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“Heya Violet!” Ness jumped and bounced onto the couch next to the fantastical side. Ness wore a huge smile on his face. He’s holding his backward cap like it might fall off even after landing on the couch.“Ness? How’s it going, pinwheel?” Violet turned his attention from his notebook to the passionate side, a short smile spread to his lips when Ness bounced as he spoke.“It’s SO great! I was trying to write fanfic but got writer’s block so I had to stop.” Ness spoke with incredible enthusiasm as if writer’s block was the greatest thing in the whole world.“..That’s great how?” Violet watched as Ness tilted his head at the question like he forgot what they were talking about, and knowing Ness he probably did. Then, a millisecond later his face lit up again like fireworks.“It isn’t. BUT after I got the writer’s block, it started to get great,” Ness said and grabbed a nearby pillow to hug close to him. Warmth spread to Violet’s face, that pinwheel always looked so cute doing the most random things. A short silence followed as Violet stared at Ness before he laughed."Right, what happened after then, dingus?” Violet shifted his body to face more toward Ness. Ness, of course, paused to try to remember both what Violet’s question was and what happened earlier. Once he remembered, Ness giggled and hugged his pillow closer.“I started thinking about you, obviously!” Ness said it with such confidence like it was the only correct response. The heat in Violet’s cheeks only spread, he didn’t think of that, a funny fanfic or a new cartoon obsession, sure but Ness thinking about him?“Me?” Violet raised his brow as Ness gaped at Violet’s apparently offensive question.“Yeah you, doofus! Trying to get myself to get creative reminded me of you, because you are always SO good at writing then I started to think about how cool your outfits are and how pretty your eyes are–” Violet pushed Ness’ shoulder a bit causing the other to stop his rant to giggle. Violet’s face was surely redder than a stop sign right now, he hoped that Ness didn’t take too much notice.“Okay–okay! I think I get it, pinwheel. You think that much about me, huh?” Violet meant it to be a playful tease but when Ness messed with his gloves, something Violet picked up on being a nervous gesture from the writer, he got worried. That worry washed away from the fond smile that Ness held for Violet.“Of course I do, you’re so awesome,” Ness said, in a softer tone than before. Violet’s heart almost stopped. He adjusted himself to look carefree before responding, trying to put as much genuine care into what he said next.“Well. I think about you too.” Violet almost whispered and looked away, missing Ness’ initial reaction. When he was met with silence Violet turned towards Ness again only for a squeal to startle him and two arms wrapping themselves around Violet in a tight embrace.“Really??? You do? What about me?” Ness bounced in his hug with Violet.“All good things. You got the cutest laugh, first off.” Ness seemed to calm down as he tilted his head, clearly not expecting Violet to talk about it. Violet only took it as a challenge as he continued. “Second, you’re the best to watch cartoons with and you don’t mind singing every song with me.” Violet returned the tight embrace as Ness began to laugh.“Who wouldn’t want to sing for three hours straight with you, Violet?” Ness asked. Whatever Violet was working on was long forgotten, all he could think about was the cute multi-colored side basically vibrating at a few compliments.“Haha, well. Since we are already thinking about each other, let’s get another cartoon binge, just the two of us, eh pinwheel?” If possible, Ness bounced more and unwrapped his arms from around Violet to get up from the couch. Violet watched with amusement as Ness jumped around the room.“YAY! I was hoping you’d asked, let’s get this binge started– OH! I’ll get the snacks!” Ness abruptly ran towards the kitchen, leaving Violet alone in the room. Violet looked over his open notebook and absentmindedly tossed it to the side, he grabbed the remote and began looking for a show to binge with his favorite pinwheel.
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It could’ve been worse. Damien keeps telling himself that. He could’ve got eaten by a huge ass snake, he could’ve been left alone in the dark in this god-forsaken forest. He wasn’t alone though. Ness sat idly beside him, bouncing in his seat as he watched the marshmallow he was cooking over their campfire with eagerness he could barely understand. They were camping! Together. Outside. In the dark woods where anything could get them. The huge snake was looking mighty tempting right now.“Augh no nonononono–” Mumbles of protest come from the cringe side grabbing Damien’s attention. His once white, toasty marshmallow was now in flames and blackened in a burnt mess. Damien grabbed the stick the treat was attached to and quickly blew the fire out. Ness looked at him as if he was a magician. “Thank you, darkness!” He smiled up at the fear side from his cross-legged position on the ground, with Damien sitting on a log.“It was nothing. Seriously, you easily could’ve done that, Ness.” Damien scolded Ness, and Ness’s eyes slowly moved to the burnt marshmallow. A slight shift in his hands causes Damien to throw the marshmallow far into the dark woods immediately. “NOPE. I know you can’t help the impulses but I draw the line at eating burnt marshmallows, you goober.” Damien rolls his eyes at the inevitable whine and puff coming from the multicolored side sitting beside him.“I wasn’t going to eat it I was going to grab it. I wonder what the texture is like.” Ness smiles like it was a completely valid and reasonable thing to want, to fully grasp a burning marshmallow with only his fingerless gloves serving as protection. Damien could barely hide the pure disgust.“That’s EVEN worse.” Damien sighed when Ness stood up and sat right next to him. With a few other logs fallen next to their fire, a whole forest to wander, with an entire mindscape full of other sides. Right next to him, bodies practically touching, is where Ness plopped himself. “Do you have anywhere else you want to sit, Ness?” In response, Ness simply shook his head. Suddenly Damien felt a small ping of energy in his heart. He looked around but his eyes landed back on Ness. The hyper side’s eyes keep glancing around at the dark trees around them, a slight twitch in his face when even the slightest noise happens. Damien forgot to be afraid, which is weird because that’s his fucking job how did he, the fear side, forget to be scared. Stopping Ness from hurting himself distracted him long enough, but clearly, it wasn’t working for Ness. Damien put his hand on Ness’ shoulder, a loud yelp was all he got in response.“SOrry– You scared me. Well, you didn’t– You’re not scary. You’re cool. Like super cool. Your closet is scary though. Like super scary–”“If this is too much, we can go back to the mindscape. You can go back to your room where you're comfortable.” Damien lowers his voice. Yeah he didn’t want to be out here in his closet, his most personal place in the whole mindscape, but Ness looked so happy making smores and setting up the tent he worked so hard on. Ness simply huffed and shook his head. “You’re uncomfortable, Ness. What the hell is your problem? Why can’t you just camp in your closet?” Damien rolled his eyes"“Well– because I don’t want to. Camping alone isn’t fun, Y’know? Everyone’s super duper busy and I just wanted to do something fun that wasn’t stressful with all the dumb work going on. No one wants to be around me,” Ness’ voice quickly gained speed in his rant “and I want to spend time with you because I like you. Like really like you like it’s super weird how much I like you,” Damien’s face turned more and more red, “It’s not fair though, I am super scared right now. Like more scared than that one time where we–”“Okay. Okay, Ness. I get it.” Damien huffed and looked around. Ness needed someone to be around and Elliot had so much work going on no one had time for the hyperactive side. “How about this? We camp inside my room. Pick a few movies and I’ll go get some grub and we’ll spend all night together.” Damien would never admit the joy he felt seeing Ness’ previous stressed-filled face turn into pure excitement.“REALLY?? YOU MEAN IT??” A squeal and a tight hug completely took Damien off guard, he didn’t even notice Ness sink them both into Damien’s room. Ness continued to ramble about all sorts of things like games, a pillow fort, cartoons, and whatever else went through that weirdo’s head. Damien sighed and started summoning some snacks while mindlessly listening to whatever thing Ness brought up, the things Damien did for this freak are unreal. It’s worth it though, not that he’d ever admit it.