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undressrehearsal · 8 months

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dare to be stupid

summary: a drunken game of truth or dare overtakes your study session

tags: NSFW, tlou au, college!ellie/reader, mentions of drugs, alcohol, drunk sex, oral (r receiving)

a/n: listen idk how this turned into 7.5k. idk what happened. also this is my first time writing smut. idk if the sex is good but it was already so long. if y'all like this one i'll write a sequel or something idk

part 2

“Truth or dare?”

It had become a tradition for the two of you shortly after moving in together. It was common for the air in your tiny apartment to grow heavy, the stress and anxiety tangible in the air - often around midterms or finals, or if your roommate had a particularly infuriating project. During these times when the bags under your eyes grew too heavy to carry or the lines around your roommate's mouth deepened into canyons, one of you would barge into the other's bedroom - frequently in disarray with notes and textbooks strewn across every surface - slam a bottle of vodka down on the desk, and utter those stupid, little three words, and the game would begin.

And so you didn't even jump when you heard your bedroom door slam against the wall, heavy boots against the carpet. You had been bent over your desk for so long that your neck ached, your eyes swimming with letters that didn't quite make sense and didn't fit into any of the medical terms laid out on your flashcards. When Ellie slammed the bottle of vodka on your desk, you blinked your eyes clear and looked up to meet her eyes.

She smirked when she said, “Truth or dare?”

You didn't waste time in clearing off your desk, shoving your books and cards aside into a toppling pile. Ellie, without waiting for permission, set a shot glass down in front of you, kicked off her boots, and plopped back onto your bed.

Scooting your chair closer, you propped your feet up against the mattress, pursed your lips, and said, “Truth.”

Ellie groaned, flopping over onto her side and propping her chin in her hand. She had stripped off her jacket, leaving her in a dark t-shirt that almost made her skin look pale in the low light from your desk lamp. “You're such a fucking pussy.”

You rolled your eyes even as a grin pulled at your lips. “I've known you for too long, Els, and I know that I need a few shots before I'm willing to shove anything anywhere for your amusement. So, respectfully, eat my ass.”

“You'll have to dare me to,” she quipped back immediately. She wrinkled her nose as you choked back a laugh, tapping a finger against her lips. You tried to ignore how endlessly cute it was as she said, “Where's the weirdest place you've pissed?”

Another sound burst from your lips, some mixture of a laugh and a shout. You gaped at her, watching as a laugh crept up, a smile tugging at her lips.

Shaking your head, you said, “Weird, but that's a pretty tame one. Not gonna ask me about my favorite sex position or if I ever snuck drugs into our dorm room last year?”

Ellie only shrugged. “Gotta warm you up a bit first, babe.” You ignored the way your heart jumped at such an innocent word. After a moment's pause, she added, “But have you?”

“You'll just have to ask me. One truth per round, bitch.” You pretended to think about it for a moment, though you already had your answer. “Okay, so you remember when we first signed the lease here and we were a bit short on rent?”

Ellie nodded, her brows furrowed in confusion.

“Like, a week before it was due, some girl on Tinder hit me up. She was passing through town and only staying for the night, and she was bored. So, she paid me.”

Ellie's frown deepened. “To, what, have sex with her?”

Laughter bubbled up your chest as you said, “No, she paid me to piss in her mouth.”

There was silence for several long moments. Ellie’s jaw hung loose, her eyes wide as she simply stared at you. Several emotions flashed across her face like a movie reel - confusion, shock, disbelief - before finally landing on pure, unfiltered amusement. The corners of her lips quirked up, her open mouth turning up at the corners until a loud, sharp laugh burst from her throat. When Ellie laughed - really, truly laughed - she did it with her chest, a sound so fathomless and full it filled up whatever room she was in.

In your small bedroom, her laughter bounced off the walls, echoing in the alley outside of your open window. You couldn’t contain your own giggles, muffling your laughter with a hand over your mouth, snorting as Ellie buried her face in your mattress.

When she finally looked up, her eyes filled with tears, she only said, around her subdued giggles, “How much?”

You grinned. “$200.”

Ellie’s mouth fell open again - you’d have to pick it up from the floor at this rate. “Dude, you’re fucking with me.”

“I swear,” you said, holding up your hand like a scout. “I’ll show you the Venmo if you don’t believe me.”

Ellie fell back against the bed, throwing her head back. “You have to go find this chick on Missed Connections, she can help with the rent.”

You threw one of your pens at her. Catching it in midair, she stuck the end in her mouth to chew on it. You wrinkled your nose at her, but she only grinned, the pen hanging from the corner of her lips.

“You're so gross,” you said, though you were still giggling.

“Bold words from you, Piss Girl. That's, like, the worst superhero name in existence.”

You threw your hands up, trying your hardest to glare at her and failing miserably. “Hey, $200 is $200. I'm not one to kinkshame.” Ellie threw the pen back at you. You grimaced when it hit your arm, leaving a small spot of spit on your sleeve before clattering to the floor. “God, it's your turn. Truth or dare, bitch?”

Propping herself up on her elbows, Ellie said, “Dare.” A grin pulled at her lips, her voice low as she added, “Because I'm not a fucking pussy.” You stuck your tongue out at her, ignoring her when she mockingly said, “Mature.”

Your desk was pressed up next to the only window in the room, cracked open to let the cool autumn air in. Your curtains fluttered in the breeze, the dying sunlight creeping in, casting light like liquid gold over Ellie’s skin. As you thought, scrambling to think of a suitable dare, you could not control how your eyes grazed over her exposed skin, the sunlight dipping in her collarbones like pools of ichor.

Blinking, you met her eyes once more, your throat tight. Your words came out almost choked when you said, “Okay, I dare you to make a spicy two-sentence story about something in this room.”

Ellie scoffed, sitting up and kicking her legs over the side of your bed. “I’m gonna take a wild guess that your drawer of sex toys is off limits?”

You sputtered, stammering over your own tongue as you felt heat rush to your ears. “Yes, that’s off limits. You don’t even know what’s in there!”

Ellie hummed, standing up from the bed and taking a few steps around the room. She didn’t look at you, but you could hear that fucking smirk when she said, “That’s what you think, babe.”

You watched her, tracking her movements as she slowly stepped around your room, scanning for inspiration. Your bedroom was about what you’d expect from a broke, overworked college student - aside from the furniture that came with the place, it was pretty barren. Ellie scanned the little touches you did have - her finger traced over the Funko Pop of Zuko on your bedside table, her eyes lingering on the pile of fantasy books you kept atop your dresser. She smiled at the posters hung crookedly on your walls, depictions of your favorite video games. She hummed again, looking back at you over her shoulder.

“So many options to choose from,” she murmured, running her finger along your jewelry box. She had her face turned away, so you could only see the corner of her smirk as she lifted the lid, pulling one of your necklaces from its home. You watched her warily as she approached you, the chain dangling from her slim fingers. She stepped behind you, out of your line of sight, and slipped the necklace over your head, the cold metal resting against your collarbone.

“She looped the chain around her lover’s neck like a collar,” Ellie said. You felt her cool fingers against the back of your neck, hooking around the chain and pulling it gently against your throat. You coughed against the awkward silence; your roommate had always been a little handsy, but this was something else entirely. What the fuck is she doing? you thought. “She pulled it taut against her throat and leaned in to whisper,” you felt Ellie’s lips against your ear, her rough voice sending a chill up your spine when she murmured, “good girl.”

Reaching back, you shoved Ellie’s head away; her laughter echoed through the room as she rounded in front of you, sitting back against your bed and grinning.

“Oh, you’re so fucking proud of yourself aren’t you?” you teased, trying - and failing - to keep your cheeks from turning red. Your skin felt aflame, a tingle lingering right where Ellie’s lips had pressed to your ear. You rubbed at the spot under the pretense of scratching your head, willing the feeling to go away.

Your heart was pounding so hard you could hardly hear her when she said, “Hell yeah, I am. I should’ve been an English major. I could write a whole fucking slutty novel and get famous. I'm an expert - I've done enough research.”

You rolled your eyes at her cocky smile, but Ellie only winked at you.

This is how your truth or dare games went - with Ellie being far too cocky, prancing around doing whatever dares you could think of and asking any outrageous questions that popped into her pretty little head; and you, simply trying your damnedest to keep up with her. You flailed, flustered, when she asked you about your toy collection, and begrudgingly relented when she dared you to bring out your favorite. Ellie took a shot before you had even finished daring her to text her last hookup (“I’m not reopening that bag of crazy,” she said, scrunching her nose at the taste.) You took a shot when she dared you to go mix all of the liquids in the fridge (which included pickle juice, old broths, and orange juice) into one amalgamation and chug it (“I’d rather chug the rest of the vodka, Els.”)

“Truth,” you said before Ellie could even ask the question. You were three shots in and could feel that lightness pressing against your temples, just at the threshold of tipsy. You had moved to join Ellie on your bed, where you sat with your back against the headboard and Ellie’s head on your thigh. The vodka bottle was balanced precariously between you.

Ellie rolled her eyes, but looked up at you and asked, “Out of our friend group, who have you fantasized about the most?”

She had not even finished her sentence before you served yourself a shot, a few drops splattering on your shirt. Wincing at the taste, you looked back down at Ellie; her eyes were lit up like a Christmas tree, her jaw slack.

“Don’t-”

“You have to,” she interrupted you, pinching your thigh and grinning when you squirmed away. “You have to tell me. You can’t leave me hanging here - you didn’t even let me finish the question!”

“Why did you even assume I’ve fantasized about any of our friends-”

“Because I know you.” She was scrambling up now, unsteady in her movements as she came to her knees in front of you, leaning back against her heels. She planted a firm hand on your thigh - your skin was still warm where her head had been - leaning into it, her eyes drawing so close you could almost see every speck within the hazel. “And I know that bitches like us always have somebody in the group they fantasize about. So, who is it?”

“Bitches like us?” you repeated, raising your brow. You were sure each line of her palm was going to be branded into your thigh. “So, there’s somebody you think about too?”

Ellie’s smile was on the very edge of teasing, a small quirk at the corner of her lips that screamed at you just how wrapped around her finger you were - and, somehow, she didn’t even know it. Her voice was low, nothing more than a murmur that you could practically feel in your own chest when she said, “You really wanna know?” You didn’t answer - couldn’t, really, not when her fingers dug into your thigh and you could count each freckle across her nose. You couldn’t answer when she leaned in closer, her warm breath brushing against your cheeks, smelling of the weed you knew she had smoked that afternoon. You could hardly hear her over the rush of your own heart when she whispered, “You’ll just have to ask me.”

Maybe it was the vodka warming your chest, tingling in your fingers - or maybe it was the way the light from your lamp cast sharp shadows across Ellie’s face, turning her skin into liquid gold - but you did not push her away. Your grip tightened around the neck of the bottle, but you held her gaze when you said, “Truth or dare, Els?”

Her voice was soft, her half-lidded eyes holding yours as she said, “Truth.”

“Who have you fantasized about?” The words rushed out of you before you could hesitate.

And for a moment, you believed she would answer. You let yourself believe that she would give you the answer you craved. It prickled at your skin, raising goosebumps along your arm, spreading warmth through your stomach. But your roommate had never been so straight-foward - had never given you an easy answer. She wet her lips, drawing your eyes to her mouth involuntarily, but she only pried the vodka bottle from your fingers. She held your gaze as she raised it to her lips, drinking straight from the bottle without even wincing.

“I can play that game too, baby.” She backed away, finally giving you a moment to breathe. She settled back against the wall, laying her arms over her knees, the bottle dangling from her fingers. The skin of your thigh still burned, branded with her fingerprints.

You looked away, huffing out a laugh that you prayed sounded sincere. You could feel her eyes on you when you leaned your head back against the wall, counting the cracks in your ceiling like they were the most interesting thing in the whole world. “It’s getting late, Els,” you said, even as your phone flashed that it wasn’t even nine yet and here you were, too many shots in, your roommate’s presence like a fire blazing in your room. “I should get back to studying.”

“Do you want to, though?” There was an edge to Ellie’s voice, as though that question was a dare itself. You lifted your head to look at her and found that she was already watching you, her eyes soft in the dim light.

You took a deep breath - and the vodka must have reached your brain, because before she could ask, you said, “Dare.”

You could see the vodka in the lazy tilt of her smile, in the way her head lolled against the wall. Her eyes were half-lidded, and yet there was something hidden behind her slow, sleepy gaze, something you were too afraid to name - something you were sure was only the imagination of your tipsy fantasies.

“Close your eyes,” Ellie said, words lazily falling from her lips, as deep and rich as the strings of a guitar.

It took you several moments longer than usual to process what she had said. Everything felt like it was moving in slow motion, as if the two of you were underwater. You shouldn't have felt like this after a few shots - you'd usually only be tipsy at this point. But something about the way the shadows dipped into Ellie's collarbones and the way her shirt rode up, exposing her boxers and the sharp cut of her hips, was intoxicating on its own.

So it took you several long, heavy moments to say, “What?”

She chuckled, but there was no malice behind it. There was something soft in the tilt of her head, the way she tilted her chin down to look at you through her lashes. Her hair fell in her face, brushing against her nose; you fought the urge to brush it away, knowing that if you did you wouldn't be able to stop yourself from running your fingers through her hair. You wouldn't be able to stop yourself from grabbing a fistful of the auburn strands-

“Close your eyes,” she repeated in that same honey-thick voice, breaking you from your thoughts. “For thirty seconds. And don't open them no matter what.” When you only stared at her for several silent moments, she added, “How long have we been friends? Don't you trust me?”

And the thing was, you did. You trusted her with your entire heart, and so you closed your eyes, and you waited.

You felt the bed shift next to you but you did not open your eyes. You did not open them when you felt her long fingers grip your shoulder as she struggled to steady herself. You felt her hair first, fine strands brushing against your cheek, smelling of sweat and her shampoo. You did not open your eyes, even when you felt the gentle press of a warm mouth against the side of your neck. You hardly dared to even breathe, your hands tangling in your sheets, afraid that you would not be able to control yourself otherwise. You counted the long, torturous seconds, biting down on your lip when you felt Ellie’s mouth part, the warmth of her tongue pressing against your pulse.

You had counted to twenty-six when she pulled away, a chill settling over your skin where that warmth had been only seconds ago. When you got to thirty, you opened your eyes to find that Ellie had settled back into her spot, leaning back against the wall. The only sign that she had even moved was the thin sheen over her lips, wet with her own saliva, and a small, pleased smirk.

You did not allow yourself to think about it, ignoring the way your skin burned where she had touched you as though she were a wildfire. You sounded breathless even to your own ears when you said, in barely more than a whisper, “Truth or dare?”

“Truth.”

“What are we doing here, Ellie?” The words were out before you could stop them, slipping from between your teeth and hanging in the air like helium. The words felt almost tangible, and yet you couldn't grasp them, couldn't draw them back into your throat.

For a moment, you thought Ellie would grace you with an answer. She opened her mouth, and you thought maybe she would finally stop playing this game and let you breathe. Instead, just like before, she brought the bottle to her lips and held your gaze. You tried not to watch the way her throat moved as she swallowed.

She wiped her mouth on the back of her hand and recapped the bottle, settling it between you. “Truth or dare?”

“Truth.” You felt you could no longer trust yourself with any dare she gave you. Your hands were already shaking from clenching the sheets.

“How would you rate your last kiss?”

You squinted at her, confused by the innocence of the question after everything that had happened in the past hour (had it only been an hour?). “My last kiss was with that one girl I met at the bar a few weeks ago. She was drunk and way too sloppy, but she was hot. I guess I'd give it,” you paused, trying to remember the moment past the haze; you couldn't even remember the girl's name, “a six.”

Ellie raised her eyebrows, her eyes widening. “A six?” She shook her head, clicking her tongue in disapproval. “You’ve got to be fucking with me. A girl like you deserves more than a six.”

“A girl like me?” Your voice sounded deafening in the quiet. You thought it had started to rain; you could hear the pitter patter on your window, could see the way it broke up the streetlamps outside like a mosaic.

Ellie was nodding almost absently, watching the rain. Her lips parted, and you didn’t expect her to hesitate before she said, “Yeah. A girl like you… deserves to be kissed like it’s the last gasp of air to someone drowning.” You watched her mouth as she spoke, even as your mind screamed at you to look away. You scolded yourself, screaming to end this now, but your body refused; it ached to draw her near, a tangible pain in your chest. “A girl like you should get one of those movie kisses - you know, like when the hero saves the day and shit and he kisses his girl and it’s like the world didn’t matter as long as he saved her. The kind that has the whole fucking theater holding their breath. A girl like you…. Fuck….” She trailed off her rambling. Ellie ran a rough hand through her hair, making the strands stick up at odd angles, and finally looked at you. There was a fire in her eyes, blazing in the dim light. “You deserve to be kissed like they’ll die if they can’t have you.”

Something had stopped in your chest - maybe it was your breath, maybe it was your heart. Your blood rushed in your ears, and you feared the thrum of your heartbeat was so loud it filled your entire bedroom. Your traitorous heart pressed at your bedroom walls, filling up the space and leaving room for little else.

Your voice was only a whisper, and you wanted to kick yourself when you said, “We should really go to bed. I have an exam tomorrow.”

Your roommate pressed her lips together, and she did not break eye contact as she said, “Dare.”

You shook your head, looking away from her to try, desperately, to break whatever spell had taken hold of you; but your eyes were drawn back to her as if she were the only fucking light in the dark. You had to get a hold of yourself before you did something you’d regret, but you felt intoxicated with something far stronger than the cheap vodka you had bought from Walmart.

“You’re drunk, Els,” you said, and you sounded so breathless you may as well have given up then and there.

Ellie leaned closer, holding your gaze, and you could see the exact shade of desire in her eyes. She was so fucking warm - your head spun from it, heat radiating from her skin when she planted a hand on the bed right next to your hip. Her wrist brushed against the bare skin under your shorts, and you felt her voice vibrating in your chest when she said, “Dare.”

And it was like she had finally pulled the last fucking thread that made you unravel, because you couldn’t stop yourself - didn’t even think to - before you said, “Kiss me.”

You only had a second to register the smile pulling at the edges of Ellie’s lips before she grabbed your face and pulled you in to smother it. You had never imagined what kissing Ellie would be like - had never allowed your imagination to wander so far over the edge - but she did not kiss like she was drowning. She kissed with the same slow gentleness as when she played the guitar, her long fingers plucking at the strings with the careful deliberation of a lover.

And she felt so fucking warm. You were high with it; high with the heat radiating from her fingers pressed to your cheeks; high from the way her breath snaked past your parted lips, gentle huffs of warmth against your skin. Your head swam as you pressed into her, your hands tangling into the fabric of her shirt, fingers unsure even as you ached to pull her closer.

Ellie pulled back for a moment - for only a moment, but each second her lips weren't on yours caused an ache in your chest. Her eyes hovered inches from yours, so fucking green it was dizzying - though you couldn't see much of the color passed the eclipse of her pupils. Her cheeks were flushed - from the vodka, from something else entirely - her freckles popping against the color. You could only imagine how you looked, could feel the desire written across every inch of your face.

Your fists tightened in her shirt, and you used the leverage to pull her back into you; and suddenly, it felt like you were the one drowning. You couldn’t breathe as Ellie devoured you, the gentleness replaced with a hunger you hadn’t known lived inside her. She pressed her tongue against the seam of your mouth until you relented, opening up to her, a soft sound escaping your throat when her tongue ran along the roof of your mouth.

That sound - nothing more than a breathy sigh - ignited something in Ellie. Suddenly, she was all teeth and tongue and hot, hot breath in your mouth, sucking your bottom lip between her teeth. She bit down when a shaky sigh forced its way from your throat, soothing it with her tongue and swallowing the moan it elicited. Her hands were in your hair, the strands twisted between her fingers, and when you bit down on her lip, she pulled - you gasped at the sharp pain on your scalp.

“Fuck,” she cursed against your lips, and you could feel that single syllable, hot breath in your mouth that you wanted to swallow. She didn’t continue for a long time, couldn’t form any other words past the way her lips made you unravel. Her hands trailed down your shoulders, fingers grazing lightly over the bare skin of your arms, before finding your hips, gripping them in a vice and tugging you closer. “Fuck, come here,” she said, her voice nothing more than a low growl that you felt in your chest.

And you were drunk - from the cheap vodka and sleep deprivation and Ellie. You were drunk on the way her eyes were eclipsed, her lips red and bitten and swollen, parted so you could feel each exhale against your cheeks. Her eyes were dark, hooded. Her fingers dug into your hips, and you were drunk, but shit, how the hell could you say no to her? How could you possibly say no when she was looking at you like she was starving?

Her hands guided you closer so you swung a leg over her hips and settled in her lap, your hands braced on her shoulders. She leaned her head back against the wall and just looked at you for several long moments, biting down on her lip. You couldn’t stop watching her mouth, mesmerized as she said, “Fuck, look at you.”

And then she was kissing you again, her hands gripping your hips like it was a lifeline. Your hands found their way to her hair, curling your fingers in the short locks, using it as leverage to pull her closer. You could feel how each point of your body fit into hers; your thighs against her legs, her hands curling perfectly over the swell of your hips. You could feel the swell of her breasts against your chest, and you so badly wanted to feel her skin against yours. You felt like you’d go crazy from the raw want radiating from your body.

Ellie’s lips traced a map across your cheek, down your jawline. You tilted your head so she could kiss the hinge of your jaw, the spot right below your ear. She paused there, planting hot, open-mouth kisses across your neck, before her teeth bit down on that sensitive spot, pulling the skin into her mouth, and you practically melted into her. You couldn’t control the sounds falling from your lips like honey, gripping at her hair as she soothed the bruise with her tongue.

“Ellie….” Your voice was nothing more than a whimper; you swallowed hard and tried again, pressing a hand firmly at her shoulder. “Ellie.”

She only hummed against your skin, and you could feel the vibration against your pulse. The sound went straight to your stomach and dipped even lower when she bit at your collarbone.

The next time you said her name, it came out as a moan; you cleared your throat. “We can’t do this - you’re drunk, Els.”

Your roommate hummed again, but she relented, leaning her head back against the wall to look up at you. And - fuck. Her lips were red and swollen, still wet from the kiss. Her cheeks were flushed, and - God, her eyes. You had never understood the term bedroom eyes, but Ellie looked at you as though she wanted to devour you. Like any second her hands weren’t on you was torture. Like she wanted to bite and kiss and taste every inch of your skin.

“Truth or dare,” she said, her voice so hoarse you had to clench your thighs around her hips.

“What?”

“Truth or dare,” she repeated, her eyes never leaving yours. And this wasn’t part of the game, but you played along anyway, unable and unwilling to tell her no.

“Truth,” you sighed.

One of Ellie’s hands traced up your side. She ran her fingers across your collarbone, up your throat, before stopping to cup your jaw, her skin rough against yours. “Do you want this?”

You nodded, the vodka making it impossible to feel shy.

“How long have you wanted this?” Ellie’s thumb pressed at the seam of your lips, and you let your mouth fall open. She watched, hypnotized, dipping just the tip of her thumb between your lips before withdrawing.

It was against the rules - two questions for one truth - but you couldn’t find it in yourself to care. “A long fucking time.” Your voice was weak and breathy, and you couldn’t bother to be embarrassed about that either. Your attention had narrowed in on Ellie, and the way her fingers skirted across your chest, the way her other hand gripped your hip - how you could feel the warmth of her thighs between your legs.

Taking your chin in her hand, she drew you closer, and you could feel her lips moving against yours: “So what the hell is stopping us?”

This time, when she kissed you, you did melt into her. You gripped her hair in your fists and swallowed the moan it drew from her, shivering when her teeth caught on your lip. She had both hands on your hips again, and she gripped them so hard you were sure you’d find bruises there in the morning in the shape of her fingers. She pulled you closer, pulling your hips down into her; the friction through your pajama shorts made you moan against her lips.

And you decided to play her game.

“Truth or dare?” you said, drawing away just enough to see the eclipse of her eyes.

Ellie, always stubborn, murmured, “Dare.”

You tugged at the hem of her shirt, your fingers brushing the warm skin beneath; you marveled at the shiver that ran through her body. You ducked your head to kiss along her jaw, pressing the words into her skin. “Take this off.”

She didn’t waste any time tugging the shirt over her head, tossing it to the floor before skidding her fingers over the bare skin above your shorts. You lifted your arms and let her pull your shirt over your head before realizing you weren’t wearing anything beneath. Who wears a bra to study in their own apartment?

But you didn’t have a moment to cover your body in embarrassment before Ellie’s lips were on you again, as if it pained her to not taste you for even a moment. Her hands spread across your back, pulling you into her as she peppered hot, open-mouthed kisses across your collar; you hissed when her teeth bit down over your collarbone, soothing the pain with her tongue.

“Tell me to stop and I'll stop,” Ellie said, her voice muffled as she kissed down over your chest; you shivered when her teeth sank into the skin of your boob, sucking another bruise there. She certainly loved leaving her signature on any inch of your skin that her mouth could reach.

You groaned low in your chest, your fingers tugging at her hair, pulling a gasp from her lips. You almost didn’t recognize your own voice - breathy and thick with desire - when you said, “Please don’t stop.”

The next thing you knew, Ellie was shoving you off of her lap; your back hit the mattress, your head just barely missing the headboard, but you couldn’t even think about that. Your roommate was crawling over you, and you were hypnotized by the way her muscles tensed, her arms caging you against the bed. Her skin was fucking obscene, smooth plains stretching for miles, cast in liquid gold in the lamplight.

“God, look at you,” she said again, pressing a kiss to your clavicle. Her hand was like worn clay when it traced a teasing line over your hip. Her voice was muffled against your skin, but you caught the end of her sentence: “- so fucking pretty.”

Your only response was a choked gasp when Ellie pressed the flat of her tongue to your nipple. You gripped her shoulder, feeling her lips close around you as she sucked your skin into her mouth; you winced when she released it, feeling her teeth graze maddeningly over your nipple.

“Truth or dare?” she said into your skin, her voice vibrating in your bones.

You groaned, gripping her shoulder when she licked a line over your other nipple. If you had thought about this (which, if anybody asked, you didn’t), you never would have imagined your roommate being such a fucking tease.

She hummed, and you could feel the vibration in every nerve. For a moment, you couldn’t find your tongue, your voice caught in your chest until she released your skin with a pop of her lips. She looked up at you, batting her eyes, and dammit if your body didn’t arch, searching for her mouth again.

Propping herself up on her elbows, she watched you through her lashes, an intoxicating smirk across her lips; they were still shining wetly. She broke you from your thoughts when she murmured, “Use your words, angel.”

Your thighs clenched around her words, automatically and unconsciously. You were sure you could get drunk on the way her voice filled the room, rough and rich as the chords she played. It was through clenched teeth that you said, setting your pride aside, “Dare.” Your cheeks burned when it came out as a moan.

You could feel her smile against your skin as she kissed down your stomach, silent for several long, torturous moments. You felt her teeth sink into your hip bone briefly, your hips jerking at the sensation. It earned you a chuckle before you felt Ellie’s hands pressing your hips into the mattress, holding you still. You groaned low in your throat when you felt her tongue against the skin over the band of your shorts, licking a stripe right above the fabric before taking the elastic between her teeth and tugging. You jumped when she released it, the band snapping back against your skin. You didn’t have to look at her to see the sparkle in her eye.

You swore your heart stopped completely when she murmured, “I wanna go down on you.”

Despite this game she was insistent on playing, it wasn’t said like a dare; it was said like a question, or a request. There was no expectation behind it. Ellie was asking, you realized with dizzying satisfation, for permission.

“Fuck.” It came out as only a breath, a whisper against your tongue. Your fingers ached from gripping the sheets and she hadn’t even touched you yet. “Fuck,” you tried again, and it was a groan this time but at least it was louder. “Yeah. Yeah, please, fuck.” Words were just falling from your lips because when you looked down, Ellie - your roommate, your friend - was watching you, propped between your legs with that fucking smirk, and how could you possibly string together a complete sentence?

And Ellie… didn’t. She didn’t follow up on her dare. Not immediately, at least. No, she took her sweet fucking time - always so damn precise, taking her time in hooking her fingers over the band of your shorts. She pulled them down so slowly you could feel every inch down your legs. And then you were lying beneath your roommate in nothing but your underwear - and dammit, if you had known this would be happening, you would have opted for something a little sexier than a cotton pair with constellations on them.

Ellie smiled. “Cute,” she said, before sinking her teeth into the flesh of your thigh. You were thankful it was cold out - you’d have to wear layers to hide all the places her mouth had been.

Your roommate ducked her head, and you gasped when you felt her press a featherlight kiss against the fabric of your underwear, right where warmth pooled between your legs.

You huffed, twisting the sheets between your fingers. “God, you’re such an asshole - fuck-” You were cut off when Ellie licked a stripe up your panties, warm tongue pressing against your throbbing clit. You moaned at the relief, feeling the wetness of her mouth through the fabric. It wasn’t enough - you needed to feel her against you, needed her tongue to unravel you piece by piece. You pressed your hips down against her lips but her hands held you in place.

You huffed out a breath, her name slipping from your lips when you moaned. “Ellie….”

And then she was yanking your underwear down your hips; you gasped, lifting your ass to help her shove them down. She had only gotten them just below your knees before she was pressing back in, too impatient to finish the job.

And - fuck, her mouth. Ellie’s mouth was fucking magic. You moaned into the quiet room when she pressed the flat of her tongue against your pussy, licking a stripe between your lips. You couldn’t control the curses slipping between your teeth when her tongue made teasing circles around your clit until you were whimpering, aching for her. She had released your hips to dig her fingers into your thighs, nails digging in, and you’d surely have crescent-shaped bruises there tomorrow - even more to cover up. You pressed your hips down against her, groaning, her name only a whisper: “Fuck, Els-”

And then she finally, finally, gave you what you wanted.

Ellie ate pussy like it was her fucking job, like she was clocking into a shift and working her ass off for those tips. She lapped at your clit like she was starving, pressing her lips against you until you were dizzy, your entire body tuned in to the warmth of her tongue and the gentle graze of her teeth. You shuddered when you felt that tongue press into your core, a brief pressure that pulled curses from your lips, words tripping over each other: “Ah - fuck - fuck, Ellie - oh my God, fuck-”

It didn’t take long for tension to build in your stomach. You were intoxicated; you were tipsy, yes, but something about the way Ellie moved her tongue - long, slow circles around your clit, using the flat of her tongue to draw you closer to the edge - was like a damn drug. You got what you wanted: She unraveled you with her tongue, tugging curses from your lips. You could hear your own moans echoing against your quiet bedroom and you couldn’t even feel embarrassed about it.

Ellie took your clit between her lips and sucked, pulling you into her mouth and-

A long, low moan pulled at your throat when you came. Your hand came up to grip at her hair, fingers twisting in the soft strands. She moaned when you pulled, and the vibration against every nerve pushed you further; you could feel your orgasm in your chest, could feel it trembling in your thighs.

Ellie worked you through it, her tongue dancing against you as you rode out your high. She didn’t stop, pressing her lips against you, dipping her tongue into your core again, until you were shoving against her head, your hips bucking at the sensitivity.

When she raised her head, she was grinning, that wicked, infuriating grin she always had when she was pleased with herself. She rested her head against your thigh for a moment, watching you as you blinked the stars from your eyes. You relaxed your fingers in her hair, smoothing your thumb across her temple.

The only thing you could say, breathless and dizzy, was, “Fuck, Els. What the fuck?”

Ellie laughed, the sound unarming the silence around you, the anxiety of what this meant. She pressed a kiss to your thigh, right over the little indentations where her nails had dug into the flesh, and just said, “Yeah?”

You giggled, tugging at her hair gently. You looked down at your roommate - and you didn’t know what this meant for the two of you, but that could be a problem for tomorrow, when you weren’t drunk and sleep-deprived and naked beneath your friend. For now, you only said, “Truth or dare?”

Ellie blinked, raising an eyebrow, and said, “Truth.”

You considered not asking for a moment, unsure if you wanted to know, but curiosity pressed at you until you asked, “What do I taste like?”

The grin spread wider, Ellie’s eyes sparkling as she pushed herself up. She crawled up your body, taking a moment to press a kiss to your stomach, to the bruises she had left littered across your chest - you moaned when she took a nipple briefly into her mouth. She kissed her way up your neck, across your jaw, sucking at the skin beneath your ear - another fucking bruise to worry about. God, it was like she wanted her signature on you, branded in every inch of your skin.

Her face hovered an inch above yours, propping herself up on her elbows, smirking. She leaned in close, leaving room for you to turn away if you wanted. Instead, you tilted your chin up and kissed her again.

You wrinkled your nose at the metallic taste of yourself against her lips. You didn’t like it, the way your own scent wafted over you. But fuck if you didn’t open your mouth when you felt Ellie’s tongue pressing at the seam of your lips. She moaned when your tongue ran along the roof of her mouth, pressing into the taste of you.

When she pulled back, her eyes were soft, her cheeks flushed. “Like that.”

You rolled your eyes, turning your face away; you had to admit, even if you hated how you tasted - tasting yourself against her tongue sent a wave of heat between your legs all over again. You only said, “Gross.”

Ellie leaned in again, and you felt her lips ghosting against your jaw. You felt her breath against your skin when she whispered, “Truth or dare?”

You lifted your chin to give her access to your neck, sighing when she pressed a kiss against your pulse. “Truth.”

Her breath huffed against you when she chuckled before raising her head to meet your eyes again, that same cocky smile spread across her lips. “Was that better than a six?”

“Oh, fuck off.” You shoved against her until she rolled off of you.

She flopped back against the mattress, still laughing, but she was holding her arm out for you. You only hesitated for a moment - but even if she was your roommate, she just made you see stars, so it’s not like cuddling would push against the boundary you had already broken. You curled into her, laying your head on her chest, the sports bra she was still wearing soft against your cheek.

You sighed, skimming your fingertips against the warm skin of her stomach. “Yeah,” you whispered before you could stop yourself. “Definitely better than a six.”

You were starting to fall asleep, your eyes growing heavy, your study notes effectively forgotten. You burrowed into her further, wrapping your arm around her and pressing your fingers against her hip. You briefly wondered where the vodka bottle had ended up in the mess, but Ellie didn’t seem in any particular hurry to untangle herself from you, so you figured it could wait - surely it would be okay if she slept in your room for one night.

Just before you dozed off, you heard Ellie murmur, “You left the window open.”

#listen i'm writing a novel rn so i forgot how to write short things #ellie tlou #ellie williams #ellie williams smut #ellie williams x reader #ellie x reader #ellie x fem reader #lesbian smut #ellie x you #ellie the last of us #ellie williams tlou #tlou smut #idk man #tlou 2 x reader #i might change the title idk i couldn't think of anything #i haven't written fanfiction in. like 8 or 9 years i think lol

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Orange Juice - Chapter 9 - A Ride of Emotions (Alternate title: A Rollercoaster of Emotions)

As our heroes finally take a time to process the events that had previously happened and meeting up with new acquaintances, the shimmer of the daylight shining across the whole of Intile City, as a day begins anew.

As the sun rises and shines atop the building of the V.I.V headquarters, the activity of the citizens piles up as the day develops, Lady Miriam already set on working on quite a few more projects while the crew was already set on some particular plans.

As the crew meets up and gangs together, it was nothing more than modest smiles as Dayley finally approaches everyone together.

"... Oh hey, what's everyone gathered here for?" Dayley stood upon a quite very excited group as Lemmy looks up towards him.

"Oh hey, you're finally here!" Lemmy then felt relief upon finding him thinking he was taking a little longer than usual. "Took you long enough! We were dying to see you!"

"We were just waiting for you here." Jayt then spoke about everyone gathering in the main lobby.

"Hey, you guys planning something?" Dayley had wondered if he had missed some reunion with them as quite a few of the gang were quite excited.

As the main crew snickered with Hector and Jayt hoping to surprise him, Lemmy then came upfront about what they were really planning.

"Well, today will be the day we'll finally take you!" Lemmy grinned through his teeth hoping to uplift Dayley.

"Huh?" Dayley seemed quite caught offguard by this as Lemmy tried to explain through his own companions.

"You know how last time, we went to the Honey Sun amusement park without you? I was even bummed I left you out of it!" He shortly mentioned how they had gone with Daisuki previously to the park while Dayley was left at the headquarters, all while they were out.

"Yeah, we were even hoping we could bring you to that place some day." Hector unmistakably did felt like he owed to Dayley that much.

"Well, today's the day!" Lemmy then finally cheered hoping to bring him so he could enjoy the attractions along with everyone with him.

"And this time, we ain't forgetting no one!" Hector then tried to prove by Adven, Vonderv, Jayt, Naddy, even Roberta, along with Daisuki.

"I know, I'm so happy about it!" Vonderv suddenly reacted surprisingly chipper about the whole situation, more cheerful than usual.

"... Huh? What got you so excited about it?" Lemmy wondered if Vonderv's behavior was any normal coming from him as he watched over his shoulder towards him.

"... Heh! As if I'd tell!" Vonderv merely grinned with a wide smile showing his iconic teeth gap as it extended through his cheeks.

"... Alright then. Keep your secrets, heheh." While Lemmy wasn't quite sure just what Vonderv was having in store for him, he merely assumed he was just excited for the amusement park trip. "Besides, I already know you quite well enough your secrets are sleazy but well-intended."

"... Huh? Are you guys just not aware of it?" Vonderv seemed almost as if Lemmy was making a mockery out of Von. "I guess you guys are just different from me..." He merely side-eyed, trying to keep the mood afloat.

"Are you trying to play dumb with me?..." Lemmy could barely comprehend Vonderv and his own line of thought.

"... Hey, I really appreciate the thought, but are you guys sure I even deserve this?" Dayley then felt a bit conscious about hopefully not ruining their fun. "Besides, I'm not even sure if I should be out there today..." He seemed quite rather constrainted.

"Nonsense! Besides, my mom already pretty much told I could bring you! She really wanted to make sure to take advantage of this just so you could have your very own vacation!" Lemmy shared those thoughts, as Lady Miriam made it her duty to let a off-day for him.

"I-I guess..." He felt rather surprised that they'd go such lengths for him as a friend. "I feel like I owe so much..."

"Besides, we're your friends! We'll do anything so you feel like you're in the group!" Lemmy at the very least wanted that much for him.

"Not that you weren't already a friend to begin with for us!" Hector rested on his hip knowing how much he meant well.

"Thanks, guys, I really mean it, I guess I'm just afraid of something..." Dayley seemed quite rather shy, but willing to go for them.

"I never was able to be very much in amusement parks, given past a point, I almost entirely devoted my life being an hero..." He sadly admitted, despite the fact of very much being extremely fond of those times when he went with his own parents as a kid.

"It almost even feels like I've barely been able to experience much in my life... so I guess going to an attraction won't hurt..." He admitted, hoping to see if he could try anything new or even just being there for them.

"Well, lucky for you, you've got us all as friends!" Lemmy grinned while hoping to bring a smile to Dayley.

"I keep hearing about cotton candy and how it looks like me... so you guys better not be associating me with something weird!" Adven felt a little bit provoked about hearing such thought coming from one of them and how she supposedly resembled it.

"I just said your hair merely looked like cotton candy!" Hector rubbed the back of his head. "I can't help it if seeing you always makes me want to eat cotton candy!..." He felt a bit embarrassed reminiscing that as Adven eyed on him.

Jayt then suddenly remembered about something as he tried to rub his very own face pondering about it.

"So, how are you going to do it about the pig?" He asked Lemmy, remembering Lemmy about the slight peculiarities about bringing Vonderv, Adven and Roberta to the amusement park. "And I'm not even addressing the rest of your friends. Good luck getting them past the security."

"Ehh, I'll just say they work for the park as mascots." Lemmy tried to solve. "Besides, they already look like big giant animal costumes."

"I can't wait to see all the goods in store for us! Maybe there's some unique delicacy your earth has compared to our dimension!" Roberta pondered about what sort of treats they'd be able to get from the park. "Pop corn certainly is quite tasty..."

"I never get tired of those!" Vonderv fully himself admitted having already eaten some particular snacks on their dimension as he patted himself on the belly, having quite scavenged quite a few pantries around the headquarters. "Heheh..."

"So, well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Lemmy then exclaimed as they tried pepping up Dayley to bring him alongside with them.

"Thanks, guys, I really can't appreciate it enough..." Dayley even seemed quite taken aback by his friends' own hospitality towards him.

As everyone then cheered to prepare themselves for the amusement park, they then tried to let Lady Miriam know as she quietly waved them off and the rest of their own team kept their headquarters' safety on check. She seemed really quite thrilled to see her son and everyone hoping for them to have a nice time together, all while making sure everything was safe and well kept in order. She also let them know that, just in case she ever had a spare time left, she'd go on and checking on them.

As the setting then changes to that of streets with sidewalks, our crew rambuctiously walk their way toward the amusement park, all while chatting amongst themselves of the possibilities that could cross in their mind to achieve once they're in the park.

The people were actually quite astonished at the fact that they were presencing what seemed to be people in costumes, as they mired and stared back at Vonderv, Adven and Roberta alongside with our very own crew, with Dayley right on front walking.

"Oh I can't wait to see what the fuss is about, all those spinny wheels and those long, snake-like paths with carts on 'em!" Roberta then enjoyed speaking about such little unknown thrills as she tried musing about those images she saw from the pamphlet Lemmy and her friends showed to her.

"And the tents, the treats and snacks they got on sale! Ohh, I can't way to get my hands into some of those crisps, ice creams, hamburgers, all that sweety goodness in my mouth!" Vonderv even drooled just thinking about that thought alone.

"Hey hey, how come you guys also have different looking species walking in this park?" Adven was referring to the people dressed as mascots.

"Hey guys, I know you guys are excited and all but you really don't have to keep pushing me!" Dayley said while walking hesitant on front.

"Huh? But no one's pushing you, Dayley." Lemmy then pointed while walking right next to Naddy while everyone was only a bit distant from Dayley as he suddenly looks behind his own back.

"Huh? But I could have sworn..." Dayley then keeps looking back and forth wondering what that was.

"... Maybe I'm just imagining things..." He merely tried to snap back into reality.

"Can you guys move a little faster? I'm almost out of patience!" Vonderv then tried to at least speed up everyone's pace.

"Von, the amusement park ain't going nowhere." Lemmy then tried to at least calm down his buddy's behavior.

"You guys are way more excited than I am considering I've only just been here some time back!" Hector then smiled as he found Lemmy's new friends to be quite amusing in their own particular ways. "But nothing like hitting back on memories again." He said while escorting Daisuki alongside next to him being quite coy and acting very interested.

"You can say that again." Jayt felt kind of happy he could see himself back on the amusement park again with everyone around.

"Speaking of which... have you talked him about that yet?" Jayt then brought to mention the whole conundrum behind Daisuki.

"Ehh, not yet." Hector then tried to keep it shut at least for now. "And besides, he's not dumb, he'll probably figure out eventually, I hope." Hector merely assumed his childhood friend to at least have the proper smarts in order to be able to realize who Daisuki is eventually.

"Even so, I wanna make sure he knows it sooner or later, I guess I just don't want to shock him too early or anything." Hector still wanted the best for his friend and so he'd be able to be friends properly with Garter.

Just as he was talking to Jayt about the situation, Lemmy was actually trying to abord Daisuki who was surprisingly chipper to get in back again on some of the park's rides once more.

"Hey, you excited to get back at those roller coasters? You really enjoyed them last time we visited the park." Lemmy was hoping he'd get to know Daisuki even more even though he doesn't want to involve with her, given he was with Naddy.

Daisuki then merely appropriately tried to nod in accordance, merely slightly bouncing and hoping to take more advantage of the park.

"Ya know, you do remind me of someone... maybe it's just me." Lemmy then felt a bit curious as to how she really looked despite the fact she never shown her face towards Lemmy. "You remind me of someone with a lot of energy... I could be mistaken." He slightly held his chin curious.

"That's Garter, Lemmy." Jayt then out of nowhere just non-chalantly spoke the truth out there.

"Oh..." Lemmy then merely accepted it almost as second nature before realizing.

"... wait, WHAT?!" He then promptly gets bewildered before such claim. "NO WAY! THAT CAN'T BE HIM, ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF HER?!" He even thought Jayt was making a fool out of him.

Lemmy then tried to properly defend her and finding Jayt's accusations ludicrous before Daisuki, slowly tried to lower her sun hat in front of him, being able to now properly show her face before Lemmy.

Before realizing it, Garter, as Daisuki, then smiled towards Lemmy as he tried to process Garter's familiar face just as the same tried to show the real truth underneath.

As Lemmy mired back at Daisuki presumably being Garter, he then tried to think things through.

"I have several questions." Lemmy couldn't even begin to grasp where he could even begin as she chuckled.

But just before Lemmy could even properly react, Henrick tried to approach them, which caused Daisuki trying to swiftly hide her hair and appearance as fast as possible in order not to get caught.

"Hey guys, what's all the fuss about?" Henrick wondered especially since he was seeing them quite crowded together and didn't catch anything.

"Eh, nothing you'd be interested in any way." Jayt then tried to not anything more about it as if it never happened.

"Hey, Henr, have you met Daisuki? She's a really friendly gal!" Lemmy tried to introduce her to Henrick, while Garter underneath was constraining and feeling incredibly nervous against Lemmy even suggesting the idea.

"Meh, I'm not really interested in meeting a random broad." Henrick surprisingly mumbled and not thinking much about her, even despite the dainty dress, simply because he didn't know her from anywhere. "I was just wondering why you guys were making so much noise."

"Eh, she seems cool at least, I just have my head in other things..." Henrick then suddenly tried to think about his gym workout routine and possibly getting a few more couple of weights for his own dumbbells. "You were awesome for remembering bringing me along with you!"

"Garter could have come with us but knowing him - he for some reason doesn't wanna attract attention to himself that might be detrimental to our band, it being a underground one." Henrick only mused. "I could be like him but I'm far more lenient and try just behaving myself."

"What's your definition of behaving?" Jayt pondered such intricacies.

"Not blowing stuff up!" Henrick then quickly snapped back at Jayt with that comeback. "Heheh!"

"Well, at least we don't have to owe you anything just so you can have some fun around the park!" Lemmy then smiled while Daisuki calmed down and tried to slowly distance a slight bit from them, thinking about learning a bit and how Henrick really doesn't mind.

"I'm sure he would have fun in a place like this! He never really been to an amusement park, I think." Henrick thought about the consequences of being in a crowded place while being a well known underground idol. "But maybe some day he'll figure something out to sneak himself in."

"It'd be far more scandalous if someone like Garter were to be in a amusement park instead of me, which I guess might explain him not wanting to be a bother for me and our own band." Henrick thought hopefuly Garter could break out from the media reporters and that stress.

"Heheh, yeah, maybe some day." Lemmy then smiled knowing Garter had his very own reasons for it, while Daisuki stood not too far from them.

As Henrick then tried to keep himself high-spirited, Vonderv was still in quite a high about something, snickering and smiling.

"Man, I can't wait to see the look on everyone's faces!" He seemed rather gleeful and joyful as he laughed.

"What are you talking about?" Lemmy almost exasperated that sentence. "And why are you so excited about it?"

"Ohh, let's just say I have some tricks up my sleeve for something!" He seemed particularly entranced by happiness.

"... Of course, nothing will exactly happen if I don't happen to be around!" He seemed almost to suggest something.

"You getting all mysterious is getting on my nerves..." Lemmy wasn't sure whether something bad was coming.

"Aww, don't worry! Nothing bad is going to happen!" Vonderv tried to ease his spirit as he waved his paw hand off.

"In any case, I really can't wait to see what's waiting for us at the park and finally see all those images becoming real!" Roberta then tried lifting up the mood as she clasped her round soft mitten-like hands together. "It must be so wondrous to witness!"

As they slowly approach their own destination, the setting once again shifts, this time our group finally having reached, the Honey Sun Amusement Park quite incredibly looming in, as Lemmy's friends could only watch and stare at awe, all while the main attractions watched over them from afar and from above the park's colorful, boastful high fences all circling around the entire park's area, with cheerful crowds and with a whole world to see inside, as Roberta, Vonderv and Adven's eyes glittered in awe.

"Wahhhh!"

As they mired all together, the quirky group of Lemmy's friend then quickly became smitten by the park's lovely sight, escorted by a melodious triumphant fanfare blasting off from some of the park's sound columns sneakily hidden in corners to wrap the area all around them.

"This is so amazing!! I've never seen this much excitement in one place!" Roberta then even became ecstatic over what she could run into.

"I didn't think something this big could exist!" Adven definitely felt quite impressed over the view she was getting from underneath all of it, making it even more grandiose for someone as petite as her. "Look at those ferris... wheels! Is that how you call 'em?"

"And the snake-like paths!" Roberta was quite excited to see the rollercoaster paths that seemed to peek from above and some areas. "Look look! People are in tiny carts riding that!" She seemed quite rather impressed over its architecture and the excitement oozing.

"Oh heck yeah, I can practically smell the food stalls already, I can taste the sweets!" Even Vonderv was beyond thrilled to begin the binge and indulge himself on the amusement park's own sweets and pastry.

"Hahah, it even feels a bit wrong to be here..." Dayley then felt a bit guilty from the possible fun that he thought they deserved more.

"I'm just glad you guys are having fun even being around here." Lemmy pointed out their excitement and how Adven seemed starry eyed towards the sight of the amusement park. "I can see the security... but haha, let's see if I can sneak you guys in!" He happily smiled.

"Ohh, I can't wait to get myself on front! Race you guys to the boxing attraction!" Henrick then immediately tried scurrying away before anyone could even get inside the park. "And I'll make sure to raise my highscore as much I can!" He gloated off to them.

"Don't worry, Henrick, we'll catch up to you..." Lemmy then tried to reassure Henrick, even though he probably wouldn't break his record.

As each and everyone was trying to advance further to approach the entrance, Lemmy couldn't help but catch something with his eye, as he stared at a sudden slight sound of people coming from it, that of a building not too far from the amusement park's vicinity.

It seemed quite wide, surrounded by several assortments of flowers, including some dandelions that were only slightly distanced from the windows, briskly waving with the soft wind that was grazing our friends softly. The coloring of the building was quite vivid.

It seemed like people were crowding up right at the mysterious building's entrance, all while they seemed they were celebrating something.

"... Huh, was that always there?" Lemmy wondered as it always seemed like the building was mostly vacant and during construction.

"Oh, you're also staring at it?" Jayt then watched over the people, looking somewhat in curiosity.

"Apparently it's going to be an orphanage, one to replace the previous that was originally burnt down." Jayt then recalled.

"Looks like they finally found the funds for it." Jayt seemed rather pleased, if just because to house any new orphans.

As the people cheered even more, a ribbon was then cut at the entrance to announce the orphanage's opening, as a sound of applause came from them, clapping their hands to congratulate the grand opening, with Intile City's mayor around to offer even more support.

"Actually, from what I could hear, the orphanage's funding had already concluded quite a long time ago." Lemmy added, supposedly having heard from his own mother given she was involved in several organizations and associations that help around the civilians.

"Huh, I wasn't aware of it." Jayt seemed quite rather surprised, right as the people in the entrance seemed to be enjoying each others' company, all while getting ready to foster new children and hoping to them get new homes and families. "I did hear this one is going to be quite humble with very nice assistants and caretakers and they even let adopted ones meet up with their friends so they don't wind up distanced." Jayt honestly really enjoyed that thought and the reassurance of looking through each family's background to make sure the orphans would be rightfully adopted.

"Ah well, at the very least, it was really nice of your mother having helped funding this orphanage." Jayt then thought Lady Miriam was the one behind it, especially due to her caring nature.

"... Huh?" Lemmy then looked back at him in confusion.

"But my mom wasn't the one funding this orphanage. I know that because if she did, she would talk to me about it." Lemmy then corrected him.

"What are you talking about, how could it have been anyone other than your mother? Do you even know how ludicrous the amount of money they were asking for the funding? How could anyone other than her even have the money for it?" Jayt seemed rather baffled and wasn't exactly trusting Lammy's own words.

"I keep telling you, it wasn't my mother! I know that because every time I'd talk to her about the orphanage, she kept saying this time she wasn't involved, merely because of the fact that it had already been funded even before she could support it!"

"Huh, I didn't realize it. They were still asking a lot of money for it, so whoever it was had a lot of money." Jayt wasn't quite sure how someone could have managed to pull something like that off.

As the people cheered and applauded the construction workers' efforts, the work had seemingly come to an end.

As Lemmy and Jayt then vacantly stared at the prospering new orphanage, a strange blow of wind then came, one that was actually blowing upwards, that slightly caught everyone's attention with a strong gust.

"... Hey, what's going on here?" Adven seemed almost miffed given she herself was wearing a stout green skirt and slightly pulled it down, including Naddy and alongside Daisuki, who tried pulling down her dress. "Why is it so windy he-?"

As they strangely stared at it, the dandelions that were not too far from the windows just seemingly started floating upwards its seeds, catching the small crowd offguard, with but a very few women also caught by the sudden wind gust and their dresses getting blown.

"Well, would you look at that!" One of the elders in the crowd then brought to attention.

As the dandelion seeds kept drifting off upwards, all of the crowd then stared as Lemmy and friends looked back at awe over the dandelion seeds floating above, waving ever so slightly in accordance with the wind and flying up towards the sky, as their soft presence slowly leaves the grassy meadow that was next to the new building, the little particles of them wavering off and slowly dispersing from the dandelions.

With the dandelion seeds floating above them, light then started shimmering off from the dandelion seeds, particles of it also passing above and floating towards the sky alongside with the seeds, a sight that definitely caught the attention from them.

"Ahh! It's so pretty!" Roberta then couldn't help but feel happy over such a sight, almost feeling blessed by it.

The amusement park was sounding off an impressive orchestra music that you could hear coming off from it, accompanying the remarkable sight.

"Haha! The time has finally come!" Vonderv then all of a sudden exclaimed, all while shouting towards the sky and raising his tubby arms alongside with the dandelions going high and above.

"Hahahahahaha!" He laughed, he smirked and grinned, with an unmistakeable smile you could never erase plastered through his face.

As this smile was for years to come.

As the dandelion seeds flew more and more, the light beaming from them with a soft glow, Vonderv could barely contain his unbridled happiness, all while his friends witnessed his strange behavior and his pure bliss, the music from the amusement park sounding triumphant alongside with this strange occurrence, leaving people impressed.

As he waved back at those dandelion seeds, the seeds then slowly and unevocally seemed as if it had reached the skies, always floating up.

"Byee! See ya!" He tried to speak back, almost as if it was implied he'd see it soon, everyone slightly shocked over the upwards drifting.

As the multitude of people seemingly quieted down and seemed quite impressed at the dandelion seeds drifting, the music was feeling quite warm to those around him, the people slowly coming in and inside the building, as they had presenced quite a cute scenery coming off from the gardens.

With Vonderv having finally relaxed himself and feeling content, he then slowly and happily lowered his own arms, looking above him with a strikingly heartwarming smile, as if something nice would soon to come for his own life.

"Man.... Ain't that a sight..." He warmly spoke out, almost as if it felt natural for him.

Unexplained however, was the whole entire phenomenon, as Adven was now incredibly quite dubious out of Vonderv's own actions.

"Von! What did you do?" She wondered completely astonished, as if she didn't know what had exactly happened. "What was that?!"

"Nothing! I didn't do anything at all!" Vonderv then tried to ease everyone's spirits as they all quieted down.

"Von, what was that about? Was that all your own doing?" Lemmy then immediately became struck with chills as he wasn't sure if it was good.

"Lemm, relax! And besides, I did say it wouldn't happen if I wasn't around!" He was still sounding incredibly vague.

"Long story short, let's just say a lot of good will come for the Aurea dimension!" Vonderv ended it at that.

"Wait, do you mean the Aurea dimension and ours are connected?" Lemmy felt incredibly quite puzzled.

"... I didn't say that!" Vonderv then felt very flustered about Lemmy's incessant questioning while slightly scowling.

"Our dimensions are far apart! We can barely access yours only with that teletransporting machine of yours!" Vonderv tried to suggest that.

"You'd at least understand something if you guys were like me!" He then tried keeping things a secret.

"But we just got our own ways of our own dimensions being intertwined." Vonderv at least tried to clarify it a bit more.

"I guess..." Lemmy didn't really seem like wanting to have even more of an headache trying to understand.

"It sure really was a sight to behold though... It really was amazing!" Roberta then added, thinking just how Lemmy's dimension difered from theirs and how much there was left to explore in this world. "I've been really enjoying my time in your dimension so far."

"I wonder what that was all about though..." Dayley felt quite a bit surprised over what had just happened.

"Well, there's still plenty more to enjoy! How about we finally make a move and get ourselves a well deserved time in the park?" Lemmy then looked back at Roberta feeling quite happy with her, feeling like he's starting to get to know her a bit more.

"Oh! And maybe there even might be some hand-made scarves being sold in the park! You like those, don't you?" Lemmy merely tried assuming since she always liked wrapping herself around with them. "I've gotten quite a few for Naddy, I'm sure they've got something for you."

"Oh!" Roberta then became quite interested. "Yeah! I've always adored wearing them since they feel so nice and comfortable around my neck... It also helps wrap around my wings and keep 'em nice and tucked whenever I don't need them." She warmly smiled responding.

"Well, what are we waiting for, let's go!" Lemmy then tried to cheerfully lead the way towards the parks' own entrance, as they all still tried accompanying Lemmy and eagerly awaiting for the main attractions and interesting stalls around them.

"And maybe this time, I'll get around to finally figure out just what on earth is cotton candy!..." Adven then slightly stormed along with them, just as her bountiful hair sprung and bobbed back and forth along with her small stature.

As they each tried paying for their own tickets, Lemmy felt a bit obliged telling at the entrance he was paying for everyone's tickets, referring to his oddly shaped unusual friends as merely park workers who have decided to bring their costumes along with them. The security, while they were quite amused, then simply let them be able to get inside, all while enjoying their bright animal costumes.

As the scenery then changes once more, this time the setting shifts to that of a sproutful amusement park and bursting with excitement from within the park, as our friends each looked around and finally felt immersed inside the park, the hollering marching music blasting from the park's very own sound columns hidden in every nook and cranny, along with it, the main attractions beaming with people, as thousands of people walked around close to their very own vicinity, some very slightly mistaking some of our friends as costumed workers from the park, mistaking Adven for a very small plush pink dog mascot, Vonderv as a very large pig and Roberta as a very bright colorful ladybug.

"Wahhhh! This all looks so amazing!" Roberta felt quite astonished by how much was happening all around her. "Look at all these rides!" She then suddenly felt like she wanted to give at least a few of them a try as she never rode an attraction.

"Look at all the people in here! It didn't even cross me to think to be this crowded!" Adven was almost frightened being dragged along with the crowd, what with barely being able to compare to everyone's stature, minus the children close to her height.

"Heheh, I knew you guys would like this place!" Lemmy then smiled through his teeth. "And there's plenty to enjoy here!"

"Ohh, that sweet smell! Sweet candy, here I come!" Vonderv was quite excited to be able to ravage through the food and snack stalls.

"Before we take a bite and dig in - why don't we go and enjoy some of the rides first!" Lemmy then tried to suggest first, if only they don't want them too full for what was about to come for them. "And then we can finally take a break!" He seemed quite thrilled.

"Sounds like a cool idea!" Vonderv then agreed before everyone else tried to comply with how Lemmy wanted to decide things for them and nodded accordingly with him. "Oh and weren't you supposed to meet with that redhead big guy?" Vonderv asked.

"Nah, we've got all the time in the world, he'll soon catch up to us. Besides, don't wanna make him mad or stealing his own priority on what he wants to do for his own self." Lemmy merely didn't want to steal Henrick's thunder. "That 800+ highscore ain't going nowhere."

"Aye, got it!" Vonderv then followed along with Lemmy's idea. "How about we hit up the spinning attractions first?"

"Yeah, I could go for a dizzifying experience." It wasn't exactly Lemmy's favorite, but he seemed happy to tag along with.

Just as the setting slightly changes, our friends were soon meeting up with several attractions where they were feeling like they were in the top of the world, some more daunting than others for some of them. Still, they were having fun going through them, enjoying the scenery and the upside down experiences of quite a few of the rides.

"Wahaaaa!" Roberta yelled as she felt the thrill of them going in a rollercoaster, the wind blowing on her cheeks and her smile beaming through her cheeks as her fuzzy ponytailed hair fluttered with the wind. "The wind's blowing so much in my face!"

"I haven't had this much fun!" Adven was also quite finding it a thrill seek, Lemmy right behind her while he was accompanying Naddy.

"Hahahah! This still kind of makes my heart come out of my mouth!!" Lemmy was quite certainly finding it quite amusing, all while his girlfriend was finding it far more fun than him.

Everyone else was also tagging along, with Dayley feeling like he had already grown accostumed to the fast wind in his face but still finding it quite thrilling, his face feeling quite blushed and genuinely smiling as he stared all around, laughing his heart. Hector and Jayt were also put together, as they also enjoyed the fast-paced ride.

Trying to ride other rides, they also managed to accomplish seeing other attractions, the spinning ones making Adven a slight more delirious, but also still asking to do it again. The boat and 4D cinema ones were some of Vonderv's most favorite, some of them also enjoying the electric go-karts, one of which Vonderv wasn't exactly able to fit quite in due to his own size.

Daisuki also enjoyed coming back to her favorite ride, the Loops of Arc roller coaster. Besides that, she also was able to try out many new ones she hadn't tried yet. Every so often, she would see his own brother just being genuinely happy enjoying and blasting through each of the park's attractions one by one, all while enjoying how cool Hector and Lemmy really were along with their friends despite anything.

They cheered and laughed, each trying even hotspot areas such as the haunted house, everyone getting unfortunately frightened by Vonderv sneaking in to the house to frolick and cause some panic, which caused some confusion as to whether that was from the haunted house.

They went through different areas, exploring each nook and cranny around the park, experimenting with all sorts of stalls and Roberta even being able to find herself a pastel yellow scarf she was smitten with.

They each have also went to experiment with different machinery such as the toys' claw machines and even Henrick's own beloved boxing machine.

When Henrick asked whether Dayley wanted to give it a try, he seized from doing anything with it, as that meant it seizing to exist and merely wanted to respect Henrick's own highscore record. Hector and Lemmy still tried to compete but got nowhere even near.

Carousels were also very much enjoyed by Roberta, Naddy and Adven, after enjoying the brisk pace after the thrill rides.

With the scene changing one more time, this time everyone had decided to finally take a nice rest and enjoy some purchased meals alongside some snacks, those of which Vonderv was extremely excited for. They each got a snack for their suited tastes, having a time to picker some of it as they walked throughout the park and trying to look up a location where they could all remain sitted.

But as they explored the avenue stretching as the crowd seemed to dissipate for quite a bit, they were fond sharing their own opinions about what they thought about it so far and finally getting to eat.

"Man, these fries are to die for." Lemmy was quite running through his mouth munching on them.

"Yeah, the food in here is really great, although nothing still quite beats my mom's Appi pie..." Adven fondly remembered her mom's cooking.

"I really like this thing called cotton candy!..." Roberta shared. "Now I can kinda get why Adven reminds you guys of it..." She smiled as she felt the cloudy sweet reach the top of her own mouth, cherishing every fluffy bite of it.

"Man, I'm so full and yet, I feel like I could go for seconds!..." Vonderv rejoiced as he felt pretty content with what he managed to get ahold of, enjoying a haven of treats he thought he never saw before in his own life.

"You went for fourths and fifths!" Lemmy then felt his eyes almost coming out of his face while he saw Vonderv's own binge.

"Hey, I can't help it if your world's food is so tasty!..." Vonderv then praised Lemmy's dimension own food as he brushed Lemmy's comment off.

Just as Lemmy was about to shut Vonderv off and hoping he wouldn't get too carried away, they then come across a view of a young girl completely on its own and alone, the group suddenly miring due to her own behavior.

As they stared slightly caught by surprise, the young girl, seemingly around either seven or eight years old, was crying, as she tried to pad and dry her eyes with her own tiny hands, saddened by something that had occurred. She hiccupped as she tried controlling her tears.

She had a very sad expression, as if something had been taken from her, her mouth slightly quivering from her sadness.

As the group stared, Roberta then felt like she had to wonder and ask, as she felt like she had to do something for her.

"I wonder what that little girl is crying about..." Roberta looked even misty eyed, although she was afraid she might frighten her even further due to her very own unusual ladybug and cockroach appearance mixture, the group slightly at trouble.

Just as the little girl kept quietly sobbing in her own place, Dayley, who had also accidentally caught sight of this, then stared up above in the skies, wondering why the girl was slightly looking above as she cried.

"... Oh."

It became almost instinct.

From there, he immediately witnessed a balloon, flying and drifting up towards the sky.

His sight slightly quivered upon seeing it, the balloon about to go off.

Almost effortless, Dayley then, slightly leaped and started flying towards the skies, without a second thought. He tried to slowly approach the balloon, a bit afraid it would drift due to the slight wind of him closing in.

As the gang suddenly saw him flying off and trying to reach the balloon, Dayley then was just so slightly under the balloon, gently clasping his hand to its very gentle rope. As he stared at the balloon, he couldn't help a slight sensation of him having almost lost it.

Just as he got ahold of this lone balloon flying, he then looked slightly below him to mire over his friends and the lost girl, hoping to go down and trying to carefully address the young girl, slowly drifting down towards them.

As Dayley tried to slowly reach down in order to be able to reach her, the little girl then yelped out as the gang try to slightly catch up with him.

"Dayley!" The little girl instantly recognized the moon symbol of his own soft bright pastel outfit and the little lock on his head.

As the little girl then tried to reach and get closer to Dayley, he then tried to ask without scaring her too much.

"Is this yours?" He tried to calmly speak with her, hoping for her to answer.

"... Yup!" She proudly confessed, having reunited with her balloon. "Thank you so much, I almost thought I had lost it!"

Dayley then tried giving even more questions, wondering if she was hurt or misplaced. "Where are your parents? Are you lost?"

"... Nnnnope! I'm not lost or anything! I can take care of my own!" The little girl then proudly said.

Just as Dayley was about to hopefully sigh out of relief, a young pack of kids then fastly approached, miring and trying to grab the superhero's attention just as he barely raised his head up.

"Wah! Is that Dayley?! Dayley just like from TV?! That is so unreal! Look at his cape!"

As the wild pack of kids quickly tried to reach Dayley, our crew of villains then tried slightly approaching him not too much from afar.

"Hey, Dayley! This was supposed to be your day-off!" Lemmy then immediately tried to call him out.

"Oh! Sorry about that!..." He felt genuinely embarrassed but otherwise very heartwarmed by the very energetic young kids who were trying to get him to show himself off for them.

"Is it true you can shoot white laser beams off from your own eyes?! I remember seeing you punch debris and it'd explode with a huge white light!" One of the kids kept rambling. "I couldn't believe my eyes you lifting off a train and a giant cruise boat!"

"He can even sing and he was helping calm down some people in peril! He looked a bit anxious and wanting to do so much!"

"I heard his songs! They're really bright and soft! My mom has a album from him and keeps saying it's one of her favorites!"

Just as he was trying to muster a solution, the kids seemed absolutely thrilled, cheering for him as his size loomed over them.

"... Oh! Would you guys like to meet my friends over there?" Dayley then tried hoping they'd get along with Lemmy and friends, since it seemed for him they'd be far more interesting than his own self.

"... Friends?" Just as the kids tried looking after to their right, their sight suddenly stumbled upon Lemmy and their lively crew.

Just as they were watching him, Lemmy felt quite rather proud and tried diverting some attention for himself.

"... Yo!" He poisantly points towards himself while making himself look as cool as he possibly can, with Hector and Jayt waving just behind him and not minding the small tykes even though they thought they'd probably be a bad influence due to being villains on them.

But just as the little girl stared at Vonderv, all of those efforts were thrown out the window.

"... Piggy!!!" She then excitedly shouts and tries scurrying right next to Vonderv, just as the kids tried circling all around Lemmy's quite rather animalesque partners he had met from the Aurea dimension.

"Hahaaa! I like this girl's taste, I'm all they want!" Vonderv then couldn't help but laugh and smile to himself.

"... Is that a GIANT PIG?" One of the kids then tried asking towards Vonderv.

"Well, if you guys are really curious about me, I'm what you guys might call a ghost pig entity!" He tried at least to adjust himself to Lemmy's dimensions' terms more properly adequated for him. "I have a little bit of electricity and a bit of psychic powers!"

"Yoooo, a ghost!" Some of the kids felt impressed. "Does that mean you're a dead person?"

Lemmy couldn't help feel his thunder getting quite stolen. "Show hogger..." He slightly pouted although he wasn't actually mad at Vonderv.

Just as they searched around, some of the kids also couldn't help awing at Adven and Roberta.

"So cute! She looks so much like a stuffed toy!" One of the kids tried to make out of what Adven was.

"Am I supposed to be taking that as a compliment?" Adven was hoping someone would answer her.

"A lot, in fact. Take it, I'd feel very proud of it!" Lemmy tried to at least be nice towards her. "You do look like a plushie..." Lemmy always felt like Adven was very gentle-looking appearance wise and a partner who was always there for him.

"Are we sure we should be trusting these guys?" One of the kids pointed out as he kept staring at the unusual gang.

"Don't worry! We're really trustworthy!" Lemmy pointed out to himself as he kept grinning out despite the fact he was a thief.

Just as Lemmy finished, Hector then tried to take a little bit of attention from Vonderv to get back to the subject.

"Hey kids, I'm sure the pig is awfully entertaining, but don't you guys want to know us a bit better?" He was trying to make an offer towards the kids, hopefully not coming off creepy towards them. "We're really cool thieves! And I'm a mercenary! I've even got my very own axe to get back at my own enemies!"

As the kids kept staring at him not very impressed, one that was licking a popsicle kept staring back at him and paused for a moment.

"... Aren't you that man who was singing towards a lady, stole a entertainers' outfit and got yourself banned?" The tiny brat then pointed out, Hector's eyes almost coming right out of his own sockets, not even considering the chance of them having watched it.

"... HOW ABOUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW?" Hector suddenly felt very startled as he tried to hush the young child from shelling out more details right before Lemmy could barely understand the sentence that came out from the kid out of shock.

"Seriously, Hector, what even happened in that live entertainment show?!" Lemmy could only muse what in the world Hector had put himself through that event. "STEALING AN OUTFIT FROM AN ENTERTAINER?!"

As Jayt kept giggling to himself over what could have possibly sprouted such a situation, Hector then tried to create a chance for him to change the subject before anyone would get to find out more about him.

"O-oh, HEY! I GOT A GREAT IDEA, WHY DON'T WE ALL JUST GET TOGETHER AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE AMUSEMENT PARK!" Hector then haplessly tried to save what was left out of his very own dignity. "That way, we can enjoy the rest of the day together!"

"Sure, sure, change the subject out entirely. Definitely doesn't make me want to learn more about it." Jayt merely tried to poke back at Hector even though he wasn't exactly against the idea all while Daisuki merely looked sideways as if to feign ignorance.

The kids seemed thrilled, being already at least familiar with the amusement park as to not get lost and they could get back to their parents right after they'd have their fun taking advantage of the rogue group they happened to bump against.

"I'll even offer a treat! All candy and food's on me!" Hector even tried to offer just so they'd behave normally.

"Sure, a bribe seems reasonable." Lemmy then tried to squint his eyes back at Hector.

"Don't you look funny at me!" Hector tried to reason with Lemmy. "Besides, I just want everyone to have fun, right?"

"Yeah, I guess we can't argue with that." Jayt then politely smiled. "That way you can get to keep your secrets."

"Heheh." Hector merely tried to laugh it out.

"Honestly, I'm fine with it! That way, we get to keep the kids happy!" Dayley never found himself to be a guardian of children but nonetheless found it as his job to at least keep them safe around them until they get back to their parents.

"You could learn a thing or two from him, Lemmy!" Naddy had suggested having Lemmy learn from Hector getting to be better with kids.

"That way we get to keep them in a safe group!" Roberta concured as she slightly buzzed her antennae in a little excitement. Vonderv and Adven seemed, for the most part, also fine with the situation, despite Adven wanting to enjoy a leisure day.

"Well, ya heard the cockroach! Time to get this fun day on the go!" Hector then bellowed, right before a kid questioned him, "that's a cockroach?"

"I thought it was a ladybug!"

As Hector became thrilled to get the day going with more attraction exploring, he and the kids then collaborated by putting their open palms one on top of another to agree upon and cheer for the rest of a fun day, even Lemmy and the crew slightly collaborating with Hector's sudden change of plans to provide some fun (and food) for the beaming group of children.

"Yeah!" They all cheered, the kids all joining up forces and deciding to share this day with the rambuctious group of villains.

As the wild amusement park day kept going, the sly group and their little group of curious little children that followed then tried to explore the day they got left, allowing the younger generation having a chance at the kid attractions, some of them Adven was somehow also able to take advantage of thanks to her petite frame. She tried not to think much of it since it also allowed for her fun times. Carousels, electric go-kart rides and smaller rollercoaster rides were visited, all while Lemmy and Naddy also enjoyed a nice evening at the tunnel of love the amusement park happened to have.

They even visited more haunted mansions, of which the children were already bold for and not afraid of. It was a quite big amusement park with plenty to visit and take a ride on.

After a bit, the children then left, happily coming back towards their parents and trying to tell them they got to meet Dayley Sparks, of which they were astonished to hear about but nonetheless very happy, after having their children come back safe and sound. As expected, they also told they had also met funny creatures and a largely funny, but cool group of people who they associated as being very Robin Hood-ish.

As they partook even more around the amusement park now that the children were no longer around, our feisty group ran across the ferris wheel, of which Dayley was mildly curious about, having already enjoyed so much of the park and having taken a quite nice portion of time exploring it.

"Oh! A ferris wheel!" Dayley then became quite astonished with it.

"Ever rode on one of those?" Lemmy had wondered.

"... Some times, I think, but not too many times." Dayley pondered. "It's been a really long time since I've been in them though."

"Come to think about it, don't you already see the top view of the city just because you can fly?" Lemmy begged for the question.

"Kinda, yeah! But at the same time, it's nice being able to actually sit." Dayley replied back in a pleasant tone. "I mostly hover about watching from above. It feels kinda strange but pleasant to watch the city I try to protect, a slight breeze every now and then."

"It can get kinda chilly up there." He slightly chuckled joking about how cold it gets during certain seasons.

"Hah, yeah! I never once considered how cold it can get up there in the sky!" Lemmy laughed for quite a bit.

As they approached one of the ferris wheels' passenger cars, Lemmy and the crew tried to cheer Dayley into getting into one of them first as they all grouped together near the passenger cars' entrance to get in as much they could.

"Well now you'll have the chance to ride on one!" Lemmy was hoping at least to make up to Dayley after he hadn't brought Dayley previously.

"Man, it's been so long," Dayley watched as he tried step inside, "it's a nice change of pace for-"

Hector then abruptly tried to warn him. "D-Dayley, watch your head, WATCH YOUR HEAD-!"

"... Don't worry, I'm fine!" Dayley then tried calming him to let him know. "Don't worry, I won't hit my head in the frame!"

Dayley then looked around as he then tries to calmly sit. "Man, I really appreciate the higher ceilings in this one." He felt nice in knowing how accommodated tall people were for this particular ferris wheel. "I feel like I've already had enough sore head as it is!"

"... Good thing these guys thought of everything while making this ride!" Hector then scratched the back of his head in ease of knowing.

As Dayley sat around in his own bench, the security from the ferris wheel then instantly came in and tried to stop them. "Woah! That's as far as you go, mates!" The guard tried telling all those who were just about to get in.

"Huh, why not?!" Lemmy then yelped in response as they all stared slightly surprised.

"I'm afraid your buddy here's a bit TOO hefty for this one passenger car alone! Each of these cars has a limit, ya know!"

"Wait, just Dayley weighs that much?!" Lemmy was quite astonished but not surprised given their friend was quite bulky.

"It's usually a two to three passenger car limit! Your friend here weighs enough for two people!" The guard tried explaining.

"You can see it right here - the limit is calculated on the car itself." The guard tapped on the visible scale counter as everyone peeked.

"... Dayley weighs THAT MUCH?!" Lemmy then scratched his head in disbelief.

"Oops! I'm sorry guys, guess I'm too bulky in size and height alone..." Dayley felt a bit pressured but didn't mind going in alone.

"Oh! I can actually go just fine." Jayt then noticed the missing gap and the weight that remained for anyone else. "I know my weight and I can comfortably reach under the limit."

"Wait, Jayt?!" Hector then was surprised. "Jayt, what are you going to do with Dayley?!"

"Nothing much." Jayt then had a connivingly sly expression on his face as he tried to smirk that sentence out of his mouth.

"That is NOT a look I should be feeling calm about! JAYT!" Hector seemed rather unnerved by him and the fear of the passenger car falling.

"Don't worry, relax!" Jayt was looking quite composed. "Nothing's going to happen."

"Guess I'll be seeing ya on the way down!" Jayt then tries standing by the entrance to which the passenger car easily handles.

The scale then shifts and the guard swiftly notices it barely even reaching or tipping the limit.

"... Huh, guess that also works." The slightly broad-framed guard was rather pleased as Dayley gets surprised by Jayt's own presence.

"You're lucky you're featherweight!" The scowl faced guard felt like giving Jayt a pass just because of that.

"... Jayt?!" Dayley even blurted out as due to his sudden entrance.

"Heya bud, just giving ya a little company until we get back down." He put his hand on his hip and poised as Dayley looked at him.

As the passenger car then closes his entrance and Jayt waves back and Hector, the passenger car then slowly shifts to spin around to make way for the next one over for the remaining group.

"... Aw man and I was looking to spend some alone quality time with Jayt!" Hector then grumbled under his breath as Dayley and Jayt then made their own leave.

"Don't worry, Hec." Lemmy then tried to at least uplift his own friend alongside with everyone else. "We can still hang around together!"

"Heh, I guess." Hector then simply admitted defeat and went alongside with the main gang, as they all have split into smaller groups for the next passenger cars. "Now come on! We gotta get in the next passenger car if I wanna be able to watch over Jayt!"

"That's the spirit!" Lemmy couldn't help but make him feel energized. "Besides, they'll be fine!"

As our comrades tried to divide themselves for each passenger car, everyone was able to evenly distribute their weight across all group without being too apart or alone, Lemmy even getting the chance of being with Naddy, Vonderv having dodged by a hair the limit by having Adven alongside with him. Luckily, Hector and Henrick were able to forge their friendship even further, with Daisuki right next to Roberta preferring not to intertwine too much in between the others and preferring Roberta's fashionable shyness.

As the ferris wheel spun around, everyone was able to catch a sight of the whole city as they mired from above, each and every single one of them appreciating the view from above.

As they all stared and saw the view from above, the ferris wheel spun slowly as Dayley and Jayt were almost at the top of the ferris wheel.

With Dayley right next to the window, he feels at ease seeing the city from above from this method.

"The view is really great here from above... I used to be in such hard times... seeing it now that I'm way more relaxed makes me see things from a whole other perspective..." Even so, he was trying to stay quiet just letting it all sink in.

Feeling almost lulled by the warmth of the sun coming inside the passenger car, there was quite a bit of silence as Jayt appreciated the view, seeing it while the palm of his hands wrapped around the bar just before the glass window door showcasing it.

Jayt let it all sink in for definitely quite a bit before he had decided to break the ice a little, him feeling quite sure of himself and certain, the cheery music of the amusement park faded in the background.

He then, without turning his face, then came a question from Jayt.

"... You're the one who donated for that orphanage, didn't you?" He merely begged the question.

As Jayt calmly asked that question, Dayley's eyes suddenly widened in shock as he turned his head towards Jayt.

"... How did you?!-" Dayley then felt alarmed for quite a bit before he realized.

"Oh..." Dayley then paused. "I really should have realized it by now..."

"You're really smart so that's why..." He merely assumed Jayt to be more clever than he ever was.

"... I'm gonna admit, it took me a bit!..." Jayt then professed.

"... But learning that it was presumably from an anonymous donor and that it needed to be someone wealthy enough and with a reason strong enough to do it..."

"It really couldn't have been anyone other than you." Jayt admitted he had felt a bit tricked by the small unexpected twists and turns Lemmy had given out to him in that his mother hadn't collaborated for the orphanage.

Dayley then merely looked sideways as he felt embarrassed and held his hands together slightly out of fright.

"So you pretty much used at least a pretty big portion of your income as a singer to help support and donate for the orphanage."

Dayley merely kept shut, further admitting to Jayt's own theory, continuing to look away before he finally admitted.

"... I can't undo the things I've done." Dayley felt disheartened even just saying that. "But if it means to aid the newest generations, then at the very least that." He wasn't already quite sure what he was saying at this point.

"I always keep feeling bad for those I can't protect and I just wanna make sure to help..." He felt almost a pain in his chest.

There was then a slight pause before Dayley realized his own mistakes and before he finally opened up.

"... And another thing. I did so many awful things to you and I never even properly said anything..." He didn't exactly feel like he deserved to be anywhere near Jayt, Jayt having already forgiven him some times.

"Jayt, I'm sorry for everything I've done to you... you deserve far more than what I can possibly give..."

"You deserve to be happy with Hector and everyone around you..." He merely wished to respect Jayts' own wishes.

After a slight pause, Jayt then tried to humble himself and think throughout those thoughts.

"... Dayley, I don't think it was all your fault." Jayt merely admitted to Dayley being merely a pawn in someone's game.

"... Besides, you only burned me." Jayt even felt a bit proud rising from it. "The rest was indirect. Your men were only protecting you and you fell under a harsh environment."

"... And besides, you can't just say being happy with everyone and exclude yourself out from it." Jayt even chuckled a bit.

"I really do look up to you, I really do..." He professed his admiration for him.

"... And besides, you're the one who made me slightly immortal, heheh." Jayt couldn't help let slip that.

"I'm the same as you now. When the Aurea's dimension God summoned the role of God of Fire upon me, he also just so happened to give me quite a bit of immortality and the powers that came with it." Jayt elaborated further, knowing a slight bit how much that changed him.

"Knowing that, I really wanna make sure to make the best out of everything and being with everyone all around." He brought mention of Hector and everyone else, knowing he was quite a bit different from the rest now.

"And that also includes you." Jayt didn't want to lose that with Dayley not involved.

"So no matter how much time passes by, I also wanna make sure to be with everyone as much as I can and stand by your side."

"I really want to regain your trust back as a friend." Jayt wanted to make sure of that. "You're not the only one guilty about things."

"It was wrong of me to do that and we all did our mistakes." He himself had admitted to that.

There was then a slight pause before Dayley solemnly tried to respect Jayt out of his own wishes as he remained sitting on his bench.

"You haven't done anything wrong. I just hope you realize that." Dayley clearly wanted to mean that deep within him.

He made another slight pause before he kept going, as the sun slightly lighted inside the passenger car.

"I still see you as a comfort person... someone I cherish... someone I really trust... and we barely even knew each other so... if you can't even be happy as a person..."

"... then what's the point of me ever being happy?" He simply asked, not wanting Jayt to ever be jeopardized.

After a slight bit of silence, Jayt then tried uttering these words.

"..."

"If it makes you feel a little better...

I'd say seeing you happy is what makes me feel happy."

After hearing those words, Dayley, for the lack of a better word, then suddenly looked upon Jayt, who seemed quite eager to get to know him better, as the light slightly cast on him, merely wanting to get to be with Dayley as a friend and being with him until the end of time.

"... And maybe perhaps more than that!"

As Dayley's sight slightly adjusted to the outside light and witnessing Jayt saying those words, he felt a bit comforted in hearing that and suddenly thought he was being silly questioning Jayt on that.

"... Thank you, Jayt." He then warmly smiled hoping to make Jayt happy. "For just... even being around me. You're like the friend I never even had. You always seem to make my days brighter." He was calmly saying the truth, as he held together and how much he cherished Jayt.

"Don't ever forget you can always count on me for anything... You mean the world to me and if anything ever happened to you, I'd be anguished... but I won't ever feel let down, especially not after hearing those words..." Dayley meant every single one of those words.

"... No problem to it." Jayt then tried to say in a composed, calm demeanor. "If you knew how much you meant to me, you wouldn't even be questioning our relation." He tried to tattle, making just a small joke out of it.

"Besides, it wouldn't be fun not having you around with us." Jayt then smiled warmly towards him with cheerfulness.

"... I'd say you mean just as much for me as well." He finished it at that, hoping to console Dayley's lonely heart.

As they locked their stare, Dayley actually being able to stare at Jayt's eyes for once due to his own issues of eye contact, the ferris wheel then slowly started for a stop, just as their passenger car was about to finish their ride and lock itself near the ground level.

"... Oh! Guess that's our cue to leave. You sure you're fine stepping out on your own?" Dayley then offered to help just in case he was afraid to let Jayt fall on a stair level or from a sudden slight height.

"... No, I'm good!" Jayt then happily appreciated that offer. "Just be careful out the door frame." He smiled hoping to guide Dayley.

"I know, I know!..." Dayley then slowly tried to get near by the exit also.

As they finally pitter pattered and came down from the passenger car as the sun was setting and distanced themselves to make way, the remaining passenger cars were also starting to unload the other passengers and Lemmy and the gang.

"Oh, hey! You guys made it! So, how did it go? I totally saw you guys from the passenger car just behind you, did you enjoy the sight?" Hector was just glad there was no issues given a lot can happen during a ferris wheel ride while he was with Henrick discussing workout routines while peeking from their passenger car every now and then.

"Honestly, I thoroughly enjoyed it." Jayt genuinely said. "Strangely enough, it never gets old for me. Just enjoying the warmth of the day."

"Yeah, same!" Dayley was also quite pleased with the view and not having to dodge birds for once. "It feels nice feeling the beams of light from above... The way the city feels so lively and jampacked!... it's definitely quite something." Dayley shared.

"That's great! I also really enjoyed being able to see the old forest and places I would go to when I was a child!" Hector then happily admitted. "Man, you really can see a lot of the city from afar! Even your parents' dairy farm!"

"Yeah, it's still quite a distance from here, but they just feel homely in there." Dayley fondly remembered.

As Lemmy escorted Naddy while she was with a cute little smile, he then came towards them.

"Hey guys! It was really nice being able to be in there with Naddy, she really enjoyed that." He happily said as she stayed snug right next by his side. "We oughta do this more often, it's just really nice seeing the sun setting... Brings me a sense of nostalgia..."

As they all grouped well together, Vonderv, Adven, Roberta and Daisuki all joined up alongside with them.

Vonderv and Adven seemed also to enjoy their ride, despite entering into a few funny arguments while Roberta and Daisuki surprisingly hit it off well, Daisuki mostly nodding to Roberta's conversations and Roberta enjoying her gentle clothing.

"We didn't really talk much, but Daisuki's been really nice to hang out with." Roberta thought of her as pleasant. "We've been talking about clothing styles and how I got to meet with you guys! She's really shy but I really enjoy her company!"

Daisuki merely shyed off, merely being compliant to how Roberta spoke about taking care of her little sister.

"Glad to know even you got to know Roberta a little better!" Hector felt glad someone like Garter could have it in him to be able to appreciate her personality. "I was afraid you wouldn't really get together, heh!..."

"Yeah, I've just been with Von and he's a really nice calm dude to hang with..." Adven had grown accostumed to Vonderv since quite some time now ever since their adventures. "There's just so much I never learned about our own dimension and the entities we are often told about..." She seemed interested in learning more about the folklore and the real truths behind the mysteries of the Aurea dimension.

"Yeah, I know the Aurea dimension like the palm of my hand!" Vonderv then gloated off as if he were a prestiged explorer who knew every corner of their land. Really, it was just because he had to know it all and learned it from experience.

"Figures you'd be bragging about it." Lemmy then rolled his eyes but honestly appreciated Vonderv having given Adven a polite company.

"Well, if you ever feel like knowing our lands a little better, you can just hit up the Vonderv encyclopaedia!" He pointed the thumb towards himself as he knew how to fill in the details about certain mysteries.

"Really putting the "don't judge a book by its cover" phrase to a test." Lemmy merely pointed that out.

"Wha, you think I'm a dubious source of information? Who helped you get across the valley and get towards the Anagi village, hm?" Vonderv couldn't help point that out given he was the one who knew most of the land to explore.

"A map." Lemmy scolded him.

"You're welcome by the way, because otherwise, you'd still be reading that map upside down!" Vonderv then made a jab towards his unawareness.

"... Pfff, I guess." Lemmy then couldn't help admit defeat if only because Vonderv was still a great friend in the end.

"It's been a really nice day together nonetheless." Lemmy then tried to think of this day as neatly wrapped as possible, given some of them had to go back to their places. "Hope you guys still had a blast together, I feel like I practically ran this park four times now!"

"Yeah, same! It's been really super thrilling being able to come back and enjoy so many attractions!" Naddy still felt like she could come back to it a few more couple of times, even if just alone with Lemmy.

"How about you, Dayl? Enjoyed your day as much you could?" Lemmy then tried to humbly ask Dayley.

"Oh, it's been wonderful!" Dayley had a plastered smile on his face. "To be able to enjoy so many attractions, I really couldn't have asked for anything more and I even got to ride on the ferris wheel!" He admitted.

"It really did wash all my cares away, heh." Dayley really felt happy he was able to relax for once and conclude all his worries.

"Nothing to it, Dayley!" Lemm appreciated he helped doing that for him. "That's what we're all here for!"

"I think it's about time we also call it a day." Jayt merely recommended if just because Lemmy's friends seemed a bit tired. "Your friends seem like they could use some rest back at their dimension or ours. Of course it's their call."

"Yeah, I also gotta bring Naddy back home, right?"

As Lemmy tried to politely ask her own reply, Naddy merely replied with a "hmm-hm!" and started stretching her figure out of a slight soreness over having explored the park so much, trying to flick her hair so it wouldn't be too unkept.

"Yeah, I'm also pooped!" Henrick then himself had admitted after spending a lot of his time hanging at the punching bag machines and basketball arcades. "It was quite a workout day. I still wanna catch up to my guitar practice with my bro."

"I also gotta bring Daisuki to some place." Hector tried not to say exactly where. "She also looks kinda worn."

She merely nodded off, trying to slightly grab the drabs of her dress slightly tired, trying not to give away herself too much.

As they all tried to stretch and begging to be back home to rest from a nice amusement park break, as the cold already started to settle and you could already feel a slight gentle breeze brushing through your skin, Vonderv then slightly surprises some of them begging for a request.

"Hey guys, would you mind then coming to our dimension for a visit?" Vonderv suddenly made a unexpected offer.

"Already this late?" Lemmy scratched the back of his head for a second. "What for? Some of us is already a bit tired."

"Actually, Maravi and Magnifi wanted to show you something." Vonderv was actually in ploy with them.

"Maravi and Magnifi?" Hector had wondered about such names.

"Yeah, they're the rest of the remaining Guardians." Adven pointed out towards Hector as she looked up towards him. "They're guardian entities similar to Vonderv, in that they help safeguard a special amulet."

"Guardians, eh?" Hector then reminisced something. "Oh yeah, I think I remember something told about that back in one pub."

"Yeah, I think I remember learning about them back in the dimension back when we were still trailing for Brightburn Tower." Jayt then slightly recalled such a thing and even some guards from the Underground City had made mention call of something like that.

"So, what about them? You know I can't exactly bring Naddy along, most of us have to go back home." Lemmy then shared back towards Vonderv.

"No biggie, not everyone's forced to come but you guys are still welcome to come." Vonderv then tried not forcing them to the dimension.

"I don't mind coming along just to make sure you guys are all safe." Dayley then tried to offer his presence.

"Yeah, same here." Jayt then stepped into Vonderv's own plan. "I can also come along, it's been a while since I've last visited."

"I can also come along, just to check what that's all about." Hector merely thought they just wanted to make a welcome back party of sorts.

"Then I guess we got some extra time to spend back in your place, Von." Lemmy concurred that the rest didn't have to tag and come along.

"Adven and Roberta are pretty much guaranteed to at least make the travel to check back on things." Lemmy then reassured and tried to confirm the group that was packing in for travel.

"Good thing you're all excited then!" Vonderv was enthusiastic to say the least.

As the scenery the shifts to that of a underground lab underneath the V.I.V headquarters, our crew then prepares to make a leap by using a more advanced interdimensional teletransporter that can instantly take a snapshot frame and immediately connect to their dimension without fear of it overlapping or creating sudden negative impacts that might affect theirs or the Aurea dimensions'.

"Ayup! Using this has been as easy as blinking." Hector was quite frightened how far its technology had advanced thanks to the hardworking researchers and engineers Lady Miriam had under her wing. "Who'd think we'd have easy access to your dimension."

"The Miss knows how to keep these things a secret as to not let it fall in any wrong hands. Of all people, she's the one who least wants to take advantage of it for her own monetary or power needs. She can find it awfully complex for her so she'd rather just leave it for the researchers and confide to them the trust of not betraying her." Jayt felt like they had no need to do such given she already tried to make sure they were well rewarded for it. "If anything, I think she just finds it a extra method to hopefully meet new friends across dimensions."

"... Awfully innocent, isn't she?" Adven didn't really mind it as she felt Lady Miriam has been incredibly kind towards her.

"She might seem cold, but her heart is anything but cold." Jayt elaborated on her peculiar personality. "She's a very amiable person."

"Well, what are we waiting for, let's go!"

As Vonderv then tried cheering for them to keep going, the quite already familiar group then prepares to sit on the more spatious interdimensional teletransporter, with Lemmy, Hector, Jayt, Adven, Roberta, Vonderv and Dayley to cruise along.

As Hector prepares and pushes a button with slight ease, the interdimensional telestransporter then began making shifts towards reality itself, already projecting itself towards a leap for the Aurea dimension, them remaining sit and frozen, in a similar state as to how Lemmy, Naddy and Dayley had first began being transported into the dimension at first.

As the setting changes once more to something akin next to a large white familiar mansion, that being, the mayor's mansion that resided within Glass City, the interdimensional teletransporter then, not very far from the mansion's main entrance, immediately arrived at its destination with relative ease, as they all began coming out of the teletransporter.

"... The city's been really well cared ever since Susanna took over." Lemmy definitely noticed a few changes and its citizens getting accostumed to even being out in the open, accepting those around them. "They don't seem to be in any peril."

"Susanna must've had a lot of work to deal with considering the state the city was before." Adven was quite shocked to even find its citizens waving hello at one another.

"Good thing we've grown accostumed to visiting her to really get to know her better." Hector had already met her a couple times, seeming like a sensible person with a finger for running the city. "I'm surprised she wasn't a mayor before! She seems to know her deal."

"Susanna wasn't from this city originally." Jayt tried slipping some details. "Some folks say she came out of nowhere, almost as if she had somehow found a way to connect her dimension to this very city."

"The chances of her being human are actually drastically high. Who knows from where she could have possibly fallen from." Jayt then pondered the mysterious fate that had been appointed towards this peculiar woman.

"Better not to think about it too much." Hector decided not to tire his head over it. "What matters is, these folks were lucky to even find someone to run as mayor for their city. They don't seem too human, but their appearance is peculiar."

"Yeah, they seem human, but they're really quite different from us." Lemmy was shocked to find out.

As they stared at the horizon of the city, a slight chorus then repeated, slightly repeating and faded. Some of the citizens had adopted a quite funny rhyme in the form of a very short singing song.

As the quite reserved city folk, but slowly coming out of the depths of the city, they commuted and hung around together chiming to this one quiet humble song, coming every now and then from the citizens.

"Mayor of the city, mayor of the city, Glass City,

Don't be so blue, we come for you

Mayor of the city, mayor of the city, Glass City

Brighter happy days will come for you,

Mayor of the city, mayor of the city, Susanna

We'll make brighter days and cheer for you~"

"Don't let your tears, don't let your tears cry for you

Here's an umbrella, a lovely one just for you

Don't let your tears, don't let your tears rain on your parade

And we'll sing you a song, sing you a song and your house neatly decorate!"

This relatively short song was barely even a song and yet, it echoed throughout the city, every now and then, transpiring from the citizens.

"Funny city folk, aren't they?" Hector seemed quite amused by how they were hanging together.

Even a slight fanfare would come seeming to come from the back parts of the city, peculiarly coming from the Falosa Streets, previously infamous over how rowdy it used to be. It seemed having quieted down, as the folks were now with little to no aggression.

A melody seemed to waver around throughout the streets, some of the houses fixed and still quite in building stages.

As they all stared at the looming mansion, the glimmer of it still seemed the same as usual, even if somewhat neatly decorated by Susanna and the citizens who'd try and help every now and then, a strange prop just above its own roof.

"... Is that a giant white umbrella?" Lemmy told, as he stared up from below while everyone stood baffled over the size of the mansion.

As it loomed, the umbrella, seemed to be quite engraved in the mansion's roof, working similarly as a shade for the mansion in the form of a statue. Next to the mansion, however, what seemed to be the most noticable were the rows of flowers throughout the sides of the mansion.

As they stood by the front of the mansions' entrance, a young woman in pigtails and a white and blue dress however then humbly came, carrying with her a lovely actual white umbrella as her high heel shoes approached the friendly group.

"Hello, welcome!" Susanna finally made her prestiged bow. "How have you been?"

"Heya, Suz, been a bit!" Lemmy then casually received her as if she was already a very close acquaintance. "Wow, you really worked here."

"I like to think it wasn't just all my doing!" She politely complimented her own citizens. "They have been wonderful and they would come visit me whenever I felt sad! I thought I was all alone with Maravi when quite frankly, the citizens also tried to help make this city prosper."

"Can't make a house with just one person!" Lemmy then suddenly remembered that phrase.

"But that's not why we're all here! Maravi really wanted to show you something alongside with Magnifi inside our mansion." Susanna then politely talked about Maravi, who still resided within her, their contract still unbreakable as they both still lived in the mansion alongside the faceless butlers, who were in fact, a devoted shapeshifter species that adjust to their environment.

They were a species that actually helped Susanna survive as one of them as the previous mayor's butler took her in.

"Gregory is actually taking care of them while I wanted to bring you guys in." She spoke, while Maravi and Magnifi awaited for them inside with somewhat of a surprise. "They are waiting for you in the mansion."

"A surprise? I really can't think of what could possibly be." Lemmy merely confided to her, as he wasn't quite sure what possible unresolved situations could there be coming from the dimension.

"So you're the lady who Lemmy talked about," Hector suddenly spoke, "I heard nice things about you, despite the fact you gave a hard battle to Lemmy!" He had previously learned about how his misadventures had led to him eventually learning about the Guardians.

"Battling with a fan suddenly feels far more threatening than meets the eyes..." Jayt referred to Lemmy talking about her weapon of choice.

"We some times have to be able to surprise every now and then!..." She teased with a tiny laugh.

"But that's in the past - come - I'll bring you to Maravi and let you in on the details."

As she tries to guide them inside the mansion's entrance, she tries helping them get along in the way.

"Come along! Don't mind them, Gregory is remarkable and the rest of them are trying their best." She was in fact referring to the shapeshifting butlers and stewards so they wouldn't frighten the guests. "If not for them, I couldn't possibly even be here."

As the group tried to shortly follow her moderate pace, they then made their way across the halls of the mansion, in order to be able to reach the mansion's wide living room, where Maravi and Magnifi were eagerly awaiting for them.

"It's been a while since I've last been here!" Adven then spoke remembering her slight memories about this place.

"It sure is wide... Kinda reminds me of King Tiramisu's place..." Roberta remembered their past visit to the royal family's mansion.

"It's a neat place, just not sure if I'd ever got accostumed to living in a house like this..." Hector felt quite daunted.

"It's been a wild ride since then, that's for sure!" Vonderv then recalled how much he had to go through with Lemmy.

As they finally made their way near the entrance of the living room, Susanna then approaches and humbly tries to open the doors before them. "No need to cumber my butlers with always opening the door, right?"

As the group quickly approaches, the doors are then spread wide open and the group's eyes are met with the sight of the reddened pig Maravi and the pink dressed yellow pig Magnifi, sitting around a wide glass counter in specially soft sky blue sofas and a little something more that remarkably overwhelmed them. Even Mocha was right there just beside them, given she was Magnifi's own host.

"... Huh?!"

As Lemmy stares quite breath taken, he just so happened to stumble across not just Maravi and Magnifi, but several, other similarly looking guardians who were also frolicking around in the very same living room, all while a few of them were telling tales towards Maravi and Magnifi, brandishing several tones of color and styles of clothing.

"Holy gadzooks, where did all these Guardians come from?!" Lemmy then felt incredibly overwhelmed by the severe number of them.

"They were really having fun what with Maravi and Magnifi around in the mansion!" Susanna giggled as she enjoyed their company.

Just as they turned, they quickly glimpsed upon the lively group and decided to tackle Dayley and single him out of everyone.

Their frenetic stubby piglet arms then slowly tried to even almost climb upon Dayley himself as he was caught offguard.

"Guys, help! I'm being attacked!" Dayley could do but nothing as the stout piglets then tried reaching for him for a hug.

"... Bahahahahaha!" Vonderv couldn't help but just laugh it out loud, as he cackled upon the sight of seeing Dayley almost being taken.

"... Oh, I guess they just want to give me a hug?" As Dayley tried to process this, the piglets then quickly fled across the living room and got towards Maravi and Magnifi enthusiastically as Mocha heartily laughed.

"And another thing, why are these Guardians smaller than you guys?" Adven then quickly pointed out how small and stout these guardians were.

"I'm counting at least one, two, three... man, that's a lot!" Hector even lost count.

"About 18 of them!" The yellow blue-haired Magnifi then confirmed how many they were.

"18?... Huh, I wonder..." Jayt then became peculiarly curious about something.

"Of course they are small, they're just kids!" Vonderv then felt it was too annoying even having to explain himself. "Me, Maravi and Magnifi are just here trying to take care of them, geez..."

"They seemed quite thrilled once they got here..." Vonderv merely stared blank-faced thinking how excited they were for the job.

"Children? You mean children can be guardians?" Lemmy was astonished to say the least.

"Of course they can!" Vonderv really didn't want to repeat twice. "I'm a completely matured adult Guardian, the size easily tells us apart!" Vonderv then tried to explain how he, Maravi and Magnifi were already grown up. "These are completely new guardians that got accepted."

As Vonderv was discussing that, three of the small guardians were actually sharing a strange tale towards Magnifi during the time they were waiting for them, as the yellow piglet perked up her own little piggy ears with her beady astonished eyes.

"... And then he just went bam! Boosh, skabadam! And then his friends came and kicked his hiney!" A light green guardian tried to narrate excitedly trying to catch up on their story. "His friends were trying to protect him!"

"And how were you all able to see that?" Magnifi pondered all that commotion with a hand in her chin.

"Well duh! We've seen it from above! We were floating up above in the sky!" A violet guardian then tried to explain it.

"But then he tried follow this guy after all that..." The pink guardian tried to tell the story alongside them.

"And now we won't be feeling so lonely while watching over our dimension and the Half-Faced Charm!" Vonderv then exclaimed his enthusiasm. "It's like we got a few little prodigies so they can help us protect the balance of the dimension, now that Inacredi's gone."

"Oh yea, I'm still not over that." Lemmy still couldn't help hardly believing Vonderv had once lost a friend of his.

"I'm still sad that had to happen... but now, hopefully, I won't feel so lonely now that I can be like a big brother to them..." Vonderv couldn't help feeling a bit misty-eyed, while not ignoring the fact that Maravi and Magnifi could also teach them a lot as well.

"I'm not sure if being a parent is really my thing, so I think I'll give that role to Maravi and Magnifi, just in case they think I might be a bad influence upon them, heheh!" He then jested all while Maravi and Magnifi stared upon him with a steel-cold stare of discipline.

"Hey, by the way... Hey Mocha, is everything cool with the king?" Lemmy then fondly remembered that the king once helped in his aid, wanting to catch up on how King Tiramisu was doing since then from her. "It's been a while since I've last heard of him."

"He's been really well in fact!" Mocha warmly smiled towards Lemmy and his friends. "He seems far more mature now, a bit more gruff... but at the same time, more sweeter with Chocola and making sure to provide everything needed for her."

"He had to sacrifice a lot of gold from our mansion for the sake of the Kochala village... but he doesn't really seem to mind it!" Mocha thought it took a lot from him to be able to give that away from his own father. "If anything, he's making sure to prioritize his family and the village no matter the cost. And making sure to protect Chocola and those around her..."

"He seems far more resilient now... but also stronger!" Mocha felt a bit proud of her father alongside her own twin brother.

As Mocha having finished discussing about her father, Hector's eyes then slowly shifted to something just a bit peculiar.

"What's with those ones over there?" Hector then pointed out to some particular three guardians that in fact, were more faded in color and bigger, as they waved back at him shyly, as if to show support for all of them.

"Oh, those ones are already adults! That's why their colors are more faded and pastel-like. The tones of our colors depends from when we died." Magnifi then remarked their maturity. "They're more akin to us, I guess they came alongside with them!" She appreciated their maturity and how they seemed to know the small guardians.

"They really seem to know what they're doing!" Maravi then appreciated their softer side. "I dig their style!"

"They seem alright..." Vonderv crossed his arms behind his own head, thinking they would be helpful to help the situation at hand.

"This really is quite a lot to take in..." Lemmy tried to follow their intended surprise. "There's a lot going on here... so I'll just go and assume this is a good thing?"

"It's a GREAT thing! It's totally the chance we all wanted for our dimension!" Vonderv felt thrilled. "This'll make protecting the dimension easier on us and there's more of us to help protect the Half-Faced Charm from ill-intended threats!"

"Wow, I didn't even think that! Yeah, you were all alone with just Maravi and Magnifi by your side." Lemmy realized by now that, had it not been for this miracle, Vonderv would probably have struggled with maintaining both the relations on Lemmy's and the Aurea dimension all while trying to fend those who bore greed from the Half-Faced Charm.

"There's nothing else we can show you here and it is pretty late for you guys..." Vonderv then realized their tight schedule. "Now skedaddle! We got business to care for!" Vonderv was in fact, just referring to taking care of what he thought, were brats.

"I think that's for the best, I'm already tired from them all trying to pile up and piggy ride on my back and hug me... That's a lot of pigs... They sure really like me for some reason..." Dayley then gave a small sigh of relief after a valiant effort to make them happy.

"They almost made me fall to the ground, hahah..." He apologetically tried to finish off for today as Roberta tried to help him.

"The weary warrior must rest his tired body..." Jayt then teasingly tried to honor him as if he fought a strenuous battle.

"Yeah, I think I'll about call it quits for today," Lemmy concured, "I think that's already enough lollygagging for the day, as Garter would say."

And so, just as they finally bid adieu to Susanna once more, and this time towards Maravi and Magnifi who were fostering all these new guardians of the Aurea dimension across the mayor's mansion and King Tiramisu's own grand mansion housing, it was really up for Lemmy and the crew to finally return back home safe and sound.

As they finally made themselves back home, the stars were already twinkling up in the skies right above Intile City, the crew having had even more than enough to rest their tired eyes and go right back to their own accomodations.

With Jayt and Hector back in their homes and Dayley tending back to his reports and finishing up workload for Lady Miriam and the V.I.V headquarters before just soundly going to bed, Adven, Vonderv and Roberta were also going to rest with peace in their mind knowing that their dimension would be more protected of strange individuals, as well as new guardians fostered safe and sound, to which Vonderv even promised to make any wish he could find possible to realize within the V.I.V's own grasp and within his very own limitations.

Pretty much everyone went back home, including Lemmy, who was, for the most part, knocked right out of the park and having already had his fill with amusement parks - at least for the time being.

With Lady Miriam finally being able to put her head down to a rest, a lot of her worries were now even seeming like they were dwindling away, as she thought one thing. How her son made her feel proud of him and how united he could accomplish everyone feel.

It's not often a child that makes a parent proud but at least in this very case, Lady Miriam's own standards were already pretty easy to accomplish, Lemmy having somehow accomplished even surpassing them.

With Naddy back in her cozy room after her parents had visited her, she was hoping to visit the amusement park once more, maybe perhaps just all on her own with him this time, thinking riding along with groups to be tiring for him. A humble surprise, she thought, hoping it'd make him happy somehow, as she hugged her comically large seal plushie that Lemmy got for her from the amusement park.

Buloke was in his humble wooden house once more, as the same was for the Strength brothers who resided back in their apartment.

Woe are their neighbors, as their slumbering snores echoed and pierced through the apartment walls, Henrick drooling on his own pillow snoring and covered by a very worn sheet on his own bed with Garter on the other opposite room, his body flat out denying to get up as he was worn and tired, his very ruffled frizzy hair spread out throughout his own smaller bed, as he laid like a discarded ragged doll and trying to sleep through Henrick's loud snores to wake up the next day looking as if he slept on a dumpster.

Thus concludes this quite big, exciting adventure, with our villains taking a rest, new acquaintances being unexpected, but still warmly accepted, bonds being reforged and new hopes for what lies ahead into the future, as Lemmy tries making most of the night to get right back to sleep from a quite exhausting thrill.

As Lemmy tries lulling himself back into his sleep, he then suddenly receives a notification on his own cellphone with a flicking light.

"... Huh? Who could it possibly be during this time of the night?"

"Oh... it's Naddy. I wonder what she wants."

He receives a message notification wondering she was going to say.

"..."

"... She wants to go back to the park AGAIN?!" He slightly got shocked and began twisting and tossing around his body around his bed.

"Why can't she pick something else?! Just anything besides the amusement park!"

But as he tries processing this, he then feels accostumed to her wish.

"... Although. I guess we did have fun today."

"..."

"... Yeah sure."

"You win, Naddy...."

He then tries typing out something as a message for her as his tired eyes begin closing out of drowsyness.

"We can go back to the park if you'd like. And maybe even go somewhere else you might find cool."

"Catch you tomorrow!"

~The End~

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