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Clifford and Rowlf looked around for the yellow haired muppet, seeing Gonzo wheel over to T.
Then just ahead, Lips was sitting on a blanket laying out white shirts. Cliff stared in awe seeing his fluffy yellow hair in a cute bun and in the community center's staff shirt and basketball shorts "This must be a sight to behold for ya, hm Cliff?" Rowlf chuckled elbowing him "Ha! Jeez Rowlf, yer making me blush" Clifford laughed playfully pushing him. Then the two walked over to him
"Uh, hey Lips!"
The yellow haired muppet looked up and immediately gasped, his smile widening
"Clifford? Rowlf? Hah! It's been so long!" Lips stood up giving Cliff a hug and playfully ruffing up Rowlf's fur "Indeed it has been!"
"What are you guys doing here? I see Gonzo's here as well" Lips asked
"Well, you see..." Rowlf scratched his ear "How about we talk about this while uh, tye-dying?" Cliff suggested, motioning to the shirts and dye Lips had set up
"Haha of course! C'mon!" Lips took Clifford's hand (without thinking much of it) and sat down on the blanket "You gonna tye dye with us Rowlf?"
The dog was about to say yes, but was hit by an orange frisbee
"You wanna play with us?" A kid called out "Heh, sure!" Rowlf laughed, picking up the frisbee and walked to the small group of kids
Clifford chuckled before grabbing a shirt "Haha, anyway, what brings you guys here?"
*I' m sorry but short ass time skip because my lazy ass doesn't want to write the same damn thing lmaoo *
"Anyway... So, yeah. " Cliff sighed using a spoon to carefully pour purple dye on the shirt
"I dunno... I would, but... There's no way I'm playing with Floyd until he apologizes" Lips sighed. God, again with Floyd? What the hell did he do??
"Well, maybe Digit and Zondra can talk some sense into that guy, he seems to have pissed everyone off" Clifford shrugged putting the spoon down "Yeah..."
The two stayed silent, Lips watching Rowlf running on all fours to catch the frisbee, letting out a giggle seeing the younger kids rub the doggo's belly
"Lips?..."
The yellow muppet looked back at Cliff "Hmm?"
"I... Never got to properly say goodbye... When, y'know... Or even the time we were all back for those last few shows..."
"Oh, yeah... Me neither..."
Clifford took of his sunglasses, putting them aside and looked up at Lips
"I just want to say I'm sorry"
"You don't have to apologise, Cliff, it's fine"
"No, it's not... If you really care about someone, you'd probably do your best to properly say goodbye... And I never got to"
"Cliff?"
"I missed you every day... I know this sounds cheesy as hell but... I wish I didn't hurt you when I left so suddenly..." Clifford sighed, Lips scooted closer, curious about what he will say
"And, well. Hey, I guess I owe you one. That night I saw your tweet and, well I didn't want the apology to seem forced and here we are now so..."
Clifford put his hand on Lips and looked up at him "Well, now we're here so... I'm sorry"
Lips gave a small smile, then without thinking gave Cliff a quick peck on the cheek "It's alright, Cliff." He smiled, then his cheeks immediately went red when he saw Clifford's surprised face "Oh god- I wasn't thinking-" but the other shook his head with a smile "No, no, hah, it's alright"
Then Clifford returned the kiss on the cheek
"I was to afraid to lose one of my closests friends..."
"And I always chickened out.."
"I love ya, Lips..." Clifford shyly smiled, holding the other's hand. Lips' smile grew as he let out a happy squeal then threw himself into Clifford's arms, sending him into his back. Cliff letting out a laugh as Lips smothered him with kisses "I love ya to!" Lips said in-between kisses
"I see you two finally admitted after all these years?" The two turned their heads to see Rowlf on the ground being gave scratches and belly rubs from a few kids