Chapter 6: Mr. Snugglemuffins
J kept glancing from Sam to Taurtis, looking conflicted. He quietly leaned over and whispered to Taurtis. "Can you really be angry with him? You are keeping secrets from him, he has the right to keep them from you." Taurtis sent J a sharp look. "It's not that. It's that he promised and lied." "You were kinda pushing him to talk." "I'm his best friend, it's my job to help him and support him." "Whatever it is, he's probably scared and unsure, he may just be too scared to talk about it." "Enough J. I'd rather not keep talking about this." J sighed weakly as he drifted back to talk to Sam. "How long do you think you two will be fighting for?" Sam shook his head. "I don't know… I hope not for long." J nodded softly. "Don't you think you should at least talk about it?" "Talk about what?" "whatever's going on with you." "It's nothing J." J sighed softly. "Sam, Taurtis was right when he said we can't help you if you don't tell us. We just want to help you." "There's nothing to say J."
J shook his head, why were his friends so stubborn? He quietly fixed his glasses and walked into the changing room. Sam and Taurtis stayed near each other in spite of their fighting, hopefully they would stop fighting soon. Nobody touched Sam today, they could practically feel the sharper energy from Sam and Taurtis and didn't wanna risk it. "ALRIGHT MAGGOTS! TODAY WE ARE GONNA DO OUR STRETCHES AND THEN HEAD OUT TO SWIM!" "Why didn't you tell us before we changed?" "BECAUSE I CAN, NOW GET OUTSIDE!" People quietly headed to the gym, looking tired. Once again, people were forced to change. "LET'S PRACTICE DIVING, SO CLIMB UP THE DIVING BOARDS AND GET READY TO JUMP! EXTRA CREDITS FOR THOSE THAT TAKE THE BIG DIVE!" Apparently the thought of extra credits were too tempting, considering everybody immediately went to the high diving board. It didn't take long for everybody to get through, it really helped that some people got knocked off the board into the water. After that, they were allowed to swim around or relax by the pool till it was time to go.
J was a little nervous to leave the two friends alone when they were fighting, he just hoped they'd make up soon, it was weird to see them so distant from each other. Soon, the bell rang, which allowed them to head home. "Later J." "..Bye J, cya tomorrow." J glanced at Sam and Taurtis "Later guys, be safe getting home. Cya tomorrow!" The two boys nodded and watched J walk off to his house before quietly walking to their home. Along the way, Sam paused for a moment, which causes Taurtis to pause when he noticed. "...Taurtis?" "Yeah Sam?" "I'm sorry for yelling at you, you were just trying to help me." Taurtis sighed in relief, the silence was starting to bother him. "It's okay Sam, I shouldn't have been prying so much." "Still. You were just trying to help…" "I forgive you Sam, its okay." Sam smiled, looking like his usual chipper self. Sam and Taurtis walked the rest of the way side-by-side.
After arriving home, Taurtis plopped on the couch and Sam headed to the kitchen "Taurtis, do you want anything?" "What do we have?" "Carrots, bread, soup, potatoes, beef, cereal, corn dogs, pizza rolls, and Toritos." Sam didn't even have to look back to see Taurtis's grin, he could hear it. "Toritos you say?" "Yes but I mean dinner, not a snack." Taurtis pouted. "Fine. How about… Snack for dinner for today and pot roast for tomorrow?" Sam nodded "That'll do, mind cutting up the beef for the pot roast while I cut the carrots? After we finish we can peel and cut the potatoes together depending on how fast we get done." Taurtis nodded as he got up and trudged into the kitchen. It didn't take them long to finish the meal, and after that, they made a quick dinner snack consisting of Toritos, carrots, Mountain Dew, and pizza rolls. They were just casually eating while watching a random episode of One Punch Man. "Oh! We forgot about the homework!" Taurtis groaned "Do we have to?" "Yes Taurtis, we need to keep our grades up." Taurtis whined as Sam got their homework out. "Come on, I'll help you." "Alright. Alright." After that, the boys took their baths and got ready for bed.
Sam couldn't sleep, he tried but he just couldn't slip off. Unbeknownst to him, neither could Taurtis. "Taurtis? You up?" Sam practically whispered, slightly worried that he might accidentally wake Taurtis if he was sleeping. Taurtis quietly rolled over to face Sam, grateful that he wasn't the only one up. "Yeah I'm up. Can't sleep?" Sam shook his head. "Yeah, you neither?" Taurtis nodded sleepily. "Yeah, no clue why." Sam fidgeted a bit as he clung to his bear. "Wanna go downstairs and watch TV till we fall asleep?" Taurtis asked softly. Sam smiled "You sure we'll wake up without an alarm clock?" Taurtis shrugged, he was okay with being late, it's Sam that worries. "We'll be fine, but if it means so much we can just set an alarm on our phone and have it charge near us." "That'll do." The two quietly crawled out of bed, grabbed a big blanket and two pillows, and headed downstairs. Sam sleepily climbed onto the couch as Taurtus turned on D Gray Man before climbing in as well. They quietly curled up into the blanket together and relaxed. It didn't take long for them to fall asleep this round.
Sam later awoke to the alarm with slight confusion; he was laying on top of something soft and warm, but there was a weight around him that wouldn't let him up. After he woke up enough to recognize his surroundings, he flushed. He was laying on Taurtis and using him as a pillow, his being discarded on the floor. "T-Taurtis, wake up." Instead, he did the opposite, he pulled Sam closer and hugged him tighter. By this point, Sam's face was crimson. "Taurtis wake up!" Taurtis muttered something sleepily and nuzzled into Sam's neck, only proving to fluster him worse as he tried to wiggle out of Taurtis's sleepy grip. He didn't really want to startle Taurtis in fear of getting thrown off the couch or something but Taurtis wouldn't get up any other way, he just hoped it wouldn't hurt. "Taurtis! Someone's trying to rob the house!"
Unsurprisingly, it woke him as per usual. However, instead of leaping up and making a battle stance, he pushed the rabbit hybrid into the couch and got into a protective battle stance. "What is with people and-! Hey, where's the thief?" Sam laughed at Taurtis's antics. "Sorry Taurtis, I had to wake you and you wouldn't budge." Taurtis groaned and got up, trying to fix his hair as Sam laughed. "Don't you have any other way to wake me?" "Why fix what already works?" "Cause one day there's gonna be a real intruder and I'll think its just you trying to wake me so I'll ignore you but there's a real threat." Sam sighed but couldn't help but smile "I'll think of another way then." "Good, but in the meantime, we should get ready for school." "Mhmm, don't forget to grab your homework." "Do I ever?" Sam just sent him a plain look, clearly challenging that statement. "Sam, imma go take a shower-" he quickly continued before Sam could interrupt him. "-and I'll hurry!" "But you always take forever!" Sam whined. "No woooorriesss!~" Sam almost groaned as he watched Taurtis run up the stairs.