My Star (Billdip)

Chapter 9

The top pic has nothing to do with the chapter, the only thing they have in common is the rain.

Dipper Pov

Me and Bill talked for a bit before soon deciding to head back.

On the way, we had a small conversation.

"Hey Bill?" I asked.

"Hm?" He replied.

"What's it like?"

He looked at me confused.

"What is it like, being able to read minds, to watch over a whole town, but at the same time, be a person and be able to walk beside me? What's it like to be able to laugh and have feelings, when honestly you should have so much stress on you for no reason? What's it like.... Being you?"

I had stopped walking and was turned to face Bill on my right.

At first, there was no response. But then, he began speaking.

"Well..... It's frustrating. I could read into anyone's thoughts at any given time, but I don't always do it. I can watch over the town, but that doesn't mean I always will. Sure it's hard with being able to do all of it, the stress of it can be overwhelming sometimes. But, being able to smile, and laugh, and cry, it helps a lot. Being me? It's hard. No one really trusts me, no one wants to be near me. But since I took on the name Will Rephic.... People talk to me like I'm not some sort of demon. Like I'm... Normal. I like to be feared, I like isolation, but sometimes... I just want a friend."
He looked with a puzzled expression.

"Why do you trust me?"

I couldn't answer right away. Why did I trust him? He tried destroying the world, starting with Gravity Falls. He invaded Grunkle Stan's mind, and could possess me at any time. Yet, I always feel some sort of security around him. Like, he would protect me. I guess I just trust him, there's no way to explain it.

"I just do. I don't know how to explain it. I always feel safe around you... Like you'd protect me. I don't know why, but I just trust you."
I smiled as I finished, showing him I was telling the truth.

Bill looked at me confused, and spoke again.

"But why would you.... I tried killing you, your sister, Sixer, Stan, everyone... I tried destroying the town, and the world. Yet... You trust me? Why would you feel I'd protect you even if.... Even if I tried to kill you?"

I felt my face fall.

'He's right.... Why would I trust him after that? Why do I? It can't just be because I am in love with him...'

Without knowing what I was doing, I began to speak.

"Even if you tried doing all that, I still believe there is some good in you. If there wasn't the good in you, why would you even hold such deep conversations with me? Why would you walk beside me, talking and smiling, telling me things you don't tell others? I trust you. I trust that you wouldn't try hurting me again. I may not be fully sure why, but I do."

He seemed shocked at first, but soon smiled.

Then he did something that caught me off guard.

He hugged me.

I felt as his arms secured around me tightly, holding me close to him. At first I had been confused, but I soon smiled and hugged him back. I buried my face into his chest and inhaled deeply, his scent flooding my nose.

I don't know how long we had stood there, but it felt like an eternity.

And I never wanted to let go.