We Are Bulletproof

What

Is with

THAT GIANT SINK HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY?!?!!

It was Ry.

It was RY.

IT WAS RY!

Should he open the door?

Why shouldn't he open the door?

Why was he even debating it?! What was wrong with him??

Aldon dithered by the door for about five seconds and then yanked it open suddenly because he was deathly afraid that Ryland would think he wasn't home and just...

Leave.

He couldn't leave!

"RY!" Aldon was a spaz, they'd always known that from the moment they met and he tried to get Ryland to love him by throwing hot nacho cheese at him. He was a spaz every time they saw each other after not seeing each other for a long time. There was no playing it cool with Aldon. His attempts to be suave and cool in the past were easily seen through. Ryland's lips would quirk in that certain way. Aldon would feel... exposed. Oh he'd still bluff it through, though. Never let it be said that Aldon Huang didn't give everything 110%!

He threw himself onto Ryland, the way he always did. Hugged him tight, the way he always did, clinging with arms and legs, fingers and toes, heart and soul. Ryland was just standing there waiting to be jumped on and there was too much love in Aldon to be contained. "Ryyyy it's you!" He nuzzled Ryland like an overgrown puppy himself. Teddy was going to have competition in this household, he was pretty sure of it. Ryland and Gregg had better not love Teddy more than they loved Aldon!

"Come in! Come in! Teddy's not here yet so you just get me." He grinned as he pulled back and cupped Ryland's face in both hands. Even though he said 'come in,' he was holding things up by clinging to Ryland. Aldon could feel how cool his cheeks were, and he saw the pink tinge at the tip of Ryland's nose. Leaning in, he gave the tip of Ryland's nose a soft, playful little peck. "Cold outside? Looks like a storm."

Still not going in, though. He was taking his time with it...

Aldon was having a rough time navigating his emotions at the moment. He seemed to bounce between elated about the new addition to his and Gregg's family and absolutely panic-stricken at the thought of Gregg going out to battle with witches and hunters. On the one hand--puppy! On the other hand--Ryland meeting Gregg! On the other other hand--Gregg fighting again!

He had to shove his hands under his butt and sit on them to avoid chewing all ten fingers off in his anxiety. Aldon was arguably always a high-strung individual but he wasn't often prone to nervousness of this magnitude. He kept jumping at odd noises, at his phone going off from Ryland's texts, from the sound of wind against the window. He kept an ear out for Gregg but he was also trying to keep it together with Ryland and inside he was a ball of nervousness at the thought of them meeting.

It would be like a clash of the Titans, he was pretty sure. Ryland and Gregg. Gregg and Ryland. Aldon in the middle with his frazzled, shattered nerves. It didn't sound like it would make for a good first meeting, not to mention the fact that Gregg was about to join Ken to fight the witch who had taken Alva and refused to give him back....

Whomever was writing Aldon's life story had a VERY active imagination, he had to give it to them.

He wished that he could give up on this life already and just skip ahead to the next. Be a normal human? Be a garlic farmer? All fine with Aldon! He didn't want to be a feral anyway, with feral friends who had all gone berserk. Rae saying he was okay with Alva killing himself. What world was he living in anyway??

That part admittedly still stuck with him in a bad way. Rae's complete lack of concern shook him to the core and he was... He was scared. For Rae. For Alva. For everybody involved in this crazy scheme, to be honest, and even a little bit for Yoojin dating that hunter leader guy, Jem. God, he wished he was out there pulling garlic out of the ground right now! Or harvesting some nacho cheese from a drippy tree!!

Ding-dong~

Their cheerful doorbell rang out. Aldon gave a yell and lept up, nearly wiping out on the caffee table that he stumbled into. Rubbing his shin ruefully, he hobbled to the door and applied his eye to the peephole.

Was it Gregg? With Teddy??

Or was it Ryland, arriving early?!

I think
Nacho cheese should only go on nachos
And you

...
*imagines*

Ewww... it'd drip everywhere!

Heheh
Nacho cheese trees??

:3 Can we also grow
Strawberries?

Then you're agreeing to be garlic farmers with me?!

😑 Are you making fun of me?

That can't happen cause
I'm gonna be a garlic farmer

Well yeah but WE'D be okay if we didn't get involved!

Maybe normal...

It'd be nice
Not to have all this to worry about

Witches and hunters

...define normal...

:3 Yeah, we're soulmates for sure

And we'll be together in our next life too!

You think
...we might've known each other in a past life too??