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              he shoves a few stray beer cans from his own seat before stepping in beside her,  busying himself with starting the ship whilst she figures out the location of their second     (  or maybe first  )     stop.       “  it uh,  it hasn’t been   that    long,  baby. ”      he doesn’t remember now,     although perhaps a little bit longer than usually acceptable.      “ so where d’you wanna go first  ?  ”      he asks,     taking the craft up into the air     &     hovering in anticipation of the hive mind’s decision.    they’re an unconventional couple,    after all.    perhaps she    WOULD    want her desert before dinner.    he would contain himself either way,    however.    

     “Aw, what? C-Come on, SERIOUSLY? Ugh, wh-why does Rick always do this, anyway? He’s always making fun of me for not being prepared f-for all of the shit the multiverse throws at us, but how am supposed to be when he’s always- UGH.” He let out a frustrated sigh, frowning to himself. He took a small breath and paused before continuing. Instinct- or perhaps learned behavior- prompted him to take out his frustration on Unity, but it wasn’t really their fault. It wasn’t really Rick’s either. “Sorry, I just… I-I wish he’d stop babying me, y’know? Or at least- O-Or at least decide if he wants to baby me o-or constantly berate me, b-because it’s really hard to deal with both.”

                fingers pause as he reaches for the knot securing her ankle,   instead slipping upwards   &   circling tiny arms about her waist.   it seems   overtly rude   to deny her such a moment,   which he   admittedly   needed.   but rick inhales,   the scent of her distracting even as he attempts to pull himself away from the embrace.     “ obviously. ”     he mumbles the word against her skin before moving backwards to grip at her waist rather than  HOLD IT.    of course   he ignores her expression of thanks for now,    an impatient breath puffing from ricks nostrils as he finally moves to release her fully.                       “ we only have a few more minutes to get out of this dump,  and i’ve factored in extra time considering the particular shift of   idiots   they have parading around. ”       he explains,  strangely calm as he pulls rope away from blueish skin.    admittedly he could hear the footsteps moving inside,    doors slamming to indicate just how long they may have to jump through the portal.      “ y-you’ll obviously have to find yourself a new planet to assimilate. ”     he continues,  stuffing a hand into his coat in order to retrieve his portal gun.      “ but for now we’ll just have to lay low somewhere  reeeal  random. ”      fingers punch in coordinates,    eyes flickering with obvious paranoia. 

❝ Righhhht. Okay. Kinda ruined my plans for universal domination, but ya know what can you do? I can’t believe that ass twat Beta did this shit to me. I mean I knew he was a loser, but I didn’t figure him to be a douche bag. ❞ Chuckling some, as she clung to the back of his coat a little bit. After this failed attempt to take over the universe, the hive mind wasn’t sure if they wanted to anymore. 

               okay,  at least she wasn’t acting   sad   anymore ── but then why in the hell does he still feel guilty ?   THIS is why he hated love..  though reciprocating the kiss forced him to adore it   all   over again.   “ aw c’mon baby,  y-you know i always want ya’. ”   the sentence held all sorts of implications,  a smile pushing at his cheeks whilst hands secure about the woman’s waist.                         he didn’t know whether or not to be glad about her pledge to honesty,    though rick was   well aware   that each time she asked him to release the guilt ── it would only become more prominent.  it still felt like he was kicking a puppy,   &    the little sigh she releases only makes him more uncomfortable.     “ &   uh,  you know me.  i’ll be fine.. i ain’t one for guilt. ”   rick pauses,  taking his hand from her waist long enough to close the garage door.   “ h-he-hey,  why don’t ya’ stay one more night huh ? it’s not like i’m trying t-to ─ like i’m in a hurry to get rid of ya’ or something. ”  the smirk returns,  eyebrow raising as the metal door collides with concrete.  

❝ Yeah that would be nice.  ❞ Now the self doubt began to set in for the young female, it was definitely hard to not feel the un-want. Choosing instead to hold his hand as they walked back into the house. Everyone had been sleeping already as it was well into the early morning hours already. The hive mind was one hundred percent in love. Always had been with Rick. It was a hard feeling to describe, dedicating everything to one person.

                the thought of this being their    first date    had crossed rick’s mind too,    though not in the same way.    to him,    they had been on plenty of dates  ──  though not the kinda    ‘dates’     girls typically expect.   it was part of the hive mind’s allure,     really.      the fact that she didn’t expect     BOYFRIEND MATERIAL.     she didn’t want something rick couldn’t be,     or assume he’ll change for her.     though he    CAN     do something once   &    a while,  right   ?       “ bluxxberry ?     fuck yeah !     where’s that at ? ”      rick smiles all whilst he opens her side of the ship for her,  popping around to the opposite side. 

@fractalminded

     “So you can assimilate a-anyone, right? I-I’m not saying I’m completely okay with that since- I-I dunno… Hanging out with Rick has kinda- I-I think my moral compass is pretty messed up nowadays, so I don’t really know how I feel about it, but…” He trailed off for a moment, losing track of his own thoughts and trying to remember what he was getting at in the first place. “I mean, th-that thing works on humans, too, right? Because there’s this guy at school wh-who… I dunno if I’d really call him a bully, b-but he’s always shoving me into lockers a-and embarrassing me in front of Jessica, so…” Lord, he hoped they understood what he was getting at. He already felt shady enough asking them to absorb Brad into their crazy hivemind as is. He was sinking pretty low with this whole thing, but it wasn’t like he was trying to get someone to kill the guy, right?

             “ naw,    but you’re fuckin’ right it was. ”     he affirmed,  pulling her a little tighter as he speaks.   again,  he may ask something of her later on   ──   but he figured he may as well earn it today,  despite the irregularities of their relationship.     “ i was thinkin’ we could uh,    go out to eat.     maybe some fuckin’ ice creeeam ! ”     he describes his plan to her whilst simultaneously trying not to sound like a fucking faggot.      “ then we’ll   par-ty ! ”     &  by party he means drink,  do some blow,  &  maybe get her to assimilate some kinky shit since it seemed like she was in the mood.    

                     his approach is rather    fluid,    long limbs shifting whilst his arm pulls impatiently at a waist.      “ uuunnity ! ”       his voce is especially hoarse,    though it’s paid no mind   ──   grinning a little too wide as he begins tugging her the way he’d came.      “ i-i-i got some shit planned,   let’s  go-o ! ”       &    no,  it didn’t    ONLY    involve sex.     that would come later of course,      but he’d leave out the outlandish requests.        (   perhaps   )

@fractalminded    ||    happy valentines day  !

                 the    moment    rick arrived,  he knew  something was up.   the streets were lined with hookers   &   bums,     shooting up on street corners or straight up beating the   shit   out of one another.    it seemed clear that unless he blacked out,    &   accidentally did something worth   this    level of silent treatment  ──   unity was gone.    of course   the scientist    IMMEDIATELY    suspected that fucking asshole beta 7.     when was he going to understand that she just wasn’t into other hive minds ?    petty motherfucker.    for a long time rick figured he’d simply taken her somewhere,   but when he tracked the entity down,   the truth was infuriating.     how in the fuck was    rick sanchez     of all people supposed to get within a mile of the federation base,   let alone break someone out of their prison cells ?      the thought of her with those evil pricks infuriated him,   &   he drove himself damn near crazy theorizing what they’ve done to her.                           alcohol   &   coffee fuelled his body for the better part of a month,   as he stayed up night after night formulating a plan.    he’d    never    really admit how much he’d missed her,   but it was starting to become painful.     before    he’d limited his visits to once a week,    but   this   was really pushing it.     it pushed him even harder to come up with something foolproof,   &   when he did there was no time wasted.   he couldn’t really get   inside  with the portal gun because they could trace it’s use to their location,    but during that month he’d come up with a way to block them from tracking it’s coordinates on the way out.   so he’d ended up using vents in the end,  creating a distraction with a poorly crafted rick-dummy whilst getting himself on the roof.    he had no choice but to move quick,    sirens blaring as the idiots outside dreamed of his capture.     “ unity ! ”      he shouts when he catches sight of her,   kicking in the grate that separated the two before falling ungracefully to the floor.     “ unity, thank god ! ”     still on his knees,    rick scrambles to her side ── fingers tugging at knots.     “ are y-you okay ? jesus,  i’m sorry i-i-i  took so long..  that asshole beta 7 didn’t make it easy. ”  

The alarms had brought her out of the helpless feeling almost immediately. Some of the different facilities were being shut down one by one. As she saw the guards start to run towards the area they were needed. A quirked brow. Hearing the movements coming from the grate before it was kicked in. Blinking a few times. The utter look of shock on her features, kept its hold on her open mouth. As he scurried on his knees to where she was tied up. Starting to untie her, only helping him once he freed her wrist. 

Being a hive mind there was always a QUEEN. The entity that controlled all the others to do the bidding. Beta 7 had sold them up the river to the Galactic Federation. She had always suspected that he was weak minded. Never thinking he would stoop to the level he did. Out of jealousy ( more than likely. ) he'd told the federation of her true intentions of joining the group. That she was going to inhabit and actually try to take over it. So the galactic federation came and arrested the QUEEN. Her anger was fierce and they did try to put up a good fight. It seemed useless. Now her planet was gone, and just this one soul still remained with her.