Hold On To Me (WillDip)

Chapter 31: Mortal

"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Will asked as he peered up at them from the ground.

"Don't you remember?" Ford asked, raising an eyebrow at him. Will shook his head, well at least he tried too, his head wasn't working right.

"The last thing I remember is the sound of breaking glass, pain and then waking up here."

Ford grimaced at the pain his throat was giving him but nodded "Lets just say you had your revenge, if it hadn't been for the Axolotl, I would most likely be dead by your hand by now"

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you!" Will cried, trying desperately to stand up. He looked down at his body as it refused to move in the way he wanted it to and yelped. "I'm me again!"

"So cute~" Mabel cooed.

Bill chuckled "No magic for you either then," he said.

Ford cocked his head to the side as he looked at Will. "I thought you were blue."

"Yeah, that was with magic, Flatland didn't have colour and nether did the beings that lived there" Will replied, struggling to get to his feet "A little help! I haven't used these damn noodle legs in eons!"

Bill picked him up and Will reached out to Ford from his brother's hands. "I'm sorry for hurting you," he said sadly.

Ford took him carefully, a little unsure of how to hold a Flatlander, "I deserved it anyway, Will" he muttered, patting his back softly.

"No, you didn't!" Will argued.

Mabel squealed as she came over to see him, booping his face "You're so cute!" she said, eyes starry,

"Nah ah!" Will replied, his voice muffled by Ford's sweater.

"Yah ha" Ford said, smiling softly, Will grumbled.

"Mason?" he asked,

"Yes, Will?"

Will turned to him and immediately started crying "I'm sorry! I still love you, but we can't, we can't really be together if we're two different species!" he cried, his little fingers clinging to Ford's sweater tightly as he trembled "It's okay if you want to find someone else..." he sniffled.

Mason was shocked "What!? No! Of course I still love you!! Just because you're a triangle doesn't make me like you any less?! Sure, it might be a bit awkward at first, but I still want to be with you! I love you no matter what form you're in...And I always will"

"Really?"

"Yes" Mason replied, reaching out and picking him up.

Will hugged him as the young adult cuddled him gently "I love you" he whispered, Mason smiled "Love you too."

Ford looked up at the ruins of his Manor and sighed, "It's going to take a lot of magic to fix this. I may run out."

The small Flatlander balanced on his legs as Mason set him on the ground, tilting backwards and prompting Ford to stop him from toppling over fully with a foot. Will pushed him away "I need to learn to walk on my own!"

Ford nodded and lifted up his hand to fix the house. There was a brief pause before he snapped his fingers and The Manor rumbled, slowly but surely beginning to fix itself back up. Mason opened the front door once it had finished, using his shoe to nudge Will carefully over the threshold "I'm starving! Do we still have food?" the Flatlander asked, looking up at them hopefully.

Ford nodded "We do."

Will ran down the hallway to the kitchen, toppling over as he tried to turn.