Heart strings

Crying over text

      After their weekend of debauchery, they headed back to work that next day. They wake up before the sun rise, making themself a basic breakfast before heading off to the campus. The college was close enough to their domicile so they chose to walk instead. As they walked they kept their eyes facing downwards, they had been pondering the interaction they had last evening ever since they had woken up. As soon as they get to the campus they head to their office before any of the lectures they have to do start, so they can get any of the materials they required. Their desk here wasn't any less cluttered than their one at home in their lad, this one actually seemed a lot more cluttered because on it had papers that they needed to grade, countless textbooks they use, alongside a model of the grumpus and the organ system within them all. After some time Floofty goes to the lecture hall to finish setting up for the day and so they were there before some of the earliest students got there.

      They stand in front of their classes as they give lectures, all of the grumpus who where there sat in an orderly manner in the large lecture hall most also taking notes, which Floofty highly appreciated and encouraged for their students to do. It is roughly 6 pm that their last lecture takes place, afterwards there are some students who would come up to them after the lecture but they did notice that almost no grump came up to them after the lecture so far after the confirmation that soulmates do indeed exist, and they are led to them via a red string of fate. They saw everything that has been happening and they were never the one to run and hide from their problems, that was what they saw their bother do and they knew they to confront which meant talking to Gramble face to face. Floofty went back to their office to grade the papers of the students, they had received the last of the late work from the last two projects and essays their students did. 

       As they leave they look around, it was still fall but it was going to spring soon and they now regret not driving because their day of work and what just happened yesterday has left them so tired. Now that they can think with themself, they are starting to think about what Gramble said, mainly about not leaving him, what could that mean? Were they starting to care, not that couldn't, not them, Floofty would not let themself become like one of the emotional parasites they despise so greatly. They told themself that it was all for science and not that they wanted to know because they cared, they hadn't cared before. 

     They reach home and slip through the door, hanging up their lab coat before heading off to their bedroom. They sat down on their bed and open their laptop once more, on at the chat room again. Floofty knows that they shouldn't prolong this any longer so they message Gramble personally. "It was only a matter of time until you found out about this and it became an issue for the both of us, I know for grumps of your disposition you are extremely emotional and this could potentially damage your psyche so I apologize for leaving you even though you urged me not to. But what do you mean by 'again'?" And sent, it was a while until he actually read it but much longer for him to respond to it, in the time being Floofty read online documents and books explaining the science behind love because they still didn't understand it truly and they felt like it was a shame for them, who perceived themself as rather intelligent, not to know certain things that many grasp so easily, even though those grumps didn't look into to science. "You shouldn't just do that! But at least you apologized." Floofty examined the message closely before responding. "Wiggle also tried to apologize, but you still didn't answer my question." "It's none of your business." Floofty sighed, pinching the bridge of their nose with two of the fingers on their paw before responding almost instantly. "If you really want help, then you would let me help you which would mean you elaborate on your issues. Because according to you, you have been left before." It took a couple more minutes for Gramble to respond and Floofty doesn't even know why. "Why do you care all of a sudden? You watch from afar and make observations not even thinking about others, you honestly terrify me, what gives." "I personally wouldn't say that I care it's just that it would be best for both of us." They kept denying the fact that they truly did care for him, even though they never were on good terms with each other but the the definition was to provide emotional support to others, they sat staring at the screen as all this clicked together, and out loud they say "Oh, oh. I have become like the emotional parasites that I have so far sworn to never become."