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Trophy strolls up to behind Seltzer Bottle . He stands there for a moment and watches as the other's hands swiftly looked through the clearance section of shirts , brushing aside clothing after clothing . After a second of just silent standing , Trophy somehow manages to find his voice .
"So um … Cheesy , huh ?" He chokes out , finding it far too hard to say .
"AH !" Seltzer Bottle jumps , turning behind him and making the clothes rack now behind him rattle . ".. Oh ! It's just you ."
Trophy forces out a chuckle , but it comes out more wheezy than he wants it to . "Wow , I'm just a "Just You" now ?" He asks , half jokingly .
Seltzer Bottle squints at him , before moving slightly to the left to let in some more room for Trophy . "Well , it's not like we really talk all too much . Or ever ." He chuckles .
"I'm sure that Cheesy has talked about me ." "Yeah , he has ."
It takes Trophy a moment to process his words .
"... WHAT ."
"Yeah !," Seltzer Bottle moves his hand through another shirt , "He called me when you guys moved in . Said that he thought the day went well . Wouldn’t shut up about it for the entireeee night ."
"Oh ." Is all Trophy can dumbly say for another two good seconds . "So uh - I wanted to ask .. are you guys …???" He waved his hand in a vague motion , hoping he would get the memo .
"Are we …?" It takes Seltzer Bottle a moment to process what he's saying before it clicks . "OH . Are we DATING ? Of course not ! We're QPPs ."
As if Trophy understood what that meant , he just dumbly stares at the other .
Seltzer Bottle let's out a small sigh . "It's like … We’re not . Dating . But we are ?” He stops . “I don’t know how to explain it , but we’re not dating .. It’s as if we did everything a normal couple would do , but it’s completely platonic .”
“So you’re .. friend . Dating ?” Trophy says .
“I mean .. Yeah , you could say that .” Seltzer stops , before staring at Trophy with wide eyes . “Are you ..? Oh . OH .”
Trophy’s face flushes , partly out of embarrassment , partly because this was Cheesy’s QPP .
“Do you want to ask Cheesy out ?” Seltzer Bottle asks , and his tone is so genuine that if Trophy lied he’d probably think about in it bed at 3 AM for years .
“... Um . Yeah .” Trophy mutters .
Seltzer Bottle stares blankly , squinting at Trophy . A few moments too long , he says “Sure ! I don’t mind .” Seltzer Bottle giggles , making vague hand gestures . “Though , if you ever do anything horrible to him , who knows what’ll happen !!” He laughs , a bit too happy for comfort considering what he just said .
Trophy just decided to laugh along awkwardly . Well , it seems like they both were uncanny . Comedian minds just think alike or something .
“Anyways , it was nice talking . Hope you and Cheesy work out . By the way , if you ever want any advice just gimme a call !!”
Seltzer Bottle sticks out his hand , and after eyeing it for a moment . Trophy takes it .
BZZZTT !!
“AH .” Trophy tenses as a weak electric shock goes through his arm and up his spine . Seltzer Bottle takes his hand away , and giggles to himself .
“Well it was nice talking !! See you around , maybe .”
“Um .” Trophy stammers , shocked (pun intended) from what happened . “Yeah . Nice talking .”
Silently walking away , it’s only until the door that Trophy realizes that there was a small slip of paper with a phone number hastily written on it with a small “
Sorry about the shock factor !
” written in the corner . Huh .