Make Salt an Pepper happy? No! Make Pepper sadly swoon over her best friend forever? Surpringly, also no! Make a crackship involving Pepper? YES!

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Pepper couldn't really remeber the last time she'd left the hotel. Had it been months? Years? And when she had left the physical building, had she ever left the plot of land that OJ owned? Had she ever seen beyond the orange tree path infront of the hotel?

Maybe she hadn't, maybe she'd never gone anywhere. She just felt so.. stuck. And where did that stuck-ness lead her? She didn't know! Well.. she knew it was the middle of no where in a forest somewhere! But if she was somewhere how could she be no where? Whatever! Not the point.

Peppers feet ached, her mind was racing and God was she sweating a storm. Pepper groand loudly "Where is the god damm exit of this place!" She wasn't expecting an answer, infact, she was quite surprised when did get one

"Far from here"

Pepper turned around, shocked to find another person, especially if she was apparently so far from the hotel. "W-who are you?" The woman grimaced. She was quite short, though, Pepper could be considered quite tall herself. The mystery woman wore a white blouse and a dirty yellow skirt; Adorned in colorful shapes that seemed to be in some kind of pattern, to be honest the thing would have been quite ugly had it not matched the woman's dirty blonde hair that was more dirty than blonde.

Her hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail that didn't seem to be messy on purpose. Pepper could see why it would be hard to get a nice hairstyle out of hair like that. It was wild, thick and whispy all in the same. Something about it seemed all too familiar.

"Wait, arent you, like, that one person from season one? You placed second, I remember!" Pepper exclaimed, and the woman nodded "And your the one girl who lost all her potential due to following that other brain dead bimbo around religiously" Pepper frowned "You mean, like, Salt?" "Tuh-mah-tow, tuh-may-tow" Pepper was sure she was saying thay backwards

"You're Taco, right?" "Mhm, Pepper?" She asked "Yeah" Peppers mind started to peice together what little she remembered about the woman, she surely didn't remember her being so... sophisticated "So, what brings you out here? I wasnt kidding when i said tou were far from the hotel" Pepper brought a hand to her neck, hissing embarrassingly "Ah, well, i only wanted to go for a, like, walk. But i guess i got kinda lost"

"Quite" Taco said matter-of-factly "I wish I could help but it is going to get dark soon" She motioned to the already setting sun "And i dont wish to walk back in the dark" "Like, oh" Pepper whispered, disappointedly.

(A/N: Totally unrelated but i cackled at this line) Tension filled the air as the two fell silent, there wasn't much else to go of the converstaion.

That was before Taco sighed and spoke up "But I suppose you could stay the night in my cabin and I may walk you back in the morning" She offered "If you'd like" Pepper smiled "That would be, like, amazing!" Pepper felt her heart swell and beat loudly in her chest and Taco smiled too, just a teeny tiny bit "It isnt that big of a deal..." before quickly adding on "As long as you arent obnoxious or anything... Only a minor inconvenience... I suppose"

(EPIC SCENE CHANGE 🙀🙀🤯🤯😱🤯)

"So, you like, built this?" Pepper glanced around the log cabin, it was truely beautiful "No, it was abandoned after the first season. I think that Mephone guy made another one that was closer to the season 2 grounds, and bigger for his co-hosts" (A/N Im imagining Mepad in a closet or some shit right now lol) "Oh" Pepper remarked "It sure is, like, cozy" Taco hummed in agreement

"Uh, would you like some tea? Or maybe some food? You must be famished after such a long walk" Boy, Pepper didn't even notice how hungry she was. She'd normally be eating dinner by now with Salt and most other season 1 contestants had they even noticed that she was gone yet? Pepper couldn't help but think

"Yeah, food would be nice" Taco nodded, and moved her attention to making supper

The two ate in silence, it seemed only now had the fact that they were strangers really settled. What was there to talk about? 'There has to something' Pepper thought. She glanced up, shocked to see Taco already looking at her. Even more shocking was the reaction Pepper had to it

Looking away, Pepper could feel a heat creep up her cheeks. She'd felt this way before, a long while it was with Salt but.. this time it felt different.

With Salt she was always so unsure about taking any steps, any risks. It seemed impossible, out of reach. But.. with this stranger, someone she hardly knew how they'd react, it seemed all the more achievable. But who knew! Pepper seemed to let her silly feelings ruin all to many of her relationships!

(TIME SKIP BECAUSE I WAS HINESTLY JUST ABOUT TO HAVE THEM MAKE OUT AND THEN FINISH 😝😜😜)

Are you ready? Its time for the most cliché part of any 'strangers staying together in a space meant for a single person' story. "The couch isnt all too comfortable, i would be the evilest of monsters to even suggest you try and sleep on that thing! As long as your fine sharing, your welcome to stay in my bed" Oh... that was a lot less complex than most people made it. "Oh, uhm, yeah thats fine with me! But, just another, like, issue" Taco looked up from the sink where she was washing dishes "I didnt really bring any other clothes" "Oh" Taco set down the dishes she was washing "Yes that is a problem..." Pepper scratched her arm nervously

"And we are quite... different sizes" That was probably the nicest way to say Pepper was tall and, though not thin, she wasn't the widest of girl either. Taco on the other hand was quite short and full in frame "I might have a top that will fit but i cant see many, if any at all, of my pants fitting" Pepper hummed "That'll be good for now" she smiled, and Taco couldn't help but return a small small grin

(You guys ready? Not only is there AN EPIC TIME SKIP 😮 and A TOTALLY AWESOME SCENE CHANGE 😲 but, thsi is the part you have to be ready for... THE TOTALLY GAY SOLUTION FOR PEPPERS PANTS PROBLEM 🤯)

You know, when Pepper went out for a walk today she really wasn't expecting to get lost. And when she was lost, she wasn't expecting to reunite with season 1's biggest traitor, let alone be sleeping in the same bed as her. Then to top it off, she really truely didn't expect to be in the traitors shirt and pantless whilst doing it!

But you know, just for that cherry on top, she didn't expect for this to happen:

Today had been wild, far from what Pepper considered her daily routine. And something about that must have put Pepper in this... dangerous mood. Because when she curiously glanced over to the stranger next to her, and found her staring back, she didn't play it safe, play it cool, and look away. No, no. She stayed there, looking into this woman's eyes and-

"Wanna skip the 30-seconds-that-feels like-an-eternity of looking into eachothers eyes and just jump to the passionatly makeing out part?" And as much as Pepper should have said no, she did so anyways

Despite the fact thay the kiss probably wasn't romantic, or that maybe it didn't mean anything and that Pepper and Taco would most likely, if not definitely, split ways in the morning never to contact eachother again, they kissed. They kissed like they meant it, like this was all they'd ever wanted, all they'd ever needed. They kissed like life long crushes who'd awaited the very moment this strange tension left with all but that one kiss.

They kissed, long and passionately, sparks practically flying everywhere, and afterwards they would whisper sweet nothings into eachothers ears like they'd meant, but that's all it was. Words that meant nothing, but were sweet to say, sweet to hear. They would cuddle, just to be held, and they'd fall asleep just to feel loved. They both probably dreamt of a world where they were cuddling others, people they truely loved, but they cuddled.

They had kissed, Pepper and Taco. They had said those oh so sweet but oh so nothings, Pepper and Taco. They had cuddled, Pepper and Taco. They had fallen asleep in eachothers arms, Pepper and Taco and no one else. Just..

Pepper and Taco

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*Watch this evolve into my very own rare pair and otp* (i think has anyone done this before?)

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WOAH

I dunno just woah I guess, I really need to stop making more drafts and finish the ones I already have.

Did anyone else hate their spotify wrapped this year? I mean, it wasnt bad but I wasn't pleased with it. Also listening to music categorized as "limenal" or whatever is actually pretty good for writing, maybe it's the lack of lyrics or the oddly laid back feeling of it all

I dunno, g'day/night