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(Both the characters are humanized) Characters: Trowel and Arch. ———————————————
8:29pm
“Breaking news, tonight weather will be cloudy with a bit of rain later and tomorrow will be sunny with some wind, I’m your weatherman signing off”
The Weatherman told Trowel as he turned off the television for the night.
he kick back his feet on the living room’s coffee table in silence, it was eerie to say the least.
as he tried to sleep on the couch, a noise of the hallway door creaked open slightly to a shadowy figure in the hallway of the building.
“Hey trowel, can I talk to you for a little bit”
The figure asked softly.
Trowel slightly jolted awake to see a tired arch standing with a grey monster plushie wrapped around their arms as they walked slowly towards him.
“Oh, Alright”
Trowel answered awkwardly as he didn’t know why Arch wanted to talk, maybe it’s because of their own loneliness but that wouldn’t make sense, any logical thought that he has wouldn’t make sense because Arch is shown to hate him and chooses to not speak to him much unless they have to.
Arch sat next to Trowel on the red couch, their head resting on his shoulder.
“”Have you ever been in a situation where you were with somebody that one of your family members trust”
Arch expressed before pausing for a little bit.
“Go on”
Trowel told them while putting a hand on their shoulder.
“and when both you and that person get alone at your house, they decide to do things that you’re not comfortable with or not consent to in any way”
Arch continued before pausing again, their own body going to a fetal position.
“What things”
Trowel questioned.
“Like touching areas that you don’t want to be touched in, giving weird gestures to your body, sleeping with you when you don’t want to sleep with that person and giving weird and often uncomfortable comments to your body”
Arch wondered as they felt a cold chill across their entire body.
they try to not remember those days but it always came back to their mind one way or another.
After that sentence was silence, an uncomfortable silence in the room as Trowel stares at Arch with deep concern for their safety and wellbeing.
“Is there something wrong”
Trowel asked with concern in his voice as his hand was taken off their shoulder.
Arch softly teared up as they hugged their plushie to their own face, this is the first moment ever that someone had concerns towards them and it’s the person that they ‘despised’.
“Holy shit”
Trowel shouted in surprised, this was not planned at all nor that it was something that he did before this.
Arch bursted into tears, their emotions were on full display to Trowel as he freaks out on what to do at this moment.
“I’m so sorry, i didn’t mean to say that”
Trowel apologized as he hugged Arch in his arms, begging them to stop crying.
Arch slowly stopped after they realized a warm hug was from Trowel.
They looked at him in shock as he never does this in public, he was never the type of guy to be willing to hug someone with a crowd of strangers.
“It’s going to be ok”
Trowel muttered to Arch while holding them tight in his arms.
They both closed their eyes and slept the whole night together, safe and sound with each other.