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Fan strolled out of the doors of Hotel OJ, squinting at the sudden light. Once his eyes adapted, he made his way over to the vending machine.
He punched in a code, and was sucked up by a tube. He walked around the “secret” laboratory, although, it wasn’t much of a secret anymore, since Taco and Mic had accidentally stumbled into it.
Fan walked past the hundreds of shelves with failed, successful, and continuing experiments.
It seemed as if he was looking for something, or maybe even someone.
Not too long after, he spotted who he was looking for.
He crept up behind her, and wrapped his arms around her waist. Her whole body did the small reflexive jitter, but she sighed when she realized whose arms were around her.
“Hi Fan” she said endearingly.
Fan loves that tone. He never heard her use it on anyone besides him. It made him feel special and so lucky that the love of his life reciprocated those feelings.
He just replied with a smile and nuzzled his head into the small crevice in between her neck and shoulder, under her neon green hair.
Test tube let out a chuckle and rested her head against his.
After a little bit, Fan moved his head of his lovers shoulder and walked in front of Test Tube, taking her hands in his.
He had been preparing all morning for this moment, he couldn’t afford to lose it now.
“Would you wanna watch a movie with me tonight?” Fan said, trying not to look like he was on the verge of exploding with embarrassment.
Test Tube just stared at him for a moment, blushing profusely. Fan usually wasn’t this straightforward like this, not that she didn’t enjoy it, it just wasn’t that expected.
“Of course! I’d love to” Test Tube managed to squeak out. By then, both of their faces had gone from a light pink, to a bright red.
If you put them side by side with a tomato you almost wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
“Oh! Alright! Uh I guess I’ll see you there?” Fan asked, extremely awkwardly.
“Yup, see you there” Test Tube responded while shooting Fan a small thumbs up and smile.
Fan speed walked out of the laboratory while blushing like a love struck idiot.
Once he got outside, he skipped the entire way back to the hotel.
With a whole lot of time to kill, Fan decided to go back to his room and watch whatever YouTube decided to recommend him.
TIMESKIP ^_^
Fan was standing in front of him and Paintbrushes shared bathroom mirror.
He wasn’t sure if he should wear fancier attire, or comfy pajamas.
“Fan, what the hell are you doing” surprised, Fan jumped a little, just realizing his roommate on their bed behind him.
“Uh- none of your business” He responded, slightly harsher than he wanted.
Paintbrush gave him a small “Mk” sound and went back to typing something into their phone.
After a bit of deciding, Fan landed on wearing his pajamas. Sure it was him and Test Tubes first date, but at the same time it was a movie.
Who the hell is wearing a bow tie to see a movie. He fixed his hair quickly, and rushed out the hotel room door, downstairs to see his girlfriend.
It still felt weird calling Test Tube that, they had been officially dating for 2 months already but were both obviously head over heels for each other for the past few years.
If you had went into the past and told younger him that he was dating his favorite person on earth, he would look at you as if you told him ghosts were real.
Fan stumbled into the main room of Hotel OJ. He paused when he saw Test Tube standing in the kitchen area, her waist length hair tied into a lazy, messy bun.
Fan was put into a trance by her beauty. The way the dim light made her hair shine, her eyes glimmer, her face looking to content even if she wasn’t doing anything besides placing crackers onto a plate.
Fan was soon broken out of this trance by Test Tube turning around.
She hadn’t realized Fan standing, eerily, in front of the stairs, making her jump.
Fan quickly gained conscious and walked over to his partner.
“Whatcha making?” He asked curiously.
“Just preparing a few snacks.” Test Tube replied.
“Need any help?”
“Nope!” With that, Fan walked over to the couch and grabbed the remote to find a movie.
Soon after, Test Tube came over with the tray of cheese and crackers and sat down next to her lover.
Fan scrolled through a few different movies and eventually landed on the Titanic.
“Do you like this one?” Fan questioned.
“I haven’t seen it before” Test Tube said casually.
Fan jolted his head towards her.
“YOU HAVENT SEEN TITANIC??” He yelled in a quiet, confused tone, “Nope we’re watching it.”
Test Tube didn’t argue against it. She had been wanting to see it for a while but never actually found the time in between her experiments.
Fan stared at Test Tubes face which was lit up by the TV. Every adorable freckle that lined under her eyes and over her nose looked like twinkling stars in the night sky. He just wanted to hug her and never let go for the rest of eternity.
A little farther into the movie, Test Tube tiredly rested her head on Fans shoulder. Not expecting it, he flinched and looked away from the movie and back down at her.
His mind was racing. Fan didn’t know what to do, should he move her? Should he let her stay?
Eventually he decided that the best option would be to wrap his arm around her.
Once he did, Test Tube snuggled deeper into his side. He rested his head on her shoulder while turning 50 different shades of red.
After the movie was finished, Fan paused the credits and sat in the pitch black room, only being able to see from the glow of the TV.
He gently picked up his lovers head and set it down carefully on a nearby pillow, he then moved down and her body, wrapped his arms under her back and knees, lifting her off the couch.
He strolled up the hotel stairs making sure to not wake the delicate treasure that was breathing softly in his arms.
He was able to lay her down into her bed and tuck her in without stirring her. Although, when he tried to leave, he felt a hand tenderly wrap around his.
“Fan, can you stay tonight?” A tired raspy voice asked.
Fan looked at the drained vial behind him. She looked so vulnerable in that moment, her gaze looking so soft and caring.
There was no way that he would be able to resist her. Fan calmly climbed into bed next to the love of his life.
Her arms wrapped around his waist, clinging on like a baby sea otter. He returned the gesture and hugged his partner back, pulling her closer and kissing her forehead, before they both inevitably fell asleep.