First Contender
[Saturday morning - before the note]
It all started with Boxten.
Don’t get him wrong or anything, Glisten found Boxten adorable! But this…. It was certainly something, to say the least.
Glisten had always viewed their relationship as just friends! Glisten helped Boxten with life advice, nightmares and getting him back to sleep, relationship advice he THOUGHT was for someone else (He had sneaking suspicions for a while that it was Poppy, but he never outright asked Boxten) - and yet here he was.
Boxten had given him flowers. Valentine's Day was in a few days, so it made sense that Boxten came to him. But it also didn’t, considering Glisten was never… Romantically interested in Boxten. Glisten’s confusion was only enhanced by Boxten doing what he believed was his attempt to flirt? It was hard to tell with the music box sometimes. But if one thing was obvious to Glisten, it would be that he’scertainly flustered. ..Not surprising, honestly,
“...Look, Boxten, the flowers are sweet, lovely even! But don’t you think this might be a bit… I don’t know… ..Much….?”
…Much was an understatement. Someone couldn’t even see his face behind all the flowers Boxten had given him….! ..How was he supposed to let him down lightly? He liked Boxten, yeah, but this was a lot, and his eye was mostly focused on a certain other toon…..
“Not at all…! You had mentioned flowers a few times and how these were your favorite, so I got you a lot of your favorite flowers!”
“That’s… That’s nice Boxten…..”
…He appreciated the thought, but… …Geez.
“I uh… Also got you these….! I know how much you like sweets and chocolate, and considering Valentine’s Day is in a few days, I figured it’d be fitting….!”
Boxten was currently holding out a box of chocolate for Glisten. Luckily, he was able to grab the chocolate with his other hand. ..This was…. Quite a bit for Glisten. He was used to gifts from the kids or the other toons on special occasions like Christmas! This…. This was not the same as that.
“I uhm- thanks Boxy, I should really set this stuff down in my room before I drop it though….”
….It was more of an excuse for Glisten to get away so he could think more about this. He… Still wasn’t really sure how to act or feel. Should he be flattered? Flustered? Appreciative? …Concerned over the fact that someone he saw as a best friend saw him as a… What, apotential romantic partner? It was weird to think about…. Maybe it was best if he didn’t think about it too deeply. After all, there could be a chance that this was all just some sort of flash feeling that could be gone in a few weeks or something.
“Oh- yeah, o-of course….! …See you around Glisten….!”
Glisten gives a nod, feeling somewhat awkward, and brings the flowers to his bedroom, storing the box of chocolate underneath his bed so he could snack on it in the middle of the night or something. He needed to go out and get a vase still for the flowers, but he could deal with that later…
He totally needed to write about this later in his required writings.