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Here's chapter 15 of "Welcome Home"!

Ford entered inside the gift shop to go back down to his laboratory. He greeted Soos with a wave, and Soos gave a tip of his hat. The two didn't talk often, so they didn't know each other very well. Soos figured Ford would rather stay with his work more in the day rather than socializing, which the handyman understood. As Ford opened the vending machine, he grunted at the fact that his back would be sore in the morning thanks to Stan.

Bill was spinning in Ford's chair and stopped when the human exited the elevator.

Ford noticed the pause in motion, and mentally questioned what the reaction was for.

"So," Bill started. Ford folded his arms and leaned on a desk near the demon. "So?" Ford asked, waiting for the other man's response.

Bill rolled his eyes. "You told him?" Bill practically scolded.

Ford shrugged and nodded. "Everyone knows that you're here, Bill. It's no secret anymore. I might as well have told my brother rather than getting an unnecessary punch to the face."

Bill glared. "So much for keeping cover." He murmured. Ford shook his head. "It'll be okay." Ford tried.

The demon stood up, his fists clenched. "It's not going to be 'okay'!" Bill shouted. Ford stared at the man with an unamused look on his face.

"What if your brother calls the police on me? What if he kicks me out?" Bill questioned, not lowering his tone of voice.

Ford put his hands to his sides and sighed. "He's not going to kick you out, Bill. Besides, he can't." The man assured.

Bill laughed sarcastically. "Oh really, Sixer? Why not?" He spat. Ford cringed at the sight of saliva flying out of his mouth, but confronted the demon anyway, getting closer to Bill.

"Because this is my house." Ford stated. Bill took a step back, nodding his head slowly. "And," Ford added. "He has no control over you." He reminded.

Bill glared at the man once again. "Well neither do you, smart guy." He stated. "The only reason i'm here is so that I can find out how to get back to how I used to be. Powerful, and not some fleshbag." He added, showing his distaste of his new form.

"It's better this way." Ford commented. He adjusted his glasses and looked at the demon. "Without you having to be a threat to Gravity Falls, i'd say it gives this town a well deserved break." He said.

Bill folded his arms and scoffed. "You were gone from this town for 30 years, you have no idea what has happened in this hick town!" He spat.

Ford sighed. "And I don't really care. All I know is that with you in human form, you're less of a threat, and easier to handle." He commented.

Bill smirked. "Really? You think so?" He asked the man, holding out his arm. Ford took a step back, taking caution to the motion. Bill held out his arm as if flame would appear. He used his hand to grab his arm as he tried dramatically to get a spark of flame to his palm.

Ford couldn't help but chuckle over the other man's facial expressions. Bill noticed his laughter and glared. "What's so funny, old man?" He asked, mockingly.

Ford folded his arms at the insult and looked away. Bill smirked at his win.

Bill put all pressure to his hand when all of a sudden..

..poof.

A small spark of blue flame arose from the palm of his hand, causing him to shriek.

Ford looked back in curiosity, but missed what had happened, as the flame only stayed for a couple of seconds. It was only a bit, but it was Bill's first clue that he would be back to his normal, powerful self soon.

"Bill, what happened?" Ford questioned. Bill laughed mischievously, not bothering to answer the man's question.

Ford walked towards the demon with his hands in front of him, glaring. "Bill..." He said again, shooting a warning with his tone of voice.

Bill shrugged. "Just a spider." He lied, putting his hands behind his back and smiling.

Ford stared at the man and shook his head. "Mabel does that too often," He started.

The demon glared. "Can it, Stanford!" He exclaimed. Bill sighed obnoxiously. "No need for a lecture sixer, just watch..." He said, seriously and held out his hand.

He "tried" to get magic back, and Ford looked above the other man's hand, convinced Bill would do something. Instead of sending magic, Bill shot his hand straight up and smacked Ford right on the face, causing him to flinch and jump away. Bill looked at the mans facial expressions and collapsed to the ground, laughing.

Ford sighed and shook his head, not bothering to scold him. ford knew that he was the one who fell for the silly trick, and felt like kicking himself for doing so.

Bill sat up on his knees and looked at the man with his hand held out again, actually attempting to bring magic to his palm this time.

"I'm not falling for that again." Ford stated. Directly after he said that, his eyes shot open at the sight of small flame that rose out of the demons palm. Bill had done it. He still had magic.

Bill folded his arms and mocked the man. "Still think I'm powerless, sixer?" He asked.

Ford sat down next to Bill, and grabbed his hand the magic came out of. Bill jerked his hand away from the man, and Ford looked up at him.

"I'm not going to hurt you Bill, calm down." He assured. Bill scoffed, showing his sarcasm.

"Sure you won't, you want nothing more than to get rid of me." Bill commented.

Ford had no comeback to this comment. Sure, Bill wasn't wrong, but even after everything Bill had done, Ford would still feel bad for saying something like that to a former friend.

Ford just sighed and slowly grabbed the demons wrist again, looking up at the demon as he did so. Bill sighed and nodded his head, giving permission.

The man grabbed a pen and notepad out of his coat, and jotted down a couple of notes. Bill turned his head sideways, trying to read what the man had been writing. Ford looked back and fourth, from the hand to the paper, as he continued to write.

"Jeez, what's so interesting about my arm, sixer?" He questioned. Ford didn't bother to look up at Bill, and instead continued his writing as he answered the question.

"I might as well write what I can." Ford commented. "I research things, and write them down. You out of everyone should know that." He said with a chuckle.

Bill rolled his eyes, not getting the answer he was looking for. But at the same time, he didn't have a specific answer he was looking for, so he didn't give a comment on the human's response.

Ford unintentionally pressed on one of Bill's fingers with his hand, causing the demon to flinch and smirk at the pain. The man raised an eyebrow at the reaction. "Is something wrong?" He asked.

Bill shrugged. "That finger has been in pain all day, that's why I keep pressing on it." He said, laughing.

Ford focused his eye on Bill's index finger, facing it closer towards a light, and noticed a small object that had pierced through part of his skin.

"Oh this?" Ford asked, gently pressing down on it, not trying to hurt the demon. Bill hissed at the small bit of pain and nodded. "This is just a splinter." Ford commented.

"It's an easy fix-" He started, grabbing behind him by his desk for a pair of tweezers. Bill's eyes rose, and he jumped over towards Ford's outreached hand, grabbing onto his wrist and stumbling. Ford turned to look at the man, and reached his other hand out to keep Bill from falling onto the ground. (Or onto him...) The two were close enough to make Ford uncomfortable in multiple ways. He didn't mention the situation as the other man spoke.

"Please don't get rid of it," Bill pleaded. "This splinter is the most entertaining this that's happened to me today." Bill stated.

Ford sighed and nodded slowly, inching away from the other man to give space.

Bill noticed the behavior and glared. "What? Am I really that annoying that you stay as far away from me as possible? Way to make me feel good about myself sixer." Bill said and scoffed, crossing his legs and folding his arms, looking away from the other man. Ford rolled his eyes at Bill's comment, and stood up to place his notes on a desk.

Ford grabbed his pen once again and wrote down an extra fact he hadn't gotten the chance to write, and Bill stood up. He also reached for a pen, and began to mock the humans movements as he wrote on his notepad.

The man quickly noticed and turned to face the man, placing down his pen on the desk and putting a hand on his hip. "What are you doing?" Ford asked, and Bill just shrugged.

"Relax, sixer. I'm just playing around." He stated. Ford just sighed and turned back to his notes, continuing to write, not bothering to respond to Bill's statement.

"You can be so boring sometimes, you know that, Stanford?" Bill commented.

Ford just nodded his head, not taking offense to that. "What I choose to do with my day might make me seem boring, but it's what I like to do with my life. Like I said, I research things." He added, causing Bill to smirk

"Oh," Bill started, keeping his smirk. "You mean like researching my hand? My hand, sixer?" Bill asked, and began busting out laughing at his joke. Ford sighed and shook his head. He couldn't help but smile, humored a bit at the comment, the truth was funny sounding.

"Well," Ford began, "I suppose so, Cipher." He stated. Bill tried to slow his laughter, but couldn't help himself.

"Who knew you could laugh so much?" Ford commented, noticing the demons behavior.

Bill successfully slowed his laughter for a moment. "Oh, I don't laugh often." Bill stated. "I just laugh at you. It's more fun to make fun of you than these other fleshbags that you live with."

Ford sighed and nodded his head, accepting that fact.

AHH! Here's the end of this chapter! I couldn't help but put some fluff in this chapter. Chances are this is the most fluff you'll get for a few more chapters, so I figured it would be nice to write a bit of a bonding chapter for the two characters. As much as I would love to write some fluff, I need to let the story evolve first! I hope you enjoyed, feel free to leave suggestions for what I should write later on.

Thanks for reading this chapter, I think this story deserved a bit of fluff between Bill and Ford being that this is the 12th chapter.

New chapter up soon! Have a good week (: