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Gangle looked at her notebook, grinning as she wrote the next line.
“As the rain poured on them, Jax and Pomni looked lustfully into each other's beautiful orbs. Suddenly, it was as if the rain was intoxicating. Jax didn’t feel like being a jerk anymore. He felt like loving Pomni. He lunged at her, pulling her into a monumental kiss.”
“What’cha writing?” Zooble came over, sitting next to her. Gangle quickly closed the notebook, putting it to her side. There was no way in hell she’d let Zooble see this.
“Nothing!” She spoke quickly. Zooble laughed, but knew not to overstep boundaries. If Gangle didn’t want them to see whatever it was, they didn’t need to see it at that moment.
“Well, mind if I sit here?”
Gangle smiled. “Not at all.”
“I do!” Caine seemed to come out of nowhere. “Our adventure is about to start!”
Zooble sighed as they got up and the two of them walked to the center of the circus. Everyone else was currently there.
“Alright, today I’ve decided I’ll pull from the suggestions box!” Caine yelled excitedly. He grabbed it and rummaged his hand around in it a moment almost comically, then pulled a slip of paper out. He opened it carefully. “Today we’re… going on a trip to Paris?”
Huh, that’s weird. Gangle thought. That’s exactly where we went in my fanfiction
“Great. It’s absolutely disgusting there.” Jax scoffed.
Pomni laughed, hitting him with her arm playfully. “Oh, Jax, grumpy as always!”
That’s weird. They said that in my fanfiction.
Everyone was transported to the city of Paris, right in front of the eiffel tower. It was almost as if the city was deconstructed, as if someone who had never been there and knew nothing about Paris’ layout had created it. The louvre was directly behind them, the eiffel tower right in front of them.
“Wanna go get macarons, Gangle?” Zooble put their hand on Gangle’s shoulder, sending shivers down her spine.
“Of course you two lovebirds are running off alone in the city of love.” Jax laughed sarcastically, raising an eyebrow.
Gangle was about to protest, but Zooble spoke first. “God forbid I want to be in the most romantic city in the world as my girlfriend instead of hanging out with all of you.”
Girlfriend?!
Something weird was going on. Gangle started to panic. Was this some prank? Everything was exactly like her fanfiction she had been writing earlier. Her and Zooble dating, everything everyone was saying, where they were…
Zooble wouldn’t do that, right?
“Yeah, I’ll go get macarons.” Gangle responded. With that, the two of them walked over to a conveniently placed bakery. Which is exactly what they did in her fanfiction, leaving Jax and Pomni alone once Ragatha and Kinger decided they wanted to go check out the Luxembourg Gardens.
When they entered the bakery, Gangle watched impatiently outside the window, waiting for Kinger and Ragatha to leave. Within seconds, they did.
“Zooble?”
“Yes, my love?”
“Be honest with me. Is this a prank?”
Zooble raised an eyebrow. “Is what a prank? I just wanted to try an authentic macaron.”
“This is--” Gangle bit her lip, “you know.”
“No, hon, I don’t know.” Zooble put her hands on her hips.
“It’s like my fanfiction.” Gangle’s mask became bright red, symbolizing blush.
Zooble smiled, “You wrote a fanfiction about us getting macarons? That’s so cute.”
Gangle suddenly felt embarrassed. Maybe Zooble didn’t know, and this was all a coincidence. Maybe Jax found her notebook, and he somehow orchestrated this. That sounded like something he’d do, right?
“Um, no, it’s about…” She got quieter. “Jax and Pomni.”
“What was that?”
“Jax and Pomni.” She spoke louder.
Zooble smiled then laughed. “Well, I’ll be damned.” They wrapped an arm around her. “Well, I had no idea you did, so I don’t think this is a prank. What made you think that?”
If Zooble thought they were dating, Gangle was absolutely not going to be the one to spoil that for either of them. “Um, just some stuff that’s been happening.”
“Well, maybe it's a coincidence. Let’s just get our macarons.”
As Zooble said that, Jax and Pomni walked in, bickering. “It is culturally insensitive to say ‘Oui oui, I want a baguette’, Jax!” Pomni crossed her arms.
This had happened in her fanfiction too. She had forgotten until halfway through that she had also made her and Zooble go into the unnamed bakery, but was too lazy to change it. Jax and Pomni acted as if they did not even see them. They were truly caught in their own world and dialogue.
“God, Pomni. You’re so sensitive all the time. Why am I even hanging out with you?” Jax rolled his eyes with his signature smile.
“Jax. I said, ‘I’m going to go try a croissant, and you said, ‘I’ll come with, oui oui, I want a baguette.’”
“Zooble, this happened in my fanfiction. This exact conversation.” She nudged them and pointed toward Jax and Pomni. There’s no way they aren’t f*****g with me.”
“How would they know, though?” Zooble asked, looking back over at a bickering Jax and Pomni. “I mean, did you have it anywhere out of your sight?”
Gangle shook her head. “No, I don’t think so.”
Zooble bit their lip. “If they read through your things, that’s so s****y. I’m gonna go confront them.” Before Gangle could protest, Zooble had gotten up and walked over to the two.
“Hey! It’s not funny to do all this to Gangle.” As Zooble spoke, neither of them even stopped to acknowledge them. “Hey! Guys, I’m speaking!” Still nothing. Zooble grabbed Jax by the shoulders and shook him. Still no response. They gave up, walking back over to Gangle. “What dicks.”
“They are really good at the bit. I wonder how far they’ll go. It ends with them making out.” Gangle explained without thinking.
Zooble smiled and laughed. “You wrote them kissing?”
Gangle’s mask turned red again. “Well, um, I mean--”
They kissed the top of Gangle’s mask. “That’s so cute. But you’re right. They wouldn’t kiss. We should monitor them, see if they slip up. Then they’re the weirdos. If you’re gonna have a bit, commit to it.”
Gangle smiled. “They go to the Louvre next.”
“Well, great, that means we get a date to the Louvre as well.”
Thank God Zooble thought they were dating.
-
Zooble and Gangle followed close behind Jax and Pomni in the Louvre. They watched as they walked over to the Venus de Milo. Jax took a look at the sculpture’s figure and laughed. “Nice bod.”
Pomni slapped his arm. “You are so gross!”
“You just wish you looked like that, Pom.”
Gangle looked away for a moment. It was a little awkward seeing her writing, of her friends, being played out in front of her. How did they have time to memorize all of this? She had only just written it quickly right before the adventure.
“Look! The Mona Lisa!” Pomni pointed out. The two walked across the hall to the empty exhibit. In fact, the whole Louvre seemed to be empty.
“Did you know that the Mona Lisa had been stolen in 1911, and was brought all the way to Italy? It was found and brought back in 1914.” Pomni explained, gaining a smile from Jax.
“I didn’t know Pomni knew so much about the Mona Lisa.” Zooble watched intently.
“It’s my headcanon.” Gangle whispered.
The two followed what Gangle had written word for word. This was the part where Pomni would start to realize Jax wasn’t so bad to be around, as he was actually listening to her fun facts about the Mona Lisa.
Zooble and Gangle followed them around the Louvre. Their presence was still yet to be recognized. In fact, they never even looked in their direction. They were pretty good at this.
They made their way back outside to the Eiffel Tower. Jax and Pomni were laughing and talking, as if they hadn’t even been arguing earlier in the adventure.
Jesus, I really rushed this oneshot.
Suddenly, it started to drizzle. “Pomni, you’re not so bad.” Jax confessed, looking into Pomni’s eyes.
“You aren’t either.” Pomni laughed breathlessly. At this point, Zooble and Gangle were standing less than a foot away from the both of them. The rain started to downpour, just like in Gangle’s fanfiction.
Suddenly, the two went silent. They looked at each other for almost a second longer, and in the pouring rain, started aggressively making out.
Zooble put their hand in front of their eyes while looking away, “Ugh, oh my God, that’s so intense. I can’t believe they actually did it.”
“It’s exactly how I wrote it. This is what I got to, so they should stop any second.” But they didn’t. They just… continued making out.
Zooble laughed awkwardly. “Okay guys, bit’s over! You can stop now.” No reaction.
Caine appeared. “Wow! They’re really going at it. Mee-ow!” He snapped, and they were back in the circus, including Ragatha and Kinger. Jax and Pomni opened their eyes, lips detaching. “WHAT THE F**K?!” Jax screamed, pushing himself off Pomni.
Caine laughed, “Oh, you two lovebirds.”
“What the hell are you talking about?” Pomni asked, looking nearly traumatized.
“I hope you guys had fun on the adventure today! Let’s play a recap.”
“Recap? We went somewhere?” Ragatha asked, confused. “I don’t remember a thing.”
Gangle looked around at everyone. “We went to Paris, remember?”
Even Zooble looked confused. “Gangle, what are you talking about? I don’t think we even left the circus today.”
“Oh, you did!” Caine pulled a projector down. “Let’s take a look!” Suddenly, it was a screen full of Jax and Pomni moments from that day. In the mix, it was Zooble calling Gangle their girlfriend, and kissing her on the tip of her mask. Gangle looked in Jax and Pomni’s direction. They were mortified. On the screen, it was just consistent replays of them kissing, edited like a kiss cam.
“Oh my God.” Pomni’s eyes widened and she walked away.
Within a few minutes, everyone dispersed, likely to just process what happened.
Caine came up to Gangle as she was walking back to her room. “Did you like our adventure today? I made it just for you. I took your writings as inspiration.”
Gangle felt a pit in her stomach. It was Caine who looked through her fanfiction?
“I didn’t like that everyone was messing with me.” Gangle crossed her arms.
“They weren’t, my sweet Gangle.” He pet her head. “I made them do all that. Just for us! I’m a huge funnybunny shipper too.” With that, he went away.
Caine had just made everyone reenact Gangle’s fanfiction against their will. It was amazing and horrifying at the same time.
“You wrote us as girlfriends?” Gangle heard from behind her. Shit. Zooble.
“Well-- I-- Um--” Gangle felt flustered, fidgeting with her ribbons.
Zooble grinned, taking them in her hands. “I didn’t know you felt that way, too.”
Gangle’s mask went red for the third and final time. “What?”
“Can I call you that for real?” Zooble asked.
“Oh my God, yes.”
Zooble cupped Gangle’s mask and smiled at her. “Perfect.”
-
Caine kicked back, watching the two of them. “Two of my ships in one day! Isn’t this amazing, Bubble!”
“Well, one of your ships is avoiding each other because of their STEAMY makeout session.” Bubble responded.
“Shush, don’t ruin this for me!”