This isn't really my story, as it is what I made after a small brainstorm we got with  foxgamer13 and a few peoples.
For the context, he is a non-popper, but slightly leaned on the slope of the semi. And we got the idea of the evil twin popping balloons in his dreams, but this twin was just him.
He did his own story (https://www.deviantart.com/foxgamer13/art/Needle-of-In-sanity-866880286) but I wanted to take all I have written and compile it, then add one or two (or 32564653) things to it.
So, here comes nothing!
(Shard and his blue loon belongs to  foxgamer13, the twin were our idea and the yellow balloon was mine, but they now belong to the fox >:3 )

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Shard was laying down and relaxing, comfortably holding a red heart balloon in a soft hug.
"You know that you will pop one day, right?" He said, staring at the red balloon "All balloons do, no matter how they are"

He unclips the balloon and inhales softly. "No matter how big...puff...how shiny...puff...how bouncy...puff...how cute...puff...or how colorful...puff...they are,...puff...they all go bang! pufffff"
Holding the neck away from his mouth, Shard contempt the good job, his big red heart is now twice bigger, he could almost fit inside! "It is not about how much or few I love you, you know all the time we spent together!" He gently hugs the heart "But what will happen the day you wear off? The day you start getting aged? The day you couldn't get puffed anymore?" He rubs and pets the balloon softly "You want to be one of those balloons disposed deflated in a trash bin? Not even round anymore?"
As he gently presses his paws into the balloon, making it loudly squeak, he can’t help but grins. "And think of the bang you would do! I am sure a lot of balloons would be jealous of such an awesome bang!" After a quick succession of puffs, the heart got definitively bigger than Shard, and also more transparent "You truly are too good to be wasted, and I would totally frame your shreds once you'll give your last creak!"
The kitsune give a kiss to the heart and starts squeezing it more than it would be reasonable to do. After a few second, the obvious loud BANG echoes all around, muffling a soft sight of contentment.

The fox smiles and look at the confetti raining, and giggles as they eventually all fall on the large blue surface he was relaxing on. Facing this giant surface and looks at the shiny surface, he can only see his own face, a glimpse of worry in the eyes.
"So, shall we try it today?" The fox says as his arms sinks into the surface with loud creaks, his claw softly sinking into this wonderful orb that felt so strong, it got louder any seconds and…

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Shard woke up, his heart pounding in his chest, the creaks still echoing in his mind, he barely get the time to think that it was another one of those nightmare that the creaks grows louder, and he notices that they are real! Looking down, he notices that he really was squeezing his favourite blue balloon and eeps as he release the tight embrace. Breathing heavily like after a long run.
It was the first balloon he manage to create himself that was void of flaw. His magic and the materials he got made it unpoppable! Or such he was often saying. It do was really strong, could go to ludicrous sizes, and he never saw it decaying over the years! He have already played way harder with it, and even more inflated than it was now, but he still had the words of this evil twin in mind! After a minute, he finally regains his composure enough to lay down on the smooth surface cushioning him. A long sight after, the kitsune kiss his best toy and whispers “Don’t worry, I won’t pop you!”

Relaxing a bit, he slowly get back into a calm state, about to get sleeping again.
“Not today at least!”
But those words, only the balloon heard them. Shard was already going back to the realm of the dreams.


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“Another day, another loon!” Shard softly grumbled, as he was seeing a comically large deflated balloon in front of him. It was yellow, and his mind was pretty sure he didn’t bought or made any this big recently, but it seem like a nice toy, and the urge to play with it soon came by. The fox touched the soft surface and gently held the neck, soon inhaling deeply and adding the whole content of his lungs in a single blow. The balloon didn’t seem to grow this much, but Shard had so much training, and it wasn’t like he could do anything right now…
He just kept huffing and puffing this big yellow balloon, curious about why it takes so long, as usually, this part wouldn’t give him so much time. He do take time to give a few rubs to the growing and tightening surface as a reward, and even allow himself a big tight hug once it reached his knees. But he had to puff, like he was doing with every balloons.

After a few moment, a three meters of transparent orb widely shadows his body. The fox contempt his toy and giggles, it was fun in a way to think how fast those things shrink once they get some help.
“You are just a big dumb balloon like the others, right?” He said, slowly rubbing a paw along with the sphere’s body. “You may be a good toy, I am sure someone want to bang! So let me give you a claw!”
The fox spreads his arms and clung to the voluptuous toy. Squeezing as hard as he could, the temptation to release the claw got near, but he was still being close to the neck, and decided to add a few more puffs, feeling every single inch of the rubber tightly creaking against his fur, harder and harder, only to feel the anticipation growing, somehow bigger than the balloon, and a little too much excitement later, the fox accidentally let a claw slip out, as if it wanted to say hello to the shiny surface in front of it…

KABOOM!

The fox sights. That was a bit louder than expected, but at least, this part is done. He looks at all the shard flying, swirling, like if they were moving in an imaginary breeze, and start looking a bit around. Usually, this is when this evil fox bring the blue balloon to tease him, and he should wake up soon from this nightmare!
To his surprise, the balloon is nowhere to be seen. A bit curious, the fox notice that he is in the kitchen, and think that the blue balloon might be in the bed room, ready to be his bed! He giggles as he feel silly for forgetting that and slowly walk toward the door…
Hold on a second…
The fox slowly start feeling cold. All the dream have been… Way too odd from the usual… No, not odd… Realistic?
The kitsune starts shaking, there must be an error, this wasn’t possible! He knew he just had to check and lifts a trembling paw to pinch his cheek, there it wasn’t…
The pinch actually felt a bit painful.
Shard froze in place
“No…”
It wasn’t a dream… All along, he have been acting like if he was in a dream, having to use the balloon like if he was controlled by the evil twin…
“No…”
But there must be an error! There was no twin or such, yet he just…”
“NOOOOO!!!!”

The fox was crying, holding the large scraps of the yellow balloon scattered around. He felt so sorry for what happened, but also angry after himself. Not only he just popped a balloon, but he did it on purpose! And for a moment, he even enjoyed it! It was a bit too much for him to handle.
A few hours of sadness later, he started putting back the pieces of the puzzles. He remembered that a friend told him he wanted to try one of his handmade balloons, and told him he would give him back later. The friend went a few hours ago and might have left the balloon, but forgot to tell him, and now…

He got hard time sleeping this night. Too afraid of himself, he avoided his bedroom at all cost, not wanting to risk anything wrong with his blue friend, he just laid on the couch and took the shreds as a blanket, and as a reminder. He felt like a horrible person, and had to apologize to the balloon for all this, and it was the only way he found to give him a last respect. He felt like an infinite time sobbing softly, but his tired body didn’t took this long to fall asleep.

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He was alone in a bright place, everything was colorful, yet he couldn’t put a word on anything he was seeing, and he didn’t care, he felt good here. After a few minutes relaxing here, the fox tried to stand up…
Only to get pounced by a soft surface.
“GOT YOU!” said a soft, colorful voice.
The fox huffed and tried to getup, but only managed to get on his four legs, only at this moment he tried to see what was pinning him, but he stood paralyzed at the sight of a yellow surface surrounding him.
He went laying down on the floor and felt like crying again, even his dreams were haunting him. He could only let a “I am sorry” out, that he was covering his eyes.
“Sorry for what?”
The fox took a few seconds to compile what he just heard. He slowly turned around, with difficulty since the soft surface was all around, and stared at the balloon, confused.
“You seem sad, did you do something back?”
The fox reacted faster this time, the balloon was so oblivious?
“Well.. I popped you and... and…”
“Yay! And it was so fun! You made me so huge! And I got so much pet! Oh you really know how to take care of balloons, I felt like the best toy! And this finishing hug, and this sneaky claw, you surprised me so much! I barely got able to react that BOOM! I flew everywhere!”
The fox was confused, the balloon… was grateful?
“You… You are not mad at me for destroying you?”
“No? Why? We haven’t been together that long, but this short period was really full of fun! And all those puffs… They were like.. Filled with love? I felt like every bit of air you sent to me was saying that I was awesome! And when you created me, you did make me feel loved! I remember your paw softly rubbing me all over, and the kiss you gave me when you said I got no default! You made my toy life happy!”
The fox took even more time to compile all this. He… Popped the balloon with love? But popping was just destruction! He was not…
He did loved every single bit… He remember loving the balloon till the end… Was he… Making him happy?
“But… I didn’t wanted to pop you! It was an accident!”
“Oh… Well sorry if I wasn’t a good enough toy…” the voice said with a glimpse of sadness.
“No no no! I didn’t meant that! I just… There were those nightmare… And you looked too good… And.. And… And you never were a bad toy to begin with!”
The fox hugged the big balloon to show how much he enjoyed the toy. But it felt so wonderful, the toy was feeling so squishy… Yet tight like a drum… And the smell of rubber was like enhanced…
“Well, since you popped me, at least, I can come to play with you here! But first, there is someone else that we should bring for the fun!”
The balloon eventually let the fox stand up, and slowly made him walk, squishing, squeaking, and shining all the way, he felt like every second, he was being surrounded by a heavier air, but that felt so softer… And softer…


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The fox woke up with a big yawn and stretched all over, before noticing he was laying on his big blue balloon. He sighted and hugged it tightly.
“Thanks god… This was just a nightm… a dream? It felt so good in the end, but I wonder if I really want to do this again!”
A stretch later, the fox slowly gets up and looks around.
Only to notice that, instead of a blanket, he was covered with a few layers of yellow scraps.
“Oh… So this wasn’t a dream… Wait, but how?”
He almost throw the shreds away, but got pensive. It was probably better to just not question everything, and just enjoy what he had. This yellow balloon sure was a loss, but what followed was so… Good…
“You damn devil, I guess you planned all this just to make sure I would join you, right? Well I am sad to say that, no! I won’t let you pop balloons as you wish! And this blue balloon is mine and won’t pop until I say so!” He shouted at the room, before noticing what he just said.
“I meant, it won’t pop, okay?”
Remembering the last event, and what the evil twin… No, what he said the previous days, he sighted and whispered:
”But if you think this would be a good thing to do… I don’t mind framing this beauty! I may be a trophy for you of my loss, but I will keep it just to remember to not do it again!”


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A few days later, the fox was playfully bouncing on his yellow balloon, like a trampoline. They spent most of this week’s night together, and haven’t really stopped playing during these fun night. One big bounce later, the balloon creaked loudly and the fox giggled, but slowed down at this sound.
“Hey! Be careful! You almost popped me!” The balloon said.
“What, you didn’t said you loved it?”
The balloon bounced the fox away in answer, making them both laugh. The balloon sneakily left a sentence come.
“Anyway, you still weren’t able to pop me without your claws, I bet you that you will need them anyway!”
“Oh yeah? And what is the bet?”
“Hehe, pop me without them, and YOU can go with your blue friend and do whatever to it! If I win, your next three nights, I will bring friends and squeeze you immobile for the whole play time! All with squeaky massages!”
“You wouldn’t dare~”
A few minutes later, the balloon stood no chance against the fox, granting him a beloved KABOOM due to an abuse of puffs. The fox was scared for a second that he did badly, but a giggle echoed around and the yellow balloon’s voice made a sound of squeaky applause.
“Well, I lost for this time, but be sure that I won’t let myself be.. This week the next time! But for now…”
The scraps slowly circled around, and soon, a small yellow compressor was visible, a long pipe moving behind the kitsune, and linking soon to the giant knot of the blue balloon that was miraculously there. Shard smiled and bounced playfully on the ground, until he reached the top of the balloon and started bouncing on it. The yellow bal… compressor soon was heard and tremendous gusts of air entered the wonderful toy, lifting Shard quickly toward a lot of fun! The fox unsheathed his claws and hugged the gigantic balloon, playfully bouncing.
“And don’t forget!” Say the yellow.
“To do… “ said shard
Creeeeeeeak
“A big…”
“Good…”
CREAAAAAAK
“Ka…”
“Bo…”


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GASP!
Shard woke up, sweating. The balloon was still under him, not as big, transparent, or creaky as it was a second ago, and got a nice kiss for rewarding its good behavior. The fox sighted and slid down the big blue surface, toward a large frame holding large yellow sheets of rubber.
“Hey! This is unfair! Don’t team up with the bad mean guy! I really thought you would pop it tonight!”
The fox panted a bit and looked at his big blue balloon.
“Well… fine. But I swear, you better not let yourself pop so easily! Next time, I want us to need a LOT of pressure to pop you! And you’d better keep your promises if you win! I want to know how you and your friend feels together!”
After a few grumbles, the fox went back to his “bed” and softly ended his night. Unaware that the next few night will give him the best massage he ever got, the next bets won’t be so easy to lose for him!
In the middle of the night, the fox opened an eye, only to give a soft kiss to the blue loon and a soft pet.
“Thanks a lot! I promise I won’t go too far until you ask, but I won’t let him stop to gentle squeaks!”

Shard never heard those words.
However, a frame giggled nearby, softly whispering about how stronger he will be tomorrow.