☾︎♫︎𝙵𝚕𝚞𝚏𝚏;𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝;𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢;𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢;𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚢♫︎☽︎

Sapnap was doing fine,absolutely fine.
He had moved,moving from the apartment where he had lived with Dream for a couple of months,and had decided to take another one.
And he had decided to take a job to distract himself from his thoughts,he was doing good.

Or at least it was what he tried to self-convince himself.

The truth? He felt like a shit.
He was emotionally destroyed,and most days he couldn't get out of bed and didn't have the strength to do anything. His head was spinning and his eyes were red from the times he had cried.

Yet he had promised not to look back,he had to go on and he had to do it for himself. But he wasn't having many positive results.

Luckily he wasn't alone,there were 2 other people who were trying to help him,despite the fact that he hardly ever followed their advice.

-Sap please,you have to eat something,you can't go on like this-
Karl's kind and worried voice reaches his ears. How long has he been here? He didn't even remember it.

-Your appartment look like shit. Do you at least clean it?-
The voice of the other raven on the other side of the apartment echoed through the building.

-...2 times a week...I think-
did he really clean this place?

-looks like a garbage truck unloaded here-
He whined.

-Quackity,complain less and work harder,you offered to clean up this place-
Karl scolded him.

-alright,alright....wait-What the hell is that shit?!It moves! FUCKIN-...-
And before Quackity can finish speaking, Karl closed the kitchen door. The screams of terror,however,managed to pass anyway.

-Do you think we should help him?-
Sapnap looked at the door.

-Naaah,he's good.Now we have to help you-
Karl returned his attention to the plate in front of him.

Right,he found them here because after 2 weeks of not replying to their constant messages they thought it would be better if they had come in person.

And maybe it was a little better,finally having company and someone who was there for you was refreshing.

-....alright,but I won't eat it all-
He shuffled over to the plate. It was a hot soup.

He had tasted Karl's cooking several times,he knew that whatever he put in it would be good.
But he hadn't eaten anything for a couple of weeks and hunger wasn't on his side.

-You need to eat,you have lost too much weight. And it will help you to heal slowly too. We will help you in small steps. But you can't heal anything if you don't have the will to get up too-
Karl encourages him.

On the other side of the door,Quackity could be heard cursing.
-FUCKING BITCH! DON'T DO THAT! COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT! DON'T TAKE THAT!-

-what the fuck is going on there?-
Sapnap questioned starting to worry.

-Don't worry,whatever it is,he will know how to get by-
Karl reassured him.

-No hey! No! No! Fuck you! I hope you die in a truly brutal way! You stupid bitch!-
Karl sigh bewildered.
-God,the hell it's happening back there. It was better if I left him at home today-
He shook his head in exasperation.

And maybe it was the strangeness of the moment,or the noises of objects being thrown,or Karl's face,or the colorful curses of Quackity,or the energy of his friends,but he laughed.

Something genuine this time, a crystalline noise that filled the apartment. How long has it been since you laughed? It was a good feeling,why had he stopped doing it?

And the noises stopped. Karl looked at him in shock and the door swung open to reveal a Quackity with disheveled hair,a brush on his head and a huge mouse in his hand.

-Did you just laugh?-
Quackity asked.

-Yeah...what's wrong with that?-
Sapnap asked looking at them confused.

-No,it's just that you haven't done it for a long time...-
Karl smiled at him, before turning his gaze to Alex and staring at the mouse.

-What the fuck is that?-

-a rat-

-I can see it's a rat. Why do you have it in your hand though?-

-So...long short story,I found him while I was cleaning,and I tried to chase him away,but he started running away and I chased him,as he climbed between the shelves he dropped objects  that fell on me –he pointed to the brush above his head– until I caught him with a trap. We're friends now,aren't we?-
Quackity tried to move a finger at him,but the rat bit him and spit in his face. From the surprise the boy let him go and the poor rat ran away again.

-that's just rude you stupid bitch...I hope that some car crushes you!-
He directed his threat to the rat,and then he turned to the boys.

-Have you just see? He bit me! That little whore-
And Sapnap laughed again. The guy was hilarious and always with the joke ready,it took little to let go with him. Quackity's energy was contagious.

Quackity smiled at him as he walked over to them at the table.

-Are you making progress?-
He asked to Karl,who nodded negatively.

-Oh come on man,you need to eat-
Quackity reminded him. Right,the soup was still there on the table,most likely cold. (Poor soup pt 2)

-I know,I know-
And resigned,he tried to swallow the soup. It was lukewarm and not too cold luckily,but despite that it tasted wonderful.

Karl and Quackity looked at him victorious.
This was the first step of many others that would lead to his recovery. They just had to wait.

And so it was.
From that day on they were always there for whatever was needed,even the smallest.

Sapnap felt happy with them. They were good friends,and he cared so much about them.
If he was starting to have feelings for them,neither of them had to know yet. He still had a long way to go and still had to clear his mind. The time had not yet come.

It could wait though. After all,everyone had their own times and he was still in the midst of a heartbroken healing.
But sooner or later,he would make his move and declare himself.

If Karl and Quackity had the same intention towards him,no one should have known. After all,they still had time to ripen everything. And they would wait for the missing part of their relationship.

Time,after all,cures ills and makes them blossom into new flowers ready to be picked.