Paintbrush groans as they get up out of bed, their sleep mask falling off of their face. Fan is still fast asleep on the other bed. Paintbrush faces the picture in frame of them and Lightbulb



Paintbrush POV: "Huh." I smile, I'm lucky to have a friend like lightbulb. I get up and take off my sleeping cap and go to the shared bathroom and splash water in my face to officially wake up. I do a quick brush through my hair and head downstairs to where the kitchen is. OJ and Paper are discussing ways to save money for the hotel and have extra funding and events. OJ happens to turn Paintbrush's way and jumps a bit. He sighs seeing its only me. "Oh, good morning Paintbrush! Sorry, I didn't see you there!" Paper says, smiling. "Good morning. " I say and I open and then bend down to fridge and look through it. "Hey, where'd the milk go? " I turn to OJ. He coughs and looks down. Paper snickers. "What?" I look down at myself and then back up. "Do I have something on me? " OJ coughs again and mutters "I threw away the milk because it had apparently been expired for a few months now. " My face wrinkles in disgust. "Ew! You mean to tell me i've been eating cereal with spoiled milk?" Paper is the one to answer. "Yeah, basically. If it makes you feel any better, we all did! " I brush my tongue. "Ew ew ew ew, no that doesn't make it any better." I just grab dry cereal and head outside. "I'll go to the store and get some good milk later." OJ and Paper thank me and I leave. I really don't mind dry cereal, it's kinda like chips. I climb onto the roof using a latter I had hidden, I like to spread some peace and quiet there, most times at breakfast. I push myself up onto the roof and start to eat the cereal, looking at the sun rise. I sigh and lean on Lightbulb's surprisingly soft shoulders. ... Wait- "LIGHTBULB?" I stumble back and look at her just sitting there, turning to smile at me. "It sure is pretty isn't it?" She said calmly. I stammer but eventually agree. "Yeah." I sit back into place. "Why are you up here?" She laughs, as she always does. "I could ask you the same thing! " "Trying to avoided people like you, that's why i'm up here. " I snuff and lay back, holding up my upper body with my arms down. I look at her, she's sad at the comment. I start to feel bad. "Oh, I'm just joking-" Knife's right, I am going soft. "Nah it's fine brush of paint. " I don't really do nicknames, one is okay but Lightbulb giving me a new one everyday is pretty annoying. "So what are you doing up here? " I say, eating some cereal. She shrugs. "Maybe I just felt like being up high, on top of the world! " She stands up and reaches her hand out seeming to (try to) grab a cloud. I chuckle and she smiles at me and sits back down. She has that look on her face, the look I know too well. "What are you really up here for? " She stops smiling a bit. "What do you mean? " She tilts her head. "Your lying, and hiding something. " I know her too well. She frowns. "Wow. You know we way too well. " She lays back. "Test tube and Fan were yapping their heads off and it pissed me off! " I lay back beside her. "Hey, nice words. " She stares at me. "What am i, 6? " I smirk. "You act like it. " Lightbulb looks offended and turns away from me and huffs, pretending to be mad at me. I roll my eyes and get up and start to leave. "Wait," "Oh? I thought you were angry? " She crawls up to me at the ladder and asks "Do you have any plans today? " I think. "Well, I need to go to the store for OJ, but other than that, no? Why'd you ask? " She frowns. "There's nothing to do anymore! It's so borning here! Can I come with you? " She does her weird Puppy dog eyes and I sigh. "Fine, but don't get annoying" I get down the ladder and Lightbulb follows. "Can't promise it! "