#lorax 2012

CONTEXT: This doodle is posted on my IG and Tiktok. I already have the lore in mind, I just never shared it publicly.

Read it if you wish. I just like writing my Jol-ler yumeship AU with layers to it.

Who is Kalle? He is Onceler's assistant from Finland. My AU Onceler is Swedish. Kalle is AroAce so please DO NOT ship him with Onceler. Kalle falls under the umbrella with 0 attractions.

Onceler rented out an entire bar for the night. His employees partied and drank after closing a big deal. The atmosphere was lively and yet, the 2 best friends sat together in a corner where they are most comfortable.

Onceler slumps onto his secretary's shoulder after 6 glasses of top shelf whiskey. His vision was blurry and his head was getting heavy, Kalle pushed his shot glass aside to check on his boss's state.

"I think it's time you head home. I will call the driv-."

"No!" Onceler exclaimed with all the energy he have left in him. "We are...are out here to..celebrate on closing that deal."

Kalle could feel his right shoulder getting heavier and heavier as Onceler leaned more into him. Kalle sighed, his boss is stubborn as a mule. Kalle was feeling a little dizzy himself but his alcohol tolerance is much higher due to how he was being raised. His dad may or may not have gave him one shot of whiskey when he was 14 but, that's normal for a Finn. For that, he built a high endurance to alcohol overtime and he drinks moderately.

"If you drink another glass, you are going to throw up." Kalle tried getting up but Onceler manage to tug on his arm and make him sit back down.

"5 more minutes...my head mmfh." Onceler didn't finish his sentence and he shuts his eyes close. Kalle is stuck. Stuck with a drunk next to him, stuck in this lively party that gives him slight anxiety when he looked at the crowd. He let out a groan.

They sat in the same spot where it felt like forever. Then, Onceler broke the silence. "I messed up..."

The tone shift was unexpected. Kalle was stunned. What is he blabbering about? "Messed up...how exactly?" Kalle asked. Onceler did not look up, he stared at the empty glass before him and croaked, "I haven't been totally honest with Jolene..."

Kalle wants to shake that thought off. Onceler is drunk, he doesnt know what he is talking about. Kalle laugued it off, "sure." Onceler did not react nor move, he diverts his attention to the floor. "His name is Øystein...a Norwegian...our exporter..."

Onceler paused for a bit before he continued, "I'm...disgusting." Kalle went from being unserious to concern. "What do you mean? What did you do?"

This time, Onceler lifted his head slightly to look at Kalle, "on a winter night in 1979...in Copenhagen...we did it...in his rented car. I did it, with a man." Onceler's tone was filled with guilt and disappointment.

"So, you 2 were..." Onceler did not even hesitate to answer, "yes and my mother doesn't know. If my father was here, he will be disappointed in me too..." "Don't say that." Kalle was trying to comfort his unstable boss now.

((Finally done with the ref art for her oh my god.. but uh here sorry there a lot of filters and stuff I was gonna save the flat colors but forgot to 💔))

Psst

VVUnder the cut is w/o the info card and then the BGVV