Your New Best Friend. (A spinel x reader fanfiction.)

Chapter 6: It's About You

Your New Best Friend

Chapter 6: It's About You

(Y/N)'s POV

Today, I wake up with a cold, a real one this time. I don't know if this is karma for lying to my boss or something but I don't really care too much anyway. What I know for sure is that I'm sick and tired. I still don't know what to do with Spinel but I'm sure she would come around with time. I'm a little bit ashamed to admit that I'm actually curious to know why she is what she is right now. Until the time come, I guess I'll just have to go on with my daily life.

Due to my cold, I spend most of the day on my bed, only waking up to prepare food and drinks. During the afternoon, I feel slightly better so I decide to stop sleeping. I'm actually also worried that I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I sleep too much during the day. I look around for Spinel but can't see her anywhere. To be granted, I didn't even look for her that hard but I'm sure she's somewhere.

I boot up my computer which is on the other side of the living room from the fireplace and drag my blanket with me. I guess I'll just play some games to pass the time. It's probably better for me to not move around so much. I decide to play a game called 'Mughead'. It's difficult but somehow, in the end, it still manage to be good. It's kind of like Spinel somehow. For some reason, I find that amusing.

"Come on, Just a little bit more." I said to myself as I try to defeat this boss I've been stuck on for the last 15 minutes.

"God damn it!" I exclaim as once again, I was defeated and the game show the game over screen with the progress bar showing that I am just several hit away from victory. "Are you kidding me? Ugh."

"Hehe!" A giggle surprises me from behind. "You're really bad at games, aren't you?"

I look at Spinel in surprise. Did she just laugh? This is the first time I have heard her laugh. It's unexpectedly cheerful and it's kind of... cute too I guess.

"Oh, really?" I chide her "Let's see how well you would do."

I rummage around in my box filled with electronic equipment. It took a while but I manage to find another controller. I wipe the dust off it. I can't remember the last time someone else uses this and I was pretty sure it's not going to see the light of day. I plug it to the computer and hand it over to Spinel.

"Come on; press a button... if you dare." I challenge her.

"All right." She smirks at me and do as she was told.

I start a new safe file and give her a brief tutorial on how the game works. She seem to be catching on pretty well but she still doesn't know the true terror of 'Mughead'

"Already dead, Spinel?" I tease as her character, Cupman, died early on the first boss fight. "Come on, get good."

"Grr." She growls. "All right, getting good now."

I merely smiled at her anger at the time but then, she actually does get good. She gets good so much faster that I thought she would. It didn't take long for her to start carrying me instead.

"I'm not sure but doesn't it look like the roles had reversed?" She mocks as my character once again died earlier than hers.

I look at her to fling back a comeback of my own but something surprised me enough to take the words straight out of my mouth. She is smiling. There's nothing wrong with that but only then do I realize that I haven't actually seen her properly smile. Sure, she smirks from time to time but this is different. It's a beautiful smile and it makes me feel happy and warm inside.

"Hey, you're not moving." She turns around and realizes I'm staring at her. "What? Is there something on my face I need to wipe off?"

"No, it's nothing." I answer even though there is something on her face but she sure doesn't need to wipe that off.

We play together until the sun sets. I need to work tomorrow so I think this would be a good time to stop. My cold also feels like it's coming back for some reasons. I tell Spinel that I would go to sleep first and she could play as long as she wants and to turn off the computer when she's done. As I stand up, she immediately close the game and turn off the computer.

"Hey, you don't need to close it yet." I remind her. "You seem to be enjoying the game."

"It's not about the game." She replies. "It's about you."

What is that even supposed to mean? Confused, I head into my room, dragging my blanket behind me and lay down on the bed. My mind subconsciously thinks about my work tomorrow. I hate going to work. I hate being told around by my boss like a human without feelings. I hate walking around alone to people's house and forcing myself to smile. I hate living such a boring life. I hate...

"Hey, I'm still here, you know?" A voice comes from the drawer of my bedside table. "It's me, your best friend."

"Shut up." I said weakly to the voice.

"You know I can't. Even that girl can't do anything against..."

The voice trails off as the door slowly open and Spinel pops her head inside.

"Hey, Spinel." I greet her. "What's the matter?"

"Nothing really." She answers, entering the room with a mug in her hand. "You usually drink one of these before bed so I guess I'll make one for you tonight."

This really caught me off my guard. Out of all the things that could have happen in this world, one of those I least expect is Spinel brewing a drink for me. I took the mug from her hand before taking a sip out of it. I almost choke on it. How much cocoa powder did she put into this? It's so bitter.

"How does it taste?" She asks curiously.

"It tastes really good." I answer as I force myself to gulp the drinks down. "Thank you. To be honest, I didn't expect this from you."

She merely smiles and takes the mug from my hand. After she left the room, I start to wonder why I feel so good even though the drink was so bad.

"It's not about the drink, it's about her." I say to myself. I guess I kind of understand what she meant earlier about the game.

#Author's note#
Pfft. Mughead and Cupman? I don't even know. Is this how humor works? I don't think I'm doing this right.