Finger Paintings (REBOOT)

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Paintbrush hummed to themself, brushing their hair and tying it into a low ponytail, curling the front strands that stuck out.

They wanted to look their best for this dance, they were going with Knife after all.

*Bzzt!*

Paintbrush picked up their phone and stared at the text.

Test Tube : Hey Paintbrush! Can you come to my lab real quick? I've got something I wanna show you!!

Paintbrush squinted at it. A suprise? Thats.. Strange.

Paintbrush : Alright, I'll be there.

Paintbrush shut off their phone, finished curling their hair and then left the room, grabbing a bag aswell, and left the hotel soon after.

It was a little bit of a walk, but they enjoyed it. The nice path filled with pretty flowers.

They arrived at the Dr. Fizz and Water machine. Why were there only two options? Nobody knew. All they knew was that Test Tube rigged it so that if you typed in a certain code it would suck you into Test Tube's secret lab.

Thankfully, it was an easy code to guess.

The hatch opened up and dragged Paintbrush down into the lab.

They fell onto the ground with a grunt. "Fuck.. I'll never get used to this.." They muttered, getting up and dusting themselved off.

"Test Tube..! I'm here!" They called out. "Paintbrush! Perfect— Woah, you look nice!" Test Tube complemented her friend. "Anyways, come come! I wanna show you this!" Test Tube said happily, running off into another room to show off yet another one of her little inventions.

Paintbrush stared at a cabinet, it was labelled 'Medicine'.

...They opened it and grabbed two bottles, placing them in the bag they were carrying.

"So.. Whats this new invention?" Paintbrush asked, walking into the room Test Tube was in.

Test Tube quickly sped through explaining it, it was hard to keep up with her since she was so excited, but she answered any of the questions Paintbrush asked.

30 minutes later, Test Tube was done explaining.

"And thats pretty much it!" She said happily. "Thats a really cool invention, you're very good at this stuff." Paintbrush smiled. Test Tube smiled back, "Thank you!"

The two chatted for a bit longer, they were very good friends, but they barely got to spend time with eachother.

Paintbrush decided they needed to leave, so they did. They said goodbye to Test Tube and left the lab.

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"Soo, going on a date with Paintbrush, huh?" Pickle teased. "Shut up dude, it's not a date." Knife snickered. "I'm pretty sure they don't like me like that anyways." He muttered.

"Yeah, you wish they did though." Pickle laughed as Knife hit him on the shoulder.

"I'm just taking them to the party, I'm not even a good dancer, nothings gonna happen." Knife shrugged. "You don't have to be a good dancer for something to happen. I should know, how many people have fallen for you?" Pickle snickered.

"Including you or..?" "Shut up!" Pickle and Knife laughed, shoving eachother playfully.

"But seriously dude, you'll be fine. You guys are pretty close, you should totally ask them to be your partner." Pickle suggested, sitting down on the edge of Knife's bed. "Yeah, and if it all goes wrong I'm gonna pin the blame on you." Knife said. He doesn't mean it.