A Secret Kept Hidded

The Cave

Sometimes it's best to keep secrets, not too many, but I... I just don't think this is something that need to tell anyone. But I guess.. sometimes it's helps to vent a bit. I'm not stupid enough to speak aloud, obviously Dipper, so just, try to keep your mouth shut while you think this time, okay? Now, i'm just going to go over what happened..

I remember feeling heartbroken. When Wendy told me she knew that I liked her.. I remember feeling dejected and.. lonely. I smiled for her, trying to stay happy.. positive about this. Though I knew that it would be hard.. I LOVED her.. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep a smile.. I remember trying so hard..

Then I remember rain. Cold and wet. I remember not caring at first. I walked through the forest, thinking over and over about what she said to me, and how it'd even be possible to be okay with that, clearing my mind.. and emptying my heart. I walked until I shivered, shaking and chilled to the bone. I remembered looking for shelter, then finding a cave. I entered the large and dry cave, it was dark, the clouds blocking out the sun, but the cave's overhang blocking what other light would have came in. I remembered being startled by something.. no, someone.

"Dipper." Robbie's voice rang out through the cave, an indifferent tone to his words. I sat across the cave from him, in a little indent in the wall, not large enough to hide me, but comfortable enough to lay back and relax in the dip. Neither of us spoke for a while, but that was fine for me.. I really didn't want to talk. Robbie shifted, bringing my attention to him. We were both soaked to the skin, and shivering still. I remember my thoughts being interrupted. "Why were you in the rain?" He asked, I just.. looked at him.

"I don't know.." I replied, looking down to the cave floor. I really didn't. I figured I was still sulking over Wendy.. I guess that Robbie and I weren't all that different back then, heh. Anyway.. A comfortable silence filled the atmosphere, the pattering of the rain droplets outside the cave gave the air a calmer feel. A few minutes later, I looked back at Robbie. "Why were you..?"

"It doesn't matter.. not anymore." He replied, He was staring at the ceiling, silent after his reply. I watched the other for a few minutes after that, his breathing had slowed, and his eyes closed, I figured he had fallen asleep. I turned my attention to the cold rain outside, watching it fall from the sky and splash against the ground.

Soon, the rain had ceased, and by then, both of us were dry. I stood up, stretching and letting out sigh. I began to leave the cave, heavy footsteps not caring for the sleeping other. I heard Robbie get up, a groan himself.. I don't remember much after that..

I remember going back to the cave a few days later and just.. sitting in that indent. It was sunny out, but I couldn't bring myself to smile that day. I remember closing my eyes, the sounds and light beginning to fade away into nothing.. I remember dozing off.. I can't remember what I dreamed about though..

"Dipper?" I woke up to Robbie's voice. Opening my eyes I looked at him, not bothering to move right then. He was standing in the entrance, my view cut off by the cave wall beside me. I sat up and looked at him properly, He had his guitar with him, but as far as I could tell at that moment.. he was alone.

"Robbie." I said, though it went ignored as he sat down across the cave, where he had the other day, the guitar on his lap. I layed back once again, closing my eyes, the silence standing between us like a wall. Soon the wall was broken down by a soft but quiet tune played by a guitar. I opened up my eyes , seeing Robbie idly playing the instrument from across the cave. I closed my eyes, and drifted back into the nothingness that was sleep.

I remember waking up in my be, soft blankets around me, but I was shivering. I stared up at the ceiling, not processing what was going on at first, but Mabel's squeal from across the room told me she knew. "Dipper!" She said, running over to me, worry plain across her face. "We were so worried! You didn't come home and me, Wendy and Soos were gonna go look for you!" She said. I looked at her, with what I think was a confused expression. "But when we were just about the leave, Robbie came in with you on his back!" Her face lit up a bit and she smiled. "I guess Robbie isn't as bad as we thought!" I remember thinking the same thing.

"Why?" I had asked, I really wanted to know that simple question. I sat up in the bed, holding the covers around me. She shook her head and began to speak again.

"Dunno. But when he came in, he told us to stay quiet, and that you were sleeping, and that he had found you sleeping under a tree in the forest, and he brought you back home." She explained, using her hands for emphasis.

Later that week, I remember venturing back to the cave, and smiling to myself when I saw Robbie sitting in it, and looking at me. I went over to my spot and sat down, snuggling back into the wall. "Thanks for the other day.." I said, he nodded in acknowledgement, but said nothing. I looked outside.. it was cloudy that day, I remember that, the inside of the cave was cold, and dark, but oddly comfortable.

"Listen," I heard him say. He shifted, standing up and looking at me. "I don't care if you come here, but just.. don't tell anyone about this place." He said with a sigh. I nodded, looking back at him with a small smile. He turned towards the cave entrance and left. I remember soon leaving after that.