Two sat upon his desk. He was ruminating of making his room a little better, maybe give himself a throne, now that would be pretty cool.

There would be a whole red carpet that would lead along the entrance of his office, right to his seat, and he would be able to do his paper work on a desk to the side of the throne.

He had a brief idea of what he wanted to do.. as long as things went to plan, everything would work out the way he intended it to.

He had a silver teacup in hand, drinking some of the contents before gazing down into the liquid of it boredly, the handle pinched inbetween his fingers. Donut and Coiny kept quiet to the sides of him, like usual.

He was abruptly taken by surprise as someone opened the door roughly, making him jump and almost spill it on himself. "H-Huh?" He glowered, placing his cup down carefully, before letting his anger erupt "Yes, what now?!"

Basketball was in the doorway, looking at him as she had a volatile smile, trying not to panic over the fear of being hurt by him for interrupting him like that "U-Uh-..good news! N-Nickel is awake!"

"H-Huh-?" Two stood up immediately "Good! Thats great! Nice work Basketball, I knew I could trust you," he looked pleased. "Take me there, would you?"

She was a little staggered, but slowly nodded "G-..Gotcha.." she turned her body "..He's in the medical room.." she began to walk, Two following her.

He didn't say anything to his right hand men before leaving, just heading out with Basketball.. Donut was astounded that Nickel actually lived from all the things that had happened to him, especially since it had been so quick.

Donut kept quiet, staying there placidly as he awaited Two to return. He glanced up a little, noticing a camera... he hated the feeling of knowing they were being watched.

"What are you up to, Donut," Coinys voice shattered the silence quickly, Donut jumping a bit. He averted his gaze over to the copper coin, raising an eyebrow.

"..I don't understand what you're talking about? I'm not doing anything.."

Coiny squinted a little, Donut assuming that he had given up, before he began to walk towards him, pushing him down and holding the sword above him, allowing it tantalisingly close to him "Tell me what you're up to or I'll stab you effortlessly,"

"C-Coiny-, what's gotten into you?!' He spat "S-Stop this.." He looked to the side "I'm..I'm not up to anything.." why did he think that? Had Gelatin told him anything?

I mean.. Gelatin wouldn't do that...but he would have to check with him later. If that was the case, then he definitely wouldn't be able to trust him with his secrets.

"G-Get off-, Two might come back" he cried out as Coiny brought the sword down.. however it went through his donut hole, basically his hollow mouth. It didn't stab him at all.

Coiny glared, taking the sword back "You know you're up to something, and I know you're up to something, so don't you dare say you're not.." he backed away, going to stand back in his usual space.

Donut stayed there for a moment, just trying to comprehend what had happened..was that a threat? God.. he hated Coiny. Why couldn't he mind his own buisness..

But one thing was for certain, he really couldn't let him find out about his secret.. out of all people, letting Coiny know would be instant death.

He needed to be more careful.

He went to stand up and go brush himself off, still a little.. startled. He looked briefly to the side, wanting to forget everything that just happened.. feeling on edge, tense.

At lunch he would need to ask Gelatin..if he even muttered a word to Coiny to hint anything to him he would get seriously angry, and probably wouldn't be able to trust him again.

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"I HATE THE RAIN!"

Gbs group had been forced to talk shelter underneath a tree, it was a little cramped, and not only that, the rain was getting worse.

Thunder rolled above them, making 8-ball flinch in response, squinting in annoyance "..How long do you think it'll last?" He looked at the others, pestered.

Gb turned to look at him, rolling her eyes "How should I know!? I'm not psychic!" she raged, wincing as she felt it dripping through the leaves they were under, shaking it off.

Bomby was trying to cover Fj the best he could, not wanting to lose him to just rain. Fanny and Lightning were also attempting to stray away from the rain, staying as close to the tree as possible, struggling to do so.

"Uhh-, what if it doesn't stop raining?" Lightning asked, rather inquisitive as he winced at the flash in the sky. Gb growled, closing her eyes "When will you all stop asking stupid questions??!"

Fannys view of the forest was very peculiar since her face was upside down on her body, but she was used to seeing it in that matter. She did want to be put back to normal, but nobody who was capable of doing it knew how to without hurting her. Golfball had a brief idea but couldn't because she had a lack of arms.

She jolted as she felt the rain get on her body, trying to move to get it off "I thought you said we would get a shelter in time?!" She viciously snapped at Golfball, who groaned longingly.

"How was I supposed to know it would rain earlier than I thought! And anyways, Bomby was the one who slowed us down yesterday " she retorted.

Jr scowled "Do not even try and bring that up again!!" Bomby recoiled against the tree a bit. a little. Lollipop was stern and grossed out as she felt the rain making her sticky "Can we not argue at such a time?"

The small flame looked up at her "I'm not! I'm just standing up for Bomby, who she keeps blaming for HER fucking mistakes!!" He yelled. Lightning whined "..Everything hurttts..."

"Huh?" Jr looked over at him, "Then get under the tree some more! You're gonna get wet if not!" Lightning just groaned in pain "B-But I am.. " he mumbled, trying to bare through the rain.

Lollipop grumbled "We can't just stand here forever. We need to get to somewhere safe," she went to begin to climb the tree, Gb peering up at her angrily "What in the world are you doing?!'

It was a little hard because the bark was wet, but she managed to climb up to a branch, looking around and wincing as the rain ran down her body. "There," she called "Theres a small arch of a hill over there, we could hide underneath it until the rain passes. Simple," she jumped down neatly.

Jr squinted at her "Uhh, how are we even supposed to get to it?!" He yapped "Its still raining, dumbass!"

Fanny make a noise of frustration, twitching as she received an electrical shock "I HATE THIS!"

Gb looked around, pushing her glasses up her face as she was contemplating on what to do "Lets just run. We might make it if we try,"

"What?!" Lightning and Bomby said at the same time. 8-ball sighed, "..Grrreat..."

"Lets hurry!" She commanded, pulling away from the tree. She hesitated as she looked at the ground, it was really muddy and slippery.

"Isn't this going to be a blast" 8-ball mumured, beginning to follow after her and try to roll on the dry patches. Lightning looked at Fanny "Will you be okay?" He played with his hands,"Of course I will! Just go already!"

"Okay okay! Jeez" he mumbled, following and squeaking because of the rain. He went to begin to fly rather quickly into the direction that Lollipop had pointed to.

Lolly picked up Fanny "H-HEY!" She yapped, squirming. She rolled her eyes "You'll be too slow on your own. Lets hurry before you end up dying" she grumbled, following them.

Bomby picked Jr up "You'll be okay right??" He looked at him, making him mumble something "Probably not but whatever. We don't have much of a choice" he buried into him as Bomby began to walk at a quick pace, wanting to catch up with the others.

The rain pounded onto them, getting worse as the thunder rolled and flashed above them. They were trying to get to their designated location as fast as they could, but Fanny and Lightning were really suffering.

Lightning was in pain for each raindrop that landed on him, getting to the arch that Lollipop talked about. He had flew and had been pretty fast so was ahead of them. He whined and leaned against the hills wall, panting. He felt twitchy.. the sensation of where the rain had landed still felt engraved into him.

He slumped against the wall, panting as he watched the rain come down harder. 8-ball caught up with him, grunting as there was a far lot of mud on him. He looked up at Lightning "You okay?"

"I-I don't knoww.." he whined, wanting to rub his eyes but not really having the hands to do so. He attempted to do it with his arms, noticing the others catching up in the distance, running and trying to catch their breath.

Lollipop bit her lip, wincing as she was shocked now and again from having to hold Fanny. She got under the arch, letting go of her and shaking herself off "Uugghh-," she glanced back at her.

She was twitching and jolting, unresponsive. Lightning bit his lip, suddenly a lot more apprehensive "I-Is she gonna be okay-?" He flew close to her, but Gbs shouting made him back off.

"You'll definitely kill her if you even try to get close to her!" You're literally electric, you'll kill yourself and her!! Are you that stupid?!"

"Give him a break" Jr mumbled as he arrived lastly with Bomby, not as hurt as the others.. he thanked his friend, going to sit down as he was their small source of light, apart from Lightning of course.

"Will she die-?" Lightning asked timdily, visibly anxious as he looked down at her being twitchy. Golfball squinted "I don't know.. but we'll have to do something or she will eventually." She gritted through her teeth a bit. "..I'm sure once we find my lab, I'll figure out something to do"

Great.. more problems. She didn't have to want to keep promising them these things but they were too stubborn to tag along if she didn't. It was such a pain in the ass.

"..Lets just stay here until the rain passes..we'll be ..probably fine" she suggested, going to take her glasses off and begin wiping them, getting the rain off..

They all agreed.. not really having much of a choice. Its not like they could go back out there anyways..

Hopefully it would pass in time and they could get Fanny some help.. they couldn't lose anyone.. they needed each other.

--

Basketball had made her way outside once again, hauling an umbrella with her that she was planning on giving to Snowball.

Her excuse had been that she was going to go on a walk, but it was raining, so she wanted to take an umbrella with her.

She had been done with showing Nickel to Two, and how he seemed to be okay so far after the procedure, and Two seemed to be rather pleased for that matter, but somewhat relieved. Nickel would remain in care for a few more days before being sent back to work like usual. Typical, but, wasn't her decision or choice.

She didn't know where Snowball was right now or how he was doing.. wondering if he had even thought about their meetup they were doing today.

She hoped he was okay..she wanted to do her best to try and save at least someone ..give them resources and tend to their needs. Snowball was obviously a..somewhat surprising candidate but she didn't mind.

She would've done this for anyone..maybe even Golfball.. just maybe.

The rain was quite harsh, she grumbled partially as she was trying to walk through the forests muddy floor. She looked down, making a small noise of disgust

She really did hope Snowball would be around. Or even okay..what if something happened to him? He definitely wouldn't have starved but there was a lot of other things that could've killed him.

"Snowball??" She called a little, keeping the umbrella close, frowning as the rain pounded on her "Where are you-??"

"Basketball-?"

Snowball was under a tree, trying to avoid the rain so he wouldn't basically die. He still had the bandages on his leg, and also had the bag of food with him, however it wasn't viewable to Basketball.

"You actually came back.." he murmured soberly, pausing himself a tiny bit as he took a gander at her.

"Huh-?" She was a little startled at what he said "What on earth do you mean?"

"N-Nothing-," he suddenly growled, crossing his arms "Well-, Hi.. I guess.."

Her small smile almost faded "..Delightful...well..it was raining! And I know that you're snow and all so..I brought you an umbrella!" She went to pass it to him, smiling reasuringly.

Snowball raised an eyebrow and uncrossed his arms, skeptical ..he was still trying to trust her.. and she was seeming more and more harmless... he let himself look at the umbrella she brought, taking it from her as he was clearly hesitant, looking back at her.

"Whats wrong?? You're acting like it's gonna explode or something.." she laughed a little, him frowning more and blushing sheepishly, looking to the side.

He went to open it up, holding it above himself. It protected him from the rain, making him feel a lot more relieved. He looked back at her, noticing she was staring.

"How is it?"

He kept holding it, looking at her for a moment as he tried to muster up his response "I-Its....thank you for getting this.." he huffed a bit, looking away in clear embarrassment

She was surprised to see him thank her like that, smiling and nodding "Of course! I just want you to be happy and safe..."

He glanced back at her as she said that, observing her slightly as he comprehended her words..well.. that was obvious..but he was still surprised everytime he heard her say it.

It felt so abnormal to him still..but at the same time it was slowly feeling even more natural..

"Soo, you okay?"

He perked up "Huh-?? I-I guess.." he had been surviving off the food she had supplied for him, so that was a relief to himself. He was just cautious of his leg.

Basketball didn't really have much else to say.. pondering a little as she watched him, jumping at the noise of thunder "T-The rain is kinda rough, huh-"

Snowball nodded, kicking a rock "..You can go back if you like.. you did your deed for the day.."

She cocked her body a bit "But I only just got here? And-" the rumbling of thunder inturupted her, as well as a deadly flash in the sky.

"I-Its getting bad, it's fine" he mumbled, hating to act like he cared "Look! We can just meet up tomorrow again-?? Fine with you??"

She stared for a second, just trying to process his words and what he said...before a smile tugged at the corners of her lips gradually, her feeling overjoyed "Oh, Snowball! That would be great!"

She was happy because he was the one who suggested it.. he wanted to actually meet up with her..he wanted to actually see her..

He was slowly trusting her.. and it was odd because Snowball was a very closed off person..

She would try and hug him, but knew that he would totally freak out - so she wouldn't..but will still emotional over it.

He rolled his eyes "Yeah yeah..it's whatever.." he blushed a little, just embarrassed "J-Just go before it gets worse.."

She giggled to herself, clearly complimented "I'll see you tomorrow Sb!"

She went to turn around and walk off, thinking about the scenario in her head over and over. Snowball was actually pretty decent when he wasn't being an obnoxious piece of shit

She couldn't wait to see him tomorrow..or just expand their relationship a little.. make it better..stronger in trust..

Today was good.