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(REQUESTED BY kyaialien )

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Your Stupid Face

[Warning: None]

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*RING, RING!*

Shrimpo's alarm clock rang. Opening his eyes, Shrimpo strangely didn't feel the urge to smash the alarm clock like he usually did. Not to mention how much calmer he seemed.

Worst of all...

"WHY IS THAT STUPID CRAFT IN MY D@MN HEAD AGAIN?!"

Yeah. Exactly. Why was he on Shrimpo's mind?

"UGHHHH I'LL JUST GO OUTSIDE THEN. No use in going back to sleep, anyways."

Shrimpo said as he rolled onto the floor.

"stupid, fluffy craft...messing with my darn head..."

The door harshly slammed shut soon after.

[Timeskip]

Shrimpo made his way towards the kitchen, which is on the second floor. Even though not all the toons share a floor, they still come down to the second floor to be together.

(They brought more tables down with them. Also due to the toon rooms update, I will be relying heavily on the game's designs. I will still be headcanoning their room designs though. I didn't like how minimized the toon room's designs were.)

"Heya, Shrimpo! Good morning!"

Poppy waved.

"Good morning, I guess..."

Shrimpo said as he glanced away to Cosmo and Sprout who were cooking french toast for breakfast. Shrimpo was a bit jealous of how well the two got along. (Just to clear it up, I don't fully ship Sprout X Cosmo because they're friends. I do ship them, it's just I want to keep the romance focused to Shrimpo and Goob for this oneshot.)

*GASP*

"YOU SAID GOOD MORNING!!! YOU NEVER SAY GOOD MORNING!!!"

Poppy literally JUMPS OVER THE TABLE and starts shaking Shrimpo. He just harshly punches her arm like he normally does...but it seems this time, he feels something different. Instead of feeling happy about pushing her away, he feels...sad? Angry at himself? Guilt?

Shrimpo shakes his head. Shrimpo? The mean bully, feeling guilt? Why guilt of all things?

Poppy frowned at him from her seat she had walked back to, rubbing her arm. Shrimpo's punches were always harsh. Soon after, the rest of the toons start entering the dining hall, including Boxten who hands her a bandaid to patch up the area that was scratched during her little squabble with Shrimpo. Poppy in turn, silently thanks him as the toons settle down to eat.

Now normally, the table would be loud like it always is because of a certain shrimp but it was...strangely quiet. It's been like that for a few days now. A couple of toons glanced over to Shrimpo who was silently eating his food and not glaring at anyone.

A couple of things were off about Shrimpo since a few days ago. First, he was even more silent. Second, he wasn't yelling insults and curses at anyone he could see. Third, he was just blankly staring at his food.

Shrimpo abruptly stands up and goes to hand his plate to Cosmo before Sprout jumped in front of him.

"Nuh-uh, Shrimpo. Last time you handed your plate in, I had to pick shards out of Cosmo's hands because you broke it."

Sprout frowned at Shrimpo before the shrimp gave the plate to him and sighed.

"Shut. Up."

Shrimpo glared at the dumbfounded strawberry who still had the plate in his hand before walking into the elevator down to the lobby.

"Weird. He's usually about to break something."

Cosmo states as all the toons except Sprout (who was frozen) turn to glare at him. (Isn't bro happy Shrimpo wasn't breaking anything for a past few days-)

"What? I was just speaking the truth."

Going back to Shrimpo, he was silently sitting down on one of the benches, trying to collect his thoughts when Dandy's oh-so-annoying voice sounded on the intercom summoning 8 toons for a trip down the elevator. Unfortunately for the already tired Shrimpo, he was on the list.

Reluctantly trudging towards one of the elevators, he got a closer look at who was on the team. It was Goob, Finn, Vee, Brightney, Astro, Tisha, and Sprout. Shrimpo wanted to leave but...

*CLANG*

...the elevator door already closed before Shrimpo could get back out.

"I'll bet this is gonna be extra shrimp-le!"

Finn smiled. Glisten just HATED Finn's jokes for some reason. He was annoying himself so Shrimpo was glad that he wasn't on this team. (The amount of hypocrisy Shrimpo I-)

*DING*

"I just wanted to sleep..."

Astro yawned as everyone stepped outside of the elevator. Goob thankfully didn't try to talk to him like he usually did. He didn't need any more thoughts in his head.

Walking over to a machine, Shrimpo begins to do it. Which...isn't how you normally extract but he does it somehow.

*CLANG, CLANG, CLANG, CLANG, DING!*

The sounds of the last machine being completed were finally heard as Shrimpo hurried to the elevator.

For the rest of the run, Shrimpo mostly stayed near the elevator. He, for some reason, didn't talk for the whole entire run.

Once the run was done, the toons went back to whatever they were doing before.

Laughing at Finn's fish jokes, Goob glanced at Astro who happily chatting Brightney about the bookclub which would be taking place later on in the day. Sprout was also gone so he was probably cooking with Cosmo again. Vee was...beefing with Tisha again(IT'S CANON THAT THEY HAVE BEEF). Shrimpo was nowhere to be seen. He probably went back to his room to do stuff like punch his punching bag or something.

'Maybe he'd like to do a craft with me?'

Goob shook his head. Oh who is he kidding. That's Shrimpo! He never wants anything to do with anyone. But still...Shrimpo being silent for a few days isn't normal. So Goob, caring about his well-being, sucked it all up as he approached Shrimpo's door and knocked a few times. Loud thuds and yells were heard as fast pacing footsteps neared to door.

"STUPID- F*CKING- BRAIN!- GIVING- ME- USELESS- THOUGHTS!- WHO THE HELL IS IT N- GOOB?!"

Shrimpo yelled in the craft's face.

"Ohhhhh...maybe tone your voice down a bit, Shrimpo..."

Goob said as he clutched the part where his ears should be. Shrimpo sighed.

"If you don't have anything to say, I'll best go back to whatever-"

Shrimpo paused as Goob held the door open. Oh boy. Whenever Goob was determined to do something, he never stopped unless he hurt someone.

"Wha- wait. Could I...talk to you for a moment?"

Goob gazed at the weirdly nervous Shrimpo.

"Uhhhhh...uhhuh....you're standing over me in a weird way right now..."

Shrimpo's eyes were basically swirls by now as Goob realized the position as an unintentional kabedon so he stepped back, a slight pink tint to his cheeks.

"Oops! Sorry Shrimpo. Didn't mean to do that!"

Goob apologized as Shrimpo dragged him into the room with his head in his free hand. Once inside the room, Goob politely closed the door.

"What did you wanna talk about, again?"

Shrimpo asked" as he still had his head in his free hand. Goob fidgeted with his fingers before inhaling and grabbing Shrimpo's shoulders.

"ARE YOU OKAY??? YOU'VE BEEN ACTING REALLY WEIRDLY AND IT'S BEEN WORRYING ME SO MUCHHHHH!"

Goob yelled as he shook the other. After collecting his thoughts, Shrimpo took a breath and gathered his thoughts.

"I'm fine..."

"You're not! Not being yourself for a few days isn't okay!"

"I've told you I'm fi- umph."

Goob pulled Shrimpo into an unexpected hug as he was denying the claims.

"Oh, come on Shrimpy! I know something's wrong, I just know it!"

Goob frowned at the shrimp now in his chest fur. Shrimpo, however wasn't really paying attention as he was overheating right now. So how does Goob know what a kabedon is but not be aware that putting someone in your chest fur could mean something? And the nickname? (*coughs*) Anyways, Shrimpo decided not to say anything as to tell Goob what happened so they ended up cuddling with Shrimpo falling asleep on Goob and him following suit.

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GRRRRRR FINISHED THIS ONE. HELP ME WHAT AM I DOING BRO-