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The first frew minutes of a bright and sunny afternoon had just spread over the street, and Gummy and his friends were preparing for a delicious lunch together.

Kala was in the kitchen, holding her gong ready to signal that the time for food had come.

She hit the gong with the stick. "SNACK TIME!" she called out.

Gummy and (Y/n) came running into the kitchen, each carrying a bowl of delicious macaroni pasta.

"We got it!" (Y/n) proudly held up the bowl of golden pasta.

"We brought the macaroni!" Gummy happily shouted, also proudly holding up his bowl.

Harry came dashing in through the open doorway shortly after, holding his plant pot containing a healthy tomato plant.

He crashed into Gummy in his excitement, falling flat onto his butt, still holding onto his tomato plant. Gummy toppled slightly towards his left, but not completely falling over. (Y/n) laughed.

"And I brought the tomatoes!" Harry stated proudly, finding his feet.

The three of them rushed up to the kitchen table, placing all their bowls and pots of scrumptious foods onto it.

"Hope everybody's hungry!" Gummy shouted, spinning one of the bowls filled with macaroni, sending the pasta flying and landing perfectly onto everyone's plates.

Except for Harry, whose macaroni serving flew straight into his face. Gummy and (Y/n) laughed as Harry used his super long chameleon tongue to slide it straight into his mouth.

"Good thing I like macaroni!" He laughed.

"Well who doesn't?" Gummy ate his whole macaroni portion in a record 6 mouthfulls. "I LOVE MACARONI!"

(Y/n) laughed at how cute Gummy was being, as she enjoyed her own plate full of macaroni goodness.

"And for dessert..." Kala ran excitedly over to another plant pot that was tucked away beside the kitchen counters. "We'll have an orange, fresh from our very own tree!" She picked an orange from the little tree and tossed it into the air.

"KITTY NINJA!" She shouted, jumping up to the little citrus fruit as it flew through the air, and cutting it into 7 neat pieces. The orange split into the slices as it plopped onto (Y/n)'s empty macaroni plate perfectly.

Gummy snatched 2 pieces before anyone else could take them. Kala and (Y/n) took another 2 slices each, leaving one more slice.

"Gummi-licious!" Gummy shouted after consuming his fruity slices, making (Y/n) giggle.

Harry was eagerly eyeing up the final slice of juicy citrus fruit as Kala glared at him from the other side of the table.

"That's got my name on it..." Harry whispered to himself.

Gummy and (Y/n) watched with interest as Harry and Kala both eyed up the last orange slice.

Within seconds, Kala snatched the juicy slice and Harry's tongue shot at the now empty plate, sending it flying into his face and his glasses shot into the air as he pulled it back. Gummy, Kala and (Y/n) laughed.

"Mmmmm! That was the best orange ever!" Gummy exclaimed, savouring the citrus taste.

"I'll have to take your word on that..." Harry said quietly but angrily, crossing his arms.

"Food always tastes better when you grow it yourself!" Kala said.

"Yeah! Growing that orange plant was lots of fun!" (Y/n) said to Gummy excitedly, pointing to the orange tree that she grew with Kala a few weeks ago.

"I like fun! And the lots-er, the better-er!" Gummy said, picking up the gong and stick from under the table.

He happily hit it. "It's Gummy gardening time!"

~

Now on the apartment roof, Gummy took out his little green bear phone and programmed it to transform into a wheelbarrow. He threw it onto the ground and it did just that. He ran into the small hut located on the roof and came back with a handful of gardening tools and equipment, filling the wheelbarrow.

"So what are you gonna grow?" (Y/n) asked.

"An orange plant like ours?" Kala asked.

"Or a tomato one like mine?" Harry asked.

"I love macaroni, so I'm gonna grow a macaroni plant!" Gummy said proudly.

"A macaroni plant!?" His friends asked in unison as well as surprise and confusion.

Gummy slowly nodded.

"My tail doesn't like this..." Harry whispered to himself as his tail began to tremble with concern.

"You can't grow a macaroni plant! That's impossible!" Kala said in surprise.

"Nothing's impossible, I mean, take away the "im" and what's left is suddenly possible, right?" Gummy said positively. (Y/n) smiled, she always liked how positive and happy Gummy could make any situation.

"Besides, I've got a green thumb, and a whole green body to go with it, come to think of it..." Gummy then ran towards the shed to look for the macaroni seeds.

"What are you looking for in there?" (Y/n) asked, only seeing Gummy's butt sticking out of the entrance.

"Macaroni seeds!" He replied, searching through everything in the shed.

"There's no such thing as macaroni seeds!" Harry stated.

Gummy turned around laughing. "Next thing you'll be telling me is that chocolate eggs don't come out of chocolate chickens!"

(Y/n) laughed as Gummy began throwing bags of seeds out of the shed, most of which landed on Harry, causing him to fall onto the ground and become suffocated by the sacks.

"OW!" he shouted, as the final bag of 'kumquat' seeds hit him right on the head.

"Bad news guys; it looks like we're all out of macaroni seeds! What the heck am I gonna do?" Gummy scratched his head in deep thought. "A BRILLIANT IDEA!" he suddenly shouted.

"What!?" The others shouted back.

"That's what I need, a brilliant idea."

Gummy's expression the lit up as one of these brilliant ideas suddenly jumped into his mind.

"Wait! Curl my hair and call me Einstein! I just got one!" He suddenly shouted, making (Y/n) laugh.

"What is it?" She asked, her voice filled with curiosity.

"I'm gonna mix these seeds with some macaroni, then plant them together! Maybe they'll grow into a macaroni plant!" Gummy said proudly.

"I don't think that's quite how it works-" Harry cut in.

"Well I won't give up until I try!" Gummy said proudly, his voice filled with determination. (Y/n) smiled, she always liked how Gummy would never give up once he had an idea or plan in his head.

"Just let him do it, Harry." (Y/n) said.

"Whatever it takes to get this whole silly idea behind him." Kala said, almost sounding stressed at Gummy's silliness.

~

After planting and taking lots of care of his new mixed macaroni seeds, Gummy stared disappointingly at his patch of plain soil.

"Maybe the mixed macaroni seeds need a little help..." he reassured himself.

Harry noticed the tools and gardening equipment that were scattered all around the soil patch. "Look at this mess! It's as bad as that time you tested that weed whacker in the china shop!"

Gummy was still staring at the empty soil, hoping it would somehow cause the macaroni plants to spring up into growth.

"Flubba dubba! There's still no macaroni growing!" Gummy said in sadness and disappointment.

(Y/n) felt a pang of sadness inside her, too. Seeing Gummy upset wasn't something she saw often, so when she did, it had a serious impact on her emotions.

"Sorry, Gummy..." she tried to reassure him.

Gummy's expression suddenly lit up as another idea burst into his thoughts. "A BRILLIANT IDEA!"

"Right, that's what you need, a brilliant idea..." Kala said.

"No guys! I just got another one! I'm gonna combine my macaroni, with a regular house plant! Add a little tender loving care, and I bet it will grow into a macaroni plant for sure!" Gummy said in excitement.

"Uh... actually..." Harry started, until (Y/n) elbowed him so he wouldn't ruin Gummy's newest brilliant idea.

~

Harry, Kala and (Y/n) ran into Kala's dojo, only to be greeted with Gummy holding a plant pot, sticking a tool into the side of the pot in an attempt to remove the plant.

He was really struggling, so Kala performed a ninja jump, sending her foot towards the pot, pushing down onto the spade. The plant shot out of the pot and landed softly on Harry's head, although he still fell over onto the ground. (Y/n) laughed.

"I had no idea gardening could be so painful."

Gummy ran over and carefully took the plant from Harry's head.

"Thanks Harry, we wouldn't want the plant to get damaged!" He said, running back outside with the little plant.

He popped it in his wheelbarrow and ran along the apartment's scenic roof, pushing the wheelbarrow in front of him.

"It's Gummy time!"

~

Gummy sat with his head cupped in his hands on the floor, staring down at his lifeless macaroni plant with sadness in his eyes. He sighed.

(Y/n) couldn't bear to see him so upset. It wasn't like Gummy to be upset over anything, and when that time came, it had to be something important.

She sat down beside him, slowly resting her head on his shoulder.

"Sorry Gummy..."

He turned to her and smiled a little. His view returned to his unsuccessful plant.

"How the heck am I gonna grow macaroni? I've tried everything!" He said in disappointment, throwing his hands in front of him and towards the plant.

(Y/n) sighed, thinking of something helpful to say that might cheer him up.

Kala overheard their conversation and stood behind them.

"Well, almost everything. Maybe you just need a little magic!" She said, trying to reassure him.

Gummy sighed and stood up from his seated position, with (Y/n) looking up to watch him.

"I should check online to see if there's anything I've overlooked." He slowly and sadly walked back to his apartment.

(Y/n) watched him leave with a mixture of sadness and disappointment in her eyes.

"I hate to see him so disappointed... I wish there was something we could do..." (Y/n) sighed and looked up to Harry and her sister.

"I wish there was some way we really could grow a macaroni plant..." Harry added.

"A BRILLIANT IDEA!" Kala suddenly shouted, alerting her friend and sister.

"One that you have or one that we need?" Harry asked.

"Both!" Kala exclaimed, snatching some of the macaroni pieces that were balanced onto the leaves of Gummy's plant. She looked down at them resting in her hand with hope in her eyes. "I know exactly what we've got to do!" She said, jumping over Harry and back towards the doorway leading inside the apartment in a complex ninja move. Her sister watched with curiosity.

Seconds later, Kala returned, holding a clear, bear-shaped jar of sweet, golden honey.

(Y/n) and Harry stared at Kala, confusion painted on their faces.

"What are you gonna do with that jar of honey?" (Y/n) asked her sister, still puzzled.

"What else? I'm gonna use it to grow macaroni!" She replied, as if the answer was obvious.

"Oh no... here we go again!" Harry whined, collapsing onto the ground.

~

Gummy had headed to his room, and collapsed onto his bed, falling into a deep slumber.

(Y/n) slowly opened the bedroom door, seeing Gummy sleeping quietly and peacefully in front of her.

Harry and Kala had sent her to bring him back outside, not knowing he was deep in sleep. (Y/n) sighed and smiled, leaning against the door frame, watching her crush peacefully sleep. She couldn't bear to awaken him, but knew he would be pleased with what she was going to bring him to.

She slowly walked over to Gummy's sleeping posture, gently placing her hands on his relaxed shoulders, slowly shaking him.

"Gummy... Gummy...? Wake up..." She whispered, until Gummy's sleepy blue eyes met her (e/c) ones.

"You've gotta come to see your plant..." she whispered.

Gummy's sleepy eyes opened further, lighting up. "My plant!?" He asked, jumping up from his bed, squealing in excitement. He bounced along the mattress, only to be met with the floor to his face within seconds, making (Y/n) giggle at his cuteness.

He quickly found his feet, running back outside.

~

Gummy was out the door and on the apartment's roof in seconds, excitedly looking around for his macaroni plant.

His curious eyes finally met his plant, it's leaves coated in macaroni pasta.

"It's... it's... Gummy-licious!!" Gummy said in awe, slowly walking towards the pasta plant.

Kala, Harry and (Y/n) watched Gummy approach his plant, (Y/n) giggling at the way he admired the plant.

"Your plan's working out just perfectly, Kala!" Harry whispered to Kala, while her sister watched in joy as Gummy happily ate the macaroni from the leaves.

"Hmmmm! This macaroni tastes a lot like... honey!" Gummy exclaimed.

His expression suddenly changed in realisation. "I know what this means!" he suddenly raised his voice, placing his hands on his hips and glaring at his friends.

Kala and Harry trembled nervously, and (Y/n) felt her heart sink as she witnessed Gummy's excitement become anger.

Harry gulped. "We didn't stick macaroni on the plant with honey!" He nervously cried, not wanting to give away what he and Kala sneakily used to make the macaroni plant look successful. He clearly failed.

Kala growled at Harry in frustration and (Y/n) rolled her eyes.

Gummy's expression changed from anger to a smile.

"Of course you did. Macaroni plants don't exist." He suddenly stated, causing confusion to run through his friends' thoughts.

"So come on, let's stop fooling around and go plant some scrump-diddily-icious chocolate egg plants together!" Gummy said in excitement, his made-up adjective and crazy idea making (Y/n) giggle. He looked over to her with half-lidded eyes, his smile becoming more of a smirk. (Y/n) turned away and couldn't help but blush. That expression was her one weakness.

Gummy turned his attention back to Harry and Kala, as they exclaimed, "SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA GUMMY!"

"You bet! It's party time!" Gummy shouted, running over and taking (Y/n)'s hand for a dance of celebration.