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"Imma use the bathroom real quick, be right back!"

Lightbulb and Paintbrush had been sitting together, chatting, doing nothing really for the past half hour. Lightbulb got up to use the bathroom. Makes sense, people tend to do that.

Paintbrush patiently waited for her to get back. They waited 5 minutes. 5 minutes turned to 10. 10 turned to 15.

Alright, where was she?

That's a little long to be in the bathroom, so Paintbrush got up to go make sure she was ok. They could hear her groan in discomfort from the other side of the door. They gently knocked.

"Lighty? You've been in there a while, you alright?"

"Yep! Doing... just fine! I'm finishing up now!"

Well that was reassuring. They went back to Lightbulb's room where they had been hanging out and Lightbulb soon followed.

"Why were you in there so long?"

"Uh... no reason!"

"There had to be a reason of some kind..."

"I... don't wanna tell you..."

"Why...?"

"It's too embarrassing. We'll be too awkward and won't love eachother anymore and-"

"Lighty, you can tell me anything. I won't judge."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

Lightbulb hesitated to tell them what's wrong, but eventually told them the truth.

"I'm kinda... really... backed up... and my tummy hurts and I hate this."

"Oh. That's all?"

"Yeah..."

"You made it sound like something WAY worse. Don't worry Lightbug, happens to the best of us."

Lightbulb's charger tail drooped down and she started blushing in embarrassment.
She went back onto the bed where Paintbrush was sitting. Her tummy cramped and she gently rubbed it.

"Oww..."

"Hey, I could give you some gentle laxatives to help, if you want."

Lightbulb always thought those things were weird and gross, but her tummy hurt so bad, she didn't really care and accepted the offer. They went to go get it and quickly returned.

"They do take a few hours and make the cramps worse, but it's worth it after."

"Just gimme already so we can change the topic and forget about it for the next few hours." Lightbulb demanded in embarrassment.

Paintbrush gave her the medicine and she quickly got it in her system. They continued chatting for a while, cuddling up to eachother, and looking at random memes on their phones.

An hour and a half went by, and they were still chilling. Suddenly, Lightbulb's tummy cramped. Badly. She quickly grabbed her belly and dug her fingers into it.

"Ohhhh... owww... it hurts so bad..."

Paintbrush saw how much pain she was in and hugged her for comfort.

"Feels like Fortnite in there..."

"What?"

"Pew! Pew! Death. Pain. Explosions. Everywhere."

"Oh. It's ok, Lightbug... hey, how about we watch Jpop devil destroyers to distract you from the pain?"

"Yes please..."

Paintbrush turned the movie on. The two cuddled up watched it together. Occasionally, Lightbulb would have another cramp, but less bad then before.

Eventually, she had the worst one yet. The most painful cramp all day. She clutched onto her middle so tight and groaned in pain. It was so bad she started crying.

"Is it working?"

"No... just really bad hurt... owwww..."

Paintbrush gave her a gentle hug. They rolled up her shirt a little and gently rubbed her Tummy.

"Mmh... that feels nice..."

They kept watching together. A little less than half an hour went by when Lightbulb's belly gurgled loudly and she wrapped her arm around her middle.

"Oh... I think it wants to come out now..."

"Oh. Good luck with that."

Lightbulb spedwalk to the bathroom, hand pressed onto her belly the whole way, until she eventually made it in there.

(I don't want to write the details of my favorite character in all of everything shitting)

Eventually, Lightbulb finally felt relieved and went back to her room.

"Feeling better?"

"A lot!" She exclaimed. She quickly looked away and blushed. "I'm sorry, this was really embarrassing..."

"No no, Lighty... these things happen to everyone. I'll never judge you for it or stop loving you, but I will always help."

Lightbulb smiled and hugged them. "Thanks, your the best flying buddy I could ask for."