An interlude on Peppers feelings.

Pepper had come to a sort of acceptance about it, she accepted that she needed to wait for Sunil to

show the signs of love towards her, before she could act, as for the past year or so she had found herself

in the same position as her former BFF. She couldn't pin point when it began, but the first signs of her

interest in Sunil started almost half a year after her outfall with Sunil, and it took only a few more

months to develop into a strong crush. And it surprised her when she, a brash skunk that had trouble

dealing with her inner feelings, knew exactly why she was crushing on him.

She loved his playfulness and excitability, he was still like he was as a child that way, out of all the pets

he was the most willing to participate in games or play or harmless schemes whether it was with Pepper

or anyone else. Pepper found that whenever she wanted to play a harmless trick or play a game, Sunil

was the one to go to as other pets were more preoccupied with their own interests rather than good old fun.

She herself shared his playful qualities, allowing them to have a great deal of fun together even after their

friendship had been weakened. She loved his sense of humour, Sunil like Pepper found the ability to

see humour at anything but the most serious situations. Maybe it was just wishful thinking... but

she always thought she heard him laughing the hardest at her jokes, and as she had already told to the

entire gang before she LOVED his laugh the most out of any of the gang. She loved his talent, despite her

playful teasing, he always got her to beam in wonder at his tricks... she often questioned whether he

was better at magic then she was at comedy, she didn't mind to admit as well that his performances

often time made her laugh as well, comedy and magic went hand in hand. His flaws

weren't off putting either, she often felt sorry for him when he got afraid and timid... her inner child

wished she could go and help him overcome the fear as she had done before, alas... her own inward

fear towards emotionally connecting with Sunil prevented her from doing so (most of the time anyway).

She often was jealous of Sunil in his ability to make known his fears and issues, as she herself had

trouble expressing her emotions and often kept her inner feelings pent up, leading to trouble in many

circumstances. She often fantasised reconciling herself with Sunil, both of them helping each

other become better, as sometimes he felt he was better than her in that pets took less offense to him

in his off moments. And, to top it all off, ... he was pretty cute too in Pepper's taste. His large hazel

eyes were some of the most mesmerizing peepers she had ever seen on a male, she often found she

couldn't look into them directly for fear of blushing or swooning. He was big and muscular too, for a pet

anyway, now that she thought about it he was the largest tallest and strongest pet in the shop, easily

towering over her and her friends... when compared to Sharukh (a bollywood mongoose in his physical

prime) she found Sunil was taller and more broad-chested. And that accent! It caused her to sweat

anytime Sunil dared to whisper or act macho in front of her with his thick accent. She often dreamed of

being in his arms, enraptured by his muscles, as he whispered his love for her into her ears.

And all of these wonderful qualities of his put heavy weight on her heart, she found herself trying to

deny her feelings (when the truth was obvious), but faced with the evidence she quickly learnt to live

with it. And hard that living was, not only was her friendship weakened from its previous state, she now

had a crush on a pet that had a crush for her not long ago. She received no outward signs Sunil still

loved her after their falling out, nothing for her to pounce on, and it often caused her termoil and

frustration.

A temporary relief of her love sick symptoms came in the form of a handsome polecat, Captain Cuddles.

Her yearning for Sunil was subjugated with this new distraction, her desire for Sunil (while not

Diminished) was put on hold in her newfound crush. But after she managed successfully become his

girlfriendshe (and he as well) found their interests for each other were purely based on each others

physical splendour (AN: where is F Scott Fitzgerald to write this story for me?!) , they had nothing in

common with each other emotionally or interest wise... and ended the relationship soon after.

And after this she came back to her usual set of symptoms.

Her turmoil became the worst however just a few months ago with the secret cupid incident. She had

thought Sunil trying to romance her would be a pleasurable experience, but it wasn't in the slightest.

The secret cupid and her powers where no secret by time Sunil came onto her. And while she wanted to

embrace him like he was trying to do with her, she felt as if the Sunil's romantic readiness (AN: straight out of Great Gatsby page 1, I told you!)

wasn't real. She had seen Sunil trying to pursue females in fits of over pouring romance, with Delilah

especially, and while she held no grudge towards Delilah at all she was jealous of that type of attraction

with Sunil. This wasn't Sunil prostrating, it was Sunil possessed! Enraptured by pepe le pew bullcrap! It

was not attractive, it was abhorrent as she knew it wasn't real, understandably she struggled to Sunil's

advances the least of all the girls... but she struggled nonetheless.

And then the climax, the piece de resistance of heartbreak... when Sunil awoke from his love drunken

stupor, in a fit of disgust, he dropped Pepper to the ground from the dip he had her in. He once kissed

her in a dip when they were kids, how she wished she was in love with him in that moment, he presently

was so disgusted at the idea of being with her, that instead of her reeling in the shook of a kiss she felt

herself dropped her on the cold floor. As she lay on the floor, it first registered in her mind the true

implications of such an action, and it almost brought her to tears in that moment... and DID bring her to

tears in the quiet of her home... Sunil didn't share her feelings of love. She couldn't blame him, to be

honest, they had been estranged bff's for a long time, they had been friends of course but the bond they

once shared was gone, and along with it his love for her faded. The dance she shared with him when

Zoe sang in triumph at her sisters rescue, the times he hid in her tail, the hard laughing at all of her jokes

were just wishful proofs her mind made up to convince herself Sunil might like her... in reality he didn't,

weighed hard on her for a long time, and came to surface again fully when her discussion with Vinnie

came to play.

Up next: Sunil's interlude...does Sunil still feel for Pepper? Can he put to rest his innermost feelings

about her? Will Vinnie be able to fix their friendship after all? Are Littlest pet shop videos on YouTube

literally disease? And will TELETOON ever release a good tv show AGAIN?! Stay tuned for the

answer...