A wholesome Spongebob x Plankton fic

Three

Today's the day. The day Plankton's been dreading since Spongebob brought it up a week ago. The day he would be facing his wife once more. Oh, how he regretted agreeing to this.

They were at the nearest store they could come across, looking at all the different flowers. There seemed to be a pretty good selection of flowers to choose from. The flowers ranged from the common roses and daisies, to more obscure flowers, such as the fire lilies and ghost orchids. Spongebob was scanning through the bunches of flowers, trying to find the right one for Karen. Plankton, on the other hand, didn't seem to be that into it. He had a strong feeling that this whole thing will end badly, but he still tried to look at least a little bit alive.

Spongebob gazed at a bouquet of purple lilacs. His eyes lit up, brighter than the sun. 'These would be perfect for Karen!' he thought. He picked up the bouquet and went to show Plankton.

Plankton was checking out the flowers, but it wasn't necessarily for Karen, or even himself. He seemed to be drawn more to a bush of marigolds, although not sure why. In a way, he thought they were nice, almost...lovely. Plankton was about to pick up the batch, but he was quickly interrupted by a familiar voice very close to him.

"Plankton! Plankton! Look at these!" Spongebob exclaimed in excitement, pratically shoving the plants in Plankton's face. "Aren't these pretty?" he asked. "She would love these!"

"Yes, I suppose she would." Plankton responded, pushing the bouquet away from his face. They did reming him of Karen, but he wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not. Spongebob placed the flowers carefully in the basket that Plankton was carrying. Spongebob contemplated on what they should get next.

"Do you think Karen would like a teddy bear?" Spongebob asked. Plankton gave him an almost weirded-out glare.

"She's not a child, Spongebob. What would she do with a stuffed bear, anyways? Besides take her anger out on it..."

"Oh come on, Plankton! Girls love stuffed animals!"

Before Plankton could protest any further, Spongebob grabbed Plankton's arm and dragged him to the stuffed animal section. They spent what felt like hours in that section, scavenging for the perfect little friend. Well, Spongebob did anyway, Plankton just stood there, taking small glances at their selection.

"How about this one?" Spongebob showed Plankton a carmel colored bear with a red and pink heart sewn on the paws. It was about the size of a baby. It did look like a good gift, but he wouldn't give it to Karen in particular, maybe to someone else he found special.

Plankton took a long pause, analyzing the toy Spongebob was holding. He didn't realize how long he was staring at it, until Spongebob startled him by placing something on his head. He jumped as the object falls on the ground. Spongebob let out a child-like giggle, almost amused that Plankton didn't even notice him doing it.

Plankton looked down at the object and picked it up slowly. It was a small, blue, fake flower, that was just barely over half the size of his palm. He gave Spongebob an unamused look. This made him feel a bit awkward, so he explained himself.

"I saw it sitting here and I thought it would look nice on you! Doesn't it?" He took one small step towards the one-eyed man while he focuses in on the fake plant in his hand.

He gave it a thought. "Not necessarily the color I would go for..." he muttered, but inside him, he felt a genuine appreciation for the small token. Spongebob glanced at his watch to see what time it was. They got here at eleven am, and now it's almost one in the afternoon. They had plenty of time to look around, but Spongebob wanted to get to the Chum Bucket as soon as possible. He wants the two of them to be reunited right away.

"We should get going before it gets late!"

"It's only one pm. We have time."

"What if she's not there later on? Let's go now, come on!" He pulled on Plankton's arm and they went their way to the check out.

"Ugh. Do you always have to drag me everywhere?"

"Well," he loosens his grip, without fully letting go, "no, but I like to!"

Plankton rolls his eyes and the two of them continued walking. Now, the part he dreaded the most.