Chapter 53: Buttercup's In Love Part 1
One morning in her apartment, Buttercup has awaken from her sleep. She walks to the kitchen as she lets out a yawn.
"Morning," Buttercup says, feeling tired.
"Morning sis!" Her brothers reply.
"Mom, morning," Buttercup says passing her mother.
Buttercup mother turns to Buttercup, and happily says, "Good morning, Buttercup."
Buttercup isn't paying attention. She grabs a carton of milk from the fridge and walks in front of the table where her both. Buttercup stands up and place her hand on her hip, and drinks the milk from the carton. She sighs after the drink, and hears someone snoring. She turns her head to see her dad sleeping on the couch.
Buttercup walks to see her dad sleeping and his shirt a little up showing his stomach.
"Man. His stomach's sticking out. How sloppy," Buttercup says.
Buttercup turns her head, "Mom, give him a warning!"
"You think so? But it's cute," Buttercup mom says with a sweet voice.
Buttercup becomes annoyed by this, but then an idea comes to her. She places the carton on the table and sneaks to her dad.
Buttercup's older brother asks, "Buttercup, what are you doing?"
Buttercup shushes, " I'm taking a look at dad's face."
"Quit it! You know dad never takes off his mask," Buttercup's little brother reply.
"You guys don't want to see it?! I've completely forgotten his face. Today for sure I'm going to see it," Buttercup hushes.
Buttercup snickers and reaches out to grab her father's mask. Suddenly, her father shots open his eyes, and has his leg wrap around Buttercup and has her in a headlock.
"Who is it?!" Buttercup father screams.
Buttercup manages to say, "Can't breathe!"
Her father looks to see he has Buttercup, "Well, if it isn't Buttercup?"
"Oh sorry! That didn't hurt, did it?" Her father says as he tosses her up and squeezes her to a hug.
Crushed, Buttercup says, "Hug me more gently!"
Then passes off.
Later on, Buttercup and her family are at the having breakfast.
Buttercup says, "Man… dad, you really don't know how to hold back."
"Sorry, sorry!" Buttercup's father reply with laughter.
"Buttercup was wrong too. You tried to take off papa's mask," Buttercup's mother says.
"But…" Buttercup says.
But asks, "Hey dad. Please let me see your face."
"I told you before, didn't I? Please wait until I quit being a pro wrestler," Buttercup's father says as he eats his breakfast.
Then he happily says, "Till then, Mama, your cooking is the best."
"Oh papa you. You can have my cof rod," Buttercup's mother happily says, feeding the father the fish.
Buttercup and her brothers are being disgusted by the romance her parents are being right now. They think it's sappy.
Later on, Buttercup is now walking with Blossom, Bubbles, and Bridget to school. They talk about what Buttercup has told them about her dad.
"Buttercup, your dad is really strange, isn't he?" Bridget asks.
"But if he says to wait, that really makes me want to see," Blossom says.
"Exactly. I even asked me mom, but she said, 'Who cares about the face? If you want to see it that badly, look at the photos,'" Buttercup says.
Buttercup brings out the album, "So, she gave me an album, but…"
Buttercup opens the album to see the family pictures, but none of them show her father's face.
"Dad's photographed, but not his face. Just when I think it is, he's wearing his mask," Buttercup adds.
"Whao! That is like totally suspicious," Bridget says.
"I agree. That does seem strange," Bubbles replies.
Buttercup puts the album away and continues to walk to school with the girls.
Buttercup walks backwards as she says, "I really want to see my dad's face."
But then, Buttercup bumps into someone and falls on her face. Buttercup turns around to see someone with a lot of muscles.
"Really muscular," Buttercup squeaks.
A boy with blond hair and star like eyes look down at Buttercup with a confused look.
He walks to Buttercup, and asks, "Are you okay?"
"S-sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going," Buttercup replies.
The boy presents his muscles, "Hold on to his."
Buttercup and the others become confused. Buttercup does what he says and he lifts her up to her feet.
"Thanks… really muscular," Buttercup says, sounding speechless.
After that, Buttercup says, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." The boy says.
He then walks away, but turns to say, "Bye!"
Then continues to make his leave.
Buttercup bows, "Really, thank you!"
"When you help someone out, you usually use your hand," Blossom replies.
"What a strange upperclassman," Bubbles replies.
Bridget looks at Buttercup, and asks, "Are you alright?"
Suddenly, Buttercup feels her heart beating, and admits, "I... am in love!"
This shocked the girls completly.
"Buttercup, loving-faced boys like that are your type?" Blossom asks.
"I don't care about the face! For men, they need to have big biceps! I'm definitely going to make him my boyfriend!" Buttercup says, determined and fired up.
The girls are becoming more surprised
Bubbles shockley says, "Buttercup is on fire!"
"She's serious about it alright," Bridget adds.
Finally, Buttercup stops being on fire, and slouches in distress.
"What's wrong, Buttercup?" Blossom asks.
Buttercup kneels down as he circles his finger on the ground, "When I think about it more, I've never gone out with a guy. I don't know how to start dating."
"This is the first time I've seen you act like a girl," Bubbles replies.
"I don't think you should be worrying too much about it. I'm not sure we're ready to start dating," Bridget says.
Then Blossom says, "Buttercup! Leave this to love specialist Blossom!"
"Forget you, Blossom! You're no love expert!" Bridget remarks.
"She's right, you're always turned down," Buttercup replies.
Buttercup turns to Bubbles, and begs, "Bubbles, Bridget, please teach me!"
"Sure," Bridget says.
"Okay," Bubbles adds.
Blossom begins to cry about being shot down, "Nooo! How mean!"
At school, Buttercup watches from the front door as she sees Blossom, Bubbles, and Bridget talked to the boy as he lifts weights on with both hands. Later on, the girls reach Buttercup who is waiting for them.
"Buttercup!" Blossom calls.
Buttercup asks, "How'd it go?"
"We really asked around. Sempai's name is Narushima Naruo. Right now, he's looking for a girlfriend," Blossom says.
"Alright!" Buttercup cheers.
"His favorite food is tendou," Bubbles adds.
"I prefer unatama," Buttercup bluntly says.
"You either like them or don't Buttercup," Bridget comments.
Then Bubbles says, "His favorite dessert is…"
"Mine's yujikindoki," Buttercup says.
"It's natabeboko," Bubbles adds.
Buttercup falls to the ground.
"Seems quite off," Blossom says.
Buttercup sits up, "T-then what sports does he like?"
"He likes pro wrestling," Bridget answers.
Buttercup cheers, "Finally, one!"
Then Buttercup says, "Hey, I haven't heard what type of girl he likes."
"I definitely asked that. Sempai likes a graceful Japanese lady" Blossom says.
That's when Buttercup breaks in tears, "No! My first love ends in an instant like Momoko's?!"
"What does that mean?" Blossom shouts.
"It's still early for giving up. Why don't you just be Sempai's type of girl?" Bubbles replies.
"How?" Buttercup asks.
"Leave this to me. I'll definitely turn you into Sempai's type of girl," Bubbles says, sounding determined.
The girls reach Bubbles' house, and are helping Buttercup with her love problem. Buttercup looks to wear a blue dress with flowers.
"Buttercup is so cute!" Bubbles cheers.
Buttercup shivers, "I've got goosebumps! Aren't there any other clothes?"
"How about this one?" Blossom says, putting a pink dress with a peach color blouse sweater.
"Lovely! It's like a princess!" Bubbles cheers.
Buttercup quickly takes it off, "P-please! Just not this!"
Bridget then brings out a green dress with a sailor collar and with some frills.
"I know it seems girly, but I think you look great in green," Bridget says.
Buttercup says, "I think I've changed my mind."
Bubbles sternly asks, "Are you also okay with not catching Narushima sempai's heart?"
Buttercup remembers him and his muscles, she quickly grabs the dress, and says, "Alright. Just wear it, right? I'll just wear it."
Buttercup then tries on the dress.
She looks at it, and says, "This is passable for me, I guess."
"It looks really good on you. But you should stop talking like that," Bubbles says.
"And stand properly," Blossom adds.
Buttercup decides to do just that. Bridget however, is starting to have doubts about this plan.
The girls arrive at the lab and Buttercup shows the boys her new look. Her hair is flatten and wearing the dress, knee high socks, and mary janes. That really shocked them.
The professor manages to say, "Cute!"
"I never knew you had such a cute friend! Blossom, is that really Buttercup?!" Ken comments in shock.
"Yes! Is it?!" Peach asks.
"It's me alright," Buttercup answers.
"B-b-buttercup!" the boys ask in shock.
""It's Buttercup guys," Bridget says.
The two scientists and dog scream in shock.
"Unbelievable!" Ken shouts.
"Am I dreaming da wan?!" Peach asks in shock.
Buttercup screams, "You guys are acting too surprised!"
"Calm down Buttercup. They're just surprised to see you like this," Bridget says.
"And remember to watch your language," Bubbles adds.
"Your legs. Put your legs together," Blossom adds.
Buttercup remembers and acts cute, "T-that's right. Oh my…"
Buttercup act cute causing the three to go crazy.
"Buttercup, it's perfect!" Blossom says.
"With this you can sink Narushima-sempai's heart," Bubbles adds.
"R-really?" Buttercup asks.
"Um sure," Bridget answers.
Sometime later, Buttercup asks Narushima is he like to go to the wrestling match with her, and he says yes.
After that, Buttercup is back home in her apartment.
"I'm back!" Buttercup calls out.
When she's in the living room, she can see her father doing pushups with one arm.
As he sits down, the father says, "Hello Buttercup, welcome back."
"Dad, what is it? You seem pretty excited about something," Buttercup asks, sitting on the sofa.
"The opponent for my next match is decided. It's going to be a contra match," The father answers.
"Contra match?" Buttercup asks.
The little brother says, "A match where the loser takes off his mask."
This surprised Buttercup, and asks, "So who's your opponent?"
"It's none other than his rival, Panda-face Mcgrath," The little brother says.
This really shocked Buttercup.
After getting dressed for bed, Buttercup quickly called Bridget on the phone about the problem.
On the phone, Bridget says, "No way! Your father is fighting Panda-face Mcgrath. And he's Narushima favorite wrestler. That does sound like a problem."
"I don't know what to do. I want my dad to win, but… Narushima-sempai, I needed to cheer for Panda-face Mcgrath… what am I gonna do?!" Buttercup panics.
"Calm down Buttercup. Listen, I'm starting to think that you shouldn't go through with this," Bridget says.
"What do you mean? I'm acting like the girl he wanted and wanted him to like me," buttercup says.
"Exactly. You're being the person that he wanted not the person you wanted. You're being someone you're not just to impress him. Is it really worth it?" Bridget asks.
"I'm just trying to be the girl he wanted and the girls think this is best for me," Buttercup says.
"I know, but is it really worth it to try to be someone else just to impress him. Narushima-sempai might also not be the person you expected. What I'm trying to say, you can't just pretend to be someone you're not just to earn your attention. You can continue to act like that if you want, but if he doesn't like you for who you are, then it's his loss. I'll see you at the wrestling wring tomorrow, okay," Bridget says.
"Okay, night," Buttercup says.
Then she hangs up the phone.
Buttercup sighs, "Is it… really worth it. Acting like someone else to impress someone, and forget how I feel about it."
Unknown to Buttercup, Him's black spores has heard Buttercup and Bridget's conversation.
Him's voice says over the spore, "Hmm, this should be interesting. A mental attack would work better on this girl than a physical one."
Him's black spores flies away and has an idea in mind. In her room, Bridget head begins to feel pain and clutches her head.
Bridget asks herself, "What he here just now? Could it?"
