Operation: Friend | Goob x Shrimpo | Highschool au

Morning | Chapter 7

Shrimpo was awoken by a bunch of chattering and sunlight in his face. The light was then covered by something hovering over him. He peeked open one eye and saw that craft right up in his face. "Good morning Shrimpo!" Goob greeted with a bright smile. Shrimpo bolted up, almost bumping heads with Goob. The sudden movement made Shrimpo's head spin, causing him to fall back face down onto the pillow. He felt his face heat up.. that smile would've blinded him if he looked for too long.  "Ah, sorry! Too close." Goob quickly apologized as he worriedly looked over him. "It's ok." Shrimpo faintly mumbled. He thought about what Goob said, he says he's too close? He kind of liked Goob being clo— wait wait no no no that's weird! Shrimpo clenched his pillow and rapidly kicked his feet against his sleeping bag, fighting the urge to scream out loud. 'What is he doing?' Goob thought with an amused expression, 'Is this how he always is in the morning?'

After a minute, Shrimpo rolled over and stood up. "I'm gonna go brush my teeth." He said as he walked away. Goob was about to follow, but realized how creepy that was. He looked around for something to do. He saw Finn still sleeping for some reason, and didn't see Tisha and Poppy. Goob decided to go check in on what his sister is doing. He saw Toodles and Brightney helping her cook something in a pan. "Something smells good, what's that? Is it pancakes?" Goob curiously asked. "Yep, we're making pancakes!" Toodles exclaimed with a big smile. "With my supervision so Brightney doesn't burn down the house." Scraps added. "Hey! Why only me?" Brightney angrily called out. Scraps laughed, "Haha, just joking!" "Where's Tisha and Poppy?" Goob asked. "Tisha and Poppy are out taking a morning walk." Brightney answered. "Hmm, ok then. Can I help make the pancakes?" Goob eagerly begged. "Ok, you can. We're about to flip them right now so you can do the first one." Scraps replied. Goob then smiled confidently. "Ok, I bet I can flip it perfectly!"

Meanwhile, Finn began to open his eyes and sat up. "Everyone is already up.. what time is it?" Finn mumbled to himself as he checked his phone, "My cod, 10am? I better go get ready!" He sprinted to the bathroom and noticed someone already in there. Luckily, Shrimpo was just done. "Hi my buddy!" Finn beamed. Shrimpo gave him a dirty look. "DO NOT call me that." "And Goob can do whatever he wants and you let him?" Finn teased, "You must really like that guy. Do you?" "SHUT UP! Why do you even bring that up?! I don't like him." Shrimpo yelled angrily then whispered the last part, turning his head away and crossing his arms. "Huh... now that I think about it, Goob does like to cling onto you." Finn observed, "You might have a opper-tuna-ty!" Shrimpo thought about that for a moment. Maybe he really does have a chance. "Ha, so you do like him!" Finn exclaimed. "URRRRRGGGH SHUSH!" Shrimpo whisper-shouted with a red face.

"But what if he's just being nice and wants to stay close friends only?" Shrimpo wondered. "Well, has he said anything that has made you think he likes you?" Finn asked. Shrimpo started to count on his fingers the times Goob said something, "He said he liked my voice.. and that I'm perfect and cute." Finn was stunned, this shrimp could actually pull someone? "Awwwww, that's so sweet." Finn praised, "You've got me hooked! I need to see you guys together now." "Oh not you too. Just— go use the bathroom already." Shrimpo sighed. "Oh right!" Finn went into the bathroom and closed the door. Shrimpo took a deep breath and walked back to the living room. "Yay we're all done!" Toodles cheered. "Luckily Goob didn't stick the pancake to the ceiling.." Brightney joked. Goob laughed, and then noticed Shrimpo. "Come eat Shrimpo!" He called out. Shrimpo was about to say something, but just walked over and grabbed the plate. Finn walked out of the bathroom and got a plate too. All the others sat down at the table.

"So, when are you guy's parents gonna pick you up?" Scraps asked everyone. They all answered at about 11:30am. "Ok then, we have 1 hour to do whatever. What should we do?" Brightney wondered. Suddenly the door opened, and Poppy and Tisha had come back from their walk. "Hey guys! We got some food and snacks to eat." Poppy happily announced. She dumped it all onto the table and it was enough for a whole family or something. "You guys can take some home too." Tisha added. They all ate their breakfast and snacks and then packed up their sleeping bags. By this time, it was 11:00am. Everyone was chatting and doing random stuff. Meanwhile, Shrimpo looked a bit stressed.

- Shrimpo's POV -
(I'm gonna start doing povs again lol I changed my mind)

I am actually freaking out. I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME GET THAT STUPID IDIOT CRAFT OUT OF MY HEAD!! I've never liked anyone, and never ever loved anyone. He probably just sees me as a close friend! Also what's with everyone asking if I like him?! I HATE LOVE AND I DEFINITELY HATE GOOB!! I put my hands on head with a frustrated expression. The more I try not to think of him I think of him more. IM DOOMED! Then I heard someone scooting next to me. And OH GREAT it was Goob. "Whats wrong?" He concerningly asked in that sweet voice and— NO NO NO NOT THINKING THAT. After a few seconds of silence Goob spoke up again, "Would a hug help?" I wanted to jump into a hole and disappear. I just couldn't say no. "DO WHATEVER, I don't care." I lied, looking away. "Yes it is then!" Goob smiled and leaned onto me, wrapping his arms around my waist. That weird warm feeling came back again. That's what I always feel when he hugs me. I don't exactly hate when he hugs me, I... kind of like it? You know what maybe I love it. Maybe I'll confess to him. "... Earth to Shrimpo, helloo?"

I jump at the sound of Goob's voice in my ear. "What is it?" I quickly responded. "Nothing, it just looked like you were zoning out." Goob explained. I probably look so weird right now I need to stop acting like this. I lift my head and look around, noticing that Scraps and Brightney were doing... what they always do which is stare at us like weirdos. The doorbell then rang. Scraps went to go answer the door and— AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IT WAS MY MOM! I literally jumped off the couch as quick as I could, but I think she saw... "Oh my." My mom said. "Hi auntie! I'm ready to go home." Toodles happily greeted while holding her bag. "Ok then, let's come on home." I turned around to grab my bag, and locked eyes with Goob for a moment. "See you tomorrow at school." He waved with a super sweet and cute smil— AHHH WHAT. "I- uh- I'll see you tomorrow." I stammered as I sprinted after my mom out of the door. Oh my GOSH I sounded so stupid. "You have a lot of friends now, don't you?" My mom laughed, "Especially that one fluffy one, what's his name?" "Goob." I answered. "You have a crush on him?" "WHAT. NO." "Huh... well whatever you do son I'll support you." "Oh. Ok then, thanks." "So you do like hi—" "NOOOOOOO!"

(I physically cannot do this anymore why did I write this 💀)

- Goob's POV -
- 11:50am -

"Bye Poppy!" Me and my sister say as she waves and walks away with her mom. We both exhaustedly sat down on the couch, this sleepover was fun but it's good that they all left so we can rest! Suddenly my mind thought of Shrimpo. Why him? I mean, I like to hug him and all and compliment him. But why do I even do that? I guess I do it because I like him? I covered my face with my hands. "What's wrong? Wait— your blushing are you thinking of Shrimpo?!" Scraps quickly exclaimed with bright eyes. How in the world does she know?! She pays too much attention to me and him... "Yea, it's about him. I told you I like him already." I said in a low tone, "But this time when I hugged him, he seemed like he wanted to run away! His face was also really nervous and red." Scraps looked like she was on top of the world happy! "That is great! Maybe he's starting to like you too!" She congratulated. I thought about that for a moment. How did I get from just wanting to be his friend from liking him?! Well if I want to be together with him, I'll have to make a move now or else he'll lose interest! "Scraps, I'm gonna go make a plan. Not for being his friend this time, but for getting together with him." "You go get him!"

I thought and wrote ideas I might do. I could give gifts, give him more hugs, and— huh, a text message? It was from Shrimpo! It said... 'Can you meet me after school next to the benches tomorrow'. HOLD UP WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?! He's already two steps ahead of me! Isn't this moving a bit fast?! I texted back 'Ok' and continued to write down ideas. If he does confess to me tomorrow, then I'll plan some ideas to do when we're together, no biggie! I unexpectedly wrote more ideas than I expected. Wow, 26? I don't even know if I'll actually be able to do these. That thought made me kind of sad. I brushed my teeth and got ready for bed. I curled up in my blanket and closed my eyes, hoping and wishing for the best tomorrow.

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My gosh 1647 words. That's longer than the first chapter 🤯 Anyway sorry for this chapter taking so long I got lazy and when I reread it I literally cringed myself out 💀 These chapters just come off the top of my head so that's why they are kind of all over the place and random. Like I might have mischaracterized Shrimpo in some of them 😬 ALSO WOW 1.40K READS THANK YOU 😍 Maybe there's a big surprise in the next chapter 🤫🤫