Between Borrower and Giant
BBAG: X/2/? - A/N A little idea I had on my mind after reading different G/T stories and different perspective. And I thought, “Why not crossing the perspecives in one story?”
The storyline isn’t really solid and expect me to use OCs and weird ideas. The scaling might fail me a lot, I’m not good at size appreciation ^^;
I’m all ears if you have questions or suggestion.
I hope I won’t drop it like other countless stories I gave up from laziness and block -_-; Also, English isn’t my native language, don’t be mad...
Hai, I stop rambling and let you enjoy that thingy.
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Giant: (noun) a person or thing of unusually great size
Tiny: (adjective) very small.
Borrower: (noun) One who takes what belongs to another, and uses it as their own
Everything is just a question of perspective.
Patton hummed softly as he was cleaning his little cozy home.
It was located somewhere in the forest, few minutes away from the nearest town. He enjoyed the peace and calm from his place even though he kind of craved other’s company. Sometimes, he could be touch starving, causing him to be very clingy toward his friends.
Yet, he gladly enjoyed some time for himself in his little home too.
Being the “Dad” of the crew could be pretty tiresome.
Sometimes, he felt that he was abused for his kindness. He gave and gave. While he didn’t get much in return.
*tunk*
Patton got pulled out of his reverie when he heard a familiar clatter.
He quietly went to the kitchen while trying to contain his excitment of getting the visit of his favourite little guest.
Virgil came out from the teapot that was actually a secret entry specially made for him. The original hole in the wall being too small for him, he had widened it and hidden it behind a broken teapot, so he just had to lift up the cap for getting in or out from the pot/entry.
You see, Virgil was “slightly” bigger than the few Borrowers that Patton had caught the sight of before. The bigger male was curious about it, but the emo generally avoided the topic.
Patton got on his knees and slowly crept in the kitchen before watching Virgil dropping his bag outside of the pot and pushing the cap back to its place. Then he hopped down from his porcelaine perch, dusting himself off.
He looked around, noticing that the place was unusally quiet at this time.
“Odd...” He muttered. “Maybe Patton went out -”
“PEEK A BOO!”
Patton jumped out of his hiding spot, scaring the shitz outta the poor emo.
“UWAH!” Virgil yelled and fell on his butt. “HOLY FRIGGING SKET, PATTON!”
He grasped his chest, his heart beating like crazy.
“Oh I’m sorry kiddo!” Patton panicked. “I just wanted to surprise you...”
“Just don’t do it again...” Virgil muttered, trying to calm down.
“Any way I can help? Do you want some water?” Patton asked sheepishly.
“Go for water...” The tiny male answered, using the 4-7-8 breathing technique.
The young fatherly man went to fetch the small cup he got from a doll sized tea set he got specially for Virgil. While he knew he couldn’t force him to stay with him, he wanted at least to enjoy some time together. Virgil started to openly interact with him not this long ago, heck, Patton knew that the Borrower was still a bit weary around him. There was some days where the emo would sneak in, unannounced. Probably for taking some emergency stuff. In these occasions, Patton would pretend not to acknoledge him, despite really wanting to. He prefered avoiding raising up Virgil’s stress level. Though, that didn’t keep Patton from ostensibly leaving the needed objects or food.
“Here your water kiddo.” He came back with the little cup. “I brought some cookies too.”
He had been practicing on making smaller portions. Virgil’s unusually big small size made things slightly easier. If it was for standard Borrowers, making even smaller pieces would be too complicated. Especially with Patton’s bad eyesight.
Virgil thanked him before drinking up the cup. Then he picked up a cookie. To him, it was the size of a plate. He broke it into smaller pieces before eating it up.
“How is it?” Patton asked. “Do you feel better?”
“These are delicious, big guy!” Virgil moaned softly at the taste. “I feel a lot better already.” Patton gasped in delight, stars in his eyes while the smaller male finished off his cookie.
“You’ll have to thank Cara for giving me her recipe.” The glassed man chuckled softly.
He looked at the emo sitting on the counter, letting out a small sight.
Slowly but surely, he moved his hand.
As expected, Virgil watched his movements.
“M...May I?” he slowly approached his hand toward him.
The doll sized male leaned carefully against it.
Patton tried not to squeal in happiness.
Virgil was like a wild animal. Very hard to gain his trust and so easy to break.
The tallest gently ruffled the smallest’s hair with his thumb. The Borrower closed his eyes, enjoying it.
They stayed like that in silence, savouring the moment.
Patton must admit he loved Virgil’s company more than anyone else’s. For Virgil, Patton was someone nice to have around, even if he was a bit suffocating sometime. But that was a part of his personality, so he accepted it even though he voiced out or showed his discomfort, knowing that Patton would step back.
Soon, the Borrower moved away from the hand. Patton whined softly but he didn’t protest.
“I have a present for you, from the kids.” Virgil ruffled in his bag.
“Really?!” Patton bounced excitedly.
He had a soft spot for children. When he learned from Virgil that he was in a foster family with 8 kids, Patton wanted to know everything about them! Heck, he even wanted to meet them. Of course, Virgil downright refused. At first from the lack of trust toward the big guy. But then, from the dangerosity. From the travel from their place to Patton’s house, or from the hostile environment that Virgil had experienced himself.
While Patton pretty much immediately welcomed Virgil and the Borrower slowly growing close to him, he really didn’t like Patton’s friends and did everything to stay hidden from them. So bringing children was out of question.
Virgil pulled out was seemed to be a blanket to him, which ended up being like a small tissue in Patton’s palm.
“That was the biggest sheets they could get.” The emo scratched the back of his head. “Cara helped sewing them together.”
Patton vaguely hummed, admiring the artwork.
It represented one big purple and black person, a couple standing next to them, smaller in size, then 8 smaller figures surrounding the big purple one. The details in the lineart was impressive, and even the slightly crooked coloring was beautiful. “For Mister P” was written on the top of the artwork. “Mister P?” Patton chuckled.
“W...Well I wanted to keep it vague at that time...” Virgil sputtered. “But I promise I’ll consider introducing you properly to them...one day...”
“I’ll be looking for it.” Patton lightly petted him.
Virgil blushed lighlty.
“Guess who is here, Padre ~!”
Both of Patton and Virgil jumped out of their skin at the ceremoniously booming voice of one of Patton’s friend, Roman.
“It’s time for me to leave.” Virgil stood up. “Thanks for the cookie.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to stay for the night?” Patton asked, a bit disappointed.
“I have people waiting for me...” Virgil mumbled, packing the cookies in his bag, as well as some foil, toothpicks and other knickknacks that Patton would probably not need anymore.
Patton scooped him and brought him to the teapot.
“I guess I’ll see you later, big guy.” Virgil saluted.
“See ya, kiddo.” Patton smiled.
“Patton are you here?” Roman called.
Said glassed man just had the time to put down the cap on the pot.
“In here, Ro, I’m coming!” He called back, preciously cradling the present given by the Borrower.
“Ha! There you are.” Roman let out a princey huff.
Logan was apparantly here too.
“Greeting Patton.” He nodded slightly, before noticing the piece of fabric that Patton was holding. “What is this?”
“It’s a present from a little guest.” The father smiled
Logan and Roman eyed him suspiciously, but Patton was too busy admiring it to notice.
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Virgil flew throught the forest, swinging his hooks from tree to tree like Spiderman. He had a long way to go and night was already falling.
While he enjoyed his little time with Patton, he cursed himself for not leaving sooner.
Cara, the foster mother, was surely waiting for him, a pan in her hand.
Though, she was used to it. Even before Virgil, because her husband, Amos, was the one going in the Giants’ realm for borrowing. He was the one who taught everything to Virgil.
The young man wondered how Amos could do that during so many years, especially when he was franckly smaller than him.
Soon, the trees were getting smaller and smaller, when Virgil reached the other realm.
Time for the change of perspective.
Virgil knew that he was near home, when the trees were just a few feet bigger than him.
He reeled back his hooks in his bag before continuing by foot, slowly heading toward the big old shacks, patched up here and there. Signs of expansions were very obvious.
A blonde woman around her 50s with glasses and green eyes, wearing a pastel green dress with a yellow apron and sandals was waiting for him outside, her hands on her hips.
“Hi Cara...” Virgil looked down at her.
“Virgil Andersen! What took you so long!” She said sternly.
Though her expression softened pretty quickly when he winced at her tone.
“Amos and I were worried sick, and the kids wanted to wait for you before goint to bed.”
“Because I’m technically their bed, right?” Virgil snorted.
“Don’t be so cocky young man.” She scolded him. “Amos was even about to get you himself.”
“What?” Virgil’s eyes widened. “But it’s dangerous!”
“Hey, don’t forget who taught you everything, kid.”
A man also around 50s with wild blond hair, a thick beard, greyish blue eyes and dressed like a lumberman joined them, dragging some logs.
“Since you’re here, get them on the pile before we can finally go to sleep.”
Virgil easily scooped up the logs and put them with the others.
Amos opened the entry made for Virgil, meaning the whole front walls in two big doors.
The shack was big enough in width for him to live in but slightly cramped up because it wasn’t high enough for him to stand in.
The young man shuffled inside on his knees, careful not to knock down anthing. Of course, the furnitures were pushed against the walls so Virgil could easily move around, but years of living here made him an expert in twisting and avoinding objects. Very useful when you live with messy and mischevious children.
He let his bag in the entry, Amos saying they would take care of it tomorrow before shuffling to the sleeping area.
The floor was a giant mattress and above there was 8 hammocks.
Assuming that the youngest inhabitants were asleep, Virgil carefully stripped down to his shirt and boxers before lying on the mattress. He couldn’t fully lie down, and shuffled as quietly as possible to find a comfortable position.
Suddenly -
“Virgil is back!”
“Get him! Get him!”
“Finally!”
8 smaller figures fell on him.
“Oof! Hey, slow down!” He groaned as the kids crowded him.
“So you went to visit Mister P?” One who looked like a younger version of Amos asked. “Tell us! tell us!”
“Did he like the present?” A red haired girl who seemed to be a native American piped up.
Are you two getting close? a voice rang through everyone’s head as a white haired girl had galaxy like eyes glowing softly.
The kids snickered at the thought while Virgil sputtered.
“What make you think that!” He hid his face.
“So it’s true?” a brown haired boy jumped in.
“Okay, that’s enough!” Virgil huffed and plucked them off him.
He set them in their respective hammocks.
“I’ll tell you everything tomorrow. Now, good night!”
He curled up and started to drift off.
When he heard a soft “THUMP”, before feeling a small weight against his torso.
He opened an eye, noticing that the smallest of the children as nestled up against him.
Soon, another child joined.
Then another.
Then another.
Till all the children were all cuddling him, peacefully asleep.
Virgil sighed soflty and protectively curled up around them.
Between Borrower and Giant, the 20ft tall emo had to find his place in this two opposite worlds.
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