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Warning: suicidal attempts, depression, depictions of self harm, drama, stolen loaves of bread, and lots of hugs. Reader discretion is advised
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Goob. For the past few days that's all who Shrimpo could think about. The Great Shrimpo? In love with Goob? Who would've guessed. After a certain run, shrimpo see’s Goob differently and he doesn't know what to do. Even his thoughts are repetitive. Goob. Goob again. Goob’s amazing hugs. His fur…
8:30 am
Shrimpo wakes up in a cold sweat and immediately throws his pillow. He felt like he was being watched. He hated this feeling and he hated Goob for it. He hated Goob he hated Goob he Hated… Goob…. He hated everything about Goob… his hugs….. His face…. GAH NO! Shrimpo will not let these feelings overtake! Besides, Scraps would drive Shrimpo away from Goob anyway! So there’s no chance or possibility- grumble
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Shrimpo was hungry. He knew it was breakfast and today Goob had an important run with sprout, rodger, toodles, and some other toons. He never understood why toodles had to face the horrors of the floors below, or why Dandy let coal and pebble ‘distract’ the ‘Twisteds’. He never understood Dandy, and why Astro looked at him with those disgusting eyes of love and inspiration. Those same eyes that Goob used when hugging Shrimpo… NO. NONONONONONONO. Shrimpo angrily gets up, punches his punching bag, and runs to the kitchen, bumping into Finn. The sensation of feeling Finn’s skin felt… weird to Shrimpo.
“Oh! Hey Shrimpo-”
“Shut it, Fishbowl” Finn looked offended. He hadn’t been insulted by shrimpo in months, So he knew something was wrong. Before he said anything, Shrimpo ran off in embarrassment and quickly grabbed some bread… More like the whole loaf. Cosmo, who personally made the bread himself, was visibly annoyed and whispered something to Goob, Before Goob sprinted off.
“... Uhh Bye Shrimpo!” Finn waved his hand and grabbed a plate from the side and grabbed some water. Meanwhile, Shrimpo was being chased by Goob to get the loaf of bread Shrimpo took.
“Shrimpoo!!! Give the bread back!!” Goobs hands were dragged across the floor, until they arose and were flung at shrimpo. One of the hands were grabbing the loaf and the other grabbed Shrimpo’s tail.
“L-LET GO OF ME” Shrimpo flung his short hands at Goob’s hands.
“So sorry Shrimpo, but you gotta share the bread with everyone! Cosmo spent all night workin’ on it!” Goob’s hands were latched onto Shrimpo and were slowly pulling shrimpo to Goob, until they were both stuck in a hug. Shrimpo felt himself heating up slowly, and he was sure that Goob was looking at him the same way Astro did, but he was too busy trying to break the hug than to focus on Goob. The sensation of Goob reminded him of the run a few days ago and started to heat up even more, turning red. Shrimpo hears Goob start giggling.
“W-WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT??!?!?!?” Shrimpo Screams with all his guts, trying to avoid his feelings.
“You know you can’t get out of my hugs! Heck, last time I hugged you on a run, you came straight towards me! I remember carrying you for a few minutes when you got yourself tangled- Ow!!” Shrimpo punched Goob on his face and ran off with the bread and into his room. A little lock noise could be heard. Goob stayed on the floor and looked lovingly at Shrimpo’s door. He whispered something along the lines of:
“One day you’ll realize just how much I love you…” Goob walks off and eats his breakfast.
1:00 pm
Shrimpo groans in embarrassment as he takes small bites of his loaf. He didn't want to admit that the bread was delicious. As he rolled around his bed, he realized that he wanted a hug. No he didn't. Yes he did. Almost unconsciously, he grabs his blanket and wraps it around most of his body, stuffing a pillow inside. He ‘hugged’ it for a while, but it didn't make him feel any better. He hated wanting to have a hug, he hated wanting to have Goobs hug, and he hated that he wanted Goob. He started to silently cry, whilst hugging his blanket and pillow.
Meanwhile, Goob was drawing with toodles and Dandy. Toodles held up her paper in joy and ran to show it to Her found parents, or at least the toons who care for her, rodger and teagan. Teagen claps her hands and says it's beautiful and Rodger grabs the paper and looks at it. His eye displays joy and he hands it back to her. Toodles runs back and shows her drawing.
“Goob! Dandy! Look at my drawing! Isn’t it cute?” The drawing was a crude representation of her ‘family’ plus Goob, Scraps, and Dandy, since the three usually babysat her. Dandy, who disliked how he was drawn, told toodles to hide it. She looked sad and said she’d remake it, but dandy demanded she hide it. She slumps and walks away, telling Rodger to keep it. She comes back a bit sad.
“Aww it's ok toodles! I'm sure Dandy loved it! But sometimes we don't wanna be drawn!” Goob hugs toodles.
“You sure?” Goob nods and toodles smiles and walks off, since teagen called her for lunch. Speaking of lunch, Shrimpo hadn’t gotten out of his room since breakfast. ‘I should get him out of his room!’ Goob thought, running to Shrimpo’s room.
Shrimpo, meanwhile, cried himself to sleep, tightly hugging the blanket and pillow. After Goob knocks a few times, he groans and wakes up. Before he got up, he messed his bed up so it didn't look like he hugged it. Not like he didn't do it on purpose anyway. When he opened the door he saw Goob and immediately tried to close the door. Goob’s foot got caught in the door, so Shrimpo couldn't do much.
“Leave.” Shrimpo hid his face behind the door as much as he could, making sure Goob didn’t force himself in.
“Shrimpo, it's lunch! And you know you gotta eat somethin’!” Goob tries to playfully push the door open.
“N-NO! I-I’m not hungry!” This was the first time someone showed Shrimpo an inch of worry, or maybe Goob was just sent here like when he was sent by cosmo to take back the loaf of bread. Shrimpo just slammed the door and locked it, slumping down to the floor, tears starting to well up slowly. No, Shrimpo stop. No crying. That's too good for you. Don't you hate crying? Get up Shrimpo. So what if they don't care about you. That's not your problem. Open the door. Eat lunch… Stop… Be thankful that they still allow you to be near them…S-STOP… They’ll forget you even if you disappear…
“I SAID STOP-” Shrimpo looks around and see’s Goob hugging him. Goob smiles when he notices that Shrimpo’s back. Surprisingly, Shrimpo feels calm and doesn't do anything. After a few minutes, Goob hears Shrimpo muttering things like ‘stop’ and ‘please’ Goob doesn’t know who this was directing to, especially since Shrimpo, who was stuck in some sort of daze, had pulled Goob into his bed, hugging him tight. Even so, Goob was secretly excited and happy, even if Shrimpo was feeling some sort of pain. After 10 minutes of this, Shrimpo comes to his senses and pushes Goob away, but more weakly than usual.
“Shrimpo? Are you good yet?” Shrimpo looked up at Goob with a hot red face. His mouth opened, but he didn't say anything. He simply pulled Goob back into bed, burying his face into Goob’s chest. Goob blushes hard, but Shrimpo’s face was covered, so he knew he was safe. Goob sighs in relief and starts to caress Shrimpo’s head, muttering comforting messages in a sweet tone. Even if Shrimpo was half-asleep and couldn't say anything, Goob heard Shrimpo say
“T-Thank you Goob… I love you” Goob smiles and tucks Shrimpo into bed (even if it was 4 pm lmao) and walks off. Shrimpo, however, needed Goob’s hugs, and he begged in such a vulnerable and weak voice for Goob to come back. Goob, overwhelmed with joy, quietly got into bed with Shrimpo, and they both slept together while cuddling.