Flippy And Fliqpy Roleplay!

SECTION 6: REUNION Part 12

"So, what do you think of this?"
Flaky smiled. The two of them were drawing together. Flippy was not exactly great at drawing - in fact, he'd never really liked it before today. But he could admire the way Flaky put life into every line of every drawing. Just now, she'd finished drawing him. She'd missed some essential parts, like the scar on his shoulder and the dark circles under his eyes, but it was a beautiful drawing. For a moment, Flippy looked at his drawing of Flaky and felt disappointed he could do no better.

"Can I keep this?"

Flaky nodded, "Sure, why not?" she said.

Flippy picked up the drawing and looked at it, smiling, "You're amazing at drawing,"

"I'm okay," Flaky said, "Just okay. Nothing special."

At that point, there was a knock on the door. For a moment, Flippy wondered who it was. It couldn't be his parents. They were out shopping. It could be Fliqpy, come back for one of his rare visits. For a moment, he felt a little sad about this. The two of them used to be such good friends, and now they hardly saw each other.
Flippy walked to the door, and opened it to see his brother. Damn, Fliqpy looked worse every time they met. Skinny and alone and a little more haunted than usual, his brother stood on the steps.

"Come in," said Flippy, "I'm doing some drawing with Flaky. You can join in, or we can watch a movie if you like."

Fliqpy didn't move. At that point, Flippy leaned forward, and gave his brother a hug. He looked like he needed it.

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Fliqpy hugged back. As much as he knew a lot between them has changed, these moments never did. They'd always find their way to each other and they'd always be best brothers you could imagine. He didn't let his brother go for a while, feeling like he needed this.
"Thanks..."
He said quietly and the two walked upstairs to see Flaky. Fliqpy decided to be a nonchalant gentleman and gave her a kiss on the hand when he walked into the room he used to share with his brother.
The only reason he left was because he was unstable. Let's be honest, he'd only be a nuisance to his brother who had issues of his own.
After coming back home, he and Splendid talked out the last night's happenings and to Fliqpy's surprise he wasn't mad. Any normal person would, what with the way he attacked a civilian. A thief, yes, but nevertheless he shouldn't have drawn his knife. The fact that the latter had a weapon too (which he at the time didn't even realise) didn't explain his behaviour either. He was a soldier he should've protected the man and bring him to justice. But instead he lost it and his scars took over his mind. Again....
Flaky didn't seem to mind that he came along. They doodled for a bit, and while flaky was good at drawing, he and his brother turned out to be... Not so good. But hey, they had a laugh at their caricatures.
They then played cards and monopoly and before they realised, it was late evening. Splendid would be finishing his shift soon, so Fliqpy decided to go and give him a proper greeting. But before that, he gave Flippy a hug and smiled.
"Today's been fun. Thanks bro."
They then exchanged a fistbumb and Fliqpy left waving the two of them goodbye.
He knew splendid probably hasn't eaten, so he decided to get him takeout. He remembered Splendid mentioning he liked Chinese. So he went and got him some and then waited in his apartment. He set the food on the counter in the kitchen and then layed down on his futon which was basically his bed at this point. He was getting tired though, and as much as he wanted to see Splendid, he started dozing off. He woke up when he heard the door shut. It was Splendid. He hasn't slept for long then. He quickly sat up making himself a little dizzy, like every time one gets out of bed too fast, and walked into the hallway to see a tired Splendid coming home. Today it was his time to take care of his crush and make sure he got the right food and rest.

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Splendid had had an irritating day, to say the least. Everyone was asking who Fliqpy was to him, and he'd said Fliqpy was his friend. Granted, he was so much more than that, but he didn't feel it was right for the world to know that quite yet. And the boss wasn't very happy that he'd let Fliqpy go like that. It had been unprofessional, but it would have been worse to keep Fliqpy locked in that cell.
But when he got home, he smelled Chinese, and saw Fliqpy there, smiling.
That was the best thing that had happened to him all day.
"You got Chinese!" cried Splendid, "It's my favourite,"
"I know," said Fliqpy, "You told me once."
Splendid nodded, "Well, thank you all the same. It's nice to come home from work to someone who cares about you. Work was fine, by the way, if a little boring. My colleagues just wanted to know how you were related to me,"
Splendid opened the boxes. The smell was honestly heavenly. He split the store's chopsticks, and opened the nearest box, before looking at his crush.
"Are you going to eat tonight, Fliq?"

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Fliqpy then froze at the question. He couldn't deny it, the smell of the take out was nice, but he didn't know if he was even able to swallow anything. And the pain he felt after eating wasn't nice, not to mention the last time he was vomiting up blood, which couldn't have been good.
"N-no, thanks. I'm not very hungry to be honest."
He said and walked into the other room. It was to an extent true. He hasn't eaten a thing since he came back from his mission, and barely a thing for weeks before that. Reviewing how it went he remembered he was still snacking before the last mission was announced. Once it was, they had a week to prepare and he couldn't eat, and just obsessed over training again. He forced himself to eat a day before the mission though. During the mission which lasted a further two weeks, he couldn't do it either he just drank lots and occasionally snacked on dried food if found some in his bag by chance. Later he came back. It's been a couple of weeks since he came back. Their birthday party will be exactly 6 weeks from the day he came back. 6 weeks with completely no food. Now it was just around 4. And he knew it was really bad. He didn't know what to do. Reason told him to force it and just go through with it, but he didn't want to go through any more pain. He decided on sticking to the safe side.
Besides, watching Splendid sitting criss-cross next to him, eating his Chinese with the chopsticks, was a sight adorable enough to make him happy.....

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After a while, Splendid finished his food and sighed,
"Thank you so much for this, Fliqpy. You are so awesome,"
Splendid smiled, "Tomorrow's my day off, unless I get a call or something, So maybe we could go see your brother and his girlfriend, and do something with the four of us."
He laughed sarcastically,
"Because me and your brother didn't exactly meet in the best possible way. I'd like to get to know him better."
It was partially also because being alone with Fliqpy felt awkward. Splendid remembered kissing his forehead when he was out cold, and he realised that this crush was getting worse and out of control. He didn't want to think of what he might do when the two of them were alone. He especially didn't want to think about how Fliqpy would react if he did.
"We can do something together, just the two of us, afterwards. If you want.

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"Sure! Sounds great! " Fliqpy said enthusiastically and helped splendid tidy up after his dinner. Fliqpy was more than happy that Splendid liked it. And even more so, he wanted to spend tomorrow with him. It couldn't get any better.
The two watched a movie and then went to sleep, but Fliqpy had a nightmare about prison cells. Once again, a similar situation happened, but he got into the hallway and almost fell off the stairs before he got a hold of himself. He sank to the floor and didnt know what to do. He was with Splendid, he couldn't leave, but his panic was rising and he didn't know if he could control himself. As usual, he was wearing his clothes including a hoodie, but he couldn't go anywhere it was 3 am in the morning. He got back into the room and sat down on his futon fully covered by his duvet, trying to calm down, before hearing Splendid's voice.
"Fliqpy? Are you okay?"
"Er, yeah, yeah I'm just..."
He didn't know how but just the fact that Splendid was awake and there, calmed him down a notch.
"N-nightmare..."
He managed to choke out. Although they weren't really the problem. It was his real life flashbacks that just wouldn't let him stay calm, still or even to breathe. But the panic was wearing off. Splendid was watching him with concern, and knelt next to the veteran. As soon as he met his gaze Fliqpy blurted out a question he had but didn't dare ask, but his mind had other plans.
"Could I... Sleep next to you?"

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Splendid nodded, "Sure," he said. He moved up slightly, and Fliqpy snuggled in next to him. He was so soft in his hoodie, and yet Splendid couldn't help but feel just how skinny Fliqpy was. It wasn't healthy. But he didn't know how to get Fliqpy to eat again.
And Fliqpy's body was all tense and his heart was racing. Obviously from the nightmare. For a moment, Splendid wondered what the nightmare had been about, but decided it was best not to ask. Some things were personal, after all.
Soon, Fliqpy's heartbeat went down, and he put his head on Splendid's shoulder, closing his eyes. A little later, he was asleep again.
Splendid smiled, and drifted off, his crush in his arms. He felt overwhelmingly happy. Here, with Fliqpy in his arms, was the only place that he felt right in.
Wow... he was getting these feelings bad. If Fliqpy felt the same, then that would be the best thing ever. But if he didn't, Splendid didn't know how much longer he could be just friends with him. In their current arrangement, they couldn't...
Splendid thought about kissing Fliqpy again, Properly this time, when he was conscious. But that wasn't going to happen yet.
Eyes closed, half-asleep, Splendid kissed Fliqpy's forehead again. He felt a surge of guilt in his stomach, and a touch of something else. He then smiled and passed out completely, looking forward to spending the day with the only person who means anything to him.