This is gonna be straight up, pointless, just having fun with the characters kind of story. It could be seen as Meena/Johnny or naw. Bye, this is the first thing of writing I've ever posted online, so don't expect it to be good.
"Would you say your an outdoors or indoors person?"
"Er, I guess indoors?" Meena's answer lack any confidence. She hadn't been able to give a strong answer to any of the questions Ash had asked off the list on her phone.
Ash repositioned herself against the wall she was leaning against and the crate she sat on. Her, Meena, and Eddie were suppose to be checking lights backstage, but Ash quickly became bored and pulled something up on her phone. She said she found a "personality quiz" and started shooting questions at Meena as the elephant continue to test all the switches to the stage lights. Eddie leaned against the wall on standby to change out any broken lights, but was more interested in the girls' conversation.
"Next question: On the first date, do you kiss or shake hands?"
Meena flushed slightly at this question, "Um, shake hands."
Ash paused to input her answer, then raised an eyebrow at the next question. "Hmm. Would you say you're more... traditional or experimental?" The rocker asked carefully.
The implication did not go over her friend's head and Eddie chuckled a bit at both the question and Meena's reaction. "Why is that question in there!?" She spun around to face Ash. Her blush turned even darker when she realized how loud she was being and quickly turned back to the control panel, hiding her face in her ears.
Her reaction caught the attention of two by passers. Mr. Moon walked towards the group with concern and Johnny following him out of curiosity. "Is everything alright here?" Moon asked asked the group, but Eddie was the only one to respond. The girls were preoccupied with a debate about Meena's answer.
"Ash is giving Meena some online quiz thing. No biggie." The sheep explained coolly.
"I see. Odd how that seems so similar to you three slacking off." Moon teased gently.
"Buster, lighten up a bit would ya'?" The two friends quickly fell into their normal back and forth. And Ash was too busy bothering Meena for an answer to notice a suspicious Johnny sneaking up from the side and peering over at her screen.
He smirked at what he saw. "Thought so. That's a datin' app." Ash jumped when she heard Johnny speak and quickly tried to shush him. But it was too late.
"What?!" Meena whirled around again with her eyes fixed on Ash. "Ash! You said this was a-"
"A personality quiz! And it is!" Ash quickly reassured her friend. She was standing on the crate now with hands out in defense position, phone still in hand. She gave Johnny a quick glare over her shoulder which caused the gorilla to step back with his hands up in mock surrender. "It just happens to be part of a dating app... that I might have made-an-account-for-you-on" Ash rushed through the last part. She looked up sheepishly at Meena. Off to the side she heard Eddie call out "Ooh, busted!"
"W-why would you- I don't want- Please delete it!" Meena tripped over her own sentences as she fidgeted under the eyes of the others. Her gaze flickered nervously between Ash and the ground, avoiding the other three present.
"Meena, come on, I already put the work into making it" Ash hoped off the crate was walking toward the elephant as she spoke. "And why I made it is 'cause your cute, available girl. Finding guy might do ya some good." She smiled encouragingly as she spoke.
"How so? You had one and you didn't make it sound so great." Meena grumbled as she folded her arms and glared off to the side. Her gaze softened as she immediately felt bad for her comment and apologized.
"She's got a point, ya' know." Eddie chimed over Johnny's chuckled and Moon's stifled laughs. Ash rolled her eyes and paid them no mind.
"Listen, this quiz'll tell us what types of people you match well with. Maybe even give us some potential options." Ash wiggled her eyebrows as she tried to reason her way out of deleting her hard work. "Aren't ya even a little curious to see who you'd match with?"
"Um, no. Not really." Meena answered shyly with her eyes still on the ground.
"Well I am." Ash countered.
"Me too." Eddie chimed in, earning him an elbow in the legs from Moon.
Ash beamed an her new support from the sheep and turned to look back a Johnny, cocking an eyebrow. The gorilla rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly under gaze before admitting, "yeah, a little." Triumphantly, Ash faced Meena again. The larger of them was still hiding behind her ears and looking reluctant to partake.
"Come on, Meens. It could be good for you to step out of you comfort zone a bit. Try something new, ya' know?" Ash was practically pleading at this point. Meena sighed and closed her eyes. She felt cornered. This didn't feel like is was good for her so much as it felt like a cheap laugh for Ash and everyone else at whatever people she'd get matched with. Still, she didn't want to make more of a scene in front of everyone there, so she caved.
"Alright... But you have to delete the account when done seeing the results, okay?"
"Deal!" Ash grinned, satisfied with the bargain, and return to her spot slouched on the crate. Meena turned back to the control panel to finish testing, already regretting her agreement. She couldn't ignore the sinking feeling in her gut that this wouldn't end well.
In the time it took to finish the quiz questions, most of which Meena spend hiding behind her ears, Eddie had moved to leaning on the wall next to Ash to look over her shoulder and Johnny sat on the crate on Ash's other side. Mr. Moon shook his head at how unprofessional the three of them were being.
As soon as the quiz was complete, Ash hit enter and waited eagerly for the results. Meena had had enough and turned to leave. "Hey! Results are over here! Aren't'cha gonna stick around?" Ash called after her.
"No thanks, I have to... Uh..." The elephant mumbled some excuse and darted off.
"Well at least someone here is working." Mr. Moon gibed exasperatedly and walked off buried in his clipboard (as though he wasn't going to text Eddie for details later).
Eddie and Johnny shared a brief look of concern after Meena ran off. Johnny got up and made like his was going to follow her, but stopped when he heard Ash's phone go off. "Al'right, let's see what got-" Ash cut her self off and stared at her screen in shock. She quickly recovered and her demeanor changed to unimpressed. "Well that's disappointing. First guy on her matches and he's a total dork!" She shook her head a bit and turned her phone slightly for Eddie to see. Eddie's eyes widen and he cracked-up, covering his mouth to try and control his laugher.
"Oi, don't'cha think yar bein' a bit harsh?" Johnny said as he approached them, confused by how uncharacteristically cruel the other two were being.
Ash gave Johnny a deadpan look over her phone. "Nope." She stated before turning her phone around for Johnny to see.
Before his mind could register what he was looking at, he heard Eddie chuckled out "No wonder he recognized it was a dating app."
Johnny's face dropped when his eyes landed on a familiar selfie he had taken months ago. He stared wide-eyed at his account for a couple seconds before looking up at Ash. The porcupine's straight face couldn't hold and broke down into a shit eating grin. Before Johnny could think of anything to say, she turned her phone back around and took a screenshot. "'Ey! Delete that!" The gorilla made a grab for the phone. Ash clutched it to her chest and turned away from him, still smiling.
"Relax. Everyone's had an account on one dating site or another. It's nothing to be embarrassed about." Eddie had recovered from his giggle fit and spoke in casual tone. "I've had a few and I know Ash has like five currently." He added with a shrug.
"That's not the problem." Johnny started.
Ash's eyes flashed up at him and her smile disappeared. "Is it that you're embarrassed by being matched up with Meena or something?" Her question was more of an accusation and the look she was giving Johnny made it clear there was a wrong answer.
Johnny quickly straightened up in frantic denial. "Wot? Nah, nah, of course not!" He somehow felt small under the porcupine's glare. Eddie placed a hand of Ash's should as a silent means of calming her a little. Her glare lessened, but she expression made it clear she was still expecting and explanation from Johnny. The gorilla rubbed the back of his neck uneasily. "I just don't want 'er seein' it and then actin' weird 'round me ya know? 'Specially wit how easily she gets flustered." Johnny felt his face heating up as he continued. "I just... I donno. I don't want things t' be awkward between us, alwright?" He chanced a look at Ash, whose face had soften quiet a bit.
"He's got a point." Eddie added. Ash gave a small nod of approval.
"Okay, I won't show her. Or tell her. She probably won't ask anyway." Ash rolled her eyes as she said the last part. "This stays between us three. Cool?" Judging from the relieved, lopsided smile Johnny was giving her, he was happy with that set up.
Satisfied with Ash's promise, Johnny turned and went off to some other part of the theater to work on whatever Moon had next for him. After he left, Eddie spoke up. "Aren't you suppose to delete her account now?"
"When I'm done looking at the result. I'm not done looking!" Ash shot back quickly and went back to scrolling through her phone.
"Riiiiight." Eddie smile and pulled out his phone. "You're sending me that screenshot though, right?"