Chapter 2: Same Friends, Different Personalities
️TW: ️ Mentions of hospital, suicide, self harm, pills, knife, & overdose.
Simon woke up as he yawned. He saw that he had an hour to get ready to go to Camp Buddy. He messaged his friends as he got out of bed to get ready.
"Honey? Do you need a ride there?" Cynthia asked him.
"I think so, mommy. Nobody is answering my texts. Not even my boyfriend." Simon said as he headed to the bathroom.
"Weird. Let me know what we can do." Cynthia said to her son.
Simon washed his face and brushed his teeth as he dried them and put lotion on his hands and face. When he got out of the shower he ran back to his room and picked up his phone.
"Dude, you're literally going to have a ride here. No stupid van is coming by your home to pick your ass up." Taiga messaged Simon.
Simon's heart dropped. Not understanding why his lover texted him that.
"Babe, are you talking to me?" Simon sent the text as he pinched himself 3 times to make sure he was dreaming. He wasn't. As he hasn't woken up.
"Duh. Are you stupid? Also we're having a special guest at Camp Buddy. 😉'' Taiga replied back to Simon.
"I know. Jalin said she's coming back today…..Don't you remember?" Simon asked his lover.
"Hell no. I'm not talking about them. You'll see who it is. 😉" Taiga said to Simon.
Simon's heart was beating like crazy. He doesn't understand why Taiga was acting like this. He ended up texting Jalin.
"Are you coming to Camp Buddy again this year?" Simon asked them.
"No. I can't. I'm a girl and they said 'no girls allowed'. So I'll be working all Summer. If you're going, have fun! And tell Taiga I said 'hello'" Jalin texted Simon.
Simon tilted his head. He remembers that Yuri convinced her dad that if they could have girls at Camp Buddy. Did Sir Goro change his mind at the last minute?
Simon hadn't heard from Natsumi so he went to his mom instead.
"Mommy, I think you're driving me there. And Taiga isn't replying back to me for some reason." Simon said as he sighed.
"Okay dear…..I hope you two aren't in a fight?" Cynthia asked her son.
"He's apparently texting me in some kind of rude tone I guess I can say? I don't know." Simon told her as he sighed.
"When you get there, you can talk to him because I know the camp doesn't allow phones, right?" Cynthia asked him.
"Unfortunately no. Which sucks because I sometimes wanna text you and let you know what we did for our activity and all." Simon said as he sighed again. Rubbing his forehead.
Cynthia nodded as she listened to the GPS to drive to Camp Buddy. Simon looked out the window and saw that there were barely any new members at Camp Buddy. He saw Yoichi as Simon gasped happily seeing him.
"Here we are, honey. I hope everything will go well for you this year." Cynthia said to him as she smiled.
"Thanks mommy! I love you. See you in September!" Simon said happily as he got out and grabbed his bag from the trunk and waved at his mom.
Cynthia waved at him as she drove off. Simon waved back as he walked up to Yoichi.
"Hey Yoichi! I'm so glad to see you." Simon said to him as he smiled & walked up to him.
"Huh? Oh hey there newblood." Yoichi said to him as he rolled his eyes.
Simon tilted his head in confusion. "Yoichi, my nickname is 'Checkers', remember? See look. I'm wearing my checkerboard patterned accessories." Simon told him as he showed his wristbands, socks, and vans shoes to him.
"Don't care. Didn't ask. Oh shit here comes Dynamite. Screw that, I ain't dealing with his bullshit right now. See you later, new blood." Yoichi said as he walked off.
Simon gasped as he looked back and saw Taiga as he walked up to him. "Taiga! Babe, I'm glad to see you. Is it me or is everyone acting strange today?"
"Tch, it's just you, dummy. Anyways, we're through. I thought I'll tell you face to face rather than text." Taiga told Simon with a grin.
"Wait what? Babe….we just started dating last Summer. Whataya mean 'we're through'?" Simon said as he began to tear up.
"Awww, look at him babe. He's cwrying." Taiga said as he mocked Simon for crying.
"Damn.~ It's the first day of Camp Buddy and he's already crying? We wait till like a week or two.~" Kieran said as he laughed.
Simon gasped. Seeing Kieran stood beside Taiga. "But I thought you got kicked out!"
"I can come back anytime I want.~ You're lucky that you've dated Taiga. I mean I can't blame you, he's the hottest man anyone can have.~" Kieran said as he grinned, holding onto Taiga's waist.
Simon's heart burst as he wanted to grab Kieran by the throat and just throw him to a lake. But he couldn't. He had to keep it cool.
"Come on babe, let's go make sure to let everyone know that you're my new babe again.~ Simon will be okay seeing me and you around Camp Buddy holding hands and making out by the pier.~" Taiga said as he held onto Kieran's hands and the two walked past Simon as Taiga used his shoulder to push Simon.
Simon fell down as he had tears in his eyes. He couldn't believe what just happened. He couldn't think. He still has his phone as he wanted to call his mom. Simon then again pinched himself more than 3 times. He wanted to wake up & to end this nightmare he's suffering from.
"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! You must wake up! This is literally a fucking nightmare!" Simon said to himself as he screamed.
"Why are you screaming? Shut up!" A voice said as Simon looked up.
It was Hunter. He had an angry look on his face and his arms were folded. He isn't the sweet little twink we all know & love anymore.
"H-Hunter. Why are you- No you're not Hunter. The Hunter I know wouldn't tell me to 'shut up.' or anyone he's friends with." Simon told him as he stood up and folded his arms.
"Don't care. Didn't ask. I didn't wanna come back here again but my stupid ass parents made me! So I'm going to tick off all Summer long. Deal with it." Hunter said as he walked past Simon.
Simon looked at Hunter. He wanted to catch up with him but he stopped. He noticed that Natsumi wasn't with him. But he did see someone much taller and muscular than Natsumi. Simon walked up to him.
"Excuse me? Are you Natsumi?" Simon asked him.
"Oh hello! Nah, I'm his big brother, Naoto. I'm sure he told you about me?" Naoto asked Simon.
"I'm sorry, I don't think he did." Simon said to Naoto as he looked down.
"Ah not to worry. Well over last year Natsumi became suicidal and was self harming himself. So he's at the mental hospital. But I'll be taking his place this Summer. Hell, maybe forever~!" Naoto said as he had a big smile on his face.
Simon gasped as he looked at him. "Please tell me you're joking!?" Simon said as he gripped onto Naoto's uniform.
"I wish I was joking kiddo. But he really is at a mental hospital." Naoto said as he chuckled.
Simon gasped. He couldn't believe his ears. He then saw Hiro & Keitaro as he let go of Naoto's uniform & walked up to them.
"Well I'm done with you! I should have never come back here again just to fight with you because you wanted to hang out with your weird ass friends!" Hiro told Keitaro very angrily.
"Well yeah that makes two of us!" Keitaro said to Hiro as they both looked away from each other and walked off.
"Wait you guys. What just happened, Yoichi?" Simon asked him as he saw him by their old cabin.
"They just fuckin' broke up. Mind your own fucking business, newblood!" Yoichi said as he walked off very upset & annoyed.
Simon sighed as he looked down. He then saw Eduard & Lee as he walked up to them. "Guys. I'm so glad to see you. Everyone is acting strange around here.
"Yeah, like no shit. Like I don't even know anymore. Like gah." Eduard said as he scoffed.
"Indeed. I'm really not in the mood to be friends with anyone here besides you two." Lee told them as he smiled a bit.
Simon smiled a bit. At least he found two buddies that were sane. But then he saw Seto & Felix. Simon walked up to them.
"Hey you guys. Please tell me you're sane?" Simon asked them.
"Wait? Simon? Dude weren't you crying over that studpid horse that died last year?! Hahaha that was so pathetic!" Seto said as he laughed.
"Yeah and remember when we got his girlfriend kicked out? I wanna do that again if she's here!" Felix said as he laughed with Seto & high five with him.
Simon gasped as he stepped back. He accidently bumped into Sir Goro as he turned around and yelled at him.
"Watch where you're going!" Sir Goro yelled very angry & annoyed.
Simon gasped and ran to a closest cabin and he panted and teared up. He has no idea why everybody was acting so strange & rude. He tried to call his mom but a scoutmaster walked up to him and snatched his phone.
"No phones allowed!" Yoshinori said to Simon as he was also angry.
Simon gasped as he ran off again. He bumped into Taiga as he held onto him.
"Get the fuck off me, you fuckin' weirdo! God, you're so creepy. I said we are over. Kieran is my new boyfriend now." Taiga said as he pushed Simon off him.
"He's your ex! I'm your boyfriend! Why is everybody being so rude?!" Simon said as he pulled onto his hair in frustration & cried.
"Damn. Your ex is bonkers." Kieran told Taiga as he smirked.
"I know. And it's all because he cried over a damn dead horse that he became 'best friends' with. How dumb." Taiga said as he & Kieran laughed.
Simon gasped as he ran off again. He tried not to bump into anymore people who were giving him tons of bad vibes and it was draining his energy. He ran into the mess hall. He noticed that he hadn't seen Aiden so he looked for him and saw the kitchen door was open. Simon walked in as he saw Aiden passed out on the floor. Simon gasped when he saw that Aiden had bloody wrists and had a bloody knife on his right hand and an empty pill bottle next to him. He was overworking himself. Simon cried as he covered his mouth and ran off to the office to call for help. When he arrived he picked up the phone but then it was snatched by another lady who wasn't Yuri.
"Go back outside. We're about to do roll call." The lady told Simon.
Simon gasped as he didn't wanna fight her as he ran to the back window and ran off to the forest. No one saw him as he stopped by the pier. Simon cried as he fell to the ground.
"I don't understand…..what's going on? Why is everybody being so rude? Why is everybody angry? Why is my boyfriend with his ex? I don't understand. I wanna go home." Simon said to himself as he cried some more. Simon looked up as it got really quiet. He saw someone with bright pink hair on a tree. Simon walked up to them.
"Hello? Are you a good person?" Simon asked them.
"Who wants to know?" She replied back to Simon as she climbed down from the tree. It was Yuri. Who was half naked wearing a pink brown polka dot ripped outfit that was showing off her cleavage, neck, tummy, arms, shoulders, legs, and ankles. With her pink hair long to her back. She was barefoot and her ankles had ankle bracelets on each of them. And had hot pink vines all over her ankles, legs, wrists, and arms. She had clear pastel blue glittery wings on her back, with long fingernails that were painted hot pink. Her ears were pointed and had hot pink pointy gauges.
Simon gasped looking at her. "Miss Yuri? Are you a fairy?" He asked her.
"I'm a 'Tree Fairy.' who watches over the trees. I am no longer a scoutmaster at Camp Buddy, Mr. Maxwell." Yuri told him as she took out a vape and inhaled it.
"Miss Yuri, please tell me…..what's going on? Do you know why everybody is acting so weird?" Simon asked her as he waited for an answer.
"Dear boy, pinch yourself one more time. You'll come back to reality." Yuri told him as she blew the vape smoke & she disappeared into a bright gray pink ash of vape smoke.
Simon nodded as he pinched himself one last time and he screamed "Ouch!" He finally woke up as he panted and looked around his room. It was Autumn in November as he checked his phone. His boyfriend sent him a message telling him 'Good Morning, baby swan.~ So I have a day off from work today because Scoutmaster Yoshi is taking me & Yoichi to bowling and he's offering us to bring some friends. Of course I wanna bring you along if you're available. Yoichi is bringing Keitaro & Hiro along.~ Can't wait to hear from you, sweetie.~ I love you.~' The text read as Simon blushed and smiled.
"Thank goodness it was just a dream. I don't want that to happen when we go back to Camp Buddy next year." Simon said to himself as he laid back down and texted his lover.
The End
Sike~! Hahaha 😂 I think I might like this messed up chapter so I hope y'all buddies liked it too~! 😃
