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Nickel had been feeling so much better about herself lately, it felt like she was way happier and not as depressed as she had been feeling lately. She walked around the hotel's garden, just admiring the flowers and various plants. Nickel had been looking for a certain lucky plant, but had gotten distracted, ironically she had gotten lucky though, and spotted Clover talking to the butterflies. She giggled a bit at how silly Clover looked, but still headed over to her.
“Hey Clover!” Nickel yelled, walking up to her and startling the butterflies, causing them to fly away. Clover made a sad sound and waved bye to them before turning to talk to Nickel.
“Omg hi Nickel! I haven’t seen you in so long!” Clover sounded so bubbly, it was something Nickel liked and hated about her. She made a small ‘psh’ sound before talking.
“Hah, yeah it’s been tooooo long.” She dragged out her words slightly, getting ready to ask Clover a question. Clover just happily nodded, giving a thumbs up at her previous statement. “So hey Cloves, I was wondering if you could help with something.” The green plants face lit up.
“Yeah sure! What do you need Nicks?” She asked, using her own small nickname for the silver coin, causing them both to giggle softly.
“I was wondering if you could maybe help me with makeup, just to kinda see if it would look good on me! I was gonna ask Balloon but she's… not the best at makeup.” Balloon had very shaky hands which didn’t mix well with applying anything.Clovers face looked as bright as the sun when she was asked.
“Oh em GOSH! Yes of course I’ll help Nicks, that sounds so fun!” Nickel sighed in relief, smiling at the bubbly clover. Clover rambled about the various types of makeup and how to apply it, smiling brightly through it all, Nickel just listened and waited for her to finish so they could actually go do it. Clover grabbed her suddenly and dragged her back to the hotel, bringing Nickel up to her room. “So what were you thinking? I have a buncha different kinds of makeup for you!” Nickel thought for a minute, she didn’t know much about makeup so she wasn’t totally sure.
“Uh, just do whatever you think would look good I guess, I’m not really an expert on makeup.” She looked away sheepishly, feeling embarrassed. Clover just gave a thumbs up and small ‘okie dokie!’ before running off to grab some of her makeup. She came back with a few small tubes: mascara, eyeliner, lip gloss, and a few other things Nickel couldn’t identify. Clover grabbed Nickel and pulled her over to her bed, setting the coin down and kneeling down to her level. Nickel felt a small twinge in her stomach at her and Clover's closeness, she just tried to ignore it.
Clover gently started her work, adding eyeshadow first. She stuck her tongue out slightly as she worked, which for some reason Nickel found adorable. At some point Nickel had to close both her eyes while Clover worked. Her face felt hot and weird with the makeup on. Her face flushed when she felt Clover’s hand softly rested on her cheek, moving her around a bit as she kept applying. Nickel was internally panicking, she didn’t understand why she was randomly feeling like this, she had never liked Clover! She suddenly opened one of her eyes, causing Clover to poke her with the mascara stick.
“Ow!” Nickel shouted, closing her eye again, which was now watering.
“Oh gosh! Nickel, are you okay? I’m so sorry!” Clover worried, scared she had actually hurt Nickel. That just caused Nickel to feel more flushed as she softly pushed Clover off, who was practically on top of her, trying to check on her.
“I’m fine Clove! Don’t worry, it was my fault for opening my eye anyway.” Nickel shrugged off the pain, wanting to calm down the lucky plant. Clover sighed softly, glad Nickel was okay and not in any real pain. She still felt bad though.
“Okay, okay. Uh- Do you want me to finish? I’m almost done applying it.” Clover asked, pulling Nickel up from her laying down position. Nickel nodded silently, face tickled pink. Clover smiled and Nickel closed her eyes, letting Clover finish putting on the mascara. Clover held the mirror in front of Nickel, showing off her handy work. “Pretty good if I do say so myself!” Nickel was sitting in shock, just staring at herself. Suddenly she threw herself at Clover, trying to hug her as best as possible when you don’t have arms. Clover laughed and wrapped her arms around Nickel, embracing the hug. Nickel smiled, Clover had such a pretty laugh. She sadly separated from the hug, making Nickel crave her touch again.
“Hah, sorry about that..” Nickel sheepishly said, looking away, “I just really like it, you did an awesome job Clove, I might just have to start visiting daily for you to do this!” Nickel stated, looking back at Clover who was smiling as bright as the sun. She made a small squee sound, gabbing Nickel and hugging her tight. She let go of her with one arm and grabbed her phone, snapping a quick picture of her and Nickel, who looked almost entirely red.
“You look so pretty, Nicks! I def wanna do this again!” She smiled, typing on her phone slightly. “I sent you the picture! Do you mind if I post it?” Clover was still smiling up a storm, Nickel found her insanely adorable.
“Yeah, do whatever. Thanks for this Clover.” Nickel sounded genuinely sincere, smiling back at Clover. Shit, she was totally crushing on Clover.