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Anticipation circled within the polished, incandescent apartment block - luminous sunlight bursting through the crystal clear glass between the window frame as Gummy kept his fixated gaze focused on the television's movement.

(Y/n) was slouched beside him, head resting on his tense shoulder while she shifted her interest to the movie he seemed to be extremely passionate about.

Finally, Gummy and (Y/n) had managed to have a night alone - relaxing in the colours of the evening surrounding the building outside and enjoying every second of the movie that had just come to its conclusion.

"Frankly, my dear. I don't give a pecan." The dramatic voice echoed from within the flat screen TV, earning a confused yet surprised expression from its most enthusiastic viewer.

Dramatic text spelling out 'the end' soon covered the screen, Gummy leaping from his comfortable seated position as his troubled gaze moved closer to the television.

"Nooo! Don't end!" He screamed with a downhearted tone, sadness filling his cobalt eyes as he flung his arms from beside the top of his head down to almost the tips his toes.

"There's still hope for you and the calamari ranch!" Gummy spun across the living room, earning an entertained giggle from (Y/n) on the soft shamrock couch.

Gummy's aggressive spinning to put out his passionate fire came to a sudden end as he came to a stop in front of the cushioned furniture.

"Boy, what a movie! Action, danger, thrills, nose picking, mystery, walnuts, romance... and, UNDERWEAR!" He shouted, reminiscing the thrilling events of the screen during the last hour.

"How could it end so badly!? Something must be done!" Gummy continued, punching the palm of his opposite hand with determination.

That's when an amazing idea suddenly crossed his mind.

He gasped. "I know! I'll make my own movie! Then everyone will be happy!"

"Gummy..." (Y/n) chuckled, watching as her zealous boyfriend dashed across the room and began digging into the drawers.

He tossed all sorts of items from within the cabinet, before managing to land his fingers on an immaculate, jet black clapperboard - that had clearly never been used.

"Action!" He cried, raising the clapperboard into his hopeful ocean gaze.

"Hmm... but what action?" Gummy's beaming smile dropped a little, realisation crossing his face as no ideas sprung to mind.

"Maybe you need a story?" (Y/n) added, throwing any helpful thoughts into the mix.

"Yeah, but I don't think I have one in this drawer..." Gummy replied, pacing back across the ivory floorboards.

"Who needs a story? I know what I like!" He continued, letting his imagination control him.

(Y/n) watched from the seafoam sofa, chuckling every few seconds from pure entertainment.

"Make way for the king of the living room!" Gummy screamed, eyes scrunched closed as his creative mind painted the image of a jungle in his view.

He leapt into the air, picturing a vine to swing from as his fingers grasped thin air in reality. However, this resulted in Gummy smashing into the shelves beside the doorway with a shaken scream.

Books and other ornaments showered onto Gummy's head, pain and discomfort shooting down towards his shoulders and back.

(Y/n) shot up from her slouched position, dashing towards her collapsed boyfriend leaning against the bottom of the cabinet in suffering.

"Are you OK!?" She cried, panic consuming her voice as she leant her hand towards the aching Gummy.

"Yeah..." Gummy replied quietly, almost with embarrassment as he took (Y/n)'s generous gesture.

"Not fun enough!" He stated his opinion of his current ideas, swiftly rising to his feet.

"My movie has to be about the greatest thing in the world if its gonna make everyone happy!" Gummy continued, a thoughtful expression quickly crossing his face as ideas fluttered in his mind.

"Now, what could that be?" He asked rhetorically, gently releasing his grasp from his girlfriend's hands as he headed back across the chalky floorboards.

Gummy slowly headed towards the ochre framed mirror, steadily balanced by the graphite wallpaper below the flat screen TV. A cheeky smile crept across his face as his cerulean graze met his reflection.

"I know! It's me!" He cried, success filling his tone as he almost admired his reflection staring right back towards him.

"My life story has it all!" Gummy proudly stated, (Y/n) gently giggling from behind before he continued listing everything amazing in his incredible life.

"Yelling, chewing gum, TV, adventure, green-ness, underpants, and, ME!"

Confusion crossed his expression soon after, questions entering his mind about the final aspect in his magnificent life.

"But who could possibly play me in a movie?" Gummy thought out loud, earning further attention from his now intrigued girlfriend.

A mischievous grin slowly crept across Gummy's face as (Y/n) came into view through the shining pane of glass before him.

She chuckled, gently resting her head and hands against his shoulder and cuddling into his neck as she admired the reflection of their stance together.

"Not you! You're too handsome!" Gummy said proudly, conviction filling his tone and gesture as he pointed towards his cheeky reflection with confidence.

(Y/n) giggled, entertained by her boyfriend's adorable behaviour.

"He's right you know..." Gummy chuckled, a smirk sending a brazen sense towards (Y/n), who continued to snuggle into his shoulder almost with embarrassment.

(Y/n) felt heat spreading across her cheeks as she heard her boyfriend cheekily whisper "Come on, you know he's right~"

She raised her head, quickly kissing Gummy on the cheek while giggling a little as the fire in her face began to burn out.

She shifted back to the original conversation.

"If you wanna make a movie about your life, I'll help. It's sweet that you want to because it'll make others happy..."

Gummy smiled, watching with admiration as (Y/n) separated from his side and quickly headed further into the room with determination.

(Y/n) giggled as she turned to see her boyfriend's azure gaze fixated on her.

"Come on, let's get started...

...handsome~"

Gummy's eyes widened and a mischievous smirk crept across his face as he followed his girlfriend's presumptuous behaviour, now ready to get to work.

(Author's interruptive note - hahaha see the music reference? Also that scene was awkward to write so, moving on...)

~

Gummy proudly sat against the mahogany chair positioned behind the table coated with a crimson cloth, and now in the center of the living room.

(Y/n) lounged on the edge of the table, head tilted so her (e/c) gaze could slightly see her over-confident boyfriend.

"Welcome to Gummy Studio's 'Want to be a Movie Star?' talent search!" Gummy cried, enthusiasm and determination filling his tone.

"I'm the famous director Gummy Spiel-bear! On with the auditions!" He continued.

Harry stood before the edges of the maroon tablecloth - his legs spread across the ivory floorboards and his head staring through between them.

Gummy examined Harry's intriguing performance.

"Lose the glasses!" He shouted, a shocked look shooting back towards him from Harry.

He swung his head back up from between his legs, now returning to a regular stance. He swiftly pulled his glasses from balancing against his eyes, blinking quickly to adjust his blurred vision.

Gummy chuckled, sliding from his seat and heading towards the front of the desk.

"I like that look! Squinty-eyed and confused!" He stated, burying his hands into the beige cardboard box behind the cherry red tablecloth.

"Now let's see what you do in an action scene! Tsunami wave!" Gummy screamed, raising his arms back up from within the cardboard container with a hose in his grasp.

He aimed the end of the hose towards Harry, a flood of pale turquoise water shooting into the living room.

The wave crashed against Harry, sending him sailing from inside the living room and behind the kitchen counter while flooding the remaining space.

"That's it! Don't hold back! Let the emotion gush out like toothpaste from a tube!" Gummy continued, screaming over the sound of powerful water pouring from the hose.

(Y/n) gasped, her open mouth quickly becoming an almost entertained smirk - although she was a little concerned for Harry; the flooding ocean had hit him pretty hard.

The overflow came to an end as Harry quickly returned to his feet, rubbing his head in pain and his feet now against the damp floor.

Gummy threw the hose back into the box, dashing over to Harry with (Y/n) by his side.

"No no no, not at all like me, you make a so-so Harry but a terrible Gummy!" He stated, a sigh coming from his disappointed buddy in his cerulean gaze.

At that moment, the front door swiftly swung open to reveal Kala and Granny Peters, confused expressions across their faces and bags full of shopping in their grasps.

"What's going on in here? A spot of show-biz?" Granny asked.

Kala groaned. "I'm getting a definite smell of bad acting in here..."

Harry shifted his even more surprised gaze towards Kala, grumbling with displeasure.

Gummy smirked, dramatically flinging his hands to form an acting stance.

"Where am I gonna find a star!?" He shouted.

Suddenly, something burst from the tiny cross hatch texture of the soft, beige material of the shopping bag in Kala's grasp. It flung across the room, gently boinging against the side of Gummy's head.

He turned his attention to whatever it was, swiftly catching it in his grip as it bounced from his head into the palm of his hand.

Gummy examined the item. "Those lips, those eyes, that skin - can it be? A star is born!?"

He stroked the item, which had come to (Y/n)'s attention that it was simply a potato, hope in his cobalt eyes.

"Gummy, that's a potato..." Harry confirmed, lazily pointing towards the what appeared to be lame carbohydrate in his enthusiastic green pal's proud grasp.

"Not a star, but a star-chy tuber..." Harry continued, earning a cheeky smile from Gummy.

"It's a tuber now, but when I'm through with it, it'll be A STAR!!" Gummy cried, dashing further into the living room and back to his previous stance seconds later.

He raised the potato, examining its new design - an altered skin to resemble a smiling face and gently dyed to appear more green.

"There! Bet you can't even tell us apart! We're practically twins!" Gummy cried, pride filling his tone and expression before he dashed into action.

"On with the show!"

~

(Y/n) smiled, watching as her enthusiastic boyfriend balanced his potato duplicate against his now cleared mahogany desk. A plant pot containing a chartreuse cactus sat gently beside.

Gummy's happy cerulean gaze became fixated on his carbohydrate double.

"So, in this scene, a fierce cannibal tribe chases you to the cliff and then you jump!"

Gummy raised the lime green potato to his ear, a confused expression crossing his face as he listened to the imaginary voice.

A smile quickly raised. "No! You won't really jump! We'll use a stunt potato!"

He placed the potato back against the auburn wood, tossing his body into the burgundy director's chair positioned behind the desk.

"Ready!?"

Harry stood behind - a stand beside his feet and a camera in his grasp.

"Gummy, where's the fierce cannibal tribe you mentioned?" He asked.

Gummy sighed. "Oh, thanks for reminding me!"

He slid from his seated position, quickly speeding across the room before soon returning with a set of wind up teeth in his grasp. The joke teeth neatly landed on the chestnut table.

"OK, cannibals in place...

...Lights!"

(Y/n) adjusted the beaming projection.

"Camera!"

Harry manoeuvred the view of the camera to prepare for the final announced part of the list.

"Action!" Gummy finally shouted, admiring his potato duplicate.

"Ah, look at him! Have you ever seen such raw vegetable passion!?" He continued, heading towards Harry to leave a clear view of his incredible actor.

(Y/n) giggled, admiring her boyfriend as he repeatedly altered the position of Harry's camera until the view through the lens was perfect.

Gummy dashed back towards the mahogany desk, a beaming, proud smile across his face.

"Now jump! Jump for your potato life!" He instructed.

"What are you waiting for? Is this about the money? We'll talk about that later!" He continued, becoming frustrated as he noticed his potato impersonator not shifting an inch across the table.

Gummy threw his fist into the air, banging it against the cedar wood to trigger some movement.

The viridescent potato sprung up, sailing above the table before crashing to the beige rug across the ivory floorboards below the desk's secure legs.

Gummy chuckled. "Cut - print - beautiful!"

Harry discontinued the recording as (Y/n) switched off the beaming light illuminating the scene.

Gummy scooped the carbohydrate star from the carpeted ground, cuddling him in his arms as though it was his own child.

"You were brilliant! You'll be even better in the sequel! I can see it now! Your name up there in lights! Bigger than carrots... and broccoli!" He continued, earning an entertained giggle from his girlfriend...

...as well as confused looks from his friends and neighbours.

~

Darkness had recently fallen, consuming the sky with gleaming sparkles and smoky clouds.

Gummy effortlessly pushed a second table beside the infamous filming shot - a soft white cloth covering the mahogany wood and a panel with a clay volcano structured on top.

Kala, Harry, (Y/n), and Granny Peters followed as he slowly slid the second surface beside the stage with anticipation gleaming through their faces.

"Now for the big ending finale! The one sure way to make everyone happy...

...THE VOLCANO EXPLOSION!" Gummy cried, his excited azure gaze fixated on the carefully structured tawny clay; the shape of an eruptive natural formation gently decorated with crimson paint to resemble bubbling lava.

"What do you think guys!?" He continued.

"Charming idea..." Granny replied.

"Great way to make everyone happy, Gummy!" Kala added.

"Yeah, this is really sweet..." (Y/n) said, a little embarrassed by the cheeky smirk her sister sent her way.

"Um... what Kala said?" Harry stuttered.

Gummy chuckled, slightly turning towards his amazed yet confused companions.

"Not you guys! I was asking the potato's entourage!" He chuckled again, twisting back towards the set and alerting his friends' to the collection of tomatoes, carrots and fellow potatoes decorating the chestnut wood.

Shock shot through Harry's confused gaze. "B-but... they're just fruits and vegetables!"

Gummy turned back to his concerned companions, a confused frown across his face.

"Well, what kind of entourage do you think a potato would have?" He asked, an entertained chuckle soon following.

"You just don't understand celebrities!" Gummy continued - a shocked gasp from Harry and an amazed giggle from (Y/n) soon following as he prepared to shoot the most climactic scene.

~

"Wanna see the volcano? Pretty cool huh!" Gummy continued to discuss the following scene of his blockbuster movie, his famous potato's entourage of mixed vegetables held in his grasp before the volcanic construction.

(Y/n) admired her boyfriend's enthusiasm as Harry sighed, rolling his eyes bedside her and Kala.

"By the way, Gummy, I filled it with soap suds but it won't look red like lava-"

"It HAS to look RED!"

Gummy dropped his variety of vegetables, the tomatoes and carrots crashing to the ground in shocked response to Harry's sudden statement.

He enthusiastically scooped a couple tomatoes from the beige carpet, balancing them onto the umber wood of the table.

"Guys! Wanna be in my movie!?" Gummy cried towards the rounded, vermilion fruits - not waiting for a answer as he quickly understood that he wouldn't receive one.

"You do? Great!" Gummy tossed the tomatoes into the gaping hole within the top of the volcanic structure, using their crimson juice to dye the bubbles inside.

"There! Red!" He chuckled successfully.

Gummy's cobalt gaze then shifted to a turquoise booklet beside the clay volcano, opening it and examining the text printed on the thin pages.

"What's this? Instructions? Who needs those!" He cried, tossing the booklet behind him and pouring more sachets of bubbled mixture into the volcanic opening.

Harry came forward, a little concern in his saffron gaze as he watched Gummy fill the terracotta volcano with packet after packet of crystallized liquid.

"Uh, I think you're only supposed to put in one packet, Gummy..." He said nervously, watching with panic as his over excited green pal emptied the final sachet.

"It's not like something could go wrong if I put in all three..." Gummy replied, effortlessly activating the terracotta volcano until the now scarlet liquid began to bubble from within.

Gummy's smile dropped. "Oh no! Where's my star!?"

He quickly grabbed the lime green potato, heroically stuffing it into the clay structure to prevent the crimson soapy liquid from overflowing.

Gummy smirked. "This is the volcano, and right before it goes off, you give it a big old 'Gummy smile', OK?" He instructed his carbohydrate star.

He raised his jet black clapperboard. "Volcano explosion take one!" He announced, snapping it shut seconds later.

"Aaand... ACTION!"

With that, Gummy's vegetable impersonator sprung from within the volcano's catlinite entrance, bubbling cerise liquid erupting from within.

Strawberry red liquid shot from inside the sculpture, flooding the surrounding floorboards with a thin layer of bubbles before spreading across the entire room and raising almost to the ceiling.

Gummy, Kala, Harry, (Y/n), and Granny became tangled in the soapy flash flood, swimming in desperation to reach some of the furniture that had managed to float along with it.

(Y/n) climbed onto a secure wooden surface, pulling the rest of her body onto the floating structure with all of her strength.

Within seconds, she managed to use her arms as oars and effortlessly slide the furniture through the vermilion, tomato scented flood, easily collecting her panicking friends from within the natural disaster.

"First time I've ever encountered a sud tsunami..." Harry groaned, climbing onto the tawny wooden construction as (Y/n) drifted towards him, Kala and Granny accompanying her.

"Where's Gummy!?" She cried, terror controlling her voice as she swung her head to allow her (e/c) eyes to examine every part of the room.

Meanwhile, Gummy pressed against the thick, soapy, crimson water with all his might, successfully staying afloat as he slowly drifted towards the locked doorway.

"No! It can't be! My movie! My life! My potato! It's all my fault! My methods weren't sound! I regret the harm I did the vegetables everywhere!" Gummy screamed, regret flooding inside him just as the fake lava flooded his living room.

However, at that moment, Gummy's superstar potato