Chapter 71 - Cooling Down
"Alrighty! Leave it alone for a while, it takes a couple hours for this kind of thing to take off.", I told my jelly boyfriend. "Oh, alright!", he replied. "Feel free to just get on random videos if you want.", I told him. "Sure thing, Mark!", he replied, turning back towards the computer. "I'm gonna tell them the coast is clear now", I said as I began to walk out of the door. "Hey Mark?", my jelly boyfriend asked. I turned back to look at him. "What is it?", I said. "I...I can't wait to be able to go to the park with you... as myself.", he told me. I looked down at the ground, thinking about what the statement entailed. Eventually, I was able to mutter, "Me... me too...", before heading out of the room.
Before I entered the guest bedroom with all the bunnies inside, I placed my ear up against the door, listening to what was going on. "Dad!", Karito yelled. Matiro stopped for a second, looking down at his daughter. "You know, Dad, I feel much happier than I was. It was... scary... in those tubes!", she said, beginning to cry. Matiro kneeled down, out of Barry's grasp, down to her level. "I'm... I'm sorry, princess. You know I didn't mean it...", he said, hugging Karito. "Phew!", Barry said, wiping his forehead. "Well, that was a lot of unnessessary drama...", Iremiya said. "Tell me about it.", Osmos said in response.
It was at this moment where I opened the door. I could see Osmos and Ella standing in one corner of the room, Giko and Iremiya about 2 feet away from them, and Barry standing next to Matiro as he hugged his sad Daughter. Megalo was sitting on the bed, waiting for it all to be over, and Adyna was still laying down peacefully. "Alright, It's safe to come out now", I told them, moving out of their perceived path. "Finally!" Giko said, tired of all the commotion. "Hey, B-Boss...", Megalo said to me. "What's up?", I asked him. "I think I remember something smart that you were talking about earlier...", he mumbled.
"You mean... the internet?", I asked. "Y-Yeah! That's it... I think...", he said. "What about it?", I asked him. "Can- Can I use it?", he asked me. "Oh! Sure thing, Megalo! Just go ask Jelly for it.", I replied. "Thank you, B-Boss!", he said with a smile, walking towards the doorway. "Watch Ou-", I started to shout, before he hit his head on the top of the doorway. "Ow!", he said, rubbing his head. "That... That really... hurts!", he yelled. Awww, poor thing..., Ella thought to him as she walked over. Do you need someone to kiss it to make it feel better?, she asked. Megalo looked up, nodding his head as he allowed her to kiss him on the forehead. "Thank... Thank you... Uhh...", he said, struggling to remember Ella's name. Ella, she thought to him, correcting him. "Ella! That's right...", Megalo said, getting up from the floor.
"Dad, you wanna go see what's on T.V.?", Barry asked Osmos. "Sure, son! Clearly, you know a little more about this stuff than I do...", he replied. Barry breathed in, finally gathering enough courage to ask Osmos the question nobody else would. "Say... What happened to your eye? I don't remember having it be that way..", Barry asked. Osmos stopped walking out of the room, looking back at Barry. "I'd rather not talk about it, son...", he said, before turning back around, walking out to the living room. Barry stood there, a little baffled that his dad wouldn't tell him what happened to him, but he eventually shrugged his shoulders, walking out in the same path as Osmos.
Meanwhile, Iremiya walked over to me. "Say, what food do you have around here, anyways?", he asked me. "Oh! Here, I'll show you around the kitchen.", I said to him, starting to walk out out of the room. "Thanks!", he said as he followed me to the kitchen. As I walked into the living room, I saw Barry, Osmos, Ella, and Giko all sitting either on the couch or in the chairs, switching between channels. When we walked into the kitchen, I showed him around. "...Alright! So, this is the fridge, it usually has all the goodies you guys eat, like Lettuce, Carrots, or other veggies and fruits.", I explained. "How does it work?", he asked me. "Well, this keeps the food cold, so it doesn't spoil as quickly.", I explained. "Oooooh! Pretty smart way to work things out, human race!", he jokingly said to me. "Thanks!", he said, opening the fridge door, grabbing some celery. "No problemo!", I replied back.
"Karito, I'm so sorry...", Matiro said to his daughter. Sniffling, Karito replied, "You can't keep getting angry with Uncle Osmos like that...", she told him. "I-I...", Matiro muttered, finding it difficult to rebuttal the statement. "You're going to... to...", Karito said, tearing up yet again. "No! Not again, Karito!", Matiro sternfully said to his daughter. "I promise." Karito looked back up at Matiro, lifting up her left arm. "Pinkie swear?", she asked, sticking out her pinkie. Matiro shook pinkies with her. "Pinkie swear.", he said.
Megalo opened my bedroom door, finding jelly in my computer chair watching random cringe compilations online. "Jelly... Can... Can I use that for a second?", he jelly boyfriend looked over his shoulder, before getting up from the computer chair. "Oh, sure thing!", he replied. Megalo walked over to the computer chair, shaking the ground as he shifted his body weight into the funiture. He looked a bit puzzled by the keyboard and mouse. "How... How do you use... the internet?", he asked my jelly boyfriend.
"Here. Let me show you!", my jelly boyfriend replied, with a good chunk of enthusiasm.