Chapter 12
Being home again was great and all, but it was strange. After getting accustomed to Wonderland, even if it was just a few days, it was going to take a while to adjust back to his normal life. He wondered what the others were doing now. Did they return back to their normal lives to? Actually could you say their lives really were normal from the start? In Wonderland nothing really made sense, unlike the boring world Sogo was from.
"I know that I wanted to go home, but I can't help but miss everyone already" Sogo sighed. "I wonder what there is to do today.."
Deciding to just go on a walk instead of lazing around at home seemed like a good idea. It was a nice day, just like the day he discovered Wonderland. He was curious if the rabbit hole was still there. When he went back to that very tree, the hole wasn't there anymore. Had they gotten rid of it to ensure no one else accidentally fell into Wonderland? Or was it ever actually there to begin with? Maybe it was all a dream.
No, Wonderland was real. But he would be the only one to actually know that.
Making his way back to the main street he didn't someone walking toward him until they bumped each others. He nearly fell but the person caught him.
"Sorry, I got distracted"
That voice, it sounded familiar. Looking to them he saw, Tamaki? Except he was wearing normal clothes. He was holding a small glass full of pudding.
"Ah, it's okay. I wasn't paying attention either. My name is Sogo and you are..?"
He knew it must be Tamaki. But if he addressed him by his name, he'd be suspicious of how he knew his name. After all this was the first time they were meeting in the normal world.
"Tamaki, nice to meet you, So-chan" he replied, taking a bite of the pudding.
He couldn't help but smile at the nickname. It really was him. That must mean the others had normal versions too. Was there a version of himself in Wonderland though? If there was then Tamaki wouldn't be lonely without him after all.
"Tamaki-kun, would you like to be friends?"
"Huh? Sure. I was going to meet up with my other friends, want to meet them?"
"Alright, lead the way then" he smiled. As they began walking, he tried to start a conversation to get to know this Tamaki. "Do you like pudding?"
"Yeah! King Pudding is the best! Do you want to try some?" Tamaki's eyes lite up when he talked about the pudding. How cute.
"Ahah, no thank you. I don't really like sweets. But I can handle spicy food quite well, along with bitter food" Sogo replied with a slight wave.
"Ehh? That's weird"
"Hey Tamaki-kun.."
"Yeah?"
"I feel like we'll get along well"
"Mm? You think so?"
Sogo chuckled, holding onto Tamaki's arm as they continued walking. Tamaki simply looked at him, but didn't pull his arm away. The shorter boy seemed so happy. For some reason he felt like they were meant to meet.
After a few minutes they arrived at a park where a group of familiar people were. They all looked like people he had met in Wonderland. He was happy to see them all again. They were all basically the same, aside from Riku not being tired all the time and much more energetic.
"Who's your new friend Tamaki-kun?" Ryuu asked, looking at Sogo who quickly let go of Tamaki's arm. He looked away with a faint blush.
"This is So-chan"
Clearing his throat, "My name is actually Sogo. It's nice to meet you all, I hope we can get along"
"Sogo-san, let's play!" Riku said, running up to him and pulling him along.
"Riku..don't run.." Tenn sighed.
"Sorry Tenn-nii..!"
"Fufu, it's alright. Now come here so he can talk with the others"
"Okay!" Riku replied, running over to Tenn, earning a shake of the head from him. Probably because he ran again after he was told not to.
Remembering that before he left Wonderland, he and Tamaki had confessed their feelings for each others. Maybe he could end up together with him after all. They just had to get to that point. He planned on spending time with them all, especially Tamaki.
'I hope you find the me from your world Tamaki-kun, and be happy together' he thought.
Tamaki walked over to him, the pudding now gone, and began pulling him off to play with some of the others. Now he was glad he returned home, because even though he left Wonderland, his friends were still here with him.
. . .
Tamaki walked around the Tulgey Woods, not caring about where he was going. He missed Sogo, why did he have to go. Not that he'd try to stop him, he wanted what was best for him, which was to let him go home.
He kicked a rock, hearing it hit something but he didn't care to look for where it went. There was plenty of rocks to kick around. Kicking another rock, the sound it made when it hit something was different.
"That's rude you know?"
He stopped in his tracks, that voice. It couldn't be. Looking up to where he had kicked the rock was Sogo sitting on a giant mushroom. But his appearance was difference. More fitting to their world's clothing.
"Are you lost? I've never seen you around here" Sogo said, blowing smoke in his direction. It smelled sweet.
"You're So-chan right? But not the him I met before. You're from our world right?"
"You met another me but now meeting this me? My, how confusing. Where is this other me?"
"He went back to his world. I know it sounds weird and confusing but it's true!" Tamaki said.
"I see. You seem upset, do you miss him?"
"I did, but meeting you makes me happy. Because you're still here. Hey what's your role?"
"The advisor. You're the Mad Hatter aren't you? I've seen some of your tea parties before but I'm not very social so I stayed out of sight"
"Yeah, hey do you want to have a tea party? Just the two of us" he said, grabbing Sogo's hands excitedly. "Also what's that thing you're holding?"
"It's a hookah, it's how I blew smoke at you earlier. And since you're offering and it'll just be us..alright.." Sogo replied sheepishly.
Smiling brightly, he pulled Sogo down from the mushroom and dragged him through the woods back to where they had tea parties. He was so happy, he could keep spending time with Sogo. "We're going to have fun So-chan! Let's spend more time together after this and maybe you can meet the others!"
"Perhaps. But let's take this step by step shall we?"
"Right, oh um..to be honest I kind lf had feelings toward you..well the other you. But I guess it still applies to you? Does that make sense?"
"Not quite, but I understand. Maybe I'll return those feelings once we get to know each other more. You seem like a nice person"
"Yeah..let's spend everyday together"
Sogo laughed, agreeing to meet with him everyday to spend time together.
In the end, both of them still were together, just with their respective versions of each others. But neither would ever forget that day when two worlds met each others.
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