The Rugrats All Grown UP: Kimi and Tommy

Seeing as these two have quickly become my favorite 'All Grown Up' couple, I just felt the need to show how they got together, and how everyone reacts to it.
But not all reactions are very friendly to this…
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Kimi and Susie were both in Kimi's room. Kimi was in 7th grade, and Susie was in her freshman year of high school.
Susie turned in the chair at Kimi's desk, where she had been going over Kimi's homework. They had met up that day because Kimi's grades weren't doing well lately, and Chas and Kira asked her to help out.
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Chas at first blamed her grades on the way Kimi had been dressing in the past year, which resulted from the music she had been listening to, but Kira quickly disproved that. Kimi's new metal-head style that she had evolved into from her new-found love of heavy metal music shouldn't interfere with her grades (even if she did have a lot of piercing on her ears, and wore mostly leather clothes, as well as boots, and it gave some people a scared vibe around her.) But Kira and Chas both knew that, through and through, she was still their 'sweet little Kimi' and that she was just going through a phase right now with her grades. So they just asked Susie to help Kimi with her homework.
They were far from what they thought! This was no phase AT ALL!
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After Susie saw how great Kimi's work was, but knowing her test grades weren't doing so well, she asked what was up with her.
"Seriously girl, if YOU tutored everyone in the gang, you'd ALL be getting 4.0 grade averages!" she said.
Kimi admitted to her that the reason she hadn't been doing so good in school lately was because she was thinking about a certain someone lately.
"And having all my classes with him does distract me, a lot!" she added.
At first, Susie thought it was her friend Z, but she knew that they only had a few classes together with him.
"Well, who is this special someone, Kimi?" Susie asked.
Kimi sighed as she sat up straight.
"It's…" she trailed off.
Susie turned even more towards her and focused all of her attention on her. She motioned for her to continue.
"It's…?" she questioned.
Kimi took a deep breath, summoning most of her will-power, and finally finished.
"It's Tommy, okay?"
Susie gasped a bit, but then smiled.
"Well, what about him?"
Kimi bit her lip in embarrassment.
"Well, it's just that-" she started.
She exhaled in exasperation, blowing some hair out of her face, and recomposed herself.
"So, okay; you remember that Halloween a few years ago when they found those initials I carved in our garage?" she asked.
Susie nodded.
"And that led to Chuckie and Tommy fighting so much that they almost broke their friendship, and then every guy in school was fighting to be Tommy's new friend" she replied.
"Yeah, who knew he was THAT popular?" Kimi asked.
She smiled a bit.
"I'm not so surprised though, he so handsome, so smart, so brave, and yet, so modest…"
She began to twirl some of her hair around her finger, a smile on her face.
Susie smirked at her.
"You were saying?" she said, wiggling her eye-brows a bit.
Kimi got out of her trance.
"Huh?"
She blushed.
"Oh yeah…" she said.
"Well, I told Tommy that I carved those and that I only liked him for a little bit when we were younger but, I was lying."
She smiled.
"I still like him, and I've always liked him!"
Then she frowned.
"And those feeling are just getting SO strong lately that I can't take it anymore!"
She almost groaned.
"I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't even THINK!"
She pulled her hair so hard that her scrunchies came out.
"I wanna tell him how I feel, and finally get these feelings off my chest but…"
She sighed and then fell back. She was lying sideways on her bed, and she put her feet on the window-sill, letting her head hang off the side of her bed.
"I don't know Susie, what if he doesn't like me back?" she asked.
Susie stood up and went to sit next to her, having her sit up-right on her bed so she could put an arm around her.
"Girl, I've known both you and Tommy since I was three, while you two were in diapers, so trust me; that boy's CRAZY for you, almost as much as you are for him."
"Just tell him, and I know you both could end up together."
Kimi smiled, but then she remembered something else.
"But, what about Chuckie?" she brought up "He was so furious last time this issue came up, I thought it would break up the entire group!"
"If I tell Tommy and he finds out, then it will happen to us ALL OVER AGAIN!"
She almost fell back, but Susie had put her arm behind her and had her sit up so fast that Kimi almost got whiplash.
"Girl, just tell Tommy already!" she insisted.
"Don't worry about Chuckie, heck, forget his entire existence when you tell Tommy!" Susie told her "If your brother truly cares about the both of you, and I know he does, he'll LOVE the fact of you two getting together."
She stood up and pulled Kimi up with her.
"Now, you get outta here and go tell him!"
She lightly pushed Kimi in the direction of the door. Kimi looked back nervously.
"No worries; I'll tell your parents that I checked over it and that you're doing fine."
She held up her homework assignment. Kimi smiled, and with a thumbs-up, she left out the door.
She headed to Tommy's house with dedication, not giving up.
"I'm gonna tell him, I'm gonna tell him. I'm GONNA tell him!" she kept repeating to herself.
And finally, she came upon his house, and she stopped. Fear came back to her, and she almost turned around. She looked back, thinking about just giving up, but then she looked back at Tommy's house. She clenched her fists, looked down, closed her eyes, and with a deep breath, she looked up, and began moving forward, forcing herself along.
She came up to Tommy's door, summoned all her will, and rang the bell. After she rung the doorbell, she heard a few footsteps. She looked up and saw Tommy's mom answer the door.
"Well, hello there Kimi" Didi said with a smile "what brings you here?"
Kimi bit her lip and then sighed.
"Oh, hi Mrs. Pickles, I was, uh, just wondering if, um, Tommy was home?" she said.
Didi's smile faded a bit.
"Oh, I'm sorry, you just missed him; he, Dil, and Chuckie just went to the Java Lava with your dad."
Kimi wanted to groan in exasperation, but held back.
"Oh, okay, thanks anyway, Mrs. Pickles" she said, and turned to leave.
Didi could just tell by Kimi's body language why she had looked so nervous, and why she was disappointed at Tommy not being there.
"You're welcome, and sorry again, Kimi" she told her as she closed the door, watching Kimi leave, her head hung sadly.
Didi watched Kimi through the window, seeing that she was almost on the verge of tears.
"Looks like Kimi finally wants to get together with Tommy." she said to herself.
Didi sighed, and went to sit down in the living room. She took out a photo album from underneath the couch and flipped through a few pages until she found the right one. She remembered when she had taken this picture all those years ago…
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Stu, Drew, Chas, Betty, Howard, and Lou had all just finished repaving the Finster's garage, as the old garage floor was a bit chipped and cracked, and Didi and Kira were both worried about the kids ever going in here, so most of the families had gathered together and told them that they'd take care of it.
They had left the garage to clean up, after using some of the left-over cement around the bottom of the walls for decoration (as they had finished re-paving the floor a few days ago, and it was completely dry.)
She saw Kimi head into the garage, as Stu, Drew, Chas, Howard, Betty, and Lou went to clean up. Kira was at the Java Lava, so Didi offered to watch the kids for her as she went to work.
Kimi looked a bit nervous, sneaking in there as if she was a spy on an undercover mission.
"Hmm, what's going on here?" Didi asked herself as she watched Kimi go in there. She walked over silently and looked in through a crack in the doorway. She had pushed it a bit more to get a better view, making the door creak a bit.
She saw Kimi quickly look over at the door nervously, but, since Didi had moved out of the light, Kimi shook it off.
"What are you doing, Kimi?" Didi asked silently.
She looked back, staying in the shadow of the doorway, so Kimi wouldn't notice her.
She saw Kimi take Tommy's old toy screw-driver out of her pocket, and then get on her knees near the wall. Didi watched as Kimi worked diligently on carving something in the wall. Even though there was barely any light in the garage, she could just barely see Kimi carve both Tommy's initials, and then her own below them. She put a plus sign in between them, and then drew a heart around them, an arrow going through the heart. Kimi kissed her fingertip and then touched the carving very lightly, as not to leave a mark. She put the screwdriver in her pocket, and left.
Didi had managed to move out of the way right when Kimi came through and went towards the sink, faking that she was washing dishes, even though the sink was dry and empty.
Kimi hadn't noticed a thing, as she went to join her friends in the living room.
Didi then went into the living room to grab a camera out of her purse. The kids barely noticed her, so she left them to their playing, and then went out into the garage.
She turned the light on a bit (every room in the Finster household had dimmer switches) and then looked right at the carving Kimi had just made. She smiled when she figured out she was correct down to the last detail; Kimi had made a carving of both her and Tommy's initials with a plus-sign in between them, which were inside a heart with an arrow going through it.
As she smiled, she sighed, and finally took a picture. After the light faded, she put the camera in her apron pocket and went back into the kitchen. She looked at the image through the digital screen and smiled once again.
A few weeks later, she had printed it out of Stu's computer and put it in her and Stu's personal photo album.
"Y'know Stu, I think we're gonna have to start getting ready for something" she told Stu as she showed him.
"Like what?" Stu asked her.
Didi shrugged.
"I don't know, but Lipchitz doesn't have anything on this in his books, he just started writing up books for non-toddlers but still young children, and hasn't had a topic like this in those books yet" she told him.
Stu closed the album.
"Well, Deed, until then, let's just keep this under-wraps for a bit, when this issue comes along, we'll just take it in stride, whether Lipchitz has anything on it or not" he told her, as he placed the album back underneath the couch.
"I don't think we'll be able to Stu, Kira and Chas know about this too, and I can tell this will be a big issue when it finally comes around."
Stu agreed, but then tried to shrug it off.
"Well, we all saw it, too, so Chas just put a box near the carving so no one'll see it."
They both sat on the couch.
"Stu, we can't keep this hidden forever" she told her husband.
Stu nodded.
"I know Deed, but we'll be able to handle it when it comes around."
Didi smiled, and then giggled.
"You know, I think Kimi and Tommy will make a cute couple when they get older" she told him.
Stu laughed a bit with her.
"I agree; so long as Tommy doesn't get my big nose" he said, poking his nose, making Didi laugh a bit more.
"Oh, Stu, your nose isn't that big, it's just the right size."
Stu laughed a bit more.
"Prove it!" he told her.
Didi kissed him tenderly on the lips.
"If it was too big, I wouldn't be able to do that." she said.
After their laughter died down a bit, she and Stu took the album back out again to look at the picture a bit more. After a while, they closed the album and put it back it back underneath the couch and left the living room to go to bed, turning the light off as they left, knowing that, some day, they'd have to face this issue.
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"And it looks like the issue is happening now." Didi said to herself.
She went to consult her collection of Lipchitz books, but, for the first time in her life, she decided against it.
"No, each child is different, and I'm not gonna rely on a generic description for my child."
She got a determined stare.
"I'm gonna do this MY way!"
She then picked up the telephone, and punched in a phone number.
After a few rings, she heard the pick-up tone.
"Hello, Kira?"
She heard a reply.
"It's happening; Kimi's finally going to tell Tommy…"
Kimi went back home, and told Susie that Tommy wasn't there.
"And he and Dil are at the Java Lava with CHUCKIE of all people, and I can't go down there and tell him now!" she said.
She fell face first onto her bed and groaned into the mattress.
Susie sat at her side, and helped calm her down. Afterwards, she had Kimi sit up straight and sat next to her.
"Kimi, don't get so bummed out, this isn't your last chance, I'll help you when they get back from the Java Lava, after all, they can't stay there forever!" she told her friend.
Kimi smiled and nodded.
"Thanks Susie" she said.
"Oh, by the way, what did my mom say about me leaving right after doing my homework?" she asked.
Susie waved her hand a bit.
"Oh, when I showed her how you did, she said she didn't mind, but she does want to see some improvement on your tests."
"What else?" Kimi asked.
Susie shrugged.
"Not much else, she got a phone call right after I told her, and I didn't wanna intrude."
They let that subject drop out of the air, and went to talking of other things.
But, an hour later, though, they heard Chas’s car pull up. Susie looked out of Kimi's window, and could just barely see the drive-way, where Chas parked and she saw Chuckie and Tommy get out of there.
"Kimi, get ready for this" Susie told her, as Kimi stood up.
Kimi got nervous and began biting her nails.
"I don't know Susie, I used up a lot of my determination just getting over there earlier" she told Susie, and then went back to biting her nails.
Susie grabbed Kimi's wrist and pulled it to get her finger-tips out of her mouth, and then had Kimi look directly at her.
"You're a determined girl Kimi!" she told her "you can do this!"
Kimi looked unsure.
"Who else but you would steal a pair of walkie-talkie's in a crowded water-park just to find an old man?" Susie asked.
This got Kimi to smile.
"And if you can do something like that, you can tell Tommy that you like him, it'll be easy as pie!" Susie told her "When Chuckie get's upstairs and into his room, and Tommy and Dil head home, you get down there and go tell him!"
Kimi looked Susie squarely in the eye, and her determination returned.
"I will Susie, I will!" she said.
And they both fist-bumped.
Susie helped Kimi keep watch, and once Chuckie went into his room (stopping by just to say 'hi' to them) Chas went into his home office, and Tommy went home with Dil, Susie sent Kimi off.
"Just go for it and tell him already, girl!" Susie told her, and shoved her out the doorway.
Kimi headed downstairs and saw her mom near the doorway, dusting off the table near the entryway, having just hung up the phone.
She looked up, and saw Kimi nervously heading for the door.
"Oh, Kimi-Chan, where are you going?" she asked.
Kimi looked up nervously.
"Oh, I wanted to talk to Tommy earlier, but he wasn't home, so now I'm going again since he's back; I need to tell him something." she replied.
Kira smiled, as if she knew. This sent a shiver down Kimi's spine, but she still kept up her determination.
"Oh, okay, have fun" Kira told her.
Kimi nodded, and left, but heard her mom say something before she left.
"But not too much fun, okay honey?" she asked, again, as if she knew why Kimi was leaving.
Kimi turned and nodded, ignoring another shiver that went down her back.
"Okay, mom" she told her, and closed the door.
Kimi went over to Tommy's house again and repeated the whole process again; almost thinking about going back, shaking off the fear, and forcing herself to ring the bell. But this time, Dil answered the door.
"Oh, hey there Kimi, what's going on?" he asked.
Kimi smiled this time, not having to be nervous around one of her friends.
"Oh, hey Dil." she said.
She nodded upstairs behind him.
"Is Tommy home?" she asked.
Dil nodded.
"Yeah, he's in his room." he told her, pointing upstairs.
He kept talking.
"He and I just came back from the Java Lava with Chuckie and your dad" he told her "We would've invited you, but your mom told us that you and Susie were still working on your homework, sorry."
Kimi nodded, looking past him.
"It's alright, uh, can I go and see him?" she asked.
Dil got a look of realization on his face.
"Oh, oh yeah, sorry" he said, and moved out of the way so she could come in.
She thanked him, and then headed straight upstairs.
Didi and Stu noticed this and crossed their fingers as they saw her head upstairs.
"Let's hope this all goes over alright, Deed" Stu told her.
"Oh, I hope they get together," Didi said with a smile "they'd look so right as a couple."
Tommy was sitting on his bed, strumming an acoustic guitar, when he heard a knock on his door. He set the guitar down and opened the door. He saw Kimi there.
"Oh hey Kimi, my mom just told me that you stopped by earlier." he told her, smiling.
Kimi looked at him, and saw that smile almost made her melt.
"Come on in, have a seat" he told her, and slid out the chair from his desk for her to sit down on.
Even with a limited amount of stuff to use, Tommy was still a gentleman to offer her a seat.
'Oh god, do I want him to be mine!' she thought.
She looked and saw that he was missing a few pictures. Tommy saw her looking, as he sat back on his bed in front of her, and pointed up at them.
"Oh yeah, I took down some of my pictures since Rachel moved away" he told her "I hate to admit it, but she was never really mine, and well, I have to move on."
Kimi's heart skipped a beat. This just gave her an even better chance for them to get together.
But as she saw the look on Tommy's face, she held back. Why should she try to get Tommy all to herself when he had lost a girl he really liked? He couldn't get over someone like that so fast, especially after the whole fiasco that they had set up.
She felt so selfish right then.
She sighed sadly.
"Oh, I'm sorry Tommy, I forgot that you were still sad about her moving away." she told him, leaning over and placing a comforting hand on his lap.
Tommy looked up and shook his head.
"Nah, I'm not all that sad, I'm fine." he told her, smiling again, and Kimi could tell this was sincere.
She nearly melted once more.
"So; what's up?" he asked.
Kimi got up from her seat and sat next to him, getting his full attention. She looked up at him.
"Look Tommy, these past few weeks, I've been thinking a lot about a certain something important, and well, you've probably been hearing about my grades lately." she told him.
Tommy nodded.
"Yeah, I heard our parents talking about your test scores a few weeks ago, and that's why Susie's been tutoring you lately."
Kimi nodded, scooting a bit closer to him.
"But there's a reason to that" she told him "You see, I have a problem, and you're the only person I can talk to about it, because well, it involves you."
Tommy put an arm around her, and Kimi just about lost her breath.
"Well, I'm here for you Kimi, always, just tell me whatever you need to tell me" he told her.
Many things went through Kimi's mind at that moment; she remembered all the way back to when they were babies when she first moved to America, waking up from their first group naptime together and finding her with her arm around Tommy. She remembered the ski trip and how excited Tommy was about getting his first kiss from that girl Olivia. She remembered Tommy's film festival when he apologized to his friends for catching them at their most embarrassing moments through a new film. And she thought of how great a friend Tommy was for always looking out for everyone in the group, and even what he had just said to her.
She looked up at him, and finally did what she had been wanting to do for years; she grabbed Tommy by the back of his neck, pulled him closer to her, and before he could react, she kissed him, right on the lips!
At first Tommy was a bit shocked by this, but then he returned the kiss, putting a hand on her shoulder. After a few seconds, they broke the kiss, and after a few moments of silence, Kimi spilled her guts!
"Tommy, I lied a few years ago about just liking you for a second when we were little" she told him "I've always liked you, and keeping this a secret from you has just been so unbearable that I haven't been able to do anything lately; I can't eat, I can't sleep, and I can't focus on my tests or my schoolwork without getting you on my mind!"
She looked directly at him.
"I really like you Thomas Pickles, heck, I believe whole-heartedly that I LOVE you, and I just had to do that thing right now, I couldn't hold it in any longer!"
She saw the shocked look on Tommy's face, and looked away, ashamed.
"Now that I've just unloaded on you, I can understand if you don't wanna talk to me anymore" she told him.
She was about to stand to leave, but that's when Tommy snapped out of his shocked state and grabbed her wrist.
"Kimi" he said, having her hang back.
She looked back at him.
"I'm so happy that you just told me that because well, I like you too, a lot" he told her, blushing a bit.
Kim smiled, beginning to blush as well.
"Really?" she asked.
Tommy stood up with her.
"Really" he answered, nodding.
Kimi looked him in the eye.
"Like me enough to tell me that you, maybe even, sorta…" she let the question hang.
Tommy cocked an eyebrow.
"Love you?" he asked.
She nodded, almost in excitement.
"Of course" he said to her, with that smile that almost made her melt again.
And at that, she threw her arms around him.
"Oh, Tommy!" she almost cried, a few tears going down her face "You've just made me the happiest girl in the world!"
Tommy hugged her back.
"And you've made me the happiest young man."
Kimi pulled back so she could look at him, still keeping an arm around his neck, his hands still on her waist. She began to finger-walk her hand up his chest, putting a flirty smile on her face.
"So Tommy, how forward would it be if I asked you to be my boyfriend right about now?" she asked.
Tommy blushed a bit at her being so flirty with him right off the bat after hooking up.
"I'd say that you just beat me to the punch of asking you to be my girlfriend" he told her.
Kimi smiled even more.
"Well then, who am I to turn down such a great offer?" she questioned, shrugging.
And, with that, they both embraced in a kiss once more.
They both got lost in the sensation, until they heard Tommy's door open, and saw a flash! They both unwillingly broke their kiss and saw Tommy's parents there, along with Dil, and Didi was holding a camera, which is what she took a picture with.
"Oh man, congratulations, champ!" Stu told him, pulling him into a hug.
"Yeah, way to go bro!" Dil said, punching him on the shoulder, after Stu let go of him.
Didi nearly squealed as she put the camera in her pocket.
"Oh, my little man finally has a girlfriend!" she said, wrapping her arms around him, kissing him on both his cheeks, twice.
Tommy whole face had turned red in embarrassment and anger, and seeing Kimi laugh at this only made him even more embarrassed.
"Guys! C'mon, can't we get a little privacy!" he said, yanking his mom's arms off, and wiping her lipstick off his cheeks.
Kimi laughed again.
"Whoa, don't get ahead of yourself Tommy, we just hooked up" she told him "You might wanna give that part a few years before we get there!"
That got Tommy to blush again as both of his parents and his brother laughed at that.
"Oh, I can't believe this is finally happening, you two are finally together!" Didi said "We've been expecting this for years ever since I saw Kimi carve those initials, but seeing this happen is just too much to bear!"
A few tears came to Didi's eyes, and she wiped them away before they all saw.
Kimi's eyes went wide.
"You saw me do that?!" she asked.
Didi nodded, sniffling a bit.
Kimi snapped her fingers.
"Dangit, I KNEW I heard that door creak!"
"Wow, you remember back that far, that's impressive!" Dil said as he was trying to take the excited vibe out of the air, as Tommy was still blushing in embarrassment.
Tommy eyed the camera in his mother's pocket.
"Please tell me that you're not gonna put what we just did online!"
"Nah, bro, they know about what happened when you two found those initials, and well-" Dil started.
"We're gonna leave that up to you the both of you about how you'll tell Chuckie." Stu told him.
After a few more congratulations and happy comments, they all left Tommy and Kimi to be alone.
Kimi finally groaned as she realized something.
"Ah man, I forgot about Chuckie and how he acted last time!" she said, face-palming.
She took her hand off her face, looked up at Tommy, and smiled with a bit of a blush.
"I, well, got kinda sidetracked what with spilling my guts out to you and all."
Tommy smiled back, but then got serious.
"But we do need to tell Chuckie about this" he told her.
He grabbed both her hands.
"About us" he corrected himself.
Kimi nodded back, closing her eyes, almost feeling regret. She looked back up at her [now] boyfriend.
"How though, Tommy?" she asked.
Tommy shook his head, unsure.
"I don't know Kimi, but we'll find a way…"
Later on, after sharing yet another kiss, they finally (regrettably) told each other good-bye as Kimi went home. Kimi thought of how she was gonna tell Chuckie, but had a hard time thinking of this, as she mostly focused on how happy she was to finally be together with Tommy. She was happier than she had ever felt before!
It was as if she was in a fairy tale and she was the princess with a happily ever after! She actually spun in a circle as she came up in front of her house, a smile on her face and her arms in the air. She nearly wanted to proclaim her happiness out loud, but it was getting dark and it would disturb the neighborhood.
As she finally made it home, she saw her mom and Chas waiting for her in the living room as she walked in. And, before she could ask, they answered the question on her mind.
"We just heard" Chas told her.
"And we're so happy about it!" Kira said.
She put her arms around Kimi.
"My baby's growing up!" she said, almost crying.
This time, Kimi went red in embarrassment.
"Aw, c'mon guys!" she said.
"It's not all that-" she started.
"Oh, we saw that love-struck look on your face, and how you spun around," Chas interrupted "don't tell us that it isn't that great."
"What isn't that great?" they heard a new voice say.
All eyes turned to the entrance of the room, and they saw Chuckie there, a Sony PSP in his hand, and he was just shutting it down as he heard what they had all just said.
They had all dropped the whole 'embarrassing Kimi about hooking up with Tommy' situation once they saw him.
"Oh, that Kimi's finally doing better on her tests again." Chas made up.
Chuckie smiled.
"Really?" he asked.
Kira nodded.
"Yeah, I'm guessing it was just a phase" she told him.
Chuckie had gone over to Kimi and hugged her lightly, which made her stiff up a bit.
"Congratulations, little sister" he told her.
"Uh, yeah, thanks Chuck" she said, returning the hug back, lightly.
He nodded and headed back upstairs.
Kimi immediately turned around. She didn't even need to ask.
"We're not gonna tell Chuckie about this, we know about what happened last time" Chas told her.
Kira leaned down almost on one knee, and put a hand on her shoulder.
"We're going to leave that up to you and Tommy, but don't hold it off to long, because if Chuckie finds out to late, I don't know if we can help you then" she told her.
Kimi closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I understand guys, and don't worry; Tommy and I will tell him!" she told them.
She went to head up to her room, but Chas and Kira pulled her back.
"Again though-" Chas started, as they both put their arms around her.
"-Congratulations, Kimi-Chan" Kira told her, sniffling a bit.
Kimi smiled and hugged them back.
"Thanks mom and dad, thanks…" she said.
The next day, as the whole group took the bus to school, Kimi sat next to Tommy, while Phil and Lil sat behind them, Dil behind them, and then Chuckie came and joined them, so Kimi had moved to the seat across from them.
Chuckie was talking to Tommy about some new video game that had come out, and Tommy nodded so Chuckie would think he was still listening. But as Chuckie went on, Tommy leaned a bit forward so he could look at Kimi.
Both of them were a bit worried, and they could tell by the look in each other's eyes, but they both nodded, knowing that they would have to talk about it later.
Before Chuckie could see though, Kimi blew Tommy a quick kiss, and he smiled, leaning back as Chuckie still went on, a smile coming across Tommy's face.
Later that day, Lil and Kimi were eating lunch at the same table, Phil, Dil, Tommy, and Chuckie not so far from them, playing two-on-two basketball near a half-court on the blacktop.
Kimi was watching Tommy playing, her eyes following him as he moved around, barely touching her lunch. She let out a dreamy sigh, and that managed to get Lil to look away from one of the boys she was looking at. She saw Kimi still staring at Tommy. She looked at the both of them a few times, and then smiled, knowing what was going on.
"Finally!" she said.
"Huh?" Kimi asked her enchanted trance breaking.
Lil put her arms around Kimi, pulling her closer to her as she hugged her.
"You and Tommy are finally together!" she said.
"What?!" Kimi said, her face flushing red.
"NO! No, we're not!" she denied.
Lil took her arms off her and looked directly at her, moving her leg so she was sitting over the bench attached to the table, one leg underneath the table and one leg facing outside. She placed her hands as well as she could on her hips.
"Alright Kimi, don't try to lie to your best friend; I can tell whether you're doing that or not!"
Kimi smiled then.
"Well alright, you're right, we just got together last night" she admitted.
Lil nearly squealed in pure delight.
"OMG! Spill it, girl!" she told Kimi, grabbing her hands.
Kimi giggled and went into full detail, making sure that neither of the boys could hear. After she finished, Lil squealed and pulled Kimi into another hug. And this time, Kimi returned it.
"Oh man, this is so awesome!" she told Kimi "I was hoping this would happen soon!"
She looked over at the boys.
"I gotta tell Phil!"
Kimi stopped her.
"NO!" she told her, pulling her back into her seat.
"You can't tell him, Chuckie might hear!"
Lil looked at her sideways, shrugging.
"So?" she asked.
Kimi rubbed the back of her neck.
"So…" she said" he, uh, still doesn't exactly, well, know, yet…"
Lil sat back down properly, and placed a hand on Kimi's shoulder.
"So you're afraid that if he finds out, that he'll freak out at you two and history will repeat itself?" she asked.
Kimi nodded.
"Tommy and I want to find a way to tell him about us, but we haven't had a chance to talk since last night."
Lil sat a bit closer.
"Well, we all have study hall next period, right?" she asked.
Kimi nodded again.
"Yeah, so?" she asked, confused.
"So," Lil told her "you and Tommy sit next to each other, since there isn't assigned seating, and talk it over."
"I'll distract Chuckie, and get Phil and Dil to help."
Kimi finally smiled again, and they both high fived.
"Right on, girl!" she said.
They both laughed and then went back to watching the boys play. Kimi glanced at Lil after a few minutes, and noticed who she was looking at; Chuckie. She smiled then, and went back to watching Tommy.
The boys had finished, Tommy and Dil winning against Chuckie and Phil by only one point. Chuckie had left to go to their next class early.
Tommy had gotten a small towel out of his backpack to wipe the sweat off his face, and as he reached back for his neck, Kimi had snatched it and did it for him, then went in front of him, whipped it around his neck, and pulled him close to her.
She kissed him on the nose, and they both giggled.
Dil hadn't noticed, as he and Lil were talking after they grabbed their stuff and left, but Phil had seen as he was re-tying his shoes (this pair never seemed to stay tied for him!)
Kim had left with Lil and Dil, and Phil stayed back as Tommy grabbed his stuff. Kimi had turned back around to wave a bit at Tommy, and he waved as well, a love-struck smile on his face as Kimi winked back at him.
Phil put a hand on Tommy's shoulder, nodding.
"Congratz, dude" he told him.
Tommy looked up.
"Huh?" he asked.
"You and Kimi are finally together man, congratz!" Phil told him.
Unlike Kimi though, Tommy didn't deny it. He told him about what had happened as they went to class, taking it a bit slow so they wouldn't keep talking as they went inside and have the risk of Chuckie hearing.
"…so I'm hoping you, Dil, and Lil could keep Chuckie distracted so Kimi and I could talk about how we're gonna tell him."
Phil agreed and they both fist-bumped.
"You got me on board, bro, always willing to help."
"Thanks Phil" Tommy said, as they came upon their class, and went in quick, knowing the bell would ring soon.
Tommy and Kimi had taken seats at desks in the corner of the room, and Phil and Lil had gotten Chuckie to sit with them out of view of Tommy and Kimi, distracting him a bit, not needing to do much, as he was too focused on finishing his homework so he wouldn't have to do it at home.
Kimi took out her notebook and handed Tommy a pen, getting one for her as well. They didn't wanna talk too loud, in case Chuckie managed to hear.
'I'm so happy we're together' she wrote.
Tommy smiled and began to write.
'Me too, Kimi.'
Kimi wrote again.
'So, how are we gonna tell Chuckie about us, Tom-Tom?'
Tommy cocked an eye-brow, and wrote something down.
'Tom-Tom??'
He looked up at her, and she was a bit confused.
'What, too early for nick-names?'
Tommy shrugged.
'Not so bad, I actually like it…'
Kimi smiled, but then got back on subject.
'Should you tell him, or should I? 'Cause he'd probably hit you, but if I do, he won't hurt me; never has, never will!'
Tommy shook his head.
'I don't think it should be either of us separately, I think we both should tell him, together!'
Kimi nodded.
'Agreed.'
Then Kimi flipped her note-book over, and she and Tommy went to talking aloud of other things, that way, if Chuckie overheard them, he wouldn't mind, or even care.
As class ended, and school got out for the day, the whole class all left, but Chuckie had stayed behind because he was finally finishing his last problem on his math homework.
After he finished though, he packed up and left as well, and then saw a piece of paper on the ground, knowing it was from Kimi's notebook, as she was the only one with paper that had yellow lines instead of blue.
He picked it up, and rushed down the halls to give it to her, not reading it. But as he rounded a corner, he saw Kimi and Tommy walking together.
And they were holding hands…
Chuckie was really curious about this, and slowed down a bit. But then he saw something that shocked the living daylights out of him; Kimi put her hands on Tommy's shoulders, kicked her leg up, leaning on him, and then…
they KISSED!
Kimi pulled back, giggled, and then rushed off to leave. She and Tommy both waved as Tommy went into another hall, where his locker was.
Chuckie was frozen in place, almost in shock. But then, anger began to boil up inside him! His best friend had done that to his sister, and didn't even tell him! Chuckie unfolded the paper in his hands, and only read the first two lines, and got even ANGRIER! It got so bad that he ripped the paper in his hands to shreds.
At this, he finally moved. He charged into the hall, going to confront Tommy.
Tommy was putting a few of his books from his backpack into his locker, Kimi still on his mind, and as he leaned down to take some stuff out of his backpack again, he heard his locker door slam shut, echoing down the hall. He looked up, and could see Chuckie, his hand on Tommy's locker, blocking it.
Tommy stood up straight, not noticing the furious look in Chuckie's eyes as he went to put his combination into his locker again.
"Hey Chuck, what's going on, man?" he asked.
Chuckie pushed Tommy forward, away from his locker.
"How DARE you?!" Chuckie asked furiously.
Tommy was a bit confused, but he was starting to realize it.
"'How dare I' what?" he asked.
Chuckie pointed down the hall.
"How dare you gnaw on my little sister's face like that!" he shouted "And in public no less!"
He grabbed Tommy by his shirt collar and slammed him against the lockers on the walls. He pointed at Tommy, glaring so hard, so much anger in his eyes that Tommy was starting to shake. Chuckie had never been like this before.
"You keep your grimy hands off my sister, ya hear me Pickles? She's an innocent young girl, and I'm not gonna let her invade your perverted mind, even if you ARE my best friend!"
Chuckie let go and was about to leave when Tommy mentioned something.
"But Kimi and I are together now…" he told Chuckie.
Chuckie turned around so fast on his heal that he nearly rubbed the sole off of his shoe.
"What?!" he yelled.
He pushed Tommy forward against the lockers again.
"You and Kimi have been dating behind my back for I don't know how long, and haven't bothered to tell me?!" he said, glaring so much at Tommy that he was surprised he hadn't caught aflame.
"How long have you been dating, and how many thoughts have invaded your mind about my little sister, because I'll tell you something; I'm not gonna let them come true!"
Tommy was almost silenced in fear, but still tried to talk.
"But, Ch-chuckie, I..." he started.
"I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT!" Chuckie shouted.
He pulled Tommy off of the lockers, and then shoved him HARD onto the tile floor.
"As of now, you are NO LONGER allowed near my sister, you hear me?!" he told him.
He didn't give Tommy a chance to talk, as he grabbed Tommy's back-pack and threw it to the end of the hall. Tommy got back up to go get it, and when he turned around, Chuckie was long gone.
Kimi was going to the parking area where she saw her mom waiting to pick her and Chuckie up. Since she was there first, she went and sat shotgun.
"Konichiwa, Kimi-Chan" her mom said, as Kimi buckled up.
"Hey, mom," she said "Chuckie's on his way, he just stayed a bit late to finish up his homework."
Kira smiled.
"He always does that" she said.
"Well it is important" Kimi replied.
She turned away to look out the window.
"More or less…" she mumbled.
Kira giggled a bit at hearing that.
They waited a bit and then saw Chuckie in the crowd of kids. But he walked past them off of the school campus and onto the sidewalk. Kira drove along-side of him and Kimi rolled down her window.
"Chuckie, what's up?" she asked "Don't you see that Mom's here to pick us up?"
Chuckie glanced down at her.
"Shut up, you liar!" he nearly ordered.
Kimi was confused at this, but just by seeing how angry he was, she already realized it.
She was about to talk to him, but they had caught up into traffic, and Kira had to join the other cars to get out of the pick-up area. Once they got out of the jam, though, Chuckie was already gone.
"He knows…" Kimi said, sadly.
Kira nodded.
"And I don't think he likes it very much."
Kimi nodded in agreement, a sad frown on her usually cheery face, and the rest of the ride home was in silence.
Kimi went up to her room as soon as they got home, and Kira had called Chas at the Java Lava to tell him of what happened, and Kimi left her door open so she could see when Chuckie came home.
She had gotten a call from Tommy as she waited and he told her in full detail of what had happened. This made Kimi go from sad to angry in less than a minute. To assault Tommy in such a brutal way, and all over a little thing like a kiss?
Now, she wasn't gonna ask Chuckie for forgiveness; she'd make HIM beg for HER forgiveness!
And right after she ended the call, she heard the front door open and then slam closed! She could hear her mom try to talk to Chuckie, but he was already heading down the hall and up the stairs to his room. But, since Kimi's room was right before his, she was right after him.
Knowing she'd be waiting for him, he slammed his door, almost on her face, but, he didn't have a lock on his door, so she instantly opened it.
Chuckie was at his desk and Kimi slowly walked in, glaring.
"How dare you?" she asked him.
Chuckie turned around and looked at her, returning the glare even harder, ignoring the fact that this was their first ever argument.
"How dare I? HOW DARE YOU?!" he nearly shouted.
"You just let Tommy gnaw on your face like that in public?" he asked "AND you hid the fact that you two are dating from me?"
He pointed directly at her "You have no right to ask me that!"
Kimi charged towards him, and looked him right in the eye. She clenched her hands into fists, wanting to strike, but held back. So she just held one up, and starting to count on her fingers instead.
"One, I kissed him, not the other way around!" she told him, holding up one finger.
"Two, it was only a peck." she told him, holding up another.
"Three, why did we hide the fact? Because we knew you'd react this way!"
She held up another.
"And four, we just got together LAST NIGHT!" She held up all fingers except for her thumb.
She leaned closer, the glare still in her eyes, scaring the glare out of Chuckie's eyes, making him back down. He sat in his chair again. But then he folded his arms and turned around, pouting.
"You still didn't have to hide it from me…" he grumbled.
Kimi continued to glare at him, but as she saw the look on his face in the reflection of his window, she had calmed herself down, and had gone from angry back to sad. She sat on his bed, and then leaned over to put her hand on his shoulder.
"We didn't wanna hide this from you, Chuckie, we wanted to tell you together, but you figured it out to fast before we could think of anything."
She had Chuckie turn around.
"Look Chuckie, I like Tommy, I've liked him since we were kids." she told him "I admit now that I never got over that feeling from when I carved those initials all those years ago, I kept it hidden, especially after what happened last time."
She got down on her knees, since Chuckie was still looking down.
"But my feelings for Tommy have gotten so out of control lately, and that's why my grades weren't doing so well."
She stood back up and sat on his bed again.
"Chuckie…" she said, getting him to look up.
"I believe whole-heartedly that I love Tommy, and I always have."
Chuckie had a mix of surprise, anger, and disgust at hearing that.
"But" Kimi said, putting her hand over his "I love being your sister more, and if me being with Tommy would really make you uncomfortable, then, I won't be with him anymore."
She kissed Chuckie on his cheek, and then left. Chuckie looked up as she left, and regret shot through him. But he still didn't like what had all happened…
The next day, Chuckie avoided the group the whole day at school. He sat at the back of the bus on the way to school, away from his friends. He moved away and sat at another seat in science class, since he sat between Tommy and Kimi then. He sat alone at lunch. He didn't turn his nose up or give them angry looks; he just looked away from them when they looked at him.
But, knowing that while he was avoiding them, they could tell that he was still watching them when they weren't looking at him, so Kimi and Tommy kept their distance, not to make Chuckie any angrier or sadder.
After school, the Finster household was in silence. Kimi and Chuckie ate alone in their rooms when dinner was made, both of them making sure to avoid each other, and Chas and Kira ate alone at the dinner table, for the first time ever.
As Chuckie was about to leave to go wash his dish, he heard his door open. He turned from his computer desk and saw Tommy there.
Chuckie instantly sat back down and looked away from him, having the same attitude towards him that he had towards Kimi the previous day.
But, unlike Kimi, Tommy didn't start out aggressive, he started out [and stayed] sympathetic.
"Chuckie, I know you don't like what's happened, but I can't help it." he said, not even starting off with a greeting.
"I like Kimi and she likes me, and can I say that we love each other?" he questioned.
Chuckie barely glanced back.
"Yes, I can" he answered.
Chuckie looked away again.
"But, I've known you longer than I've known her, and I love our friendship as well." he told Chuckie.
"So if me dating your sister is wrong to you, then I'll stop."
Chuckie still didn't turn around, and after a few minutes of silence, Tommy knew that Chuckie wouldn't budge, so he left.
As he heard his door close though, Chuckie looked back, and sighed sadly.
The whole depressed vibe had spread from Kimi, Tommy, and Chuckie to the rest of the group, and they brought this to their homes. All the parents had become depressed at seeing how their kids were acting and couldn't think of a way to overcome it.
By Friday, the third day of the issue, Phil, Lil, Dil, Susie, and Angelica (who had heard about Kimi and Tommy hooking up the day after it happened from Susie) all wanted to confront Chuckie about what he had started, but decided against it, knowing that, while this did concern the whole group, it had to be settled by the ones it fully involved.
When Chuckie got home that day, the time that he usually spent with his friends, what with it being a Friday, he spent alone in his room. He lay on his bed, bouncing a rubber ball against the wall, catching it every time it bounced back.
As late afternoon rolled around, he heard his door open. He looked over and saw his dad come in.
"Hey there, bucko" he said.
Chuckie sighed and returned back to what he was doing.
"Hey dad…" he said, bored and sad.
His dad closed the door behind him. It was silent for a minute, until Chas finally spoke up.
"Look, Chuckie" he said "I may have been an only child, but I know that your little sister dating your best friend may be awkward for you, and I know this is a big issue, but it's only that way because you've let it become so."
Chuckie caught the ball he was bouncing, as to stop the noise of it to pay attention to his dad.
"I can tell that this is hard for you, and a little weird, but you can't control it." he continued "Even though I am proud that you're looking out for Kimi."
He sat on the edge of Chuckie's bed.
"Nevertheless, you need to know that, while they do like each other, they both care about you," he told him "so much, in fact, that they would break up just to keep you satisfied."
Chuckie sat upright.
"What makes you say that, dad?" he asked.
His door opened again.
"Because they're doing so right now, down in the living room" Kira told him, walking in.
"WHAT?!" he nearly shouted.
Chuckie's eyes went wide and he dashed out the door to see. Not to watch it, but to stop it from happening!
Nickj523 II (talk) 11:11, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
A few minutes ago…
Tommy had gone over to Chuckie's place after coming home from school, which was earlier than he usually was home, since the whole group usually hung out after school on Fridays at the Java Lava or at their other favorite hang-outs. But without Chuckie there, it just wasn't the same and they had all dispersed and went home.
He had gone over, and Kira and Chas had Kimi come downstairs when he asked for her. They could just tell what he was there for, and they knew that they had to intervene.
Tommy and Kimi sat on the couch, but not very close, as the whole vibe that Chuckie had created took the lovey-dovey feeling out of the air when they were together.
"Look Kimi, being with you is great, and I can't remember ever being any happier than now." he told her.
Kimi smiled and scooted closer to him, but it didn't mean anything.
Tommy took her hand and looked straight at her.
"But if us being together is going to make Chuckie so angry that the group will break apart, I don't wanna let that happen."
Kimi could already tell what was on his mind, and she didn't like it one bit.
"You mean…" she started to ask, but was unable to finish. She didn't want to hear it from her mouth, or Tommy's.
Tommy nodded, though.
"To prevent the group from breaking up, we need to break up."
Tears began to come to Kimi's eyes, and then she began to cry. At this Tommy comforted her, putting his arms around her. And Kimi was so sad she didn't even want to fight him off. Instead, she put her arms around him as well as she began to bawl.
"B-but, we just got together!" she told him, her head on his shoulder.
"I can't lose you now! I love you, Tommy!" she told him, clutching him harder.
Tommy rubbed her on the back slowly, a few tears slipping down his face.
"I know Kimi, I love you too, but I can't let us being together ruin my friendship with Chuckie, and I can't let that effect the whole group and break everyone apart after being great friends all these years."
Kimi began to cry harder, and Tommy held her in his arms, knowing that this may be the first, last, and only time to do so.
But, as they were just about to break apart, thus ending their brief relationship, they heard something…
Nickj523 II (talk) 11:11, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
Chuckie stood at the top of the stairs watching the whole thing go on. At this moment, so many things went through his mind.
He could remember all the brave acts Tommy had done for him they were little, from standing up to a play-ground bully who ate a bunch of junk-food, to helping everyone in the group with any problems they had.
He could remember all that Kimi had done for him too, from making him feel welcome to a new lifestyle, and help him come out of his shell at a new daycare.
He could remember all the happy memories of the group, and he knew that if Kimi and Tommy broke-up right now, THEN the group would break up, not if they stayed together!
Everything would come crumbling down and he would be the one to blame for all of it! All those happy memories would fade to black and the group would never associate with each other ever again.
So, to stop all of this, he said the first word that he could ever remember saying…
Nickj523 II (talk) 11:11, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
"NO!" Chuckie said, running down the stairs.
He almost tripped as he headed down, but didn't care. He skipped the last three steps and then ran into the living room and then charged towards them.
"Don't do it guys!" he said to them.
He stopped only a foot away from them, seeing that they had separated from each other to look up at him. Kimi's mascara was running.
"Don't let my petty feelings break you guys apart!"
He pulled them up, and put his arms around him.
"You guys mean so much to me, and you're made for each other!" he told them, holding them tighter.
Tommy and Kimi were surprised by him acting like this all of a sudden.
He took his arms off of them, and finally unloaded.
"Look, I'll admit it, I don't exactly like to see you guys getting together" he told them.
He looked at Tommy.
"It's kinda breaking the bro-code, dude." he told him, only sounding a little ticked, instead of absolutely furious.
"But, if I had to pick the perfect guy to trust my little sister to-"
He took Kimi's hand, and then took Tommy's and brought them together.
"-I'm happy that it's my best friend, as I trust him completely, no matter what."
Kimi and Tommy looked down at their hands, and then looked up at Chuckie, totally confused.
"Look" Chuckie said, rubbing his temples at having to expand his opinion
"You guys are both tough, brave, and, at times, won't take 'No' for an answer." he told them "And you need to do that now, and not let me get in the way."
"Seeing you guys actually admit defeat just isn't right."
"So, ignore me, and stay together." he finished.
They looked at him again.
He shrugged.
"I'll learn to get used to it."
Kimi and Tommy finally smiled, and once they finally looked at each other, the smiled even more. And at that, they both threw their arms around each other. Chuckie smiled, until he saw their hug turn into an embracing kiss. He covered his eyes, and then made a gagging sound loud enough to get their attention.
They broke the kiss and looked at him, blushing.
"That" he said "will take some time to get used too, though!"
Kimi and Tommy both laughed, and then each held an arm out, still holding hands.
"C'mon Chuck, this hug ain't much without you" Tommy told him.
"Join in!" Kimi said.
Chuckie smiled, and hugged them as they each put an arm around him.
"Guys, I'm sorry for all I've done these past few days, I was a big jerk and I shouldn't have acted that way…" he told them.
"We forgive you" Tommy said.
"It's hard to stay angry at the best big brother ever" Kimi told him.
They all hugged a bit tighter.
Everything was right once again!
As they continued hugging, Chas and Kira had gone down the stairs and joined in; making it a bigger group hug. After they broke it, Kimi suggested they do something special to celebrate.
Tommy looked out the window, and knew that it would be a little more than two hours before sun-set.
"What's say we get Phil, Lil, and Susie, and call up Angelica and throw a spur-of-the-moment pool party and sleep-over at my place?" he asked.
Chuckie and Kimi agreed, and Chas and Kira gave them permission. As they hurried up the stairs to grab a few things, they left Tommy alone with Chas and Kira.
So Kira took a chance to tell him something.
She got down to his height and put her hand on his shoulder. Chas came up to her side.
"Let me tell you something Tommy" she said gently.
Tommy looked at her, and nodded.
"Uh, okay…" he said, nervously.
Kira brought her other hand to her chest.
"I love the fact that you and Kimi are together, and would even break-up to keep Chuckie happy, but-"
She pointed sharply at him and changed her tone, glaring a bit.
"-If you ever make my baby-girl cry again, you will live to regret it!"
Tommy was a bit scared, and could see the stern look in both Kira and Chas’s eyes.
So Tommy put his right hand over his chest.
"I will treat your daughter with the up-most respect, and I will never make her cry again as long as I live." he told them.
He crossed his finger over his chest, making an 'X' and Kira and Chas could both see the honest look in his eye, and accepted it.
Chuckie and Kimi had each grabbed an over-night sleeping bag and a pillow. Kimi had grabbed her new bikini, and Chuckie had grabbed his trunks and goggles.
They left with Tommy, and had swung by Susie's place, as well as Phil & Lil's to tell them both the news of what had happened, and to invite them over. They were all happy to hear of such great news and agreed to all come over in a few minutes.
Didi and Stu were happy to let this spur-of-the-moment party to take place, as they were happy for Chuckie to finally accept this and see the whole group happy once again, and even said they'd order a few pizza's to make this celebration a bit more festive.
In a little less than a half-hour later, everyone was in Tommy's back yard, some swimming in the pool, and some just lounging on the lawn-chairs.
When they broke for pizza, night-fall began to come and they set up to hang-out in the living room to watch a few movies and gorge on their pizza.
And, as it got later, they all set up their sleeping bags and changed into their PJs to go to sleep.
Kimi and Tommy though, stayed up a bit longer to talk some more.
They were both sharing a double-sleeping bag, as Angelica had forgotten one, so Kimi gave her hers, and Tommy had gotten the one they were in from the garage. Kimi snuggled up to Tommy, and they both held hands underneath the cover of the sleeping bag.
"I'm so happy we're together" she said, for the tenth time that night.
"Me too," Tommy agreed, not even annoyed at her saying that again.
And then they kissed, for the fifth time that day. This one was longer than most of them, as they didn't have to worry about anyone seeing. After they broke it, Kimi glanced across the room.
"Especially-"
"-since Chuckie finally approves of us" Tommy said with her, as she had said this ever since her brother fell asleep.
Kimi smirked at him, moving around a bit. But she only did that so she could reposition herself to be closer to him. Tommy put his arm around her as they looked around the room at all their friends sleeping peacefully.
Tommy sighed.
Kimi looked up at him.
"What is it, Tom-Tom?" she asked.
Tommy shrugged, and then looked over at Chuckie.
"Well," he said "do you think Chuckie will ever get bit by the love bug like us?"
Kimi smiled and looked over at Lil. In her sleep, she had turned over and reached her arm just enough to put her hand on Chuckie's chest.
"Oh, I think he will" she said "I've been seeing Lil making googly-eyes at him for a while, and I think they might get together."
Tommy looked down at her, as she put her head on his chest.
"So, what, you think we should play matchmaker, Kimi?" he asked.
Kimi thought for a minute, and then shook her head slightly.
"Nah, we should let what happens happen between them, just like us."
Tommy silently laughed a bit.
"But then it'll take forever" Tommy told her "you know how slow Chuckie takes things."
Kimi nodded slightly.
"Well, maybe Lil will take the initiative" she told him "probably in a dire situation, like a rescue mission or something."
Tommy cocked an eye-brow questioningly. Kimi shrugged underneath the sleeping bag.
"No clue where that came from…" she told him.
She then looked around at everyone again.
"Hmm, I wonder if Phil would get pissed about them?" she wondered aloud (but quietly, of course.)
Tommy groaned quietly.
"Here we go again…" he said.
Kimi giggled a bit, and then reached over to turn off the lamp next to the couch, as it had a switch on the cord, as well as at the top near the bulb.
Kimi turned over and put her head on Tommy's chest and her arms around him. Tommy put his arm around her, holding her close to him. In the darkness, they could just see each other's faces very faintly. They both looked at each other and sighed happily.
"I love you Tommy Pickles" Kimi said.
Tommy put his arm around her a little more.
"And I love you too, Kimiko Watanabe-Finster" Tommy told her.
And at that, they both feel asleep in each other's arms.
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