Paintbrush woke up. They sighed when they remembered they were still a baby object. They felt something shift and looked down, then blushed.

Lightbulb was laying there, snuggled up in their arms. She was sleeping so comfortably. She mumbled a bit in her sleep and snuggled closer to Paintbrush.

Paintbrush knew they had to wake her up so she could go back to the Bright Lights' house and not be eliminated, but they didn't want to. They didn't want her to go.

But alas, she had to go. Paintbrush didn't want Lightbulb to be eliminated, so they decided, no matter how much they wanted not to, to wake her up softly.

"Lightbulb, wake up." They said softly, gently shaking her.

Lightbulb groaned, her eyes fluttering open. She blushed when she realized she was in Paintbrush's arms, then smiled.

"Hey Painty." She said innocently, making Paintbrush blush more.

"Hey Lightbulb, you, uhh, you have to go in a few minutes. The challenge, remember?"

Lightbulb's smile vanished.

"I don't wanna go..." she said.

"I know, but I don't want you to get into trouble or to get eliminated." Paintbrush replied, sighing.

Lightbulb nodded sadly. The two then suddenly heard something shift beside them.

It was Fan. He had woken up and looked at Lightbulb and Paintbrush, smiling.

"I see I ship!" He exclaimed, in a whisper, so the rest of Hotel OJ didn't wake up. .

Paintbrush glared at Fan and Lightbulb just smiled awkwardly, looking calm on the outside, but screaming on the inside.

"Why is she here by the way! I clearly missed something..." Fan said.

"She snuck out, just to see me. I decided to let her stay and let her return in the morning." Paintbrush explained.

They then got up and walked off the stairs that led to their bed.

"I will bring you to the door, ok?" They said in a sad tone.

Lightbulb nodded, got up too and walked to Paintbrush. She waved to Fan. Paintbrush then grabbed her hand and led her to the door of the hotel. Lightbulb said her goodbyes to OJ, getting some strange looks from the few other people in the lobby, because they didn't understand why she was here, and Paintbrush then led her outside.

Outside, the two hugged.

"Bye Painty." Lightbulb said.

"Bye Lighty." Paintbrush replied.

Both objects blushed at the nickname. Lightbulb then started walking. Even though she had to go back, she did feel better.

Paintbrush waved and smiled to themselves. They absolutely loved her, even though their friendship went a bit downhill sometimes.

Paintbrush went back in the hotel and closed the door behind them.

Two hours or so later everyone was awake. They were all eating breakfast. Fan was sitting next to Paintbrush. He seemed deep in thought. He was holding the egg, which had a bigger crack than a few days ago, when it got a small crack.

"Fan, are... you ok?" Paintbrush asked.

Fan looked at Paintbrush.

"Yeah, just deep in thought... I don't want Egg to hatch! Also, I think I might have feelings for Test Tube..." he said.

"Congratulations, you're officially the last person to know." Nickel said.

Balloon sighed. Yang laughed.

"He was not talking to you." Paintbrush said with a small glare.

"Well, Fan, every egg hatches at some time. You can't stop that. And about that crush on Test Tube, I know how you feel." They then said to Fan.

"You have that with Lightbulb, don't you?" Fan asked, smiling lightly.

I nodded. "Yes..."

"I have a crush on OJ! But he, like, doesn't notice me at all, even though I'm, like, the best GF anyone could ever have!" Salt said.

"Well, I'm gay." OJ said.

Salt's face expression turned into a slightly shocked one.

"Yes, I'm gay, with Paper."

Salt felt little tears in her eyes.

"Don't worry, you always, like, have me!" Pepper said.

She wrapped an arm around Salt. Salt couldn't help but blush a bit, since she had a small crush on Pepper too.

Trophy sighed.

"Y'all are disgusting." He said.

Tissues sneezed. Soap screamed, since he sneezed in her direction.

"I'm sorry, it's my condishawn." Tissues said.

When everyone finished their breakfast, they all went to do their own thing.

This all went good until Yin-Yang got their hands on firework that was left over from New Years Eve.

"Hey Yin, let's light up his firework!" Yang said.

"There will be a fire, Yang! And the hotel will explode!"

"Exactly! Now let's go!"

Yang took control, grabbed a lighter which was there and went to the lobby. Pickle, Salt, Pepper and Bomb were there.

Yin-Yang set the firework down.

"Who wants to see some firework?!" Yang shouted, holding the lighter by the fuse of a small firework rocket.

"Please, like, not!" Salt said.

"We want to REST!" Pepper added.

"And I'm trying to play my video games." Pickle said.

"C-c-c-c-c-c-can I j-j-j-join?" Bomb asked.

"Sure." Pickle replied.

"Haha, I'm still gonna light it up, losers!" Yang said.

He was about to light the thing, when OJ walked in.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" He shouted, shocked.

"Lighting some firework." Yang replied calmly, in an almost sociopathic way.

OJ took the lighter and firework.

"You are already a menace when you're normal, but as a baby, you're somehow WORSE!" OJ said.

"I'm sorry for all the-" "NO!"

Yin and Yang then started attacking each other. OJ sighed.

Paintbrush walked in. They sighed too when they saw the two fighting.

"Let me solve this." They said.

They walked up to Yin-Yang and simply grabbed them and lifted them up.

"Stop fighting and let everyone enjoy their stay at this darn hotel!" They shouted, their bristles sparking.

"Hotel? More like a daycare with no one in charge!" OJ said.

He sat down on the ground, burying his face in his hands, and started sobbing softly.

Paper came in too and rushed to OJ.

"OJ? Are you ok? This happens more often each day! Ever since this baby fiasco happened." He said worriedly.

Fan walked in too, holding Egg. He then stopped when he saw what was going on.

"What's going on here? Why is OJ having a mental breakdown?" He asked.

"Yang tried to light some leftover firework, then OJ came in and took the firework. Yang then started attacking me-" "YOU STARTED IT!" "-and Paintbrush stopped us and I think this all is becoming too much for OJ to handle." Yin explained, with Yang interrupting him in the middle of his story.

"Oh." Fan said. "Wow."

He then walked away, holding the egg in one hand and his phone with the other, to update his blog.

Meanwhile, Paper took OJ to their shared room to calm down. They left Paintbrush in charge, because they were pretty good at that. If Paintbrush got angry, everyone would stop immediately.

Paintbrush sat down on a chair and sighed, letting their face rest in one hand and letting their other hand rest on the armrest. They listened to the beeps and boops of the video game Pickle and Bomb were playing.

That evening, OJ brought everyone to the lobby. He had calmed down and was ok again. He brought everyone to the lobby because someone was about to be eliminated.

They all waited for the portal to appear and someone to walk through.

A few minutes later, the portal appeared. Test Tube walked through it. Fan jumped up happily and ran up to Test Tube, hugging her tightly, still being careful not to break the egg.

"Test Tube! I missed you!" Fan said, blushing.

Test Tube hugged Fan back, blushing a bit.

"I missed you too." She said. "How's it going with Egg?"

"Well..." Fan said.

He then showed the egg and the big crack that was forming on it.

"I don't want him to hatch! I want him to be safe in his little shell..."

"I know, but you can't stop him from hatching. Some things change and no one can stop that." Test Tube replied.

Fan nodded. Paintbrush then walked up to Test Tube.

"How's it going with the cure? OJ is slowly going insane. He has mode and more mental breakdowns every day." They said.

"Oh, well, it's not finished yet, but don't worry, I can finish it at the hotel. I've brought the cure with me, with some other stuff. I decided to carry them with me today just in case I get eliminated. Guess I made the right choice." Test Tube replied. "Can I get a room with Fan so we can work on it?"

"I'm fine with it. I'm getting tired of his sleep talking." Paintbrush said.

"I can make sure you have a room together." OJ said. "Follow me."

Fan and Test Tube followed OJ to their new room. Paintbrush decided to go to their own room and chill with Baxter a bit. 

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