(( !! NOTE! this takes place BEFORE arc 1. So that's why infected is just walking around lol. Enjoy!))
Dibby (AKA Swibbledib) kicked the door open with the two black garbage bags in her arms, grumbling under her breath, the air around her was chilly as she walked towards the large heavy duty garbage bin, holding her breath and attempting to open the lid before throwing the two bags inside and closing, almost gagging her lunch away.
God how much she hated this job. The job to throw away garbage of course- she didn't mind sweeping or talking to customers sometimes, but there's just something about walking down a dark alleyway with wet garbage and having to get near the Ebola-infested garbage bin that just made dibby's skin crawl.
Especially when she's alone and it's so..quiet..
Almost like anything could pop up...
Rustle rustle
Peak of the devil.
Dibby almost jumped from the noise, frantically looking around frantically before she saw a figure sit on the floor, placing what seems to be a skateboard next to it...
They looked familiar...
They looked like..
Infected!
Dibby instantly relaxed their muscles and walked towards infected, happy seeing on of their good friends here.
"Hey infected." She greeted, causing the poor boy to flinch a little but chuckle at her presence.
"H3y D1b!"
"my glorp did you almost gave me a heart attack-"
"I m34n 1z m1dn1ght- 1 d0nt bl4m3 Yu0-" he chuckled back with her until Dibby decided to sit beside infected, her break was coming in 5 anyways.
"Sooo, what brings you here?" She mentioned, fiddling with her earring on one of her antenna's.
"0h n0th1ng, I w4s jUst k1nd4 b0r3d 1n th3 3l3v4t0r.."
"Yeah. Must be boring sitting in the same position for hours huh?"
"Mhm" infected nodded, fiddling with his fingers
"But how IS the elevator like?"
"W3ll..ch04t1c s0m3t1m3s? BUt 1n a gud w4y! L1k3 ppl thr0w t0m4t03z 4t 34ch0th3r br4h!"
"Damn really?? Eugh must be a glorpin mess to clean."
"Y34h h4h4, l4mp3rt k33pz l0z1ng h1s s##t!" He laughed slightly, earning another from Dibby.
"glopes not lampert! Oh yeah have you heard about the new Pokémon shiny glitch they found?"
"0MG Y34H!! 1'v3 b33n abUs1n' d4 h3ck 0Ut 0f it >_<!! M4yb 1 c4n sh0w U wh3n I g3t my DS n3xt t1m3 ^_^"
"Sounds pretty cool, Hey, you know, you haven't been at my place since like, forever! Maybe we can go and play some Pokémon there."
"S0undz pr3tty c00l 2 m3!"
"Sold! So which day?"
"A..." infected suddenly stopped, feeling his stomach churn slightly and feel funny, like his own body as it heat up slightly, he gulped the excessive drool pooling around his mouth "uhm...thUrsd4y 1m fr33..s0 m4yb th..3r3.."
"Alright seems good enough for me!" Dibby exclaimed happily until they noticed infected sweating and curling up a little "? Dude you good?"
"0h...m3? 1'm...f1n3..." he exhaled, feeling his chest tightening
"I don't know about you bro but you look a lot...like...sicker than usual-"
"N0 n0 jUst my...4-4ll3rgI3s pl4ying w1th m3.." he mentioned, pretending to sneeze and sniffle out his bloody nose. Dibby on the other hand knew he was clearly lying.
"Bro. It ain't cool to lie y'know, I'm like your buddy you can tell me what's wrong-"
"BUt 1-" infected gagged and quickly covered his mouth, trying to stay still and just shut his eyes, but that still didn't keep the acid from his stomach rise from his throat to the dirty alleyway floor, Dibby almost got hit with the contents of infecteds stomach and he backed off immediately, getting up land yelping as he saw blood being mixed in.
Dibby quickly rubbed infecteds stomach as he kept throwing up and shaking, showing a clearly concerned face "glorpeez...what did you eat!?" Dibby commented under her breath as she continued to comfort the poor infected. Hearing the store back door open to her boss, yum zlurple, calling out
"Swibbledib? Your break finished! Where- Ah! Zere you are!" They said, floating towards them and seeing the throwing up infected, it winced.
"Woah! What's up wiz zem?"
"They probably ate something rotten...I got no idea myself."
Infected didn't mind the green floating lunarian as he just tried to keep himself still, his body trembling a concerning amount
"Should I like....call his dad or something?? Wait no I don't even know who his dad is ugh..."
"..hmmm...maybe you zhould ztay wiz zem until zey get juzt a tiny bit better zo you can azk for hiz dad, how about zat? Sa floor can wait."
"Good enough." Dibby said and smiled gratefully at Yum as it floated away back into the store, she slowly sat infected down and sat next to him, hugging him close, feeling how unusually hot he was.
"Glorp you're burning! Whatever you ate it must've done you BAD bro.."
Infected didn't reply, choosing to rather cling onto Dibby as he buried his head by the crook of her neck, Dibby blushed at the rather suddenly gesture but decided to hold him anyways, until she heard very faint..cracks? Coming from his body.
"? Uhh...what the glorp-"
Infected's breathing grew ragged and he growled, making Dibby flinch, then he pulled away to reveal his rather scrunched up and angry face, his fangs bared at dibbys shocked face
"HOLY GLORPING SHIT!"
she pushed away but not before blinking at infected transforming in front of her, hiding his face as he seemed to regain some sense of embarrassment and fear. Dibby didn't say anything until he finished and raised his head, his snout almost touching Dibby face.
"Holy Glopes...you're like...a werewolf???" She said, her beady eyes still wide "...that's so COOL!" she exclaimed in an excited manner and cupped infecteds furry yet confused faced, rubbing it "awww you're adorable!"
Infected, rather than ravaging into Dibby in this feral state, simply just wagged his tail at the compliment and gave a slight whine.
"Hehe yeah you are! Hey I wonder if you can fetch a stick..nah I'm just playing with ya I can't even tell if you're a cat or dog! Or some other...third thing-"
"WHAT IN THE ZLURPLE"
The two figures flinch and immediately turned around to yum zlurple mind controlling a broom
"WHAT IZ THAT THING!? GET OUT OF MY ZTORE!!" it screamed as it flailed and flung the broom around, making infected yelp and run away "INFECTED!! ah man.." Dibby pouted, looking quite disappointed.
"THAT ZING WAZ INFECTED??"
"yeah! He was a werewolf.......kind of...I don't know what animal he is but he's REALLY glorpin fluffy" she commented as she got up and dusted herself
"Ah....zo like....zhould we zhaze him?"
"I think it's too late for that." Dibby sighed "and, infecteds smart, I know he'll get home safe..his apartments like a few blocks from here."
"Wait a zlorpim minute, you KNEW where he lived!?!?!?!?"
"Yeah....anddd?"
"YOU COULDVE ZAKEN HIM ZERE WHEN HE WAZ THROWING UP YOU IDIOT!!" yum zlurple chased Dibby around with the broom "OH GLORP!! SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY-"
...
Infected ended up using all his energy to run to the alleyway between the apartment building and a random one. Crashing down slightly, panting as he felt the adrenaline leave his veins.
Yet he still felt giddy for some reason..he didn't know exactly why. He couldn't think straight after all.
Perhaps it was Dibby?
Yeah..
She was nice...
Infected smiled at the thought of her face.
Hey, at least they had their hangout on Thursday.