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Another long day with the Just Not crew, at least Price Tag is happy they have a new friend, Book, she seems pretty cool, even willing to talk about Goiky and Dragons with them, still feeling awful about the nightmare challenge, but in the end, everyone is happy, though unsure who will be going out next, would it be them? Would it be Book? Even after the two became good friends? Though, Price Tag seems to think of the good side, they would get to see Naily again, how much they missed Naily with all their heart…
“Taggy?” Book asks, making them come back to their senses. “You alright?” Price Tag looks up at Book, who has a concerned look on her face, they didn't even realize they were talking about something before, must have tuned out Book’s ramblings to their thoughts about Naily. “Oh, y-yeah, I'm alright, just…missing someone. I'm just worried about the elimination of who's going out next. Just hope it's not you or me! I…don’t really want our friendship to end so soon if one of us gets eliminated…” Book smiles with reassurance, “Don’t worry Taggy! I know you are worried about me being alone again, even if one of us gets eliminated, I’ll always remember the good times we had, even if it wasn’t for a long time. But are you sure it's not about that?”
Price Tag shook their head. “Actually, can I be honest? I know it's nice talking to you, but I can't help but…really miss Naily.” Book looked surprised and frowned a little. “Yeah…I can get it, I don’t know how close you were with her, but I can see you really cared about Naily a lot, just like how I was with Ice Cube, right?”
“In a way, yeah, even though we only knew each other for a while unlike you have with Ice Cube, it’s like I knew Naily for a long time. Still sad she got eliminated, heck I thought she would have still been around by now.” Book giggles a little, “Taggy, I think you might have a little crush on her!” This instantly made Price Tag’s thoughts scramble about, making them subtly blush, they aren't mad at Book, but seemed like she was right on the nose about it, they DID have some sort of crush on Naily. “I-I…u-um…” is what they could only muster out, but the thoughts seemed to die down as they felt Book putting her hand on their shoulder. “S-sorry, I didn’t know you’d be offended by that.”
“N-no! Wait! It’s fine! I just…didn't expect you to get that on the nose. Yeah…I kind of do have a crush on Naily, just a lot of things about her seem to make me blush a lot. I kind of miss her a lot Book, she really makes me feel like a million bucks!” Price Tag laughs half-heartedly though frowning, trying not to blush about Naily once again in front of their friend. Book also laughs, “I don’t know really what it's like to have a crush…hmm…maybe I might have had with Ice Cube…I can't remember, probably that was during the BFDIA days. But those are long gone now, I guess.” Book pauses, “But anyways, I don’t want you eliminated, but if you did, maybe you should try to confess to Naily! I think you two would hit it off great!” Book chirps with enthusiasm. Price Tag smiles again and goes to hug Book. “Yeah! I think we could!” they sigh, “Thank you for being here for me Book, I’m glad we’re friends, but I do hope we don’t get eliminated anytime soon though, I’d be sad.”
“But hey! You’d be able to see Naily again!” Book smiles.
“Hehe, true!” Price Tag replies. Book suddenly has an idea pop in her mind, “Hey Taggy!” Price Tag hummed as they turned to her, “...Yeah?”
“I have an idea, even if you get eliminated, or not, how about you write down how you feel about Naily, and when you do see her again, then you can tell her how you feel, maybe the day you confess to her you don’t fumble over your words, I don’t know, maybe it will help.” Price Tag seemed very confused about Book’s suggestion, but seemed to agree about this but they still questioned her, “Huh? You really think I should do this?” Book nods, “Yeah! Maybe this will help, I want you to be happy, and as your friend, maybe writing down your feelings about Naily could be used for when you confess to her!”
“Y-you really think that could help?” Price Tag asks, still hesitant on doing this, but they seem to trust Book enough they might do this. “Well…if you think this is a good idea, maybe I’ll go for it! But I might need some time before thinking about it y'know.” Book nods, “Yeah, I completely understand, you don’t need to do it now, but maybe you can when you feel comfortable in your free time, I write down my feelings whenever I feel sad or to someone I wish I could tell my thoughts to.” They nod on that idea, “Yeah, sure. I can do that.”
Book smiles from ear to ear on that idea, and proceeds to hug Price Tag for a few seconds, happy about them taking that idea. “When you see Naily again, I hope it goes well!”
They smile back, “Yeah!”