That same morning
Seedos looked at him, his eyes half closed from the stupidity he was looking at.
"What do you think?" Dustin asked, doing the always proud "Big cheese" stance. Seedos blinked, trying to think about what he should say.
"Um... Are you planning on wearing that to the village?" The seed merchant asked. Dustin nodded.
"Well DUH! I have to impress Maxime with it!"
"Oh... then you look great!" Seedos said with fake excitement. Dustin smiled.
"Aw, thank you Seedmour! Now to the town- wish me luck!" Dustin said, turning and waving as he walked to the village. Seedos waited for the gardener to be out of sight before he burst out laughing.
Maxime was typing away on her alert system, waiting a few seconds before typing up something else again.
"So, are you just not going to say anything?" Seiko asked, crossing her arms and leaning against a lamppost. Maxime looked up.
"I'm alerting Leafos right now- apparently there's a new gardener who's afraid of lickatoads," She laughed, continuing to alert. Seiko let out a small snort- everyone had something to be afraid of, but a Lickatoad? Oh man, wait until that gardener got the pinata trap lesson...
"OH MAXIME~" A loud voice called out. Maxime sighed, looking over lazily.
"Who is- oh my God..." She muttered, her eyes widening a bit at what she was seeing right then.
Dustin was walking down the street, tipping side to side in his over-sized Mallowolf costume. His mask was replaced with a blue band that still covered his nose and the bandages on it, and the suit he was wearing was almost the size of her original bird costume that was destroyed. He was waving, while also trying to keep himself from falling over.
"H-Hi..." Dustin said shyly. Seiko raised a brow, finding the suit a bit weird, and also a bit creepy. Maxime blinked, raising a brow at Dustin as he kept waving like he had a problem or something.
"Hi," Maxime said simply, looking over his costume. Dustin still smiled like a goofball.
"H-Hi..."
"... Do I need to smack him or something?" Maxime asked Seiko. Dustin shook his head. He was already screwing this up!
"U-Um... I-I wanted to ask... since I'm trying to b-be a lot more up-upfront now..." Dustin was saying slowly, shifting his feet. Maxime snapped her fingers.
"Come on, spit it out!"
"Willyougooutwithme?" Dustin asked quickly, then put his hands in front of his face as if he was afraid she was gonna slap him. Maxime's eyes widened a bit, and Seiko suddenly felt awkward.
"Hey, uh, I'm going to go..." The dark-haired gardener said, walking away, leaving Maxime to deal with the blonde boy herself.
"Lizard? Is that you?" Maddie called out from outside the shop. Eddie stopped in his tracks.
"Maddie! How did you guess?"
"I heard the stroller," She said. Eddie nodded, gripping the handles of the stroller a bit tighter as Maddie felt her way up his arm and onto his shoulder.
"Man, this place is so BORING to work at," Maddie groaned. Eddie nodded, shifting uncomfortably when Maddie hooked her arm around his neck.
"Do you know how annoying it is when you have to listen to your own mother rant on and on about sales and ways to get costumers? As soon as one leaves, she turns to me and starts ranting about everything she thinks is wrong with them- why are you so tense?" She asked, poking his neck, making Eddie gag out a bit.
"Well-"
"Am I making you uncomfortable or something?"
"No it's-"
"Jesus, it's like when a guy get's a girlfriend he gets so weirded out when another girl tries to make conversation with them!"
"Maddie-"
"Come on, it's not like Seiko will mind! I'm so freaking bored here, and I need someone who won't EXAGGERATE a word every now and then," the builder girl said, almost sounding somewhat desperate. Eddie sighed, knowing he wasn't gonna get out of this one.
"Okay, so what do you want to talk about?"
"... I thought you had something," Maddie said. Both sat in silence as Seiko came racing up, smiling widely. She stopped just before the stroller, where little Edwin was nawing on his sheets.
"Eddie, you will NEVER guess what I just saw!" She said all excited like. Eddie smiled a bit while Maddie raised a brow.
"AHEM!"
"You'll never guess either Maddie!"
"Just out of curiosity, is this Dustin-related?"
"Yup,"
"Oh God..." Maddie muttered, playing with a strand of her hair. Seiko giggled.
"Oh it's not bad!"
"You sure?" Eddie asked, raising a brow. Seiko nodded as Edwin let out a small whine.
"So, I was talking to Maxime when Dustin comes up in this HUGE Mallowolf costume that was almost as big as that bird costume she used to wear- you know, before Pester thought it was some Pinata and smashed it,"
"Yeah," Eddie said, nodding. Maddie snorted.
"Oh God, that doesn't sound good..."
"Well, he doesn't look all that great- he actually looks kinda silly," Seiko said, "but THEN, he's acting all shy, and the next thing I know, he asked Maxime out!" Eddie and Maddie's eyes widened.
"He did what," Eddie asked in disbelief. Maddie made a 'tsk tsk' sound and shook her head.
"Man, I must have hit him harder then I thought," Seiko rolled her eyes.
"Come on Maddie, it was-"
"S-SEIKO! EDDIE! MADDIE!" A sob sounding voice called out from behind the gardener. Seiko turned around, her eyes wide to see Dustin running towards her, his arms flailing around like romancing Syrupents.
"Dust-OOF!" Seiko called out as Dustin rammed into her, sobbing his guts out.
"SH-SH-SHE RE-REJECTED ME!" He cried, little droplets of snot coming out of his nose. Eddie gagged at the sight, trying his best to look away. Maddie stayed right where she was, saying absolutely nothing.
"What?" Seiko said, trying to pry Dustin off of her. Dustin eventually let go, wiping his eyes on the paws of his costume.
"W-Well," He started.
*Flashback*
Maxime blinked, scratching the back of her head. Dustin stood there, his stomach cramping with wonder. Was she going to say yes? Will she say yes? Oh God, please let her say yes!
"Dustin," She started. Dustin's stomach did a flip, and he smiled widely. Maxime sighed.
"Listen... I like your costume and all, but I don't really want to go out with you..." she said. Dustin felt his little heart shatter, and he looked at the girl in front of him, now noticing that she was at least a few inches taller then he was.
"W-What?" He stuttered.
"Well, first off, I hardly know you. Also, your just not really my type,"
"B-But I'm wearing a giant costume! A-And I'm trying to get a Ellephanilla, and I HATE- I mean I LOVE those things!" Dustin ranted. Maxime inhaled from her nose.
"That just tells me you like big pinata's and you have good taste, but that doesn't make me wanna go out with you. Plus, I don't really want to be with a guy who has a reputation for dressing up as a girl and taking Seedos to a Ball," Dustin stared at Maxime for a couple of seconds, then ran away crying like a little girl. Maxime shook her head.
"How come only idiots fall for me," She muttered, watching as Bear was walkign his way up to her before he tripped over some little girl in a Flutterscotch costume.
"Damn," Maddie said. Dustin nodded.
"I know!"
"Yeah... She let you off REAL easy," Maddie said. Seiko shot the blind girl a look.
"Wow, thanks for your help,"
"No problem!" Maddie said happily. Eddie sighed.
"Dustin, you should have known that Maxime would have said no. She's not one of those girls that are nice enough to give you a chance- you have to work hard to get her attention," He said. Dustin looked at him.
"But I have! I got this costume, I'm getting giant pinata's that keep stepping all over my smaller ones- which is REALLY irritating- and I have been nicer! I haven't said the 'P' word in over two months!"
"The 'P' word?"
"Penis," Maddie said. Eddie gasped loudly and reached over to cover Edwin's ear.
"Maddie! There's a baby right here!"
"You asked what- you know what, never mind," Maddie said, waving him off. Eddie groaned, walking to the side of the stroller and picked up his little brother. Dustin pouted.
"Well, what would you know anyway?"
"If you quit humping my girlfriend I'll tell you," Eddie said. Dustin blushed.
"I'm not humping- I'm just pelvic thrusting and Seiko happens to be in the way,"
"DUSTIN-"
"Stopping!" Dustin said quickly as the gardener spun around, her hand in a fist. Edwin let out a giggle at Dustin's scared face. Dustin glared at the baby.
"Quiet you- Now what do i do?" Dustin asked Eddie. Eddie looked over at Seiko, raising one of his brows. Seiko nodded, taking the hint.
"Hey Maddie, I have this story to tell you over here," Seiko said, guiding Maddie away from the two. Eddie cleared his throat.
"Okay Dustin listen closely- Maxime is just one of those girls you have to work harder at,"
"And having a giant manhood?"
"No, the size of THAT doesn't matter," Eddie said, his brow twitching with annoyance. Dustin nodded, listening again.
"Now, I know you do because I used to have a crush on Maxime, and she wouldn't come to me as easily as other girls do,"
"So Seiko is easy? Dude, you must be WAY up in there-"
"Will you shut up and pay attention?" Eddie hissed in a really irritated tone. Dustin pursed his lips together and nodded. Eddie sighed.
"Okay, LOOK, I just couldn't get Maxime to like me no matter what, but I didn't stop, and eventually she started to warm up to me a little,"
"Okay,"
"Until Bear came and said he would tear me apart if I kept flirting it up with her, so then I decided to look other places," Eddie said a bit nervously, running his fingers through his hair as he smiled, "And then I met Seiko, and-"
"Yeah yeah yeah and you two started to date. How does this help me at all?" Dustin asked. Eddie blush a second.
"Oh right... Well, if I hadn't given up, I probably would have been with Maxime,"
"And then you wouldn't be with-"
"SHUT UP AND LET ME FINISH!"
"Okay okay!" Dustin said, crossing his arms. Eddie took a deep breath, now forcing a friendly tone out.
"Just don't give up on her- if you do you never will get your chance," Eddie said wisely. Dustin nodded, smiling a bit as he wiped the rest of his tears off of his face.
"Wow... Thanks Eddie! That really helps," Eddie smiled.
"I'm glad it does,"
"Your just like that Gary-Stu that everyone needs to go to for advice and stuff, you know?" Dustin said. Eddie's brow twitched in annoyance.
"Thank you Dustin," He said through grit teeth, ignoring Edwin's tugs on his hair. Dustin sighed.
"You know, sometimes though, I wish she was as easy as Sahari," He said. Eddie's face paled at that statement, seeing at who was behind Dustin.
"Um-"
"EXCUSE ME?" Sahari screamed, fuming. Dustin's color left him as he turned all twitchy like, seeing an angry Sahari, and a very angry Sparcticus.
"Uh, that didn't come out right," He said goobaaishly, sweating under his mask.
All that was heard after that was the loud screaming of Dustin, and the breaking of his costume.