"Wait, I'm not dead yet."
Deadpool, half stuffed into the "familiar" sack, let out a few groans. Hu Tao sighed and pulled him back out, her feelings mixed.
"What's with that disappointed look? I just slipped."
Deadpool grabbed at Hu Tao to pull himself upright, only to burst into curses the next second.
"FFFFF, that kind of landing is seriously unrealistic! Little Star, I urgently need a gentle princess carry. Damn! I think my kneecaps have turned to powder."
Hu Tao was speechless at his over-the-top performance. She shook her head helplessly and reached out to support him, but someone beat her to it.
"I'll handle this."
Colossus appeared from somewhere, draped one of Deadpool's arms around his neck, then lifted his own arm to scoop him up.
Who would have thought the man howling on the ground a second ago would spring straight up and hop away from Colossus as though nothing were wrong? He kept muttering, "I'm fine, I'm fine. Hey, you scared me! I thought you were asking me for a kiss, big tin can. Though if you insisted, I couldn't exactly say no... At least give me some time to put on lip balm."
As he spoke, Deadpool actually fished a tube of lip balm out of some pocket and started applying it.
"Deadpool, get serious."
For some reason, standing here-especially with their "new friend" Hu Tao present-Colossus found Deadpool's nonsense deeply embarrassing.
"We're not in 'that kind' of relationship."
Hu Tao knew how formidable Deadpool's ability to embarrass everyone was. She nodded earnestly at Colossus's explanation to show she understood.
Wait. In the time it took Hu Tao to exchange a few words with Colossus, Deadpool had actually taken care of the young boy, Russell.
With a physical attack, no less. He had knocked him