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Peso's finally found it. The perfect pebble he's been finding for.
It was like any ideal courtship pebble. The right size, the right color, and so smooth you'd think it was ceramic. Now all Peso has to do is to give it.
...
How does he do it..??
Peso looks at the pebble sitting on his hand and realizes how long it's been since he last did something like this. Last time was wayyy back in highschool, he's forgotten most of how these romantic things worked! Gosh did he even want to do this anymore?
He looks around the place, trying hard not to have a melt down from thinking about confessing. No less to his colleauge that he has to see everyday considering they live in the same ship or Octopod or whatever.. (are there other Octopod's out there? Peso doesn't know but it's a silly question he asks himself every now and then)
He sighs, "You know what? I give up it's not like a big deal or anything...." but deep down in his little penguin heart, it's a VERY big deal.
Peso places it in his pocket, patting it twice just to make sure it's really there. He then looks back to the Octopod and realizes.
He really is going to do this.
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"shipa shipa petetetete" (😞)
"Tunip I'm sorry but I really don't know what you mean.."
The half vegetable, half fish creature places its fin on its face in frustration. It can't possibly be that hard to understand vegimalese. Plus it was Peso's idea to talk to him! What was the point if he could barely understand the vegimals language?
He points at Peso's medical coat, specifically his pocket and makes some sort of grabbing action with his flippers.
"huh?" Peso points at his pocket where the pebble is in and asks "You want to borrow it?"
The vegimals eyes light up, finally, communication!
It nods its head "Shipa!"
Peso's slightly taken aback by such a request but takes it out from his breast pocket and stares at it before handing it to Tunip.
"careful now Tunip.. I wouldn't want to find another one if you accidentally lose this one.." he pauses "not like you are going to lose it but still..."
Tunip huffs, this penguins genuinely gotta stop thinking about everything bad that could happen.
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What happens next is a blur. All Peso remembers was Tunip doing an elaborate roleplay of something supposedly romantic.....?? He doesn't know. Seeing Peso's confused look Tunip just grumbled, giving him back the pebble before climbing up on the penguins bed and sleeping.
That was such a productive conversation! Peso 100% definitely knows what to do now!
That was obviously the biggest fattest lie Peso's gonna cry.
He stands up from his bed and decides, he's gonna go solo yolo and ball this confession. What's the worst thing that could happen?
Rejection.
That's normal and it's fine.
He's going to hate you.
Reasonable it's probably not gonna be that bad.....
He's not into men and you guys will be awkward for the rest of your life!!!!
Ok who's incharge of these thoughts? They oughta be fired.
Peso pats his cheeks, he's got this! He's learned 317 ways on how to bandage an injured fin before turning 20 confessing is going to be so easy.
Now it's just him and his perfect pebble.