But, you're just a computer... [SQUIP x Fem. Reader]

Ups and Down - Chapter 18

Just like that, Michael began to shiver and stepped away from the door. But I wouldn't budge. Jeremy turned to me. "You are such a dick." I scowled. "Michael cares so much about you, and give little to no shit about it. He's been here for you, for 12 whole fucking years. And what you give in return is you acting- no- being a piece of shit to this kind person. The least you could do is try to reason with him, but you only care about yourself," I scolded. Jeremy glared at me and pushed me out of the way with ease due to him being much stronger than I. His Squip has probably been making him work out now.

Jeremy opened the door and scoffed at Michael and me, and left, closing the door behind him. Michael pressed him back against the door and I watched him slide down to the floor. Michael started twitching and shaking as he pressed his face into his knees.

He was crying.

I bent down to my knees and hesitantly opened my arms up for him to hug me. Michael looked up from his knees. Tears were rolling down his cheeks quickly, his breathing was so uneven and he devolved the hiccups. Michael lunged at me and hugged me incredibly tight.

Seeing him like this forced tears to pushed at my eyes, and I was crying with him. Eric joined in on our hug, although I don't think Michael noticed right away, he was too busy crying, but when he finally realized that someone else was hugging him, he slowly brought his head up to look at Eric.

Eric was tangible but wasn't in his human form. He looked at Michael and rubbed his back with a genuinely sympathetic smile. I don't think Michael knew how to react at first because he just stared at Eric, but he eventually went in to hug Eric too.

Michael hiccuped. "I'm sorry..." He breathed out. "I'm so sorry..."

Eric smiled and grabbed my hand, I saw his cheeks blush a bit. "It's alright... everything is fine. We can all sort this out." Eric reassured as he looked back down at Michael.

Michael opened his mouth to say something else again but the door was then aggressively banged on. "Hello? Some of us have to pee!" A feminine voice called out in anger.

And in a great moment of word association (hehe), Michael yelled back; "I'm having my period!" In a slightly higher voice.

There was a pause. "Take your time honey..." The voice said and then walked away.

I laughed aloud and leaned on Eric's shoulder. Michael brought the two of us into another group hug, I could feel my warm tears stream down my face. I looked towards Eric, he was smiling at me, Eric opened his mouth to say something to me, but all he did is close his mouth and look away as his face slowly grew a larger blush.

Michael gasped, trying to calm his breathing. "I'm such a loser..." He mumbled under his breath. "I'm just Michael in the bathroom at a party..." He slightly sang to himself as he tried to choke back his tears.

I rubbed his back and slightly chuckled and the tears continued to roll down my face. "Trust me, Michael, every party will end up with a couple of people crying in the bathroom. That's just how it is," I said. "Parties are just places to make your life worse. We think they'll go great and you'll have a great time when in reality we just continue to hide our fears and insecurities with sex, alcohol, and insults." I said. I sat up and rummaged around the sink's floor cabinet. Brooke told me that there's always going to be a large stash of beers in the bathroom, you just need to know where to look, and knowing Jake, he'd pick the easiest place to access.

I saw that half of the beers were already opened and empty. Michael lazily raised his hand. "My bad, I had nothing to do while I waited in here," he chuckled. I grabbed two and handed one to Michael. I was about to pop it open but I look at Eric as if asking for permission.