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Ford slowly opened his eyes and quickly realized he was floating in the mindscape. His muse hadn’t visted him all week which wasn’t unusual but still slightly off putting. When Bill appeared infront of Ford he didn’t seem to have his usual confident demeanor and just floated next to Ford pulling a bunch of equations for him go solve right out of thin air. Ford began quickly solving them although he got stuck on one and thought about it for a moment. Meanwhile Bill was drinking what looked like a margarita but purple and mindlessly doing a few other equations which looked much more advanced but Bill made it look easy. After a few minutes of the same boring math Bill finally spoke catching Ford off guard as he hadn’t heard his voice in over a week. “so Fordsy,” He flipped the equations upside down and out of sight as he floated infront of Ford where the equations were. “I need your help with something” he paused “something not portal related” Ford quickly perked up ready to help his muse “What would you like my help with?” He politely asked eager to help Bill. Bill didn’t exactly know how to say what he wanted help with, he didn’t even know how he wanted Ford to help but he really had tried everything and researched just about every way he knew how! he even asked the henchmaniacs! nobody knew what was happening to him so he had decided to ask Ford as a last resort. “I think I’m sick” he said after a moment of thinking “or dying” he added. Ford immediately got worried quickly getting panicked but ready to help “what?! Dying?! Whats wrong?!” Bill paused thinking about wether he should even tell him or not. “I guess I feel weird” He said not really knowing how to describe it. Ford got confused “what are your symptoms? what do you think could be happening?” he asked as he glanced all over Bill looking for any physical damage. Bill thought for a moment thinking of all the times he felt it and how he felt right now “well ya see Fordsy” he heard himself say as he thought deep about this strange feeling

“you’re killing me!”

He said his eye turned to a crescent in fake happiness. Ford panicked “What?! my muse please explain!” Bill got shivers hearing Ford say that. he thought for a moment longer “I get hot around you and I get shivers around you and I get quieter around you and like I cannot sit still around you and I just wanna be close to you but thats stupid because your killing me!” He laughed like a maniac and Ford’s panic eased as Bill said that. ‘Bill isn’t dying and is completely fine’ was his first thought but right after it came ‘Wait close to me?’ and then he realized…

Bill was in love!

With Ford!

His eyes widened in shock and happiness though he tried to conceal his smile and keep his composure as he chuckled although trying not to. “Bill you’re not dying!” Ford said reassuring him. Bill took a sip of his drink. “you sure?” Ford laughed again “Yes Bill your not dying! Your-!” He cut himself off realizing he was being extremely rude. Bill was being vulnerable and he was laughing at him. Ford cleared his throat and took a step back, trying give Bill room But Bill floated closer. “My apologies that was rude. You’re in love Bill” Bill paused the gears in his head turning…

“What?”

Bill stared at him blankly “do have any idea who your talking to?” He said annoyed that Ford could even think he would feel that way. I mean love? thats stupid and probably something humans made up since none of his friends identified it. “I understand it’s hard to believe. May I try something to insure I’m correct?” Ford said knowing exactly how to prove it. Bill’s margarita disappeared as he let go of it. right now he was about the size of a large coat hanger as he let his arms drop going limp but still floating. “uh ok?” Bill still sounded annoyed but wanted to see where this was going. Ford thought for a moment unsure if this was too much or too forward or maybe disrespectful? He wasn’t sure if he should but the more he thought about it the more excited he got as he stepped closer to Bill to which Bill didn’t protest. Ford leaned forward and gently kissed where he thought Bill’s cheek would be, just below the right corner of his eye. Bill turned pink, well not all of him like when he gets angry but just around his eye turned red but it mixed with his usual yellow slightly and turned a pinkish orangeish salmon kinda color. when Ford pulled back to look at Bill he smiled see him blushing. Ford wanted to ask questions about the blush as he wasn’t aware Bill could do that but he refrained because he felt it wasn’t the vibe of the moment. Bill stared at him blankly still processing what he did but eventually spoke “so how does that prove anything?” Ford seemed a bit shocked Bill didn’t know what this meant and Ford wasn’t sure how to explain that but decided to try. “Well your um you’re blushing and I assume you’re feeling that odd feeling again?” he asked trying to keep his composure. “Yeah it got worse” Bill said quieter then anything else Ford had heard him say but still not a whisper. Bill felt terrible. He wanted to throw up just to get the feelings out but he also felt like he kind of liked the kiss. He hated the feelings that came after but enjoyed feeling Ford so close and thought about asking for more but assumed this weird feeling would get stronger if he did. “So your in love” he paused “with me?” He sounded unsure and skeptical but still he wanted to hear Bill say it to make sure he hadn’t gotten it twisted. “um Yeah I guess but don’t get any ideas, IQ. Not my choice if you’re trying to kill me.” He was still being dramatic saying he was dying but not meaning it. Ford became confused hearing that, Did Bill not like the kiss? what did he mean by that? Bill is literally in his head so he must really mean that but Ford can’t control what pops in his mind! Ford liked the kiss although concerned he had disrespected him. Bill floated back to his side picking up more new equations and sipping on some other kind of drink. Ford thought for a moment. He didn’t want to do that, He didn’t want to keep doing math, especially not after what just happend. Ford looked at Bill and saw he was still blushing and seemed like his eye had been a crescent seeming happy before Ford looked at him and he went back to normal. Bill didn’t want Ford to know he loved him and was embarrassed he did and it wasn’t even a romantic confession! eventually Ford decided to speak “so um my muse, are we…do you want…” Ford hesitated not knowing how to say what he wanted. He took a deep breath trying to keep his composure. “do you want to be my boyfriend?” Ford looked at the equations acting like it was a mindless ask and that he was completely focused on something else though Bill knew it wasn’t. “Not while we’re working on the portal Fordsy” He said softly almost in a teasing tone as he paused and thought about it “yes in our free time tho” he heard himself say without thinking twice but blushing more as he realized what he just agreed to. “Ok then my muse” Ford thought for a moment before looking over to Bill. “was I too forward?” He asked softly, hoping he wasn’t and that this was going well though he didn’t think it was. “Yeah but I confessed without even knowing it! I think this whole night is too forward!” he said cackling like a crazy man. Ford smiled chuckling lightly as he looked back to the equations.

The end.