Afternoon

Mordecai went back to the coffee shop but found out Rigby wasn't there, "Where did..." The bluejay jumped when Margaret tapped his shoulder, "Hey Mordecai...if your wondering where Rigby is, he left already." Mordecai sighed, he liked Margaret but he wasn't in a really good mood to talk to her at that moment, he was too ugly. She'll think of me as a freak. He thought, Margaret made a confused face and tapped him again, "You alright?" Mordecai shook his head and left, once outside he felt like crying. He just ignored his love and left her there without a word, he was really becoming a problem, well at least that's what he thinks.

As he passes by the shops and restaurants he finds Muscle-Man and HFG in a bar with some woman they met from the Party Pete incident, "This is gonna be the best Halloween ever!" The green man yelled, the girl rolls her eyes and plays with her hair while flirting with the ghost. Mordecai starts walking again, the sun was fading and the lampposts were beginning to shine. He looks up and see's a moth fly down to him, "What the hell you want." "Nothing you freak! Can't a guy fly around without being judged for not doing anything? God damn." The moth said in a very high voice, he flies away, Mordecai couldn't tell if he left or not cause he's so tiny it was hard to find him. Myra calls out to Mordecai, he doesn't pull the mirror out yet, he waits until he reaches the bridge then he sits down then he pulls her out, "What!" He said stretching it out, "Are you gonna go to the Halloween party today?" "I'll think about it." "You better think fast cause after tonight you'll only have 5 weeks left." "I thought we were going by months!" "Things change alright." "That's not fair!" "Deal with it you little wuss, its for your own good." She disappears, "That bitch! She can't do that! Its not fair!" He was throwing a little tantrum, like when a mother takes a child's toy away unless he does his homework. He moved his legs and stomped on the floor while clenching his fists tight, he shoves the mirror forcefully in his pocket and march's away angry.

Halloween

He reaches the park and calms himself, he didn't want to be angry on Halloween, especially if this is Rigby's day. Mordecai opens the door and see's everyone there, they didn't even move once Mordecai entered the house its like they were frozen in place, they were probably scared of him. Good...be scared. The bluejay thought, Benson was wearing a tuxedo that was peachy pale like a detectives outfit, including the hat and folder. Pops was wearing that tape police use to keep any onlookers away from a crime seen, he was covered in fake blood and soot everywhere. Muscle-Man and HFG were still at the bar but Skips was going as himself, he doesn't need a costume, he was scary enough already! Everyone looks at Mordecai before Skips immediately pushes them outside, he goes up to Mordecai and places a hand on his jacket covered shoulder and whispered, "Your going to stay here after the party...don't expect us to come back home, until your alright...we'll be gone for a couple weeks cause apparently...we're scared of you, and for you. This is for your own good..." Mordecai looks down in shame and a tear falls off his beak, Skips feels horrible now but grins when he says, "...But we'll let Rigby stay." Mordecai stops crying and looks up, he didn't know why he felt so happy when he said that, maybe cause he gets to keep his friend, or because he doesn't have to work for a couple weeks? Mordecai didn't care, all he wanted to do was go upstairs and check on his best friend. Skips lets him go and nods, "Yeah...I know you like my offer, see you at the party." He leaves Mordecai to wonder what he meant but he just ran upstairs and opened the door, Rigby wasn't there. "Rigby." He said softly, he must've left without me. Mordecai was about to run out until he hears a small whine come from the bathroom, he steps out and opens the bathroom door. There stood Rigby on a stool trying to put earing's, "Stupid earing's...hey Mordecai." Mordecai smirked at his friend and kneeled on the floor so he can reach his height, "Got it! Haha! You little sucker I knew I could get it done...um...Mordecai? This is kinda awkward to ask but uh...can you, help me put on the make-up?" Mordecai was a little caught off guard by this question but he decided to do it anyway. Rigby hands him the black eyeshadow and lipstick, Mordecai laughs and sits Rigby down, "Hold still dude." He told him, Rigby smiled and closed his eyes while putting his hands on his lap, touching the fabric of his dress. Rigby knew how to put make-up on...he just wanted Mordecai to do it for him. Mordecai rubbed the cotton full of black against Rigby's eye, he felt like his mother except he was tending to his daughter. Both eyes were done, now that was left was the lipstick. Rigby opened his eyes to witness this moment, Mordecai tells him, "Pucker up." Rigby had been longing to hear those words for a long time but this was not the purpose for it nor did this time become the right one. Mordecai didn't mind putting lipstick on his friend, it was like playing with dolls to which he never experienced cause he's a guy. Rigby puckered and watched as Mordecai placed the lipstick on his lips, it was cold and tugging against him, he should've licked them before making Mordecai apply it. The bluejay was going slow, he didn't realize he was going so slow as he does this cause he was too much into the trance of his friend, he was so pretty even if he was a guy. Mordecai removes the lipstick, realizing he put too much, Rigby rubs his lips together and grabs a towel. "Got um...blot you know?" He stuttered as Mordecai snapped into reality, "Yeah." Rigby blots on the towel and heads out, "I'll meet you downstairs Rigby...gotta put my costume on." "Alright." Rigby gets out of the bathroom and heads downstairs with a big smile, "I can't believe I actually let him do that!" He squealed under his breath.

Mordecai looked in the mirror in front of him, not the magic mirror but the original everyone uses. He grabs the rim of the hood and pulls it down slowly, he scoffs in disgust at his ugly form and mocks himself, "Mirror, mirror on the wall who's the ugliest of them all?" Myra pops in on the big mirror, "You are ha!" Mordecai stumbles back, "What the hell? I thought you can only appear on the little mirror!" "I can travel anywhere bitch! But anyway, I won't be in today..." "Oh thank god..." "Shush your beak!...I will be at the party though." "Ugh!" "Jerk, I won't tell you what I'm dressed as so you are completely unaware of who I am, HAHA!" Mordecai rolls his eyes and Myra disappears. Mordecai looks down at the zipper of his jacket, he grabs it tight and unzips it, it falls to his ankles and his ugly body is revealed. He picks the jacket back up and ties it around his waist, tail feathers still poking out though. He takes a deep breath and hoped for the best when he walks out of the bathroom.

Mordecai reaches the last step on the staircase and eyes Rigby who is staring him down, "Dude...that is so fucking cool!" "Thanks maid." Rigby rolls his eyes and opens the door, "Lets go party!" He runs out and almost tripped from his heels, Mordecai was relieved that Rigby didn't freak out about his cursed lines. Thank goodness. He thought. Before Rigby could take off Mordecai grabs his head and directs him back inside, "What's the matter man?" "Go get a pillow case." "Oh that's right! For trick or treating!" Rigby runs upstairs and Mordecai frowns, sure they were 23 but they still have the kid inside, but Mordecai wasn't in the spirit for trick or treating. He was in no spirit at all, he didn't even want to go but then Rigby would get so depressed and normally Mordecai would love to see him cry and try punching him, but now after that incident with the beast...he just couldn't bare to torture Rigby anymore. The raccoon comes back down with a big pillow case that was dragging on the ground, "We are gonna score tonight!" They started walking, the moon was bright that night, its as if a big spotlight was shining down on the world, Mordecai looked down at Rigby, his shortness was no compare to his long shadow that stretched from the light, Mordecai smiled and stopped when they reached their destination at the coffee shop.

They stepped inside and saw a bunch of people wearing all these creepy and kinda embarrassing outfits, the music and spotlights stop when they see Mordecai. Its quiet for awhile until everything comes back to life, "Weird." He said quietly, Margaret came forward and looked at Rigby with a very insulting look but she laughed nonetheless, "Nice outfit Rigby." She said, Rigby puts his hands on his hips and grins, "Thanks." Margaret was wearing an outfit that some strippers wear, her bra was leather and it crossed her stomach and left her back bare, her undergarments were leather and crossed too but rapping around her legs and to her high leathered boots. She wore a police cap and she carried a whip, "Nice costume Mordecai...you should definitely try going for the best costume contest! Everyone's trying it." She turns her back towards him and starts walking away as if she's in a runway. "What a slut right? But you should try out for that costume contest...I'd bet you win...I'll be back!" Rigby runs away and leaves Mordecai in a big crowd of people. "Rigby?" He said softly, a song called "Monster Mash" started to play and everyone started growling and moving along with the beat. Mordecai was getting pushed and tossed all over the place, some fat dude in a robot costume bumps Mordecai to where he actually flies across the room and to a counter, a cup of coffee falls only inches away from his crotch, he wipes away the sweat he formed and stood up, almost bumping into a small mole. "Hey Mordecai." She said in her low voice, Mordecai spun around and saw Eileen leaning over the counter, he hasn't seen Eileen in a long time...he wonders where she's been. She was wearing a princess costume, it was pink and glittery, the bottom was hot pink and her crown was bright yellow, her wand was blue which does not match her costume at all. She smiles and says, "I like your costume...did you make it yourself?" Mordecai doesn't respond, he just walks away and continues his search for Rigby...that's when it happened. "Attention everyone!" A woman with red hair with blue highlights announced, she was dressed as a fireman carrying a hose on her shoulder, "I'd like to announce this Halloweens special winner for the best costume contest!" She pulls out an envelope and rips it open, "And the winner is...Mordecai Bluejay!" Everyone claps and some random stranger started pushing Mordecai forward so that he's on stage, "Congratulations!" She puts a dark crown on his head, she presses the button on the side and a burst of smoke spewed out to the audience. By the time the smoke cleared Mordecai was gone, the girl looks around, "Where did he go?" Everyone shrugs and the DJ started to do his job, "Lets dance!" He hollered. Rigby pulled his panties up, (Yes he's wearing some cause its part of the costume...or is it?) And he starts looking for Mordecai, "Mordecai!" He yelled, he moved through the crowd of people and got stopped by Eileen, "Hey Rigby." "Hey Eileen." He said in a bored tone, "What's the matter? Lose something?" "Not something, someone. Have you seen Mordecai?" She nods, "He left and headed towards the hill." "The hill to which the tree's surround the area so no one can see behind you but you can see the whole city and lake in front?" She nods again, "I gotta go!" Rigby hopped on all fours and ran outside and to the hill, he moved some branches out of the way and saw Mordecai with the jacket over him again, the place was just like Rigby described except more beautiful for the moon shining down on them. Rigby tip-toed over to Mordecai, "Myra...really? That was you?" "Hey I couldn't think of anyone else besides that person!" "I know but...the robot?" "Well if your so smart why did you leave to abandon Rigby?" "I didn't want to abandon him, I didn't even want to go but this meant so much for Rigby I had to...I don't know but I've been feeling very weird ever since Rigby's been acting that way, its almost like he makes me happy in every way." Myra smirks. Rigby clears his throat and approaches Mordecai, the bluejay hides the mirror in his pocket and tightens his hood, "Hey dude...missed you at the party." Mordecai crosses his arms and hugs his body, Rigby sat beside Mordecai and scooted next to him, "I...heard what you said." Mordecai's eyes widen. Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit. "Its alright...I mean, I don't blame you for leaving...nobody likes to be around me." Rigby smirks, of course he heard what he had said but he decided to block that out so it won't be a problem...even though it would've been great to re-cap it. "No...I didn't want to leave because of you...I wanted to leave cause..." He bites his beak, he didn't want to tell him straight out that he's cursed and the only way to break it was to find true love! It wouldn't work that way, he had to think of something else, "Because?" Rigby asks, he wanted to know why Mordecai left but he's finding it somewhat difficult for him to tell him. "...Because...I had to escape the um...M-Margaret's new boyfriend yeah! C-cause he was gonna beat the crap out of me for trying to ask her out." Mordecai smiled through his hood, "Oh...I see." Rigby looks down, he plays with the feather duster, thinking if this is how Mordecai's feathers would've felt in his fingers, he wanted to touch him so bad! Feel his feathers and that beak...but he doesn't know how Mordecai would react if he told him.

At the house Rigby goes upstairs, "I'm gonna scrap this crap off alright?" "Ok...I'll be down here." Mordecai sits on the couch and stares at the blank TV, seeing his reflection in a more faded figure. Rigby doesn't head into the bathroom, he heads into their bedroom and pulls out a small doll that looked like Mordecai but with buttons for eyes and everything else was plush. Rigby smiles and goes over to the window, he grabs a pen and draws on his belly, he twirls with the little legs and he pulls the doll close, he kisses the little doll. Letting the lipstick smear the dolls face, "Mordecai." He said as he pulled the doll away, he hugs it and hides it in his closet, "Now to actually wipe this crap off." Rigby goes to the bathroom and hops in the shower. Mordecai kept staring at the blank TV, the father clock strikes midnight and Mordecai's chest starts twisting, he arches and grabs where the pain is, "Fffffffuck!" He yelled, Rigby's ears perked at the sudden shout, he scrubs as fast as he can. Mordecai's chest keeps twisting and twisting until its released and he lays back down, "O-ow." He whimpered. Rigby came down with a towel around his waist, "Dude what happened?" Rigby screamed, he was crying for his friend, even if it wasn't a big deal...everything's a big deal for Rigby. "I-I don't know." He lets his chest go and saw nothing wrong. "I guess I was over-reacting...I gotta take a shower." "Here use my towel." He un-raps himself and gives Mordecai the towel, he holds it for awhile before heading upstairs and locking the door. He un-zips the jacket and places it on the towel rack along with the towel itself. Mordecai moves the curtains and see's the tubs floor covered in black leftover water. "Rigby...dammit." The bluejay walks over to the sink and grabs a couple of strips of toilet paper, "What the..." He said as he looked into the mirror, the pain on his chest has left something there, at the top right corner of the heart shaped tree lay a small black rose, he pokes at it and no reaction came. Myra appears on the mirror and smiles, "What the hell is this?" Mordecai said quickly, "That's the first stage of figuring out your true self, the black rose means guilt and regret." Mordecai looks down in shame, "A pink rose means you had a crush for someone." "What are the symptoms?" "Heh, I'll let you figure out the symptoms on your own." "Not cool." "A red rose means you've had a sudden desire or love from someone or yourself." "Wait, these come out when I figure them out at the end of the week right?" She nods. "Go on." "A yellow rose symbolizes happiness and never ending spirit." "Pfft, as if that's gonna happen." She blows her hair out of her face and continues, "And finally the middle rose is white, it symbolizes your soul transforming into your original state." "Really? I mean why roses seriously! Rigby's the only one who likes roses...wait..." "Uh-huh funny boy, now you understand." "Not really no." Myra rolls her eyes and disappears.

Mordecai turns the shower on and feels if its cold or warm, its warm and he hops in. He rubs his arms and down his thin legs, he rubbed his tail feathers but not too much cause their too sensitive. He would moan and gasp if someone or something even stroked his tail feathers once, Rigby's tail too but Mordecai's is way more sensitive then his. He touched his beak and suddenly felt horrible for beating the crap out of Rigby cause he touched his beak, he didn't mean to get so crazy but like he said, his beak is off limits. The water dripped down and soaked his body, it swirled into the drain until it was gone. Mordecai used Axe shampoo all over his body, he rinsed himself and turned the water off. He steps out and raps himself up feeling the sudden cold of the bathroom. Mordecai chuckled at the thought of how Rigby dries himself, he would shake around like a dog and poof up like a cat. It was a funny thought if you think about it. Mordecai's dry and clean but the lines remain, he sighs and grabs his jacket. He looks out the hallway, its quiet and dark, he tip-toes downstairs and to the laundry room, he flips the top open and throws the jacket inside while pouring some soup and such inside as well. He gently closes it and waits for it to finish. After awhile he throws it in the dryer and heads upstairs, their dryer takes until morning to fully dry so that gives him a good 7 hours until morning.

"Mordecai...I've wanted to tell you this for a long time." "Yeah dude?" Mordecai said as he looked into Rigby's eyes, "I um...actually have...uh." "Uh what." He said more sternly, "A l-l-lo..." "A love interest? Me too!" Mordecai said excitedly, he grabs Rigby's hands and sweeps him off his feet, after a quick twirl he stops and droops his eyes, Rigby knowing what's going to happen droops his too and waited for Mordecai's beak to interlock with his lips. Rigby smiles in his sleep while Mordecai underneath his sheets doesn't. He's curled up and whimpering, maybe even frowned a couple times while his dream messed with his mind. (Mordecai's dream) "Get the fuck out of our town you freak!" Said a very skinny man wearing a baseball cap, he throws a soda can at Mordecai, his body lined with the curse he never broke, all the roses on his chest were dead and shriveled, gray with no life. Mordecai keeps running and falls in Margaret's arms, "Ew! Get off Mordecai! You ugly creep, gross!" She pushes the bluejay off of her and into her boyfriend, "Fucking freak!" He said, he cracks his knuckles and punched Mordecai in his face and threw him high in the air, he falls hard on the ground, he looks up and see's everyone staring at him. Pops makes a look of disgust and kicks dirt in his face, Muscle-Man and HFG laugh and point at the beast he is. Skips grabs Mordecai and throws him in the house, he rolls a few times and ends up bumping into Benson, "Your fired you horrible piece of shit!" The machine walks away and reveals Rigby behind him, looking at Mordecai on the floor. "Dude?" Mordecai said as he hands his hand towards him, Rigby streaks a tear and shakes his head no, "No?" He asked, Rigby stares in his eyes and he starts fading away, "Rigby?" Rigby looks down in shame and disappears, "RIGBY!" He screamed, he stood up and reached out to the nothingness the raccoon left. "No..." He said, a giant image of Myra appears and she's laughing at him, she closes her hands and Mordecai's in a place full of dark horrors and nightmares, he even got to pass Freddy Cougar once or twice as he fell. He lands on the ground hard, he tries standing up but notices that his legs were covered in blood and gone. A huge anvil on top of him appears and starts falling, Mordecai wasn't quick enough to move so the anvil squished him, making his blood splatter on the walls. Mordecai's eyes snap open and he see's his pillow is wet, he was crying. He feels a lump at the edge of his feet, he sits up and see's Rigby isn't in his trampoline or anywhere but he saw at the edge of the bed that his jacket was folded nice and neatly, Mordecai removes the covers and grabs the jacket, its warm and smells wonderful, Rigby must've gotten my jacket for me...how uh...sweet of him actually.

Mordecai puts the jacket on and zips up as usual and pulls the hood over his head, tightening it and stepping out of the room. The bluejay reaches the doorway of the kitchen and spots Rigby cooking something that smells so good it made Mordecai wobble. "Morning sunshine." He said, "Morning Rigby...need some help there dude?" "Nah its alright...just uh, have a seat and your breakfast will be ready soon." "Cool, thanks dude." "Your welcome." Mordecai sits down and taps his fingers against the table waiting for the special meal that Rigby is preparing. "Ta-da!" He said while placing a big plate in front of Mordecai, it had blueberry pancakes stacked high and 3 strips of bacon on the side with 2 eggs on the right. (Rhymes!) "This looks...amazing dude...but what are you gonna eat?" "A bowl of cereal why?" Mordecai felt guilty, Rigby made Mordecai a big meal, but Rigby has to sit there and eat plain old cereal. Now Mordecai didn't feel like eating, his stomach grumbled so it means he has to eat. I'll probably eat a little bit...then I can give him the rest. Rigby sat there, looking as Mordecai shoved a couple pancakes in his beak and at least 1 bacon and no eggs. The bluejay pretended to burp then told him he was going upstairs, "Your not gonna eat the rest?" Rigby asked, that's what Mordecai wanted to hear, "Nope...you can have the rest if you want." "Sure, o-okay." Rigby scoots his chair over to Mordecai's side of the table and pushes his hard work in front of him, before he could dig in...he stopped. He slumped in the chair and made a very depressed face. So I practically made this for nothing. He thought. Mordecai saw his reaction and asked him what was wrong, "Nothing, just not hungry that's all." Mordecai knew he was lying, he could see it in his eyes, "Alright dude I know your lying just eat it ok?" "But I...I mean...ok." Rigby gave in and started munching in the food with a bored expression. The reason Rigby didn't want to eat it was because he made that meal especially for him, not for himself, it was thanks for going to the party and to see if what he meant last night was true. But just because this incident failed doesn't mean Rigby won't stop trying to see the truth of that statement.

Mordecai locks himself in the room and pulls the mirror out, "I wanna see Margaret." It swirls to Margaret's apartment, she's waiting on her bed impatiently for something or someone. Her doorbell rings and a huge muscular human flung the door open, "Tristan!" She squealed, she raps her arms around him and makes butterfly kisses on his abs, down his stomach and lower, he stops her and hoists her up on his hips and they plop on the bed while making out. Tristan grabs her shirt and jeans and tears them clean off her body, "Oh Tristan." She cooed. The picture swirls away and reveals Myra instead, "You are really getting on my nerves Myra." "Just dropping by, making sure your pink flower has started to bloom." Mordecai looks at his chest, he pulls the zipper down a bit and see's a pink dot on one of the vines, "Kinda." "Don't worry, that will sprout soon." "Is it gonna fucking hurt like the last one?" "Maybe...or worse." She smirked. Mordecai groans and shoves the mirror under his pillow and he zips back up.