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Ever since you moved into your house, your household objects have a lot to get used to. One of them was your random bouts of immersive daydreaming, where you will sometimes grab one of them as props for your daydream.
It was alarming at first, when you suddenly slumped down onto Florence in the middle of mopping, glancing at something behind you in shock as you pointed with a trembling finger before you 'fainted'.
Before anyone could even react further than a panic party or screeching matches, you 'woke up' abruptly, pushing yourself up slowly and jerkily, whispering furiously about how 'fate was on your side' and how you were going to 'plot the demise of that backstabbing traitor, Baron Graveblight.'
Your diary and phone managed to informed them about your condition during the bewildered silence. Getting to know that, while watching you cackling your head off, was an experience.
After that, your episodes became their favorite past time.
While it was concerning sometimes, like that one time you nearly burned yourself with Stefan while pretending to be a nightclub DJ and that other time you nearly tripped yourself on Dirk while dancing to the Time Warp, it was mostly adorable, like that one time you used Maggie to pretend to be a noir detective and scooping into Cam like he has the 'clues' you need to solve your case.
And for some lucky objects of envy, it was swoon-worthy.
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As per usual, you were cleaning your house. Knowing how bizarre your daydreams can be without a medium, you pulled out your phone and played a setlist of love songs, since it was the tamest you can dream of.
So far, as you finished cleaning your windows and starts vacuuming dusts in your living room, you haven't dream yet. You had giddily hoped that this might became your first cleaning without distraction.
Until your bum accidentally knocked over your table lamp. Luckily, you managed to save it at the expense of your vacuum cleaner, both hands clutching at its side. At the same time, your phone played the next song, starting off with a harmonious humming and gentle strums of guitar.
Lux had never experienced such audacity! How dare you be so careless! They did not spend hours getting the perfect fit, just for you to knock them over! They are too dressed to be disrespected! They-!
Your eyes glazed over. Your sunlit living room seems to be dimmed, with candles lighting your surroundings. The table lamp you are holding steadily turns into a petite and beautiful feminine figure, looking up into your eyes with love in theirs. Enamored, you pulled them closer and laid their head on your shoulder.
-forgive you and totally not mad at you! Oh Em Gee?! They were so not ready but also? Totally here for it! Like zero hesitation, they immediately wrapped their arms around you despite the fact you don't even feel it, and smugly taste the saltiness in the air.
"Put your head on my shoulder~! Hold me in your arms, baby! Squeeze me oh so tight. Show me, that you love me too~!"
You guide your partner into a slow dance, swaying gently and spin around carefully to the music. You murmured the lyrics softly right into their ear, hugging them closer to you so you can hear their cute giggles clearer.
Who gave you permission to be this romantic?! You aren't even an I.N.F.L.U.N.C.E.R. like Lux is and you still have the confidence to slow dance with them in front of everyone? And whispered the lyrics in their ear so lovingly? Swooned~!
"Put your lips next to mine, dear~! Won't you kiss me once, baby! Just a kiss goodnight. Maybe, you and I will fall in love~!"
Your dance partner coyly glanced up at you with a wide grin. Their eyes twinkled like newly-polished gemstones and their curving lips beamed like warm rays of sunlight. You can't help but melted like a puddle of lovestruck goo.
You are dangerous. In the very best way. Lux almost forgot about their followers when you twirled them around and gazed at them like they were the only one that mattered. Which was absolutely true. So, they can't help but sparked their lights on you, ensuring you can shine nearly as bright like them.
"People~ say~ That love's~ a game~! A game~ you just~ can't win! If there's~ a way, I'll find it someday! And then this fool will rush in~!"
You two swayed to the beat, lost in each other's eyes. You had to blink away though, when your partner suddenly glowed brightly like a sun.
"Are you trying to blind them to next solar eclipse, you dull bulb?!"
"You are just jealous, seamless rags. I'm not sorry for the flex."
"Seamless rags?! Oh you-! Unhand me, Rod! I swear-!"
"Put your head on my shoulder~! Whisper in my ear, baby! Words I want to hear. Tell me! Tell me that you love me too~!"
It took a few seconds to adjust to your newly-glowing partner, but you persisted. And you were glad that you did, your partner looked ethereal with the golden glow within them. Awed by their beauty, you unconsciously pulled them closer.
Lux was still smugly basking in the salty air and showing off to their viewers when they feel you pulling them closer. Winking cheekily at their camera, they focused back on you with a victorious smirk. However, the personification of light started blushing hard because your lips-!
"Put your head on my shoulder~! Whisper in my ear, baby! Words I want to hear. Baby! Put your head on my shoulder~!"
Your divine partner looked into your eyes with love one more time before they closed it gently. Their lips pouted out nearly at the end of the song. Recognizing their flirty hint, you too closed your eyes while your lips met theirs.
OMG! You kissed them! Lux's brain had to be turned off and on because 'oh no! They LEGIT LIKE you now!'. They forgot to gloat to whoever was watching at this moment. They were too busy falling in love with their human again.
The next song played out just as you set your lover down onto the couch, the brief kiss ended sooner than you like. The slow strumming of guitar set the mood and was accompanied by chorus of 'You and Me'.
Steadily, your candle-lit room was grown with soft grass and your ceiling parted away to reveal a night sky filled with stars. Looking up in wonder, you unintentionally bumped into someone behind you. You felt that your breath was taken away as you turned around to stared at the ruggedly handsome figure. A charming smile plastered on their face as they reached out their hand to you.
Hoove was content watching you dance in your daydream, even after you forget about your cleaning responsibilities that you shared with him. Heck, he even enjoyed how love-struck you were with your 'partner', even if it's Lux of all objects that got the honor of 'object of envy'. So, watching you looking up to Mayor Celia in fascination as you stumbled onto the vacuum cleaner startled him out from his zoning. Then, watching you looking at him like he was your one and only and caressed his handle like he's the fragile one?
No object could blame Hoove for nearly malfunctioning.
Welp, except Lux, who was currently complained about having your attention stolen by some 'suck up' on their Instaglam.
"If the stars don't shine! If the moon won't rise! If I never see the setting sun again~! You won't hear me cry! As I testify! Please believe me boy you know I would lie~! As long as there is-!"
You and your partner held each other's hand, stepping back and forth to the beat while circling around leisurely. You were semi aware on why you two were dancing with only one hand, but that didn't deterred you two from being besotted with each other. At one point, you thought you heard a cough or two from your partner, but they didn't seem to be sick with how charmingly wide their smile was.
Why was Hoove contented on just watching you? Maybe it was because you had never involved him into your daydream once since you moved into this house. Or maybe he thought he just enjoyed seeing his friends getting flustered around you and never considered that he can get some action with you too. Whatever he had felt previously was instantly replaced by a nervous, fluttering butterfly in his chest (or was that Dolly teasing him?).
"If you love a soul! More than fame and gold! And that soul feels the same about you~! It's a natural fact! There's no turning back! And here's some advice to you~! You've got to say it!"
Under the starlight, the two of you lose yourselves to the rhythm of the music. You didn't have the need to pull them close. Fingers intertwined firmer, you sway gently together. There was something magic in the way you two moved together, as if the world softened around you because of how endlessly sweet you two are for each other.
Not gonna lie, Hooves was starting to get the hype of being a daydream prop. Sure, it looks kind of awkward seeing your arm stretch between him and you, but what can a waist height vacuum cleaner with one handle do? This connection is enough for him. Truly-
"When~ love is real~! You don't~ have to show it~! When~ it is true~! Then everyone will know!"
Feeling a bit cheeky, you let go of their hand and twirled around as graceful as you can managed. Seeing your partner shook their head at you with fondness, you giggled at them along with a wink before taking their hand back with your other hand.
-not! Hoove learns now that watching and hearing was not the same as experiencing it! Goddamn he understands now why some of his friends were so eager to be your prop for your upcoming daydreams and the others were seething with envy for being unsuitable! Seeing you twirling around so cutely for him, giggling so sweetly at him, winking charmingly before grasping his handles? This poor machine was going to overwork himself silly!
When the song steadily comes to an end, so does your dance. The two of you exchanged reluctant glances before stepping closer to one another. As you shyly combed your hair behind your ear, your setlist suddenly played a loud and blaring alarm, causing you to blinked out of your romantic daydream.
The starry sky that overlooked your dance and your grass-filled dancefloor gradually turned back to your ceiling and floor. Looking around, you tittered at the sight of both out-of-place table lamp on the sofa and incorrectly-grasped vacuum cleaner facing your direction. Once you put your table lamp back to its place and having your vacuum cleaner faced at the proper direction, you continue on with your cleaning.
You didn't notice that your vacuum cleaner started working smoother, nor were you aware about the buzzing sounds whenever the machine cleans near any light sources.