A/N:
This goes out to all who like Poppy and Wakko moments XD Just some fluff between the pair that can be set anytime before Technicolor. Sorry it's short they'll get better soon XD
*Poppy's POV*
The lunch-lady tipped something onto my plate. I said thank you and waited until I was sitting down before wrinkling my nose. What was this stuff? I think it was meant to be meat. I don't think I'd win a game trying to guess what kind, but it was meat. Oh well, I guess they wouldn't give it to us to eat if there was something wrong with it. And it wasn't like it tasted that bad, it just didn't taste like it was meant to. But the cookie for desert was always good. I saw some of my friends calling me from a table near the side of the room. Taking a seat, we started eating.
"Are you coming to my birthday party on Saturday?" asked my friend, Chloe.
I nodded, "Yes, I can't wait."
"Okay, oh and my mum told me to tell you to tell your sister," she took a breath, "that if she needs any help just to call."
Talia wouldn't like that one. "I'll tell her."
"Oh and guess what?" giggled our other friend Jenny. I liked Jenny, she had short hair a darker red than mine and she made me laugh, but she didn't come into school very often, I think she was mostly home-schooled. From the sounds of it she came from the richer part of town.
"What?" we asked.
"I'm going to be allowed to come too, but I might have to leave early." She looked guilty, "Winston says I've got a piano lesson…"
I think Winston was a servant or something, they were very rich. "At least you'll be there for a bit." Chloe grinned, "Both of you for a change."
It wasn't my fault! Yeah I wanted to see my school friends, but I kind of wanted to see the toons too, they were my best friends after all. I was going to the party wasn't I, so why say that? Still, I didn't say anything about it, there wasn't much point. "So what party was it again?"
"Pool-party. My dad's blowing up the big pool for us and filling all the way to the top! It's almost taller than my brother!"
Wow, that was big. I'd seen her brother, he was very round too so that said good things about the pool. I chuckled to myself and carried on eating and talking. Suddenly out of the corner of my eye, I could just make out a pair of black eyes peeking at me from under a red cap through the cafeteria window across the room. They blinked and quickly ducked down out of sight. Weird, he never had any problems seeking into school before, and lunch was normally his favourite.
"I'll be back in a minute." I muttered, stopping for a second to put the cookie in my pocket before leaving.
We were allowed outside because the older kids ate first and got out sooner, so with older kids around, the younger ones like us had someone to keep an eye out. I tried to keep out of sight and snuck around to the back building where we normally met up with the toons. It was pretty quiet around here, just the old building that only got used once a year before sports day for practice. So for now it was all clear. Well it would have been anyway.
Wakko stood on tiptoe, hands on the ledge of the window and looking in, tilting his head from side to side like he was trying to find something. Me probably. Just when I was about to let him know I was there, I stopped and grinned. He had his back to me to this was going to be easy. I took a few steps forward and waited, hands just by his head. Three, two, one…
"Boo!" I yelled, swiping his hat.
"Whoa!" he cried, spinning around and holding his hands like he was going to karate-chop me. He lowered them when he saw it was me and scowled, "Oh it's you, Pops. My turn to scare you next time."
Sure, he'd been trying for ages and couldn't get it right. Putting his hat on my head, I poked my tongue out, "Gonna have to catch me first."
I turned to run, but something tugged at my ankle and the next thing I knew I was upside down with a rope hooked up over the drainpipe, keeping me in place. Wakko stood under me and waited as the cap fell from my head and landed perfect on top of his. From upside down, I folded my arms. Wakko just grinned smugly and flicked the rope with his tail. In a split second I was heading downwards towards the ground. My eyes clenched shut as the world span, but instead of hitting the ground, something grabbed me. Nervously opening an eye, I saw that he had caught me in his arms and was smiling goofily.
"Caught you, Pops."
"Not fair." I moaned, standing up and remembering why I was outside in the first place, "How come you didn't come in? You normally do."
He shrugged and looked at the ground, "I was gonna, but you were with your friends so…"
"You could have put a disguise on or something, right?"
"But you were with your friends so…" he said again, "I don't mind waiting."
"You don't have to wait!" I scoffed, "You're my friend too."
Awe he smiled again, "I know."
"You know they're serving you're favourite today." I pointed back the way I came.
"Really? What is it?" he asked eagerly.
"Food." His arms folded and he pouted like his Dot does when she's pretending to be in a strop. But he was chuckling. And so was I. But he still seemed a little disappointed what the food wasn't actually here with him. "Are you staying for the rest of the day, or are you coming over later?"
"I don't mind. I'll do both if you want." He looked up again at the window, "If you're not doing anything though."
I rolled my eyes, "Here doofus, I got you something." I gave him a playful shove on the shoulder. Was he jealous of my friends in school? That was silly! Sure they were fun to be around and stuff, but they were nothing on him and the other toons. I pulled the cookie out of my pocket and broke it in half, giving him the bigger bit.
"Faboo!" he grinned, taking a large chunk out of it.
Great, now I can get him back for being stupid about jealousy, "Yep, and I only share cookie's with my best friends."
For a second, I didn't think he heard me from chewing so loudly, but he paused and titled his head, crumbs covering his mouth. He swallowed, "Faboo…" he repeated.
I giggled and started eating my cookie half, "What does that even mean?"
He thought for a moment and shrugged, "It's just my word for things I like, and Yakko always said, better faboo than taboo."
That didn't really help, "So what does taboo mean?"
"Another word for Warner's." he smirked.
"If you say so," Again, that really didn't help much. But I figured that I wasn't going to get much of a straight answer from him so I just smiled and pretended I understood. I did that a lot, "Well, in that case, you're my faboo."
"Huh?"
"You heard me." I giggled, "If faboo is something you like, then I hereby label you my faboo." I nodded, poking his forehead to pretend that I was sticking something on him.
"Hey Poppy! Where'd you go?"
Oh, I forgot about the girls… I looked over my shoulder and could hear them walking just up ahead. I didn't want to leave yet. I was having fun, and I felt bad leaving him. But he didn't seem to mind, "Don't worry, I'll see you later. And I'll be getting my own back for the jump-scare!"
"Pfft, good luck with that." I scoffed.
"Thanks." He nodded smugly.
"Poppy?"
"Coming!" I called, giving Wakko a quick grin before rushing off. I looked back, but he'd already gone. Oh no… that meant he could jump out of anywhere at anytime! I was going to be looking for him all day now. He always won at hide and seek.
"There you are!" Chloe said when I reached them, "You were gone so long they cleared your plate away."
"I wasn't really that hungry anyway." I shrugged, but then I noticed them both looking at me funny and giggling, "What?"
"You've got something on your head." Jenny pointed.
I crossed my eyes and looked up. Something yellow and square was put right in the middle of my forehead. I peeled it off and looked at it. It was a posit-it note with a words scribbled on it. Faboo. I grinned and re-stuck it to my front proudly. I'd labelled him as my faboo, and he'd actually gone and labelled me too.
"Fab-bow?" Chloe asked, saying is completely wrong, "What's that?"
I smiled and shook my head, "Secret."
A/N:
Yakko: So sickly sweet it's enough to make you sick.
Oh get back into your own chapter! Ahem, well sorry it was so short, but I was in a fluffy mood after finishing a massive essay. Hope you liked it and I'll update asap, only one more essay to do now guys! XD
