Chapter warnings: (Mention of) SH/SelfHarm

Paintbrush and Lightbulb walk on the sidewalk to the store and Paintbrush grabs a cart, Lightbulb gets inside.

Lightbulb's POV: "Okay we need Milk, Eggs, Laundry detergent, Disinfectant, Water bottles, Towels," Paintbrush goes on, looking at the list OJ gave them. "Ugh, I said i'd get milk, not this years supplies! " They groan. I laugh, "Maybe he's just trying to get rid of you, pretty smart actually. Wish i'd of thought of it" I whisper the last part and they laugh at me. "You wish. " We pass by different isle's and Painty stops to put stuff in the cart.

I jump out of the cart and gasped as we passed the toy section. I squeal and look at Painty. "Please--? " I beg. They look at me and roll their eyes. "Fine, but meet me when your done, also, anything you want, you pay for. " I frown and stick my tongue out at them, of course I don't really mean it. They walk away and I run in to explore.

I look around the first isle which is all plushe's and see a crab plushie and squeal. I check my wallet to see 26 dollars and a single penny. I'm downright broke. I look at the price tag, 15 dollars. I can buy it, it's fine!

There's so many isles...

I always loved the toy section, it was always fun to see what new toys came every day and what I can buy and all that.

I went around the couner to find the slime, putty, and play doh type stuff. I pick up a small container of putty and took some out. I sniffed it. Grape. Surely no one will care, I look around and take a bite. "BLEGH! " I spit it out, it doesn't taste like grape at all! Maybe Painty is right, I shouldn't eat random stuff I find, that's how I got sick last time. And the time before that. And the time before that. And so on. I skipped to another isle, this one the action figure isle.

There were all sorts of figures and I picked up a random one and started a fight between 2 random figures, probably not even from the same universe. That just makes it cooler.



The squishy isle. Figet toys and squishy stress balls and such. I find a lump of plastic-like cheese and squished it, it was a squishy!!! So cool! The price was 5 dollars. That's 20 dollars in total. I put it in my hands along with my crab. It kinda looks like Baxter.

Then came the last isle, the one I liked the most, yet hated the most. That isle that is just full of toys that have been put back, un-wanted, and not fitting in any certain category. Like me.

I browse through and find another toy, a small HelloKity figure. 6 dollars. Just enough. I put it with the rest and start to leave when I notice something. A small pencil sharpener. Not an electric one, but the small, plastic ones that the teachers made you use for the colored pencils. By coincidence, a small screwdriver laid beside it. I stared. It called. I approached. The store went static. A loud ringing left in my ear as I pick it up. Maybe, if I use the screwdriver. Maybe.



I reach for it and pick it up. I hold it. The possibility. I consider. I shouldn't. The ringing grew louder and images of a small blade flashed over and over in my head and I drop my things, I look at my wrists as I don't bother to pick them up. I hold the screwdriver and drive it closer to the sharpener- "LIGHTBULB? " Paintbrush calls. They almost pass by but they stop and see me. "There you are, I'm done with everything, you ready to go? " I pick up my things and place them in the full cart. "Remember, your paying for your own stuff. " They remind me. "I know, I know" I grumble and hop into the cart.

Paintbrush checks out and waits for me. "You used your own money? " "Yup!" I smiled. They smiled back and we headed out.

We got to the hotel and I went to my room, which I luckily didn't share with anyone. I place the toys out in front of me on my desk and place the sharpener out as well. Paintbrush didn't see me hide it. I also check my wallet with 26 dollars still remaining. You did it again Lightbulb.