Forsaken Angels:
Chapter VIII—Reality's Haven
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A/N: The #1's got it! No more flashbacks for at least this chapter. @.@;; Thank you so much for your help! You are all so nice! Thanks again! This is from Pepito's POV. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: _;; Jhonen has taken away my inspiration. He's holding it captive. Help!
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I stared at Johnny's unconscious form. Me and Eff had moved him into the guest bedroom because I'm sure Father would be curious why a homicidal maniac was laying in front of the basement door.
He had been out for a few hours now. Eff's worried that something might have happened and is currently pacing around the room.
"Nothing is wrong." I assure him.
"I thought it would only be a few minutes..." He bites his lip, chewing on it in worry.
"Johnny's going through years of repressed memories. It's going to take more than a few minutes." I sit down on the bed, looking bored.
"…what about Squee?"
"Todd? What about him?"
"Do you think he's back from his parents' graves yet?" Eff sat down next to me. "He might be worried as to where Johnny is."
"…he'll call or something. Not many people you can call to ask if they had seen your homicidal boyfriend."
"PEPITO!" Eff looked shocked if not a little amused.
"It's true." I glance at Johnny's sleeping body again. "So, did you show up right when Johnny entered that rat trap he called home?"
"Eh!?" Eff blinked a few times; probably taken aback by the sudden change in conversation. Finally, he answers. "No…it was gradual. D came first…then me."
I glance at Johnny's body. His now gold eyes are looking up at the ceiling[7], blank. It's almost creepy…like he's in some coma. If that is the case, Todd is going to kill me. Sure, he has none of Johnny's experience, but I'm sure my death would be slow and painful.
However, a thought comes to mind. I glance at Eff again.
"Do you miss him?"
"Him…?"
"D."
"A little… he was like a big brother to me."
"A psychotic, incestuous big brother…" I smirk slightly.
"Don't be mean!" Eff pouts again, before turning towards Johnny's form. "He did save me…"
"Sorry." I feel somewhat bad at making Eff relive that. Sure, he got over it, slowly, but the hurt is still there. Like it was with Todd when Johnny died.
"I wonder…" Eff looks up at the ceiling. "I wonder what Johnny is seeing."
"Don't you know?"
"…I only know a bit of what his past was like….Nailbunny knew more than me."
"Nailbunny…ah yes…Johnny's conscience…what happened to her?"
"The master made her disappear."
"In the Void?"
"No, nothing like that." Eff wrings his hands together. "More like…just taking that part out."
"Hn." I look around. It was a bitch getting Johnny into this room. I miss his old body. At least he was thinner than. However, he's making his new body sickly as his old one was. Should I be happy?
"I hope Johnny gets back before Squee finds out."
"That would be good."
Eff lays his head on my shoulder. "I wonder why Johnny's doing all this….for Squee?"
I run my fingers through his hair. "Most likely."
"Would you do the same?"
I open my mouth to comment when…
"PEPITO!" Both of us jump as my mother's head looks into the room.
"Yes…Mother…" I sweatdrop. Should I kill her for ruining a touching moment?
"Your little friend is here."
A cold wave washes over me and Eff.
How are we going to explain this!?
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TBC?
C&C are welcome.
[7] Okay, I'm not sure if I gave a good description last time on Johnny's new body. But his new body has gold eyes (duh), black hair—though Johnny dyed it back to navy, about 6'1", and—thanks to Johnny—fairly thin but not as much as his old one was. Johnny's also back to his insomnia and "goth" clothes.
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