༒𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍༒ (A shrimpo x goob fanfic)

12: ᴜɴsᴇᴇɴ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ

SHRIMPO'S POV~

It's been a day since I've spoken to Goob. His sister seems to still try to keep him away from me. He said he'd show up tonight though! We could talk a bit and just hang out. I have no one else, anyway.

I looked around for him. After a few minutes, surely enough, i spotted him next to the tree in the lobby.

"Good evening!" I told Goob, helping him off the flower platform.

"Good mor.... Evening!" Said Goob before tripping off the platform.

And he falls again... How surprising. I help him up and we walk into the elevator.

"How far are we going?" Asked Goob.

"About.... Floor 5, maybe?"

"Sounds good!"

As the elevator went down and we remained alone, i walked over to Goob and gave him a genuine hug.

"We can do this." I told him as encouragement.

Goob hugged me back as the elevator door opened. We sat like that for a few seconds before we ventured into the floor.

Since i now knew how to properly fill machines, it was a breeze for me. Goob took care of distracting the Twisteds, which he was surprisingly good at.

When we walked back into the elevator, Dandy emerged from his shop. We made a great team, so we didn't need any items.

"Really? Nothing? Shrimpo?" Asked Dandy.

"Look, I'm not that bad. I'm not losing a heart on the FIRST FLOOR." I mocked Dandy, crossing my arms.

"Whatever you say. We'll see how you do in two more floors." Said Dandy before disappearing right back into his trapdoor.

We were flying through the floors, we needed zero help.
However, on floor 5, things got dark as we heard Twisted Pebble's loud growls. I looked at Goob.

"I can't distract him..." Whispered Goob.

"We can still do it! We'll go back up after this."
We sneaked to every machine, with Goob standing guard if anyone comes by. We were doing okay, but when i walked towards the last machine, i heard a pair of quick footsteps. It was Twisted Tisha, coming right for me.
Goob tried to take her attention away, but Tisha was locked onto me.

"Shrimpo!" Said Goob before running off. I saw him climbing onto a box.

I quickly got pulled up by him, ever so slightly reaching the box.
I remained in his arms, our eyes locking. I sighed in relief when i realized we were safe up here.
Neither of us said a word. We just stared at eachother in silence. One of my hands involuntarily reached Goob's face, cupping his cheek. I pulled him closer... And closer... And closer...

GOOB'S POV~

I felt Shrimpo's breath against my face while he pulled me closer. I kneeled down to his height as i started feeling flustered.
Neither of us dared finish what we started for a few seconds.
A bit unsure, i put both my hands behind Shrimpo and closed the gap between us, in a soft kiss.

I couldn't explain what i was feeling. Butterflies in my stomach, mixed with uncertainty, but also happiness? Love?

When we stopped, Shrimpo took a deep breath:

"Thank you... I needed that..."

"A...anytime..." I stuttered, still confused.

We slowly climbed off the box and walked back towards the last machine, which was now all free. When the elevator opened, Goob pulled me right inside and we went back up.