Freddy's Pov:

Living with Josh was somehow more tolerable. Even though it's the first day, we haven't talked at all.

He would go on his phone and I would go on mine. I was mostly distracted by the fact that I was gonna meet back Jake tonight.

It was really fun playing yesterday with him.
I honestly liked his style. He seemed like a really chill guy. He may have been younger and older than me, but his dressing style really fit him.

I was wondering why he had such low health and why he didn't decide to heal but I wonder what would happen if our health reached zero.

I took off my headphones and heard Josh humming a tune.
"Why don't you just shut up and stop being so pathetic." I growled.
He quickly stopped and suddenly he gripped his chest for a second before looking away from me and hiding under the covers of the bed.

"Why don't you go kill yourself! I wouldn't care if you died!" I was just screaming at him because it felt right somehow and it was nice to see him in such despair, it was really amusing.

It was 10:48pm.
Maybe I should sleep as well...
I plugged in my headphones and put my playlist on shuffle. I rested my hands on top of the desk that was here and I fell asleep.

Dream World:

Just like yesterday, I woke up and saw that Jake was already on.
"Hey, since when were you here Jake?" I asked walking up to him.

"Oh, Hi Felix! I just got here" he says while pulling out his sword from thin air.

"Alright. Let's go fight!" I said excitedly.
I was about to walk away to where we were before, but Jake stopped me.

"How about let's fight one of the hard bosses?" He said as he pointed towards a big colosseum.

Sure I don't see why not. Maybe it would be fun.

"Sure, seems fun!" I said as we walked closer.

The building consisted of 8 corridors and each one had a different symbol on it.
One of them were an alligator with a crown on it's head.

"So these are kinda like the normal enemies, but they are stronger and deal more damage than usual."

"Each enemy has their own crown to represent that they are more powerful than normally."

Seems like fun! I brought out my knife and smiled towards Jake to mean i'm ready.

He nodded and we approached the alligator gate and it opened up.

Jake seemed to be nervous, but I don't know why. As we entered an arena, we could see a 10 ft alligator chained to a wall.

As soon as the gate behind us closed, the chains on the king alligator disappeared and he didn't waste any time in trying to charge towards us.

I was able to dodge in time but Jake's reaction time wasn't so quick and was scratched.

His health appeared above him
Jake
Health: 35/350
Stamina: 30/100

Why is he fighting?!
His health is so low that he could die!

I may not know much about this world but I do know that having your health at 0 is any good.

I started approaching the king alligator but before I could get close, he pounded his fists on the ground that caused an earthquake.

My stats appeared above:
Felix
Health:770/800
Stamina:200/200

I looked over to Jake and he wasn't doing good. He only had 5 health left and any hit could kill him. What confused me is that Jake didn't seem to want to fight back. I could see tears forming in his eyes but he was also...smiling?

I don't want to lose Jake when I had just met him. I approached the king alligator as he was about to crush Jake.

IM NOT GONNA MAKE IT!!!!
I tried running as fast as possible towards it.
C'MON RUN FASTER!!!
My legs were starting to ache but I didn't care.

I was still a good distance away and I knew I wasn't gonna make it.
Don't cry don't cry don't cry
I kept repeating to myself as I knew this would be the end for Jake.

Then something clicked.
If we can use magic here, can I use magic that I know how to use?
I was desperate and I tried to teleport.
To my suprise it worked.

I was infront of the king alligator and I didn't waste any time in smashing my fist onto it's face.

Jake's(???) Pov:

Guess this is where it ends....
You can always die in dream world's and in this one, it's quite simple.

I can't deal with the pain anymore...
I can never get him back...
Sorry Felix...
I hate to do this, but I don't want to live this dream or live reality...

I smiled as I felt tears go down my face as I get ready for the horrible impact as I die.

Suddenly, I feel a liquid splash on my face followed by a thud. I slowly open my eyes to see Felix punching the king alligator multiple times without stop.
It's health was depleting like crazy with every punch.

17000/17000

13000/17000
90000/17000
2000/17000
10/17000

And a final hit, Felix had killed the boss alone with his own fists and nothing else.

Wow...
He looked back up at me and he gave me a concerned look. He had only 30 damage and he was ok.

"Why?" he said before sitting down next to where I was.

I don't think he would know or even guess, right?

"What do you mea-"
"I'm not dumb. You tried killing yourself there...." he said while I heard a crack in his voice on the last sentence.

Shit...
How'd he figure it out?

"I-....you don't wanna know..." I said lowering my head.

Felix kneeled infront of me and lifted by chin. I made eye contact with him as he lowered his glasses to reveal his shining crystal blue eyes.

A strange feeling went throughout my whole body as I looked up at him with my tears beggining to dry.
This feeling feels so weird and yet comforting at the same time...

I don't know how long I sat there but it felt like something I never wanted to end.

Is this what falling in love is like...
Thoughts i've never had before ran through my mind and telling me to do things that I wanted. On the other hand, my body refused to do such things.

"You alright?" he asked me with a concerned look on his face. I wanted to speak but nothing came out of me.

"Uhhh, your face is starting to turn a little red, you alright?" he asked me.

Am I blushing?
I quickly stood up and calmed myself down.
"So mind explaining to me why you did that?" He said more seriously.

"I-i...i-it's complicated" I wasn't lying. I don't know what I could do to redeem myself. It was truly my fault and the pain that came with it, was something I deserved for being the person I am.

"Well, would you mind explaining it to me?" he asked as we both left the colosseum and were back where we meet.

I slowly nodded.
He could help me, right?

I start to explain:
"Well, it started when I hurt one of my best friends. We had just met but we both had gotten along without realizing it. He was pretty funny and sweet, but I didn't like him, like he had liked me."

I saw Felix frown a bit before continuing on.
"Even though I didn't like him back, he kept trying to get me to like him. Though, I kinda did like him, but because of my insecurities, I wanted to make sure he wasn't just liking me out of pity..."

"Why did you think he liked you out of pity?" Felix asked.

"I've never been liked before, my family was a mess and I had only cared for one person, but no one else cared for me...not even my own parents."

"This guy had shown affection towards me in a way where it seemed too good to be true. I've once shared a connection with this guy and I felt like all his actions were done out of pity."

I started to form tears.
"But I was wrong...so wrong...
I had lashed out at him only to hurt him. He straight out hates me and even though others try to help me, I realized that his affection was special to me...and I was too dumb to realize it" I said now sobbing.

"He calls me the worst things and each time he does it, I have this sinking feeling in my chest that gets worse and worse everyday! He's told me things that I knew were true, but they HURT! EVERY GOD DAMN WORD HURTS!" I started to cry uncontrollably as I felt it hard to breathe.

I didn't care if Felix saw me like this, I can't go back and change what has happened.

Felix's(Freddy) Pov:

Jake started talking about his problems. His story reminded me so much of mine and Josh's and the thought made me sadden.
It does make sense that we are in the same situation as we are both stuck in this dream world...

He explained to me that he made choices that he regretted and that he was to blame for everything.

He started crying and those cries turned into sobs as he made himself vulnerable right infront of me. I wanted to tell him that it would be ok, but in his situation, I know he isn't going to be.

I decided to hug him to try and comfort him as he had just vented his issues. It was nice that someone trusted me enough to tell me their problems. I felt his grip tighten around me as he dug his head into my chest.

His sudden movement suprised me a bit, but it also made feel something I haven't felt in such a long time. We sat there for what felt like an eternity.
But it was a nice one...

Jake looked up at me and his sad expression slowly disappeared from his face as he formed a smile.

"Thank you..." he muttered
I gave him a smile. His situation is similar to mine, but I am the other guy Jake was talking about.

Even though Jake seems in the wrong, he knows he did wrong and he is suffering from that...

"Hey Jake" I asked as he looked up at me again.

"Yea?" he responded.

"Whoever the guy you hurt, he must be broken and hurt. They may distance themselves without knowing they also need the help."
I'm basically talking about me, but my experience could maybe help another...

I'm broken and i'm not able to be fixed...
What did she do to me?

Jake frowned.
"But he hates me, he's always pushing me but no one else..."
Ok...this feels a little too close...
Nonetheless, I don't know this guy so we can't know each other.

No one I know is this nice, it feels a little too comftable....

I brushed it off.
"That's the thing Jake. They need help and are not willing to ask for it. It's something that someone else has to do in order for them to be willing to want that help."

He looked at me with amazement. He smiled and nodded.

As we both stood up, the world around us started to fade as we knew this world was closing up for the time being.

He saluted me and stuck out his tongue as he disappeared.
I chuckled.
Goofball.

I wanted to stick around in the dissapearing world for a few more minutes before waking up to the reality that I had to face...

As I woke up I found Josh sitting across from me on the table that I slept on. He was eating some of the food that Goldz has left for us, but whenever he took a bite, he had a scrunched up face with every bite he took.

I lifted my head and as soon as I did that, he had jumped up and moving his chair farther from me.

This motherfucker-

I was going to open my mouth to say something to him, but I remembered Jake's words.

"He calls me the worst things and each time he does it, I have this sinking feeling in my chest that gets worse and worse everyday! He's told me things that I knew were true, but they HURT! EVERY GOD DAMN WORD HURTS!"

His words echoed in my mind as I stood there. Josh had covered his ears as he sat there shaking.
Has this always happened...?
Had I been hurting him as the guy had been hurting Jake...

I instead closed my mouth and walked over to the cabinets to eat one of the canned soups that Goldz had left us.

I had opened one of the cans and started eating. Josh looked at me confused and relieved, but I could still see that he was shaking.

I decided to ignore him and keep eating.
Have I hurt him to the point that even me being near scares him?

Sure, he did hurt me, but does that justify what I did?
I felt my throat close up as the questions kept coming to mind.

Am I in the wrong here?
Did he really deserve this?
What does he think of me now?
What would MY Josh think of me?

The last question got to me.
I still have my Josh. My own reality...
If there was a way to go back to my reality, wouldn't we get married?

In the end,
I hurt him the most...
I'm sorry....

I had lost my appetite and I saved the can of soup for later...

I sat down back at the table and lifted my hoodie over my head.

Before I could drift off to sleep, a loud thud hit the table. I lifted off my hoodie and saw that Josh had slammed his fist onto the table.

"Freddy...we need to talk..." He said in a low tone that it caught me off guard.

Talk?