"Can I handle it!? Pfft. Of course! That's easy. Even easier with my bro and Sol. Who's your colleague, though?" Aldryx asked, crossing his arms, trying to ignore the threat of the Void. Daddy Dearest had threatened to send him there if he didn't cooperate and even went as far as showing Aldryx what exactly the Void was. The digidevil decided that he would rather not be trapped there at the moment.
"Good. My colleague, Nikusa, will meet you after school. Also, you have detention. Now get out." The demon said, motioning to the door.
"Woah, detention? What the hell did I do!?" Aldryx asked, crossing his arms.
"Come on, I called you to the office by name. People would think it was weird if you weren't punished. It's just 2 hours, grow some balls."
Aldryx decided not to comment on why what Daddy Dearest said was a little offensive. With that, an offended Aldryx left to let Agoti and Solazar know about what the demon wanted, grumbling as he did so.
*
The final bell of the day had rung, and it was now time for the students to do whatever they want. As Whitty exited his class, the first thing he did was look around for Carol. They had begun meeting up with each other after school to walk together for a little bit.
He continued to look around as Agoti walked up to him. Whitty could see a smirk on his face, letting Whitty know that Agoti had some dumb joke planned or something.
"Bro, what are you doing just standing here?" He asked, just standing there as well, before crossing his arms. "You look kinda stupid."
Whitty rolled his eyes, electing to ignore his friend. "Whatever man. That was stupid. I'm just looking for Carol. I wanna ask her something."
Agoti nodded. "That's still going on? Good for you, I thought you were gonna blow that date majorly. But Boyfriend showed me that video he made of you two at the dorms. Kinda cute, actually." He said, reminiscing as if it happened years ago. Whitty groaned and made a mental note to talk to Boyfriend about it later.
"He actually videoed it? God, what a creep. I thought he was just joking when he told me he videoed it," Whitty said, him and Agoti laughing together. "At least Carol doesn't have parents that would make me clean the school just for taking her out. What's up with that, anyway?" Agoti shrugged.
They stood for a little longer when suddenly, Whitty felt a tug at his hips. He looked down to see Carol standing beside him with a smug look. He yelped and jumped back slightly.
"Ah! You scared me!" Whitty said as Carol had a bit of a giggle fit. "Sorry, I uh, didn't see you for a minute," Whitty rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "How long were you even there?" Carol shrugged.
"Just for like… 30 seconds." She said after a moment.
They stood in silence for about 10 seconds before Agoti groaned. "You two are kinda awkward… uh, when's the second date?" He asked, crossing his arms. Carol looked up at Whitty hopefully.
"Hmm…I'm free tonight." She shrugged, trying to fight a wide grin from appearing on her face. "What about you? You wanna grab dinner or something?"
Whitty cleared his throat as Carol softly grabbed Whitty's hand, intertwining their fingers. "Yeah, of course. Maybe we could go eat without Boyfriend this time. Or something more chill, like, uh…Shopping."
Agoti laughed. "Well, have fun with a nice shopping date. I wouldn't eat at Tankman's again if I was you. I think Pico would put a bullet in your meal or something. Plus, I don't feel like spying again, so, see ya." He turned to walk away. Carol raised an eyebrow.
"Spying? What does he mean by that?" She asked the tall bomb next to her. He coughed and shrugged. The two began to walk out of the school holding hands.
"Nothing. He's stupid, ignore him." Whitty said quickly, opening the door of the school for him and Carol.
"Hey! I heard that!"
*
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Solazar asked, standing in the parking lot of the city's music store. It had a strange name, now that Aldryx thought about it. What kind of name is 'Bopeebo,' anyways? The logo for the store was a simple drawing of Daddy Dearest's face. "Why can't we just go in and get what we need?"
Agoti nodded. "Yeah, like come on! I wanna get this over with. You didn't even have to drag us here for some silly shopping." He said, leaning against a light pole.
Aldryx rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just wait a little longer. He told me that he wanted his 'colleague' to watch over us or something." He grumbled, looking around the parking lot for someone that would be associated with Daddy Dearest.
They stood for about another 3 minutes, with no sign of anyone. By now, Aldryx and Agoti moved to sit on top of some random person's car, with Solazar standing with his arms crossed, impatiently tapping his foot.
"This is getting stupid! We could've been done already!" Agoti complained, jumping off of the car, and turning to his brother. "Can't you just like... text them or something?" Aldryx groaned, getting off as well.
"Ugh. No. Double D just told me that she would meet us here. I wonder if he was just fucking with us." He began to scratch his chin. "If he did, I swear to god..." Agoti began to lean against the car again, looking down at his feet. Solazar straightened up, looking out at something coming towards them.
"Is that her?" The manager asked, motioning towards where he was looking. The other two boys looked up, seeing a very (very) tall woman walking up to them.
"Oh shit. She's super tall." Agoti said, eyes wide. "Now I'm feeling kinda short." Aldryx laughed, looking over at his younger brother, and comparing their heights. Agoti punched him in the shoulder. Solazar rolled his eyes as the tall woman stopped in front of them. She examined the three males, looking each of them up and down.
"Daddy Dearest sent me," She said, walking past them without a second thought into the store. "He told me that I'll be watching over idiots."
"Well," Aldryx said, watching as the women continued to walk towards the music store. "Let's go, I guess." He shrugged as he began to follow her.
"Lovely greeting," Solazar grumbled, following as well. Agoti laughed, walking along with the two.
"She's really tall, too. I wonder how she and DD know each other." He said, his smile turning to a frown.
The group caught up with Nikusa as they all entered the store.
*
"Well, here we are." Carol said as they stood outside of a restaurant named 'Satin Panties'. The name was written in cursive, with light pink coloring on the window. Carol had a wide, immature grin on her face.
"Um, why this restaurant, exactly?" Whitty asked with a laugh, looking down at Carol with a raised eyebrow. "I'm pretty sure that shopping would be less, uh, inappropriate."
Carol giggled as she grabbed Whitty's hand. "Don't give me that 'family friendly' crap. Come on, let's just try it!"
she said as she brought him into the restaurant. Whitty sighed. It seemed he didn't have a say in the matter.
The two walked up to the front desk, where a lovely robot greeted them with a bright smile.
"Hi Whitty! Hi Carol!" Hex said, his screen displaying a wide grin. Instead of his usual jersey, he now wore the same jersey, but pink, and a little pink bow tie as well. "How are you two today? Would you like a table?"
Carol smiled brightly as she waved. To their robot friend. "Hex? I didn't think you would work at a place called Satin Panties." She said with a laugh. Whitty chuckled as well, examining the restaurant around them. Hex's screen displayed the same smile, but now with a small sweat drop symbol beside his left eye.
"Well, I know the name isn't very friendly, but everyone who works here is! I don't think any of them actually wear Satin Panties, except maybe the owner. So, I figured I would get a little job as a hobby." Hex put a thumbs-up as he spoke.
"Cool! I guess we can get a table for two, then?" Whitty asked, only accepting that he was eating here because he liked that Hex would be with them.
Hex looked down at a paper behind the front desk. "Well, no, unfortunately. But I can get you a table of four if you want to enjoy some time with two other people!" He said, looking back up.
Carol looked up at Whitty with puppy dog eyes. Whitty thought for a moment, trying to resist the look Carol had.
"Ugh. I guess." He sighed, smiling softly at Carol. "As long as it's not someone who would want to ruin our date! I want to actually have a good time with her."
Hex smiled brightly. "Follow me! Your table is this way." He said, walking towards the tables.
Whitty raised an eyebrow as he saw who was sitting at their table: Ruv and Sarvente. They seemed to be having a good time, although Ruv was showing it significantly less than Sarvente. It almost looked like they were on a date.
"I thought you two weren't dating?" Whitty asked Ruv as he sat next to him. He shrugged.
"We're not. We're just hanging out," The Russian said, not bothering to look over at Whitty. "Friends can just hang out, you know."
"Hi, Carol!" Sarvente said, waving at Carol as Carol took the seat next to her. "It's been so long since we could talk!"
"Well, I'm glad you all already know each other! I'll be back in a moment with menus." Hex said, leaving the table.
*
"Um, I don't think we got your name," Aldryx said as he sped up to be next to Nikusa, even though Daddy Dearest literally told him her name that same day. She looked over, wondering who was speaking before she looked down and realized.
"Nikusa. The Void Queen." She spoke, to which Aldryx stopped walking for a moment. He cleared his throat and sped up. Of course, she was the Void Queen.
"The Void?" Agoti asked, raising an eyebrow. The tall woman nodded, glancing back at Agoti.
"Yes. And Daddy Dearest sent me to 'help you dumbasses buy music equipment.' That's sort of sad, he basically wanted me to babysit you." She quoted with a snicker.
"Then why am I here?" Solazar asked, crossing his arms. "I'm their manager, I should be the one 'babysitting' them."
Agoti and Aldryx scoffed, looking offended at their manager.
"Hey! We don't need babysitting!" Aldryx said defensively. Right as he said this, Agoti bumped into a keyboard stand, knocking it over. Aldryx groaned. "Dammit, dude! You just ruined the point I was making!"
"Yeah yeah, whatever. Accidents happen." Agoti said, giving the finger to his brother as he quickly picked up the keyboard and tried to pretend it didn't happen. Solazar simply sighed and rubbed his temples.
Nikusa laughed. "I suppose that Daddy Dearest was correct, then?" She giggled, as she produced a list that Daddy Dearest as given to her. She decided that she didn't care for it, and gave it to Sol. He grabbed it as he adjusted his glasses. Agoti and Aldryx gathered around to glance at the list.
1/4 inch instrument cables
2 Fender amps
1 Get the idiot named Boyfriend to break up with my daughter
Extension cords (quality doesn't matter)
Money for Pico
Guitar picks for the loud Latino and her friends
Good microphones
Why is it so hard for my daughter to obey me
Glock 19 w/ammo
Santa hat for wife
Buy another restaurant for money
Security cameras
"Huh. What a weird guy." Agoti said, looking to his friends to see their reactions. Aldryx snickered.
"I wonder what he wants with a Glock. Actually, scratch that. I don't want to know." Solazar said, folding the list and putting it in his breast pocket.
"I wouldn't worry about it. He wouldn't even tell me." Nikusa said, towering over the three. "What are we waiting for? Let's go get this over with." She said, grabbing a nearby cart.
Aldryx laughed. "Solazar's finally gonna buy a gun. And it's for someone else." He said, continuing to laugh as they went for the first item on the list: the cables.
Solazar groaned once more. "I don't understand why he can't buy his own gun." He grumbled as they walked through the store.
*
"So, you're just really close friends?" Whitty asked Ruv. He nodded, still not caring enough to look at Whitty. "Really close?"
Sarvente shrugged. "It's simple, really. We're just best friends." She said, taking a sip from her water. "But, you and Carol are dating?" Carol nodded happily, smiling at Whitty and reaching over to hold his hand.
"This is our second date. I think we were gonna do something else after this, right?" Whitty asked as if he wasn't the one that made the plans. Carol shrugged.
"You two are pretty good together! Just my opinion. Statically, however…you are also pretty good together!" Hex spoke, grabbing Whitty's empty cup. "I just ran an analysis: You two are 90% compatible." Carol and Whitty blushed softly.
"That's a pretty good number." Sarvente said. "Ooh! Do me and Ruv!" She clapped her hands excitedly, while Ruv simply sat up in his chair. He wouldn't admit it, but he was a little curious.
Hex went silent for a moment, his monitor displaying a loading screen. His usual grin popped back onto the screen. "You and Ruv are about 87% compatible!" The robot announced to the table.
"Aha! Me and Carol are better!" Whitty joked to Ruv, who finally turned to look at the bomb. "Get good!"
"Heh. I guess." Ruv said, the corner of his mouth turning into a slight smile. Sarvente smiled sweetly.
"This is a fun group! You guys are very fun to hang out with!" Hex said, producing a notepad and pen out of nowhere. "What you guys like to order?"
The group ordered their food, and Hex left the table. "Man. I love that guy." Carol said, putting her elbows on the table. "Except when we play basketball with him." The group (except Ruv) laughed.
"Yeah, I tried playing with him once, and I think he actually broke my ankles. He, of course, fixed it right up." Whitty said, thinking back. "I'm pretty sure he's built to be peak kindness."
"He even comes to help on Sundays, which is funny. I didn't think he would be a religious person." Sarvente said, looking to see if they could still see Hex.
"He probably just likes to be around all the people. You know how he is." Ruv said, seeming a bit more relaxed than before. "Gotta love him."
*
"I don't know why it's so difficult for you two to just act normal!" Solazar hissed after Agoti and Aldryx were caught play-fighting with microphone stands. "How old are you guys now?!"
The two brothers quickly fixed the microphone stands and pretended nothing was happening as Nikusa giggled behind Solazar.
"We weren't even doing anything." Aldryx lied, even though Solazar was literally watching them fight with the stands for about 30 seconds.
"Ugh. Just grab a microphone and put it in the cart." He said, turning to face Nikusa, bumping into her on accident. "Oh. Sorry, I didn't realize you were that close." He said, noticing that some of her clothes had gotten burned from where he bumped into her. He cringed and decided to hope that she wouldn't notice.
"Could you guys stop trying to hang each other with the cables for one goddamn second!?" Solazar tried his hardest not to raise his voice too loud while scolding Agoti and Aldryx for acting stupid in public.
"You guys act like children. AND you're famous. That's very embarrassing. I can see why I was sent here." Nikusa said, smirking behind Solazar. As Solazar groaned and turned to grab a few cables, the two brothers flipped Nikusa off. She simply laughed.
"Ok ok, fine. We'll stop 'acting like children'" Aldryx rolled his eyes, dropping the cable back where it is. "How far down the list are we?" Solazar pulled out the list once more and adjusted his glasses.
"We need to get the money from Pico, which I don't understand why he would need that." The manager said, putting away the list. "Does anybody knows where we can find him?"
Agoti raised his hand.
"You don't have to raise your hand, dumbass!" Aldryx said with a chuckle, Nikusa giggling as well. Agoti put his hand down with a scoff.
"Shut up! I know! I was being respectful." Agoti hissed. "Anyways, I think Pico is at work right now. He waits tables at Tankman's." He grinned thinking about how they messed with a double date that one night.
Nikusa groaned. "Tankman's. I hate that place." She said as the group began to leave the store. "He always comments about his big my breasts are. And hits on me."
As the group exited the store, someone could be heard yelling.
"There's that little shit! He stole from me! Get him, Steve! Shoot them!"
Agoti's eyes widened as he heard this. "Oh shit! We gotta run!" He yelled, quicklime sprinting away to the mall across the street.
"What did you do!?" Solazar yelled. After a moment of silence, he groaned and began running after the digidevil. Nikusa and Aldryx looked at each other confused.
"Should we follow them even though we didn't steal?" She asked, looking down at Aldryx. He shrugged, a smirk creeping onto his face.
"Might as well. Chases are fun, anyways."
*
"Well, that was a fun dinner," Sarvente said sweetly as Whitty ate his second plate, in a matter of seconds. "I'm glad we got to catch up, Carol!"
Carol nodded, watching in awe as Whitty ate food so quickly. Even Ruv looked in shock. No one could tell he was shocked, though.
"Well, I learned a lot of stuff today," Ruv said in his usual deadpan tone. "Socializing isn't as bad as I thought it would be."
"That's weird, you didn't even really talk much." Carol said with a giggle. Ruv nodded. "Um, anyways, I think me and Whitty are about to go shopping or something."
Whitty finished swallowing his food. "Yeah, probably. I don't know which store. Maybe just the mall." He shrugged, then took a drink. "What will you two do?"
Sarvente shrugged. "Probably just go back to the dorm. And talk on the phone with Ruv." She said as Ruv nodded along. Carol and Whitty looked at each other and quietly laughed as Hex showed up.
"Here's the bill!" The robot chirped as he sat down two of them between the four. Ruv and Sarvente both reached for there's at the same time, accidentally touching hands. Ruv coughed, quickly pulling his hand away, as did Sarvente, a faint blush appearing on her cheeks.
Ruv hesitated for a moment before reaching out again and getting it. "Don't worry, I got it." He said, a little quicker than usual.
Whitty and Carol glanced at each other and giggled. Hex giggled as well.
"87%" Whitty mouthed to Carol as he grabbed the bill and pulled out his wallet.
Soon, the two groups were standing outside, ready to part ways.
"Ugh. I thought it would be dark by now." Ruv grumbled, standing in a shadow to keep the light out of his eyes.
"Yeah, I get it. It's like coming out of a movie theatre during the day." Whitty said, resulting in Ruv cracking another tiny smile.
"See you later!" Sarvente said as she and Carol hugged. "Huh, I never noticed how tall I was before this." Carol rolled her eyes at hearing the comment.
"Pfft. Shut up. I'm average height! Anyways, see you later!" She said as the Nun and the Russian turned to walk away. "I like those guys. We should hang out with them more."
Whitty nodded. "Yeah. I could've sworn they were dating…" he said, stroking his chin as they began to walk to the mall.
*
"Hurry! Get into the mall!" Agoti yelled to no one in particular. He quickly ran into the entrance, with Solazar, Nikusa, and Aldryx quickly following behind him.
"What the hell did you even steal!?" Aldryx asked as the group hid inside a store.
Agoti shrugged. "Saw the owner of Tankman's. I wonder why he wasn't at the restaurant, actually. I thought it would be funny to…" Agoti hesitated for a moment before finishing his sentence. "Steal his wallet."
"Where is that little F-er at?!"
"You're so stupid." Solazar groaned, checking to make sure that the Tankmen didn't see them. "Just go give it back to them!"
Aldryx scoffed. "Seriously? They won't just let that slide, even if he gives it back." He said, watching as the Tankmen passed their store and continued forward.
"I say we should fight them." Nikusa suggested. The group stared at her like she was crazy. "What? It would be fun to beat up Tankman." She said defensively.
"Yeah, I guess. But before we could even get to them, we would be full of bullets. That's not how I want to go out." Aldryx said, relaxing now that the Tankmen were out of sight. "It's all Agoti's fault!"
"Fuck you! I'm thinking right now." Agoti said, stroking his chin as if he was The Thinker. "I got it! What if… we could get his wallet back into his pocket… without getting caught?"
"I hope you're not being serious." Solazar said, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Sure, let's go reverse pick-pocket him. Better yet, we could even use stuff from the store!" Nikusa quietly giggled as examined the store's products.
"Yes yes, another mind-blowing, revolutionary idea from my intelligent brother," Aldryx said sarcastically. "Great thinking, Agoti. As usual."
"It could actually work! I swear. We just have to be sneaky." He said, putting his hands on a shelf. "We could even use stuff in the store!"
"Oh, yeah, let's just get the T-Shirt cannons, the world's biggest laser beam, and some ice cream makers. That'll help." Solazar said, just done with Agoti's bullshit.
"Wait a minute, Sol… you might be on to something."
"God dammit, I hope I didn't give you a stupid idea!"
*
"I hope that coming here wasn't a bad idea." Whitty said nervously as he and Carol examined the tank parked outside the mall.
"Well, it obviously means that our friend Tankman is here." She said with a soft laugh, grabbing Whitty's hand and taking him inside.
"Oh. Look. They have their guns out." Whitty said, pointing to the group of Tankmen walking in front of them. "I guess I'm just glad that they didn't decide to come looking for us." He laughed.
"Makes you wonder what they are actually looking for," Carol said, as they began to walk to a nearby store. As they began to go to the entrance, they noticed Agoti and those guys that he hangs out with (plus some tall women that they've never seen before).
"Oh! Ago-"
"SHHH!" Agoti put his finger over his lip, with Carol quickly shutting her mouth with a surprised look. Whitty held in a laugh.
"What's wrong?" The bomb asked as Agoti quickly moved them further into the store. "The Tankmen aren't looking for you, are they?
"Yeah, they are. He stole Tankman's wallet," Aldryx said, leaning against a nearby shelf. "Like the dumbass he is."
Solazar seemed like he had just given up at this point. Nikusa was just towering over anyone, her arm going to Agoti's pockets and carefully removing the wallet without him noticing as he argued with Aldryx.
"Woah woah, back up," Carol said, glancing over her shoulder to make sure no one was listening. "You stole Tankman's wallet?" She asked for clarification. "I just wanna be sure that you did. What possible reason is there for stealing a crazy soldier's wallet?"
Agoti nodded. "Doesn't matter. I just wanted something to do," He said, trying to ignore the fact that Tankman had soldiers searching for them. "But! I have a plan! We're gonna put the wallet in the T-Shirt cannon and shoot him with it." He nodded as if the plan was genius.
"I hope you're not being serious," Whitty said, facepalming at the thought of such a stupid idea. Nikusa still hasn't said a word but slipped Tankman's wallet into Whitty's hoodie pocket. "That can't be all you've come up with!"
"Well, we could always just not give it back." Nikusa suggested with a laugh. "He can just get a new one, with new cards and all that. He probably doesn't even have any money."
"See? That's at least an almost decent idea." Solazar said, straightening his tie. "I'd rather do that."
"Yeah, well… Fine! Whatever." Agoti said, crossing his arms. He sighed as he immediately uncrossed them to reach for the wallet to take the money, realizing it was no longer in his pockets.
"Oh shit. Um… I think I lost it."
"You…fucking idiot. Now we have to go with Nikusa's plan." Aldryx said, snickering and shoving his brothers arm. "I say we just sneak out and go home. That sounds way better than hiding out here."
"That's not the moral thing to do. Even though you already stole his wallet," Whitty said, crossing his arms and closing his eyes. It seemed that he felt like a saint. "I believe that there is enough good in Tankman for him to understand the reason, even though what you did was… pretty damn stupid."
"Okay, whatever you say." Agoti laughed, rolling his eyes. "I still think that the T-Shirt thing could be good. We just gotta do it right." The group began to quietly leave the store, before…
"Stop right there! Men, get ready to fire!"
Agoti silently cursed to himself as they stopped where they were, right in front of the exit. Carol sighed to herself. She couldn't believe that the nice date with Whitty turned into them being held at gunpoint.
"Turn around."
Whitty and Carol weren't quite sure why they decided to stay, especially because they didn't even do anything. Yet here they were, with guns being pointed at them by Tankman and his army.
"Well well well, look who it is. The little S.O.B. who stole my money and my pictures!" The captain said, stepping in front of his men and going up to the group.
"Look, John, we ca-" Solazar began, stepping forward as well before Tankman's soldiers took aim at him. Solazar quickly shut up and stepped back.
"Hey! That's CAPTAIN John to you! Now…What is it with this group? First, I hear Fire guy talking shit about my cooking, the busty one was rude to me for no reason-"
"You literally just called me 'The busty one,'" Nikusa said, glaring daggers at Tankman. It didn't seem to affect him at all.
"Don't interrupt me. Anyways, uh, The red one makes fun of my height, and these two are dating. How rude!" He finished his statement while pointing at Whitty and Carol. They looked at each other confused looks. "I even gave the bomb guy advice! He told me it was basic!"
Whitty cleared his throat. "Um… it's basic because it works…?" He said, rubbing the back of his neck. He hopes Tankman would appreciate the callback.
"I still don't entirely know what's happening." Carol said, hugging Whitty's arm. "Since we didn't even steal your wallet, I think me and him should be allowed to leave."
"I, uh, agree. We are completely innocent!" Whitty gave a fake smile, pulling his hands out of his pockets to give a thumbs-up. The wallet fell out of the pocket and fell flat on the floor with a splat. He stared at it with a strange expression, showing a mixture of shock, annoyance, depression, and anger. He would've defended himself by saying it was his wallet, but, unfortunately, it had a picture of Tankman's face drawn crudely on it.
"Oh."
Tankman raised his hand, the other Tankmen taking aim at the group once more. "I'm sorry I had to do this, bomb guy, but you've left me no choice. I wouldn't have to do this if you didn't steal my wallet!"
"Wh- Bu- I wasn't even there when your wallet was stolen! I don't know how I even have it!" Whitty defended, putting his hands up. Carol was beginning to get a little scared, hiding behind Whitty.
"Well, doesn't matter, cuz I don't want to give my men blue balls for not shooting something, so…"
POP POP POP
Whitty was sure he was just shot, but when he felt around, he saw that there were no bullet holes. He looked to see that Agoti and Aldryx had some sort of cannons in their hands, with devilish grins on their faces. Looking over, he could see that the Tankmen had random shirts over them.
"Seriously?" Solazar yelled, staring in shock at the sight before him. "Son of a…let's just run away now. Ugh. T-Shirt cannons." He rolled his eyes.
The group quickly darted to the exit, and finally left the mall, running through the parking lot as the sun was beginning to set. Agoti and Aldryx slowed down when they reached the tank, ready to steal it, but Solazar dragged them away.
"This isn't over! I'll get you guys one day!" Tankman yelled from behind them, shooting his gun toward them, causing random bystanders in the street to run screaming. The other Tankmen began to fire as well, even though their aim was terrible.
"Ha Ha! This is fun, right?!" Aldryx yelled, running beside Whitty, who was holding Carol in his hands. Bullets quickly flew by them, grazing Whitty's hoodie. He screamed and ran faster. "Don't get hit by the bullets, or you lose!"
"MY BACK HURTS," Nikusa complained as she ran, with Agoti beside her. He laughed loudly.
"Don't fall behind, or you'll get shot!" He yelled, turning back and shooting the cannon at the Tankmen once more. It hit John in the face, knocking him over. His yells could be heard from behind.
"AGH! THIS SUCKS! I'LL GET YOU AT SCHOOL!"
Once they finally lost the Tankman at the mall, the group headed back to the Funkin High campus. Nikusa, however, seemed to just disappear. Agoti and Aldryx said their goodbyes and went into their building.
"Well, that sucked." Carol said, walking beside Whitty back to her dorm building. "I didn't expect our date to end with us being hunted for something we didn't do." The sheer absurdity of it made her laugh softly.
"Well, we made it. Maybe we should make sure other people aren't doing stuff at the same time we go on dates…" He said as they reached the door. "Maybe next time we should just chill in our dorms and talk on the phone or something."
Carol stroked her chin and raised an eyebrow. "Hm. Yes, that does sound much more enjoyable than being chased." She said. "Not as exciting, but sure." Whitty rolled his eyes.
"Hey, it's not always about wether it's exciting or not. I'd rather be boring and alive than exciting and shot," He chuckled. He enjoyed the time that he had with Carol, especially when they were alone. It made him feel at peace, and like he could just be himself.
"Well, to each their own." She said, then beckoning for Whitty to lean over once more. He laughed and did so. She planted a soft kiss on him, resulting in both blushing deeply.
"See you tomorrow," The girl said sweetly, then went into the building. Whitty stood by himself, smiling, then turning to walk to his dorm.