The Break Up
Loosely inspired by Viva La Vida by lilac-kat
Olive comes back to the office with a hot chocolate, and says to Otto. "I'm tired, I just got back from helping on another case, have you sent out two agents to solve that case of why big piles of spaghetti are appearing everywhere?" "Not yet, I've been busy." Replies Otto as he holds up a box of doughnuts. "You call that busy?" Olive asks frustratedly. "No, I also had to go and get this." Says Otto who is now holding a box of pizza in his hand." "Seriously?" She deadpanned. "You're a Mr. O now, you have to take care of things, not just sit around and eat food all day." "Says the girl with a hot chocolate in her hand." "I got this on the way back from a case I just helped a couple agents with." "This kind of behavior is not acceptable for an agent, other agents look up to you, and you're not performing up to that standard. "You're taking this too seriously, you always takes things to seriously." "Well it's better than being lazy." Says Olive, then she leaves, wanting to be alone.
Olive didn't know why but she'd been feeling annoyed, sad and frustrated for a while, especially with Otto. She was new to being a Ms. O and maybe she wasn't quite ready for it. Maybe she should have stayed an agent a little while longer. And then there was Otto, she hate to admit it, but maybe she'd be a better Ms. O without him. She and Otto were great as partners when they were agents and now they had been dating three years and everything was fine up until recently. She felt something, but she just couldn't put her finger on it. All these maybes were swarming around her head like the rings around an atom.
Otto goes to find his girlfriend to see if she's alright. He contemplates in his mind what's his next plan of action. "Dude go in there as her if anythings' wrong." "No if I keep pushing I'm going to push her away." "You'll never know what's wrong if you don't go in there and ask her." "Maybe she doesn't want me to know what's wrong." "Maybe you'll get on her good side if you find out what's wrong and solve it." I stop thinking and before I know it, I'm halfway in the door. "Olive, baby, what's wrong?" Olive just turns her head down and walks to the other side of the room. "Just talk to me." Pleads Otto. "I can't because I don't know what's wrong, but I will tell you this, I need some space." Ok I'll leave you alone and come back later. "No." Says Olive. "I need some SPACE. We will still run the squad and help agents solve cases as Mr. and Ms. O, but I need space from the relationship." And Olive walks out the room.
Otto just stands there dumbfounded. In disbelief he just stood still. His mind trying to process what just happened. Was this for real? Did Olive really just leave? Of course she didn't break up with him, but he knew that's how most breakups start one party says they need space and the next thing you know it's all over. He was glad it was the end of the day, because he needed to go home after this. When he finally made all he could do is sit on his bed and think of all he and Olive had, and he just couldn't believe she was letting three years go. Then he thought about how he'd have to face Olive tomorrow. How they'd have to work together after all this. Eventually he falls asleep while thinking about all the awkwardness he'd have to endure tomorrow.
A/N: The next day will start at the Odd Squad Precinct 13579 with Olympia, Otis and Oona.
It was beautiful morning in Precinct 13579 . The sun was shining, it was a lot warmer than yesterday and there was a nice smell in the air. However they were not without their problems and soon they'd be facing a huge one they could not predict, but this one started off as a normal day . Olympia and Otis were at their desks downloading files onto the computers when the beautiful scientist walks in. Olympia just smiles her big, bubbly smile that's as bright as her personality. On the other hand Otis starts typing really fast with his heartbeat increasing with every word, with every step she takes closer to him. "Howdy do!" She finally greets the agents. Olympia replies excitedly, while Otis only turns around for a quick second, not wanting to make prolonged eye contact. Then Oona makes her way over to Olympia for a little girly chit chat they usually have in the mornings. This is when she would gush over Otto and how cute he was and how lucky Olive was to have him. Olympia didn't feel this way about Otto or anybody for that matter, but she was more than happy to listen to Oona. Otis not so much. They always thought he couldn't hear them, but he could and he couldn't stand it!
Meanwhile back with Olive and Otto. This was their first day working together while not being together in three years. And before that it was easier because they were friends and didn't just have a break talk. Otto gets into the office and Olive there with a clipboard and her demeanor is very professional, no kissing, no cuddling not even a hug. "There's another cake virus going around, most of our agents are out sick so we'll have to go out and try to solve this." "Ok." Otto says as he follows Olive out the door and into the tube lobby. Soon they're out on the streets asking people what happened and collecting data. Everyone they talked to said they were at birthday party, wedding or some celebration where cake was being served and some people turned into cakes. They're must of been a lot of celebrations because they were getting calls from all over town, but they could figure out why only some people were getting cake-itis but not others. So they started to ask more questions and delve deeper into the situation. So they asked people what did they have for breakfast? Where did they work? And what they were all doing before they saw some peopleturn into cakes? People answered "Well we were singing happy birthday." "I was blowing out candles." etc. etc.
It wasn't until they asked the next two questions, they reached a breakthrough. Olive and Otto discovered that only the people who had eaten the cake contracted the virus and all these cakes came from the town bakery which they visited shortly. They explained to the baker how her cakes were infected with the virus and how she'd have to close shop until all victims were quarantined, cured and her shop was professionally cleaned, This wrapped up Olive and Otto's first day of working together like this. The awkwardness wasn't so bad, but he still hut like he didn't know what. He was hoping the next day would be better and it was...a little bit.
All of the agents were back at work since the cake virus had cleared up and nothing really odd was going on so it was a slow day. Otto was who knows where, but Olive was doing paperwork and sorting old files when one fell over, revealing a picture of Odd Todd and that's when it hit her like a speeding 18 wheeler truck on a slick road. That feeling that she couldn't put her finger on was her feelings for Odd Todd. Memories flood back to when she and Todd were partners and how she had a crush on him. Then she had to suppress it because he was becoming odd. That crush that was suppressed for years and years and years coming out!