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B was sitting in the cantina, at a table on his own. He didn't have any food or drink, only his phone, on which he was playing Angry Birds... but he wasn't really paying much attention to the game. Rather, he was deep in thought about what happened earlier with Elex... the events had to have replayed in his head at least a hundred times already by now- how long had it even been? An hour? Not even? He wasn't sure. He wasn't keeping track.
He just couldn't stop thinking about it...
Heh.. heheh.. of course it happened again.
A slight, pained smile came over his face as he thought it over once more... yet again, he'd loved someone, just for them to leave him behind... and this time, he could only blame himself. Of course Elex would leave him behind - he made it very clear that they were only pretending to date eachother to piss off his parents... and yet, B got attached anyway.
He sighed to himself as he finished another level in Angry Birds. One star. Whatever. He moved onto the next, still thinking about Elex... he couldn't help but reminisce on the many times they'd spent together in their bedrooms. Every time, Elex had asserted that it was just to feed himself. There was never anything more to it. And yet, through that, and through their "fake dates", B had grown to love the demon... love that the demon clearly didn't reciprocate. Heh... heh heh...
...B could feel himself tearing up a little. He was quick to noticing this, quietly wiping away his tears and steeling himself, hoping nobody noticed. He didn't want anybody to see him like this, crying over somebody who never loved him... that's stupid. He shouldn't be crying over this- he did this to himself... plus, he's B, the funny guy! He goes kaboom! He's silly! He can't read, write, or count! He makes people laugh- or at least, he wants to... he shouldn't be crying! He should be smiling and thinking of new ways to be funny!
And so, he forced a convincing smile, but that didn't suddenly make him stop thinking about the matter. All that did was bury the matter. Push it down below the surface... but not very far. He wasn't really trying to suppress the thought, after all, he just didn't want anybody to see him upset. However, his train of thought was interrupted by an announcement from Ace.
"Ahem... okay everyone! The portal is open, which meeeeeeeeans vacation time... is ON!!"
The room suddenly erupted into a roar of cheering, with B flinching initially- shit, it was loud all of a sudden... however, he was quick to force that smile once more, mumbling under his breath as he looked back at his phone.
"...cool."
B finished the level he was on, before getting up from his seat and pocketing his phone.
The blue boy followed the crowd through to the next room - the one with all the golden doors. It was slow, crowded, and a little claustrophobic. However, it didn't take him too terribly long to reach the portal... however, he didn't step through immediately. Rather, he hesitated, thinking about Elexelion once more.
...he should've expected Elex to leave... after all, nobody here seemed to like him, and he didn't have much attachment to anybody here... heh heh, heh...
He didn't even say goodbye to him... but of course he didn't. And- whatever... it was no big deal.
After all...
Elexelion slammed the door behind him as he walked into his room in the H.O.T.E.L., grumbling under his breath... whoop-de-doo, those goody-two-shoes were all antagonising him... again. And when he was trying to show restraint, too... AGAIN. He was incredibly sick of this cycle- being scrutinised, chastised, and antagonised for every little "misstep", as decreed by the so-called "good guys"- it was tiresome.
The demon began scavenging his room, looking for the resources he made use of to get here in the first place... unfortunately for him, his room was a damn mess, so it was going to take a while to find the stuff... all the more time to stand and think about everything. Greeeeeat, just what he wanted... he rolled his eyes at the thought.
And yet, he began to think about all the times he'd been needlessly antagonised... for one- that damn lightning mutt. Decking him for the sole purpose of starting a fight, then decking him again for the crime of... saying mean things to his friend. Then the tournament... he snarled at the thought. And even after that incident, he couldn't escape that fists-for-brains- he just had to keep making himself Elex's problem...
And as if that wasn't bad enough, whenever Elex tried to force the headless hound (not literally, but from Elex's PoV he may as well be, considering his lack of a brain) away from him in a non-lethal manner, he was allllways chastised for it. First at.. the arena... where several people chastised and lectured him for the act of pushing the mutt away from him, which culminated in the nameless ""god"" that ran this place attacking him and giving him snark...
"What's wrong? I was moving you away from them. It's what you wanted."
Oh, the fucking NERVE. He was still pissed off about that, even after his and his parents' fight with the ""god"".
Then this time at the cantina. The mutt approached him, telling him what to do instead of just leaving him alone- which is clearly what he wanted- and then shouted, at the top of his lungs, that he "wasn't scared of him"... and when Elex tossed him out of the building, rather than just killing him, HE was the one who got slack- uuuuuuuggghh... he was sick of it, he was SO, sick of it... and so, he was leaving, with little intention of returning.
He'd finally found all the necessary items to leave this place, and was now in the process of setting them all up... more time to think. Joy. And so, his mind began wandering once more... this time, to B, and what happened earlier that day...
Good news: His mom finally found out they were "dating", and hoo boy, was she mad!
Bad news: She made that anger Elex's problem, lecturing him for hours about how this was a "bad decision" and whatever... he didn't know what else she said - he tuned most of it out. It was still ruined his mood, though.
He snarled again at the memory... whatever- after that was over, he met back up with B. After a quick feeding sesh, they'd gone to the cantina, and from there... he didn't wanna think about it again. It was pissing him off enough as it was... so instead, his mind drifted to B, the blue boy he'd been spending most of his time with this past... however long- he hadn't kept track of time... he wasn't even sure he could here.
He thought about how B was the only person who wasn't constantly getting on his case 'round here. The only one who wasn't constantly bitching at him about something he did or was doing. Yeah, it was probably 'cause the guy had one-sided feelings, but he'd be lying if he said he didn't appreciate it at least on some level. It was nice to have somebody here who wanted him- well, there was his sister, but they didn't talk much. She was usually with her boyfriend, and he didn't wanna interrupt their them time...
...the portal was open. Elex stared at it, ready to walk through... but he hesitated for a moment, still thinking about B. Deep down, part of him kinda felt bad for ditching him back there... he could've at least given the guy a goodbye. But- whatever. It was too late for that now, and he couldn't go back - after all, like hell they'd let him back into the cantina... but that was fine.
After all...
...he knew when he wasn't wanted.
And so, he stepped through the portal, and left.