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It's been a week.

A week since the 'incident' happened. A week since everything changed.

A week since he's been like this.

--+--

I looked in the mirror, handsome as always. I've always been beautiful, but something feels off..

I don't know how to describe it, it's a weird feeling. 

Something I've ever felt before.

It's like, I'm.. scared, or something. I don't know why.

I just have this terrible feeling, a feeling that,

Something terrible is going to happen.

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I haven't hung out with radiant in a couple days, I guess I should catch up with him. He's a nice guy, good to spend time with, too.

But today, just.. He seems off..

--+--

Radiant sat down on his bed, he sighed. He didn't know what to do, he could practice for his concert with dreadful in a couple days, he could visit the bakery or library, he could take a walk, the ideas are endless..

Which is a bad thing at this time, I guess.

Radiant got up, deciding he'll just visit the bakery. Not to eat or anything, he just wants to talk with benevolent.

He got his guitar, and set off to the bakery. 

It was a peaceful walk, not much civilians were out due to the cold weather, but radiant being a robot, obviously couldn't feel cold. 

Whilst walking, a few civilians asked him if he could play the guitar for him. Which wasn't an uncommon thing, as much as he wanted too, he decided to politely decline. He just wanted to talk with benevolent, after all.

After 21 minutes or so, he finally arrived. 

He walked in, and saw benevolent popping up from behind the counter, they had heard the bells ring.

>> "Why hello radiant! What can I get for you?" They said, with a smile on their face.

>> "Ah, I don't want anything, I'm good. Just wanted to talk! How's it been, bene?" Radiant smiled, sitting down on one of the chairs in front of the counter.

>> "I see. I've been good, practical and i have been spending more time together! I've been doing some gardening with placid, and for myself, too. How have you been, radiant?" 

>> "I've been radiant, as always!" He chuckled. "I tried baking some cupcakes for unstable, he said he wanted some and you know, he's kinda banned from here.. But! He did like my cupcakes. So that's nice. I never really thought I was a good cook, you know? Last time I tried cooking I almost burnt the kitchen down. But I've been practicing more and I'd say I've improved!" 

>> "Amazing! But jeez, almost burning the kitchen..? What happened?" Benevolent tilted their head slightly, confused.

>> "I may or may not have forgotten about the food I was cooking, and it caught on fire. I managed to put it out in time, though!" Radiant laughed a little, smiling.

"Practical, I'm sorry, but please leave me alone. I'm not in the mood for talking, and you're the person I don't want to see. I don't want you to see me like this, please go.." Benevolent said. I don't know what I did wrong, I don't know why they don't want me to see them like that. I didn't do anything wrong, did I..? Oh well, it's best to leave them alone, I guess.

I watched from afar as benevolent talked with radiant as if nothing happened last night. I don't blame them, but I don't like seeing them act so sad, then being all cheery and nice as if they were never sad. I don't understand, do they not trust me enough to talk to me about their problems..? Maybe I'm just overthinking this. God, I wish scary were here.

>> "Ah, well at least you're okay..? Haha.. Anyways, it's closing time, radiant. Here, I'll give you a cupcake as a 'thanks'!" Benevolent went to the kitchen, and took out a cupcake from wherever it was. They came back, giving it to radiant, with a smile.

>> "Oh! Why thank you, bene! I'll save this for later, thanks!" Radiant took the cupcake with a bright smile. Getting up and walking towards the exit, "Farewell, friend!" Radiant waved goodbye.

>> "Bye! Stay safe!" Benevolent smiled once more, watching as radiant took his leave. Once he was far enough, they sighed. "Phew, that was a hard day of work, today. I hope practical is alright.." They thought to themselves, changing the 'Open' sign to 'Closed'. They walked out the door, going home.

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ITS WEIRD. ITS WEIRD HOW RADIANT IS BEING WEIRD. HE ALWAYS NICE AND HAPPY, WHY HE BEING DISTANT?

THERES SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIM!!

--+--

After radiant left the bakery, he got that strange, weird feeling again. This time it's worse, he wished he could've asked benevolent if he could walk with them, but I suppose it's too late.

This time, it feels like he's being watched, it's fine though, it's fine. He has the stuff that can protect him, why is he so scared? Whatever. He has to suck it up and just go to his residence. It's okay.

The feeling only grew worse as he was walking, unfortunately. He didn't know if it was just his mind playing tricks on him, but he swore he heard someone's footsteps. He immediately turned around, much to his despair. Though, when he looked back, there was nothing. 

"That's.. That's weird." He thought to himself. He decided he just needed rest, so he started speed walking to his residence, he would occasionally glance behind him, just in case. 

He kept hearing stuff.

Oh god, someone is following him.

Radiant's breathing got heavier, at this point, he was desperate to be home. He started walking faster, he didn't wanna hurt anybody.

He didn't want anyone to be hurt, unless he really had to hurt them. He wished this was just a dream.

"Unstable, will you please just be quiet for once? I'm trying to fix this stupid thing."

"WOW. RUDE! IM TELLING ON YOU." 

"Oh shut the fuck up, man. You know no one's gonna care, the only person that'll listen is radiant, and besides, it's not like he's gonna hurt me because of it. Hell, the most he can do is yell at me. But that's just stupid. Your stupid. Radiant is stupid. Just leave me alone!"

"HAHAHA, YOU REALLY THINK THATS GONNA MAKE ME CRY OR SOMETHING? YOUR STUPID!! I DIDNT SAY ANYONE WILL CARE, I DIDNT EVEN MENTION RADIANT. WHYRE YOU SO RUDE? YOUR ALWAYS SO PISSED OFF. WHY, HUH? DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO LITTLE OL YOU? IS THAT WHY YOUR BEING SUCH A BITCH??" Unstable laughed, fueling the fire even more. Unknowing of all the stupid stuff he does.

"Unstable, for the love of the supreme leader, please just leave me the fuck alone. I'm trying to work, here. This is just another stupid pointless argument. Just leave me alone when I'm working on stuff, do you want me to beat your ass?" 

"OKAY. OKAY FINE. ILL GO, BYE, I GUESS." Unstable pouted, slapping him then running off to annoy someone else.

"Jesus Christ.." He mumbled to himself.

Radiant heard the footsteps getting louder, as he was getting more scared. In a swift motion, he turned around and hit them. ..But no one was there. No one was there..? Radiant just stood there. His eyes a little widened, instead of feeling relieved, he felt even worse. Cause now he's gonna have to worry about this over and over again, who even knows if this is real? 

Radiant took a deep breath, and sighed. He slapped his face, how stupid. God, this whole situation is stupid! There's no way this is happening! Stupid. Stupid radiant, stupid everything.. Oh well, I guess it can't be helped. 

He continued walking, still extremely anxious, but he had to get to his residence or he'll probably have a panic attack.

Then if he wasn't being tortured enough, he got a bad headache. Jesus, he can't catch a break, can he..? Looks like he has more stuff to complain about once he talks with practical.

--+--

After what felt like 2 hours, he finally got home. Immediately running in, closing the door, then flopping onto his bed. "Home sweet home, I guess." He thought to himself.

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I.. Don't know how to word it but, radiant usually comes to the library at least once every two days but.. He hasn't been coming, I know he's probably just busy but, I.. I'm worried, dude.

Is he okay?

--+--

Radiant just wanted to forget about the other day. It's been in his head ever since he woke up, apparently instead of having a nice nap, he slept for at least 8 hours. He meant to wake up in at least an hour or two. 

He didn't understand. He didn't understand why this was happening to him, why..? 

Oh well, he should just hang out with someon- 

Knock, knock.

Oh. Okay, well, speaking of hanging out with someone.. 

Radiant got up from his bed, going to the door and ready to unlock it, until.. "What if it's the person who was following me yesterday? What if by opening this door, I somehow get myself or others hurt? What if-" "Okay. Stop, shut up, radiant." He spoke to himself in his mind.

Preparing for the worst, he took a deep breath then unlocked the door and slowly opened it.

Though, instead of the person he dreaded to see, it was just a friend of his.

>> "Hey, radiant!" Dynamic paused, then continued speaking, "..Are you, okay..? Dude, you looked like you just saw the worst thing on earth." Dynamic laughed.

>> "Huh- Oh, yes. I'm alright! I'm feeling radiant as ever! No need to worry, alright?" Radiant gave him a reassuring smile. Patting dynamic's head.

>> "Alright, if you say so.." Dynamic smiled. "You wanna head down to the park? I wanna talk about something with you, if that's okay."

>> "Why of course it's okay! But before we go, would you mind giving me an idea of what you want to talk about?" 

>> "Well, I just wanted to talk about your concert tomorrow." Dynamic lied. Though it was also another thing he wanted to talk about, not the main thing, though.

>> "Oh, yeah! Alright, how about we talk about it inside? I don't feel like walking right now.." Radiant said, going back inside his residence, waiting for dynamic to follow.

>> "Sure." Dynamic went inside, and sat on radiant's bed. "So, when are you gonna perform? I'm free tomorrow, so I wanna go see it. I never really get to see your performances, cause I'm always busy with my book store.."

>> "Oh, I understand! Me and dreadful are going to perform at 6 pm, though it may have to be delayed for 7, we don't know yet. Depends on what time placid wants us to come with him at." Radiant smiled.

>> "Alright! Sounds good, anyways, that's all. Bye, radiant! I have to get going now." Dynamic waved radiant goodbye, taking his exit.

>> "Bye! Have fun~" Radiant watched at dynamic left, a little saddened that they couldn't talk longer, but he knew dynamic was busy with his library.

I watched as radiant talked and talked with placid. They were gardening together, again.

I don't know why, but, for some reason seeing radiant with someone else made me a little jealous. I know me and radiant don't hang out a lot, since I only have 2 days off each week and I usually spend them alone but, i can't help but feel jealous. 

I know it's my fault, considering the amount of times I've rejected hanging out with radiant but.. it's.. I don't know, man. I don't like radiant or anything, so why am I jealous? 

..Though sometimes I do wonder what it's like to be with him. Ugh, stop thinking like that, dynamic.. You don't like anyone. Anyways..

"Benevolent.. What- What do I do..? I.. I don't know what I feel anymore.. I'm so confused, man. I hate this!" Dynamic held his head with his hands, obviously frustrated.

"Well.. I, um.. Maybe you should try to hang out with him more, I think by doing that, you can figure out if you like him or not. I've been in this situation, but later on I figured out I do have feelings for practical, so maybe you can figure it out by doing what I did!" Benevolent smiled, reassuring dynamic. They pat his head softly.

Dynamic removed his hands from his hair, and smiled at benevolent.

"Alright, thank you again, benevolent." Dynamic smiled once more, and hugged them.

They hugged back, tightly. "Of course, anytime, dynamic! Please tell me if you need to talk, I'll be here for you." Benevolent smiled again, letting go of dynamic.

Radiant got up from his seat, and decided to start practicing for his concert tomorrow. 

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If I'm being honest, I never really cared about radiant. But..

Something was off during our concert, he was acting strange.

He's.. Do I care about him..?

--+--

It was the day of radiant and dreadful's concert, he was excited. Keyword, was.

As he was walking to the theater, much to his despair, that weird anxious feeling came back. And this time, he was sure someone was watching him. 

He swore he wasn't imagining stuff this time, whenever he looked behind himself, he swore he saw someone staring at him. Though, whenever it saw he saw it, it immediately disappeared. As if it didn't exist.

To say he was worried for himself and others was an understatement. To say he was terrified was an understatement.

And to make things even worse, he kept hearing voices, he knew they were talking to him, but he didn't know what they were saying. God, he just wanted this whole thing to end. He hated this so much.

"Dreadful, jesus christ.. Stop pranking me and the others. It's not funny anymore, it's fucking annoying. You've interrupted so much important stuff just so you could get a laugh for once in your pathetic life." 

"Oh come on, you always tell me to stop. You know I'm not gonna stop unless the supreme leader does something, right? Your useless, your words are completely useless to me. You really think I'm gonna listen? I'm not. These pranks are what makes me happy, are what makes unstable happy. So fuck off, dude." Dreadful yelled.

"Oh, so now your acting like you care about unstable, huh? You know you don't. You know your just using him for your entertainment, it's not gonna fucking work on me, dreadful. If you can't stop pulling these stupid, childish pranks, could you at least stop posting about gay men kissing on twitter..?"

"..How did you find that.." Dreadful paused, "Your not in my twitter circle.. >:(" 

Radiant arrived at the theater, he got on stage, sat down and waiting patiently for dreadful. It was peaceful, it took around 18 minutes for dreadful to come. 

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i care a lot about everyone, so seeing radiant so anxious and cautious is quite worrying..

i wonder, what made him so afraid?

--+--

After the concert, radiant started to walk to his residence. And, once more, the feeling came back.

He wanted to just ignore it and run, but.. He also felt like if he did that, it would make things slightly worse, he didn't know what would happen. 

He regretted not bringing his gun, he though he'd be safe. I mean, he is safe. So why was he so goddamn afraid? He took a deep breath, and continued walking. 

He's safe, he's okay. I mean, even if he was defenseless, no one would want to fight a 9 foot tall robot. So why was he scared? He had no reason.

He just wanted to be home, he wanted to sleep and sleep. He just wanted to rest.

He felt like he was gonna pass out any second now.

Until,

Someone tapped his shoulder. Immediately he turned around, looking terrified. Until, he saw it was just emotionless.

>> "Oh! Why hello, emotionless!" Radiant's terrified expression quickly changed to happy.

>> "Hi. Your.. Friend, wanted me to ask you if you wanted to go out with them." Emotionless said, with his usual monotone voice.

>> "Wha.. A date? Who? Who wanted to go out with me?" Radiant replied, a little flustered, and nervous.

>> "Dynamic."

>> "Oh. Oh.. Alright, um, I'll speak with him!" Radiant paused for a second, "..Thank you for telling me. But um, why did he send you to tell me..?"

>> "I don't know. Anyways, bye. I need to go back to work." Emotionless walked away before radiant could reply.

Radiant just stood there awkwardly, chuckling a bit for a second to himself, he didn't know what to do. He didn't like dynamic back, but he didn't wanna hurt him..

"Practical, may I speak with you..?" I asked, nervous.

"Of course, honey. What is it?" Practical said, with a smile.

"Are.. Do you love me? Like, genuinely?" 

Practical's eyes slightly widened, "What kind of question is that?" He said, kissing me on the cheek and hugging me.

"Of course I love you, you're my everything. Your the most important thing to me, your beautiful, benevolent. I love you and I always will, don't forget that, okay?" Practical smiled, kissing me again on the forehead.

"I.. I don't know what to say.." I slightly teared up, "Thank you.. Thank you so much, dear. You mean so much to me, I love you so much.. I'll always love you, too.." I kissed practical. Smiling. I was happy.

Benevolent and practical were made for each other.

Radiant didn't wanna ask benevolent for help, and obviously he couldn't ask dreadful, emotionless, unstable or unpredictable for help. 

Radiant wiped a small tear, wow. Pathetic, he was crying because he didn't like dynamic back. What a fool.

He ran back to his residence, unknowing of what to do.

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Someone is following me.

--+-- 

I was walking to dynamic's residence, finally ready to "confront" him, until something strange happened.

All of a sudden, I felt lightheaded and dizzy. Like I was gonna pass out, again.

I barely even made it to his residence.. Before everything went black, and I passed out in the middle of walking.

--+--

I woke up in.. my residence? No.. This isn't my residence.. Oh god. This isn't my residence- 

>> "Hey, it's alright. Your safe." I looked up, and saw dynamic. I immediately sighed of relief, forgetting why I was here in the first place.

>> "Oh, dynamic! I've never been happier to see you.." I spoke after a full minute of processing everything.

He stared at me for a couple seconds, before speaking again. 

>> "..Dude, are you.. alright? You look like shit, man." He said bluntly.

>> "Rude!" I paused for a moment, speaking after a few seconds. "I um, don't know. I don't think so."

>> "Oh.. Why?" He asked, curious.

>> "Someone is watching me.. They're, they're following me." I said, after a full minute of silence.

Dynamic's eyes widened, before he spoke again, "What..? Who?"

>> "I.. I don't know. Anyways, um," I laughed awkwardly, "How did I get here..?"

>> "I went outside for a walk, and saw you just.. Passed out. Bleeding a little, so obviously I got worried. I asked benevolent to patch you up, we don't know what happened but, I'm glad your okay." He paused, "..Your okay, right?"

>> "Oh.. I.. wow. Anyways.. I don't know if I'm okay, if I'm being honest. Obviously it's not normal for me to randomly pass out, right?"

>> "I.. Dynamic, I'm scared. I'm scared something's gonna happen to you or me, or unstable, or practical! Oh god, what if something happens to me, what if something happens to benevo-" I was full on panicking, but dynamic interrupted me.

>> "Radiant- Radiant.. I.. I'm sure you'll be okay, alright? Nothing's gonna happen to you or anyone else. And besides, you'll be safe. You have the stuff you need to defend yourself, don't stress on it too much, okay? You'll be alright.. Everything will be okay.." Dynamic hugged me tightly. I hugged back, beginning to cry a little.

But.. nothing got better. Oh god, it didn't get better at all. 

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Another day of stupid unstable annoying me and the others.

I wish he were dead.

--+--

It was a nice day, for radiant. This time, he actually felt safe. I guess dynamic was right, huh?

Anyways, radiant decided he'll check up on unpredictable, it's been a while since he caught up with him, right? A little time together wouldn't hurt.

Radiant got ready, and grabbed his guitar then set off. As most of the time, it was quite a peaceful nice walk. No bad feelings came, no one was following him, everything was calm. Everything was okay, for once.

it wasn't going to last for long

"Unstable, Jesus Christ! You scared the shit out of me, go away. You almost got me killed." I said, lightly slapping him.

"NO!! I WANT TO MESS WITH YOU AGAIN!! WHO CARES IF YOU DIED? HAHAHA!" He laughed. God, his laughing is so goddamn annoying. I could just- 

In a swift motion, I grabbed unstable by the neck. Choking him. I had a bucket of water somewhere in here, I could drown him.

I will drown him.

He was struggling, struggling to breathe. I didn't loosen my grip on him. I wanted him dead.

I shoved his head in the bucket of water violently, I'm going to drown him.

"Who cares if  you died? Huh?!" I yelled. Not letting go, in fact, I only held him even tighter.

Until- 

Someone walked in. I heard a scream, before I felt myself being pushed off of unstable.

"Unpredictable! What the fuck is wrong with you?! What were you thinking?!" He yelled. It was radiant.

"I- I, um. Didn't expect to see you here..!" I tried to reason, knowing he won't let this go that easily.

"What were you thinking?! Seriously!" Radiant was trying to help unstable, doing cpr, trying to get him to breathe. I don't know why he cares so much about him.

I stayed silent, I guess this is what I deserve, after all. I tried to kill someone. I tried to kill my friend's brother. 

Radiant was tearing up, unstable wasn't breathing. Did I actually kill him? 

As if god heard me, unstable started breathing again. Lucky him, I guess.

I heard radiant sigh in relief. He had forgotten about me, all his attention focused on unstable. Understandable, I almost killed him.

Once unstable was breathing normal again, radiant hugged him, then carried him out of my residence. He looked at me one last time, it was only full of hatred. Wow, I fucked up, huh? Oh well.

Radiant was a good friend of mine, like a brother to me. I'm going to miss him, but I won't stop my "mission" on unstable. He won't stop me next time.

--+--

Radiant brought unstable to benevolent's hospital, he still needs help. Even if he's alive.

Unstable will be okay.

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I never cared for anyone besides unpredictable, I didn't care for radiant. 

Ugh, I hate radiant! He always tries to stop me from doing what I like most. He always stops me from killing people.

Though, I guess radiant isn't that bad, after all.

--+--

>> "Unstable will be okay, he just needs to stay in here for a couple days, alright?" Benevolent looked at radiant, smiling.

>> "Alright.. That's good, thank you." Radiant smiled, still obviously worried but, he was okay for now.

>> "Of course! It's my job, anyways," Benevolent patted unstable's head a little, then continued speaking, "What are you planning to do this week?"

>> "Not much. I don't know, honestly. I do wanna do another concert with dreadful soon, but I feel like he needs a break. Maybe I'll just hang out with dynamic.. Obviously I'll spend more time with unstable, when he can get out of here." Radiant chuckled, smiling still, despite the situation. 

>> "Alright." Benevolent looked at the time, "Visiting times are over, radiant. Here, do you want me to walk you home? Unstable will be okay without me, there's other nurses looking after him too." Benevolent offered, waiting for radiant's response.

>> "Are you sure? ..Alright, come on, let's go!" Radiant took benevolent's hand, and they both exited.

I was about to shoot yet another civilian, until radiant stopped me. Again.

So, in a fit of rage, I pushed him to the ground, aggressively.

Then I shot him, in the shoulder.

I realized what I did after a couple seconds, and radiant just held the wound, not saying a word. We both stared at each other for a solid minute, before I put my gun down.

I sighed, "C'mon, radiant. Let's get you to the hospital.." I picked radiant up, carrying him.

He stared at me, a little frightened, but I'm sure he's okay.

"..Okay." was his only reply, I could tell he was a bit upset with me, understandably, he'll probably forgive me later. 

After a few minutes of silence and his breathing slowly getting heavier, we finally made it. I carried him inside.

"Your not going to say sorry?" He asked.

"No."

It was a peaceful walk home, he felt much safer with benevolent by his side.

It was like radiant almost forgotten the events these past few days.

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God, if you hear me, please keep us all safe.

Everything is going terribly.

This wasn't supposed to happen.. What happened..?

--+--

Radiant got out of bed, it was another day. Another day of torture.

He sucked it up, and went to dynamic's library, he just wanted to read something. To be at peace.

The same feeling. The same goddamn feeling. At this point, he might as well just ask the other operatives if they've noticed anything weird..

Radiant felt something behind him.

He turned around, and he saw something. He didn't know what it was, but he immediately screamed, and started hitting the air.

But once he opened his eyes, there was nothing.

He stared at the ground for a moment, before deciding he should run.

He held on to his gun, and ran to the book store. He needed to get all this stupid shit off of his mind. He just wanted to be okay.

He reached the door, and sighed. Of relief. He went inside, and started looking around for a book to read. Once he found one, he sat down on one of the seats, it was nice.

Dynamic hadn't noticed radiant, so that was another nice thing. He really didn't want to talk with dynamic, at least not now. 

"Dear, god, please give us peace. Let this whole thing be gone, I pray for everything to be normal. For everyone to be okay. Amen." I prayed, before getting up and sighing. What went wrong?

Everything has been all over the place, apparently someone tried drowning unstable, macabre shot another operative, radiant's not so radiant, and practical and benevolent are getting into arguments.

Am I really the only one who's been unaffected? Why couldn't it have been me..? Why do they have to suffer? 

I hadn't realized that I was crying. Crying again, and for what? Because I'm sad? I have no reason to be sad. I shouldn't be crying at this time. This is so pathetic.

I just pray to god, that everything will be okay in a couple days.

Radiant continued reading, but when he looked up, he swore he saw something right behind a shelf. It wasn't a person, it was just a shadow.

Jesus, why couldn't this have just been avoided..? 

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I got out of the hospital, something is off.

Everything is weird.

--+-- 

Something was going to happen today. He knew it.

He had a terrible feeling.

He's terrified.

Though, he tried his best to brush off the thought, and went to practical's workspace.

He needed to talk with him, he needed someone to talk too.

He needed practical.

He ran to practical's residence. He didn't care anymore, he wanted practical. 

The hospital let me out, I was walking around for awhile. I didn't wanna talk to anyone yet, so I decided to wait.

After 30 minutes, I finally decided to talk to someone. I didn't know who, though.

I finally decided to visit radiant, I waited for him to open the door. I waited, and waited, and waited.. Nothing! He must be somewhere else, as much as I hate to, I'll probably have to ask unpredictable.

After a couple minutes, I got to his residence. He opened the door, I could tell he didn't want me here.

"What?" He questioned me. He was mad.

"DO YOU KNOW WHERE RADIANT WENT?" I was getting a little nervous.

"No." Silence, "Actually, come in." He moved out of the way to let me in.

"WHY?" I was a little suspicious.

"Just.. Come in, I might have an idea of where radiant is." 

I stayed silent for awhile. 

"..OKAY." I slowly made my way into his residence, once I was fully in, I heard him close the door and lock it.

I got nervous, but let it slide..

Until,

He pulled out a gun. And pointed it at me.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOIN-" I got cut off. He shot.

Everything hurt, for a while. Like, 4 minutes.

But, the pain went away.. everything was getting darker...

Radiant knocked on his door, until practical finally answered.

Radiant immediately hugged practical, tightly.

Practical was confused at first, but hugged back. He needed the comfort anyways.

Radiant started sobbing, while practical tried to calm him down. It was bad, everything was terrible.

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..No. This.. isn't real. It can't be.

--+--

Practical comforted radiant, telling him comforting words, and rubbing shapes on his back. 

It felt good for him to let everything out, but he knew it wasn't gonna get better.

And he was right.

After radiant finally calmed down, he decided to check on unstable, he looked everywhere.

Everywhere but unpredictable's residence.

He took a deep breath, and opened unpredictable's door.

What he saw was.. was...

He stared in shock. Not being able to do anything but.. stare. 

Eventually, he walked up to unstable, and held him gently.

"..No.. No, no.." Radiant started tearing up, hugging unstable's body.

"No. No! Why? ..Why?!" Radiant cried.

Unpredictable stared, not saying a single word. 

"Unpredictable! You.. You.. You monster! You bastard!" Radiant stared back at unpredictable. Tears endlessly falling..

"Why? Why, unpredictable, why..?!" He slowly put unstable back down, and covered his eyes.

He cried, and cried, and cried.. Sobs becoming louder each time.

"This.. No! This can't be happening..! This isn't real!" Radiant uncovered his eyes to look at unpredictable again.

"This is just some sick, twisted prank. You.. You wouldn't do this! You didn't, right? This is just a sick joke, right? ..I'm.. I'm dreaming.. This is.. Isn't real..." Radiant sobbed, wrapping his arms around his knees.

Unpredictable felt the guilt starting to set in.

"I.. sorry, radiant. I'm sorry." That's all he could say. Really? That's pathetic.

Radiant only cried more. "..No! No, you aren't sorry..! You don't mean it!" He said, between hiccups and cries.

"Your never sorry!" He yelled at him.

Unpredictable set his gaze on the ground. Slowly waking over to radiant, to comfort him.

Unpredictable hugged him, after a few seconds, radiant pulled away rather violently.

"Don't hug me..! Don't touch me! I don't want to see you!" Radiant shook his head. He avoided looking at neither unpredictable, and unstable.

"Radiant.. I'm sorry. I mean it, I'm so sorry. Sorry.." Unpredictable started to tear up too. His voice getting softer. He knew a "sorry" wouldn't cut it, but he tried.

Radiant sobbed louder, and louder.. "Don't say that.. Don't.. Your not... You.. Y-You did this to hurt me. You did this to hurt me..! I.. can't believe this...!" His voice was trembling.

Radiant got up, and weakly punched unpredictable in the chest. 

"R.. Radiant.." Unpredictable knew it was a weak hit, but it still hurt.

"I'm.. I don't know why I did that, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you.." Unpredictable said, knowing damn well he meant to hurt him. But, for some reason.. he didn't feel happy with himself for it. He did this all to hurt radiant, to get rid of unstable, to hurt unstable. Yet, he felt regret.

Radiant glanced at unpredictable, then covered his eyes and fell onto the floor, crying again.

"You don't mean that! You don't mean shit!" 

"Your lying! You meant to hurt me! I can't imagine what unstable felt!"

"I hate you! I hate you so much..! Your the worst.. Your.. I hate you..! I hate you..." Radiant yelled at unpredictable. Only repeating those same words.. 'I hate you'. Over and over again.

Unpredictable knows he deserves this. But, he also felt like he didn't. 

Eventually, radiant stopped. Radiant's cries quieted down. From sobs, to hiccups and small cries.

"I hate you.." Radiant repeated a last time. 

Unpredictable tried getting closer to him, but he only moved back with each step.

"Don't get near me.. Please, I can't do this.." Radiant got up, and ran away. Away from unpredictable, away from unstable, away from the residence. He wanted to get as far as he could.

Unpredictable just stared as he ran away, eventually, he couldn't even see him anymore.

Unpredictable looked at unstable's body, he felt guilty.

"What.. W.." It's like he finally processed what he did. He started crying a little, too. Even though he shouldn't.

"Why'd.. I do that.?" 

He fucked up, again.

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It's been a week.

A week since the 'incident' happened. A week since everything changed.

A week since he's been like this.

--+--

I looked in the mirror, handsome as always. I've always been beautiful, but something feels off.. 

..Didn't I already say that.? Weird.

I looked like shit. Not beautiful, not handsome. 

Everyone looks like shit. Not just me, it's been a terrible, terrible week. Everything went downhill since he died. Everything got worse, and worse, and.. And worse. 

I couldn't even find it in me to continue my musician career. Though, if I didn't, I'm not radiant. If I gave up, I wouldn't be me.

My guitar makes me happy, anyways. 

But it's not enough. Nothing is enough..

I don't think anything can help, at this point.

I haven't even figured out who's following me. They are definitely still following me, but I don't care. I don't care anymore, I'm still scared, but I don't care.

I'll just shoot them anyways.

..Such a weird thing to say, "I'll just shoot them anyways"? Brutal. Oh well!

I'll just visit the bakery today, 

I have to keep being radiant, and if I'm not visiting the bakery at least twice a week, who am I? Haha.

I have to keep being me. And if I don't visit my friends, who am I?

I have to keep being myself. And if I don't do concerts with dreadful, who am I?

Anyways, enough with that.. I'm here.

I'm here, at the bakery! I haven't figured out what I'll order. Who knows if benevolent is even here? They haven't appeared for a couple days.. It's only been the other workers here. Oh well, they're probably okay.

>> "Hello, what would you like to order?" The woman said, she had a smile on her face. She was nice.

>> "I'll just have a cupcake, thank you!" I smiled back, I didn't actually want a cupcake, but I don't know what I want.

>> "Coming right up! Go ahead and sit down somewhere, sir." She walked into the kitchen, I nodded.

I looked around, then found a nice place to sit. It's very.. Calm, here. It's like nothing ever happened. I like it.

I haven't seen the other operatives in a while, or at least haven't talked to them. The only person that's been around is emotionless, but we don't talk much.

He's cool to hang out with though, I guess! I wonder if he was affected by.. that. 

Oh well,

>> "Here you go, sir! Have a nice day." The woman came back and gave me the cupcake, I smiled at her.

>> "Thank you! Here," I gave her 30 dollars, it wasn't that expensive, but I like giving tips.

>> "Thank you, have a good day." She told the money with a smile on her face, then walked back into the kitchen.

I stared at the cupcake, then started eating.

It was good, as always.

This time it tasted a little off, maybe it was just my imagination. Oh well, even if someone had drugged it, I wouldn't be affected either way. I'm a robot, I'll be okay.

I finished the cupcake, and walked away. I didn't know what to do now..

I could garden with placid again, though no one has really been in the mood to hang out with anyone. They've still been doing work, they seem fine, but it's obvious they aren't..

Maybe I could talk with emotionless, he's the only person I've been kind of talking with, anyway!

Man, everything is suddenly just.. very, boring.

Everything is terrible without unstable here.. God, I miss unstable so much. I wish he were here. I wish I could've done something to prevent his death.

Oh well, there's no bringing him back. No matter how hard I try..

I knock on emotionless' door, waiting for him to open it.

After a full minute, he finally opened it,

>> "What?" He said, pausing for a second before speaking again, "Oh, it's just you. Okay, come in." He moved, and gestured for me to come in.

I walked in, his workspace has always been so clean and peaceful. 

>> "So, why are you here?" He asked.

>> "Just wanted to talk. What have you been up to lately?" I smiled, wanting to know a little more about emotionless.

>> "Okay." He stared at me, "I haven't been up to anything, just work, as usual. You?"

>> "Haha, as always.." I chuckled lightly, "Well! I plan to do another concert with dreadful this week~ though I don't know if he'll come.. it might just be me, again. But I'm fine with either, I just want to do stuff."

>> "Okay."

>> "So, um.. How has work been?"

>> "Good. I guess. How have you been?" He asked, looking me dead in the eye.

>> "That's good! I've been okay, you?" I smiled.

>> "..Okay. I've been, emotionless. If you couldn't tell..?" He said, sounding annoyed. I know he wasn't, but he sounded like it.

>> "Haha.. Alright. You don't mind if I stay here for a little, right..? No one really wants to talk these days. And I have no one to hang out with, you're really the only person that I've been speaking with.." I asked, a little afraid he'll say no.

>> "That's okay. Do whatever you want, just don't mess with my work, or anything." He said, pretending to smile. Though, it didn't really look like a smile..

>> "Cool! Thank you, emotionless." I smiled, and pat his head.

>> "Your welcome." He said, not having a reaction to anything, it seems.

Oh well, at least I have someone to hang out with!

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...

I guess there's nothing we could've done.

--+--

Radiant and emotionless started spending more time together, for the last couple days. Radiant would occasionally go out to bring stuff from the bakery, or more books for the both of them to read, and it's been going fine-ish. Not good, but it's been okay. Obviously, he's still depressed about the entire week, but emotionless cheered him up a little more with the time they've been hanging out.

Emotionless and radiant have always been sort of rivals, though right now, they can put that behind them. 

>> "Emotionless, I'm gonna try to talk with dynamic. Will you be fine on your own?" Radiant asked.

>> "Okay. Yes, I'll be okay by myself." Emotionless slightly smiled, covering his mouth before radiant could see, though.

>> "Alright! Have fun~ I'll be going now!" Radiant said, smiling and walking away.

--+--

Dynamic was painting in his residence, as he's been doing for the last week. Everything was boring, everything went wrong. So he might as well just paint.

Until,

Knock, knock.

"Ugh, another person.." he thought to himself, getting up and opening the door.

>> "Hello, dynamic!" Radiant greeted, with a warm smile on his face.

>> "O-Oh! Hello, what brings you here?" Dynamic smiled back, completely forgetting about his complaining earlier. 

>> "I was wondering if you wanted to dance with me? It's been pretty depressing and boring these days, so I wanted to bring your spirits up!" 

Dynamic's face grew redder and redder by the second. A dance with radiant? Who could say no to that?

>> "Ah, of course! I'd love to dance!" Dynamic smiled wider.

>> "Perfect! Follow me, we can go to the theater." Radiant grabbed his hand, and dragged dynamic along with him.

Dynamic only chuckled, it was like a dream come true for him.

--+--

They arrived after a couple minutes, radiant brought dynamic up stage.

Dynamic hasn't really danced with anyone, so this was a little embarrassing for him.

It was silent, a comfortable silence. 

They started slowly dancing, it felt amazing. 

Dynamic did step on radiant's shoes a couple times, but it wasn't anything he didn't mind. Other then that, their dancing was amazing.

Dynamic's face kept growing more red, he wanted to kiss radiant.

Though, radiant suddenly stopped.

>> "Alright, I think we're done. Did you like it? Did it help you?" Radiant smiled brightly.

>> "Yes! It helped.. Thank you, radiant." Dynamic smiled back.

>> "Of course!" 

Then, all of a sudden, radiant felt dynamic's lips against his. Though, it stopped as fast as it happened.

Radiant stared at dynamic, a little red, and surprised.

>> "I'm sorry!" Dynamic immediately apologized.

Radiant was silent for a few seconds, before speaking again, "It's.. okay! Um, i.. need to get going now." Radiant was a little uncomfortable with the kiss, so he waved goodbye to dynamic and ran off.

Dynamic felt bad, he really did. He couldn't really do anything other then apologize, though. 

Dynamic walked back home, it was an awkward walk. He should've asked first..

Radiant just continued running, he didn't know why dynamic would kiss him. He didn't like dynamic back, he hated to hurt his feelings. 

Radiant knocked on emotionless' door, waiting for him to open it. 

After a minute, emotionless opened it, and moved out of the way to let radiant come in.

>> "You look stressed. What happened?" Emotionless questioned.

>> "Ah, nothing! ..Don't worry." Radiant smiled, and sat down on a chair awkwardly.

>> "..." Emotionless stared at radiant, making it obvious he didn't believe him. But he decided to not press any further, "If you say so."

Emotionless walked back to his desk, and continued his work.

Radiant rested his head on his arm, maybe if he slept everything will be better in the morning.

>> "Emotionless, is it okay if I sleep on the couch..?" Radiant asked, not wanting emotionless to be uncomfortable.

>> "Yes, go ahead." Emotionless replied.

Radiant muttered a small 'Thank you' then flopped onto the couch.

It was awkward, but after a few minutes, he fell asleep.

Emotionless looked at radiant, he looked peaceful. Emotionless got up and got a blanket for radiant, covering him.

Then walked back to his desk.

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We're like family.

So why does no one help each other..?

--+--

Radiant woke up, he sat up and looked around.

>> "Emotionless?" He called out.

Silence.

"Guess he isn't here.." He thought to himself, deciding he'll lay in bed for a little.

Eventually, emotionless showed up.

>> "Good morning, radiant." Emotionless stared at him, before walking over to his desk, doing more work despite not having work to do anymore.

>> "Morning, emo. Do you just do work all day? Doesn't it get boring?" Radiant questioned.

>> "It's not boring. It's the only thing that's entertaining." Emotionless replied.

>> "How about we do something together? Like.. Go to the bakery, or library. We could also go to the park, but.. You know, we might be a little too tall for it." He chuckled,

>> "..Okay, sure." Emotionless got up, walking towards radiant.

>> "Let's go!" Radiant grabbed emotionless' hand, "Okay." Emotionless followed him.

--+--

Dreadful and sorrowful were talking together, talking about how they would handle everything that has happened and how they could help.

Both of them were confused, confused on why all this happened. As everyone else was, too. 

>> "..Man. Why? Why unstable? What drove unpredictable to do that..?" Dreadful questioned, a few tears making it's way out of his eyes.

Sorrowful stared for a second, before wiping dreadful's tears away, "I.. I don't know either.. But, it's gonna be okay..! I, hope. But, hey, I'll always be here for you... Alright? You're not alone. Everyone misses unstable too.." Sorrowful tried his best to help, embracing dreadful in a hug.

>> "It's not gonna be okay, sorrowful! Nothings okay!" Dreadful slightly pushed away, but hugged back after a minute.

>> "I.. know, but.. Listen, you aren't alone. We're here for you, dreadful.. We're like a family, we're supposed to help each other..!!" Sorrowful smiled, "So I wanna be here for you.." At this point, both of them were crying.

With sorrowful by dreadful's side, he felt a little better. Not good, but better. He sobbed into sorrowful's arms, he felt safe..

After some minutes, his crying slowly went from sobs to hiccups. Once he calmed down, he slowly backed out of the hug.

>> "..Thank you, I.. appreciate it," He smiled, "Thank you."

>> "Of course..! I'm glad to help.." Sorrowful smiled, despite his mask covering it.

Dreadful hugged sorrowful again, patting his long hair. Dreadful has always liked sorrowful's hair, he kept it nice. 

Sorrowful could only smile more.

--+--

Radiant and emotionless arrived at the bakery, benevolent was there again.

Benevolent watched as emotionless and radiant just sat at a table, talking. They weren't ordering anything, just talking. Radiant looked happy, so benevolent was happy, too. Even though they knew damn well he wasn't going to be happy for awhile.

After a long few minutes of talking, radiant went up to benevolent.

>> "Hello! What can I get you?" They smiled.

>> "Just a couple coffee cups, please." Radiant smiled back, "I'm glad to see you again, bene!" 

>> "Coming right up! ..I'm happy to see you, too." They said, before walking into the kitchen again.

Radiant smiled a little wider, then walked back to his seat with emotionless.

>> "So, how has everything been for you, after.. You know.." Radiant brought up, frowning a little.

>> "The same. Well, kind of. After, that, I stopped visiting people as often, because I thought they'd like some time alone. And because of that, I've only been working. Though, you've kind of started making things more.. entertaining? I don't know. You get it." 

>> "Understandable, that's.. Maybe you should lay down on the work, it's not good to work so much."

>> "Okay." 

>> "Well, we could start doing more fun activities-"

Radiant got interrupted by benevolent, though he didn't mind.

>> "Hello, emotionless and radiant. Here are your coffees, have a nice day!" They smiled.

>> "Thank you."

>> "Thanks! We should hang out someday, bene!" Radiant smiled.

>> "Sure, maybe next week, friday?" 

>> "Sure!"

With that, they walked back to behind the counter.

Radiant and emotionless continued talking together, taking sips of their coffees every now and then. 

With emotionless, radiant felt more safe walking around the city. Radiant still doesn't know why, he always felt like someone, or something, was watching him. Though, the feeling died down a little whenever he walks with someone.

He's glad, but.. Even then, he still feels unsafe. Like it's a bad idea to take someone with him, even though it seems it helps.

And slowly, he's starting to believe that, that thing, is going to randomly harm him, or someone else..

Maybe he should just stay indoors.

>> "..Radiant, c'mon." He hadn't even noticed emotionless waving his wave in front of him, snapping out of his thoughts, he jolted a little.

>> "..Oh! Sorry, was just lost in thought, haha.." He awkwardly laughed. 

>> "Sure. Anyways, I'd like to go now, if that's okay with you." 

>> "Of course! Where do you wanna go? Somewhere else? Back home?" Radiant got out of his seat, along with emotionless.

>> "I.. Um, home, I guess?" Emotionless didn't know where to go.

>> "Okay! Lead the way!" Radiant replied, smiling.

Though, even with emotionless, radiant didn't feel safe. At least not this time.

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Emotionless and radiant were taking a walk, before they went to emotionless' residence.

It was nice, peaceful. If radiant ignored the strange feeling of someone watching him.

No words were exchanged, but radiant felt like if he continued walking with emotionless, he'd end up getting him hurt somehow.

>> "Emotionless," He spoke up, emotionless glared at him.

>> "Yes?"

>> "I'm going back to my residence," Radiant looked at emotionless, "I want to play my piano." 

Emotionless stared at him for a couple seconds, "Okay. Bye." Radiant smiled at emotionless, and turned back. "Bye!"

And with that, they parted ways.

--+-- 

Once radiant was back at his own residence, he sighed and sat down on his bed, hugging a plush that unstable stole from some little girl then gave to him for his "birthday" a year ago.

Radiant knew unstable's death wasn't his fault, but he couldn't help but feel guilty about it. He knew it was unpredictable, he knew it was all unpredictable's fault. But..

He feels like he could've prevented his death somehow. If he wasn't so late, maybe he could've saved him. If he wasn't so ignorant, unstable could've lived.

He knew it was partly his fault, now. It had to be.

It didn't feel right, though.. It doesn't feel right to say that it's his fault, but it doesn't feel right to say it isn't. He doesn't know what to do.. He knows it's unpredictable's fault, he knew that. He knew he could've prevented the death, so if he could've done something, I guess technically it is kind of his fault.

Radiant hugged the plush tighter, slightly tearing up.

He got snapped out of his thoughts, though. By loud knocking.

He put the plush back in its place, and opened the door for whoever was out there.

>> "..Hi" Dynamic and radiant stared at each other for a full minute.

>> "Hello!" Radiant smiled, "Come in?" He moved out of the way, giving enough room for dynamic to come in.

Dynamic stepped in, looking around for a moment before sitting down on the floor.

They both stayed silent for a while, radiant sat down on his bed again.

>> "..What brings you here?" Radiant broke the silence.

Dynamic stayed silent for a little, before speaking once more.

>> "I.. Wanted to apologize for our last encounter." He awkwardly smiled.

>> "Oh!" Radiant thought for a moment, before smiling at dynamic again. "It's okay. I forgive you."

>> "Thank you.. Um," Dynamic looked around the room. "How has it been, lately..?"

>> "..Good?" Radiant started at dynamic for a minute. "Who am I kidding, it's going terrible!" He frowned.

Dynamic didn't know what he expected.

>> "Ha.. Ha?" He awkwardly laughed.

>> "Don't laugh!" Radiant groaned, flopping onto his bed. "This isn't funny.." He got up, wiping a tear. He wasn't crying, though.

>> "Sorry.." Dynamic for closer to radiant, "Um, when are you going to perform again..?" 

>> "Either friday or next month." Radiant sighed, "I don't know.." He frowned.

>> "Alright.." 

They both were sitting in an uncomfortable silence for at least 30 minutes.

Radiant lied down on his bed, he was tired, but didn't wanna sleep whilst dynamic was here. That'd be embarrassing.

Dynamic was looking around radiant's residence. He found it interesting, even though all of the operatives residences looked the same with some decorations. He liked radiant's different instruments, his guitar, violin, piano, flute. ..And electric guitar.

He knew radiant had pets, but he probably gave them to benevolent to take care of.

After a long silence, dynamic decided to speak.

>> "I like your instruments. Maybe you could play the piano for me one day!" He smiled.

Radiant was half asleep, so he took a little to process dynamic's words.

>> "..Thank you, and yes, I'll play the piano someday." He smiled back.

--+-- 

For the last couple weeks, unpredictable has just been in his residence. Not doing anything, he's afraid of what's gonna happen once he steps out. 

He feels bad, he really does. But not bad enough to apologize to the other operatives, he feels guilty, though.

Unstable didn't deserve to die.. And radiant definitely did not deserve to basically witness him killing unstable. None of them deserved that.

He doesn't know why he killed unstable. He knows it was "because he was annoying" but the other half of him knows he's lying to himself.

And now that he thinks about it, he realizes he's basically ruined everyone's life's. Especially radiant and dreadful's. He needs to apologize, but he doesn't know how he's gonna, and he definitely knows no one is going to forgive him, but.. it's worth a shot? 

Oh well. He'll do it in a couple days. He's not ready to face the consequences.

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Radiant sighed. He didn't know what to do anymore.

He couldn't get over unstable's death, he just couldn't.. He didn't want to. He didn't wanna forget him.

He wondered how pathetic he'd be if emotionless didn't "feel pity" for him.

He wondered how depressed he'd be if emotionless didn't try to help.

Oh well, he pushed aside those thoughts. He had a concert, anyways.

As always, he picked up his guitar and started walking. Always the same, always the same feeling that he forced himself to ignore.

Everytime. Nothing changes. It's always him taking a walk thinking it'll clear his mind despite knowing it'll only make it worse. It's always the same feeling he tried to ignore, and in return getting the shit scared out of him whenever he turns his head and sees a figure disappear. At the same alley. He wonders if he took a different route, would it be different? Were they always waiting there?

He wondered if he took a different route, if maybe it'll follow him. Or leave him alone. He highly doubts the second option, though.

Radiant took in a deep breath, and sighed.

He hated this. He hates how nothing changes. He hates how after unstable died, it's like the supreme leader wanted him dead. It's like the world was against him. He wanted everything to end already, he wanted to be okay.

And once again, he turned his head. The same thing. Again. The stupid figure was there, then disappeared into the darkness once it saw he saw. At this point, he doesn't know if he's hallucinating or if it's a night. Maybe it could be one of the operatives, there's no way a civilian could be that tall, unless there were another robot. Though, he doubts the others would do something so cruel to him, even if it were macabre.

He heard footsteps behind him, though. Guess that's a start for something new. 

He quickly whipped his head around, ready to attack. Fortunately, nothing bad happened. Though, there was nothing there. He couldn't handle this. He couldn't do it anymore. He hated how everytime this happens, he always hallucinates in the night. When he's supposed to be asleep. 

At this point, he wants something to happen. He doubts whatever happens, won't be worse then this whole situation. There was no way.

He sighed heavily, forcing those thoughts to go away, so he could run to the theater and do his stupid concert before the people get disappointed another performance has been delayed.

And so, he ran. He was probably going to be a little late if he didn't, anyways. Though, he was tall. So he doubts he'll be that late to it.

After a couple minutes, he got there. Surprisingly, he was much earlier then he expected. For some reason, he thought it was already past 3. But he's an hour early.

He took that as a sign to practice playing his guitar again, he'll just play it until it's time.

He didn't want the audience to be disappointed anyways. Despite the fact they won't be, no matter how bad he plays. That's just who they are, nice, caring civilians. Though, maybe they're only nice to him because he looks nice.. Maybe they only like him because he isn't ugly.

He hit himself on the head lightly, why does that keep happening? Whenever something good happens, radiant's mind always finds a way to make it depressing again. He hated it.

He sighed, starting to play his guitar.

--+--

An hour has passed, and everyone was already there. He picked himself up from the ground, and went on stage.

Immediately, he was a little blinded, but it wasn't something he couldn't handle. He closed his eyes and waved at the audience, smiling ever so radiantly. He heard them all cheer. It was nice, being able to make random strangers happy.

He cleared his throat, then spoke up.

>> "Hello everyone!" His smile died down a little, "I'm very, very sorry for the previous delays on these concerts.. There's been a lot of stuff happening so quickly, and I haven't had the time for concerts. But! Good news, I'm here!" He smiled again.

He felt warm inside, despite just being a robot with no actual ways of feeling human. He heard the audience cheering. He loved being praised like this, it made him happy. Happy knowing he makes others happy.

He sat down on a chair, the same chair that's always been there. And started to play his guitar, everything finally felt peaceful again for a moment. For a moment. 

He loved doing concerts. He loved how the people always clapped at every sentence. He felt loved.

Unfortunately, he's radiant. The same radiant that's been shit these past few weeks. So, his moment of happiness, only lasted a few minutes.

He stopped playing as he heard screams. And felt a pain in his chest.

Apparently, someone just had to ruin it. Ruin everything for him again.

He didn't even feel scared, or sad. He didn't say a word. He just sat there, staring at the gun wound in his chest. Someone had shot him, from the back. Someone broke in through the back, and ended his moment of comfort.

Radiant felt mad. He was mad, mad at the person who did this. He didn't even get to see them, cause by the time he turned around, they had already left. Along with basically all of the people there. They must've been scared that they would die.

Fortunately, he's a robot. So he can last longer before eventually "dying". It didn't feel right saying.. Dying, but it's the closest he could get to what he was trying to say.

He watched as the last of the people watching, left. All he was thinking, but couldn't say out loud, was simply just, "Please don't leave."

He slowly got up from his seat, he immediately regretted it. He felt another pain throughout his entire body. That's not normal. That isn't normal at all. By this point, all his anger faded into fear. His entire body wasn't supposed to feel pain. Only his torso. So, why? Had the attacker shot him somewhere else? But he didn't see or feel anything anywhere else..

He started to feel tired. He wanted to fall asleep, but he knew he'd probably just "die" if he gave into sleepiness. He felt onto the ground weakly, breathing heavily.

He wondered how long he was gonna survive like this, if he had to guess, he'd probably say 8-15 minutes.

Though, only after 5, someone had already ran in. It wasn't help, it wasn't benevolent or someone who could patch him up. It was dynamic.

"He probably got worried at the people running out." He thought to himself, smiling slightly despite the situation. He was rolled over to his other side, the side where he couldn't see the audience. Or.. Rather what used to be the audience. Yet, he knew it was dynamic. Because he didn't think anyone else would come that fast, the library was only a few blocks down the theater, anyways.

Soon enough, he felt himself being held. He slowly opened his eyes.

They both looked at each other. Stared at each other, not saying a word.

Finally, radiant spoke up.

>> "Hi." He didn't know what to say.

Dynamic stared at him a little more, before hugging him. Slightly tearing up. He stopped after he felt radiant wince in pain, though.

Dynamic petted his hair, he never spoke a word. It was a comfortable silence. Just like how it always has been.

Radiant slowly felt himself drifting off to sleep.

But before he could, dynamic started shaking him a little violently, waking him up.

>> "Don't go to sleep!" He yelled. Well, it was more like a whisper yell.

Radiant nodded weakly, he didn't think he could say anything without it hurting. Because all of a sudden, everything started hurting even more. It was hard for him to breathe, every breath felt like he had just been shot again, despite the fact he doesn't have insides, or lungs.

The only thing that was "loud" was radiant's breathing slowly getting heavier, even though it hurt. 

Even though dynamic told him to not fall asleep, he could feel himself getting more and more sleepy. He accepted his fate, if this was how he'd die. He deserves it, anyways. Maybe he can be with unstable.. 

Radiant eyes closed, as he let himself go. 

He heard dynamic saying something he couldn't hear, instead only focusing on falling asleep rather then staying awake.

He did hear other people in the background, as well as what he could only assume was dynamic's sobs.

He slightly smiled, muttering a small "Stay with me until I'm okay, please?" with all the strength he had. 

Then, drifted off into slumber. Despite dynamic's desperate cries and attempts to keep him awake. He felt bad, but he had accepted death awhile ago, even if it never happened. Maybe he could finally be at peace today.

He didn't mind dying, especially if it meant that he could die in his friends arms.