Comfort

Trip

Me and Grian finished eating and he gave me his laptop to record on.  He had a mouse that you could hook up, and he had an old mic too. I sat at his desk in his bedroom while he was in his office recording. Wasn't ideal, but what more could I ask for?

  Once I finished editing and recording, as usually, it was later than I thought.  Poor Grian's laptop, he was hot to the touch being on this long.  I clicked upload, and with that my hard work started uploading to YouTube.

I made Grian's bed, he's sleeping there tonight, but I didn't see a reason not too. Grian walked in after I finished.

"Oh, hey. I just thought I'd make your bed." I said, some reason I felt awkward.

"Okay, that's cool. I need to pack." He said getting into his closet.

"Pack? For what?"

"Oh, I guess I never did tell any of the hermits..." he struggled a bit, reaching up to get suitcase.

"Here." I offered my help.

He stepped aside as I easily was able to grab his suitcase and put it down.

"So, where are you going?" I continued.

"I'm going to the Bahamas!" He said excitedly.

"Oh that sounds so nice!"

"Yeah, there is one thing that distracts me a bit..."

"Hmm?"

"Whenever I go visit somewhere, I usually record, and I kinda don't want to film everything this time. So I think I'm just going to pre-record a lot."

"When are you leaving?"

"Friday morning."

"That's really soon! Three days to be exact. How are you going to pre-record for, how long?"

"I'll be there for 5 days..." he said quietly.

"Grian, you can't overwork yourself, you just got started."

"Yeah, and there is another issue."

"Oh lord..."

"I was going to take Taurtis."

"So what are you going to do?" I asked confused, there's a lot of issues that need to be fixed.

"Yeah, um, I don't know. I think I'll pre-record as much as I can, and just go by myself..."

"I'm not okay with that." I stated.

"What?"

"Nobody goes to the Bahamas alone, and you're not going to able to pre-record that much."

"Um, I can still take someone else, the room I got had two beds, and I have the plane tickets..." he whispered.

"I'll go with you." I said.

"What?" He said shocked.

"Yeah, think about it. I can film everything for you, so you don't have to pre-record anything! And, you won't be lonely." I said smiling.

"I don't think that's a great idea..." he said with his cheeks a little red.

"Oh c'mon! It fixes everything."

"Um, alright. But, you should know, they might think we're a couple..." the redness grew.

"We'll just explain that we're not like that!" I said quickly.

"Alright..." he gave in.

"Dude, it'll be fun!" I tried to reassure him, I don't know why he's acting weird.

"What about you? Who's going to take care of Benji and—?"

"Trust me, I can probably get my mum too." I chuckled.

"Alright, well I'm going to pack. Thanks Mumbo." He smiled, which was nice too see.

  It started to thunder outside, it was supposed to be cleared up by now.

"Hmm, did you sleep okay with it being so loud last night?" Grian asked, starting to pack.

  To be honest, I didn't realize at all.  I guess the rain also scared Pearl back home too...

"Oh, I slept like a baby." I laughed. "Okay so, I'm staying here until tomorrow, Wednesday, and packing up on Thursday and, then what? Do you want to meet at the airport or???" I asked, trying to get everything straight.

"Um, well, you could drive here so that way we only have to keep one car at the airport. Or I could go over to your house and we take your car." He suggested.

Grian has never been to my house, now that I think about it.

"Uh, so Thursday night, you come over to my house, and then I drive us there in the morning, yeah?" I asked, slightly confused.

"Okay, sounds good." He continued packing.

The rain picked up, it was pouring again.

"Glad I didn't have to leave today." I said looking out his bedroom window.

"How do you manage to look better without trying..." I thought I heard Grian whisper.

"What was that?" I asked, uncertain that's what he said.

"Oh, nothing. Just, the weather is damaging..." He remarked quickly.

"Yeah." I pondered. "Alright, I was going to order Chinese, if you're cool with that?"

"Oh, yeah, that sounds good." he agreed. "Wait, with what money?"

"I brought my wallet, I did just because habit. It's in the car, I believe." I explained, chuckling a little. "For someone who doesn't work out, you sure are skinny." I laughed.

"Metabolism." He cackled.

A walked out, heading to the car for my wallet. The house was more lively now with Maui and Pearl reunited. You can hear their pitter-patter walking downstairs. It made me miss Benji, but at least I know he's in good care. Before I went outside, I made sure the kitties, specifically Pearl, weren't around to sneak out. Once the coast was clear I rushed outside in the rain, running into my car. I found my wallet, and dashed back to the front door. It made me think, having to be careful when going out there, how did Pearl manage to get out?

Grian loves his cats, he would be careful when going out like me. And if they did escape on him, he would chase after them. So, if it wasn't Grian who let Pearl out, then who was? The thunder roared again. I stopped my thoughts and ordered the food.

"Grian! What do you want?!" I hollered from downstairs.

"Chicken Fried Rice!" He replied.

"Good choice!" I smiled.