"Joy?" A familiar, calm voice rang in Joy's ears.
"S-Sadness? Oh, uh, what is it?" Joy asked, rather nervously.
"Fear's going wacko at the control panels again. Watching him do that makes me sad..." Sadness said, her voice slowly sounding more depressed.
"I got it," Joy exclaimed confidently.
Riley was watching a scary movie about a lonely girl who was lost in the forest, when Fear jumped at the sight of a werewolf hidden behind a tree. It was all downhill for Fear from there.
"Fear, Fear, Fear..." Joy quickly said as she reached her hand for the controls. "It's just a movie. You'll be fine..."
"AHH! ANOTHER WEREWOLF!" Fear shrieked as a second werewolf popped out of the corner of a tree. "AND ANOTHER! OH GOD ANOTHER ONE! HOW MANY ARE THERE?!" Fear screamed, groping his head, extremely worried and shaky.
"Fear..." Joy said soothingly. "It's just a movie. I... I think you need to catch some sleep, wouldn't you say?"
"Oh... alright..." Fear said, distressed out of his mind.
As Fear said those words, Riley turned off the television and went to bed. It was past her bedtime, so it wasn't so hard to go into the wonders of Dream Land.
"Alright, GREAT day everyone!" Joy exclaimed stirringly. "Disgust, get those memories down to Long Term. Anger, accompany Fear and make sure he doesn't have a heart attack." Both Anger and Disgust gave a heavy sigh, knowing there's no way out of their job they disliked, but had to do, and they did as told by Joy. Assuming that everyone was doing their job she had ordered them to do, Joy pulled Sadness aside to the control panel before she moped into her room.
"What is it Joy?" Sadness curiously asked.
Joy had been planning for this for a long time, and now she had the chance to put her idea in motion. "Sadness, can I count on you to start doing Dream Duty?"
Sadness looked at Joy with those happy eyes that seemed to be nothing else BUT happy. Joy always got caught off guard when she made those eyes. It made Joy feel something she's never really felt before.
"Really Joy? Of course you can count on me for Dream Duty!" Sadness exclaimed, which she rarely ever did. Joy smiled at the happy plump emotion, and ran her hand down her cheek. "I knew I could." Joy said, rather quiet than usual.
Joy couldn't help but stare at the blue little teardrop emotion. Her mind went crazy. She liked Sadness, and she knew it. She knew it with all her heart. It would only be a matter of time before she had to show it. Joy began getting a bit jumpy on the inside, along with her heartbeat beating faster and faster.
"I can count on you to know what to do. But... if you ever need me, you know where I am," Joy softly said. "Okay, got it," Sadness exclaimed as she pulled up a chair from the corner of the room up to the control panel. Joy never saw anyone so excited to have Dream Duty. She least expected Sadness, out of everyone.
Sadness sat in her chair, looking over her shoulder to link eyes with the lithe emotion and give a reassuring nod. Joy knew she could count on Sadness. The only thing is: She won't be doing Dream Duty for long. Not tonight. With that thought in her head, she giggled to herself and smirked at the blue emotion, excited as ever to get started. One thing Joy knew is she'll be even more excited once she sees what Joy has in store for her.
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3:00 AM *******
Sadness' excitement had faded. She was back to her normal, sad self. Her hand was propped on the control panel, burying her cheek into her hands, watching little cupcakes spin and dance, frolicking and minding their own business. She didn't know that Dream Duty could be so... boring.
And Joy knew that. She knew that Sadness would find it boring eventually. And once she did, Joy took that as her cue to stroll on in.
"Heh, Dream Duty isn't as exciting as it seemed, is it?" Joy playfully said. Sadness jolted straight up in her chair, terrified as heck, and turned around to see her attacker (who wasn't an attacker at all). The bright, shimmering emotion stood behind Sadness' chair, holding a coffee mug, with yellow text on it, reading "#1 Emotion." Joy took a sip of hot chocolate out of it.
"Joy? What are you doing up this late?" Sadness asked curiously, still shaking from the little surprise. Joy smirked. "Oh, I thought I'd just come in and check on my little emotion, see how she's doing on Dream Duty."
Sadness chuckled. "Your room's right there, Joy. You could've just looked out the window." Perhaps, Joy thought. "Well, some things go unnoticed, Sadness," Joy said hesitantly. Sadness began to smile a little more. "I'm alright. You can go back to sleep now. I don't want to keep you up worrying abou-" Sadness was cut off by the swinging of the rolling chair, only to be faced by Joy. Joy smirked at the emotion. "Oh, I'm not going anywhere."
Sadness' heart began to race. She knew what Joy was about to do, and with seconds to think about whether she wanted Joy to do what she was about to do or not, she settled on letting Joy do it.
Joy picked up Sadness out of her chair and lightly shoved her onto the control panel, her back now placed against it. Joy forced the chair out of her way. She approached Sadness slowly and inquisitively. She put her hands out onto the control panel, trapping Sadness in her spot. They stared at each other, Sadness blushing and Joy smirking. Looks like it's my lucky day, Joy thought.
"Sadness," Joy began. "I've held a desire for you for so long. Every since the Core Memories were recovered, i realized how much I need you. But I don't just need you for comfort. I don't just need you for Riley. And I don't just need you for helping me or the other emotions out. I need you..." Joy paused to think. She hasn't really planned up to this point. Then it clicked. "I need you for my own desires. My own curiosities. For my wants that I so desperately need from you."
Sadness blushed so much her face turned from blue to bright red. Me... for her own desires? Sadness thought. Joy, you're so dominant... But Sadness liked it when Joy was dominant. Especially over her.
Joy leaned in closer to Sadness. Joy whispers to Sadness in an intimate tone. "Sadness, I need you more than ever." Joy leaned even closer. "I need you, Sadness. I need..." Joy leaned in so much their noses were touching. Sadness gulped a sensual sort of lump in her throat.
Joy knew if it had to happen, it had to happen now.
She leaned in all the way.