Branch's POV

Am I a mess? I mean, did I do anything wrong at all?

I've been questioning myself since that day when me and my girlfriend had a misunderstanding—again.

I tapped one of my blue feet as both were stepping on the fuzzy floor of Aspen's pod. I came in here to settle some stuff, but the thing that kept on bothering my head is the thing that happened between me and Poppy.

"Branch," Aspen called, capturing my attention in a pissed manner. "Just look at the mess you did again," she said, angrily showing me something in her phone.

In it showed a video posted by a fan account in Instaglam, in which it has me in the café two days ago, talking to Aspen with a nice aura (probably the first reason why the user took me a crazy, dizzy video), until the freaking song of that stupid-okay stop, Branch.

It was until Bruno's song is played loudly while people behind the phone started doing noises (which indicated that they were dancing), resulting to have silly me doing that idiotic thing called 'throwing-a-plate-owned-by-a-café-to-the-floor'.

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crazyforbranchie31 ohmygod guys I didn't expect this to be done by our papi branchie... I mean, ik he's so frickin damn hot in this video but BRANCH HATING ON BRUNO?!!?! ksbfksndkfm i can't even-
#BranchVSBruno #smexybranch
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edit: omfg tHiS poSt iS tHe oPpoSiTe oF fLoPpPp iM fUcKiNg dYiNg!!!!!

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brnchiendppy wtf
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branchismyking braylee pls
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lookatmytts lol he doesn't even sing that well and now he's fucking doing that? how stupid lmao xD
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crazyforbranchie31 how about you tryna sing branch's songs and prove you're better than him? that'll be a good excuse 💅

ily.bruno.m hOw dArE hiM bEiNg sO mEaN uGhh
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crazyforbranchie31 shut up ik my bae still has a kind heart no one cares abt u tho
ily.bruno.m no u
branch_is_my_soulmate how about u shut up @ily.bruno.m

brunomarshmallow ✅ whoa
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weedy2party oh shit get ready for some #BranchVSBruno damnnn
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Agh no, seems like I did something wrong. Very wrong. And without any hesitation, I should immediately put a stop on this before everything goes into chaos.

"Ugh," Aspen uttered and shook her head, following with a facepalm full of disappointment.

I feel so dumb for doing that kind of act, and now my two hands started to shake.

Suddenly, Aspen had a different mood, but that doesn't mean she shifted into a happy mood, because it seemed worse.

"W-what is this?!" Aspen yelled in irritation.

"Wh-what the what?" I asked, feeling confused.

Aspen dragged her phone and faced the screen to my direction. "Why am I following this '@hazelnutmaple', huh? Who the F used my phone and followed this girl with my account?!"

Really, Aspen?

"I don't know. Probably you-"

"Impossible! I don't even know she has an account in Instaglam."

"Have any problem, Assie?" questioned a girl who just entered the conversation. Obviously, it was Aspen's sister, Maple.

Hearing that nickname made me fall off my knees and laugh.

"Branch!" Aspen hissed, but as soft as she could do just for Maple to not hear her. I quickly stopped laughing, but too bad she was heard by her sister.

"Dear, you don't have to stop him for laughing. Just hearing your name would put everyone's jaws on the floor for cackling!"

Aspen was furious, but she tried being as calm as possible.

"Oh please, my name is Aspen, not Assie," she said in a very pleasing but sarcastic manner. Aspen turned her back, and then she whispered, "pshh, Assie sounds better with her asshole face."

Maple danced until she goes beside me, giving me a sorta tight hug. "Oh, don't worry Branch. I saw that post about you, but my love for you will never change!"

"Oh uh, okay," I answered and gave a titter. "Thanks, then," I added and gently tried pushing her away since I can't breathe any air anymore with her cuddle.

Aspen rolled her eyes. "C'mon, Maple. You can stop hugging Branch now."

"Fine," Maple did stopped and then she crossed her arms. Soon enough, she ran up to her room with giggles.

"Maple seems cute," I uttered, giving a chuckle.

"Yeah, yeah, cute," Aspen quickly opposed. "She's acting cute just to distract people from her weird schemes."

"Awh, c'mon Aspen, just give your sister a chance-"

"You don't know anything, Branch," Aspen stated. "You know what? Fix your anger issues first before talking about my relationship with that lady."

I sighed. All my stupid mistakes suddenly flashed into my mind again.

"If I were you, I'm approaching Creek and ask for meditation. You're too stressed, and now you're out of control."

Ugh, that five-letter word again that spelled Creek.

"What?!"

"Branch. Forget about your hatred with that troll," Aspen adviced. "That's your problem. You always put your hatred first on everything before thinking about anything else."

Aspen is right. I guess I should think it's best to approach that creepy Creek for the sake of my career-and for the sake of Poppy.

I gave a sigh and looked down. "Okay, I think you're right."

"Great. I'll find a free time for you to go to Creek's meditation center," Aspen said and grabbed her phone. "But I'll be telling you, good luck."

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"Branch? What the hell brings you here?" Creek asked as soon as he opened the door of his pod. The purple troll welcomed me with his boastful eyes rolling and his arrogant eyebrow raising.

I snickered. "I know. Me meeting a snake isn't really that typical, eh?"

Displeasure was seen in his purple eyes as soon as he rolled them once more. "Look, just answer my question, will you? What do you want? If an affray is what you want to have, then I'm sorry but you have to leave-"

"W-wait, I'm sorry," I spoke as soon as he was going to shut the door, realizing that my words are too much. "I'm not here for chaos, i-in fact, I want help...from you."

Creek raised an eyebrow. "You want help from me?"

I turned my back for a moment to whisper: "I can't believe I'm saying this." And when I faced the purple troll, I answered him in an appeasing manner.

"Yes."

A curve on his lips appeared and then he did a rather surprised expression as he nodded by my answer. To be honest, I tried everything to completely forgive him for what he had done to his own clan slash his own species, but even by now, I don't think I could fully trust this ombré-haired troll-especially knowing that he will be handling my anger issues.

I don't know if I should still be glad by his acceptance, or be more nervous.

Shoutout to Jasmine10_2005 for being the first one who could answer the question found in the previous chapter correctly!

Also to Thegreenmaster21 who still answered the question right!♡