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The warm sun rays shone through your window and onto your messy bedsheets. Birds were chirping from outside your home, alerting you that it was time for you to wake. The early mornings were always your favourite time of the day. You stretched up from your slumber, eyes still closed— Nah that didn’t happen.
Oh, how you wish you could wake up peacefully like that once more. Ever since you’ve gotten Lucky, it's been very busy. Taking care of an energetic puppy wasn’t easy at all, though you wouldn’t take that away for anything. While you’d theorized that puppies were just balls of energy 24/7, there were those slow, quiet moments as well. Moments where you’re able to relax with Lucky on the couch, him actually behaving and not making messes everywhere. Moments where he’d stick by you while you’re out mining, curious to see what you’re doing. It was moments like those that made it all worthwhile.
Your mornings always seem to fly right past you, that time is taken up by giving Lucky his breakfast, taking him on a walk, playing with him, all those responsibilities. By the time you check your clock, it’s already his feeding time again! You knelt down to put some chopped up pork chops in his food bowl with him eagerly waiting beside you when you noticed something peculiar.
A small speck of green was on Lucky’s grey fur, a very familiar speck of green. The last time you went mining with him, you’ve never encountered any slimes, and if you do come across one, you most definitely wouldn’t hit them after meeting…
You chuckled.
It’d been a couple of weeks since you’ve run into Charlie on that hill. When he went in for that hug, his green goop melted all over you. Lucky thought you were in trouble and jumped to push him off of you, to which the goop just got all over him too! It was a huge mess, but thankfully, Charlie was able to get all of his slime back, or at least what you thought was all of it.
While his goop was curious, you couldn’t help but also wonder about the status of your relationship with him. The possibility that you might’ve made him blush with your compliment, the hug, not to mention that he outright said something about courtship. Still, does courtship exactly mean that you two are dating??
Carefully, you picked out the slime from Lucky’s dense fur, it clung onto your fingers with ease. But now, what do you do with it? You can’t just throw it out, but you don’t know how to give it back to Charlie either…
The tiny slime ball was rolled up between your thumb and index finger. Though, this does make you wonder… is he able to feel this???
There was a knock at your front door, followed along by a couple more. A muffled, enthusiastic voice could be heard through the door chanting a familiar set of three words.
“—ap me up!” Just as you expected, it’s your totally-not-a-slime… boyfriend? Friend? Buddy? This time, looking extra dapper with his white dress shirt, suspenders, and a green tie! His green skin and hair are as translucent as ever!
“Charlie!— Why are you holding a bone?”
“(y/n) from Kinoko Kingdom! My very human hand bits keep smooshing against your door! They don’t make noise! My bones do! Don’t your bones make noise?”
“Huh,” you rubbed your knuckles, “I guess you do need bones to knock on doors… Anyway, what are you doing here?”
“I wanted to see you!” Charlie jumped like he realized something, then quickly made two ‘o’ shapes with his hands and put them around his glasses-covered eyes, “…With my eyeballs!” he continued.
You brought Charlie in for a hug, “I missed you so much.”
“I like your daps, (y/n) from Kinoko Kingdom! They’re very close!”
Pulling away from the hug, you let your hands rest on his shoulders, “Also, you don’t have to keep calling me ‘(y/n) from Kinoko Kingdom’, it’s a bit of a mouthful. Just call me ‘(y/n)’.”
“My mouth is a mouthful, (y/n).”
“I’m sure it is,” you humoured him, pinching his cute slimy cheek with your free hand. The widening smile on his gloopy face absolutely warmed your heart.
“Oh, and I have this,” you separated your thumb and index finger to reveal the tiny ball of slime. Charlie’s eyes widened, “My meat!” You poked your finger into his cheek to let the slime ball absorb back into him. Really, you just wanted an excuse to poke his cheek again. So soft…
“(y/n) from K-“ Charlie shook his head, “(y/n), what were you doing with it?”
“It was still stuck on Lucky, I found it this afternoon—“
He interrupted you with a soft, gentle peck on your lips. It was small and fleeting, but it left you in a daze. His smile afterwards, just like his kiss, was soft, gentle. “Thank you for bringing 0.1 percent of me back to me!” Charlie’s voice brought you back to your senses.
“Mhm! Yeah! No problem! Just come right in and sit down on the couch! I think I’m gonna stay here for a bit!”
You leaned onto your doorframe once Charlie was out of sight. To say that you were flushed would be a major understatement. Though, as ashamed as you were to admit it, you really wished that kiss lasted longer.
Regaining your composure, you went back inside your home.
When you walked into the living room, you expected to see a polite Charlie sitting down on the couch, maybe in the middle of playing with Lucky. Instead, he, while he sat on the couch as you told him to, managed to surround the couch cushions around himself in a way where only his head popped out. Lucky was nowhere to be found, most likely taking a nap somewhere after his meal. Charlie spotted you from his budget pillow fort, “Dap me up!”
...This gave you an idea. You head into your bedroom to fetch something, leaving Charlie dap-less. Returning to the living room, you carried your giant comforter over to the couch.
Much to his dismay, you swiped away the cushions he piled up, then before he could cry, wrapped your bed’s comforter all around him. Not long after, Charlie began to look like the comfiest slime in the world. “There!” Your creation truly was a sight to behold, though it really just looked like a piled up comforter with a green goopy face in the middle.
“Woah!” It wasn’t too hard to imagine stars in Charlie’s eyes as he said that, his voice filled with wonder. “What is this?”
You sat down next to the blanket monster, “It’s a blanket! More specifically a comforter.”
“Makeshift hole…” he muttered in awe. The look of utter bliss never once left his face when he was wrapped up in the blanket. Charlie really does wear his heart on his sleeve.
“So… you wanna do something? You just kinda came here without any notice, so I didn’t have time to prepare anything…”
Charlie delved deeper into the blanket, messing around inside there as if he was searching for something before he came up with his notepad and pen. He jotted something down with deep concentration, then pulled out the note, handing it to you. In big, bold letters, ‘NOTICE’ was crudely written on.
“Here! Notice!” He held out that note like it was the greatest thing he’s ever made, you couldn’t bear to crush his spirits and tell him about what you had meant. “Oh, thank you!” Actually, this was pretty good, considering you might need something to fiddle with when you make your next suggestion.
“Hmm… Wanna…” you looked to the side, “go on a date? Since we’re here now… You can bring your makeshift hole too!”
“Dates? Well, there’s Monday… Tuesday… Thurs—”
“Ah, not that kind of date! The date I’m talking about is… when two or more people go somewhere and have fun…?”
“But we are somewhere and we are having fun! Are we already on a date?”
“Fun? We’re not even doing anything?”
“Well,” a sincere smile began to form on Charlie’s face, “I’m always having fun when I’m around you, (y/n)!” Your poor heart!
There was no way you were going to last the entire day with Charlie around! You called him cute once (twice, actually) and now you’re gonna be hit with all of this at once? Way too overwhelming!
But, damn, you wouldn’t be lying if you said it felt really nice!!
“(y/n)?”
“Uh— Yes?”
“Are you okay? I have some space in here, it’s nice and damp!” He opened his blanket to welcome you in, though you were surprised to see that Lucky was in there too! It was a heart-warming sight, Lucky peacefully asleep on Charlie’s lap. You couldn’t help but let out a smile. Eh, who cares if a little slime gets all over you?
You scoot closer to him. Pulling you into the warm comforter, he wrapped his arms around you. Somehow, Charlie’s slimy skin had seemed to remain cool the entire time he was in this blanket up until you went in. He rested his head on your shoulder, prompting you to lean onto him too. All this time, he just wanted to get closer to you.
Maybe… Charlie was right. You two were somewhere and you two were having fun.
[EXTRA]
It had been a long day. Charlie had to get back to… where does he live again? You forgot to ask, but he had to get back. You made yourself something to eat and decided to call it a day. Heading to your bedroom, something was immediately apparent.
Goddamnit, he stole your comforter.