Ty woke up to the bittersweet smell of decay. The flowers were dying around him, ironic, how he himself should be the one dying or dead right now. He turned to look at Songbird. The feathers glistened in the morning sun as the bird slept.
Rolling over and pushing himself up, Ty made his way out of his room to the bathroom. After trimming his hair and some much-needed showering, he made his way back to his room to change and then proceeded to make his way downstairs. He entered the kitchen yawning and set about making himself a mug of coffee. He sat down as he waited for the water to boil and thought back to what had happened in the past few days. He shuddered inwardly as he thought of the way he had almost died. It was scary, downright terrifying, to know you had almost died.
Fizzing and popping brought him back to reality. He got up and resumed making his coffee, somewhat distracted by the thoughts that lingered.
"Hey Ty", he heard someone say. Startled he dropped the mug, spilling the coffee all over the bench. Rushing over to the sink to cool his burnt hand, scolding himself for being so easily startled.
"I'm sorry I scared you Ty", Mitch said as he quickly grabbed some paper towels to wipe the spill up.
"I didn't mean to hurt you", Mitch muttered as he cleaned.
"No, it's fine. It was unintentional, an accident. I know you didn't mean to frighten me", Ty said as he waited for the hot feeling on his hand to stop.
"Yeah, I know, but I can't help but feel responsible for you getting hurt", Mitch said, tears starting to form.
"I said it's okay, didn't I. You already said you didn't mean to hurt me and I'm the one that shouldn't have been so careless", Ty said gently.
"And now there's coffee everywhere. I'm such a klutz", Ty chuckled.
Mitch laughed a little and wiped the small tears from his cheeks. Sniffing as he walked over to Ty and hugged him. Ty hugged back and smiled into Mitch's shoulder.
"Well aren't you two cute", a voice said from the kitchen door.
Blushing, Mitch, and Ty quickly pulled apart and looked in the direction of the voice. A smirking Husky accompanied by Seto.
"You know I think a real hug is in order here", Seto said looking from Husky to Ty and Mitch.
Husky nodded and the two advanced on Mitch and Ty.
Jason walked, bleary-eyed, into the kitchen and blinked a couple of times in surprise. Ty was getting hugged by Mitch, Husky, and Seto. And while the latter three were laughing, Ty looked half distressed, half extremely happy. What surprised Jason was what came next. Mitch letting go of the other three and pulling Jason into the hug. Jason smiled a bit as he was squished between a smirking Seto and a grinning Husky.
As various other people entered the kitchen they were pulled into the hug and by ten o'clock all the members of team crafted were assembled around Ty, squeezing him to death in their warm embrace. But all good things must come to an end.
"Get off of me!", Ty yelled, laughing afterward at how much he had sounded like Husky.
"Aw, we were only playing", Mitch said, faking a pout.
"Yeah", Sky joked, "We were only trying to squeeze you to death."
"Argh, you guys", Ty wined.
"Yep, we're going to be the death of you", Jerome chuckled and ruffled Ty's hair playfully.
Ty sighed in exasperation. Sure he loved them, but sometimes he regretted ever meeting them, in a jokey 'Wish-I-never-met-you' way. But even though they annoyed the nether out of him, they were still going to be his best friends.