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That night Dipper went to bed that night he stared at the ceiling for a long while. He heard a noise and felt a dip in his bed. "It'll be okay Dipstick." Mabel grabbed his hand reassuringly, squeezing lightly. Dipper sat up and looked at Mabel sadly. He sighed loudly in annoyance and ruffled his hair. "I can't do it anymore. I wanna tell Wendy and hell even Robbie."
Mabel smiles and snorts.
"Then tell em silly." She said like it was the obvious choice. Dipper stared at Mabel with a thoughtful expression. "I can't just tell them...What if they treat me differently?"
Mabel ruffled Dipper's hair smiling. "They'll act different for awhile. Something terrible happened to us and it was way worse for you. But they'll go back to their old selves eventually." She hugged Dipper and went back to her bed. The next morning found a very tired and sore Dipper. Be slowly got out of bed and dressed. He was wearing his signature hat paired with his vest a plain grey long sleeve shirt and black skinny jeans. He was tying his shoes when the door burst open to reveal a hyper Mabel. "Guess who's here!" She said in a sing-song voice. Dipper finished tying his shoes and stood up. Dipper smoked fondly at his sister. The days were never boring with her around. Dipper shrugged his shoulders. "I give up. Who?" Mabel pulled a disgruntled Robbie into the room. He crossed his arms and huffed.
"Mabel why did you bring him to our room?" Mabel giggled. "Welll I was hoping your shirt would be off."
Dipper blushed and looked down. "Mabel don't try to set me up with Robbie." Dipper pushed past them both and went downstairs to the odd shop. Robbie huffed and followed after Dipper with Mabel behind him humming a cheery tune. Dipper got to the bottom of the stairs and was stopped by a hand grabbing his arm. Dipper froze his eyes wide with fear. Mabel seen this and panicked. "Don't touch him!"
Dipper turned around quickly and pushed Robbie away roughly making him fall. Robbie sat there for a second before he stands up quickly advancing on Dipper. Mabel had been knocked down due to her standing so close to Robbie. "Wait please don't hurt him."
Her eyes held unshed tears ready to fall at any moment. Robbie ignored her and continued to go at Dipper until his back hit a wall. Robbie raised his fist to punch Dipper but stopped mid punch frozen there. Dipper had closed his eyes tightly and had started shaking. Wendy walked in and froze. She ran to the scene and pushed Robbie away. She punched Robbie in the arm and glared at him. Dipper's breath was now coming in gasps and he had slid down the wall holding his knees to his chest. Wendy looked at him in concern as Mabel rushed to his side. She held him close to her whispering soothing words. She flared at Robbie. They just stood there dumbfounded. Finally they snapped out of it. "What's wrong with him?"
Robbie would deny this but he was worried. Wendy punched Robbie in the arm again.
"He's having a panic attack you jerk!"
Dipper shoved Mabel away and tried to run away. "Grab him!" Mabel yelled. Robbie wrapped his arms around Dipper's waist and held the struggling teen. "Let go! Don't touch me!" Dipper struggled even harder to get out of Robbie's grasp.
"Calm down Dipper." Robbie said in a soft tone. At the sound of Robbie using his name Dipper stilled. His breathing slowly returned to normal. Robbie slowly let go of Dipper prepared to grab him if he decided to run again. "Let's give them a minute."
Wendy pulled Mabel into the next room. Dipper stepped away from Robbie and looked down. "Look I'm...sorry."
Dipper looked at Robbie suddenly. "No I am. I...don't like to be touched. You...scared me when you grabbed my arm." Robbie looked at Dipper confused. "Did something happen? Is that why you're acting weird?" Robbie said trying to sound indifferent.
"No!" Dipper said a little to quickly. He blushed and bit his lip. "Err I mean no. Nothing happened." Dipper said in a softer voice. Robbie looked at him not believing him. He shrugged his shoulders and walked past Dipper to start work. Dipper followed silently behind.