5

The party had quieted down as the night emerged, starlight shone through the small window in the larger room.

Only 3 toons lay awake.Astro, Boxten, and Glisten.

Why was Astro awake? I wouldn't know, but Glisten and Boxten had their reasons.

Boxten watched Glisten as he prepared his sleeping bag, a pink satin outside with a soft cotton inside, finished with a shimmering gold zipper on the sides.

Glistened yawned and laid down, he had already cleaned himself up for the night, and was ready for bed.

"Hey uhm... Glisten.."Boxten whispered, careful not to wake anybody up, or alert Astro, who was watching Dandy closely.

"Yeah? what is it, hun?"Glisten turned over onto his stomach, resting his hands on his chin as he kicked his feet in the air.

"Can you.. follow me?"Boxten gestured towards the other room after he caught Astro's curious gaze.

It was easy to tell when Astro was watching, he had a giant star for an eye.

Glisten raised an eyebrow and nodded, standing up gracefully.

Boxten felt that even the smallest things that Glisten did made him blush, even if it was just a look his way or something like that.

He led Glisten through the hallway into the same closet that him and Cosmo spoke in.

"Uh- Boxy why am I in a small dusty closet..."Glisten grimaced as he ran a finger along the wall and flicked the dust particles off.

Boxten huffed, now was his time to tell Glisten how he felt.

"I... I just want you to know that.... uh.. you're a great friend!-.. and i hope we can stay friends..?"

Glistened raised an eyebrow again and smiled, chuckling slightly.

"Of course we can! We wouldn't we?"He put a hand on Boxten's gently.

Boxten quietly screamed at himself in his head.He was too busy yelling things to himself to notice the touch, which would've sent him into a coma probably.Glisten left the closet quickly, dusting himself off and smiling at Boxten who was stumbling out.

They both walked back to the living room together, carefully trying to avoid Astro's gaze.They didn't realize they had failed.

Astro saw them walk in and out of the room, suspiciously he woke up Cosmo after the other two had fallen asleep.

"mmmm.. what."Cosmo cracked one eye open, quickly covering his face when he bright light from Astro's star blinded him.

"Sorry- Anyways we need to talk."

"Uhhhhrhrhdhsghdhrushs..... about whhhhattttt???"Cosmo whined, peeling Sprout's arm off of him as they snuggled, and sitting upright.Astro gestured towards the kitchen.

When they made it there Astro hopped up onto the counter and glared at Cosmo.

"What did you and Boxten do when you both vanished? And why are him and Glisten sneaking off?"Astro quietly yelled, squinting at Cosmo.The carroll giggled to himself and jumped onto the counter as well.

"I can't tell you that, I made a promise! Only me and Sprout can know!"Cosmo proudly snickered.

"... you and Sprout?.. what does Sprout have to do with them both?-"Astro was incredibly confused now, his large star dimmed slightly as smaller one dotted his face.

Cosmo chuckled again."Me and him had a 'theory' and I pulled Boxten aside to see if it was right, turns out it was! And i promised Boxten not to tell anybody! Not even you, silent one."Cosmo hopped down front the counter and left the kitchen, carefully trying to not wake up any toons.

Astro stayed behind for a few moments before following.