*Siiigh*
Poppy looked at a frame she was holding in her hands. Firmly she caressed the picture it was holding and sighed once again.
The picture was of her and her boyfriend, Branch. They were hugging and smiling on the captured moment. She carefully put it on the bed in front of her as she layed down.
Branch was on a business trip to help with a building project for the bergens. That's what he told her before he went. He was planned to be gone for 1 week if everything went smoothly. It had been 6 days since he went away and since then Poppy has gradually become less and less of her felicitous self. She was used to have him around nearby if she ever missed him, but now she couldn't just run to his bunker to give him a hug like usual. It felt weird, she was usually able to stay happy without having a certain troll by her side at all times, but as they had started dating she missed him more and more when they were apart, even if it was only for the night.
On the 3:d day of him being away it became unbearable to do anything so she went to Bergen town to ask Bridget and Gristle where he was. But they told her he was working a while away from the town and that they weren't sure exactly where, but that it was best to let him finish it off since the project required all his concentration.
So Poppy being Poppy still searched the woods nearby after him only to come back home emptyhanded.
All she wanted now was to sleep so it could become the next day, and hope that her other half would come back early tomorrow morning.
* * *
*Bonk, bonk, bonk!*
The blue gray-ish troll wiped away some sweat from his forehead and continued hammering. He was so close to finish it. Then it would only be the easier decorations and some placements left to do.
"Aand DONE, whew it was a long but productive day today, ey Gary?"
His remote controller he called his son didn't answere, it just awkwardly sat in it's creator's hand.
"... it will all be worth it in the end.. I hope"
He put away his hammer into a bag he had placed by the roots of a huge tree. He then proceeded to make a fire in the already existing fireplace he made a few days ago.
"Dinner then sleep, then in the morning the trolls and bergens will come and help me put things together according to my plan, and then I can meet Poppy again"
He looked up at the stars that had started to shine on the sky as it turned darker and darker.
He missed her so much. He just wished she was there by the fire with him, so he could hug her and bury his face in her pink soft hair. To see her smile and hear her little giggle of comfort and love. It is very hard to be away from the one troll you love more than anything in the world, but to keep her birthday party a surprise this was what he had to do. Sure, he could have let other trolls and bergens build the tables, chairs and machines for activities, but Branch wanted to do it his way, so that everything would be PERFECT. He had been planning everything into the smallest detail, even though things never go as planned with her around he still did his very best to fix everything so it could be the best party ever.
Only the best was enough for the love of his life. Even though she tell him all the time that the best was to just be with him. It make his heart ache just to think of it, he miss her, he wanna be with her too, that's all he wants. But he was committed to the idea of throwing her the biggest party ever with all her favorite things and people. So that was what he was gonna do.
* * *
"Don't worry Poppy, he will surely come tomorrow"
Legsly patted her shoulder in a try to make her friend feel better.
"Yeah, the bergens said that he would come today if it went smoothly" Chenille said.
"And y'know how Branch is a perfectionist when it comes to anything" Satin continued.
"Yeah, I know, I was just hoping he would come today.." Poppy looked down as they were walking towards her pod.
"Aunt Poppy, I know how it feels, whenever I'm at school I miss my daddy! But I know I will meet him soon again so it always works out yo!" Tiny Diamond said as Guy Diamond held him in his hands.
"Yeah I-I know. But now it has been a week.. wouldn't you have missed your daddy is he was gone for that long too?"
"Uuuuooo, damn you got a point aunt Poppy."
"Mhm" Poppy replied kicking a small stone on the ground that got in her way.
"But y'know he would never ever in a million years miss your birthday tomorrow, no matter what, so I'm sure he'll be here tomorrow!" Biggie said.
"Right Mr Dinkles?"
"Mew!"
"See?"
Biggie smiled at his friend.
"...But, what if he doesn't make it til' tomorrow? What if he still have more to do? I don't care if it's my birthday tomorrow, I just want him back!"
Poppy had turned around and screamed with tears in her eyes, which had caused the snack pack to gasp.
"S-sorry I- ..I should just go to bed, good night everyone."
The snack pack watched as the pink troll ran the last few meters to her pod and used her hair to get up to it.
".....mew."
