Sunset Surprise

Aphmau's POV;

Travis got so excited he started running down the block to reach home. So much so, that he tripped on a rock, fell over, and left me going at full speed. I was trying to stop it by holding onto the wheels, but it was too fast for me to stop. My hands turned a little red, but that was the least of my worries. I was heading strait for a tree! I tried everything, stopping, turning, spinning around, but I couldn't move the wheelchair. I was about to try jumping off the wheelchair, but it was too late. The wheelchair banged against the tree and I flew off the chair, colliding with the tree. I slid down and fell over.

"Aphmau!" I heard Travis yell. He started coming towards me.

"You...are s-so...dead." I stammered. I groaned and tried getting up. Travis helped me on my feet, but the moment he let go I fell over again. I almost forgot; I can't walk. Travis helps me again and puts me in the wheelchair. When we finally fix ourselves, we hear the door opening. We look, and new see Kawaii~Chan staring at us.

"Aww man! We couldn't surprise them!" Travis whispered.

"That's' what you get for driving me into a tree..." I whispered, holding my head. Kawaii~Chan stared at us for a few more seconds, but then she proceeded to...Cry? I thought she would be super hyper to see us.

"A-Aphmau? Travis? Is that really you?" She stuttered, in disbelief.

"The one and only, erm, onlies?" Travis confused himself. Then Kawaii~Chan ran up to us and hugged us tight.

"I can't believe it! I thought you'd never come back from that place!" Kawaii~Chan cried on my shoulder.

"Oh, I guess you would've surprised them anyway, Travis." I said. Then we heard voices coming from inside.

"If you want to surprise them, maybe you can come inside!" Kawaii~Chan said thrilled.

"Definitely better in there, so yes." I said, giving Travis a death glare and holding my head.

"Aphmau? What happened to your head?" She said, pulling out a leaf.

"Oh nothing, just Travis tripped and ran me into this tree." I pointed to the tree.

"That's horrible! Here, let me get you both inside." As we were entering the long lost house, I realized something. Aphmau? What happened to Aphmau~Senpai? Before I could think more, we are in the house.

"Do you want to do re-introductions together, or separate?" Travis asked me.

"You can go first if you want. I'm kinda nervous if you ask me."

"What? How can you be nervous to see your friends after a whole year?"

"What if...they changed? I'm scared...that they-" I was cut off by Kawaii~Chan grabbing Travis to show him the the others. I would've said otherwise, I'm scared that everyone moved on. I know I did. I knew I'd miss them sure, but I thought I would never see them again. I just thought things would be easier if I just accepted that, so I did, and in the process changed myself from a cheery person to a depressed sarcastic one.

I saw in a small corner, everyone was swarming Travis like flies, and giving him tight hugs. I chuckled, and I saw everyone turn in my direction. Was I really that loud? I quickly backed up and stayed quiet.

"Kawaii~Chan, is there someone else here?" I heard Garroth ask.

"Yes! I will go get them now!" Kawaii~Chan came over to me and rolled me inside. I heard everyone gasp and I saw everyone's shiny eyes on the brink of tears.

"Aphmau?" Katelyn said. I gave them a soft smile.

"H-Hey guys..." I awkwardly waved. I only blinked and in that second they had crowded me, picked me up out of my wheelchair, and and pulled me into a bone crushing hug. It hurt, but all I could think about was the good times we all spent together. And that's what got me to cry. I finally burst everything and hugged them back.

"I-I missed y-you g-guys so much!" I sobbed. I hugged them as tight as I could until it was finally over. We parted from the hug and they put me down on my feet.

"No, wait-!" I had said before I fell over.

"Ow..." everyone panicked for two seconds before someone decided to pick me up and put me back into the wheelchair. I'm just glad my legs don't hurt as much as they used to. I couldn't even move my toes at one point. It's a burning feeling in my muscles.

"Thanks."

"No problem. Just tell us next time before we decide to put you on the floor." Garroth said. Then I noticed everyone was staring at my legs. I felt a little self conscious.

"Uhm, Aph? If this isn't a personal question, why are your legs a little...uh..." Dante stammered. Right, I almost forgot. Dante was never at starlight.

"Skinny? It's because I haven't used them in over a year. Also because some medicines I took back in the hospital damaged my legs further." I saw a few peoples eyes glisten with sadness. Then I heard someone upstairs.

"Hey, who are you guys screaming-" She stopped when she saw me. I looked up and saw it was Melissa. "-About...Aphmau? I thought you were coming in a few days!" She walked up to me and hugged me gingerly.

"Hey Melissa." I hugged back. Then I heard something else, or rather someone upstairs coming down. He was holding onto the railing with both hands, going down slowly. I thought I was seeing things, like I have before. I had to take a medication for my heart, but it's taken a tole on me. It's the worst medicine they could've given me. He was all I saw. He could remember me. When I reached for his hand, he would disappear. I would cry myself to sleep on those days. I thought it was That Aaron, but I knew it wasn't. He was different. He had his bandana on, and acted as if he couldn't see. It was really him. I had tears in my eyes when I saw him trip on the last step.

Melissa speed walked over to him to help him.

"Melissa? Did someone come in the house? I heard the door open." Melissa walked him over to me. She put his hands in mine, and I started to silently cry. It's been so long since I've held his hands.

"Aaron, this is Aphmau." Melissa said, kinda bluntly.

"Aphmau? Is that really you?" When I heard him speak, I thought my dreams had come true. Does he...remember?

"I've heard so much about you!" My heart sank. What? What does he mean?

"Do you...remember me?" I asked, still crying a little. His face changed from delighted, to upset.

"I-I'm sorry, I don't remember you, but everyone has been helping me to! They've told me so many stories of you, and our history together!" I looked at my friends, and then looked down. Aaron let go of my hands, and touched my head.

"Uhm, if this lightens the mood, you feel shorter than I remember, or heard." I looked up at him and chuckled. He may not remember me, but I'm glad he's the same man he used to be, always trying to get me to laugh, or make himself laugh by making me mad. I was still crying, holding one of his hands with both of mine. I wanted to hold him. I tried getting up, and when I did I tried to balance myself. It hurt like heck. I wasn't able to balance, so I fell on Aaron and hugged him as tight as I could. I started crying a little harder, and Aaron noticed. He hugged me back gently, and we stood there, well I mean he was slightly lifting me off the ground, but we were there holding each other for a minute.

"Let's give them some space." I heard Kawaii~Chan whisper. They all walked out of the room and let us be. Honestly, I'm surprised that Kawaii~Chan of all of us would tell everyone to leave us alone. I thought she'd be taking pictures.

Me and Aaron just held each other, and slowly swayed for a few minutes. It reminded me of my dream from yesterday. When we were finally done, Aaron held onto me tight with one arm, while with the other hand was waving his arm around for my wheelchair. When he found it, he laid me back into the chair and held my hands again.

"I'm truly sorry that I can't remember you on my own, but I promise that I will try. You seemed like a very important person in my life, and I want to remember you. I want to remember everything." He seemed so desperate. Maybe this could work. Maybe I can get him back.

"Thank you, Aaron." After that, the both of us heard the sound of a phone, taking pictures. I looked, and saw KC taking pictures behind the crevice of a door. Once she saw me looking, she quickly ran away. There's the KC I know. Glad she's still a shipper. Everyone comes back in the room and we all start talking to each other. Kawaii~Chan went to get a little Ice pack for my head, when I hit it on a tree earlier. I stayed silent, thinking of Aaron. He really wants to remember. He seemed so...lost. So confused. Now that I really think about it, I think it might be best he doesn't remember. I don't want him to remember what happened to me. What happened to everyone. We were all traumatized from that, and we'll probably never be the same people. Aaron has that chance to be free from the fear. I want him to feel laid back again. I want him to be carefree. I want him to he happy.

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