Tiny Dancer [Frog Brothers x Reader Love Triangle Story] (The Lost Boys)

Chapter Two: Fighters for Truth, Justice, and the American Way

A few days later, Cooper took you out to explore the boardwalk one night. You were very excited, and made sure to put a cute outfit on. The first thing you guys did was go to the pier with the rides. Once you got there, Cooper pulled you into the line for the biggest roller coaster on the boardwalk. This was when you started to panic.

"Are you still afraid of roller coasters?" Cooper asked you with a mischievous look on his face.

You immediately told him, "Yes, I am! And I'd really rather not do this!"

"Ah, you'll be fine," Cooper said as he continued to pull you into the line.

Eventually, it was your turn to get on the ride and Cooper insisted on sitting in the front. You screamed your lungs out the entire ride. Afterwards, Cooper let you pick out the rides. You guys went on practically every ride on the pier before you both decided to check out what else the pier had to offer. You guys started to walk around and check out the different stores.

You were enjoying your time on the boardwalk as all the bright lights and festivities brought it to life. There was an electric feeling coursing through you as you walked down the pier, filling you with a desire to explore every part of it. There was one thing that was slightly off putting however, and that was that there were plenty of missing person flyers up for several different people. You felt a little uneasy seeing those plastered all over the place.

At one point, you guys stopped inside a candy store where you brought a box of salt water taffy. After that, you guys popped into Mankos to talk to the owner since Cooper was friends with him. The two of them were talking for a while, so you started looking out the window of the restaurant when you spotted Frog Comics just a few stores down. Cooper was pretty distracted by his conversation with Eric, the owner of Mankos, so you took this as the opportunity to visit the Frog Brothers once again.

You tapped your brother on the shoulder and told him, "Hey Coop, I'm gonna go check out that jewelry store next door. I'll be right back, okay?"

Cooper nodded at you before you exited the restaurant. You made sure that he had returned to his conversation with Eric before heading inside Frog Comics. Alan and Edgar were both at the desk, and turned around when they heard you enter. You smiled and waved at them. They nodded back at you before walking over to you.

"Back so soon?" Edgar asked.

You smiled at them both as you held up the box of salt water taffy to them both, "I wanted to give this to you guys. To say thank you for the comics earlier."

The two boys looked at each other, clearly surprised that you had done this for them. Alan was the one who took the box and said, "Thank you. That's awfully kind of you."

"No problem," you said, "I actually kind of wanted to talk to you guys about something."

Edgar asked you, "What exactly would you like to talk about?"

You hesitated for a second, trying to figure out exactly how you wanted to phrase this. Finally, you said, "Well, I talked to my brother about this place being, you know, the murder capital of the world. He basically told me that there have been a lot of unsolved deaths here, but he wouldn't elaborate any further. Him and I have been walking around the boardwalk, and I couldn't help but notice there are a lot of missing person flyers all over the place. I thought about what you guys had told me earlier, and I was just wondering if you knew anything about any of that."

The brothers exchanged looks once more before Edgar gently put a hand on your shoulder and started leading you to the back of the store. You felt your heart start to beat a little bit faster when Edgar placed his hand on your shoulder. You couldn't help but feel a little bit stupid because of it. After all, that's something that 1st graders do when they hold hands with a boy for the first time.