One Shots!

Oreocup | Love Like You

Oreo must be pretty tired if he's sleeping like this. My thumb passes over his forehead, tracing the rough lines of his body. I can't believe he just conked out on my lap. We were just chatting when he decided he wanted to close his eyes for a bit, and made a big show of stretching out and laying his head on my lap, smiling that dumb, goofy smile of his.

'It's pretty comfortable here. I might just go to sleep!'

'Yeah? What am I supposed to do if that happens?'

'Well, the rules of dating say if your partner falls asleep on you, you're not allowed to move until they wake up.'

I laugh. 'Who's gonna arrest me if I do? Police Hat?'

He laughs with me. 'Maybe.'

Now look where we are. Oreo, asleep on my lap, and me not having moved for ten minutes.

Police Hat came by earlier looking for him, but turned out the lights and left when he saw Oreo sleeping. I half expected him to say something about PDA being against the law, but he just smiled a little, said he'd talk to Oreo later, turned off the lights, and left.

I'm pretty sure I know what that smile was for. He's a lot better at reading people than I am, and he's known Oreo for longer. It makes sense that he figured out what he did way before I could even put words to it.

'Hey, Pudding Cup.'

'Yeah?'

'Have you noticed anything different about Oreo?'

'Uh...sorta? He acts differently, for sure, but I don't really know how to describe it.'

'Yeah... I'm pretty sure it's about Watermelon.'

'Really? I thought he was over that.'

'No, no, not like that. You remember the incident with the bomb, right?'

'Yep.'

'And all the other times she threatened to break up with him or wasn't really being a good person to him?'

'Hm....now that you mention it, yeah. He did tell me a bit about those.'

'I think it's still affecting him. I don't know if he's ever told you, but Oreo has had some self esteem issues in the past.'

'Self esteem issues? You sure?'

'He told me the reason he wanted a girlfriend was because he wanted someone to help him feel better about himself. And he used to come to me saying that nothing he did seemed to impress you. He was pretty distressed about that.'

'Oh. ...So, what does this have to do with Watermelon?'

'She was leading him on with her fake love, and he believed it. As long as Oreo loved her, she could make him do anything. Make sense?'

'I...guess? I don't really know why he'd do such extreme things like blow up a room for love, though.'

'He was desperate. Like I said, he'd do anything. Have you noticed he's, well, more clingy? Eager to please? Says sorry a lot?'

'I mean, he's always been like that. But he does say sorry over pretty much everything. He can hardly take a joke nowadays.'

Police Hat sighed and put a hand over his face. I wasn't getting it at all.

'Okay, just- He's scared you won't love him anymore if he messes up. I know you're used to being mean to him, but he can't take jokes like that lightly anymore. Watermelon messed him up. Badly. There's no way to say this without sounding cheesy, but he needs you to love him properly.'