Authors note; ok so this is my first story ever so please be kind, it's a 7d modern au that I've had in my mind for quite some time also just to make things clear the everyone is human and they all live together in a the refurnished underground section of jolly wood apartment building nicknamed the mine due its large size. Lord starchbottom is there landlord and queen delightful inherited the delightful building society from her farther and now owns their apartment along with many others, while the glooms are a rival company always trying to take down her business. There may be some stuff later on that could make people uncomfortable but I'll be sure to put a warning before each chapter
Barry or bashful as he was often called was extremely good at hiding and extremely shy, these were 2 facts that anyone who had spent 5 minutes with the man could state in absolute certainty. This was often the reason people and 6 of his closest and newest friends came up with for why he was barely if ever was without his iconic yellow and stripped green hoodie pulled over his face. At first it had been seen simply as a fashion statement then been realized as a kind of supportive comfort to the short man like sleepys old handmade toy and no one thought anything of it or said anything because they saw no reason to, a fact Barry was glad for.
However after 2 months of living together the others started to notice a few things, the apartment they lived in was certainly big enough for all of them but having 7 people in one place was bound to lead to some awkward moments. Nothing too bad just occasionally walking in on someone getting changed, clothing malfunctions which were more common that one would think but there were a lot of things for clothing to get caught or ripped on mainly docs latest invention, there have also been occasions were someone forgot or didn't bring a towel after a bath or shower and decide to simply walk back naked, mainly grumpy who stated they are all men after and didn't see the big deal, unless you were sneezy who now claims to be allergic to nakedness and wants regular therapy visits.
"So you've never seen him naked, he's a shy guy he practically blends in that he hides so well when he has his clothes on! Never mind when there off" grumpy exclaimed with a huff and eye roll. Next to him sat doc and the rest of his flatmates minus bashful who had gone to help Debbie delightful the owner of their apartment block and many others with some insane task that for once only needed one of them. "I'm just saying its concerning" doc stated his voice on the verge of shouting as his small red round glasses that would look ridiculous on anyone else but somehow managed to suit him and look ridiculous at the same time began to slip forward. With a harsh push he slipped the glasses back up his long nose, "I mean there's being shy and then there just plain hiding!" concern had begun to creep its way into his voice "he practically sprints back to the shower, always keeps his door locked even when he's not getting changed and remember that time we went swimming he refused to take his shirt off and wouldn't even get in the water and when I asked him about he looked terrified and backed away with some flimsy excuse!".
At this point everyone had begun listening to docs small outburst even sleepy woke from his daze to listen which was fairly rare for the insomniac hippie, doc was a natural worrier and often found himself trying to look after his friends so conversations like this had weren't a rarity but never had he stated such concerning points about one of their friends. Grumpy blinked, alright so what doc said was true but there couldn't be anything wrong with their shortest friend, could their? "Alright, what do u suggest we do then" he asked sounding slightly annoyed and outstretching his arms in a questioning gesture. The balding blonde man rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly "well, um, we could…err…. I didn't think that far ahead, alright" grumpy face palmed "typical just typical" he silently moaned in his head.
"whelp anyone else got any bright ideas on how to address the situation" he looked round the small group waiting for anyone to speak, surprisingly sleepy spoke first with a yawn "we could always just, ya know, ask him" sneezy frowned in concern "I really don't think he'd tell us if anything was wrong and if their isn't we might just freak him out" with a shrug he fell right back to sleep using his long dread locks as a kind of strange pillow. Silence once again fell over the group till happy practically leapt up onto his chair brandishing his small ukulele like a rock stars favourite guitar "I know I could sing him a song about how great friends we are and he can tell us anything about his body no matter how weird or disgusting" he said in chipper tone accompanied by a grin that looked like it would hurt any normal face. "…he's not five harry" an enraged grumpy stated using happy real name as he often did when the cheerful man enraged him which was quite a lot standing up to fully glare at him with curled fist, happy just kept on smiling.
"Any ideas dopey?" asked doc turning to his young assistant with a terrible lisp that meant whenever he spoke a load whistling sound accompanied sometimes making him hard to understand him partly to diffuse the tension partly out of hope he would have any sort of idea. Dopey kept looking at the floor with his sweater covered hand cupping his chin clearly deep in thought, he then looked up to his boss/friend/roommate/farther figure and sadly shook his head while both his hands went out in a clear gesture that said "nothing".
Silence once again filled the large living room until the sound of a strange bell broke it, doc quickly reached into his pocket pulling out his own strange handmade phone. "Miss delightful?" he asked the question clear in his voice as everyone else watched in mild surprise, wasn't bashful helping her today, what possible reason could she have for ringing on the emergency line? "Oh 7d it's horrible" came her sing song voice laced with sadness addressing them all as a group using her nickname for them after she got tired one day of creating them all individually, already knowing that it would be on speaker phone for them all to hear. "You see I was-" "isn't bashful with you?" now normally doc would never cut off the lovely woman but concern had gotten the better of him and made him temporally forget his manners. "Why no he's not I assumed he'd be with you, why do you ask?" she questioned through the phone whatever problem she had now completely forgotten. "Hello anyone there? Helooooo?" her voice went completely unnoticed as the reaming 6d all exchanged worried glances.
Also the names are;
Queen delightful-Debbie delightful
Lord starchbottom-Stanford Bernard or Mr Bernard
Bashful-Barry
Sneezy-Simon
Doc-John
Dopey-Joey
Sleepy-Sally or Sal (I can just picture him being one of those people with a girl's name but being like 'yeah whatever' and not really caring)
And the grims just keep their names cause honestly hildy works fine and it seemed weird to just change grims
Hope ya like be sure to tell me what you think in the comments bye