Chapter 7:
SORRY IF THIS CHAPTER IS BAD
"Come on dude, cheer up." Rigby looked at the blue jay, smiling, but Mordecais eyes were on the ground as he raked his leaves into a small pile. "So Benson doesn't like you back. It's not like you had a chance with him anyway." The raccoon saw Mordecai fuming at him and his smile dropped. "Alright, I'm sorry. Look man, it bums me out to see you like this. You need to stop thinking about it and move on." The blue jay didn't reply and Rigby sighed. He dropped his rake and walked past him, making Mordecai turn.
"Where are you going?"
"Come with me."
"What, why? We need to finish raking the leaves!"
"We'll finish them after you've gotten over this."
Mordecai stared at him but the raccoon kept going. "Rigby, wait!" He threw his rake down and raced after him.
Benson was up in his office finishing off some paperwork. But he couldn't concentrate properly; he kept thinking about what'd happened after lunch, when Mordecai confessed to him. The gumball machine felt a pang of guilt when he remembered the blue jays face at hearing Benson reject him and he looked off to the side. After a few minutes of thinking, he sighed and pushed back his chair.
"Can't we just get back to work?" Mordecai asked tiredly
"No! We're not moving until you're happy."
"Rigby-"
"-No."
Mordecai sighed and looked back at the tv. "I'm not really in the mood to play video games."
"Well what'd you wanna do then?"
Mordecai opened his mouth to reply but Rigby's stomach growled.
"Sorry dude, I gotta use the can." Rigby jumped off the couch and walked off ."When I get back though, we're going to the arcade." He called as he exited the room. The blue jay slumped back in the couch and dropped the controller with a long sigh. He heard a door open upstairs but he didn't move.
"Hey Mordecai."
Mordecai turned and when he saw Benson halfway down stairs, he frowned. "Yeah?"
Benson hesitated, then looked up and smiled. "Do you want to...take a walk? I need to get some fresh air and I was wondering if you wanted to come with me."
Mordecai paused. "Uhh...sure?" He got up from the couch and walked over to the gumball machine. Grabbing a jacket from the coathanger, Mordecai turned the doorhandle and followed Benson outside.
Mordecai stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked around. The path they'd taken was strangely quiet and neither'd said a word since they'd started walking. Finally, Benson cleared his throat.
"Listen Mordecai, I just want to apologise for shooting you down like that yesterday..."
"...Oh no Benson, it's okay, really." Mordecai tried to smile but Benson wasn't convinced.
"You sure?"
"Yeah." Mordecai nodded but Benson raised an eyebrow. "I'm fine."
Benson looked away but didn't say anything. Despite getting it off his chest, he still wasn't fully convinced the blue jay was alright. They continued on in silence, Benson trying to process it all. He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't notice the branch in front of him till he felt his stomach flip and before he hit the ground, Mordecai grabbed his wrist.
"Benson, you okay?"
The gumball machine sighed as he steadied himself. "Yeah, I'm alright." He kicked it away with a frown. "Stupid branch."
They carried on till they made it back to the park house. Benson looked at Mordecai again.
"You sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, Benson, I'm fine." He smiled again. "Don't worry, I'll be okay."
"Alright..." Benson walked up the stairs and Mordecai fell in step beside him. They went inside and when the door shut, Rigby turned from the couch.
"Hey man, where were you? I thought we were gonna go to the arcade!"
Mordecai glanced at Benson, who'd stopped at the first step when he heard Rigbys voice. "We were but Benson asked me if I wanted to take a walk with him and I did..." Mordecai started to blush and Benson smiled then turned and walked upstairs. Rigby raised an eyebrow. "We'll go to the arcade tomorrow dude, I promise. But we gotta finish our work-"
"-Okay, okay, geez."
Mordecai waited for Rigby to get off the couch before going back outside. The door shut and the raccoon followed him back to where the rakes were, the leaves still in the pile where Mordecai'd left it. He picked up his rake and continued the job, but soon, Rigby piped up.
"Gee dude, I don't even need to try to cheer you up." He shook his head. "Benson just does it for me."
Mordecai suddenly stopped, his cheeks reddening. "What?"
"You know what I mean." When Mordecai didn't reply, Rigby scoffed. "I saw your face, dude."
"What?!" Mordecais eyes went wide.
Rigby turned to him. "You need to get over it."
"I am over it!" Mordecai said hotly, then he went quiet. "It's just..."
"What?"
"I...I really like Benson. I mean, I know he doesn't like me back but." Mordecai looked up at him, his expression bright. "There might still be a chance-"
"-Dude come on!"
"What?"
"A chance? He's not going to fall in love with you overnight."
Mordecais flushed. "I don't mean that."
"Well what do you mean?"
"I mean..." Mordecai paused to think before groaning in aggravation and going back to raking. "Ugh it doesn't matter. You wouldn't understand anyway."
Rigby frowned but didn't respond for a while. "Don't get your hopes man. That walk didn't mean anything."
Mordecai felt his body go hot and he stared at the raccoons back but Rigby didn't glance at him.
I have seriously no clue on where to go from here. If any of you would give me some ideas, that'd be greatly appreciated c:
