A small ficlet that takes place during season 1 episode 7 "Into the Fire, Part 2" when they are hiding in the cannon. Italicized words are Bob's thoughts.
꧁▁▁▁▁▁Red with envy▁▁▁▁꧂
They are running out of time, their female friend might as well be eaten right now for all they know, they are running out of time, and, the one-eyed human smells like deceit... he doesn't like this.
-"Then let's go!", he hears Ray say, so much spirit in someone so small, he thinks in respect of the boy, only to see him suddenly collapse in pain, holding his arm.
He picks him up, gently, he reminds himself, and then the man is crouching down next to Ray, inspecting his arm where an angry red gash is, most likely from a guard's weapon, bleeding a little.
I didn't even realize...
-"Humonculon see to the boy" said the man, and before he can protest, he sees the spider like creature covering Ray's arm.
-"Be still, the web has healing properties, one of nature's gifts".
-"Wow, it doesn't even hurt, thanks!", and then Ray is beaming at the man and his creature companion, so carefreely!
As if he had done something worthy of his trust like, oh I don't know, tracking his female friend and protecting him across the fire realm!?
But... did I really protect him? He is getting hurt because they are after me, and I can't even help him feel better, I didn't even realize he had gotten hurt, what if next time is something worse than a cut?
And to see Ray's face of wonder at that little weaving trick, the same look he got when I used my rockets for the first time he thinks as he feels a pressure in his chest so foreign, he doesn't recognize it.
They might have not known each other for long but he knows Ray cares deeply and it's not ashamed of showing it, unlike him.
What if he gets tired of his grumpy attitude, of his concern masked with annoyance, of being in danger just for being associated with him?
What then?
He doesn't want to know, he just wants to find the girl, get out of the city and be far, far away from the strange man and the really unimpressive spider.
-"Can that... thing, get us into the palace?", he says without being able to mask his irritation.
He is glad Gabe spoke then because he doesn't know what he would have done if the man had answered. He is also content waiting on the water creature's contraption to be finished, and if he keeps sneaking glances at Ray to see if he's okay and helping move the things that aren't even heavy for a human, well, that is just business of Tatsurion the Unchained.
A/N: I will never get over this show, one always comes back to where one was happy, also, I need more friendship fics between Ray and Bob, and I'm going to single handle that if necessary, but I also hope it will inspire more people to write fics on this fandom.
Thanks for reading and constructive criticism is appreciated.
