If only he didn't.

CHAPTER 4, BREAKFAST CHAOS

"MAAAAARIII, don't mention ORANGEJOE, that's when you want to get annoyed by KEL!" HERO hugs MARI, to protect her.

 M:"HERO, you must know, I don't mind being annoyed, it's completely fine! Actually, it's pretty funny!" She smiles, such a soft and sweet smile.

K: He grabs the cans of ORANGEJOE "Do you mind if I take all of these cans? Nevermind, I think you'll say yes, cause why won'tcha? That's what I'm saying..." He runs away, still going on about whatever he was telling himself, maybe don't take so much? 

M:"Ah, KEL Y...! Nevermind, he might pass out though, that's an awful amount of caffeine and citric acid. Really, though, I'm surprised he likes it, but energy is energy!" 

H: "MARI, you speak fancy a lot now, you know, you know that we're the oldest ones here, we don't have to prove it." He lets go of MARI but holds her warm hand.

M: "Well, it's still nice, I don't want to look like a grandmother, at least compared to them. It's very nice to speak fancy, you sound smart and...Fancy!" She holds his hand tightly, looking into his eyes.

H:"...Anyways, the group looks like they're about to die from lack of energy, except KEL, though...BREAKFAST TIME!!" He shouts, closing his eyes in the process, I think even the other side of this world heard him, what a surprise.

The whole group runs to the picnic blanket, MARI never REALLY has breakfast food, but be happy with what you have, you should always be grateful to be alive and to have food.

H:"KEL, you're shaking right now, you didn't chug all of the ORANGEJOEs at once, right?" He stared at KEL, actually concerned.

K: KEL tries to nod, instead smiling "I..Didn't." KEL was shivering, honestly almost as if he would be having a heart attack any dang second!

A: She takes a slice of watermelon and chews on it, quietly "He definitely did, whether he lies or not!"

O: He stares at AUBREY and eats a cookie "..."

A: "You okay, OMORI? That cookie..had got some weird air coming out from it.." She stares back at him

M: "OMORI! THAT COOKIE WAS TOO HOT TO EAT WITHOUT BLOWING ONTO!" She quickly moves to him and snatches the cookie away "Are you okay? Does your mouth hurt? Does it burn? Do you need milk? Ice? Can you feel your tongue? I'm really sorry! Geez, didn't know it wasn't visible, must be painful and piping hot..." She looks at him closely and hugs him "Be careful, yeah?"

O: He presents the usual emotionless face but whispers to her. "I'm...fine, for now."

H: He takes a cookie and puts it in his mouth. "GeEZ-" He quickly runs to a nearby bush and spits it out "GEEZ THAT'S HOT! OW! I'M- DANG, I'M JUST- AWGHHH." He contemplates his life and his current choices, his mistakes and how he plans to live his life after such a scene.

The whole group stares at him in shock, as if thinking "What just happened??"

M: "HERO, You're too funny, but please be careful. You're one of the oldest kids in this group, you should know better, hm?" 

Should know better, right? You should know better, because you should know better. What a fool, you should know better. What an idiot, you should know better. KNOW BETTER, FOOL. KNOWBETTERKNOWBETTERKNOWBETTERKNOWBETTERKNOWBETTERKNOWBETTERKNOWBETTERKNOWBETTE

H: "I mean, yeah! Hah, I should really know better, you're right. MARI, I will make sure to know better, we're both into cooking and I'm a big fan of your baking, I should know that cookies come out of the oven piping hot!" He smiles awkwardly, out of embarrassment. 

A: She takes another slice "HERO, that was kinda funny of you! Haha! You should've seen how you looked like! Poor you, though.

K: "HERO, I'm sometimes stupid, but that was kind of..stupider?" He tries so hard to not offend HERO, but it just hurts more when they try their best not to hurt you but it just feels like a stab in the heart.

H: "I...Yeah. I guess. Kinda stupid of me." He stands up and walks through the trees, disappearing as he walks further and further away.

M: "KEL! That was not very nice, really! Learn when to stop 'cause it doesn't feel nice being hurt." She stands up and tries to look for him in the trees, disappearing from the other kids.

A: "Gee, I guess I lost the bet. KEL, I guess next ORANGEJOE of yours is sponsored by me, MARI truly will do anything to get HERO back."

. . .

H: Slowly, his pajama sleeve slightly peeks out of a tall tree, roughly the size of himself! Like as if the tree was made for him!

M: "What an ominous tree. You're so tall, tree! Come closer, tree, I'm sure it's alright.

H: He pops out of the tree "Hi, MARI! I was just...It's really difficult to explain, really. But you know, something caught my attention, a shining star, a shining star that illuminates my life!"

M: "You're so bad at flirting, so bad that it's SO cute! Come on, let's go back." She waits for him to come closer, as she then holds his hand and starts walking back.

H: "A-Ah, maybe not? You know...I-" He pulls her back "I want to spend time with you, alone." He goes further into the trees, as he gently drags MARI with him.

M: "Thanks for the offer, HERO, but I can't really see anything, and well, we need to get back cause they're probably waiting, or even worse, gossiping!" She closes her eyes 

H: "Fine, you can close your eyes.. I might rest my eyes a little bit too..." He closes his eyes and then immediately flops down onto the ground.

M: "OH GEEZ! H-HERO...You alright? You awake? You scared me..." She opens her eyes a bit and kneels down to look closer at him "Asleep, hopefully." She yawns and lays down next to him, even though she can't see much, she just adjusts herself, closes her eyes and everything becomes blank, even the world, just a white...space of nothing.