This chapter is my first time writing "fluff" and the plot/plot changes will suck. I'm pretty sure I made the changes in emotion and conversation way too sudden so I'm sorry :(

Paintbrush pov:

I sit on the roof with Lightbulb. The sun is slowly setting and the warm dusk light feels nice. Theres a small breeze as well, blowing through my bristles/hair. Lighty is sitting beside me, not right next to me, but beside me. She's started to ramble about Baxter and his breed of crab and how she found him. He's all she ever talks about.

This is some quality timewirh her though, I hope I can enjoy it. She smiles and kicks her feet, looking out at the sunset. I smile and admire her, her face lights up in the sun, almost as if her bulb was on.

She notices me and makes a face. "What? Why are you staring at me?" She lays down. "I dunno. Why am I? " I question her back. She looks at me, confused. "Ah whatever." I lean back with her, on my side.

She smiles even more and starts to randomly roll around. "Wh-what are you doing silly?" I ask as she rolls around more. "I just love the warm sunlight! Always have." She stops to soak in the sun, she settles down again, stopping her ridiculous rolling.

"Hey, um." Should I really ask her? I should. I need to. "Why didn't you tell me." I mumble looking at her. She lifts her upper body to stare at me. "Huh? Tell you what?"

I lift her wrists up. "Why have you been keeping so much stuff from me? Your scars, your... self harm." She flinches and takes her arm away. "And... " How can I say this without her knowing I looked through her diary? "And you being... Yah know..."

"Trans." Lightbulb flinches again and looks down at her criss cross apple sauce feet and mutter, "I didn't know you'd care or need to know. "

"No, no, I support you! Just, I want to know why you're hiding stuff from me, your..." I pause. What am I to Lighty? "Best friend." She smiles. "You said your my 'best friend'! You really mean it?" I frown. "Please, stop trying to distract me. Why?"

She sighs. "I don't know I guess it's just... I didn't want you to know... I- Well I kinda admire you and look up to you so I didn't want to make you worry or anything like that so I kept everything a secret, including my self harm and suicide thoughts-" I look up at Lighty with deep worry. "Suicid- No Lighy, no..." I lean in and hug her. She let's me hold her for a bit until I hear her start to sob and hug me back.

I Pat her back and let her hug me. I lean in her ear(?) and whisper "I'm here for you, no mater what." "Thank you" She smiles and I lean out of the hug. She sniffles and wipes her eyes and turns around and leans on me. She's so fragile.

She just stays leaning on me as the sun sets and I look down at her, it looks like she has something to say, I wonder if it's what I think it is. She turns her head around to look and me.

"Wh-why are you being so nice all of the sudden?" Huh? I pause. "All of the sudden? What do you mean?" I know I've been way too rude but maybe she doesn't mean that? "For the past, uh, 2? 3 Days?, you've been really nice to me, opposite from you screaming at me and slapping my hand." I flinch. I remember when I slapped her because she accidently held my hand. I wouldn't have minded it much now. "Yeah, I suppose- no, I know I did do that... but I regret it." I gently grab her hand and hold it with both of mine. "A lot."

"I'm sorry, for, everything. For always calling you annoying, for yelling at you, for making you feel bad, and for hurting you, physically and mentally." This is such a lame apology.

"You are one of my best friends and I don't know what came over me, but know, that I would never do any of that, ever again. You really don't deserve a bit of the hate people like me give you for just us not liking your way of thinking, but ive grown used to it. And sorry for ever trying to change you in anyway, I like your goofy personality."

Lightbulb just looks at me, she's smiling but I don't know if she really accepts my apology. I blush. Am I really going to do this? I feel like I shouldn't but... It's the perfect time. Well, not perfect, I'm apologizing for hurting her. Fuck it.

I lean in and kiss her on cheek. I hold for a small moment and pull away, patting her head. "I should start to respect you a lot more, your so awesome and I actually love your silly ideas. Besides, you are the captain." She just stares at me, jaw dropped. Her entire face is a light pink and I let go of her hand. Oh fuck I shouldnt be doing this, it was a bad idea. "I'm sorry, this was a bad time, I'm sorry-"

She smiles and does a frantic, high pitched squeal and quickly leans in and kisses me back- on the lips. I blush and stare at her, flustered. Her eyes are closed and soon I close my eyes as well, putting my arms on her back, holding her close.



We hold for a bit until I stop and rub her head against mine. She giggles, her cute little giggle. "Your so cute., You don't know how long I've wanted to say that." At first I thought I had just now had a crush on her, but as I look back, I have for a while. I think I've loved this woman from day 1. She just needed to help me realize it.

"And your really pretty!" She baps my head 3 times, gently, kinda like a playfully cat and I push her hands away. She always said whatever she wants. She one time told Test tube she wouldn't mind them kissing when someone made a joke, she's just, like that I guess. I love that about her. Always, or so it seems, really open and over sharing.

"So, may I call you Mister Lightbulb now?" She jokes, oh. She's asking if we're going to date now. "Uh-" I think but I already know the answer. I just want to stall my answer. "I don't know, as long as you don't call me "mister lightbulb" It sounds weird and I sound like a high school teacher!" And I'm non-binary so it wouldn't fit, but she knows that.

"So we're a thing?" She smiles. "I mean, if you're okay with it! I think it's pretty sudden but- uh- you know what? Yeah." She nuzzles up against me. And I hope my head against hers. "Okay Mistress Lightbulb!" I sigh.

"Are you just try to find a way to call me " something Lightbulb?"" I ask, looking down at her.

"Yup!" She looks up at me and then closes her eyes again. She starts to lay down in my lap and looks up at me with dreary eyes.

I smile at her, a cute little ball of sunshine in my lap. I gently Pat her head and she smiles. "Good night Painty."

"Good night Lighty," I pause. "Love you." She closes her eyes again and responds "Love you too" I give her a small kiss on the head and let her rest.

The suns almost gone and the breeze grows and then dies down. I never want to let go of this moment. Ever.

We stay on the roof for a good long bit, mostly because of Lighty sleeping, and I can't move. Also the fact that I won't leave her up here.

"PAINTBRUSH! LIGHTBULB!" I carefully look down at the bottom of the hotel to see OJ calling our names. "COMING!" I yell back. Now how am I going to do this. I put my hands under the delicate Lighty and pick her up in my arms, cradling her. She's still asleep. I carefully go down the ladder, Lighty in one arm and gently jump on the grass floor. I walk to the entrance of the hotel where OJ is waiting for us. "Aw she's surprisingly cute like that!" OJ says, I'm pretty sure he can say this type of stuff about women because he's gay. I resisted the urge to say "I know right?" and just simply nod and I walk into the hotel. I carry her upstairs to my room and place her on the bed next to me. She's snoring and I pull the blanket over her.

"Aw you guys are so cute together!" Fan exclaism, at the doorway with Knife, Test tube behind them. "Wh-Why are you all here?!?" I exclaim. Test tube is the one to answer.

"Well, I saw you and Lighty go out and about 2 hours later, OJ went out and called your names and I heard a yell in response, which indicates that you were not in good hearing distance, you were far away but in a place you could hear him, which tells me you guys were on the roof, the roof is also a place some people go when they want to talk about specific things or be personal and emotional." This fucking nerd. Right as I think that, she adjusts her glasses. "Okay? So? What does that have to do with you guys looking at us- me through the doorway?" They all look at me. "I think you know the answer to that." I cringe. I hate when people say 'I think you know why' or something along the lines of that, NO I DO NOT KNOW. "what is it then?" I ask, walking towards them and leaving Lighty to rest. They all look at each other with knowing glances.

"You and Lighty~" Knife teases. "There is definitely something going on with you two." I blush, he can't say that! I told him not to tell anyone! Fan nods. Is it really that obvious? "GUYS!" I yell and look over at Lighty, who's still sleeping somehow. "SHOO GET OUT! AWAY!" I push them away and out of the doorway. "NO!!! We're just, best friends! Really close friends! Why would you assume something like that??" I whisper so Lighty, although asleep, wouldn't hear. I'm technically not lying, we are very good friends. They all look at each other again and raise their eyebrows. "Oh just get out of here!" I slam the door on them and walk back to Lightbulb.

She's snoring softy and grabbing one of my pillows. She kinda looks like a big baby. I climb in with her and yawn, extending my arms around her. She smiles, maybe she's not sleeping, but hoes back to snoring. I'm so glad with her now. She cuddles up against me and snores softer, I kiss her forehead and drift off to sleep.

"Paintbrush let me in- this isn't funny! MY PHONES IN THERE!!!" fan screams and bangs on the door. Oh well, I'm already asleep!

Fan slept with Knife that night.

(Btw it's still night, now it's the middle of the night)

I wake up to Fan an inch away from my face. "Hi." I jump back and hit my head on the bed frame. Lighty slowly lifts her head and mutters "Huh- babe you okay?" I blush and Fan stares at her and then me she get a a good look at him and looks at me in shock, 'i didn't know he was there, I swear I didn't mean to say that' look in her face. "What did she say?" He smiles, he'll take any kind of evidence. This little rat. "Oh- She called me Bear, it's a little inside joke we have!" I can be very good at lying, or at least looking like it. I think he may believe it. Lightbulb looks up and nods. "Yeah, one time I said they looked like a bear and they were offended at first but then was all like 'well bears are really cool and strong so, thank you' I then told them they looked like one of those small, scruffy bears." I look at her and she just smiles. She lies way too well.

Fan now definitely believes it, but to his own dismay. He frowns and jumps off the bed. "I thought you said something else.." Lightbulb acts like she doesn't know. "What do you mean? I called my bestie a bear? So what?" Fan rolls his eyes and grabs his phone, which he most likely came for and was without for most of all night. He walks out the door and slams it, I sigh. "Why did you call me that?" I ask immediately. She blushes. "I don't know I just- take not of how I was half asleep brush 'ol paint!" She looks away. "I don't mind you calling me that, but can we keep it chill?" I whisper. She looks back at me and sighs. "Yes ma'am- I mean, yes sir."

2200 words!!!! Wowza!!!Awwwww :) They finally said their in love!!!!! RAHHAHAHAH Screams Starts sobbing.

It's only going to get worse from here.

-Willow ❤