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F is for Friends who do stuff together

Who: Mabel and Leatherhead
What: Mabel decides to visit her friend after Halloween.
When: After Halloween, Afternoon
Where: Leatherhead's Apartment

[After the successful candy haul that trick-or-treating on Halloween brought, Mabel had been feeling a lot better than she had the weeks before. With Dipper not around she figured that this Halloween would be the worst ever, considering it was literally her first without Dipper...

But not so. She had been pleasantly surprised by friends who went trick-or-treating with her, helping her both enjoy herself and get her mind off of things she couldn't control.
That's the main reason why she's knocking on Leatherhead's apartment door with Aoshima standing on her shoulders with his body flopped over the top of her head. She stands there with a wide grin on her face and a cloth bag in her hands.]

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[Leatherhead did enjoy trick-or-treating with Mabel. So much that all the candy has kept him up through almost the entire night. Needless to say, he sugar crashed pretty hard, sleeping in till the afternoon. When Mabel knocks, he barely got himself out of the tub, dressed in a simple t-shirt and baggy pants.

But Duke had way more stamina than his Chosen Child, leaving him way more awake. Leatherhead sleepily answered the door, Duke at his side.]

...are we going trick-or-treating again?

Halloween's over, you dork.

[Mabel giggles, shaking her head.]

No silly, Duke's right! Wouldn't it be great if we could trick-or-treat EVERY day though?

[Leatherhead might notice that she's wearing a different sweater today. This one is light green and has a small turtle stitched in the center.]

S'it ok if me and Aoshima come in? I brought you something.

That would be wonderful...even though I would fall asleep late.

You just always see the bight side, don't you?

Yes, it's alright. What is it?

You'll see, it's a surprise!

[Mabel grins as she steps into the apartment, Aoshima hopping off her shoulders as she goes. As she makes her way inside she examines the apartment curiously. It looks a lot like the one she's been living in, but something does catch her eye.

She stops in front of the bathroom, tilting her head at the runes written on the piece of paper taped to the door.]

What are these?

[Leatherhead's eyes follow to the runes on the door, shrugging as Mabel asks about it.]

They are...runes. They are special letters...I learned them from a friend.

Neat! My brother would probably know about these..

[She glances at Aoshima with a brief smile before looking back up at Leatherhead.]

So, where's your bedroom?

Your brother?

[He points to the tub.]

This is where I sleep.

[Mabel doesn't seem to question Leatherhead's bed of choice and simply walks into the bathroom, sitting down on the toilet as she rummages through her bag.]

Yeah, my twin brother, Dipper. He likes stuff like that.

[She doesn't say much more, her smile fading only just.]

Dipper...it is a good name.

[That's all he wanted to say. He tilts his head, trying to figure out what Mabel is searching for.]

[Mabel chuckles, pulling out a long piece of string from the bottom of the bag after some searching.]

Hehe..It's just a nickname, but I like it too. Now c'mere!

[She gestures for Leatherhead to sit on the floor in front of her while Aoshima moves to sit down too.]

[String? What the heck is going on? Leatherhead sits on the floor, really confused by it all. Just what did Mabel have planned.]

Now lemme see...

[Pursing her lips she leans forwards and suddenly wraps the string around Leatherhead's head, holding it there for a moment. Then she moves back and pulls a small pair of scissors from her bag, snipping the string off before dropping the rest back into her lap for the moment.

Then she looks back up at Leatherhead.]

What's your favorite color?

[He stares long and hard, his eyes bearing a look of INTENSE focus. It's not often someone asks you your favorite color. In Leatherhead's case, it's never.]

...orange.

[Perfect.]

[Mabel's grin brightens as she rummages through her bag again, pulling out a cluster of orange lillies. She actually has a lot more other varieties of flowers than this in her bag. They seem to be fake, though- better to keep alive, anyway.

She then pulls out what looks like a wooden needle from the bag and threads one edge of the string through and carefully knots it while she talks, swinging her legs over the edge of the toilet.]

Do you like flowers, Leatherhead?

[His eyes fixate on the strange things in her hand. They seemed so...alive. But they weren't like the kraang or any mutant or human. They were like those green things he saw from time to time. They seemed so pretty...and they had freckles too!]

I have...never seen them before.

They are pretty...

[Mabel nods, humming to herself as she carefully pushes the needle through the base of the first flower, pulling it down to the end before picking up another. Before she continues and reaches into a pocket in the front of the bag and pulls out something else. A real lily, just like the fake ones. She holds it out for Leatherhead to take while she continues.]

I bought a whole bunch of these a few weeks ago. I was gonna use them at the sleepover parties I was gonna have but...I didn't want to wait!

[Leatherhead takes it in his hands, his fingers delicately supporting it as if it'd collapse into fair dust any moment. It felt so...alive and pretty. He watched Mabel go to work, holding his new found flower.]

You seriously never saw a flower before?

No...but, what are you using them for?

I'm making you a crown! See-

[She digs one she already made from her bag, made from white lilies, and promptly plops it on Duke's head.]

-like this!

[Duke glares up at it like he just got pranked.]

What are you trying to do, crown me the king of flower land?

...what are they for?

[Aoshima barely stifles a snicker, waggling a brow at Duke.]

What's wrong with bein' the king of flower land, eh?

[Mabel continues stringing flowers onto the string in her hands as she answers, humming a little between words.]

Whatever you want, really. I just like making them cause I think they're pretty. I don't have much thread to make any new sweaters right now, so I'm making these instead until I can get some.

What's wrong with getting a REAL crown?!

[Whatever Duke, Leatherhead seems to like them.]

They are beautiful...I would be glad to wear one. [Pause.] Why are you doing this?

[Aoshima just smiles, propping his head up on his feet.]

That is your crown, your Highness.

[Mabel smiles as she gets to the end of the string, putting one more flower on it before tying the ends together.]

'Cause I wanted to thank you for going trick-or-treating with me!

[With that she carefully puts the crown on his head, leaning back to admire her handywork.]

And we're friends. Right?

I want a gold one!

[Leatherhead pauses as the crown goes on his head, the flowers meshing well with that tangled mess of black hair. Friends? Did she really consider him a friend? Even with all the companions he had, he had to ask himself all the time. He looks back at her with the biggest smile he can muster.]

Yes...we are friends.

Well too bad! Flowers don't come in gold.

[Mabel grins even wider at that.]

Good! Then consider that your friendship flower crown! I'll make one for myself to match~

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