Branch was in front of Lake's door. He held the brand new picture frame with Lake's family picture in it. He whispered under his breath. "Ok, just give it to her and smile.".

He was about to knock, but he backed away again. He bit his bottom lip. Why is it so hard?! She's just a friend! But why is he so nervous for the first time? A rare thing for him. He pulled out a card for her, it was folded, and had her name on it. Literally. He finally knocked on the door twice. And the door opened and showed Lake. She smiled and waved. "Hey Branch, what's up?".

"The sky" he sarcastically said as Lake chuckled and rubbed her nape. Then she looked down at her feet, and saw the picture frame he was holding, except the picture in it. But she ignored it and looked back up at him. "Say, have you seen my picture from yesterday? I can't find it anywhere...".

"Oh! Uh... I was... just... about to say the same!" He said as Lake hummed in response, understanding what he meant. She turned around and looked around her home. She smirked, then Branch walked up beside her with the picture frame behind his back. "So, what are you gonna do about it?".

"Probably gonna find it everywhere. Up, down, in, out, every single pod and forest. Every troll that is a suspect..." she said as Branch chuckled nervously. Lake cocked a brow and asked. "What's so funny?".

"Oh! No! I wasn't laughing at anything! I swear!" Branch said as Lake smirked  and saw the familiar picture in his hand. She grabbed it from him. "Lake! Wait-!".

"A... new picture frame?" She asked and looked at Branch. The picture frame was made of blue and clean popsicle sticks. It had a heart on the top left side of the picture. She blushed, she wondered how did he fix it. "Branch... how did you fix it?".

"I felt bad for yesterday. So I grabbed the picture without you noticing and measuring it for the frame size. And... I may have some help form Poppy. I even asked for some lessons!" Branch said as Lake giggled and smiled. "Thanks Branch. I love it.".

Then she kissed his cheek, making Branch blush and rub his nape and laugh hysterically. Then Lake set the picture frame aside and smiled. "But next time, ask me to hand you the picture.".

Branch nodded as they headed out. Two blue butterflies flew in and landed on the picture frame. Branch and Lake arrived outside and saw Poppy handing invitations and started singing. Then she stopped and stood in front of them. "Hey guys! Are you coming to tonight's party? You know, to celebrate peace with the bergens!".

"I thought we already did 2 days ago?" Branch asked as Poppy nodded. "Yup! But this is the second party! That one was just a warmer. You guys up?".

"Sure, Poppy. Anything" Lake said as Poppy handed them invitations. But Branch was a scrapbook. Duh. Lake opened hers and pulled the paper out. It said 'You're Invited!'. Lake shrugged and turned to Branch. "Touché. Open yours! I'm sure it's special...".

"No way! The last time I opened an invitation, I was covered in glitter!" Branch said as Lake gave a Come-On look. Branch groaned and opened it, only letting glitter come puke out on his face. Lake snickered, then laughed out loud. She hugged her stomach and wiped the tears from her eyes. Branch rolled his eyes and crossed his arms and looked at Lake with a stern look. Then Lake quickly fixed her position and snickered. Then she bursted laughing out loud again. Branch rolled his eyes with a smile and shook his head.

A/N

Aw! How cute for Branch to repair her picture frame. Wouldn't you do that for someone? Never mind about that. I'm getting more reads in the second! Thank you so much for reading! Stay tuned everyone! Love you! Peace out!