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Still Friends...- A Paintloon Friendship One-Shot

Nickel continued to yell at Balloon while Balloon just took it. No matter how much he fought, it never worked for him. So, he just took in that hurt.

Nickel grew annoyed that Balloon wasn't crying or fighting back. So he left and went to get help.

Balloon was just too tired to care. So he thought, why not just end it? He took out his pills and set them on the table.

He went to the fridge to get a bottle of water. He heard gasps and a few snickers. He glanced back after getting his water.

Nickel and came back with Pickle, Knife, Paintbrush and Salt along with Pepper. Pickle had spotted the pill bottle almost instantly and gasped.

Nickel and Knife just chuckled at Balloon's misery. Salt and Pepper gossiped and snickered at this.

Paintbrush, they stood looking at Balloon. Paintbrush couldn't help but feel bad for the salmon-colored boy.

Not only that, but they couldn't help but feel like they knew him from somewhere. Balloon felt familiar to Paintbrush and they couldn't figure out why.

"Balloon.", Pickle started.

Balloon said nothing but looked over at Pickle with broken, dull eyes. Pickle couldn't help but feel guilty for him.

"A-are you okay?", he asked.

Nothing but silence again. Balloon just stood there, water in hand. What could he say? He wasn't okay and he knew it.

Not only that, but why on earth did Pickle care anyways? He never made that effort to come up to Balloon. He never gave Balloon that chance to prove himself.

Nobody gave Balloon that chance to show he's bettered himself. So why did he care now? Why was he concerned with Balloon's life?

"Hey! Jackass! He's asking you a question!", Knife spat.

"Knife! Don't be rude! Balloon could be hurting!", Pickle interjected.

"And why do you care all of a sudden?", Balloon spoke suddenly.

Everyone just looked over at Balloon, nothing was said. Pickle wanted to say something, but he couldn't.

"Nothing? I get it. You don't care. That's fine.", Balloon stated coldly.

"Balloon. We do care.", Pickle argued.

"Oh do you now!?", Balloon shouted angrily.

Everyone was taken aback. They never hadn't heard Balloon yell like that in months. But why did he yell so angrily?

"W-what do you mean?", Pickle asked.

"Oh don't play dumb!", Balloon yelled.

"We don't know what you mean though!", Knife argued.

"OF COURSE YOU DON'T!", Balloon screamed.

"YOU NEVER CARED ABOUT ME! NONE OF YOU!", Balloon cried.

This silenced everyone. They had never seen Balloon so angry and upset before.

"Well of course we don't! You're this manipulator who hurt us in season 1!", Salt yelled.

"I know! And I apologized! I changed my ways to get you all to like me! To make amends!", Balloon sobbed.

"But what do I get with those events? NOTHING! I GET NOTHING BUT BACKLASH AND PAIN!", Balloon continued.

"NONE OF YOU EVER SAW MY CHANGE! NONE OF YOU EVER SAW HOW HURT I WAS! I SUFFERED SO MUCH FROM EVERYONE!", Balloon sobbed.