Writers note: This is a Partybeetle chapter inspired by my friend ^^ All spelling mistakes in Poob's speech is intentional btw ♡♡
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\~|Pest|~/
He'd never been one for making friends or being social whatsoever, pest always stuck to himself. He was in one corner of the regretavator alone. Everyone had already left as it was quite late.
The door dinged, and Pest sighed. It was them.. Party Noob, the complete opposite of him, is an over-social partygoer who had hundreds of friends. They spoke up.
"HAI PEST!" They yelled as they entered.
"What Poob..?" He questioned, hoping they'd go away soon.
"How com ur not home?? Its prety lat"
"Same thing could be said for you, now leave me alone..."
"THAT'S NOT A PROPER ANSWER!"
"Urgh.."
He sighed once more before turning away from them, starting to fall into a daydream to get rid of that annoying voice.
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\~| Poob |~/
They'd always been one for making friends. They had friends from all floors of the regretavator, and there was just one that wouldn't budge. Pest. They never understood how he could be so boring, almost never holding a full conversation with anyone.
They crossed their arms once they realised Pest had been ignoring their yells for an actual answer, and then they had an idea. "What if I invited him for ice cream?" They thought they were going there anyway, so what could be the worst that could happen.
They started to scoot over to the beetle, prodding at his arm. He suddenly snapped and turned to the party host, slamming their arm onto the wall.
"OW!" They yelped
"ファックオフ" He yelled back
"Huh -" They tilted their head, then poked at Pest's hips with his other arm. "How about we go and get ice cream! My treat, as you seem quite... tense."
"Urgh, fine, but only because you're paying."
"YES!" They yelled as the beetle let go of their arm, it being slightly red.
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\~| Pest |~/
He knew why he had agreed. He hated being out right now, especially with that overwhelming, yellow noob. He hadn't eaten in days as his house was raided by gnarpians after he had a scuffle with gnarpy. He had no food, so ice cream was his only bet.
The door dinged once again. They were at the ice cream parlour, where Crem sat on his chair, dozing off.
"HAI CREM! THE USUAL PLS!!" The noob screeched, waking up Crem, who rubbed its eyes and started to get the birthday cake ice cream and scooped it into the cone.
"I'll have.." The beetle paused for a moment."That one, " he pointed to the ice cream labled "p1e. " It had cinnamon apples on top, so he picked it.
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\~| Poob |~/
Crem handed them their ice cream, then started to make Pests, making sure to add extra apples upon his request.
They pulled out their wallet and paid for the ice creams, waved goodbye to Crem, and then walked back into the regretavator.
Once they both finished their ice creams, they turned to Pest. "Would yo -"
"No," Pest snarled
"But- but- but-"
They kept stumbling on their words, which annoyed Pest more.
"Urgh, fine, what do you want?"
"Would u lik to stay ober? I got food lef over from last nights parti. I ned to get gon by tomoro."
"Fine..." He'd answer reluctantly, only going because of the food
"REALY? LET'S GO!!"
They quickly grabbed Pest's arm, running out of the regretavator onto the street. Usually, they'd both take the subway, but Poob thought it was a pretty night, so decided to walk.
They started to slow down as they felt raindrops upon their head, turning to Pest.
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\~| Pest |~/
The rain started to pour onto their heads, he squinted at the feeling. Poob had let go of his hand now, starting to dance in the cool, dark rain.
"What- what are you doing?" the bug asked
"Dansing, duh! Com join mi!"
"I don't dance"
"Awh pls? Iv never dansed wit sumon b4"
"Absolutely not, now let's get to your apartment, I hate being soaked"
Soon after, the noob had grabbed his hands, placing his arms into a dance formation, and smiled.
"What are you-"
Before Pest could finish, Poob pulled on Pest, placing their hand on his waist, and started to dance. It shocked Pest, they were surprisingly good at dancing, he was following their lead as a small smile formed on his face.
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\~| Poob |~/
They had took a mental note of Pest's face, focusing on it deeply, they knew the steps to this specific dance so didn't really need to focus on anything else at the time. It seemed like he was warming up to them.
"Ehehe"
Their eyes widened, hearing a giggle from the beetle. It was shocking to say the least, Pest barely knew how to take off a poker face to their knowledge, let alone giggle or smile. This made them happy, as they moved one of their hands from Pest's waist to his back, and bending him over for the dance.
Pest had let out a chuckle at this, brought himself back up, holding down his cap, and continued to dance for the next hour until the rain had stopped.
"Haha.. We better head home" Pest said suddenly
"Yeah.... Lets go !!" They replied
They ran down the street until they made it to the apartment block, ran up the stairs and guided Pest to their room.
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\~| Pest |~/
"I hav no over beds, and ur not slepin on the couch, it's stained wit frosting.." Poob said
"God you're impossible" he replied, hopping into their bed, and pulling the duvet over him, placing his cap on their nightstand.
Poob had got in on the other side, now also under the duvet
"Touch me and you're dead"
"Goodnees..."
They both dozed off, exhausted from dancing and running all night.
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\~| Poob |~/
In the morning, they felt something on their chest and stomach. They looked down to see two hand fulls of black claws around him.
They looked behind themselves to see a head full of long white hair and two beetle mandibles snuggled into their back. They started to smile.
They gently lifted one of Pest's arms, turning to face him, then placed the arm back down, which immediately tightened around the noob. They cuddled the beetle as they slowly fell back asleep.
