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After Shroud's death, the team was working together a lot better. Everyone at least tolerated everyone else, well, except for two. Waterboy and Flambae were still at each other's throats, or, well, Flambae was at Waterboys throat and he just cowered. This was becoming a bit of a problem, more and more missions popping up that the two of them could easily succeed if they could work together for once.
Robert was tired of Flambae's complaining and Waterboy's timidness. It felt like a constant battle and he was the referee that was never listened to. The last straw was when Robert caught bruises and burns on Waterboys neck.
“I can’t with them… they just can’t get along at all…” Robert vented.
“Do you think they need to be separated? I can arrange—“ Blonde Blazer began.
“No, no, it’s not that bad… Waterboy can take too much shit at times but he’s voiced his concerns before when gone to far…” Blonde Blazer nodded at Robert’s explanation.
“Do you have a plan then?”
“Not yet… I’ll figure something out…”
“If you ever need me, just call, I can have them separated at any time.” Blonde Blazer left.
Robert sighed and began walking around. There wasn’t much going on today so most everyone was in the building. He walked into a break room, seeing Sonar, Malevola and Prism. Prism and Malevola were chatting while Sonar was reading a book. The book had a blue cover and was titled “Witchcraft And How To Use It.”.
“Didn’t realize you believed in magic.” Robert said.
Sonar looked up. “My partner is a demon who can summon portals at will.”
“Touché.” Robert replied.
“Maybe there’s something in there to help Flambae and Waterbitch finally stop being little cunts. I know my besties an ass but it’s targeted now.” Prism said, only half joking.
“There is a Bondage Potion on page— Hey!” Robert snatched the book from Sonar and flipped through the already read pages.
“Bondage Belief: Make Distant Enemies Your Coven Mates!” The page stated.
“I think we’ve just found our solution…”
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“So, you need a cumulus cloud, why exactly?” Blonde Blazer questioned.
“I have brought the desired source of participation!” Phenomeman exclaimed excitedly as he stuffed into a jar.
“You’ll see why later, promise. What’s next?” Robert turned over to Prism and Malevola who had now partaken on this journey.
“We just need the essence of one rainbow and Flyerwhich Weed, it says anywhere from 3 to 6 Tablespoons depending on how much you want them to like you.” Malevola stated.
“We’ll put in a half cup, just in case.” Robert said.
“I have found the colorful sky ribbon!” Phenomeman stuffed that into the jar as well.
“Are you sure this is a good idea? It seems like you may—“ Blonde Blazer placed her feet on the ground.
“I’m sure, I’m sure, trust me.” Robert said as Prism came out of one of Malevola portals holding the weed. “They’ll be better than ever after this.”
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“Why the fuck are we here, Prism? I have better things to do than sit in a room with him…” Flambae huffed out a small bit of smoke.
“W-why are— w-why have you, uhm… brought us here…?” Waterboy was sitting right across from Flambae, fidgeting with his fingers as Flambae scowled at him.
“Hush! I made some herbal tea and I know you love that shit, and Waterboys here because water and shit…. Anyway!” Prism poured two cups of boiling tea, glancing over at Robert and Malevola who were trying to act natural. “Drink up!”
They both picked up the glasses. Flambae sniffed it before drinking and Waterboy was shaking a bit as he took a sip of it.
“W-wow! Th-this is-this is really good!” Waterboy chugged the rest.
“No shit!” Flambae finished the tea.
Waterboy smacked his lips. “Y-you know… it has a weird after—“
All of a sudden, their eyes were wide as hot pink filled their pupils, heavily staring at each other with straight faces.
“…did it work?” Robert asked.
“Are they dead?” Malevola added.
Prism waved her hand in between them and snapped her fingers. All of a sudden, cheesy grins appeared on their faces as they stared into each other's eyes.
“Uhm… Flambae…? What-what do you think of Waterboy…?” Robert felt an odd churning in his stomach at this weird interaction.
“He’s my Snuggly Wuggly Pumpky Wumky Bear~” Flambae replied.
They all stepped back, utter horror and shock on their faces. “WHAT THE FUCK?!”
“No, you're my Snuggly Wuggly Pumpky Wumky Bear~” They both giggled as Waterboy started tracing imaginary circles with his finger.
“I said it first~” Flambae grabbed Waterboys hand and laid a gentle kiss on it, steam rising as their skin met.
“I love you~” Waterboy responded.
“No, I love you more~” Flambae retorted.
“No, I love you more~”
“No, I’m the one who loves you more~”
“No, I am~”
“No, I am~”
Invisigal soon walked in, the three still horrified at the sight. Invisigal glanced over at Flambae and Waterboy before doing a double take. They were now kissing, or making out, as they whispered sweet nothings into each other's mouths.
“Holy fuck… I’m getting eye bleach…” Invisigal quickly disappeared, her footsteps heard walking away.
“What do we do now?” Malevola exclaimed.
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“No, you eat it~” Waterboy cooed.
“No, you eat it~” Flambae pushed a sloppy bite at what was once a snickers bar towards Waterboys mouth.
“No, you eat it~” Waterboy repeated.
“So this is what happened…” Blonde Blazer stared at them as they gently fought over who would get the last piece of the drool covered, half melted snickers bar.
“What do we do?” Robert asked.
The whole team was gathered, some to their dismay, others to their disgust. Flambae acting like a good, overly touchy, protective man and Waterboy speaking in full, cheesy sentences was not something team Z knew was really uncomfortable.
They had both gone back to making out, both chewing and sucking on the snickers bar, passing it into each other's mouths while making full eye contact. Most of these heroes had experienced PDA so cheesy they wanted to vomit before, but this was on a whole other level, even Beef whined at the sight of the two.
“You’re my jammy wammy little protein bar~” Flambae mumbled, yet everyone could hear.
“You’re my sweetie pumpkin spice and cookie pie~” Waterboy stated.
They rubbed their noses together and giggled. The more they spoke and called each other nicknames, the weirder they sounded, but they both were eating it up. It sickened everyone.
“Have you found a cure yet? Please tell me you found a cure…” Malevola pleaded.
“I’m almost to the chapter, hold your horses.” Sonar replied, reading his book as if it were a normal day.
Robert rubbed his forehead and snatched the book, flipping through the un-read pages. “Here! It says we need to keep them from looking into each other's eyes for an hour…”
“I can just fly Flambae into the stratosphere!” Phenomeman stated.
“I don’t think you're fireproof…” Golem said.
“I can fly Waterboy into the stratosphere!” He tried again.
“Flambae can fly and you still aren’t fireproof…” Robert stated and Phenomeman sighed.
Prism's eyes widened, she had an idea. “Boys~ you both love each other to the ends of the earth, don’t you?~”
“I couldn’t imagine being with anyone other than my smoochy poochy baby bear~” Waterboy said.
“I couldn’t survive without my baby waby snuggle muffin~” Flambae replied.
“Then how about you both get married~” a flow of discourse flooded the room at Prism's words.
“But! It’s bad luck to see the other groom before the wedding~ and Flambae needs to pick out his wedding ring~ and Waterboy should pick out a pretty white dress-suit, whatever.” Prism started pushing Flambae away.
“But, my snuggle wuggle baby muffin…”
“My lovey dovey sprinkle cake…”
“You’ll see each other at the ceremony! Come on, you need the best for your fiancé!” Prism pushed him out and Malevola pushed Waterboy to go to a tailor.
“Alright team, new mission, keep Waterboy and Flambae away. Only an hour. It shouldn’t be that hard.” Robert stated over the comms.
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“Smoochy poo!” Flambae dragged himself to the tailor shop, Robert’s mech, a shit ton of Prisms clones and Punch up trying to weigh him down.
“Baby cakes!” Waterboy banged on the dressing room door, held back by many chairs, Golem, and Invisagal.
“Two more minutes!” Mecha-man yelped.
The door banged harder and harder against Golem and Invisagal. “How the fuck is he this stro—“
The door busted open and Waterboy came out in a thin cut, white, yet flowy dress. He rushed out of the tailor and spotted Flambae. “Honey Bunches!”
He ran towards him and fell in a hole with an old mattress. Flambae went faster.
“Sugar plum!” He rushed, dragging them through the dirt and reached the hole. “I’m here!”
He fell in as Mecha-man’s timer went off.
“FUCK!” Everyone exclaimed.
“U-uhm…” the light voice peaked everyone’s interest.
“Why the FUCK am I in a hole with Waterbitch in a sexy dress?!” Flambae yelled.
Everyone took a sigh of relief. It was finally over.
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“So~” Prism cooed.
“Don’t you dare mention that to anyone outside the team…” Flambae scowled.
“At least everything’s back to normal…” Robert sighed.
Waterboy walked in wearing a tight fitting, red dress. “A-Are you d-done— ready for our date, F-Firefly?”
Flambae stood up and let out his hair, fluffing it up. “Wouldn’t miss it for the world, Droplet.”
They both chuckled as they walked out, leaving behind the mortified Z team. They were still exhausted from today’s earlier events.
“A-at least they're getting along now…” Robert slammed his head on the table.