The Perfect Subjects | A BfB/BfDI fanfic

Cold Resolve

I paced my room, deep in thought. I wanted to resolve all this Snowball stuff as soon as I could but I couldn't pinpoint how. I'd have to make sure I knew all that happened and why Ice Cube stopped hanging out with him. I guess the best way to do that would be to ask her. I stepped out and looked around. I didn't realize how loud it had become. Even as small as they are they all had their tiny conversations going on, and it added it into a loud bustling living room.

"There you are! What were you doing in there?" Teressa asked, I stared at her silently.

"...Sleeping?" They didn't look impressed.

"Around dinner time? You sick or something?" She asked, putting the back of her hand against my forehead. I promptly smacked it away.

"I'm fine! I was just figuring out how to solve this Snowball situation!"

"Just tell Ice Cube that Snowball is not evil or whatever was going on! Easy peasy!"

"It's not that easy! I'll just talk to her first and then plan from there." They smiled.

"Good plan, ICE CUBE!" She yelled loudly, making everyone go quiet. Everyone in the crowd stepped away from Ice Cube, who looked very embarrassed to be called out.

"I got it, thanks Teressa," I sighed and kneeled, putting my hand out.

"Let's go talk!" I tried to say positively but everyone still seemed rattled. I don't blame them of course, usually, this meant something scary.

I closed the door to my room and set Ice Cube on top of a book on my bed.

"Am I- um, am I in trouble?" She seemed scared.

"Oh of course not! I just wanted to ask you a few questions!" She looked even more nervous now?

"Ah..okay? What kind of questions?"

"About Snowball!" I tried to make myself sound approachable but she immediately looked even more afraid.

"Okay...that's fine." She slowly sat on the books and waited for me to ask.

"Well, to start, can you tell me why you guys stopped hanging out?"

"He...lied to me." I tried to think back to when that happened. It must've been back when they were barely just made.

"It was..about Golf Ball right?" There weren't many objects at that point so it wasn't hard to narrow down.

"Yeah, he hit her." She looked worried.

"Is that why you didn't want to be around him anymore?"

"Well yeah! He's violent! And a liar!" She shouted, previous shyness replaced with anger.

"Ice Cube, do you think Snowball is a threat? Like violent enough to worry?" Ice Cube thought for a moment.

"Maybe, it depends on what else he's done." I sat down next to her.

"Y'know he hasn't hurt anyone else, and the one time he did was an accident." Ice Cube looked up at me.

"How'd he accidentally hurt someone?" It sounded like she couldn't even believe that was possible.

"Foster had made Snowball very strong, and it kinda stressed him out a lot, I'm sure even if he meant to push Golf Ball away he didn't know he could hurt her, she's strong." She stared at me, then turned to look down at the ground again.

"Then...why did he lie to me? If it was an accident."

"Well I guess you'd have to ask him, I don't know. He didn't tell me that much." Ice Cube gnawed at her lip nervously.