"Has your friend always been this... eccentric?" Whumpee muttered as they glanced in the rearview mirror.
"Hm? Whumper?" Caretaker, still tipsy, jolted a bit from the passenger's seat. "Yeah, they've always been a little unhinged."
"Oh."
The stars seemed to flicker.
"I think they had a bit too much to drink tonight, though and, uh... they always got a kick out of saying the weirdest shit and watching people's reactions. Thought they would've grown out of it by now."
"Yeah, I... noticed that." Whumpee wanted to glance at their partner so badly, itching to communicate their discomfort through the strained look on their face - but they had to keep their eyes on the road.
"Well, don't take anything they say seriously." Their stomach dropped as Caretaker responded ever-so-nonchalantly. "If they said something weird, they probably already forgot about it."
Whumpee stayed silent, squinting as the headlights of another car in the opposite lane entered their line of vision.
After all, who were they to stand in the way of a decade-long friendship?











