•~Syd Barrett x Y/N~•

Part 2: Cat and Mouse

"I'll get a taxi we'll find out later!" He said breathing heavily,trying to catch his breath. They finally reached the end of the board walk and Syd put Y/N down as he stopped for a moment to breathe.
"C-Can you run from here...?" He asked putting his hands on his knees and bending over.
"Yes I can!" Y/N nodded.
Syd stood back up and grabbed (his,her,their) hand. "Let's go! Their catching up!" He looked back seeing Gerald and Grimble Gromble climb the steps. He ran to the sidewalk with Y/N's hand in his hand,he then crossed the street with (him,her,them) as no cars were coming. Syd and Y/N stood on the side of the road and waited for a taxi to drive by,but as they waited Gerald could be seen on the horizon,stepping onto the side walk,the pocket knife in his paws pointed up at the sky. Syd kept an eye on Gerald as the traffic started to start back up on the other side of the road. He looked away for a moment to make sure a taxi wasn't passing by and Gerald was gone.
Syd looked around anxiously not wanting to be stabbed by a mouse with a pocket knife as Y/N held onto his arm. Finally Syd saw a taxi and waved to it and just then he found out where Gerald had gone, Gerald had managed with Grimble Gromble's help to jump across the cars and make it to the median in the road, he could now easily run over to them as he was now only a few feet away. The taxi pulled up and Syd opened the door and shoved Y/N in then jumped in himself.
"Where to?" The driver asked casting them a glance.
"Just drive sir I'll tell you in a moment!" Syd replied.
The driver only rolled his eyes and nodded and started to pull off, leaving the killer mouse and gnome behind. Y/N hugged onto Syd afraid and he patted (his,her,their) head.
"Where shall we go...?" Y/N asked shyly.
"Well we can't return home...Gerald knows where I live..." Syd sighed growing cold as he was still wet from his earlier fall into the sea.
"I think the studio may be a good place to hide at the moment until we figure something out."
Y/N nodded finding this reasonable and as Syd told the driver the address Y/N took a look down at the floor.
"Uh Syd..." Y/N said looking up from the floor.
Syd leaned his head against the window feeling tired from running and carrying Y/N. "Yes Y/N?"
"I forgot my shoes..."
"You what?! Are you wanting to go back and get them?!" He sat up and looked at Y/N stunned.
"They are the ones you bought me..." Y/N looked at him.
"I can get you another bloody pair! We can't go out there with Gerald around there!" He said glancing at Y/N's bare feet then looking back up at (him,her,them).
"Alright..."Y/N paused. "Why are they chasing you...?" Y/N asked longing an answer.
Syd sighed and looked out the window at the cars speeding by.
"Syd please tell me!"
"I stopped giving Gerald LSD so now he's pissed." He answered looking at Y/N. "He's been chasing me for weeks."
The taxi driver shot Syd and Y/N a glance then shook his head thinking he must've not heard properly.
"You gave Gerald LSD?!" Y/N asked him in shock.
"Yeah...he asked for it."
"How can a mouse ask for LSD?!"
Syd shrugged. "You don't speak mouse?"
"And you do?!" Y/N replied sarcastically.
"Yes I do." He looked at Y/N completely serious.
"Wha-What?" Y/N was incredibly confused.
"Do you seriously not speak mouse?" Syd asked as if speaking mouse was a common skill that everyone could do like simple maths.
"Wha-What?! Of course I don't speak mouse!" (He,She,they) looked at him in shock.
"Wait you don't?!" He sounded puzzled.
"No! I don't speak mouse!" Y/N rolled (his,her,their) eyes.
"But everyone does!" Syd replied.
"I have literally never met another person who speaks mouse in my life!" Y/N crossed (his,her,their) arms.
Syd paused. "...Good point..."
The taxi finally pulled up to the studio and Syd gave the driver a few pounds and helped a slightly annoyed Y/N get out of the car.
Y/N and Syd approached and entered the studio. They both went into the bands room in the studio, which was dark because the light had not been switched on and went and hid behind the drums. Syd reached for Y/N's hand and Y/N moved (his,her,their) hand.
"Y/N what is it?" Syd asked.
"You didn't think of telling me about a mouse and garden gnome chasing you because they want LSD??!" Y/N said not quite yelling but clearly pissed.
"I thought they'd leave us alone Y/NNNNN" Syd whined.
"But Syd their n-" Y/N was cut off by Syd's hand over (his,her,thier) mouth, as they heard something moving in the room. Y/N grabbed Syd's hand tight, deciding to forget about their small quarrel a few seconds earlier. The thing is coming closer and closer, Syd and Y/N can tell as the sounds echo around the quiet dark room, their hearts both raced. Then suddenly the reason fir the noise appeared in front of them and Syd smiled.
"NICK!" He shouted in joy.
Nick screamed and jumped back, then hurriedly ran to the light switch, which was on the other side of the drum set. When it flipped on Nick stared at Syd and Y/N in shock and confusion.
"W-What the hell are you two doing here in the dark behind my drum set?!!" Nick semi shouted, still feeling quite startled.
"Hey hey Nick! Calm down!" Syd said letting go of Y/N's hand to stand up and approach Nick to make him quiet down.
"What are you doing here though!"
Nick questioned.
"Well you see..remember Gerald?" Syd questioned.
"The mouse, Right? The one you brought here the other day?"
"Yeah that one!" Syd nodded.
"He was so sweet, but what does he have to do with you hiding in the dark behind my drums?" He raises an eyebrow at Syd.
"Well you see..." Syd started.