Believe in Me

What Are We?

Blue really shouldn't have been surprised. He let his face sink into his hands as he sighed tiredly. Well. There was really nothing for it. There was no reason to sit here and wait for someone who was never going to come.

He stood quickly, leaving a large tip on the table as an apology for not ever having ordered anything, and left quickly, pulling out his phone.

Red answered on the third ring, his voice even scratchier than normal from lack of sleep. "What?" he growled, but Blue knew he didn't mean anything by it.

"Hey, Red," he said, making his way down the path towards his house. His voice sounded thick, which he attributed to the unshed tears of embarrassment. "Are...are you busy?"

"No...didn't you have a date tonight?"

Blue grimaced before answering, "Yeah. But they...uh...well they never showed. So I'm free! Want to go do something?". He forced a false note of happiness into his voice, hoping it would be enough to save what little face he had left.

There was a long moment of silence, and Blue considered telling the other not to worry about it when Red finally spoke. "Meet me in Taleverse in five minutes." then he hung up.

Blue looked down at the now-silent phone in confusion, then shrugged, making his way to the machine.

Fifteen minutes later, they stood in the middle of a carnival on the surface. Blue's previous sadness was forgotten, and he had both hands covering his mouth as he bounced up and down in excitement. Red was grinning at him, apparently pleased with himself.

"Oh, Red, this is so cool! Look at the roller coasters! And the cotton candy, Ooo, can we get some cotton candy?" he knew he was babbling but he didn't care, spinning around and seizing Red by both hands, his excitement making him talk so fast his words were nearly indecipherable.

Red was laughing, nodding along to the many questions being asked of him and following along as Blue began dragging him around from ride to booth to game. The excitement was contagious, and Red seemed almost as happy as Blue found himself.

Finally, they found themselves walking somewhat quietly between the booths, the sounds of a concert and the shouts of the carnies echoing past them.

"Thank you so much, Red. This was the most fun I've had in ages!" Blue said happily, pulling more cotton candy off the stick he was holding and putting it in his mouth to melt.

Red smiled at him, and said, "Of course. I'm not about to let some piece of shit robot get you down in the dumps."

"Language, Red"

They both laughed slightly, Blue eating more of his cotton candy.

"You know," said Red, looking up at the lights of the huge ferris wheel that towered above them. "This would make for a fun date sometime."

Blue grinned at him, elbowing him slightly. "Thinkin' about bringing Grillby here?"

Red made a face at him. "I've told you before, Blue, there's nothin' going on there. He's just not my type."

"What, not hot enough for you?" They both snickered at the pun before Blue continued. "But yeah, I can see what you mean."

He spun around, his arms thrown wide, almost losing his grip on the almost-empty stick he still held. "This place is amazing! I'd love to have my first kiss here! Or be proposed to or something!"

Red blushed, but Blue didn't notice, still spinning. "Proposed to? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?" he choked out, and Blue paused, arms still thrown out and head cocked to one side.