Louie and Webby walked side by side through the fair, looking for things to do. Currently, Louie was listening to Webby ramble about something random – he wasn't really paying enough attention to know what. In one hand, he was holding the stick of cotton candy that she had bought for him. The other hand was resting soundly in his pocket, fiddling with his phone.

"We should go on some other rides..!" Webby energetically suggested, looking around for some more exciting rides. Louie couldn't help but be amused at her enthusiasm.

"Honestly? Anything would be better than the rollercoaster," Louie replied, shrugging. He was acting cool about it, but the memory of the coaster still haunted him. Ugh…

He honestly couldn't hold a grudge against Webby for making him go on, though. He's sure that if it were anyone else, he'd definitely be grumpy with them for the rest of the day for forcing him onto a ride he was terrified. However, for some strange reason, his mind was making excuses.

Like, it's fine. She just did it because she wanted him to at least try. He can let her off the hook for that. Besides, he already made her pay for the cotton candy, so that's probably enough.

As Louie was thinking, he felt his phone vibrate in the pocket of his hoodie. Louie took his phone out and saw that Huey had sent him a text message.

"Have you found Webby yet?"

Louie looked up from the phone, looking at Webby as she stared in awe at all of the excitement around her, trying to find another ride to go on. Yeah, he found her, but by the looks of it, she might just start running off again.

"Yup," Louie replied, looking down at his phone again.

"Okay, good. I found Dewey too. Just make sure she doesn't run off again or I swear Uncle Donald will be so mad."

"Gotcha."

Louie placed his phone back in his pocket and looked at Webby. She was looking at something ahead of her in sheer amazement. Louie followed her gaze and saw that she was staring at a haunted house ride. Oh boy.

"Ooh, ooh! Louie, let's go on that!" Webby excitedly said, jumping up and down. She didn't even wait for him to answer before she started running to it.

However, Louie's reflexes were faster than she anticipated. Before she could even take three steps forward, Louie grabbed her hand and pulled her back slightly, stopping her from dashing to the ride.

"Woah, woah, woah, slow down," the triplet said. "Huey said that I can't let you run off on your own again or else Uncle Donald will kill him. And as amusing as that sounds to me, Huey will probably kill me too."

"Hey..! I don't need a babysitter!" Webby replied, putting her free hand on her hip. "I can go on my own just fine..!"

Louie sniggered and put on a fake hurt expression, jokingly. "Gasp, are you saying you don't want to hang out with me?"

"Oh, come on, that's not what I meant and you know it," Webby said with a frustrated face, though her tone didn't sound genuinely angry.

Louie shrugged. "Huey's rules, not mine. Besides, I can't bring food on that ride, you know?"

Webby looked at his cotton candy stick and groaned, defeated. She didn't seem to want to leave him by himself while she's the one having fun. That wouldn't be fair! "Fine…"

Louie snickered at her expression. "Hey, come on, chin up. Besides, you can't go from one scary ride to another. You gotta take breaks, Webbs."

"Nuh-uh! An adventurer takes no breaks!" Webby replied, her upbeat attitude returning in a matter of seconds. Louie rolled his eyes, a small smile showing on his face.

"Uh, yeah, not true. Come on, let's find something else to do," he suggested, chuckling. He started walking in a different direction, gently pulling Webby along.

"Okay, okay," Webby replied, admitting defeat. She held his hand as well, looking around for something else to do.

Meanwhile, Louie was silently trying to ignore the fluttery feeling in his chest as he and Webby walked through the fair hand in hand. What even ARE these weird feelings anymore?! It's obvious that something's off with him, but he refuses to say it's due to a crush or anything stupid like that.

First of all, it's Webby. So no. It's not a crush. Saying that he would have a crush on her of all people is just insane…and super weird.

Second, if it were a crush, he would've already starting flirting with her or something. And is Louie doing that? Nope. So this isn't a crush like Huey and Dewey are always suggesting.

There's nothing more to it. Everyone's just being dumb, that's it. Why don't they get that?

As they walked, Louie spared a glance at Webby. However, when he did, he saw that she was…staring at him?

"Uh…Webby?" Louie asked, pausing in his tracks. He was going to ask why she was staring at him, but after following her gaze, Louie realized that she wasn't staring at him. She was staring at his cotton candy.

Wow.

"Hungry?" Louie teased, snickering. Webby looked at him and chuckled sheepishly, putting her free hand on her stomach.

"Maaaaybe…" she admitted, with a guilty smile on her face. Webby then looked at the cotton candy curiously. "Also, I just really wanna know what that tastes like…! Like, does it actually taste like cotton? Doesn't swallowing cotton feel weird?"

"You've seriously never tried cotton candy before?"

"Nope!" Webby answered, honestly. "I mean, it's not like we ever had cotton candy back at the mansion. And I've never been to a fair, remember?"

"Oh," Louie merely said, realizing that he should've figured that out sooner. Whoops.

"Webbigail, you've been missing out on a lot," he jokingly said, shaking his head. Honestly, she has. How has she never had cotton candy before?

Webby shrugged, nodding. "Pretty much, yeah."

Without thinking, Louie held the stick of cotton candy closer to Webby's face, offering it to her. He gave her an encouraging smile. The tone of his voice had gone from joking to genuine. "Here."

"Hm?"

"Take some," Louie said, holding the treat in front of her. "We can share, I don't mind."

Webby looked at him as if she were a little surprised that he was offering it at all. However, when she didn't respond, Louie immediately backtracked, suddenly regretting saying anything in the first place.

Why isn't she answering? Did he say something weird?

"I mean…you know…you paid for it, anyway, so…" Louie stumbled over his words, awkwardly.

When his excuse failed him, Louie sighed, looking anywhere but at Webby. "Look, just…take it, before I change my mind."

Webby, who had just recovered from her brief moment of surprise, blinked.

She could see that this was clearly awkward for Louie. He didn't stutter often like he was now. Uh oh. That's not normal. She needed to save the situation!

Trying to defuse the awkwardness, Webby joked. "Whaaat? Are you being…generous?! Who are you and what have you done with Louie Duck?!"

Louie's awkward and nervous expression immediately switched to playfully offended as the tension in the atmosphere disappeared. "Excuse me? I'll have you know, I'm a very generous person, sweetie."

"News to me," Webby teased, poking her tongue out at him. Louie scoffed.

"Rude."

Webby laughed at his reaction, putting a hand over her mouth to stifle her giggles. Louie began to feel that strange feeling in his chest again…for some reason. He doesn't know, alright? It just happens…

"But anyway, thanks for the offer, Louie," Webby said after she stopped giggling. She sounded sincere.

"...Uh, no problem," Louie replied, trying to bring his cool persona back. He cleared his throat, brushing off the fluttery feeling. "Like I said, you paid for it anyway. Might as well share, right?"

"Agreed!" Webby cheerily said, reaching over to take a bit of cotton candy off of the stick. "I've always wondered what these taste like. Now, for the moment of truth..!"

Webby put the piece of cotton candy in her mouth, examining the taste. Louie watched as her expression became suddenly surprised. "Mm-?! Woah, it disappeared-! What kinda freaky sorcery is this?!"

Louie couldn't help but laugh at her shocked reaction. Aha, only Webby could give a reaction like that. "Webbs, calm down. It's supposed to do that. Cotton candy's just sugar so as soon it goes into your mouth…poof. It dissolves or something."

"Oh…neat..!" Webby said, finally getting it. Louie rolled his eyes, smiling. She found the simplest things cool. But then she would find some of the coolest things normal. Weird.

Louie and Webby continued on with the fair, looking around for things to do. They walked past several rides that Louie wouldn't dare go on. There were some things that he was willing to do. Scary rides that twist and turn while he's in the air is not one of those things…excluding the rollercoaster that he and Webby went on earlier.

"What else is there to do here?" Webby asked, looking around. She looked a bit antsy as if she couldn't wait to do something else.

"Hm…" Louie hummed in thought. What was a place that they could go to..?

He looked to the left. There was a row of fair game stands, each stand decorated with a mass number of prizes and plush toys. Perfect.

"You wanna try one of those games?" Louie asked, pointing to the stands. Webby followed his gaze, her eyes lighting up as soon as she saw the prizes on display.

"Oh, oh, oh! Let's go!" she excitedly said, dragging Louie towards one of the games.

Soon, they were standing in front of one of the stalls. The game of this one seemed to be something of a typical ring toss, with bottles being displayed on a table behind the stall's owner. Webby looked at the bottles in confusion.

"What's this?" she asked, curious. Before Louie could say anything, the owner of the stall started speaking very enthusiastically.

"This here is the Ring Toss!" The man said with too much enthusiasm in his voice. "If you can throw the rings and get them on the neck of the bottles, you'll win a prize! It's $5 for 3 rings. Wanna give it a throw?"

"5 for 3..? Geez…" Louie murmured under his breath. He immediately decided it wasn't worth it, however…

Webby looked at him with a grin, looking like she really wanted to give it a go. "Can I?"

"Mm…I dunno."

She gave Louie a hopeful stare as if she were silently trying to convince him with just that look alone. Louie was still unsure, however. It didn't sound worth it…especially since games like these always profited off of the fact that the players had terrible aim.

They would miss, pay for more rings, then miss again. If Louie knew anything, it was how to scam people. And he did not feel like letting Webby pay for more than she should.

"Look at the prize..!" Webby excitedly said in a whispery voice. She pointed to one of the larger plush toys, the same bunny-dragon plushies that Louie had pointed out to Huey when they first got to the fair. "Come on, Louie, pleeeease..?"

She really wanted that prize, didn't she? And she didn't seem like she was going to stop giving him that "persuasive" look any time soon. In reality, she was just giving him the "puppy-dog eyes", but still.

"…Alright, fine. Do whatever you want," Louie eventually agreed. He then dropped his voice to a whisper, quietly talking in Webby's ear. "Psst…if you happen to miss the first two rings…throw the third one as far away as you can to the left of you…"

"But shouldn't I use that last ring on the bottles…?"

"Just trust me on this one."

Webby was confused about Louie's instructions, but she didn't question it any further. Instead, she pulled out a $5 note and gave it to the man behind the stall. "I'd like to try!"

"Here you go," the man said, taking her money and giving her three rings in return. Louie watched the exchange silently, subtly taking note of the size of the rings…

In reality, he was counting on Webby's accuracy. She was normally pretty accurate with her aim when it came to things like these on adventures. If she happens to land at least one of the rings on the bottles, then they wouldn't have to buy more, which was good. If she missed, then he'd be surprised, but also not.

Louie watched as Webby squinted, looking at the bottles. She held the first ring in her hand, her wrist slightly bent as she's getting ready to throw. Her eyes surveyed the width of the space between each bottle, analyzing how far away they were from her as well.

It seemed like an eternity before she finally flicked her wrist and let the ring go flying.

CLANK!

The ring bounced off the top of the glass bottles, not even close to landing down on the neck. Webby looked at it in surprise as the man had a gleeful grin on his face.

"It's okay, just try again!" he said. Louie narrowed his eyes ever so slightly, looking at the man's expression. Hm.

"Aw man…!" Webby merely said, her brows furrowing. She got the second ring ready, her eyes narrowing in concentration. "It's okay- I won't miss this one..!"

CLANK!

The ring clanked against the glass as it bounced off the bottles, once again failing to land properly. Webby looked at the ring in disappointment again, but Louie merely gave a small snicker, shaking his head. He lowered his voice to a whisper once again.

"Okay, now throw the next one as far away as you can. Make it look natural…"

Webby was still rather confused about what he said…but she decided to put her blind trust in him. "O-Okay."

"One more ring to go!" The man said, his grin way too large. Webby frowned and looked at the bottles in concentration again.

After a pause, she threw the ring. However, it did not go towards the bottles at all. Instead, it flew far in a different direction, just as Louie instructed her to do. The man at the stall watched in surprise as the ring flew away.

"O-Oh, whoops..!" Webby poorly faked, smiling sheepishly. "I'm, uh, sooo clumsy…!"

"Uhhh…haha, it's okay, don't worry!" The man responded, recovering from his surprise. He climbed over the counter of the stall. "I'll go ahead and get that for you!"

He dashed off to fetch the ring, leaving the stand alone with Louie and Webby. Webby watched him leave, but her attention was caught by the sound of someone climbing over the stall's counter. She turned around and saw Louie on the other side of the counter, standing next to the table of bottles.

"Louie..!" Webby exclaimed in surprise. "What are you doing..?!"

She's pretty sure he's not supposed to be INSIDE the stall. Louie gave the stick of cotton candy to her, picking up one of the bottles.

"Hold the cotton candy for a bit, I'm just checking something…"

"Louie..! What if he comes back..?" Webby said, worriedly, glancing to the left. Louie ignored her and picked up a ring from behind the stand, examining it.

"Excuse me, young man!"

Louie and Webby looked up, startled. The man was back, holding Webby's stray ring. He crossed his arms as he frowned at Louie. "What do you think you're doing?! You're not supposed to be back there..!"

For a second, Webby was wondering if she should've thrown the ring further to buy them more time, but Louie merely looked at the adult with a casual look on his face.

"Oh, I'm just checking out the game up close. You've got a pretty good thing going on here, man," Louie said with a chill tone. He threw the ring in his hand up and down, leaning against the table. "It's a simple scam, but it works I bet."

"W-What are you talking about?" The man stuttered, dumbfounded. Louie smirked slightly and shrugged.

"I was just noticing how many prizes are on display. Can I ask- how many people won one of these prizes?"

"None…but look, you better get out of there or else-!"

"I figured," Louie interrupted. "I doubt anyone actually won at this thing. Considering it was rigged and everything."

"Rigged?" Webby repeated, frowning. The triplet smirked and walked towards Webby with the bottle and ring in his hands.

"Yeah, check it out, Webbs!" Louie's tone was light and overly cheery, so the sarcasm was clear in his voice.

Louie put the ring on the nozzle of the bottle, but it didn't slide down any further. The ring was much too small to fit, much to Webby's surprise. Louie had a cheeky grin on his face. "Well, would ya look at that? The ring's tiny compared to the bottle's fat neck! Haha! Who knew?"

He turned to the man, his smile not leaving his face. "Quite a scam you've got going, pal. Bet you've made a lot of money with it. Though, the Ring Toss scam's kinda been done to death, don't you think? I'm giving you 2/10 for lack of originality."

While Louie was too busy teasing the older man, Webby put her hands on her hips and frowned at the adult. "That's not fair, mister! You can't just scam your customers like that..!"

People passing by were alerted by Webby's loud statement. They frowned and shook their heads, looking at the stand in disdain. The man watched hopelessly as potential customers walked away, though the sight put a larger smile on Louie's face/

"Hey, hey, hey, woah, keep your voice down, kid..!" he hushed Webby, looking worried.

"What? Don't want us exposing your game?" Louie asked, smugly. "Makes sense. You'd probably lose a lot of profit if everyone knew."

The man frowned and glared. "Alright, alright, what do you want?"

"If you let us have one of the prizes, we won't snitch."

…

"Deal."

Webby looked down at the plump bunny-dragon plush in her hand as she and Louie continued walking through the fair. She stared at it, then glanced at Louie.

"Do you think we got this unfairly?" Webby asked, tilting her head. "We kinda just blackmailed a guy."

Louie merely shrugged, not seeming too concerned. "Nah, I think it's fine. Don't forget, he scammed a lot of people and tried to scam us. I don't feel bad, haha."

Webby chuckled and hugged the plush with a smile on her face. He did have a point. "How did you even know the game was rigged?"

"The number of fair games that are rigged will surprise you, honestly," Louie said. Finishing the last of the cotton candy in his hand, he dropped the stick in a nearby bin and looked at Webby. "But anyway, we're good to go on rides now. Anything you have in mind?"

"Hm…"

There were rides all over the place. It looked like Webby was having a hard time deciding on which one. Louie patiently waited for a response as her gaze slowly went skywards, looking at a particularly tall ride.

"What about that one?" Webby said, pointing to it.

Louie followed her gaze, his stomach dropping when he saw what she was pointing to. It was a Drop Tower. The kind that would bring them up to the top, then drop them fast just for the thrill. Louie was not a fan of the thrill, if it weren't obvious already.

"D-Drop tower...? Uhhh…how about a different ride?" Louie suggested, not looking forward to being dragged down in the air. It sounded like a real nightmare. And he hated the last rollercoaster, so he knows he'll hate this.

"But why not that one?"

"Webby, I do not feel like dying today."

"Oh, uh, okay…" Webby replied, looking around for a different option. After a while, she pointed to another one, smiling. "Ooh! What about that one?"

She pointed to a ride that was noticeably colored in a very light pink color, decorated with hearts all over the front of it. Couples lined up, each waiting for their turn at what seemed like a swan boat going through a tunnel.

The Tunnel of Love. It was the Tunnel of Love.

…

Nope, nuh-uh. Not today. Not ever.

"Drop Tower, it is..!" Louie hastily said, grabbing Webby's hand and leading her away from the lovey-dovey ride.

Webby laughed, not having any objections. The two made their way over to the tower ride at a slightly quicker pace. Louie just had newfound determination to get as far away from the pink and the hearts and the boats and just…ugh. Anything would be better than that right now.

As they made their way over to the ride, Louie looked up at the tower. The screams of people who were on the ride were ringing in his ears, even though they were quite far away. His stomach churned. Suddenly the Tunnel of Love didn't seem so bad.

"Ugh, why did I agree to this..?" he quietly said to himself, regretting every life decision he has made up to this point.

"Aw, come on, Louie. You'll be fine!" Webby encouraged him. "You're brave!"

"You do know that this is Louie you're talking to right?"

Webby rolled her eyes. "Come on, don't deny it. You went on the Twister Coaster earlier before, don't you remember?"

"I was shaking by the end of it," Louie responded, pouting. Webby put a hand on his shoulder in a comforting manner.

"But you still went on it..!" she said, giving an uplifting smile. "That takes a lot of guts!"

"I think barfed out my guts when we were on the rollercoaster."

Webby laughed, putting a hand to her beak to stifle it. She playfully pushed Louie away. "Ew, groooss."

Louie couldn't help but chuckle and smile, his mood lifting slightly. It was weird. Webby just seemed to have that effect on him nowadays. "But I stand by what I said anyways."

"Louie."

Webby stopped walking and faced him. She had a stern expression on your face. "You are brave, you know? I mean, you're always willing to go on adventures. Even if the adventure itself isn't your motivation and more or less the treasure, you're still there!"

"…"

"And I think that makes you brave! Even if you get scared sometimes. I mean, to be fair, we seem to face death way too much, haha."

Suddenly, the fluttery feeling came back, but Louie had no idea why. It was probably because he felt flattered and embarrassed right then. He's not used to people calling him brave, so this was a little embarrassing for him.

He's…not sure how to react.

'Just say thank you.'

"…Cool."

Darn it, Louie.

"Sorry, I mean..." Louie stammered, trying to backtrack his mistake. It just slipped out. "…uh…thanks, Webby."

Webby merely gave a sweet smile, making Louie feel funny again. He coughed and looked away, trying to ignore the weird feeling he was currently…feeling.

"Uh, well…okay, you win," he said, changing the subject. "We'll go on the Drop Tower. But I'm only going on because you'll keep nagging me otherwise."

"Heyyy..! I don't nag..!" Webby responded, frowning. Louie chuckled at her response.

"Keep telling yourself that, Webbs."

"Meanie."

Regardless, Webby grabbed his hand and started walking again, once again beaming. "But anyways! You said it yourself! We're going on the ride!"

"Yaaaay..."

Listen, before you say anything...I'm aware of how cheesy this whole fanfic is. I just need a fic to put all of my fluffy Loubby ideas in because honestly, I have way too many of them. I've been kinda holding back on the Loubby in my other fics like my Evil!Louie or Unrelated!AU ones because they're not really supposed to be Louie x Webby stories at all...

But...

This is. So. Yeah, I'm gonna be a cheesy as I want with this story ;w;

I wanna make sure I get new chapters out quicker next time, but who knows what'll happen? Anyway, bye!