HOLY SHIT I'm so sorry this took so long to get out! School is shit. And also I'm realllly lazy. sorry. Here's kinda an emotional chapter. I guess it's a little ooc, but I like how it turned out.

Max barges into the mess hall with Nikki and Neil trailing behind them, both of them in obvious panic.

"Alright, who the fuck did it?" He demands, practically knocking down the door.

Everyone stares at him in confusion, then resumes back to their conversations. Max goes to each group, one by one, and asks them a line of questions.

First, he approaches Nurf, who is shaking Harrison upside down from his ankles.

Nurf claims innocent, along with Harrison, although they get a few laughs out of the reminder that Max has a stuffed bear.

He continues to other groups, getting the same reaction out of all of them. Max was seething with anger by the time breakfast was done.

Neil and Nikki just watched innocently, keeping their mouths shut. They were practically swimming in their own guilt.

"Max... are you okay?" Neil asked nervously

Max's eye twitches. "I'm fine," he says through clenched teeth.

Today is going to be a long day.

"Max has been in there for a while..." Nikki says, waiting outside of the tent, "it's been ten minutes."

"should we... check on him?" Neil asked.

They shared a nod and peeked in the tent.

"STUPID FUCKING BEAR" There is Max, ripping his beloved bear apart. The left leg was already off, and he is trying to pull off the right one now. Stuffing litters the floor around his feet. Tears stain his face. He's an absolute mess.

"Max! Stop! You love him!" Nikki cries, running to him and trying to pry his arm off of the bear.

"WHAT DID HE EVER DO FOR ME?! GET ME LAUGHED AT. HE'S.. HE'S... He's fucking worthless..." His voice falters and he falls on the floor sobbing. "Don't l-look at me... I'm pathetic... crying over a bear"

Nikki's heart breaks. She puts a hand on his shoulder, "No, you're not."

Max doesn't say anything. He just continues to sob.

"We gave you the stuffed animals."

There is a silence.

"We thought... it would make you feel better. But... I guess... It didn't..." Nikki looks away. Guilt clogged her throat, preventing her from saying anything else. Luckily, she didn't have to.

"Nikki wanted you to know you're not alone. She... she felt really bad about laughing at you when... you know..." Neil stutters.

Max sits up and wipes his eyes. "You guys are the fucking worst," he says between stiffs, "But... You two idiots are all I got." He says before throwing his arms around Nikki, which made her cheeks red, "Never pull something stupid like that again."

They agree not to, and head for dinner in the mess hall.