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Phantom was left out of a lot of things in the pack. Pack activities, Jokes but also this thing called "Social Media". Rain explained it as a digital world on their little TVs (aka Phones).
They told him that it was for his good, for his protection from the hateful People on the Internet. He thought otherwise. He isn't a fragile Kit! He's as mature as them!
So Phantom made a plan.
This Saturday, during the pack's weekly shopping trip, he would stay back at the ministry. He had about 5hours till the others came back to use any of their Laptops to explore this "internet". Phantom decided on Mountain's Laptop, as he already knew the password after Mountain let him watch "Dr. Who" on his Laptop.
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On Saturday, at 6 PM the ghouls left, except for Phantom, using a cold as an excuse.
After making sure the others left, he sneaked into Mountain's room.
He got into the room without any problems as the door was (as expected) unlocked.
Luckily Mountain left his Laptop on his desk, already charged and ready to use.
He sat down at Mountain's desk, opened the Laptop, and typed in the password, which worked on the first try.
Phantom stared at the screen in confusion, there were so many different colors and shapes, he didn't know what to do... until he remembered Swiss talking about this thing called "Google", on which he clicked now,
luckily being the right search engine.
The first thing he searches for is ``Phantom the Band Ghost ``, which leads him to a website called ``Tiktok``.
He starts scrolling through the videos, happiness going through his body at the positive reactions from the fans. While some are intended to be hateful, it doesn´t hurt him to read that, it was more like a sign to be better, to be accepted and loved by all the fans.
Next Phantom opens the ``comment section``, that was the confusing part.
He looks at the silly pictures next to the comments, some being Art or selfies but some were… Green Ghouls.
Phantom looked at the pictures a little closer, even spotting him on some of them.
Tears started rolling down his face, that´s not what he looks like to the others… right?
He isn´t that green Thing, he doesn´t look like that, or does he?
Phantom crawls under Mountain´s desk, pulls his knees up to his chest, and sobs into them quietly.
He never wants to be seen again when he looks like that. It would explain why Sodo rejects him, why Swiss never laughs at his jokes, or why he just feels left out in general.
Phantom stays like that for hours which feels like days to him.
Until Mountain enters the room, turns on the light, and sits down on the office chair, just centimeters away from Phantom.
Phantom curls tighter around himself, desperate to not let Mountain see him. This plan quickly fails as Mountain stretches his legs making him accidentally kick Phantom in the rip cage.
``OW!`` Phantom yells, almost on autopilot.
``Ant? Why are you here?`` Mountain asks, leaning down to look Phantom in the eyes.
Phantom covers his face with his arms while whispering ``Please don´t look at me.``
Mountain stares at him in confusion before lifting him.
``What`s wrong Ant?``
``Why didn´t any of you tell me what I look like?`` Phantom sobs, hiding his face in Mountain´s chest.
``Like what? You´re one of the prettiest creatures I've ever seen`` Mountain replies while stroking Phantom`s hair.
``GREEN! WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THAT I´M FUCKING GREEN AND HAVE THESE WEIRD LOOKING ANTLERS?!´´ Phantom yelled, not in a mean but genuinely hurt way.
`` Green? Bug you´re not green, you´re skin is just as purple as it always is.`` Mountain says, pure confusion audible in his voice.
``B-But these weird pictures these profile pictures, why do I look so green on them?`` Phantom asks.
Mountain starts laughing before he can even answer. ``That´s edited. The fans took pictures of us and made them green to make us look like Aliens.``
Phantom stops crying ``But why do they make us look like Aliens? We´re Ghouls!``
``I don´t know Bug, but the fans like it and made it their own little Alien Army`` Mountain answers while smiling down at Phantom.
´´The next time something like this happens please ask us before having an identity crisis, ok?`` Mountain asks, already lifting Phantom and walking over to his bed, making them both lie down.
``Alright`` Phantom answers, the exhaustion already taking over his body, making him fall into a deep slumber in Mountain´s arms.