Too Regular. (Thomas x Reader, Regular Show)

7:59 AM, The Park

"Does everyone understand their jobs today? Good. Now, get to work."

Benson dismissed everyone to their respected workplace. Rigby and Mordecai were raking leaves, Muscle Man was mowing the lawn, High-5 Ghost was visiting his girlfriend and Skips was repairing the oven after the 'Rigby's special nachos' incident. That just left you and Thomas for the Snack Shack. You pulled him out of the wooden steps, which he was stuck in because of Muscle Man's "harmless prank". You two got over to the Shack, setting up chairs before heading inside. As Thomas unlocked and opened the door, cold water splashed all over his body, drenching him. In the distance, you could hear a distinctly obnoxious laugh, Muscle Man shouting "get pranked, grannies!", along with the sounds of a cart doing donuts on grass. You groaned and reached down to help Thomas up. He was sitting in a puddle of water, the empty bucket clanging beside him. He looked pissed for a second, but calmly collected himself and took your hand. He looked kind of pathetic from this angle, but it wasn't a particularly bad thing.

"Are you seriously gonna just let him walk all over you like this?" You asked him. Your eyes started wandering down, his wet shirt now perfectly outlining his body. He was... oddly toned for a college student, almost suspiciously. You realized how long you'd been staring and darted back up to his face. He seemed preoccupied with checking his duffle bag for dry clothes, so hopefully, he didn't notice you. "I mean, you have to stick up for yourself. Grow some balls, man."

He laughed and shrugged, "I don't know, maybe it's best to leave things as is." You felt bad for the guy, initiation week was already horrible, but Muscle Man's torment just wasn't stopping. You shook your head and went to open a can of chips. Instead of being greeted by the salty goodness, you rather tasted sweetness. A mini pie was fit into the can, and that pie was launched into your face, coating you in sweet apple sauce.

"Aw man, what a waste of a perfectly good pie..." You sighed, knowing that this was a prank by Muscle Man. As you wiped your eyes clean, you could've sworn that Thomas seemed genuinely upset, but his expression changed in a flash when he saw you looking his way.

"Yeah, maybe it's time to get revenge on Muscle Man." Thomas finally agreed with you, but you couldn't help but wonder what made him change his mind so suddenly. "Though, we should probably head back and get some dry clothes." You both went back into the house and changed, then developed a plan for Muscle Man...

After a series of relentless pranks from the green-skinned man, you and Thomas finally encountered the perfect one for your plan. You enlisted Mordecai and Rigby to help you plan it all out, they were some of the best pranksters around after all. With their help, you found out what prank Muscle Man was planning to pull next, and how to turn it back in his face. He was planning to do the same bucket trick from the morning, but instead with cans of trash. Thomas was supposed to bring a ketchup packet with him and pop it onto his shirt once the cans fell on him. It was unconvincing, but with Muscle Man as the victim, it was probably good enough to work. This would make him regret pranking Thomas and never do it again, at least, you hoped it would.

"Yo, Thomas, come here." You heard Muscle Man's distinctive voice in the distance and hid nearby, watching what ensued. "I'm really sorry for all the pranks I've pulled lately. I hid a gift for you in the cart, go look for it." He laughed suspiciously, but Thomas searched in the cart anyway. As he leaned in, something was pushed onto the gas pedal, causing him to fall forward into the vehicle as it rapidly approached the lake. You emerged from your hiding place in terror. This was not at all what was supposed to happen, did Thomas even know how to swim? It suddenly dawned on you that YOU are the lifeguard and raced to the lake. The cart was already half-way submerged, with Thomas getting dragged down along with it, panic painted on his face. Luckily, you took a few swim lessons since the last incident where you dived in and ended up needing to be saved.

You dove into the water, working your way towards your friend, who seemed unconscious. Fear settled into your mind as you grabbed his body and dragged him up to the surface. Bringing him to shore, you set him down and began performing CPR. Laying him onto a smooth surface and opening his airway, you performed 30 chest compressions. That didn't seem to be working so far, so you pinched his nose and leaned down to his lips. Out of the corner of your eye, you saw his right eye open slightly and a grin spread on his face. Sitting back up and away from him, you punched his gut harshly, and he surged forward, holding his stomach in pain.

"I thought you were gonna die!" You glared at him, anger taking over your mind.

He sat up and high-fived Muscle Man before apologizing profusely to you. "I'm sorry [NAME], I thought this was a good prank."

You rolled your eyes and cracked a smile, accepting his apology and playfully hitting him in the arm. "It's fine I guess, but next time you drown, I'm not helping you."

Mordecai and Rigby were already walking away with Muscle Man, griping about his poor taste in pranks. You were pulling Thomas up from the ground when Benson stormed out of the house, screaming about replacing the cart that was now sunken in the lake. You tried sneaking away without getting caught, but your friends phone rang. Why did his mom call at the worst times?

Benson stormed over to you and gave you both a good talking-to about responsibility. Your cart privileges were revoked for a month.