Squidward's Silent Love (Squidward X Silent! Reader (Broadway version))

Chapter Five: Blushing

Squidward's POV:

It has been weeks since the restaurant incident and today (Y/N) seemed very cheerful today. Spongebob and I were both confused as to why she was so happy so at lunch we pulled her into the kitchen for a chat. I asked what has made her so cheerful but she just replied that it was for her to know and us not to. And she walked off. Why wouldn't she want us to know why she's so happy today? 

I went to (Y/N)'s house after work that day and asked if I could come in and she let me. We went to her music room and played our instruments like we always do when we smelt burning. We went into her kitchen to see smoke coming from the oven and (Y/N) started to panic. (Y/N) took her food out of the oven and looked at it in disappointment.

"What were you trying to make?" I asked.

She pointed to the cake recipe on the side.

"Is this what you've been excited for?" I asked.

She shook her head and pointed to the calendar. I went over to it and looked for today's date. It was her Birthday!  Why didn't she want us to know this? I was actually waiting for this day. I told her to wait there while I went to get the present I had previously prepared for her. I returned with her gift and gave it to her. When she opened it her eyes lit up when she saw her new guitar that was painted by yours truly. I could tell she loved it because she jumped up and hugged me.

"I thought I'd give it to you after Spongebob broke your other one," I told her, "and I hope you like the art on it. I painted it myself."

She responded by kissing my cheek. I blushed HARD. After she tested her new guitar I took her to Fancy! for a birthday dinner. After dinner, I brought her home.

'Thank you for taking me out tonight,' (Y/N) said.

"No problem (Y/N). It is your birthday after all," I said.

(Y/N) hugged me and kissed me on the cheek again before walking inside her home leaving me to walk back to mine a blushing mess. That night I dreamt of (Y/N) and I living a married life and having children together. Unfortunately, I woke up to reality alone in my bed. No (Y/N), no children. Just me, myself, and I.

Wow, my love for (Y/N) is really taking a toll in my life. I need to tell her but, she has trust issues. If I tell her my feelings and she doesn't feel the same way she may never trust me again. I need to know from her first. Not that she'll say anything, she can't speak! I went to work mostly watching (Y/N) give people their food and clean up after them.

"So Squidward, did you find out why (Y/N) was so happy yesterday?" Spongebob asked.

"It was her birthday," I told him, "I gave her a new guitar and took her to dinner."

"Ooohhh, how charming!"

"Don't you have anything better to do than annoy me?"

"Before I go Squidward, you have some lipstick on your cheek," he told me going back into the kitchen.

I went wide-eyed, ran to the toilets, and looked into the mirror to see there was indeed some lipstick on my cheek from last night. I didn't even realise she was wearing lipstick yesterday. I'm probably going to be a blushing mess again by the end of the day. After I cleaned the lipstick off, I returned to my minimum-wage duties.

Mr Krabs warned us that his daughter, Pearl, was arriving. (Y/N) was sitting on the edge of the boat when Pearl came stomping in making the ground shake which also made (Y/N) fall on top of me. We were both blushing at this point but we didn't move, we just stared into each other's eyes. She eventually got off of me and helped me up. She silently apologized but I shyly shrugged it off.

"Are you alright?" Pearl asked (Y/N).

(Y/N) nodded and returned to her spot on the boat. Pearl went to Krabs' office and I made sure she didn't fall again.

"You are blushing a lot today Squidward," Spongebob told me.

'You should've seen him yesterday,' (Y/N) told him, 'blushed twice in one night.'

"What made you blush Squidward?"

'I kissed his cheek twice.' 

"That explains the lipstick I saw on his cheek earlier today," Spongebob said with his annoying laugh.

I put my head in my hands in embarrassment and I'm pretty sure I was blushing again. Fifth time in a row now! Thankfully, I managed to get through the rest of the day without blushing or... anything else.

(A/N: and this, my dear readers, is the result of a writer's block. Don't worry, I have one more chapter for you this week. See you next chapter.)