he tried to remove the evil thoughts that are engulfing him. He heard footsteps coming closer.

"Yeah? Oh what the..." Joel looked at the huge amount of weeds. He sighed. "Sure, I'll help out. But you also gotta do it too." Vinny opened his eyes and nodded in reply.

Can't believe my eyes this mornin'
I found a plot of weeds instead
Yesterday was so adoring
My god, so easy to offend
I would rather fly that fight
Close my eyes and hang on tight

"Fuck this." Vinny said under his breath. He just realized that taking care of a garden causes him to get more tired and thus ending streams faster than usual. Maybe it's the garden or his laziness in almost every activity but he leans more on the garden side.

"It's probably all Joel's fault." He says as he flips open the blanket in his room. He quickly slid onto the bed and the blanket fell right on top of him. "That garden is probably gonna die even if I tried."

I'm not to blame for this
I hide away until the day is through
I will run from this
I'll find a way to push the blame on you
I'll be alright tomorrow
Hide away until the day is through

"Save me..." Vinny says silently to himself. His thoughts swirled around on top of him, acting like vultures. He hated his anxiety. That can go right in Satan's ass. The most funniest thing is probably that it's really simple to make a monster in your head. The monsters Vinny create... tend to go crazy and devour him. "Somebody..."

It's so simple
It's as easy as it can be
Make a monster
Lock it up, throw away the key

Vinny cannot tell this to Joel. He just can't. He might think it's wasting his time or he's gonna ignore. He probably doesn't even understand him. He has to bury it. He has to hide it away from Joel. He looked in his hand. The drawing on the paper was the monster he hated since the creation of the garden. He grabbed a nearby shovel and started to dig a deep hole to fit the paper.

He just realized this after digging in the place that a small tree was growing right behind the hole. He buried the paper and looked at the tree. A small branch grew to the left of the stem along with tiny signs of leaves.

In the backyard
Buried deep underneath the tree
There's a monster
Taking root in the property

"Vinny, talk to me. What is wrong?" Joel said next to him. Vinny placed both of his hands in front of his face.

"You aren't streaming anymore. You aren't posting anything online. Everyone is worried! You didn't even eat anything for the past like what, 2 days! C'mon say something please!"

"I'm scared..."

"Of what?"

"Of myself..." Vinny mumbled as tears start to form in his eyes, making Joel even more worried. He looked at the garden.

"Vinny." He grabbed him by the shoulders and forced him to look at him. "Even if this garden is failing, you have to move on. Stop thinking about the mistakes you made. Actually make a fucking change. Think about everything you've done wrong and what you could do on the future."

In the garden
Where the weeds are now growing free
In the garden
Where my friends plot to bury me

The next day, the garden became what looks like a jungle. Weeds were growing everywhere, covering the floor while moss start to grow on the sides. Vinny did see it coming. It's just that something is preventing him from doing anything as he stares at the jungle created by nature. No flowers, just weeds, grass, and moss.

There's a jungle
It's as far as the eye can see
Overgrown now
It's no longer a fantasy

"It's too late." Vinny mumbles to himself. He can't turn back anymore. The garden he thought was going to be beautiful was now just a place where random plants grown out of nowhere. He closed his eyes as his thoughts engulf him once again, turning everything he loves into something he hates. He fell onto the floor, darkness eating him from the inside out.

But it's too late
By the time that I realize
I can't see now
'Cause the dirt is up to my eyes

What he didn't know was that a flower was starting to grow right in front of the tree.
The vineshroom staying there started to close it's eyes, feeling the energy fade away as it became a lifeless shell.
The key to unlocking the weapon to destroy the monster was there.
But Vinny didn't take it.