#ugh I have so much on my plate I fear I’ve bitten off more than I can chew

[shot-by-cupid]

Soooo behind of f/obruary already. I have so many chores to do today but TRUST. You will be seeing some art and maybe even a fic idk I really wanna do this one like for serious (I fumbled selfshiptober)

[autisticfangpyreclub]

Don’t fear the dark, let it protect you - part two

Lloyd never paid much attention to his dragon side. But he never could have imagined how much it wanted to be heard.

-

The smell of bacon and eggs greeted Lloyd as he entered the kitchen. He sat down at the table, and Zane handed him a plate.

“Sorry, it’s a little cold,” he said with a frown, “we were going to wake you up but…”

Lloyd shrugged. “It’s alright, don’t worry about it…”

He poked at the bacon with his fork, unease gnawing at his gut. He’d never had a problem eating meat before. He ate meat all the time. But the overwhelming smell of grease and burnt flesh coming from his plate was nauseating, headache inducing even. Suppressing a gag, he pushed his plate away.

Cole looked over at him in concern. “What’s wrong, you feeling sick?”

Lloyd’s cheeks flushed. “No, just, uh…” he stuttered, “I’m just not… uh…”

“You don’t appear to have any sort of high temperature,” Zane said, placing a hand on Lloyd’s forehead, “though your face is very red… is there something wrong with your food?”

Lloyd gently pushed Zane away. “No, it’s fine, but… do we have any vegetables?”

Zane blinked and raised an eyebrow. Everyone at the table gave him similar bewildered looks. “Vegetables?” Zane asked.

“Yeah, I’ve been really craving some all morning,” Lloyd replied, getting up from his seat, “we probably have some carrots leftover from thursday right?”

“Yes, but…”

Lloyd opened the fridge. He snatched up the bag of baby carrots and started shoveling them into his mouth. Zane stared at him, mouth agape.

“Lloyd, are you sure you’re… feeling alright?” he asked as he watched Lloyd toss the empty bag aside and move on to the lettuce.

Lloyd swallowed a mouthful of lettuce and shrugged. “I dunno, I feel fine, why?”

“Because you hate vegetables!” Jay said, “did you fall out of bed and bonk your head or something?”

Lloyd finished off the head of lettuce and stuck his head back in the fridge. He sniffed for more vegetables, growling when there were none to be found. He was still hungry.

Kai placed a hand on his shoulder. “Lloyd, what’s going on-”

He snarled at him, his teeth suddenly much longer and sharper. Kai jumped and drew back in alarm. “Woah, dude!” he yelped.

Lloyd slapped a hand over his mouth. How had that slipped out? His eyes darted between Kai, who was still slowly backing away from him, and the shocked faces of his friends. He shuddered.

“I… I have to go…” he mumbled, and ran out of the kitchen, ignoring the shouts behind him.

-

He didn’t stop running until he was outside the monastery, standing on a patch of grass overlooking the cliff. Lloyd sighed, and sat down to catch his breath. He shouldn’t have trusted those oni in his dream. He shouldn’t have let his oni side take over. Now he was turning into a monster.

...a monster with an unending hunger for vegetables, which to be fair, wasn’t the worst possible scenario. It was almost kinda funny. Okay, the snarling was bad, but he could deal with that.

Speaking of hunger, the grass he was sitting on smelled pretty tasty too…

Before he could stop himself, he was down on all fours ravenously munching on the grass. He probably looked so ridiculous. He didn’t care though, all that he could think of was how sweet and delicious the grass was.

“...guys, I found him.”

Lloyd froze like a deer in headlights. He hesitantly turned to see Nya standing behind him, and almost felt like dying from embarrassment.

“Um… this isn’t what it looks like,” he said weakly.

Nya raised an eyebrow. “Really? Because it kinda looks like you're on all fours eating grass like a goat.”

Lloyd looked down at his hands. “Okay, yeah, it is what it looks like…”

He stood up and brushed himself off, as the rest of the ninja gathered around him. Cole laid a comforting hand on his back. “Hey, no matter what’s going on right now, we’re here for you y'know?”

Kai nodded and patted Lloyd on the head. “Yeah, and sorry about what happened back there, I didn’t mean to scare you bud.”

Lloyd leaned into his touch and smiled. “Thanks guys… but you shouldn’t apologize, you were right to be afraid…” he murmured.

“Aw, don’t say that!” Jay said, “we’d never be afraid of you, even if you have turned into a werebunny!”

Lloyd squinted at him. “A… what?”

“Y’know, a werebunny, like a werewolf but a bunny,” Jay explained, “that’s what happened right? You got bitten by one and now you're turning! Oh no, tomorrow’s a full moon too-”

“I’m not turning into a bunny!” Lloyd shouted, “I’m turning into an oni!”

“Since when do oni’s eat vegetables?” Nya asked, “seems weird, given their whole destroy everything thing you think they’d eat meat.”

“Herbivores can be quite destructive, even more so than carnivores actually,” Zane said.

Lloyd groaned and put his head in his hands. “I don’t wanna turn into a giant bunny… wait, why aren’t you guys more freaked out? I just told you I’m turning into an oni!”

“Why aren’t YOU more freaked out?” Jay shot back, “I thought your oni side taking over was like your greatest fear.”

“It was, but… I had a dream last night that I turned into a full oni, but I wasn’t destroying anything, or hurting anyone,” Lloyd said, his body relaxing as he remembered, “it was… peaceful.”

“Have you talked to Wu about this yet?” Cole asked.

Lloyd shook his head. “No… but I think I should, before I start eating grass again… ugh…”

-

Master Wu was deep in meditation when Lloyd crept into the room. He sat across from him, and crossed his legs. Wu didn’t acknowledge him. The room was awkwardly silent for a moment.

“...I sense something is troubling you,” Wu said.

Lloyd flinched, then cleared his throat. “Yeah… so, um… it’s kinda hard to explain…”

Wu poured a cup of tea for himself, and then one for Lloyd. “I’m listening.”

Lloyd nodded in thanks and took the cup of hot tea. Deep breath in. Master Wu is part oni too, he’ll understand. “I had a dream last night… about the oni.”

Something in Wu’s expression shifted. His grip on his cup tightened. “...what happened in this dream?”

“I turned into an oni.”

Wu gasped and narrowly avoided dropping his cup. He coughed, composing himself. “You must’ve been horribly frightened by this vision.”

Something in the way Wu was looking at him made Lloyd nervous. Like he was being interrogated. He tensed his shoulders and looked away. “Uh… actually… it wasn’t that bad.”

An uncomfortable energy settled over the room. “What?” Wu asked, a dark tone seeping into his voice.

“Yeah, I know it sounds crazy but when I was an oni, when I was with the other oni I felt…” Lloyd wrapped his arms around himself and sighed, “safe… like I belonged.”

Wu stood up abruptly. He grabbed Lloyd by the arm and pulled him to his feet. “Wait, master, what-”

Lloyd’s next words got caught in his throat. Wu was glaring at him, like he had done something seriously wrong. “Lloyd, listen to me, and listen well.”

The nervous feeling Lloyd had was crawling in his gut, making his head foggy. He tried to pull away, but Wu’s grip was strong. “Master please let me go-”

“The oni are dangerous, deceitful creatures who only crave destruction, you cannot trust anything they say.”

“Master, please stop, please let me go-”

Wu ignored his pleas. “You must suppress the darkness, or it will consume you, just like it consumed your father.”

At that, something in Lloyd snapped. He growled. His nails transformed into claws, and he swiped at Wu with his free arm. He hadn’t meant to scratch him that bad, but from the pained scream Wu made he’d obviously done some damage.

Lloyd scrambled back the second Wu let go of his arm. The smell of the blood on his claws only riled him up more, his eyes narrowing and illuminating the dark room with a neon green glow. “I told you to LET ME GO, old man.”

Wu gaped at him, gingerly touching the gash on his face. “How dare you use your claws against me nephew!” he yelled.

“I am not my father,” Lloyd snarled, “I’ll never be my father, and I do not fear the darkness anymore.”

Green scales covered his arms and legs. He grit his fangs as his horns tore through his skin, this time not bothering to grow them slowly. The pain only gave him clarity.

“You say oni are dangerous and deceitful… what are you then?” Lloyd asked with a scowl.

“Excuse me?”

Lloyd rolled his eyes. “You're more oni than me, and you know it,” he said as he approached Wu, claws bared, “maybe that’s why you lie, maybe that’s why you don’t tell anyone your secrets even when it could help them.”

“What are you talking about-”

“You lied to me!” Lloyd could feel tears pricking at the corner of his eyes, but he pushed them back, “you knew embracing my oni side wouldn’t make me dangerous, but you still made me suffer!”

Wu’s face changed from anger to sorrow. “Lloyd… I’m so sorry, but you must calm yourself-”

“SHUT UP!”

Fiery tears poured down Lloyd’s cheeks. Scales had grown over his entire body, leaving him thankfully fireproof. He cried out as his limbs cracked and popped, becoming more animalistic and quadruped, until he no longer could stand on two legs. He fell to the floor with a thud.

He looked up at Wu, terror in his eyes. “This… this isn’t like what it was like before… what’s happening to me…?”

“I… I don’t know…”

Rigged spikes formed on his wrists and ankles, and along his newly formed tail. He heard a gross tearing noise as large bat-like wings burst from his back and ripped through his shirt. Lloyd’s pained cries morphed into growls. His face pushed out into a snout, the final part of his transformation before he collapsed in exhaustion.

Before he passed out, he saw Wu standing over him. Hopefully this scared him enough to make him never want to grab Lloyd like that again.

-

“Oh youngling, you poor thing…”

Lloyd opened his eyes to see a familiar face leaning over him. A gentle paw touched his cheek. “Oni…?”

The oni smiled, and stroked his hair. “My name is Theta, actually.”

Lloyd groaned. “Theta… what happened? My head feels awful…”

“You transformed into a dragon,” Theta said quietly, “but don’t be afraid, in time you will learn how to control your shapeshifting abilities.”

“But I… I attacked master Wu…”

“Oh don’t worry about that, he deserved it,” Theta scoffed, “he won’t harm you ever again, I promise.”

A calming sensation washed over Lloyd as he was cradled in Theta’s lap. “Um… sorry for the weird question, but what pronouns do you use?” he asked.

“She her dear,” she replied, hugging Lloyd close to her chest.

Lloyd sighed in content, and snuggled into her warm fur. She hummed a lullaby for him, one his father had sung to him when he was little. He felt safe.

“Rest now child… even when you awake in the physical realm, my shadow will still protect you.”

[sarahgirl1998]

Lumpy’s Sneezy Birthday

Lumpy sighed to himself in bliss as he listened to his friends laughing, talking and having fun. He could tell they were all enjoying themselves, and he was enjoying himself as well.

It was Lumpy’s birthday, and everyone in Multimedia had come to his birthday party, which was taking place at the Multimedia park. Mario was there, along with SpongeBob, Tootie, Unikitty, Yin, Yang, Kit, Kate and Gumball (Meowth, King Dedede and Escargoon weren’t at the party because they weren’t invited). And they had brought gifts that Lumpy was looking forward to opening, much more than he was looking forward to eating some of the cake.

But before any of his desires could be fulfilled, something got in the way.

While Lumpy was smiling to himself that he was having a great birthday, a massive and strong tickle made its way into his nostrils. They flared up massively, and he noticed. But before he could say anything, his breath began to hitch. He had to sneeze.

“Aaaaah... Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh...” Lumpy tilted his neck back as his nose twitched. He then gave a final inhale and exploded with a gigantic sneeze. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-- CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!”

Everybody - yes, everybody at the party - cringed as Lumpy released the sneeze. They could all see a good amount of spray being released from Lumpy’s mouth.

“EEEEEK!!!” Tootie cried in fear as she jumped.

“Whoa!!” SpongeBob said as he winced, caught off guard.

“Mama Mia!” said Mario.

“Oh, my goodness!” Unikitty said.

“Oh, my!” Yin said in surprise, while Yang simply looked on in amazement.

And Kit and Kate hugged in fear as soon as they heard Lumpy’s sneeze. Gumball, meanwhile, covered his ears with his hands as his eyes went wide with disbelief.

Lumpy recovered from his sneeze, sniffled and rubbed his nose with his forefinger.

“L-Lumpy! Are you alright?” Yin asked.

“That was awesome in more ways than one,” said Yang.

“Yeah, sorry.” Lumpy continued to rub his nose. “I don’t know how it happened.”

“I hope you’re not coming down with something,” Kit said.

“Don’t worry, guys, I’m fine,” Lumpy replied.

After Lumpy had finished saying that, however, his nose twitched again. He tilted his upper body back, gave a large inhale and released another sneeze.

“AaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!”

Everybody winced again in shock and surprise when Lumpy sneezed. Once he recovered, he rubbed his nose with his forefinger again.

“Maybe throwing this party at the park wasn’t such a good idea,” SpongeBob stated. “Not with this pollen in the air.”

“You sure about that?” Yin asked. “If Lumpy was sneezing from the pollen, I would be, too. And I don’t smell any pollen around here.”

“Yeah, that’s probably the case,” Yang said. “Of course, I can’t tell because I don’t have a lot of allergies.”

“AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!” Lumpy released two more sneezes, the first uncovered, the second into both of his hands. He then groaned as he pulled his hands away and rubbed his nose with his forefinger.

“I think we should figure out what’s making him sneeze so much,” said Tootie.

“Yeah, that sounds like a good idea,” SpongeBob replied. “But how are we gonna know for sure?”

“Besides, he sneezes from lotsa things!” Mario added.

“I’ll help!” Out of nowhere, Unikitty pulled out a box that had the words “Sneeze Things” written on it. She went up to Lumpy and showed him the box.

“This box is full of things that can make you sneeze. Some of us are gonna use a different sneeze-causer on that nosey of yours and see which one’s making you sneeze so much!”

Lumpy nodded in understanding once she was finished explaining that. Tootie went up to the box, reached into it and pulled out a flower. She showed it to Lumpy, who held the head of the flower toward his nose and gave it a deep sniff. Almost immediately, his nostrils flared up.

“Aaaaaah... AaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!”

After he released this sneeze, Lumpy sniffled and rubbed his nose with his forefinger.

“Hmm, that only made him sneeze once. And it wasn’t as strong as his other sneezes, either,” said Tootie.

“Maybe if I tickle his nose, it’ll make him sneeze even stronger,” said Unikitty.

Once Lumpy was finished rubbing his nose, Unikitty grabbed a feather from the box and tickled Lumpy’s nostrils with it. Lumpy’s nose started to twitch again as his breath hitched.

“Ah... Aaaaaaah... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH-- CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!”

Lumpy rubbed his nose vigorously with his forefinger, sniffling constantly as he did so.

“That doesn’t really work, either,” Unikitty commented. “That’s weird. The last time I tickled his nose, he sneezed so loudly you could hear it for miles!”

“How about this?” Yang asked as he picked up a pepper shaker.

Yin gasped and shook her head, trying to convince Yang not to do what she thought he was going to do. But Yang shook one puff of pepper into Lumpy’s face. Lumpy gasped, and then sneezed loudly, but not powerfully.

“AHHHHH-- CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

“Ugh!” Lumpy rubbed his nose with his forefinger, then pulled out his white handkerchief and wiped his nose with it.

“Oh, my! Bless you, Lumpy!” said Yin.

“Thank you...” Lumpy replied as he continued to wipe his nose.

“I could’ve sworn you’d be sneezing more than you are now,” Mario stated.

“Yeah, don’t you have a super sensitive nose?” Gumball asked. “And isn’t it super easy to make you sneeze a lot?”

“Yes, but I don’t know what’s going on, guys...” Lumpy shrugged. He put away his handkerchief. “But I wouldn’t worry too much.”

Lumpy went over to the table, which not only had the birthday cake on it, but a variety of snacks that his friends brought. Lumpy looked at what was available and saw a plate of chocolate chip brownies that Kit and Kate had made and brought. He picked up one of the brownies and bit into it. He smiled as he chewed and then swallowed the portion of the brownie he had bitten, and then took the rest of the brownie into his mouth.

By the time every part of the brownie had made its way into Lumpy’s stomach, Lumpy was feeling happy and satisfied. He licked the chocolate crumbs off his fingers.

“Mmm, that was so good...” Lumpy said.

Just then, however, Lumpy’s nose started to twitch, and his nostrils started to flare up again. Lumpy tilted his neck back as he was going to sneeze again.

“Aaaaah... Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh...!”

Everybody gasped in fear as they heard his inhales.

“Here we go again...!” Kit said to himself in fear, which almost sounded like dismay. Everyone quickly braced themselves, with Kate hugging Kit in fear, Mario backing up and trying to protect SpongeBob from being sprayed, Yin and Yang plugging their ears, and Gumball ducking and covering his eyes.

A final inhale later, Lumpy sent his upper body as far back as it could go, and then exploded with a loud triple.

“HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH-- CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! AAAAAAAAH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Haaaaaaaaaaah... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-CHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!”

“Ugh, phew!” Lumpy enjoyed the relief he received as he sniffled and rubbed his nose with his forefinger.

“Oh, no...” Kate whimpered as she got a terrible idea. “Lumpy’s allergic to the chocolate brownies we made him for his birthday.”

“What?” Lumpy asked as he heard that. He then chuckled to himself. “No, I’m not allergic, you silly little kitty.”

“Then why’d you sneeze?” Kit asked.

Lumpy thought for a moment and then sweated a little. “I guess those brownies are a little too delicious...”

Suddenly an idea came to Unikitty. “Wait a minute!” she announced.

“What is it, Unikitty?” Lumpy wanted to know.

“I think I’ve figured it out!” said Unikitty. “Just one of those brownies must have made you so happy, you sneezed. The reason you were sneezing so much was because you were happy!”

Everyone else was in disbelief.

“W-What?! No way!” Yang said.

“That’s possible?!” Yin‘s eyes were wide and her pupils were shrunken with shock.

“Really?!” SpongeBob asked.

“Is it true, Lumpy?” Tootie wanted to confirm. “Were you really sneezing just because you were happy?”

“Um...” Lumpy rubbed the back of his neck as he blushed and sweated. “Yeah. I sneeze when I’m happy.”

“Wow...” Gumball couldn’t believe it, but then again, neither could anyone else.

“It makes sense now,” Mario said. “I never heard of that, though...”

“I know, it’s kinda weird when you think about it,” said Lumpy. “But what matters is that I’m not sick or anything, I’m just happy!”

As soon as he finished saying that, Unikitty flew up to him and cuddled his neck with her head. Everyone giggled as they witnessed the cute moment.

A few minutes later, everyone had decided it was time for some cake. Lumpy’s Friends were waiting around the table, gesturing him to make a wish and blow out the candles on the cake. As Lumpy was thinking, however, some sunlight got into his eyes, making his nose twitch. Another sneeze was on the way.

“No, wait! I haven’t made my--“ Lumpy couldn’t finish his sentence before his breath had started to hitch. He desperately covered his nostrils with his forefinger, but it didn’t work. He was going to sneeze.

“Aaah... Aaaaaaaaah...” Lumpy pulled his forefinger away from his nose, gave a final inhale and sneezed right onto the candles, blowing all of them out. “HAAAAAAAAH-- CHOO!!!”

Lumpy immediately put his forefinger under his nose again as he blushed a deep red. He couldn’t believe what had just happened. Everybody was looking at him, eyes wide and pupils shrunken with surprise. For the longest time, Lumpy felt embarrassed, but then they all laughed in amusement.

“Oh, Lumpy! That was so funny and SO CUTE!” Unikitty commented.

“Actually, it was!” Mario agreed. “I’m not into cute things, but... Mama Mia!”

“Aww! Lumpy, you silly moose, you!” SpongeBob said as he was enamored and amused at the same time. “I hope you do that again next year!”

“Bless you, Lumpy,” Tootie said as she giggled cutely.

“Thanks...” Lumpy felt better as he rubbed his nose adorably.

Once Lumpy had recovered from his sneeze, the cake was cut. Everyone had some cake, including Lumpy. Lumpy had taken only one piece, however, because he had mentioned that eating cake made him sneeze as well.

“You think it’s just the flour? Or is it too yummy for you to take?” SpongeBob asked jokingly.

“Probably both.” Lumpy took a single bite of his piece of cake and swallowed just before he felt a tickle in his nose. “H-here it c-comes...” Lumpy announced, and he began to inhale.

“Aaaaah... Haaaaaaah...” Lumpy put down his fork, pulled out his handkerchief and covered his nose with it. He gave a final inhale that caused everybody to look at him in surprise. “HAAAAAAAAAAAAH...” But then he released three quick but loud sneezes. “AH-CHOO, HAH-CHOO, AAAAAAH-CHOO!!”

Lumpy could hear all of his friends giggling as he wiped his nose with his handkerchief. “Um, excuse me...” he apologized, cutely.

“Lumpy, why do you have to be so cute?!” Gumball asked. It was rare for him to ever call anyone cute, no matter what they did, but when he did, you could tell he wasn’t lying.

“I... I don’t know,” Lumpy replied as he blushed.

“It’s okay, Lumpy, you can be as cute as you want to be,” Yin said with a smile. “I gotta say, even though I don’t like when most people sneeze, your sneezes can be really adorable!”

Lumpy smiled as he continued to eat his slice of cake. He kept sneezing as he did so, but he kept covering his nose with his handkerchief and rubbing his nose afterward. Once his plate had been cleaned, Lumpy put away his used handkerchief and rubbed his nose with his forefinger.

“How was it, Lumpy?” Mario asked.

“It was really good,” Lumpy said. “Even though it kept making me sneeze... I just couldn’t help myself.”

Mario chuckled. “It’s alright, Lumpy. You are a unique guy, and I like that.”

When Lumpy got up and went to open his presents, Unikitty went over to him, holding a pink and blue gift bag.

“Hey, Lumpy!” Unikitty showed him the bag. “Interested?”

“Oh, thank you,” said Lumpy as he smiled appreciatively.

He took the bag and looked through the wrapping paper to see what was inside. Once most of it was out of the way, he saw something. He reached his arm into it and pulled it out.

It was a light blue tissue box, with lots of tissues inside. The box was covered in pink hearts and bits of black text on it.

“Oh, Unikitty, it’s very cute!” Lumpy said. “Thank you so much... But what are these words on it?” He pointed to some of the text.

“As crazy as this might sound, I had everyone sign it and write blessings onto it!” Unikitty said. “By the way, Meowth signed it, too.”

“Really?!” Lumpy couldn’t believe it, but as he let it sink in, he smiled. The idea of his friends writing him blessings as opposed to simple birthday wishes did seem a little silly, but at the same time, it sounded absolutely adorable - especially given how much he sneezed every day.

Lumpy was going to say something, but before he could, he suddenly sneezed again. This time, it was much quieter in comparison to his normal sneeze, and more high-pitched. It almost sounded like a girl sneezing.

“Aaaaah-chew!”

“Awwwwww!!!” Unikitty cooed, hearts and sparkles filling her eyes as Lumpy rubbed his nose with his forefinger. That sneeze was absolutely adorable, but then again, Unikitty found many things adorable.

Lumpy took a tissue from the box and blew his nose for one second. He didn’t need to do it twice, or even for any longer than that; one quick little blow was just the right amount of relief. He smiled as he wiped his nose with the tissue and read the text that his friends had written on the box. Indeed, there were phrases of blessing along with the signatures of everybody who had written them.

“Bless you~! Have a great birthday! Love, Tootie.”

“Salute! Bless you! -Mario.”

“May Neptune bless you today, tomorrow and forever! In other words, bless you~! -SpongeBob.”

“Bless you, Lumpy~!!! -Love, Unikitty.” Unikitty had drawn a little heart next to her signature.

“Bless you, Lumpy! -Kit and Kate.”

“Bless ya!” -Gumball.”

“Bless you and Happy Birthday, Lumpy. -Yin.”

“Gesundheit, Lumpy! Your sneezes are awesome! -Yang.”

“Gesundheit. Also, Happy Birthday. -From Meowth.”

Lumpy smiled to himself, as well as at Unikitty, as he kept wiping his nose with his tissue.

“Thank you so much, Unikitty,” said Lumpy. “This is the best and sweetest birthday gift I’ve ever gotten! Oh, and don't forget to tell all my friends I said thank you!”

He threw out his tissue, put his tissue box aside and gave Unikitty a hug. Unikitty quickly returned the favor and hugged him as well. Lumpy soon let go of her and went to open the rest of his presents.