Hide And Seek!
> 3rd POV
"Is this everyone? We good?" Kat asked OJ. He simply nodded, joining the circle.
Everyone was gathered in the living room in front of the TV in a circle. OJ, Paper, and Pickle got to sit on the couch, while everyone either stood around it or sat in front of it criss-cross-applesauce.
"Great! Now, we can begin!" Kat was very eager about this game of her's, whatever it was. On the topic, a hand was seen raised by someone in the circle. Kat pointed to them, listening to whatever question this person would have.
"Hey, Marshmallow here. It's nice that everyone's gathered here, I suppose... But what exactly are we doing?" Marshmallow stood up a bit, letting everyone else know where she is.
"Oh shoot!" Kat facepalmed herself. "I completely forgot! Uhhhh... Today wwe're playing some good ol hide and seek!" As she announced the game that they're gonna play, another hand got raised. Before Kat could even point to their direction, the asker just stood up anyways and started their question.
"Trophy here. Why are we playing such a childish game? I mean, isn't hide and seek usually a game for 5 year olds?" Trophy asked, chuckling a bit. Kat tried to interject, but no words came out. Only tears that threatened to prick her eye for some unnecessary reason.
"Well, I dunno. Maybe it's because she IS a child? I mean, look at her." Knife stood up, motioning to Kat. "Just let her have this one, man." he rolled his eyes at Trophy as he sat back down. Trophy scoffed and sat down as well. Kat quickly got the tears out of her eye, and began explaining the rules.
"Okay! So, I'm gonna go first and you guys are gonna hide! Anywhere is fine, as long as you don't wreck anything. The last person I find will be it for the next round! Got all that?" As Kat finished explaining, everyone gave her a nod. "Great! I'm gonna close my eyes and count to 10, and as I do that, you're all gonna find hiding spots. Ready?"
> Suitcase POV
"... 7... 8... 9... 10! Ready or not, here I come!" I could faintly hear Kat announce as I hid under the couch. Paper was right next to me, since the two of us where the only ones flat enough to fit under there, aside from Fan, but he didn't want to cramp himself under here with the rest of us. I held my breath the best I could as I heard Kat's dainty footsteps across the floor. It felt like forever, only occasionally hearing Kat shout "I found you!!" at someone. Then, after what I would say was an eternity...
"Found you guys! Nya ha ha ha!" Kat chuckled, as the ENTIRE COUCH was lifted above us. for someone her size -which is a lot smaller than most humans, about the same as us objects- she's pretty damn strong.
"... Took you long enough!" I chuckled a little bit myself, trying to conjure up some amount of whimsy to mask my shock. "Wait, who's left?"
"So far, I need to find Pickle and Knife..." Kat said, placing the couch down as me and Paper got out from under it. I followed behind Kat as she searched. When she looked down under the bartender's booth, she exclaimed "Aha! There ya are, Pickle!" and giggled delightfully. Pickle got up from the booth, and made his way to the rest of us.
"Now, that means that Knife is it this round!" Kat announced, snapping her fingers. "Oh KNIIIIFE!!!"
After a bit, Knife got out from his hiding spot in the bookshelf. Sneaky bastard. Never knew he could fit THERE!
"Alright! This is gonna be fun..." Knife rubbed his hands together, smirking wildly.
> Knife POV
"... 5... 6..." I tried to sneakily peek through my hands.
"No peeking!" a voice giggled, probably belonging to that cat-girl thing. I did as she said and kept counting.
"7... 8... 9... 10!" The moment I finished counting, I whipped around. "Ready or not! Here I come!"
First, I found Kat hiding under the couch cushions (she was very obvious to find); then I found Cherries trying to hide under a lampshade together. They just kept bickering to themselves, even after I found them. Anyways, I then found Paper behind the bookshelf, before finding Fan IN the said bookshelf; then I found Balloon in the kitchen under the table, along with Nickel and Cheesy in the sink for some reason. Before I returned to the Living room to keep looking in there, I found Pickle in the broom closet.
"Eep! You found u- me, heh heh..." he chuckled nervously, his face turning a little red. How cute...
"That's just how the game goes.~" I taunted, petting the side of his head gingerly. He smiled, his face still flustered. I smiled back at him.
"HAH! Gays." a voice chirped, clearly belonging to Yang, from behind Pickle. I looked into the rest of the closet, and Yin-Yang, Tissues, OJ, and Box were there. Seems like this game's a whole lot easier than I thought...
I went back into the living room and kept looking for everyone else. First, I found Soap, who apparently forgot that she was supposed to be hiding, and was cleaning some of the windows for some reason. Then, I found Goo inside a drawer, along with Bot. Then Cabby in the hallway trying to disguise as a shelf; Marshmallow and Apple on the CEILING FAN; Lightbulb and Paintbrush pretending to be a lamp; Baseball was outside because he didn't want to play; Trophy, Test Tube, Silver Spoon, and Microphone cramped together inside a HOLE IN THE WALL that Test Tube CARVED OUT and covered up with some orange paint; Pepper hid in one of the rooms back upstairs because Salt was hiding in the fridge and wouldn't let Pepper join her. In that same room, Bomb, and Tissues were both hiding under the bed; both Tacos were in the freezer, shivering from their poor decision of a hiding spot; Tea Kettle, Lifering, and Blueberry were under the sink; and lastly, Clover was on top of the fridge.
> 3rd POV
As everyone gathered back into the living room, they all felt as if there was ONE person still missing...
"Wait, where's Suitcase?" Kat asked, causing everyone to start mumbling amongst themselves.
"W-Wait, I can come out now?" a shy voice chirped. It sounded like it came from behind the TV. Knife moved the TV, and there she was. Suitcase, behind the TV, this whole time. Knife was flabbergasted.
"Wh- This- So obvious- I-" he tried to piece together words, but it came out more like a sentence salad put in a blender.
"Yeah, heh. You passed by me like, what? Seven times?" Suitcase chuckled.
"It was actually eight. I counted!" Fan added, before retaliating due to the stares. "S-Sorry I thought that it would b-be cool to share..." he mumbled the rest of his words out of embarrassment, before Test Tube put her arm around him to calm him down.
Knife rolled his eyes at the two. "... Welp, that aside, I suppose your now it?" he asked Suitcase.
"Yeah, that's what Kat said the rules were-" Suitcase started, before realizing something. "OH SHIT!!"
"You good?" Knife was... pretty concerned. it's not often that someone like Suitcase would swear.
"THE TIME!!!" she ran up to Kat in a hurry. "WHAT TIME IS IT!?!?"
Kat looked down at her wrist. "Welp, you better be heading out to your therapy thing, since it's already 1:00-"
Before Kat could finish, Suitcase ran out the front doors of Hotel OJ.