SECTION 8: WINDS OF CHANGE Part 1

37 2 0
                                    

Flippy sat there, looking at his dating profile.
Tomorrow, he was going to have to go on a blind date with a girl.
He was terrified. There were so many things that could go wrong. For starters, she could be an ugly toothless crone.
No. His relationship with the beautiful Flaky had taught him that some things were more important than looks.
Well, she could be nasty. Then he'd just have to make his excuses and leave in the first five minutes.
She might want to get intimate quickly. Then, once again, Flippy would have to make his excuses, since he honestly didn't know how to handle that issue. Flaky, if anything, had made it worse.
He might love her, but she may not have the same feelings for him...
At that point, Flippy looked to Fliqpy for reassurance, before realising that Fliqpy wasn't there.
For a moment, Flippy wondered why, before remembering.
Splendid...
Flippy cursed himself. He'd been so selfish, worrying about hypothetical girlfriends when his brother was having an actual crisis.
He got up, switched the computer off, breathed, and set off into the big harsh world once again.

........................

Fliqpy spent the next few days by Splendid, he refused to leave him, he stayed in the room all the time, sitting next to his bed or lying next to him, refusing to leave his side. His brother came by a few times, but he didn't speak a word. He didn't eat, he didn't talk, just waited for Splendid to wake up. He avoided sleeping, but his body got tired and he dozed off a few times. It's been another week before he felt a movement. He felt Splendids hand squeeze gently around his own. He shot up and looked down at Splendid.
"Splendy... Babe say something... Open your eyes, please..."
He begged possibly without any results, and waited to see if splendid really was waking up, with tears in his eyes.

....................

Flippy's blind date came and went.
She wasn't what he was looking for, at all. For one, she hit on every male that they talked to, from the waiter, to the guy on the table next to him. Flippy felt physically awkward sitting in her company. And when she wasn't flirting, she was listening to music. Flippy had tried to like it, but it was such tasteless shit that he'd had problems.
Eventually, he'd been forced to conclude she wasn't the one. How many dodgy girls would he have to meet before he found someone who was as good as Flaky? And both him and Fliqpy had to agree he needed someone better.
And it got worse. He'd just seen a photograph of Flaky with some guy with red hair. Flippy didn't like his smile, and the way he stared at Flaky with nothing but blatant lust sent shivers down Flippy's spine.
He tried to stop himself. They deserved each other. If it ended badly, it was her fault.
He sat down in the waiting room. There was some sort of incident with Splendid, and Flippy wasn't allowed in. As he stopped, he looked at the girl next to him. She was slightly older than him, and uncommonly pretty, and Flippy felt a strange feeling. It wasn't the fear he was used to feeling around people, but it wasn't that far off.
"Hey," she said, and Flippy choked on his words,
"..Hey?" he replied,
"You're a friend of Flaky's, aren't you?"
Flippy, transfixed by her face, nodded,
"My name's Petunia. What's yours?"
And then Flippy called him to come in. "Splendy is awake!"
Flippy nodded, and walked off,
"See you around. Maybe," said Petunia with a smile. For a moment, Flippy felt a warm glow. Everything - his brother's torture, Splendid's near death - seemed unimportant, almost trivial. And then he stopped. He'd felt similar things towards Flaky. And where had that gotten him?
"..See you."

.................

Fliqpy saw Splendid slowly open his eyes, and groan a bit. He couldn't help but hug him and cry more, his boyfriend would be okay, he was waking up, he was getting better.
Soon enough the doctors told him to go and wait outside. When half an hour later they let him back inside, Splendid was sitting up in his bed, but looking thousands times better than he was a few days ago.
"Splendid..."
Fliqpy breathed and sat next to him. He hugged him tightly and rubbed Splendids back soothingly, more to comfort himself though and his wrecked nerves.
"I was so scared I'd lose you... I didn't want to be alone.... Don't ever scare me like that Splendy..."
He said quietly in between sobs and didn't let go of the other boy.

Flippy And Fliqpy Roleplay! Where stories live. Discover now