lostcarnival | dumb sad boys

Who: Lauren and Susan
What: ~~dumb brothers being sad - continued from here~~ OKAY NOW IT'S ACTUALLY A CATCH-ALL LAUREN+SUSAN POST FOR PRE-ALOLA JUNK
When: ~~Day 68 at night~~ a variety, starting with night of day 68
Where: their trailer

Although he eventually came out of the bathroom that first night, Susan still didn't talk to Lauren. Instead he avoided his brother as best he could, falling asleep curled up with Fluff (and Stanley, if she let him) on the bed.

The next day he went out, even though Lauren had told him not to; he didn't know a lot about vampires, and even though he felt bad doing it (especially when he was still worried about Lauren), he was pretty sure they couldn't go out in the sun, so it was an easy way to not have to talk to him. He didn't want another argument, not any more - not that he knew what else to do, not when he was feeling pretty bad now, but that didn't matter. He just didn't want Lauren to yell at him and tell him he's wrong.

By that night, though, he still wasn't feeling any better - and even though he still didn't want to really talk to his brother, he still missed him and wanted to be with him.

Once it was late, and he was sure Lauren would be asleep, Susan quietly left the sofa where he'd been originally planning on sleeping, instead slipping into the room with his brother. From there he quietly made his way to the bed, climbing under the covers while being as careful as he could to not wake him.

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He just smiles sadly, "Didn't I?"

He shakes his head again, snuggling close to Lauren again.

"You didn't."

He sighs, "I don't know what else to say."

He just doesn't want to go back to the silence of the past few days.

For once Susan doesn't know, either, and he doesn't know what to do.

"...I don't know, either."

He looks away. It was so rare for Susan not to have anything to say.

"Don't start avoiding me."

"But... When we talk, it just turns into an argument."

"It won't."

He frowns, but he doesn't disagree, even if he's unsure.

"I'm tired of arguing."

"Me too. I hate it."

He stays quiet, not sure of what else to say. He misses Lauren, and it feels like he's still not with him even now. With his anger gone he just feels sad, and it's worse than the anger; at least he's used to being angry.