Orange represents change[Dandy's World AU]

Day 2

| |Shelly's pov| |

Waking up at 6:00 am. I did my morning routine and went out for another day at gardenview. Since it was Monday, there weren't a lot of kids compared to weekends. The place was already empty by the time it was 7:48 am. During my walk to my room, I find Rory with Shrimpo supposedly hanging out together at the indoor playground. It was normal for her to already be friends with Boxten, but Shrimpo??? Talking to him without getting yelled at is impossible to avoid, and yet he's quiet with her. And people say the friend magnet was me, when she's doing this under a week being here.

I see the craft siblings walking by and seeing this as well. Scraps looked shocked as I was from the sight. "Shrimpo being civil?? Am I seeing things???" Meanwhile, her brother had lifted his arms up as if ready to pull someone. My observation was correct as Goob outstretched himself to grab Shrimpo, but Rory was able to move spots with the shrimp and take his place in the hug. "Huh? Rory, did you really want to get a hug?" She just nodded, and Goob continued to hug her. It was barely noticeable, but the TV had signalled to the shrimp to get away from there, which he did. Does that mean she purposely switched their places, but why? Maybe she knows something about him that we don't. It's plausible that he told her, since she was able to be his friend so fast.

Deciding that matter should be left for another time, I went to the lobby. There, Cosmo is up and well talking to Boxten, who was trying to focus despite the fact he was getting glared at by Sprout. [What a simp, but I can't exactly talk.] Brightney had entered the area talking to Dazzle while Razzle was having an enthusiastic conversation with Teagan. Everybody is talking with each other, and not a single sight of Astro at all. That meant he was holed up in his room thinking about something. I should go check up on him just to see if he was okay, and definitely not to try to get cuddles from him again. Walking up to his room door, there was no need to knock cause he always left his door unlocked in the mornings because he had always forgotten. I gently opened the door...

There he is, sitting on a bean bag while reading a book. He noticed me almost immediately when I opened the door. "Oh. Is there anything you need, Shelly?" The moon placed his book down and sat up. Closing the door, I started to fidget with my fingers and looked at the ground. "I just wanted to check up on you, that's all!" He did not believe me for a second, and it was obvious. After a few seconds of silence, I eventually told him the true reason I went here. Astro just gave a gentle smile and beckoned me over, with me happily doing so. We had our cuddle session until the clock hit 9:12 am.