Ask or Dare T.O.T.S.!

Hugging Pip... Yeah, I can Handle That...

K.C.: *smiles mischievously and even lets out a little squeal as she reads the notification that popped up on her screen* Hey, guys! We have another dare! *waves them over*

Freddy: *smiles as he stands up from playong with the babies and walks to the koala* Who's it for, K.C.?

Pip: A new dare, I assume? *looks up from reading im his Fly Pad*

K.C.: *nods* Yup! It's a new dare! And... *smiles mischievously* It's for you, Freddy! *hands the Fly Pad to the flamingo*

Freddy: It's from TheReal_Sal_Fisher *eyes widen as he reads the dare, his beak hanging open*

Pip: *waves his flipper in front of his friend's face* Uh... Freddy? What happened to you?

K.C.: *snickers silently* I'd say he's in a bit of a shock... *smiles vaguely*

Pip: *raises his eyebrows at the koala before turning back to the flamingo* Mind reading the question?

Freddy: *eyes widen* Oh! *nearly drops the Fly Pad* Uh... *picks it up last-second* Yeah... *chuckles nervously* It says... *starts reading from the Fly Pad* Freddy, I dare you to hug Pip and not let go of him in front of everyone and see what happens

Pip: *raises his eyebrows at the Fly Pad* You do that all the time already. This should be easy... *frowns* The only problem is... I'm not a fan of hugs *shrugs with a nervous smile*

Freddy: *swallows nervously* Hugging Pip... Heh... Yeah... I can handle that... *in a smaller voice as he talks to himself and thinks* You've hugged Pip so many times already... You can do this... Why do you even feel so nervous? It's just hugging Pip... Why are you so nervous about this? Just because you've been dared to...

K.C.: *eyes widen a bit in worry as she sees the flamingo zone out* Hey, Freddy? Are ya ready?

Freddy: *eyes widen as he snaps back into reality* Huh, what? *turns around to look at the koala whose eyebrows here raised* Yeah. *nods firmly*

K.C.: Well, I think you can just do it here *gestures to the surounding nursery* I've called in some storks to watch *points to the windows surounding them where storks were currently assembling*

Freddy: *eyes widen as he looks at the window and begins whispering to himself again* It's alright... You've hugged Pip many times in public before... *takes a deep breath* Alright... *hugs Pip*

Pip: Ack— *becomes really stiff and slowly tries wriggling his way out of it*

Freddy: *contemplates whether letting his friend leave, but remembers the dare said 'for a long time', however long that was*

Pip: *eventually gives up fighting and resisting and just hangs limply*

Freddy: *realises this was the longest he was hugging Pip and feels his own cheeks slowly getting hotter but he disregards it*

K.C.: *smiling cheekily in the corner*

Freddy: *could almost swear that he saw a small light rose tint on his penguin pal's cheeks but shook his head, deciding it was his imagination* Uh... *feels unsure of hugging Pip for this long*

K.C.: *stands up* You two are going to be hugging until I send you both off for supper. The storks can stay if they want, but if they have a delivery, they need to leave *frowns* I'm going to have to cut the chapter short though... I don't think anyone wants to read six hours of you two hugging... So I hope you enjoyed Freddy hugging Pip as much as I did! *snickers softly*

((Mmmkay... So I've finished Pip in a dress and modified Freddy's... I need serious help...))

((I wanted to go for a pleated skirt because it would actually suit Pip but that was much too cliche so I settled for this one...))