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Pencil walked up the towering stairs of the yoyle needy and approached Ice cube, who was watching the sun set. Its deep oranges and blues hypnotizing to watch. “Hey Icey, I need to ask a favour from you” Ice cube flinched as she didn't notice Pencil walking over.
“Yeah what's up?” Ice cube asked as she kept watching the clouds shift in the sky “umm so I think i like match, like, like like her.. can you and the rest of freesmart help me confess? Please dont tell Match!” Pencil requested. Ice cube thought about the request and agreed.
She and Pencil got the rest of Freesmart together (and asked match to clean the supervan to keep her busy.) The two asked them for the same favour. Once they all were asked and agreed, they decided that Book would hand her a letter while chatting with Match that would ask her to meet with Pencil at the HPRC at 7:00 am. The other freesmarters would be at the back of the hprc in case pencil gets rejected to be emotional support.
Pencil would also give Match a pretty flower from an ungrown yoyleberry. Then they had to deliberate on the letter. They decided that they would just have the place and time and that book would say that pencil needed her to go do something there or something. Book grabbed the letter that freesmart made and hid it in her pages. She made sure to hide it in the part of her dictionary that defines love.
‘Love. A profoundly intense emotion of affection. Warmth, and attachment towards an object. living and not.’ Book waited until the next afternoon to start the plan. Book woke up on the yoyle needy and began doing some odd adventure with Ice cube involving some invention TB made to pass the time.
After she was done with that she thought now would be a good time to talk to match and give her the note. She made her way to the Needy in hopes that one of the freesmarters would be there to guide her to match. Thankfully, Ruby was there.
“Uh Ruby do you have any idea where Match is?” Ruby looked at Book and pointed to the lake near the hprc. “I think she's over there!” Ruby responded. Even from the Needy, Book could see a faint, tall red and tan silhouette near over there. “Great, thanks ruby!” Book cheerfully replied. Before Ruby could respond, Book ran down the long staircase of the Needy and towards the lake.
Once Match was in yelling range, Book yelled towards Match, “Hi Match!! I have something for you!!” Match loved gifts. So she was happy thinking it would be one of Books very thoughtful gifts she usually gave. “Oh ok!! What is it?” Match shouted back.
Book finally went to match properly and stopped for a moment to catch her breath. “Pencil wants to meet with you tomorrow. This letter has all of the details!” Book pulled the note from her pages. The letter was in a pink envelope with a sticker of a star sealing it. Pencil was going to add a heart sticker instead but Book said it 'would give it away'.
“Oh, ok!” Match responded as she took the letter from Books hands. When she opened the letter all it said was,
“7:00 am tomorrow.
Meet at HPRC.
VERY IMPORTANT!”
When Match looked up to ask Book what Pencil needed to meet up for, Book was gone. Not really, she could see Book running to the Needy. But Match couldn't be bothered to run for her. She now was excited.
Pencil was a great leader. A perfect leader to her even! But what could pencil want from her? It's not like she'd go out of her way this much to just ask a simple favour right? Why would you need a meeting place to ask someone to clean the supervan?? Did she need something like that done?? She crumpled the note and kept it in her hand the rest of the day.
The thought of the note kept her awake. She was basically just laying down thinking about what could be so important that Pencil would need her.
She stayed up all night coming up with scenarios. Some good, some bad. She knew she shouldn't be thinking this much about a stupid note but Pencil’s really important to her! And also Match just overthinks a lot. Not that she wants to– it's just a bad habit of hers when she's excited or nervous.
When she checked the time it was 6:53am. The walk to the hprc from the Needy is like 5 minutes so Match got up and started walking. passing by Fries growing his grotatoes, watching the slowly rising sun.
When she arrived no one was there, did she get the right time? She un-crumpled the note in her hands to check and saw someone in her peripherals.
It was Pencil. She was holding out a flower. “Match, I know this is kinda of weird to tell you because we've been best friends since the beginning of the contests but.” Pencil took a deep breath and looked away for a moment to try and stop the tears coming in. “ but I think I like you. Like, like like you! Like, I want to stay with you forever and hug you and all that sweet stuff!”
Match started blushing. How could she not have noticed sooner? Pencil's always been lovey dovey, and they've kissed before! Like, twice! Match kind of felt like an idiot at the moment. She stood there stunned, then realizing that it's been a bit long and that she should respond. “Oh Pencil.. I.. I think we've always been that way.. ”
Pencil couldn't hold it in anymore, she started sobbing and hugged Match tightly, nearly letting go of the flower she picked specially for this moment. They looked into each others eyes. Pencils eyes glossy with tears.
Match wiped away pencils' tears and leaned in to kiss her on the lips. Pencil leaning into it as well in response. Only lasting a couple seconds. They let go of the kiss and hugged again, “so, are we like, a thing now?” Match asked while pulling away to face Pencil again, now in a new light. Pencil wiped her eyes again and responded,
“if you want it to be.” Match wordlessly nodded and asked, “can we like, kiss again?” Pencil nodded and they leaned in and they did. They hugged and kissed and it was beautiful and cheesy and everything Pencil ever wanted with Match. The rest of freesmart emerged from behind the HPRC and watched as the new couple shared an embrace. A very lesbian embrace. Just as the sun rose into colours of pink and orange. Just like them <3