"Donut!! Donut!!" Gelatin waved his arm around frantically to get his attention, trying to catch up with him as he was on his way to his room, his hand barely hovering over the handle before Gelatin had interrupted.

Donut was currently having a break. Two said he was up to important business and had to do it alone, so Coiny and Donut could have some spare time to themselves.

Donut thought he would just catch up on some rest, so frowned when Gelatin began calling his name from the other end of the hallway.

"Heyy!! Why did you ignore mee." He caught up, panting before pouting. "You in a bad mood or something?? Like always " he teased.

"I'm just on my way to rest. Two is busy.." Donut grumbled. After yesterday this was the first time him and Gelatin had talked.. he still had mixed opinions on what occurred, but it mostly stressed him out.

"Well! Now I'm hereee~" Gelatin chimed childishly, pushing his way into Donuts room "Come in!" He sneered.

Donut rolled his eyes and just decided to follow. He closed the door behind himself, watching as Gelatin bounced back onto his bed, it creaking in response to his movements.

"Sooo .." he leaned on his front and used his arm to hold himself up "I've got some exciting newss!"

Donut gave a worried look "Good in yours eyes or good in general? Both are different." He muttered, sitting on the bed.

Gelatin rolled his eyes and sat up "Stop being salty." He poked him in the face, Donut attempting to swat his hand away but failing. Gelatin giggled at this.

"Sooo.." he rocked his body "This morning I was out testing my new super cool powers, and I managed to lift a branch!" He cheered excitedly "Not only that..but.." he leaned closer "I teleported! Not sure ..er, how to control it yet but.. I did!" He decided not to mention Fries.

Donut hesitated "Wh-What? You.." he looked away to the side, a little hurt on the inside "I mean..well.. that's great.." he muttered.

Gelatin squinted "Heyy.. I thought you'd be more happy! I can get powerful really quickly, and that's a big help right??" He smirked "Imagine the things I can do with teleportation! I could help the prisoners.. so many possibilities!" He nudged him eagerly, but Donut still seemed bothered.

"Yeah..its great." He shuffled, avoiding looking at him. Gelatin pouted "Okay, I'm officially offended. Why are you so miserable about it?? It's a good thing!! Right??"

Donut sighed "Yes, its very good. It's great.. really. You're learning... so fast.. it'll be good for defense and saving the others.." he trailed off "..It's just.."

"Just what??" Gelatin gave him an upset look, frowning "Tell me.." he whined, rocking impatiently.

Donut glared, unamused "You're..stronger than me ..already. You learned so fast.. I've tried so much and so hard but I still can't teleport anything. You have only HALF of Twos power. I have.. all of Fours and I can't even control it properly.."

"..Aw.. Donut.."

He huffed "Do you know how helpful revival powers would be?? It would practically save everyone.." he held his arms "But I can't even do that. Everyone is depending on me.. and I'm doing terrible. Just..look at you."

Gelatin huffed "Well! Fours powers ARE weaker, remember? Perhaps when they were passed on, they became even weakerrr??"

Donut twitched at the thought. Gelatin quickly awkwardly laughed "O-Or! Uu-uhh.. revival is harder to learn than the other powers?? Maybe you've been learning teleportation wrong too.. I teleported myself! You've tried to teleport others to YOU..."

Donut groaned "Maybe.. I don't know.." he held his legs to himself "I hope that's the case. I'll..practise later. I don't know if its the pressure of everyone depending on me, so theres a time limit, or the fear of Two, but I'm getting super stressed about this.."

He looked up at Gelatin with a frown. "And it's not like you've helped."

"Hey! I tried!" He acted offended, sticking his tongue out "I'm trying to be useful here!! Also, no matter how much you refuse to believe it Donut .."

He leaned close to him, Donut staying miserable and glaring at him as he was uncomfortably close to his face "I know you won't take care of YOURself, so I'll just have to care care of you MYself.." he smirked, Donut rolling his eyes and pushing him away.

"Tch.. " He squinted "I don't care about myself right now, if you were in my position, you'd know."

"Eh.. I just think you're overly selfless, that's all. If I was in your position, I'd still make sure not to stress myself to death~"

"Wh-Wh-!" Donut shoved him again, Gelatin giggling playfully "I DO take care of myself! In my own way!" He hissed "Taking care of myself is.. taking care of others. That's how it works for me."

Gelatin hummed, tapping his own mouth "..So you're unhappy because everyone else is unhappy and you can't help them?"

Donut growled "Wow. How'd you figure that one out?" He gritted through his teeth sarcastically.

Gelatin chuckled "Oh Donut.. it's gonna take time. Time isn't yours to control.. you can't decide when people die and when they don't. Sure.. its stressful, but you can't rush this." He poked him playfully "Just like you can't rush your powers.."

Donut sighed in annoyance "I don't get what you're saying. " he complained. Gelatin rolled his eyes with a smile.

"Maybe the reason you can't control the powers is because you're TRYING too hard?"

Donut hesitated and thought about it.. Gelatin noticed this and grinned "I learned so quickly because I had to be calm.. not struggle or stress out. You're like.. a massive stress ball. No wonder you can't get the powers to work! You're just trying too hard."

Donut felt defensive..despite Gelatin being right. In a way.. that was true. He did all of it under pressure. He tried so hard because of the fear "So..what, whenever I use my powers I have to be calm?! As if my stress will just.. vanish!"

Gelatin exhaled playfully "See.. you still aren't getting it. You'll have to LEARN to. You'll be able to use them when angry or sad later.. but for now, if you want to understand them, you have to relax.." he leaned close to him again.

Donut shuffled, observing the jello as he sat close to him "Do you know how to calm down."

"I am calm." Donut grumbled. Gelatin snickered "No you're not, what are you thinking about,"

Donut crossed his arms "..I'm calm regardless. I don't need to clear my mind." Gelatin booped him "Yes you dooo~ otherwise you're just going to be distracted."

"Did that work for you?"

"Mhm! And now ..I realised I don't have to be calm to lift up small objects!" He outstretched his arm towards Donuts desk, his hand lighting up in a green light.

Donut stared in amazement, looking towards where his hand was pointed, making him forget how close Gelatin was. A pen on the table began to slowly lift up, making Gelatin grin. "I'm thinking about the loss of my friends right now, but it still works! See?"

"Charming.."

"Gelatin?"

Donut and Gelatin both jumped in surprise as someone had opened the door without them realising, Gelatin quickly stopping. The pen fell back to the table with a small thud, both of them in instant fear.

It was Barfbag. She was surprised, quickly turning away "Oh!- Sorry! I didn't..er..realise you were.. um.."

They didn't understand what she meant, until it hit Donut. She didn't know anything about the power. She thought of something else. "W-WE WEREN'T-"

"I-Its fine! I'm not judging or anything.." she awkwardly laughed "U-Uh..Jeez..I.." she looked over to Gelatin "You're needed for translation.."

He nodded "Cool beans! I'll be by in a sec!" He did finger guns, clicking. She nodded awkwardly and quickly hurried away, leaving the door open.

Donut grumbled, a little embarrassed that she would think that. Gelatin grinned playfully "Silly Donut.." he got off the bed "Next time lock the door~"

Donut growled. Gelatin only laughed in response "See you later.. boyfrieennddd!!" He teased, laughing and running out the door with a slam as Donut threw the pillow in his direction, it thumping to the ground.

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Since Two was busy and Coiny was allowed to have a small break, he decided to take a walk to the roof and look around the area. Fresh air would do him good.. he hadn't experienced it in a while.

Two preferred to keep him inside. He assumed it was for safety reasons. Donut wasn't really allowed out either.. probably because of their importance..

In reality, Two just didn't want him to come into contact with anyone who might cause him to regain his memory, like Firey.

Ever since Two started to get suspicious of Coinys memory, he had stopped him from seeing Pin. Coiny hadn't picked this up yet however. As well as this, he had tried to keep him away from Leafy too. Just..anyone who he was close to before.

He got to the very last steps, huffing to himself and dragging his sword up them as well. He looked around, observing the large flat area of roof. It was very high up.. he looked up at the watch tower in one of the corners. Cloudy wasn't there currently.

He was all alone, then. He dragged his sword along the ground, it sharpening itself against the stone. He walked right up the the edge, holding onto the barrier and looking over, peering down. He used his tip-toes to see properly.

Just the forest. He adjusted his eye patch.. the wind felt so nice, honestly. He took a deep breath, just enjoying the breeze.

It felt so calm.. so quiet. So peaceful. A break from being inside Twos room all the time. He hadn't really thought about going outside much..why not? It was great out here.

He would definitely return. He put his sword down to look down at the bottom easier, holding onto the edge and leaning over curiously.

"Coiny?" Fries spoke from behind.

He turned around and went to reply, but that ..thing happened again.

Everything almost went black. He felt unaware of his surroundings...but also he still felt like he was there.

"Coiny? What are you doing all the way up here? Me and Clock were about to go get some milkshakes together. Blocky said he'd bring Eraser and Pen too. It'll be the six of us! Aren't you coming?" Firey grinned playfully.

"Wh-What? Oh, sure..I'll be down in a minute.." Coiny turned around, looking back over the edge of the building they all stayed in.

"In a minute?? We're going now! What's the problem?" Firey asked impatiently, walking up to him "What? You wanna stay here instead and think about your problems?"

Coiny glared "You're so funny Firey. You have a bigger sense of humour than a brain" he insulted, making Firey cross his arms "Don't be like that!"

Coiny didn't reply, holding onto the bars tighter. Firey sighed sympathetically, slowly beginning to speak "Look.. dude, I know what this is about.." he walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.

He flinched at the contact of his hand. He could feel the heat of his fire body behind him. "Look.. I'm sorry about.. what happened." Coiny turned around and frowned.

"..I..I know." He huffed "It wasn't your fault..it was hers. I don't even know where she is now.." Firey shrugged "Beats me."

He put his hand up to Coinys face "..I think you look cooler with an eye patch anyways. " he grinned, trying to cheer him up.

Coiny laughed, almost sarcastically. Firey smirked "Whatt?? It's true! Makes you look tough." He nudged him "Ask Pin, she'd agree."

"Of course she would.."

Firey laughed playfully "Come on man. Let's go get some milkshakes! The others are waiting!"

Coiny let go of the bars and rolled his eye "Whatever..fine. It'll make me feel better anyways.."

"That's the spirit!" He pat his back "Man.. chocolate is the BEST though. Vanilla?? Gross. Can't stand it, I don't know why Pen even likes it. Disgusting.

"Hey! I heard you!" Pen complained, the group of 4 heading up the stairs to check on them, since they hadn't come down yet. Blocky, Pen,

Clock.. Eraser

"Coiny?!" Fries yelled, shaking him fractically as he had blacked out. Coiny looked around "Wh-What? Wh..-"

The prisoners. His friends. What? They weren't his friends. Who were these people.. why did he keep seeing them. Were these lies? ..they must be. He couldn't have known them that well. They weren't his friends.. they were never friends..

Why did he have his eye slashed.. Two said he got his eye slashed during the war. What happened? Were these memories real? Why would he imagine something like that.. imagine these fake memories?

"Coiny! What happened-? You went quiet for ages!" Fries growled. Internally he was freaked out.

Coiny quickly pushed him away, grabbing his sword. "..I..I have to be somewhere-" he excused, running past him and back down the stairs.

Who was Firey...

Fries was in shock. He just witnessed something..indescribable. it was like he just.. stopped. He was silent and stood there for a prolonged amount of time.

Something was wrong. His reaction and everything..he just experienced something that Fries did not. Something just happened and Fries wasn't apart of it.

There was more to Coiny than he initially thought.. was this more of Twos doing? Was there something he wasn't telling him? Or anyone?

He needed to find out more.

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