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Astro is watching over the toons dreams, the few ones that were still sleeping that is, and he decides to see if Looey is having another nightmare, thank fully it isn't, but it isn't a dream either, it's just Looey in their bed, staring at the ceiling, so he decides to enter their dream. He spawns outside of their room, and knocks on the door.
Looey-"Come on in!" They say, and Astro follows their request, opening the door and entering.
Looey-"Sit here!" He says as he slightly taps an place on the bed besides him, and Astro closes the door as he follows their command.
Astro-"How have you been doing Looey?"
Looey-"Great! Especially with you by my side!" Astro knew Looey wasn't lying, he would be able to tell if he was, Astro would've been able to know it, since he can not only control anything in the dream, but also know anything he wants about it.
Astro-"That's great to hear" He said as he leaned into them, their noticed it and decided to side hug him. Astro wishes that they would just out right that they have an crush on him, because he feels the same about them. "... Do you have an crush on me?" Looey was caught off guard by Astro
Looey-"Me? Well... Yes... But an main like you would never like an laughing stock like me..."
Astro-"You sure about that?"
Looey-"yes, why?"
Astro-"Well..." He gives an small kiss on their cheek, making Looey become red "... Because of this!" Looey slowly turned their face towards Astro.
Looey-"... Y-you like me?"
Astro-"A lot!" Looey smile grew, their tail started to wag really fast.
Looey-"A lot!?" Looey said as they kissed his cheek.
Astro-"More than a lot, actually!"
Looey-"... I feel the same about-" Suddenly everything was gone, Looey couldn't even finish saying.
Astro-"... Looks like Looey woke up..."
Astro is tired of Looey only dating him in their dreams, he also wants them to date in the real world, so he decides he's going to make it happen. Astro wakes up, sees that it's morning, and starts to think on how he could help them, he knew that Looey only tells Yatta, Blot and Poppy their secrets (not including the m having an crush on him, because that's no secret, despite how much he tries), they're their best friends after all. He also knows that he'll need some help, as he has never dated before and doesn't really know how to confess it without them thinking that he's being nice because he pities them. He know he'll need Yatta, Blot, Poppy and a couple to help him to confess to Looey, there's only 3 couples in Garden view, Vee with Dandy, Cosmo with Sprout and Shelly with Goob, the first two have basically always been dating, so it wouldn't be of much help, but the last one will definitely help him, they weren't always dating. Astro decides he'll first find Shelly and Goob, then he'll get Looey top 3 best friends, and, in the end, get everyone to make an romantic diner for the two. Astro doesn't want to waste time, so he starts to run to Shelly's room, and he knocks at the door when he reaches there.
Goob-"Hey Astro!" He says as he opens the door.
Astro-"Hi Goob! You're with Shelly?"
Goob-"Yeah! Ever since we started dating, we've been staying with each other more!"
Shelly-"Who's on the door Goob?" She says as she gets up from the floor and starts walking to the door.
Goob-"It's Astro!"
Shelly-"Hi Astro! Do you need anything?" She says as she gets to the door.
Astro-"Yes, and it has to do with Looey..."
Goob-"Do you need dating tips?"
Astro-"Yes, how did- nvm"
Goob-"What? What were you going to say?"
Astro-"I was going to ask how did you know, but I then realized that it has Looey in it." He said as he gave an small laugh.
Shelly-"Well, come in then!" She said as she and Goob made space for Astro to enter.
Astro-"I actually need you two to come with me, because i'm going to get Yatta, Blot and Poppy to help us."
Shelly-"Makes sense!"
Goob-"I'll find Poppy!"
Shelly-"I'll find Yatta!"
Astro-"Oh, i was thinking of the three of us getting each one of them together, but it's better to do it your way. I guess I'll find Blot."
Shelly-"Well, where are we going to go after we find them?"
Astro-"Hhmmm... How about my room?"
Shelly-"Sounds good!"
They separated and started to rearch for them. After a bit of walking, Shelly had found Yatta getting out of a vent.
Shelly-"Hey Yatta!"
Yatta-"Shelly! My friend! GREAT to see-" She's cut off by falling face first into the ground. "OUCH! Well, as i was saying, it's GREAT to see you! I wanted to sign up for more hugs from the HUG BUSINESS that your boyfriend has!"
Shelly-"Hug business?"
Yatta-"OH YEAH, it's FREE! But i still want MORE! In fact, i want to PAY for IT with CANDY!!! Where's he?"
Shelly-"Well, Goob's looking for Poppy."
Yatta-"Why?"
Shelly-"For the same reason i wanted to find you!"
Yatta-"Still didn't answer my question. I didn't even KNOW you were looking for me!" Shelly made an embarrassed giggle after hearing that.
Shelly-"Oh, it's because Astro wanted our help to find you, Blot, and Poppy!"
Yatta-"OOohhh! But why?"
Shelly-"Looey."
Yatta-"Date?"
Shelly-"Probably, we are going to first find everyone and then decide how we're going to make the two start dating."
Yatta-"Well, what are waiting for? LET'S GO! my dear Looey wants Astro SOOOO MUCH!"
Shelly guides Yatta to Astro's room, and, when they reach there, the door is locked.
Yatta-"Looks like they haven't found them, YET!"
Shelly-"Well, could you do some of your acrobatic tricks?"
Yatta-"OK!" She said, as she almost immediately started the action.
Meanwhile, Goob was still walking around, trying to find Poppy, until he found Gigi, he went towards her, and she noticed that.
Gigi-"Hey Goob! Sorry, i still haven't found an sweater with super long sleeves."
Goob-"Aww, bye then..."
Gigi-"Bye!"
Suddenly, Goob stoped on his tracks, he was thinking about something, that's for sure.
Gigi-"Hello? Goob?"
Goob-"... Wait! I know another way you can help me!"
Gigi-"How?"
Goob-"Do you know where Poppy is?"
Gigi-"I'm pretty sure she's at the kitchen."
Goob-"Thank you! Bye!" He said, receiving an "Bye!" from Gigi.
Goob ran as fast as he could, along the wall, and, he was near an curve when he saw Poppy take an sharp turn, she was at his face, and he didn't have enough time to stop, so they bumped into each other, making an small "ouch!" escape from them as they fall on the ground.
Poppy-"Ugh... Oh hey Goob! What's the hurry?"
Goob-"Hey Poppy! I was looking for you!"
Poppy-"Why?"
Goob-"Astro needs the help from me, Shelly, you, Yatta- and Blot"
Poppy-"With what?"
Goob-"Looey."
Poppy-"Looks like i'll have to help my friend's crush Date him!"
Goob-"Lets go then!" He says as he starts to run, with Poppy following him.
While that was happening, Astro had just found Blot in Dandy shop.
Blot-"!sknahT (Thanks!)"
Dandy-"Pleasure doing business with you!"
Astro-"Hey Blot..."
Blot-"?gnihtyna deen uoy od ,ortsA ereht yeh hO ?huH (Huh? Oh hey there Astro. Do you need anything?...)" After saying that, he ponders on why he even said all of that when Astro can't even understand him, which becomes obvious thanks to the face he makes.
Astro-"Blot, i need your help, it's about Looey."
Blot-" !it toG (Got it!)"
Goob, Poppy, Astro and Blot got there at the same time, they were able to hear a bit of Shelly and Yatta conversation.
Yatta-"~~~ does not have that!" (The ~~~ means blurred out)
Shelly-"I'll just give up at trying to convince you... Oh hey guys! The four of you got here at the same time!"
Astro-"Good thing. Now, could you two let me unlock the door?"
Yatta-"Sure thing!" She says as the two of them get up, with Yatta getting up with an side ways flip.
Astro opens the door, the walls are blue, and the light is dim and blue, there's some bean bags in his room.
Astro-"How about we sit there?" He says as he uses his magic star hands to point at the bean bags, receiving an agreeing nod from everyone. They walk towards the bean bags and sit on them.
Astro-"Okay... We need to make an plan..."
Yatta-"... How about an diner!!!"
Shelly-"Sounds nice!"
Goob-"If we want a romantic diner, then we'll need Sprout and Cosmo help."
Blot-".pleh rieht deen ew yhw meht llet ew fi su pleh ylbaborp ll'yehT (They'll probably help us if we tell them why we need their help.)"
Yatta-"Blot said that they'll help us if we them them why we need it!"
Astro-"... What's their favorite fruit?"
Poppy-"Blueberry's!"
Shelly-"Don't you mean "his"?"
Astro-"Oh, Looey actually prefers to use he/him they/them, but he doesn't tell anyone because he's afraid it'll make they be an bigger laughing stock."
Goob-"He does- i mean, they do know that Teagan uses she/her and they/them, right?"
Blot-".seY (Yes.)"
Yatta-"But he does NOT CARE!"
Goob-"... You could try showing your secret to them, it'll show them you like them back!"
Poppy-"What secret?"
Astro-"Are you talking about..."
Goob-"Yes, i'm talking about 2+2."
Shelly-"Why is Astro secret an math equation?"
Astro-"He said "2+2" because he doesn't want to reveal it to those that don't know it in a way that i get what he means. But how do you know that? I never told you that!"
Goob-"I'm a lot smarter than people think i am."
Shelly-"That's true!"
Astro-"Funny how thought how getting Cosmo and Sprout to help me but I decided not to because the two were basically always dating, and now i'm going to need their help."
Yatta-"I mean, Goob and Shelly have made an romantic diner on their own, they could do the same to you two!"
Goob-"The problem is..." He notices that Shelly hasn't really said anything important, and knowing how she feels when she's left out, he decides to do something. "... I'll let you say it!" He says to Shelly.
Shelly-"Huh? Oh there's no need Goob!"
Goob-"My dear shell, i know how you feel, you want to say something important, and i'm giving you the chance!"
Shelly-"T-theres no need Goob! I swear!"
Goob-"Shelly Fossilian, you want to do this, this will make you feel better, so please, just do this!"
Shelly-"... Fine." She takes an deep breath before explaining the problem. "... So, the problem is that we make food that's good enough for an couple, the food of an romantic diner to make two toons start dating needs to be better! And. There's also the fact we normally make an more salty diner, Astro and Looey have an sweet tooth."
Goob-"See? It makes you feel better!"
Shelly-"True!"
Goob-"I didn't even remember the fact the fact we make salty things while the two have an sweet tooth!"
Blot-".esneS (Sense.)" He says as gives an thumbs up, indicating he said "Makes sense.".
Poppy-"Well, what ARE we waiting for? My friend needs to start dating YOU as SOON as possible!" She says as points at Astro.
They leave Astro room and start to run to the kitchen.
Goob-"Poppy, you were in the kitchen, right? If so, were Sprout and Cosmo at the kitchen?"
Poppy-"Yes and yes, in fact, they got in the kitchen when I was leaving it."
Goob-"Great, then they're probably still there!"
They ran to the kitchen, and it looked like they were making cookies, and, at the moment, deciding what the cookies should look like.
Sprout-"It would be nice to make the cookies look like the mains."
Cosmo-"Yeah, but we have already made them look like the mains so many times that it feels tiring to make it again!"
Sprout-"True..." Sprout looked behind them, and noticed the six toons running towards them. "... Look behind you Cosmo"
Cosmo-"Okay..." He looks behind him and sees it. "... What?"
Astro-"Hey Sprout, hey Cosmo, we need your help!" He said as he took an deep breath.
Sprout-"With what?"
Astro"Just... Make the cookies look like me and Looey! And put blueberries on them!"
Sprout-"Romantic diner?"
Yatta-"An SECRET romantic diner! It'll be disguised as an normal diner with an main!"
Shelly-"We didn't decide it would disguised as an normal diner."
Yatta-"Looey would never go to an romantic diner!"
Blot-".eurT (True.)"
Cosmo-"Looks like we got divine intervention!"
Goob-"Well, will you two help us?"
Sprout-"Anything to make Looey admit he loves Astro!"
Astro-"Thanks!"
Poppy-"Now, Astro, let us three tell you some secrets about Looey you might need!" She said, receiving an nod from Astro.
Yatta, Blot (with Yatta being his translator) and Poppy told Astro some secrets that might help him, with one of them being "He loves pats on the head" and another one being "He loves to be mouth feed, but only if it's like, two to five times! More than that he'll get annoyed."
Goob-"Now, we're going to help you on the romantic part!"
Shelly-"I'm going to tell you how to break the ice, first tip, share the meal, it will make you two naturally closer. Second tip, pick the music together, or ask for him to put his favorite song. Third tip, keep the mood relaxed, one thing that helps it is making lighthearted jokes." She said, forgetting that Looey prefers they/them, at least they aren't there.
Goob-"Now i'll tell you how to go from friendly to romantic! First tip, sit by their side, it doesn't matter when, you want to do it at the start? Do it at the start. Do you want to do it after some time? Do it after some time. Second tip, look them at the eyes and smile, it shows to them that you're fully focused on them. Third tip an compliment, usually an simple one, show them that you're glad to be with them."
Shelly-"The compliments need to be different, and they must be selfish, in a good way, say how much you're glad that they're here. Show them you aren't perfect!"
Astro-"Alright, thanks guys, i hope it works out..."
Goob-"Oh, and one more thing, do it at night, night always feels nicer, the world is calmer, it's more room for the two of you!"
----------TIME SKIP----------
Looey was in their room, yesterday they found out that their crush knows their pronouns, Astro was probably laughing at them in their back, that's until they heard an knock on their door.
Looey-"Come on in!" They said, and they were filled with fear when they saw Astro open the door.
Astro-"Hey Looey, i was hoping if you could come to the kitchen with me, Sprout and Cosmo made cookies for us!"
Looey-"S-sure thing!"
Astro guided them to the kitchen, Sprout and Cosmo made sure the lights were dim. Looey was walking towards an booth when Astro grabbed them with his hands, it made their face become red for an second.
Astro-"Wait, don't you want to pick an song from the jukebox? It's okay if you don't want to."
Looey-"Oh-oh! Sorry! I just thought that you would pick it by yourself!" He said, with their face becoming red, and their tail started to wag a bit.
Astro-"Well, i want to know your taste in music, i want to choose an music im sure the two of us will like." This made Looey face even redder
Looey-"... Okay!" Looey was shocked, someone that didn't like them would never do that, did Astro genuinely like them? They quickly told them selfs to not get their hopes up.
Astro held Looey's hand while they were walking to the jukebox, and Looey felt that Astro star hand felt strange, so he looked at it and... He wasn't holding their hand with his star hand, he was holding their hand with his real hand... Astro never did this anyone, he would never do that if he hated them... They decided that it wasn't stil enough. They reached the jukebox.
Astro-"Well, what music do you like?"
Looey-"... I would prefer if you said yours first!"
Astro-"C'mon Looey, we already hear enough of my favorite music, want your favorite music!" He said, it was true, Astro once told them their favorite music, and they have heard enough of it.
Looey-"Fine..." He says, as he chooses an calm, but still energetic music.
Astro-"... Sounds nice!"
Looey-"Thanks!"
They began to walk to the booth, Looey sat on it and expected Astro to sit at the opposite one, but he sat at the same one, why did he want to sit right besides them?
Looey-"... You know there's an booth at the opposite side, right?"
Astro-"I know, i wanted to side right besides you!"
Looey-"Oh, Hahahaaa..." All that they could think was "He's sitting right besides me!".
Sprout-"I was waiting for you two to sit." He said, bringing the Astro and Looey shaped cookies. "Well, i hope you sweet tooths like this!" He said, as he put the plate with the cookies on the table.
Looey-"Y-you didn't tell me they were shaped like me and you!"
Astro-"I know, i didn't want to freak you out..."
Looey-"I don't know why Sprout and Cosmo would force you to-" He's cutoff by Astro.
Astro-"They didn't force me to do anything, i was the one who gave them the idea of making the cookies look like us, and for them to have blueberries on them!"
Looey-"Did ya say blueberries?" Their tail started to wag more.
Astro-"I sure did!" He said, as he held an Astro shaped cookie next to Looey's mouth.
Looey-"W-what're you... Are you hand feeding me?"
Astro-"Yes..."
Looey-"B-but why?... Did one of my friends tell you that?"
Astro-"It doesn't matter now, just enjoy the moment, it's just us!" Looey tail wagged even more, they were alone with their crush! They accepted being mouth feed by Astro.
Astro-"Do you like the cookies?"
Looey-"... Like it? I love it!"
Astro-"Do you love it more than you love me?" He said as the patted Looey on the head.
Looey-"HAHAAHhaaa... Okay, now it's my turn!" They said, as they grabbed and Looey shaped one and held it close to his mouth.
Astro-"Fine by me!" They said, as they ate the cookie.
They started to talk a bit as they act the cookies without being hand feed.
Astro-"I've been wanting to eat something sweet with you for some time, y'know?
Looey-"Really?"
Astro-"Yeah..."
Looey-"You're such an nice toon."
Astro-"Not really, i robbed the time you had to yourself to me."
Looey-"... True, but my point still stands!"
Astro-"... You know, i'm currently exploiting an flaw that you have!
Looey-"... What?"
Astro-"The flaw in question is that you can't hide the fact that you like me!"
Looey-"... Haha..."
Astro-"Oh, i'm sorry for making you feel uncomfortable..."
Looey-"You didn't make me feel uncomfortable! It's fine! It's normal for me to do that!"
Astro-"Okay... You know, i'm always sleepy, it doesn't matter how much i sleep, i'm always sleepy, it doesn't go as far as me feeling sleep deprived, it's just something annoying, i'm scared of taking photos, i have stage fright..."
Looey-"Oh yeah, forgot you had these..."
Astro-"You aren't the only one flawed Looey, and it's fine to be flawed."
Looey-"T-thanks..." They say, as they eat the last cookie. "Welp, it was good being with you!"
Astro-"I could say the same to you..."
Astro was getting up, but Sprout stopped him.
Sprout-"You two are going to be here for a little more time!"
Looey-"Why?"
Cosmo-"We made blueberry and strawberry cakes, and we got one piece of each one to you two!"
Looey-"Oohhh!"
Astro-"Oh, that wasn't in the plan."
Cosmo-"Yeah, but just the cookies wouldn't be enough! You two needed an cake, and, since the oven had space for two cakes, we decided to make two cakes!"
Astro-"Thank you guys!"
Sprout-"Anything to make Looey admit they have an crush on you!"
Looey-"SPROUT!!!" He shouted as he got up.
Astro-"Calm down Looey." He calmly said, he wasn't mad, in fact he found their reaction... Cute? This made Looey redder than Sprout! (Which is normal to them when there's something related to Astro)
Looey-"O-o-ok..." They said as Astro put his real hands on their hand and pushed them back down into the seat.
Sprout-"Bon apepite!" He said as Cosmo put the plates with the cakes on the table.
Cosmo-"It's bon appetit you idiot" He said as he smacked the back of Sprout's head.
Sprout-"Oh yeah!?" He said as he made an fake angry pose.
Cosmo-"Yeah." He said as he remained still.
Sprout-"Then lets have an kiss duel!"
Cosmo-"Then lets get back to the kitchen." He said before look at Astro and Looey. "Yes, this is something we do." He before they left.
Astro-"Well, that was something" He then looked at Looey, who was already holding an spoon with an bit of the strawberry cake to his mouth.
Looey-"I'll be the one who'll hand feed first this time."
Astro-"Ok! Nhom!" He said, while grabbing an piece of the blueberry cake with his spoon to hand feed it to Looey.
Looey-"Nhom! Now i'll taste the strawberry cake!" They said before taking a bit of the strawberry (Sprout) cake and eating it. "... Blueberry still wins!"
Astro-"Let me taste it then." He said before taking a bit of the blueberry (probably and opposite AU Sprout idk) cake and eating it. "... Wow, you're right! Blueberry is better than strawberry!"
Looey-"Told ya!" They said with an epic victory pose.
The two of them finished their cakes after a bit.
Looey-"Who could've guessed that this would feel so... Nice."
Astro-"Me."
Looey-"Of course. And you had to be cute while saying it..."
Astro-"Did you call me cute?"
Looey-"N-no!"
Astro-"Aww, i was really hoping i was cute for you :("
Looey-"... Fine, you were cute." They said as they leaned into him.
Astro-"You're also pretty cute!"
Looey-"... Thanks..." They said, but they started to think about something. "Wait, was this an romantic diner?"
Astro-"Yes."
Looey-"... I'm happy that it was..."
Astro-"Good to hear that!"
Looey-"... You know what's missing?"
Astro-"What?"
Looey-"An kiss." They said as they leaned closer to his face.
Astro-"I was hoping you would say that" He said before they kissed, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary, just an small kiss, then they decided to have an second kiss.
Astro then caught Looey by surprise, he started to shower their face with kisses, making Looey laugh.
Looey-"Stop stop! It's making me laugh!"
Astro-"Ok. I just hope you don't get revenge on me or anything." He says, still keeping his head close to theirs.
Looey-"Since you want it." They start to shower him with kisses, and they stop after a bit.
Astro-"Well, looks like we're dating now, right?"
Looey-"Seems like it." They notice that Cosmo and Sprout was watching them. "... Hi?"
Cosmo-"We only saw the end of Astro showering you with kisses and you getting "revenge" on him"
Sprout-"You two should go to your rooms, we're leaving."
Astro-"Alright, thanks again Cosmo and Sprout!" He said as he and Looey got up.
Looey-"Well, can i sleep with you?"
Astro-"I'd love if you did."
They began to walk to Astro's room, and, once they got there, Looey jumped into Astro's bed, while Astro calmly laid down on the bed.
Looey-"What are our couple names be?"
Astro-"I'll call you... Sunshine!"
Looey-"Why Sunshine?"
Astro-"Cause i know you'll call me Moonshine!"
Looey-"Fair... Welp, goodnight Moonshine!"
Astro-"Goodnight Sunshine!" He said as he revealed he has 4 arms. "Oh, please don't mind these..."
Looey-"Do you do have four kids arms... Don't worry, i won't tell anyone." They said, as they nuzzled their clown nose against his nose, if Astro had one that is.
They hugged together in bed as they slowly sleept.
Astro is watching over the toons dreams, the few ones that were still sleeping that is, and he decides to see if Looey is having another nightmare, thank fully it isn't, but it isn't a dream either, it's just Looey in their bed, staring at the ceiling, with an happy face, so he decides to enter their dream. He spawns outside of their room, and knocks on the door.
Looey-"Come on in!" They say, and Astro follows their request, opening the door and entering.
Looey-"Sit here!" He says as he slightly taps an place on the bed besides him, and Astro closes the door as he follows their command.
Astro-"How have you been doing Looey?"
Looey-"Great! Especially now that we're dating!"
Astro-"Bop!" He said as he bopped their clown nose with his real hand, making them realize it was an dream.
Looey-"Oh, this is an dream!"
Astro-"Yeah. Fun fact, i didn't have to boo your nose to make you realize it, i only bopped it because it would be very cute!"
Looey-"Well, good thing i love bops on my nouse!"
Astro-"Really? No one told me that!"
Looey-"It's because no toon has ever bopped me, only the kids did, and because I forgot to tell my friends i like bops..." Astro lets out an chuckle when hearing that "... I was really missing those bops... Wait, did you cone into my dream just so you could be with your lover for more time?"
Astro"Partially yes! But also because I didn't want you to be having an nightmare."
Looey-"How can I have an nightmare when im with you?"
Astro-"Fair point!... See ya in the real world."
Looey-"Why?"
Astro-"You're going to wake up in a bit, i can feel it."
Looey-"Well, see ya there too!"
Astro-"I think you'll wake up in 3, 2, 1, 0." The moment he said zero, everything disappeared. "i'm getting better at feeling when the toons will wake up..." He said as he woke up.