Dreaming

by ImHotAndYourNot

Summary:

What do you think happens when a scaredy cat number sends Two over to Five’s house to fix their skateboard?

Lots of things.

Chapter 1: a broken skateboard and a empty mug

Five groaned as he was met with repeated knocking at their door. It was very faint, but he could still tell. What time even is it? It was still dark out, and Five just wanted some sleep for once.

4:35.

That’s what the clock read. Now who in the hell would be knocking at their door at 4:35 in the morning? They never got a break.

Just get up, it’s not that hard. But was it? Nope! So, Five got up, grabbed a robe to be comfortable, and made some coffee. 

Meanwhile, Two, was knocking on Five’s door because Nine’s skateboard broke. As Two held the two pieces of the skateboard in their hand. Nine didn’t wanna go because Six had put in their brain that Fifteen lived with Five.

”Come on.. answer..!” Two mumbled under their breath. They wanted Five to answer because of Nine’s skateboard and because it was freezing cold out. 

Eventually, Two put in their brain that Five was not answering anything from the door. At least, not anytime soon, They thought. They let out a sigh, seeing their own breath in their eyes, and laid down beside Five’s door.

It’s not that hard to answer a door! Two thought, meanwhile Five was enjoying their time on the couch, scrolling through object shows on the TV

After a while, Five decided to get up, and open the door for whoever was outside. He took a deep breath and said, “Who is it?” When he noticed who it was..

”FIVE!“ “Ugh!” What is it that you want?” Five exclaimed, cutting Two off in the process. Two stared at Five with a blank look on their face.
”Um..” Two said, “Can i come inside?”

 

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11:26 am.

 
”So, you’re telling me, Nine sent you here.. for me to fix THEIR skateboard?” Five said, as that is what they got from Two’s story. 
“Yes…? Well, I mean—“ Two stammered, but Five just blocked out their voice and began to get some coffee. Two still had a red nose, though.

 
Five sighed as they had been having to listen to Two for the past.. 20 minutes? It was like Two told a backstory. Five got some more coffee and got an empty mug for Two. 

As Five handed Two the empty mug, he sipped their own coffee. “—adn’t asked me, I offered— Ah! Than- Oh.. Uhm, why is the mug empty..?” “You can go get your own amount of coffee.. if you even want it.
Two scoffed and rolled their eyes. “If you’re just gonna be mean to me this whole time, I might as well leave!” Two pointed out, crossing their arms.

”Go ahead,” Five offered, “I won’t miss you that much.”

 
“Whatever. I’m leaving Nine’s skateboard here so you can fix it— if you even have a heart to do so!” Two exited Five’s house and slammed the door.

Two cursed Five out under their breath, holding each of their elbows with the opposite hand. Gee, it really was cold out! Surely it would be just a teensy bit warm— My sweater, Two thought. Where is my sweater? They had forgot about their sweater at Five’s house. Which was.. very unlucky.

They took a breath and swore they would get it later, when they would go get the skateboard. Meanwhile, they could surely stand the harsh, cold, weather happening currently!.. They think..

A couple minutes later, Two had ended up back where Nine, Seven and Six were talking. “Yeah, it was crazy!” Nine said, noticing Two when they started walking towards them. Seven also noticed, which led Seven to say, “You look.. messed up.” 

“Had fun? Cause’ it.. doesn’t.. look like you did…” Seven said, in which it looked at Two’s face. Seven wasn’t really lying, Two didn’t look too good. Because of the cold. Their nose was red, and they were shaking because of the cold. Six, Nine and Seven were all dressed up for the cold, though. Lucky them! Two though.

”H-hey guys-s..!” They said, shivering through their teeth. It was quite cold— who am I kidding? It was frost outside, mostly snow. 

“Hey,” Seven said with a chuckle. “Rudolph! What’re you doing here?” Seven was just met with a frown. “Seven, that was not cool.” Six said, still having a frown on her face.

”I-I’m ju-just gon-na go h-home!” Two said, changing up their face from a frown to a smile. They waved goodbye and turned to walk towards their house. You could hear the snow crunch, because the snow really was that deep. And it was still snowing. 

Shivering, Two told themself that “I’ll get my sweater tomorrow,” or questioned “I wonder if Nine will get their skateboard back”. 

They brushed it off their shoulders, and also brushed the snow off their shoulders as well. Grabbing their elbows once again to stay warm, slowly trudged through the snow trying to bear the cold.

Eventually, they got to their house. Finally, They thought. They shut the door behind them and took off their shoes. They turned on the heater, and shook off all the snow in their hair and on their clothes. After making sure all the snow was off, they fixed themself a hot chocolate.

Shaking at least the tiniest bit, Two walked over to the couch with their hot chocolate and put a blanket over them. They took a sip and grabbed the remote. 

“That looks boring,” They said to themselves, as they scrolled through the channels of their TV. “A different show, maybe?” They said once again. There was nothing on their TV enough to entertain anyone. Not to entertain Two, at least. Whatever, they’ll surely find a channel.

 

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That coat sucks, 

Be better. 

Five told their self, attempting to fix Nine’s skateboard even though it was already fixed. Currently, they were painting Nine’s skateboard the original color scheme it was so that it would look newer. Nine’s skateboard was not so dirty but still dirty in a way.

Damn, are you even good at anything at this point? 

Wrong color.

Nope!

After arguing enough with their head, Five just painted the middle of the skateboard white, like how it was. When it had gotten here, it was more of a brownish grayish white. Now, it was more of just a very light grey. Not so much of a white.

Grabbing a long, thin cardboard box, Five put the skateboard in the box. I’ll just send it to Two’s house, Five thought. It’d be easier than sending it direct to Nine’s house, considering she would be annoying me the whole time.

Then Five realized it was dark out. Like, really dark out. 

I’ll go to bed now, i’ll send the skateboard early tomorrow. He thought, closing the cardboard box and walking upstairs to their bedroom. Five got in their bed, pulled the covers up, and went to sleep.

 

Chapter 2: thoughts about you and an unusual dream

Summary:

hey guys! i totes did not post this over a year ago! also please note that this was created before any of the one stuff from tpot happened!! NO two is not depressed YES four still hates two and YES this is ass just bare with me here
beware this chapter is rlly cringey…. eeeewww..

Two, to get their mind off things, went to their hotel. Lately, Two has been thinking of Five lots. Especially because it had been three days since their interaction. With no response. Normally, they wouldn’t have thought much about it—if Five didn’t still have Nine’s skateboard. And, unfortunately for Two, Five was the only thing they have stuck in their mind.

”Two!! Two? We’re here to visiit!!” said a high pitched voice from outside. Two walked over to their door, look through the peephole. It was Four and X! Wonderful..! While they were sick…! I mean, that was no surprise. Two did forget their sweater at Five’s house, so it was their fault they were sick. And, plus , Four and X did visit all the time. Only issue is that Four is not enthusiastic about it.

”H..—Hey guys!” Two mumbled before opening the door. X was covered in this funny looking jacket, and which resulted in Two trying not to laugh. To their surprise, Four had noticed Two’s reddish nose and shivering body. So, like any normal person, Four asked,

”Two, are you alright?” Two flinched at Fours tone, because Four was one to use a harsh tone with others—especially Two. X eventually took this silence for a chance to examine them—and oh boy was Four right. 

“Oh, wow..” X quietly whispered to themselves. Before realizing, X had a disgusted face on. This was to no surprise, mostly because X made this face often when Four was sick. 

“Wait! Sorry—I didn’t mean for it to come out like that!” Four just laughed. Two laughed as well and then shivered a little more harsh this time. So, in order to keep conversation, Two let them inside.

Eventually, time came when X asked if everything was fine, especially since Two was like… this. So, Two took a deep breath told then everything. From the skateboard to Five— from Five to the mugs— from the mugs to the sweater— and Two eventually found themselves on a rant about Five.

”—and can you even believe how harsh they were?! Like— give me a break! I’ve got so much to do right now, and I do NOT need Five’s sass on my shoulders!” Two shouted, before continuing once again. Four, had taken no interest into what Two was talking about— until he mentioned the word “Five” and “Pretty” in the same sentence.

”Wait— did you just call Five pretty?” Four questioned, and Two froze. Four stared in shock. X was confused, because he was also not paying much attention. “I— I guess I.. did? Wait, no! I would never! That.. YOU!! How dare you! I never said that! Sure, Five has a sense of style and sure, I might think Five is hot, and sure—“ Two paused. They started to wonder if there was some wrong with themselves. And for Four and X? They had just barely been able to hold back laughter.

”You know what? Please, respectfully, just leave. Might as well take a nap eh? Since I could barely sleep last night.” Two requested. “Why, because you were thinking of Fi-“ “LEAVE!” Two yelled and slammed their hand on the table, having been fed up with his nonsense. Four stepped back, annoyed, but respected their wishes. Same for X, since he had grabbed Four hand and left the hotel Two owned on the contest grounds. “Good luck!” X shouted and winked. 

Two just sighed and got up from the table. So they wouldn’t have been lying, Two headed upstairs to their bed. Sure, the trip was super long, knowing their bed was far up, and sure, it was the middle of the day, but none of that mattered. Because at the end of the day, it didn’t matter when you slept, it only mattered whether you were tired or not.

And this alien was very tired.

Turning off the lights and tucking themselves in, Two closed their eyes. And they thought, ‘Wonder if i’ll have a dream tonight!’

 

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Two suddenly woke up in some sort of void. Where were they? Nonetheless, they had to get out of here. Even if they had no idea where they were.

Suddenly, as if to jinx them, the background changed. Somewhere familiar. The old equation playground. When Three was still here. When One was still here. When Four was still nice to them. Years ago. 

”Two! Two, is that you?” Somebody yelled. It was a voice they couldn’t stop thinking about. One stuck that was stuck in their head. It was Five.

“Hey! Hey, Two! Am I just dreaming? Or is this real? No, it can’t possibly be! This isn’t the equation playground—I mean, at least not the current one.” Five rambled on and on. It almost seemed like Five was actually there. Nonsense, though. “Do you think I would still be having this dream, even if I haven’t been thinking about you everynight..?” Two accidentally said out loud. But, no bother! This was only a dream, after all.

”.. What? You.. You’ve been thinking about me? Why?”

“I don’t know.” 

Two didn’t even know why they were even talking about this to dream Five. Then, they remembered what Four had told them. 

‘Did you just call Five pretty?’

Maybe that was the reason Two couldn’t stop thinking about Five. Because they loved him, perhaps. Because maybe, just maybe, they wanted to see their face again.

”..I’ve been thinking about you lots, too. I kept thinking I was a fool, how I treated you. I have yet to build up the courage to give you Nine’s skateboard back.” The Five in their dream confessed. “Pathetic, isn’t it?”

”..No, not really.”

‘Not really? What was that supposed to mean?’ Five thought. Apparently, this wasn’t just dream Five. This was also Fives dream.

“If I don’t deliver it, it just means I’m weird and weak. Just because I feel bad, I can’t deliver it. Is that not pathetic?”

”No. It doesn’t make you any different to me, at least.” Two said.

”I think thats only because I love you.”

And then, as if the dream had saved Two from dying of embarrassment, the background returned to an empty void. Everything disappeared. So did Five. And after processing what they actually said..

 

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Five woke up, sweating. Had Two really just said that? The same one who thought they didn’t have a heart? Dream or not, it still felt like the real thing! And even if it wasn’t actually Two themself, it seemed too real! 

And after ten minutes passed of Five just lying down on their bed and questioning that dream, the doorbell rung. Five put on slippers and glanced at the clock. 

11:45 AM

11:45 AM?? Had Five slept that long? No, impossible! It’s whatever, anyways. He raced down the stairs to answer the door. “Who is it?” Five asked, opening the door half awake and half asleep. 

It was Two.

Notes:

if u cant tell five used he/they (based off the wiki) and two uses they/them. TWO USES THEY THEM CANONICALLY BTW. dont forge y that. anyways prolly gonna finish this next year. lol.

Notes:

am i going crazy or did this emoji (🗃️) NEVER EVEN FUCKING EXIST????