Welcome to the trash pit.

Anyway, this isn't canon— it's just an interaction between Jade and my Yuu (and whatever is going on with them lol)

"Come to think of it, can I ask you something, Riddle?" You set down your cup, tilting your head slightly.

You were in the Heartslabyul garden, sat at what you were earlier led to believe would be a tea party, but in reality consisted only of you and Riddle drinking tea in his office. The lack of any sweets was a clear sign that Trey wasn't made aware of your meeting.

"Of course. Whatever is the matter?" Riddle mimicked your actions, but his expression was much more serious that yours.

"Well Floyd often messes around with you, right? Do you know what the deal is with him and Jade just... opening their mouth real wide and staring?"

"Hmm? I don't believe either of them have ever done that to me." He frowns thoughtfully. "But you might have some luck asking Trey. If I recall, he once told me something about moray eels doing something similar. I can't recall what exactly..."

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"Opening their mouths wide and staring, huh?" Trey wore a somewhat troubled expression. You swore you saw a twitch of irritation somewhere on his face before he smoothed it out to a neutral look "Well, there is one explanation I suppose. Floyd calls you "Shrimpy", doesn't he?"

"Yeah," you affirmed, mildly wondering what irked him, "he keeps saying I'm teeny tiny..."

"Well, a lot of people are, compared to him. He does the same to Riddle." He placated you, but you had a feeling he might feel the same about your height. That smug smirk on his face wasn't helping. "But if they consider you as a shrimp, then it makes sense. Moray eels and shrimps have quite the relationship, you know?"

"They do?" That was the first you've heard about that. "Wait, what do you mean 'quite the relationship'?"

"Eels may feed on shrimp, but there are also some they live in symbiosis with." Trey explains, his smirk widening for some reason. "For those, they open their mouth reeal wide. Do you know why?"

"Uh, no?" You stared at him blankly. You already said you didn't even know about the eel-shrimp relationship, so why would you know that?

"Shrimps clean eels' mouths," Trey continues, mischief glinting in his eyes, "especially the teeth. They get in there and clean them real good."

"Uhm-" Somehow you got this feeling you should stop him from talking. Like, right now.

"So I think the Leeches may want... a bit of a similar service from you."

"Do I look like a dentist?!"

"I suggest, the next time it happens." He completely ignored you. "You just take out a toothbrush, some toothpaste, and brush their teeth. That should satisfy them. Oh, and of course, flossing."

"I don't want to." You deadpanned. "I really, really don't want to do that."

"Hey now, no need to be so negative. I will even give you the suplies." Ah he was totally making fun of you. "If you want to... we can go to my bathroom and I'll show you how to properly take care of someone's teeth."

"No thanks!" You protested, but he already had you in his hold, and started dragging you along.

"Don't be like that, it will be fun." Trey said, and then whispered in your ear, "I promise I'll be gentle with you~."

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There were teeth cleaning supplies in your bag. Mostly against your will. Honestly, you weren't sure what you were going to do. Ignoring the Tweels seemed to have worked last time, but would it continue in the future? You double-checked what Trey said in the library, and it seemed true. They didn't really have books on eel mermen, but at least for actual moray eels the symbiosis was there. Cleaning in exchange for protection and food.... Well, the Tweels definitely fed you, and you suppose there was some protection. And if you didn't reciprocate the symbiosis... Your mind flashed to images of eels eating non-cleaner shrimps.

Oh Seven, they were totally going to make you brush their teeth weren't they?

"OOOOH, Hiya Shrimpy~" Speak of the devil, and Floyd shall appear.

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You were at Mostro Lounge, sitting with a glass of some special drink that you were trying very hard not to drink - there was no Ace or Deuce to rescue you from getting high off your ass this time. Jade and Floyd crowded around you, trying to entice you to drink and eat. They were touching you all over, and you were quietly debating between snapping at them and actually getting high on purpose so it would be more bearable.

"Aww, come on Shrimpy~. It's all completely safe, you know?" Floyd pouted. He took a bite out of one of the crackers they brought as snacks, offering you the remaining half.

You let it smack against your closed lips, shooting him a look. There was a low chuckle from your other side -Jade, no doubt- before suddenly a gloved hand moved from your arm to your face. Jade gently took hold of your jaw, slipping his pointer finger past your lips, and then - he physically opened your mouth, even holding your tongue down with his finger. His twin wasted no time force-feeding you the cracker.

"There, there~ now, was that so difficult?" Jade asked mockingly, rubbing calming circles on your hip with his other hand. You bit his finger. "Oh my."

"Hmm, it's cute, but I think I like it more when Shrimpy eats on their own~." Floyd poked your cheek as soon as his brother released your face. You had half a mind to spit the cracked out all over him, but you endured and swallowed.

"Then I guess we'd better make something so irresistible they just can't help themself, fufu."

"Eh? Oh, I got it, I got it." Floyd grinned and then rushed to the kitchen, leaving you with Jade.

"How spirited." Jade commented.

It wasn't long before he repositioned himself to be able to shove his face right in front of yours and- there it was. He opened his mouth wide, eyes half-closed happily. His hands were roaming over you gently. Not in any inapropriate places, just along your arms and back. You wanted him to shut his mouth and let you go.

The toothbrush in your bag... Right, if you could do it, maybe he will be satisfied and let you go? Else you'll surprise him enough to get free, you supposed. You reached over without looking, fishing out the toothbrush and toothpaste by shape. You bring them up in front of you, unscrewing the toothpaste.

"Eeeee?" Jade makes an inquisitve noise, mouth no longer opened all wide, but not closed either.

Without wasting time, the moment you get the toothpaste on, you shove the toothbrush into his mouth, earning a weird noise and a shocked expression.

You begin brushing his teeth, concluding that you were right and it's what they wanted, given he wasn't moving away or stopping you at all. In reality, Jade simply froze, bluescreening. His mind felt both completely empty and like he was going through his thoughts at 100 miles per second.

Everyone in the lounge was completely baffled too, staring as you brushed Jade Leech's teeth with a single-minded focus of someone cleaning a very fragile, very expensive vase. Some Heartslabyul students got flashbacks to their Vice Housewarden forcefully cleaning their teeth if they complained too much about how the didn't want to do it. Your technique was a little too much like his.

Jade only regained the ability to move at all when the foam started sliding down his throat and he unceremoniously started choking. A bit of toothpaste-foam spilt but he did his very best to maintain what was left of his dignity, swiftly lurching for the sink.

Before he could even get it all out and begin questioning what in the Sevens you thought you were doing, you already made your way to the other side of the bar he was leaning over, grabbed his tie and resumed brushing like he didn't almost just die via choking on toothpaste.

"Huh?! What the hell are you two doing?" Floyd yelled before coming over. Ah, Jade's dignity... it shall never recover.

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Jade was going down a hallway, headed towards the greenhouse when someone stepped in front of him. Trey Clover, friendly as ever...

"O? To what do I owe the pleasure?" Jade asked politely. He and Trey were not particularly close and it was weird for the man to approach him like that...

"Nothing much, I just heard from my housemates about the... teeth brushing." Trey said, mischief entering his face. Jade could feel his eye twitch. "It's great to hear you finally got what you wanted, always gaping your mouth at our 'Shrimpy' like that."

"..." Wait a second. Trey Clover was known for his interest in dental hygiene, and trivia around teeth.

Did he?

"I truly hope things continue just like that between you two." Oh, Trey was smirking at him. He really was behind this, wasn't he?

"Bastard."