Yigroish Bottle was sitting on the bleachers, Kratky announcing the votes- Last time, Kratky gave him a pink bowtie, which he wore everywhere. The only person who commented on it was Croissan- who said that it was cute.
He was still thinking about it. Something about that compliment combined with Croissan's charming demeanor and voice gave him butterflies. He knew that he was on the other team, and Charmy would chew him up and spit him out
if he decided to even look in his direction, but that wasn't going to stop him from fantasizing. He was drifting off into space, when suddenly Kratky called his name, which made him jump- he was suddenly hit with reality like a bag of bricks. "Yigroish Bottle! You got 104 votes," Kratky said, "You get socks!" Kratky flung the socks at him and they hit him in the face.
He held the incredibly soft, fluffy, pink stretchy socks up to inspect them, and he smiled wide. "Thank you Kratk-" He was cut off by Kratky announcing the next vote tally.

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After the challenge, which involved a lot of running around, Yigrosh bottle finally got a chance to try on the socks without being interrupted. To be honest, his feet were aching the whole time he was running- and when he sat down,
it was almost instant relief. He rocked his feet back and forth as he pulled the socks out from behind his back, and pulled them on one by one- they were even more comfortable than he ever thought, although he had to stretch them quite a bit to fit over his massive stompers. He sighed audibly and heard a rustling behind him- He turned around and saw Croissan casually walking past.
"Croissy!" Yigroish Bottle called out, and Croissan jumped and looked back nervously.
"Oh Yigroish Bottle, I didn't see you there!" Croissan said. "Cute socks."
Yigroish Bottle's face flushed and he waved him over, and Croissan realized that he was very short compared to the tall Yigroish Bottle- especially his big feet.
"Thank you!" Yigroish Bottle said, and sat down suddenly, his Yigroish sloshing around inside him.
Croissan sat in front of him, Yigroish Bottle's socked feet pointing outwards and towards Croissan, swaying back and forth, almost tall enough to dwarf the tiny baked good. Croissan couldnt stop staring at the big pillowy paws, so much so that there was an awkward moment of silence.
"Croissy?" Yigrosh Bottle said. "What's the matter?"
Croissan snapped out of it, and shook his head.
"Nothing, nothing," Croissan said. "A lot of running in this challenge, huh?"
"Yeah, I'm still a little sore," Yigroish Bottle said. "Congrats on Band for winning, by the way!"
"Ya, ya.. Do your sore feet need massaging, by any chance?" Croissan said, cocking an eyebrow.
"Ah ah! I knew you had ulterior motives..." Yigroish Bottle said. "You just wanted a chance to touch my new socks."
"Wha- nonsense!" Croissan said. "I'm just a kind person."
"Go ahead. I won't stop ya-" Yigroish Bottle said, and shoved his big fluffy feet into Croissan's face, almost knocking him over.
They were soft, pillowy, and surprisingly warm- Croissan's hands were only big enough to massage one at a time, while the other one was pressed up against him, almost pinning him between his fluffy stompers.
"Ah ah ah- Be careful, I'm ticklish." Yigroish Bottle said. With that, Croissan buried his face in Yigrosh Bottle's paw, and that took him by surprise.
"Ah! you sure like them a whole lot..." He purred, and his face was completely flushed.
"Mffff..." Croissan huffed. He was hugging Yigroish Bottle's paw like it was his best friend, rubbing it all over. Admittedly, it felt kind of good on Yigroish Bottle's part, and he absentmindedly pulled him closer and pressed his other paw on the oppisite side of his friend, gently squishing him between his two pillowy, squishy paws.
"Croissy, you really, really seem to like my paws..." Yigroish Bottle said teasingly. "Just a kind person, huh?"
"Mrrpph." Croissan was having too much fun to be bothered by Yigroish Bottle's teasing. Yigroish Bottle started to gently rub his paws back and forth on Croissan, stroking him with the soft texture of his pink socks.
He sighed and put a little pressure on his friend- Croissan's rubbing and squirming was like a 5-star foot massage.
Yigroish Bottle loosened his squeezing on Croissan, and he stumbled back- his face was completely flushed, and he looked dazed.
"Hehe... Thanks, Croissy." Yigroish Bottle said.
"N... No problem." Croissan responded.
"I'll remember you next time I have any kind of ache-" Yigroish Bottle teased. "But I'd like to go to sleep now. Wanna join me? It's past sunset."
Croissan and Yigroish Bottle slept on the grass together, Croissan hugging Yigroish Bottle's feet like pillows. Needless to say, he slept peacefully, and dreamt soft dreams!~