awoken

I headcanon Leafy as non binary (female born) so she'll be using they/them pronouns in this story.

Firey sat at his desk, sleepy. He was bored out of his mind and he hated the attention this random object called Leafy got on the Losers. It made no sense to him, nor did it inspire him either. He just didn't get the gist with Leafy and it frustrated him. What did they even do? They were on another team to begin with, then got voted out of the EXIT, got placed on the Losers in exchange for Pin's gratitude token and now they hog attention!

He sulked in his own room angrily, like something was wrong with it all. He didn't understand why he was so mad and he didn't want to give them something as well. Firey banged his fist on the table in annoyance, and then quickly sighed. Picking up his things, he decided to finally read the stack of letters that'd fallen too. There were about 4; not many but enough to occupy him for a while. There was also a box. Small but interesting none the less.

He opened the first letter and it was an advert. He threw it away and pulled up the next. The second one was from Firey Jr. asking about how he's so small. He threw it away as he's in the EXIT now. The third was from Death P.A.C.T asking if anyone else wanted to prevent death even if they aren't on their team. Seemingly, they must have sent this to everyone. However, being made of literal flames makes it really hard to help others, especially from death. The fourth was from Coiny, asking if he wanted to be friends after all the hardships in BFDI and BFDIA. Damn, that letter must have been extremely old. 

The box awaited, and Firey opened it slowly. To his surprise, there was a small note and some candy hearts! It'd been a long time since he's had some so he was very grateful. Before though, he read the note: 

"Dear Firey, 
 I hope you like these candy hearts I bought just for you! I dearly hope they mean a lot to you. Maybe, you could even find out the message as you were incredibly smart last time we spoke.

Love from, them."

He didn't understand who they were. Nothing sparked in his brain. But, he loved the food and eagerly opened it the eat them.

Wait.

He remembered the message he was supposed to find out from the candy hearts. They bear small words on them and you could get them personalised. First, he wanted to find out what 'them' sent to him.

Tearing it all open, he read the words on each little heart. It may take him a long while to do it all, but he'll survive. Not like it was the hardest thing he's ever done.

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Firey was finished. Finally, the message was all clear:

'Do you remember me, Firey? Leafy misses you.'

He didn't know what to think. What did Leafy know that he didn't? He kept on getting mad at himself, causing his flames to grow higher and brighter until his room could've set on fire. Noticing, he panicked and it just got even more out of control. He ran out and let himself calm down. Thankfully, nobody was there to see him acting like an idiot. He strolled back in and ate the candy hearts (finally) and tried resting.

It snapped within him and he thought about who Leafy was. Was Leafy just some random contestant, or did something happen?  Confusion over took him and he just couldn't pinpoint where it was all coming from. He'd finally decided.

He'd give them a chance, and talk to them when he can.

Going outside, Firey waltzed over to Leafy where all the Losers were.

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