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I just wanted to go over requests before I start writing anything. This will list things that I'll do and things I won't do.

Things I'll write:

Fluff (obviously)
Angst
Dead Dove as long as the ship was already toxic to begin with.
Oc x canon

Things I won't write:

Smut (I don't know how)
Reader x canon

Ships I absolutely REFUSE to write ever:

Any of the main four x Shadow Tubby
Guardian x Shadow Tubby
Any ships including Ghost Girl if the other character isn't a minor as well.

I doubt I'll get many requests but regardless, I feel like this is necessary.

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Laa-Laa seemed excited as they walked down the street. “There!” She pointed at a clothing store.

It looked fancy, and it probably had something Tinky would love.

“We should get his gift there!” Laa-Laa had a wide smile and was practically jumping up and down. Dipsy nodded in agreement.

Po and Laa-Laa ran to the store, leaving Dipsy behind to walk there by himself.

He sighed, too weighed down by the bags in his hands to go faster. He could see that Po and Laa-Laa had already entered the store.

By the time he had reached the door, Po came rushing out with some kind of dress in her hands. “What do you think he'll think of this?” She asked. Dipsy wasn't sure why she would want his opinion when she's the one who's closest to Tinky.

He examined the dress for a moment, and nodded. “He'll love it.” Dipsy said.

Po neatly put the dress into one of the bags.

“Wait, you paid for that, right?” Dipsy raised an eyebrow. Po nodded and went back into the store to fetch Laa-Laa.

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“So, do you like it?” Po looked up at Tinky-Winky, who was just staring at the dress like this was the best thing that's ever happened to him.

He was silent for a moment, before speaking up.

“Yes! Thank you so much, Po!” Tinky had a huge smile on his face.

He set the dress down beside him on the couch and pulled Po into a hug. Most Teles found his hugs suffocating, but they were comforting and warm to Po.

"How much did you pay for this?" Tinky asked. "Eh...not important." Po chuckled.

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Dipsy gasped when a sudden gust of wind made his hat fly off his head.

"My hat!" He whipped around and tried to catch it.

Laa-Laa glanced behind her. "What happened?" She asked. "Ugh, the wind made my hat fall off!" Dipsy groaned. He looked around the hill, but his hat was already gone.

"I'll help you find it." Laa-Laa patted his back reassuringly. "Thanks." Dipsy sighed.

Laa-Laa walked down the hill, assuming the hat must've been dragged down to the forest, where the wind was blowing. She moved hair out of her face.

He really needs to be more careful with his hat. Laa-Laa quickly looked through the forest.

When she realized it wasn't there, she went back up the hill.

"I can't find it!" She shouted, half-way up the hill.

Dipsy looked over to her, a deep frown on his face. "Can you double check?" He asked. "I don't think it's there." Laa-Laa shook her head. "It's getting dark. We'll find it in the morning." She looked up at the sky. It was turning into a dark blue.

"Alright.." Dipsy sighed.

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It was the next morning, and both Laa-Laa and Dipsy were up looking for his hat.

"Oh, hey! Dipsy! I found it!" Laa-Laa shouted.

Dipsy immediately snapped his head in her direction. "Really!?" A smile snuck onto his face. Laa-Laa waved Dipsy's hat in the air. Dipsy ran up to her and grabbed the hat, setting it on his head.

"Thanks, Laa!" He gave her a small kiss on the cheek. "You're welcome." Laa-Laa smiled at him.

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Cave was curled up, leaning against a rock, sleeping.

His fluffy fur helped keep him warm in the cold caves. He was snoring lightly, and had a soft smile on his face.

He was peaceful for a while, but was startled awake when he heard a loud crash.

“W-who’s there?!” His voice was raspy.

A quiet giggle was heard.

“Just me.” Tessa said. “Oh.” Cave sighed. “Sorry, did I disturb you?” Tessa tilted her head. “Yeah.” Cave huffed.

“Well, the day literally just started. You'd be wasting your time by taking a nap.” Tessa rolled her eyes playfully.

“Nu-uh.” Cave curled back up and turned away from her.

He closed his eyes to go back to sleep.

Tessa cleared her throat. “Caaaaavvvvveeeeee….” She started to poke at his shoulder.

“What?” Cave groaned.

“You can't go back to sleep right now. I'm bored!” Tessa complained. “Go find someone else to bother.” Cave grumbled.

Tessa poked his shoulder harder. “C’monnn!” She shook him awake.

“I wanna sleep…” Cave mumbled. “Not right now. Let's go outside!” Tessa pulled him up, and he stumbled out of the cave behind her.

“Look at how beautiful the sun looks!” Tessa pointed at the sky.

Cave looked up, but immediately hissed and turned away. “My eyes!” He groaned. “Don't look directly at it, stupid.” Tessa teased. “Hmph.” Cave rolled his eyes.

Tessa grabbed his hand and pulled him along the trail leading to a large, quiet forest.

They walked beside each other for a bit, completely silent as they took in their surroundings. Birds chirped happily.

“Look!” Tessa gasped and pointed at something.

“What?” Cave raised an eyebrow.

He looked over at the direction Tessa was pointing, and saw a fox.

It was eating something, probably a rabbit or some other kind of small animal. “Aww.” Cave smiled. The fox looked up at them for a moment before it ran off with the prey.

“Should we follow it?” Tessa asked. Cave nodded.

They both followed the fox, pushing branches and leaves out of their way as they made their way through the forest.

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Anne hated being sick.

Mainly because she wasn't allowed to fight and was forced to take a break.

She felt terrible. Her nose was clogged and she could barely breathe. Her muscles ached and she couldn't move without hurting. She was only half awake, not really aware of what was going around her.

Fortunately she wasn't sick enough to go to the medical wing.

A small tap on her chest caught Anne's attention. She looked up to see Guardian hovering above her. "Hey." She croaked.

"Do you need anything? Water? Medicine?" He asked.

Anne shook her head sluggishly. "Are you sure?" Guardian frowned. "I'll be fine." Anne's voice was hoarse. "..Alright." Guardian obviously wasn't convinced, but he didn't want to press any further.

Anne closed her eyes and sighed. She was about to go to sleep before she felt something fluffy pressing against her side.

She looked over, and saw Guardian curled up beside her.

"You're gonna get sick, idiot." She huffed, but made no attempts to push him out of the bed.

"Then we'll be sick together." Guardian murmured.

Anne wrapped one arm around Guardian. Although he was being quiet, Anne could feel the vibrations as Guardian purred.

His body was usually very cold, but today it was more warm. Anne wondered if that was just because she was burning up, or if he had spent the day outside.

"Miles kept bothering me about you today." Guardian chuckled. "‘M not surprised." Anne muttered.

"He seemed really worried about you. When you get better you should probably go see him." Guardian said. Anne nodded.

For now, however, she needs sleep. Her headache was killing her.

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“Hey,” Sanya mumbled. Shadow looked over to her with a wide grin.

“Hey.” His distorted voice was loud. “What're you doing?” Sanya narrowed her eyes.

Shadow seemed to be messing with something, although Sanya couldn't see what it was because he was hiding it.

“Nothing.” Shadow hummed.

“Show me.” Sanya huffed, suspicious of his secrecy. “I already told ya I'm not messing with anything.” Shadow chuckled. Sanya rolled her eyes.

Sanya grabbed his hands and pulled them towards her.

He wasn't lying. There was nothing in his hands.

“Weirdo.” Sanya raised an eyebrow. “What're you doing just messing with your hands?” She asked.

Shadow shrugged, which Sanya replied to with a sigh.

Unsurprisingly, Shadow’s hands were quite cold compared to Sanya’s. It almost made her want to drop them. Almost.

“Why are your hands so cold?” Sanya asked.

Shadow once again shrugged. “Why do you ask so many questions?” Shadow chuckled.

“Whatever.” Sanya huffed.

Sanya held his hands for a moment longer before letting them go.

“You're so strange.” Sanya muttered. “How dare you!” Shadow put a hand on his chest as if to say he was offended, but Sanya knew he was joking.

“You know it's true.” She giggled. Shadow sighed, but left it at that.

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His head felt like it was about to burst, and his eyes were so blurry.

Blood leaked onto the floor, escaping Guardian's head. He groaned and tried to get off the floor, but he just fell back down.

His whole body ached.

Whenever he breathed, it sounded like short wheezes.

He could faintly hear a muffled voice in the distance. Guardian tried to at least sit up to see who it was, but of course he just fell back down. Again.

His annoyance was turning into frustration as he tried to get up.

He should've known that he couldn't handle all of those Newborns by himself, but Miles was the only one he could've contacted at the moment. And there's absolutely no way he's asking him for help.

At this point he didn't really have a choice. So about an hour ago he sent out a distress signal.

He blinked slowly as a figure appeared above him.

Humiliation was the only word he could use to explain what he was feeling at the moment when he saw the familiar green fur.

It really took you an hour to get here? Guardian wanted to slap him. Literally anyone else could've come and he would've still preferred them over Miles. Anne, Conor, even Richard!

"Dumbass." Was the only word he could make out when Miles was speaking.

Whatever you damn slug. Guardian rolled his eyes.

If he had the energy, he would've clawed Miles' face off when he picked him up.

Miles carried him to the helicopter, where some other soldiers were waiting. Guardian wondered if they had to deal with the Newborns he hadn't managed to kill.

Miles set Guardian down finally once they got into the helicopter.