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“H-Hey now, careful!” Izzy’s arms came up to catch the near-flying boy heading towards him, pulling him nice and close by the waist.

“I’m not a dummy...” Though he only muttered it. Okay, he’d have to admit, he really was a dense ol’ wall in this case. “I just... I dunno, You always talked about a crush and I thought, we didn’t know enough about one another to have a crush on my back then, and then you kept saying I like you, and I thought ‘oh, he meant his crush, he wants to practice with me, he can’t really like me.’ And... heck, I don’t know.”

And he let the hug go on for as long as Toby wanted, giving a tight squeeze for every squeeze he felt. “... I’m sorry for not actually getting it for so long. I hope I didn’t hurt you because of that..”

“Wait wait wait, so you thought we were dating this whole time? AND you were pinning for me? Oh my god, Toby, You sound like you’re talking about a whole freaking like... Daytime drama that mom puts on when I’m home sick!” Whatever nerves he had that were shot earlier were bouncing back fast, and that shyness turned right back into that cheeky personality that he was known to be.

And with that came pulling away and gripping Toby’s hands, twirling him lightly around in circles.

“You know I gotta ask. Did you dream of me then? Oh geesh, you really did like me in that maid uniform, didn’t you?”

“Don’t worry, I gotchu.” At the stumble, Izzy eased up his swinging, slowing him down to a lazy pace where they both kinda skate in slow circles. Still moving, but stable.

“Ooohhhh~ I see, dreams~ I’d love to hear them.” What an ego boost to know Toby dreamed about him! And what was more fun than teasing Toby and watching him go back and forth from red and not. He had decided a long time ago that was fun to watch.

“Fine fine. I’ve totally dreamed of you too. But it was weird, just things like being giant dinosaurs and terrorizing the town, or going skiing but the skis were pancakes. I have lots of dreams of you, and we’re almost always having fun. Just like we are now!” It was fun, simply going around in circles and after a moment, he let go of Toby and skated away.

“So we’re dating... But I don’t like the word ‘boyfriend’. It feels weird and gross, like it’s not enough to describe how important you are to me. Cuz you were my best friend before that so... Maybe... Heck, I don’t know, my one and only Toby, for ever and ever. The best Toby”

“See, there you go being a good boy and feeling bad for imaginary dream people. Dreams are meant to be chaotic and fun! So no need to feel bad about the dream folk, I bet they had it coming.” Another fun, teasing thought came to mind, and he sped up with his skating, hopping out of the bowl and sitting on the side.

“Well, good ‘sir’, I bet you can’t make it out of there, can you? Not with out taking off your skates! If you can, I’ll give you a prize!”

“Well, nah, they don’t even have to be evil, they just aren’t real and there are no repercussions from the whole thing so... Just have fun with it.” Just like he was having a grand ol’ time watching Toby struggling to get up.

He snickered with each attempt, and out right laughed when he slowly slid backwards.

“Oh no. Guess you’re trapped in there forever, huh? Such a shame. Such a poor sad shame. Guess my dear, sweet, good ‘sir’ is trapped in a bowl. Whatever shall I do?”

“You mean by your own foolishness! Your poor, sweet, darling is here, mourning the sad pradicament my beloved master is in!” He was getting way too into the whole maid work thing, but still leaned over the edge of the bowl to peek down at his friend. While it wasn’t exactly the deepest thing in the world, it was definitely hard to get out of it with skates on.

“What’s this? The sad, soft cries of my dear master wanting his last meal? How my heart bleeds with such... Such sadness!! I must be sure to fulfill that last wish!” Izzy grinned and hopped up, skating out of Toby’s view, around the corner and back into the shop to grab some treats for them to snack on.

Certainly Toby would be smart enough to take the skates off in order to get out and follow, right?