Y/n walked down the street to Rob's tree, repeating the same mantra in her head- 'He's just a friend, calm down, he's just a friend, calm down'. As she approached, Rob noticed her but pretended to care more about the tree he was tying the rope to. He tried and failed, to look cool as he did so.
"Hey, Rob," Y/n greeted him, trying to sound casual. In reality, her insides were squirming.
"Oh, Y/n," He turned around and leaned on the badly tied rope as cool as he could make it. "didn't see you there-" He barely finished his sentence before the branch snapped and he dropped to the floor.
Y/n suppressed a giggle. "You ok?" She went to help him up.
"Ow- yeah, fine. I've had worse," He rubbed his elbow and now remained upright in fear of falling again.
There was a moment when neither said a word to one another. If you looked up awkward in the dictionary, a picture of Y/n and Rob would be there. Or Hotdog Guy and Gumball, but they were also under 'cringe'. Anyway, Y/n finally said, "So, are you taking care of Barney?" Referring to her little dino plushie.
Rob nodded. "Got him here, never let him out of my sight." He produced the plush from nowhere like everyone seemed to do in Elmore. Produce things from nowhere, I mean. Not everyone in Elmore could get Barney like that.
Her heart warmed- Rob was just adorable with Barney, falling into the status of calling him a 'he' and not an 'it'. "That's good to know." She said, already keeping her real feelings on the down-low.
Silence reigned once more.
"Hey," Rob spoke up, putting Barney back from whence the dino came. "want to go get some ice-cream? I have money now."
"Where did you get the money from?" Y/n asked suspiciously. The last time she'd talked about personal things with Rob, he said he didn't have a mom and that his parents – assuming that they were both dads, which Y/n respected, being (your sexuality) anyway –didn't recognize him anymore. So it surprised her greatly when he said-
"My college savings. Even though I'm probably never going, and my dads don't recognize me... it was still there, and I can take money out when I need it." His voice was quiet, and Y/n felt like hugging him. And other things. (A/n Not like that, you nasties get your heads out of the gutter, she just wanted to kiss him, dang)
Well, anyway, that clarified her notion that he had two dads.
"Okay. Ice-cream sounds fun," She wasn't sure how to say, 'And it would pay back the ice-cream you owe'.
"Great, c'mon," He took her across town, away from the arch-nemesis work that he seemed so fond of before to the shop where they- she- bought ice-cream before. After getting two f/f tubs, they settled on their accustomed bench, and Y/n even chased some pigeons away.
"Hm, looks like we're repeating stuff," Y/n commented, studying her plastic spoon and wondering how many turtles and other creatures would now die at her hands because of it. "what next, are we going to hug again or something?" She was joking but fully meant it. A hug would have pleased her greatly.
"Well I don't mind," Rob murmured into his ice-cream, making her smile despite her nervousness.
"Daw," Y/n, before she could really think, and placed her ice-cream down, with the spoon in the tub. She held her arms out and pretended to roll her eyes at him in an if you must way.
He blinked at her with his big eye, the figure 8 pupil dilating slightly. "You don't mind?"
She shrugged, not moving her arms. "Heck, I suggested it," she said as if it settled the matter.
Rob looked away almost shyly. Since this story is from Y/n's perspective, we shall never be sure if he was embarrassed by her and didn't want to hug her really or if he was really flustered and didn't know how to speak to Y/n at that second.
We shall never know.
A moment passed.
"Rooooob.... Earth to Rob?" Y/n tapped his shoulder. She barely expected him to snap around at her touch and fling himself into a hug. She giggled. "Have you hugged many people recently? You seemed very eager."
"No." His voice was muffled behind her. "Only you." Was it just Y/n, or did his last two words say more than an answer, and more of a commitment?
I mean I as the narrator know but I ain't telling. If I told you it would spoil everything. I think. I'm just the narrator, dang, am I supposed to know? Anyway, where was I? Oh, right.
"I suppose no-one else would, huh?" Y/n replied after a beat of wonder. "Not that there's anything wrong with you."
He pulled away. "That's wrong. You can see me clearly, right? You aren't blind? Or- or deaf?"
She giggled again. "That's where you're wrong. I like you like this, or however you used to like. I'd give you hugs all the time if I could,"
Y/n, BE CAREFUL. YOU'RE LETTING YOUR MOUTH RUN AWAY WITH YOU! YOU BASICALLY CONFESSED, DINGBAT, AND YOU'VE KNOWN HIM NOT A WEEK! AHHH-
Y/n shouted at herself internally.
Rob looked very surprised. "You like me?"
Y/n tried to smooth it over. "Um... duh, I wouldn't be here with you if I didn't. I'm your- your friend," Ouch, self-friendzone- "and I love ice-cream as well... I notice you got f/f, like me! Do you like it?" She was clearly changing the subject, and Rob noticed. But he took it in his stride.
"Oh yeah. I saw you have it last time and wondered if it was good," He relaxed back where he sat and began eating again. Y/n picked her plastic turtle-and-other-sea-creature-killing spoon up and without grabbing the tub, she scooped up some ice-cream. Without realizing it, both ate in perfect sync.
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Rob x female reader (TAWOG)
Fanfiction"Yep." She said, looping her arm through Rob's and got them walking. "And it is definitely a date!" He smiled, then stopped them both. "Hold up." "What?" She asked. Then he kissed her again. Obviously, it was hurried, since Gumball could come back a...
