IV. Dirt

Butch gave a crazy grin as he plopped into a pile of dirt before rolling around. "Woo hoo!"

Bubbles scrunched her nose against his messy appearance and dirt both wet and dry caked all over him. "You need a bath."

"You need a mud pie."

"What's a mud… oof!" Bubbles fell backwards into the earth with a wide ball of mud plastered on top of her face.

"Ha ha ha ha ha! Usually you just pretend to eat it, but I guess that works too." Butch grabbed fistfuls of dirt to drop in the water puddle so he could pull it up and make another ball.

Tears prickled Bubbles eyes as she wiped the offending filth from her face. She watched as Butch readied himself to throw another ball at her. She dodged, automatically in fight mode and scooped up her own 'mud pie'. She ran behind Butch and jumped on his back.

"Have your own mud pie!" She smashed the dirt into his face. Bubbles retreated, expecting anger or payback, but the dark haired ruff laughed instead.

"I can't believe you got me! You won't be able to do it again."

They started running around the park to dodge flying mud balls or throw them. The professor ran up to them.

"Bubbles! What are you doing? That's your best dress! Uhf!"

"Oops." Butch blinked at the adult. He had launched the best mud ball yet and it landed square on the professor's white lab jacket.

"Wha…Who…how dare-!" The older man didn't seem to know what to say at first. "You two are taking A BATH!"

"Yay!" Bubbles cheered annoyingly. "I love baths."

"Ugh." Butch groaned. "Baths are for losers."

Not even an hour later Butch found himself naked in a bathtub with the blue puff. He stubbornly crossed his arms as the older man scrubbed their hair and told them to wash their bodies. Bubbles giggled as she made a beard with the bubbles in the tub as well as a cone hat.

"Come on! It's fun to play with bubbles."

"I hate bubbles."

"Hey!"

His arms flew into the air, though he had no idea why he was so frustrated with the girl next to him. "The bubbles in the tub! Damn, you need a better name."

"I like my name!" She argued.

As it turns out, Bubbles didn't so much mind dirt (as long as she got a bath afterwards). And unfortunately Butch did not get his payback.

Notes:
Originally I was supposed to make Bubbles hate dirt, but somehow she snuck a different ending out of me… I think it's because I love irritating Butch.