Strong Bad had tried to drown out his slight guilt that came with giving Homestar the boot by doing what he'd intended to. He replaced Strong Sad's tai chi candles with ones he'd bought from Bubs that let out an almost inhumanely foul stench. He smirked as he waited for his brother to go into his room and start doing his 'dorkxercises', watching from the corner of his eye in his room across the hall. When the other ran out of the room, covering his nose and looking around desperately for the air freshened that Strong Bad had hidden, he burst out laughing.
Strong Bad's phone started to ring, so he checked who was calling. It was Pom Pom, a pretty cool guy, so he didn't have many qualms with answering. "Yo, Pom Pom, is there another party going on or something?" His smile slowly started to fade as he detected the urgency and seriousness in the other man's voice. "...amputated...!? Why does he want ME there?"
Strong Bad felt his insides twist in guilt. After all that and Homestar still wanted to see him, still worried that he was a bother and that he'd feel guilty, and that in itself made him feel worse and guiltier. "Dang it...yeah, I'll be there. Whatever. Bye." He stated, iritated as he hung up and walked downstairs, grumbling as he made his way to the hospital. "I can barely even wrap my head around that. He was waving his arms around like an idiot just yesterday. It's just a shame, y'know...?" He thought aloud.
He stepped into the hospital and made his way to the room number Pom Pom had said, knocking on the door. Pom Pom opened it and smiled faintly. "Ah, you weren't a no show. Thank goodness. I'll let you two talk alone." Pom Pom walked out and left Strong Bad to go see the man laying on the hospital bed. "Strong Bad...?" Called a voice from inside the room. Strong Bad set his eyes on Homestar, who was now sitting up in bed and smiling, wearing one of his short sleeve t-shirts, but...his arms didn't poke out of the sleeves.
Strong Bad walked closer and sat in a chair beside the bed, sighing. "Wouldn't I be the last person you'd want to see? Really...I'm a jerk to you." He leaned back in his chair and let out a dejected huff. Homestar shook his head. "No, you're really great, Strong Bad! I just wanted to make sure that what happened didn't make you feel too bad. I've always liked spending time with you so even if you don't like me I'll be worried."
Strong Bad hit his fist against the wall in frustration, startling Homestar. "Don't YOU feel bad? Aren't you worried about YOURSELF? If you aren't your number one protection then who will be? People typically look out for themselves. Are you too dumb for that?" He rested his head in his hands, groaning. "I'm the only one that gets you need extra protection. You just can't function all by yourself. Your thoughts are all everywhere and naïve. Now you have a lack of arms too? Great...that's freaking great."
Homestar leaned his head back on the headboard and started to laugh softly, much to Strong Bad's surprise. "You'we the one who's being dumb. You don't understand what matters. I was a bit in shock at first and yelled at Pom Pom. I hate that. I apologized a twillion times. I don't want stupid things like anger and fear to rule me. After I had some rest, I wealized I wanted to see you because you make me laugh, and if that's dumb then I'm the stupidest person evew."
Strong Bad let out a deep sigh. "For an idiot, I guess you make sense sometimes..." He smiled slightly and leaned forward, pushing the other's bangs out of his face. "I'm sorry for what I said before, really. If you want me here, here I'll be, whatever. Things are gonna be hard for you for now on, huh...? We'll get you over it." Homestar arched an eyebrow. "We-?" "We. I'll stay with you so maybe we can learn a little more from each other. You'll learn common sense, which is good for the both of us that you know, and I'll try to learn whatever it is that's going on in your head."
Homestar smiled wide and with a bit of struggle pushed his blanket off of himself with his feet. "Thank you so much! I always knew you were the coolest~!" He purred delightedly, slowly standing up. "You can come with me whenever I go to my rehabilitation classes. Pom Pom is my best friend ever and he felt responsible for the wreck as well so he's paid for all my medical expenses and for the rehab, so you don't have to wowwy money wise. He said it was the least he can do since he's very well off when it comes to finances."
Strong Bad stood as well, giving Homestar a hug. "Alright, I'll be there then." He soon realized what he was doing and let go, shivering a bit. "Don't get used to hugs. That was definitely a once in a blue moon thing." He said with a serious look on his face. Homestar beamed, seeing the other trying to look so cool, giggling a bit at him. Strong Bad nudged him with his elbow. "See you later, Dorkstar." He stated, waving and walking out of the room.