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Rainbow stared at his clipboard, writing off tasks to be completed. His brow was perpetually furrowed, a testament to the constant barrage of incompetence he endured daily.
He tried to focus on work. As that was all he ever did. But it proved to be challenging as someone was pestering him again.
"Rainbow, my shineless grump. We need to have a serious conversation."
"About how you put on 'dumb ways to die' on the intercom. As if we don't have enough death casualties here on the daily. Don't give these workers ideas."
Rainbow sighed deeply, the kind of sigh that suggested this wasn't the first or even the fiftieth time he'd been subjected to this nonsense.
The eye roll he gave was so dramatic, it practically had its own sound effect.
"Dress up like a moose during hunting season. Disturb a nest of wasp for no good reason_"
"Y/n. No."
Y/n shrugged, unbothered by the rebuke. "But going back to the topic at hand. I am done with being labeled wrongly."
Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "When have I ever?"
"Always! I don't identify as a mouse but you keep calling me that."
He snorted, a rare hint of amusement breaking through his stern facade. "Could've fooled me. With your tendency to run away and make a lot of annoying squeaky background noise."
"But I'll admit the pet name might be a bit too much. Respectfully, what would you like me to call you then? I'm listening."
There was a moment of silence, filled only with the hum of machinery and the distant clang of metal on metal. Finally, Y/n declared their words loud and proudly.
"I'm a ✨zesty sewer rat✨. Get it right."
Rainbow rubbed his temples, wondering not for the first time if perhaps a career change was in order.
"I will give you a hairy rat tail if you keep on testing my sanity."
"Do it pussy_"
*Y/n learned that sometimes it's better to keep your mouth shut as they poked their new surgically attached tail*
