They soon got to Toothy's house and walked in. Cuddles walked around the living room while Toothy plopped his bag on the sofa.

"Geez, it feels like ages since I've been at your place." Cuddles studied the pastel purple walls, "Ok, am I crazy or did these used to be white or something like that."

"Huh? Oh, yeah, my parents got it painted a few months ago."

"Wow, has it really been that long since I've been here?" Cuddles was setting his book bag beside Toothy's when he noticed a small Splendid keychain peeking out of a pocket in Toothy's bag.

"Apparently. Hey, I'm gonna go get some ointment for your arm, go ahead and make yourself at home." Toothy started heading out the room.

"Wait a sec, do you still like that Splendor guy?"

Toothy stopped in his tracks and looked over at him, "First of all, his name is Splendid. And second, that stuffs for kids so no, I don't."

Cuddles chuckled, "Sooo, you don't have those Splendid posters hanging up in your room anymore?"

"Uhhhh, pffft, no! Of course not!" He crossed his arms and looked to the side to hide his cold sweats.

"So you don't mind if I go take a quick peek then, right~?" Cuddles tried to hide his smile as he started creeping towards his room.

"You know!" Toothy laughed nervously as he cut in front of him, "It's like, super messy! And, umm, there's a….. a smell! Yeah, it reeks in there, so I wouldn't go in there if I were you." He tried to push Cuddles back towards the sofa.

"Well if you say-" Cuddles quickly jumped out of the way, letting gravity distract Toothy for him while he ran to his room.

Toothy stumbled, waving his arms and trying regain balance. "CUDDLES WAIT!" The second he reclaimed his balance and he took a shortcut through the kitchen, reaching his room a few seconds before Cuddles. Toothy wedged himself in the door way, putting up his arms to prevent Cuddles from breaking through as he approached.

"Is it really that bad?" Cuddles questioned, trying to move the fur covered wall.

"No, It's just-" Toothy was cut short when Cuddles bear hugged him, lifting him off the ground. "WAIT, NO!" He kicked his feet as he was unwillingly removed from his post. Toothy turned and grabbed Cuddles' hood but it was too late.

"Oh my God." Cuddles opened the door to a light blue room with multiple Splendid and Super Squad poster littering the wall. Upon a variety of shelves laid multiple brightly colored figurines from the franchise. In the middle of the room was a giant acorn logo rug. "It's even better than I remember!" Cuddles flashed the biggest shit-eating grin at Toothy, who was currently burying his burning red face into his hands.

"Please, kill me now."

"Why? This is amazing!" Cuddles walked in and examined the figures. "Ok, I know who Splendid is but who are these other guys?" Cuddles picked up a small fox figurine dressed in pink and purple.

Toothy ran over, "That's Wonder Wanda, she's part of the squad, but could we just put her back before she breaks please?" He carefully took the figure and returned it to rightful place. "Now let's just-" He started pushing Cuddles out of his room.

"Hey I wasn't gonna break anything! And besides, I want to look around some more." Cuddles whined, giving Toothy puppy-dog eyes. "Please?"

Toothy tried his best to resist but ultimately failed, he sighed. "Fine! Just be careful…..I'm gonna get the ointment, meet me in the living room when you're done."

"Thanks, and I promise, I'll be super careful!" He reassured as Toothy left. Cuddles walked over and re-examined the figures while wandering around the room. He put his hand in his pockets to keep himself from touching anything, while roaming he came across a desk with a few framed pictures. One was a small autographed poster of Splendid while the other was a picture of Cuddles and Toothy smiling and holding up a trophy. He smiled as he picked up the picture and reminisced. They were in a baseball championship and Toothy had just hit a winning homerun. He remembered how happy he was for him and set the picture down, going back to looking around.

He eventually stumbled onto a stack of Splendid movies displayed on one of the shelves. Suddenly Cuddles got an idea and grabbed the movies, taking them into the living room. He was laying them on the coffee table when Toothy walked in.

"What are you doing?" Toothy questioned, raising an eyebrow.

Cuddles stepped out of the way to reveal the movies laid out. "Ok, so you know how we were saying that we should hang out more? Well I was thinking we could do a little movie marathon, you know."

Toothy was almost surprised, "I mean, we can if you want. I didn't think you liked Splendid stuff though."

"It's not the I don't like it, just indifferent. I've only ever seen the first one." Cuddles examined other movies more closely.

"Wait, seriously?! Ok, then there is no question about it, we have to watch all of them!" Toothy walked over and picked up the movies

"Hold on, ALL?! There's like 7 of them!"

Toothy paused and looked down at the movies, "Ok, fine, we can start them today." He set them beside the DVD player. "Come on, I can start some popcorn started and get that burn taken care of while we're waiting." Cuddles followed him into the kitchen as he set a bag in the microwave and turned it on. "Ok, which arm was it?" Toothy held up the ointment.

Cuddles rolled up his sleeve to reveal the burn. "You know, you don't have to do this."

"I know." Toothy put some on his finger and held his arm as he rubbed it in. Cuddles winced for a moment but powered through it. "…..Hey, Cuddles?"

"Yeah?"

"….Could you not tell anybody that I still like Splendid?" Toothy looked to the side in embarrassment.

"I won't if you don't want me to. Although I don't think it's a big deal if you still like it."

Toothy stopped and looked down as he wiped off his hands. "It's just….I think if Lifty found out then he'd think it'd be stupid or childish or something like that."

"Well Lifty could just-" Cuddles bit his tongue when he saw Toothy look away from him. There were a million things he could say about Lifty but right now wasn't the time. He sighed and set a hand on Toothy's shoulder, "Look, If Lifty cares about you, then he will understand…. or at least tolerate it. Besides, It's a superhero thing, liking it isn't hurting anybody. And of anything, he should be happy to see your face light up whenever you talk about it. I mean, that's how I feel."

Toothy looked at Cuddles, "Really?"

"Of course! Why wouldn't I?" Cuddles smiled at him.

Toothy blushed as he looked at the hand on his shoulder.

DING!

The two looked over and Toothy opened the microwave, releasing a burnt smell to waft around the room. He examined the black popcorn, "I think we left it in for too long."

"Oh here." Cuddles set the ointment beside Toothy. "That should help."

Toothy couldn't help but chuckle, "I'm sure it's not that bad." He took a piece and set it in his mouth. His face immediately scrunched up. "Ok, no, mistakes were made." He spat out the piece in his mouth and threw the bag away. "Oh well, let's try this again." He set another bag in the microwave.

"Hey, if you want to get the movie set up, I can stay here and keep an eye on the popcorn."

"Sounds good, that way we won't get distracted again." Toothy walked back into the living room and picked up the first movie and put it in the player. He couldn't help but to think of Cuddles' words as the disc loaded. 'If Lifty cares about you, then he will understand'…..'If Lifty cares about you'…'If'…..but…. What IF he doesn't? I mean, he almost seemed annoyed when I told him to take it slow. Toothy sighed and rubbed his forehead. Maybe this was a mistake…

"Toothy, popcorn's d-" Cuddles walked in to see Toothy staring off into space and rubbing his head. "Hey are you ok?"

"Huh?" Toothy looked over, "Oh, yeah, I'm fine." He mustered up a fake smile for him.

"Is it because I almost bad-mouthed Lifty?" Cuddles walked over and set a hand on his shoulder. "If it is, I'm sorry."

"No…it's not that, I was thinking about Lifty and what you said." Toothy looked down at the ground.

"And that's…. bad?"

"I don't know, it's probably nothing, I'm just over thinking it." He rubbed his own arm and started staring off again.

"Well if it was nothing then you wouldn't be upset. You know what, go ahead and sit down. I'll get the popcorn and we could talk about it, but first, stay." Toothy looked up confused as Cuddles ran out of the living room and to the bedroom. He grabbed Toothy's light blue comforter off the bed and brought it back. "Here." He then proceeded to wrap Toothy in the comforter, turning him into a furry burrito. "Ok, now you can sit down and I'll be right back."

Toothy couldn't help but smile as he watched Cuddles scurried into the kitchen. If only Lifty was like this. Toothy's smiled slowly disappeared and he sat down on the sofa. Cuddles soon came back with a bowl of popcorn and a few sodas. He set the bowl on the table and handed Toothy one of the sodas. He wiggled his arm out of the blanket and retrieved the can. "Thanks."

"No problem." Cuddles moved the book bags off the sofa and sat down next Toothy, laying his arm beside him on the head of the sofa. "Ok, so tell me what you're thinking about."

"W-Well…..I'm worried if made a mistake with Lifty." He hunched over, looking down at the drink. "I mean, I WANT to like him but I don't even know if he actually likes me or not! Hell, he was annoyed when I asked him to take it slow! B-But I'm worried that this is the best it's gonna get and if this doesn't work out and I never find someone else and then I'll end up alone forever!" Toothy groaned as he leaned back and face-palmed himself. "I-It's just, I don't know!"

"Hey, hey, hey" Cuddles scooted in, moving his arm down and around Toothy, rubbing his shoulder. "Well first of all, even if it doesn't work out, I don't think you're gonna be alone forever."

He sighed. "Then what do you think about it?" He looked over at him as slid his hand down from his face.

Cuddles bit his lip for a second. He didn't want to say anything about Lifty and make things worse but at the same time... "Do you want me to say what you want to hear or do you want to hear my honest opinion?"

"I want to hear what you really think."

"Ok." Cuddles thought hard to choose his words carefully. "It's just-"... "I feel like he-"…. Ok, this harder than I thought. He took a deep sigh. "I think…. Lifty is using you. A-And I could be wrong, but…. Sometimes the way I see him look at you, it just makes me so mad. I-It's almost like that's the only thing he cares about! And you deserve better than that!" He clenched his fist and looked to the side "Because when you finally give in to her, thinking that's gonna help your relationship, it's just gonna seem like that's the only thing keeping you two together!"

"Her?"

Cuddles looked over as his face turned red. "H-Him…I meant him…" He bit his lip and looked back down.

"Hey, Cuddles…..Is everything ok between you and Giggles?" Toothy put a hand on his shoulder and shot him a worried look.

"I'm sorry…. It's just.…I don't want you to make you to make the same mistake I did." He started rubbing his temple.

"Cuddles….. Giggles didn't force you….did she?"

"Well, I wouldn't call it forced. Ok, you know that we broke up the first time because she cheated on me. But when we got back together, I caved in, thinking that if I gave her what she wanted then she wouldn't cheat on me again. But sometimes when we're alone, it just feels like that's all she wants to do now. Hell, prom's the first thing we've had to an actual date since we've been back together." Cuddles shook his head, remembering this is supposed to be about Toothy. "Sorry, I started rambling. My point is, Giggles looks at me the same way Lifty looks at you, except Giggles doesn't have the same reputation Lifty does. I'm worried about what exactly Lifty would do to get what he wanted."

"I can see where you're coming from but I don't think Lifty is a dangerous as you're making him out to be. Although…. I am worried he might try to make a move again at prom."

"If he makes you feel uncomfortable in any way, remember I'll be there, ok? I'll make sure to have my phone so you can always call or text me if anything goes south."

"That does make me feel better." Toothy paused for a second, thinking about the situation between Giggles and his friend. "Hey Cuddles?...Have you thought about talking to Giggles about how you feel."

"I have, I'm just worried that'd she'd go back to cheating if I did, you know?"

"Well, I mean Lifty took it better than I thought he would, maybe Giggles will too. And if she does cheat on you, then that only means she didn't take your relationship seriously to begin with."

"Maybe you're right, I just don't understand why it always has to always be about sex. I mean, is it so bad to just hang out like you and I do. Sometimes I wish she was more like you, ya know?"

"I feel the same way, sometimes I wish I was just dating you instead." Toothy widened his eyes when he realized what he had just let slip. "I-I mean! L-Like he was like you, not actually dating-" Toothy turned the other way to hide his burning face. Oh my God, I can't believe I just said-

He chuckled a little, "Then maybe I should just replace Giggles with you and just call it a day." Cuddles blushed a little himself as he considered the possibility. Wait, what am I thinking?! He's my friend…and he has a boyfriend! A shitty one, but still! He shook his head. Hell, I have a girlfriend! What am I doing?! He tried his best to change the subject. "Hey, uh, weren't we planning on watching a movie?"

"YES! The movie!" Toothy quickly grabbed the remote and pressed play. They both looked away to hide their faces.

Cuddles started getting redder when he realized his arm was still around Toothy. Should I move my arm? What if he thinks I did it because of what he said? I don't want to make things more awkward. Maybe if I leave it, he won't realize it's still there.

Oh my God, his arm is still around me! Calm down, maybe I'm misreading signs. He tried to peek over to get a read on Cuddles but it was turned. Ok, if it's still there halfway through, then it's on purpose. The movie reached its halfway point and it hadn't move. Ok, Maybe I should go with it! He was about to lay his head on Cuddle's shoulder when his mom walked in the door. He shot up instantly as Cuddles quickly removed his arm.

"Toothy, I'm h-" She looked over to see the two on their best behavior. "Oh hey Cuddles! It's been forever since I've seen you, how have you been?"

"I'm good Mrs. Beaver, how about you?"

"Well I'm just fine, thanks for asking. You know it's starting to get late, after the movie do you need me to drive you home?"

"That'd be great, Mrs. B." They watched as she walked in the kitchen and let out a sigh in unison. They ended up keeping their hands to themselves for the rest of the movie until Cuddles had to leave. "See you later! And I'll make sure to talk to Giggles' too!" He pulled him into a quick hug and waved.

"oh…um, Yeah! Tell me how it goes!" He waved back as Cuddles left. Giggles? He sighed. I guess I was wrong about the arm then.