Once again - Stickman High - an AvA/AvM fanfic

Chapter 23 - Teamwork makes the dreamwork... or something?

Green's POV

I walked along the sidewalk. I was heading towards Purple and Gold's house. I had some talking to do.

Purple went missing a few days ago. He just disappeared without a trace! His dad reported the situation to the police, but it seems that they weren't exactly doing a good job in searching. And if they weren't gonna find my boyfriend, then I had to do it myself. Or, well, not completely myself...

After a few moments, I made it to the house. I knocked on the door. It got opened by M.T. He looked pretty tired.

"Oh, hi Green. What brings you here?" He asked.

"I need to talk to Gold, if that's possible, of course." I said.

"Go ahead. He's in his bedroom." M.T. let me inside.

"Thank you." I nodded and headed in the right direction.

I knocked on the door. A quiet "Come in" was heard from the inside.

I opened the door and walked inside. Gold was sitting on his bed, his face in his hands.

"Hey Gold." I said in a soft-ish voice, leaning against the wall.

Gold's head jolted up when he heard my voice. I could see that he had bags under his eyes. Seems like he too didn't get much sleep over the last two days.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"What do you think?" I asked.

"How am I supposed to know?! You have no reason to be here!" Gold snapped at me.

"Yeah I do." I replied calmly.

"Oh really?!" Gold raised an eyebrow.

"Yup." I nodded.

"Well then, what's the reason?" Gold asked in a quieter voice.

I moved away from the wall. I started pacing around the room.

"Look, I get that recently we weren't exactly 'getting along' for... whatever reason, but right now, knowing the current situation, I think we have to figure out what caused this conflict and, I dunno, fix it?" I said.

"And why in the ever loving fuck would I wanna fix shit with you?" Gold gave me a look.

"Cause if we work together, maybe we could find Purple." I replied.

Gold let out a bitter chuckle.

"Haha, you really think we can find him? The cops have been searching for a few days now and found nothing, and you're here, thinking we can find him? Seriously?" He looked at me as if I were joking.

"Yeah. I'm not saying we will find him, but we could try. You know Purple better than anyone dude. And I really wanna try to look for him."

"You're an idiot. He could be on the other side of the country by now. Hell, on a different continent! There's no way we're gonna find him." Gold shook his head.

"Oh come on man! Have some fucking faith in yourself!" I raised my voice slightly. "...besides, I doubt he's on a different continent." I added.

Gold looked at the ground with a sigh.

"Sorry, but I can't. I feel like absolute shit." He muttered.

"I know. Purple's disappearance messed with all of us." I sat down on the bed next to.

"No, you don't know. You don' know shit. You have no fucking idea how guilty I feel right now." He looked over at me with tears in his eyes.

"It wasn't your faul-"

"Yes it was! On the night Purple went missing, we had an argument that I caused! After that argument, he went outside and never came back! IT IS MY FAULT!" Gold yelled, tears in his eyes.

He hid his face in his hands.

"... it's all my fault..." His voice was slightly muffled.

I wasn't one to comfort people, especially people that fuck around with me for no reason, but this time, I decided to make an exception.

"Gold." I gently pulled his hands away from his face. "It's not your fault. Got it? We didn't know this would happen. Nobody could've predicted this. So it's not your fault. Okay? Stop blaming yourself. Purple wouldn't want you to blame yourself." I spoke in a soft-ish voice, hoping to help him at least a little bit.

Gold was quiet for a moment. He wiped his eyes.

"...thanks... I guess..."

We were quiet for a moment. The only noise heard in the room were quiet sniffles that came from Gold.

"I'm sorry for this conflict between us. I started it because... because..." He trailed off.

"Because?" I asked.

"...because I wanted some attention from my dad. I know this sounds stupid, but... ever since you and Purple started dating I just felt like everything was just revolving around you guys. And I got a little, teensy-weensy bit jealous..."

I gave him a slight look.

"Fine, I was really jealous." He sighed.

I was quiet for a moment.

"Don't worry about that now. We have more important shit to deal with." After a moment, I added "I know what it feels like to not get any attention from your parents."

Gold looked at me in surprise.

"Really?"

I nodded

"Mhm. They've always been gone. If they're not at work, they're meeting their 'friends', that only being another opportunity to show off how filthy rich they are. They're never around." I sighed.

"Couldn't they just take you with them?"

"Are you kidding me? They wouldn't take me. They see me as a 'disgrace to their reputation'."

"But why? You're not that bad!"

"I am in their eyes. Look at me. My grades are shit, I used to be a school bully, I get in detention almost all the time. I'm not the perfect child my parents wanted." I muttered. "They wanted their son to be the next Einstein. But they got me instead..."

Gold placed his hand on my shoulder.

"If it makes you feel better, I'll tell you this. You might not be Einstein, but you're good in other different ways. You're a great friend, and I'm guessing you're a good boyfriend since Purple didn't break up with you yet. So, don't worry about that."

I smiled. Damn, I never would've guessed that the person who would comfort me on this topic other than Purple and Sec, would be Gold. But I didn't complain.

"Thanks dude. So, are we gonna try to find Purple now?" I asked.

"I mean, I guess we can try..." Gold shrugged.

"Sweet! Let's do it!"

Of course the chances of us finding Purple were... low. But we had eachother. After all, teamwork makes the dreamwork.... or something?

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