Branch was surprisingly helpful with leading me once he broke out of his shocked stupor after I revealed that I was dating his brother, he essentially lead me through the forest back to where he came from, but we were in a bit of an awkward silence since we practically almost nothing to talk about until Branch started talking,
"So how bad is your life going in order for you to runaway with my brother?" I glanced at my shoulder to see him holding the queen and gently brushing the swept pink bangs on her forehead as she held on to him in her sleep. Did I respond truthfully that my sister is a fame obsessed lunatic who also turns out to be my half sister or do I keep it simply by saying that I just didn't want to be apart of what she was doing anymore which is the truth but not the full truth. I decided that honesty will gain me more brownie points and a ease of access to their trust especially since if I'm bound to be one of them I might as well not burn bridges here,
"There's a lot, I didn't think my sister would become this Monster so obsessed with fame what she would kill the both of us to get it, She's used me for too long and now I'm finally free." I felt tears slipping down my face at the thought of this small guilty feeling worming itself through my guts and making me feel like I was no worse that this John character for abandoning his siblings,
But John left because they're were too many artistic differences, I left because I would've continued to be stuck in an hostile environment until I joined my parents in the afterlife. We had two whole completely separate reasons and relationships with our siblings but I couldn't help but feel as if I was abandoning my sister. I have no choice now but to and now I'm holding my head high and moving on without her.
I soon took Branches snippets of directions until we reached a strange beige and ruby red striped Armadillo that looked to be in the shape of a Bus, it had thick stubby green limbs, a large crimson tongue that rolled out like a puppy, and some headlights atop of the head right above the large see through window just above its large green eyes with three long thick eyelashes on each eye. It had multiple windows and doors over its long striped long body. It was weirdly cute as it curled up to sleep as I could hear fighting from its interior.
The three male trolls were bickering, the first one I laid eyes upon had deep rich cyan skin with a bright lavender nose and long styled down vivid violet hair,
His outfit consisted of whitish beige beach shorts, a black string necklace with a singular pooka shell as its ornament and eggshell colored loose shirt with inky black flowers on it that was open showing off his rotund belly, he was cute but not as adorable as Floyd but I kept looking keeping silent as I observed the next one,
This Troll was the total opposite of the previous one with this thin and lanky appearance with wild lime green hair and matching cyan skin that was twinged with a slight green hue. This one wore a fuzzy green one-suit with a diamond design in the center of his chest.
Both the chunkier one and skinny one seemed to be fighting against the third one,
The third member of BroZone that I saw looked the most similar to Branch. He has almost blue tinged skin, turquoise green hair that's shaved in the back and sides that looked clipped off of the top, and blue eyes. He was wearing a brown leather jacket with a white and dark-brown spotted fur collar, green pants that go down to his knees and signature green skiing goggles with a pink lenses.
I stepped a bit closer to hear their conversation and was met by a wall of bitterness and anger flooding through their voices,
"YOUR THE REASON WHY WE HAD TO LEAVE!" The lime themed troll loudly pointed out towards the third one and soon his purple surfer brother jumped into the conversation,
"Why do you want us to be perfect? I mean Clay's right you are why we had to leave Branch behind." His voice was snippy but it genuinely seemed like he was trying to keep his cool and collective effort was shining through.
"YOU GUYS, you have no idea what it's like to raise 4 little brothers all by yourself! It was too much I couldn't handle it!" Tears started to clutter in the adventuring ones eyes and I figured that he must be John Dory.
I wanted to let them know of my presence and I wanted to intervene in this war of bitterness with tears that still drip sore with each brother closer to spilling their guts as they try to gouge out the others as well. Almost like animals with snarls and gnashing sharp teeth as they all stared at each other their eyes sharp like daggers. I know that Floyd wouldn't like to wake up to the sight of his brothers going at it as if it was war.
I left a small hand right below my ear and glanced down at my left shoulder to see Branch and he slightly nodded his head symbolizing he wanted the fighting to end as well. I picked him up and let him and his sleeping pink girlfriend and laid them both on the ground, but I plucked Floyd with my other hands two fingers and I let him lay on my palm, his nose twitching and his eyes squinting as if he was about to wake, but I kept silent as I stayed behind with my lover and his brothers girlfriend.
"I leave for a few minutes and this is what you guys turn into!" He joined into the verbal brawl with his voice booming loud enough for his girlfriend to wake up and stretch licking her lips clearing them of dryness looking towards her boyfriend.
I put Floyd down next to her and let him slowly join Poppy in consciousness. Poppy however stood right next to me her hand laying against the side of my right thigh and I swirled my finger around her ponytail in some form of comfort, she reciprocated my action by gripping my finger with her hair while pushing her face into my side, not wanting to be apart of this family drama not that I blame her.
"Well we're only here for Floyd!" John dory threw his arms up in the air and I was shocked how my mouth opened and my voice spoke,
"Well he's right here." All brothers except Branch looked at me fully aware that a gigantic creature like myself was intervening with their own personal family problems, but I watched as the green pigmented brother looked toward a waking Floyd and ran to him encaging him on a hug, the purple brother quickly joined and started squeezing the life out of my boyfriend, I could see the tears in their waterlines wanting to climb from their barriers at seeing their brother alive and well.
"Guys! I missed you so much." Floyd started to sniffle at the warmth of his brother's hugs. He looked towards me with those beautiful watery pomegranate eyes and I felt my limbs go weak at how gentle his loving gaze was towards me.
He was let go by this brothers and Floyd walked over to me with Poppy smiling as she let my index finger go to be with her partner.
Floyd then with an open armed gesture said,
"Guys this is my boyfriend Veneer." They all looked surprised except the violet themed one who let out a small 'nice' at our predicament. John then looked at us and harshly said,
"Wasn't he the one who kidnapped you?!" I winced at his harsh expression and as I was about to say something my small boyfriend had cut in front of me effectively blocking me staring into his brother's brutal gaze, he may have been 3 times as small at me but his gaze was so cruel and intimidating it almost reminded me of Velvet,
I could feel my body shiver at the remembrance of her name and Floyd started to calmly talk,
"It was like that but not anymore, we love each other and if you can't accept him after all his efforts to make up for it by bringing me back and making an effort to bond with you guys, then I refuse to be accepted back." My love's voice was firm with his brother, pomegranate speckled with grape was glaring back at glistening blueberry.
The older brother gave up and turned around,
"Fine he can come with us." He crossed his arms and huffed, be definitely not as forgiving as the others but they have inched closer to me as if they were accepting me amongst their ragtag groups.
"But for right now let's get some sleep before he head back to Troll village and of course Bruce back to Vaycay island and Clay back to the golf course." Branch looked towards the purple one at the mention of Vaycay island and the green one at the gold course. So the fluffy purple one must be Bruce and Clay's the lanky one with lime colored hair. Well then I have all brothers down then, I know all their names.
But I noticed how everyone was staring at me and I rose an eyebrow at them, Poppy excitedly answered my unspoken question,
"Can we sleep in your jacket it looks sooo comfy, plus to keep the heat on would tire Rhonda out..." her eyes were pleading and I let out a laugh before pulling the bag off my shoulders and putting it off to the side before I flopped my body back and letting the tiny creatures climb into the sleeves of my cardigan.
Once everyone made themselves comfortable against my warm smooth skin protected by the warm material of my cardigan I turned my head to see my beloved next to me his head was now nestled at the bridge of my nose and I smiled at him receiving one in return.
Before I let my unconscious state fully to settle down I took in the sounds of crickets and the soft buzzing of fireflies as they lit up the sky above me.
I closed my eyes and let all the wonderful sounds fade into a soft vibrating silence.