Cuddles walked up to the table and sat down "Was that Lifty?" Toothy jumped to Cuddles' voice. "I'm sorry, did I scare you?" Cuddles chuckled.
"No!... ok, maybe." Toothy turned around to face Cuddles. "And yeah, it was. He….. He just asked me out."
"I'm sorry, I misheard you, I almost thought you said Lifty just asked you out."
"He did….and, umm, I said yes." Toothy muttered.
"What?! You know he's probably trying to scam you or something." Cuddles exclaimed.
"You don't know that, I'm sure he could be nice if he wanted!"
"Whoa, sorry. I didn't realize you actually had feelings for him." Cuddles apologized.
"No, I'm sorry…. I guess I'm just trying to convince myself more than anything." Toothy paused for a second. "You know.…t-to be honest…..I didn't think the Lifty part would've been the part that you would be questioning."
"Huh?... oh…You mean the fact that he's a guy?" Cuddles questioned.
Toothy nodded.
"Well," Cuddles continued "To be fair, I kind of suspected it for a bit. I'm just glad you're getting out there, you know?"
"What do you mean you've suspected it!?" Toothy exclaimed.
"I mean, ever since that one middle school play, you were the only one not head over heels about kissing Petunia." Cuddles explained. "Hell, if anything I'd say you were more traumatized by the experience than anything." He laughed.
"Hey! She tasted like hand sanitizer and mint, ok?! I still can't use mouthwash without reliving the experience!" Toothy stuck out his tongue in disgust. This only made Cuddles laugh more.
"All jokes aside. If Lifty treats you like shit, just tell me and I'll kick his ass, ok?" Cuddles reassured.
"Ok, yeah, I'll remember that."
"You better." Cuddles lightly punched Toothy's arm. "So do you two have a date planned or..."
"We're doing something after school Friday."
"Cool, well, text me about it when you're done, ok?" Cuddles finished up his food and waved as he headed back to class, "See you later."
"Ok, will do." Toothy waved back and headed back to class himself.
-Friday-
Toothy was waiting outside the school for what seemed like an eternity. He looked down at his watch, "Geez, its already been an hour. Where the hell is he?" Soon after Lifty finally walked out.
"About time. HEY, LIFTY, OVER HERE!" Toothy waved to get his attention.
"Huh? Oh." Lifty walked over. "Hey, sorry I got a little held up talking to somebody. You weren't waiting long, right?"
"Uh, no, not at all." Toothy lied.
"Sweet, you want to get something to eat, I'm starving." Lifty suggested.
"Sure, maybe we could go to that new pizza place down the street?"
"That'll do!" Lifty said eagerly.
An hour passes and Lifty has done nothing but talk about himself. "but then-" Lifty took another bite of his pizza. "but then again, I could probably do it better than my idiot of a brother."
"Uh-huh" Toothy murmured. Soon after Flaky came by with the check.
"H-here your check, f-feel free the pay whenever you're ready." She stuttered as she slipped away.
Lifty patted his pockets. "Shit….uh Hey, Toothy? It seems I forgot my wallet. Do you mind.…you know?" Lifty gestured to the bill.
Toothy eyed the check, "I guess I don't really have a choice do I?" He uttered to himself as pulled out his wallet.
"Sweet, you're the best." Lifty leaned back and finished his slice.
Toothy rolled his eyes, this was probably his plan from the start. After this he'll probably slink away, never to be seen again.
"So Toothy" Lifty started. Yep, here it comes. "You wanna hang out at my place after this?"
Toothy was stunned for a moment. "What?"
"Yeah, you know, I do kinda feel bad about the whole wallet thing and I want to make it up to you."
"Oh, I mean, yeah, that sounds good." Toothy smiled. Ok, maybe he was wrong about Lifty after all.
"Sweet." Lifty grinned.