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One of the petals in her basket was slightly out of place. I wouldn’t have noticed if I hadn’t been staring. She’s been sat there for over 30 minutes now, lounging comfortably on the sofa, talking animatedly to Shelly. I can’t help but feel envious of Shelly – more specifically the relationship she has with Bassie. She’s Bassie's best friend. I’m just someone to be torn apart. I don’t know the reason Bassie hates me. I’m not sure I ever will. But I do know it’s something I can’t really change. Believe me – I’ve tried. I’ve made bonbons, sculptures, picked a bouquet of her favourite flowers. By the way, all of her favourite flowers are poisonous to bunnies like me! That’s how hard I’ve tried to get her to... Well, not like, that would be too much, but at least not hate me. I’ve tried asking her why she hates me as well, but every time she just says ‘you know what you did’ or something along those lines. Well, clearly, no, I don’t, otherwise I wouldn’t be asking, but whatever. It’s infuriating sometimes, but no matter how hard I try... I can’t stay mad at her. For... reasons I’m sure you’ve probably already guessed, so I won’t bother going into detail about it.
I feel a light tap on my shoulder. “Cocoa? You’ve been staring for the past 20 minutes...” My best friend, Yatta, gently informs me.
“Shucks.” I say, hurriedly looking away. “Can you really blame me though..?”
“Yes, I can, actually.” Yatta replied. “I can name several people I would rather stare at.”
“Oh, yeah, that’s right, like Bl-”
“Shut! Up! He’s. Right. There!” Yatta hisses. I squeak an apology. I doubt Blot actually heard though, chatting animatedly to Looey. “I’m surprised you aren’t talking with them as well.”
“Well I was..” Yatta says, as if it’s the most obvious thing in the world, “But then I noticed someone was staring and I thought I’d make you aware how obvious you were making your little crush!”
“Thanks, I guess...” I mumble. “Let’s just... join in with their conversation.” I say, and Yatta nods. We both turn towards Blot and Looey.
“Hey Cocoa! You’ve stopped staring then.” Looey teases me.
“Shut up! But yes, I’ve stopped staring, and I am now present in the conversation.”
“!aococ yeH” Blot greets me.
“Hi Blot. Soooo... what were you guys talking about...?”
“.yrrow t’nod, hcum ssim t’ndid uoY”
“OK, so you can’t tell anyone, because people may hate us for it, but we may or may not have been shipping toons together...” Looey admits. I give him a disapproving glare. “Whaaattt? It’s fun!”
“...gnitseretni ylniatrec s’tI”
“OK, OK, yeah, fine, it’s fun.. ish. So, who did you pair with who?” I admit as Yatta smirked.
“Knew you’d come around.” She said triumphantly.
“We didn’t get far.... we couldn’t decide who to ship Astro with.” I think for a second. I know who Astro likes. But I also know that that particular toon happens to be with Cosmo, so that’s out of the question.
“Wow, you really didn’t get far. Hmm... ok, so don’t kill me.. how about... Squirm?”
“.krow dluoc tahT”
“OK, Squirm it is!” Looey cheered. “That took way too long.. OK.. Next up is Bassie...”
“Whyyyyy don’t we discuss each other first! I’m interested to see who you three will ship each other with.” I suggest hurriedly.
“.esle enoemos htiw eissaB pihs su ees ot tnaw t’nod tsuj uoy rO”
“Nooooo....”
“Sure, we can do that. I’m also kind of excited.” Looey agreed. “You’re first though!”
“Ohhhh kayyyy..” I sigh. Then notice Yatta’s mischievous grin. “What?”
“Weeeelll... I could be nice and ship you with Bassie... orrr I could be honest and ship you with Eclipse.”