"I can't see why you hate bubbles so much, Iggy!"
"I don't! They hate me!"
"What?"
"No, see, I can't ever actually feel them without them disappearing instantly."
"…So you've never felt a bubble?"
"Never felt a bubble."
"Never felt a bubble?"
"No, Nudge, I haven't!"
"…Why not?"
"They pop too fast."
"But can't you feel them in that one split-second?"
"It's kind of hard."
"Even for you?"
"Even for me."
"Wow. You are a sad little man."
"Thank you for that."
"No, like sad as in you haven't felt a bubble."
"We've established that, Nudge."
"No, no, Iggy, I mean like, you haven't felt a bubble."
"Are you broken?"
"No. Well, maybe, but…"
"Okay, here goes. No one ever showed me a bubble in the lab before my vision was enhanced right out of existence. I've tried to feel them, to see if theyfeel as swirly as people say they look, and I come up with wet fingers and bubble soap in my face. And touching bubble soap isn't the same by any means."
"Okay."
"No, it's not okay. I want to feel a bubble!"
"Why?"
"I don't know. Same reason I want to perfect that mini-nuclear bomb."
"Iggy!"
"Joking, gosh."
"…So how are you going to feel a bubble?"
" I guess I'm not."
"But you want to."
"Yeah."
"Wait for a second, okay?"
"Why?"
"Just wait."
"Okay, reach your hand out."
"yeah?"
"Feel that?"
"Yeah. That's… not a bubble."
"Yes it is."
"Nudge, this I'm touching…"
"Yeah?"
"This is gum."
"I know."
"I know what bubblegum feels like."
"Yeah, I figured you would."
"Then why did you show it to me?"
"Well, this can be your metaphorical bubble."
"What?"
"Your metaphorical bubble. It represents you touching a bubble."
"I see."
"Do you?"
"…Kinda. So metaphorically…"
"Mhm…"
"So metaphorically, I'm touching a bubble. Like a bubble-soap bubble? Like on Spongebob?"
"Yup."
"But only metaphorically."
"Yup."
"…Metaphorical bubbles are sticky."
"It just came out of my mouth."
"UGH!"
Author's Note: Yes, I changed this so that it's Iggy and Nudge. I got a comment that it would make more sense than Iggy and Max, so I changed it. Don't go off on me saying I hate Miggy and I support Niggy, I'm kinda neutral in that corner of shipping. But Max was acting too Nudge-ish for me not to change it. So yes. Thanks for reading. Seriously.