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Cosmo had finally gotten done with another run.
he got ALOT of tapes to meet his daily quota, even surpassing next weeks, so he got to stay at home for atleast 2 weeks now.
The mains usually get the day off, even if it’s as simple as a headache. They were treated as overlords basically, while the common toons had to meet a bigger quota and go out more frequently.
Sprout hated this fact, but he knew he could do nothing to fight it. Even as a main, dandy and the handlers had control over everything.
Atleast Sprout had more time with Cosmo, since he noticed he’s been avoiding him a lot more frequently. He wanted to speak to him, he wanted to know what was wrong.
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Cosmo was standing by the sink in his bathroom getting ready for one of his first weeks off, he was gonna go hang out with some other toons today who had been on the same run with him. He opened a small case which had star-shaped sprinkles in an assortment of colors, carefully and neatly placing them on his cheeks. He closed the case and headed over to his closet to put on his hoodie and color matched arm and leg warmers.
And of course his friendship bracelet. He was flustered even by the thought of being friends with Sprout, let alone liking him.
The Swiss roll walked out of his room and went over the the little kitchen area, opening the freezer to get a few frozen waffles to throw in the toaster.
Suddenly, Sprout came around the corner, Cosmo squeaked and swiftly ran around the fridge to hide from Sprout. Sprout walked over to the fridge to get some ingredients for pancakes, then he spotted Cosmo behind the fridge, “Oh! Hey Cosmo, what are you doing behind the fridge?..”. “Uhm..”, he quickly came up with an excuse, “I accidentally dropped my bracelet and it fell behind the fridge..heh..”.
“Uhm..you sure? You looked like you saw a ghost cos..”, “I’m FINE Sprout, you need to stop worrying about me so much”, flustered, he walked back to his room, throwing the still frozen waffles on the counter.
He teared up a bit, why did I yell at him, he just asked me a question? He probably hates me now doesn’t he?! He thought to himself, his body sliding down the door holding his head in his hands. He softly cried thinking about sprout, he couldn’t get the image of him out of his head. All he could do was try to avoid him till the end of the week, then he could just go on runs again to avoid him.
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Sprout still didn’t understand what was wrong, he tried to be his best for Cosmo, but something he did still made Cosmo mad. He only ever acted this way around him, and he only tried to avoid him, he was very social actually. Sprout needed to find out what was wrong, whatever it takes to make Cosmo feel better.
The strawberry walked towards Cosmos room, and he knocked. The door unlocked with a click, and slowly opened, “oh, hey Sprout”. “Hey Cosmo, L-listen! I wanted to talk to you about this morning, I’m re-“, he got cut off by Cosmo, “no IM sorry, I’m so sorry for yelling at you! I-i don’t know what was wrong”. “Do you want to bake with me?..”, Cosmo got flustered, “uhm..sure..”, he reluctantly said. “Great! Let’s go!!”.
Sprout proudly walked down the hallway, Cosmo a bit behind him, looking over towards the kitchen area, Scraps and Poppy sit at one of the tables in the kitchen, talking and flirting with each other. Cosmo was envious of their relationship, but.. he doubted Sprout would wanna be in that type of relationship.
He then remembered he was supposed to hang out with some other toons today. “Oh shit”, he accidentally said out loud, “what’s wrong Cos?”, “I forgot I was supposed to hang out with a couple others today..”.
“Oh.. that’s ok then.. I’ll see you tomorrow then”. Sprout started to walk away but Cosmo swiftly stopped him,”hey wait! Would you maybe.. want to hang out with us?..”, “uh, sure! If they’re ok with it!”. Sprout walked with Cosmo towards the elevator once more, and they head down to the arcade.
🎣 🪞 -~🍰🍓~- 🔍 🍤
They walked over to the gift shop area of the arcade to meet up with the others, glisten, Rodger, Finn, and sadly, Shrimpo. “Hey guys! Uhm.. is..it ok if Sprout joins us?”, “I HATE UNEXPECTED PRESENCE!”, Shrimpo screamed at Sprout and Finn interjected, “oh come on Shrimpo! Don’t be such a buzz-KRILL!”, Shrimpo stopped the screaming, but he scoffed at Sprout. “Sure! I don’t mind that much sweetie”, glisten said.
The group walked over to the arcade machines and got their bags of quarters out and started playing some games. Finn and Shrimpo were over by the claw machine. Shrimpo banged on the glass every time he failed, almost breaking it. Rodger and glisten were playing air hockey, and Rodger was destroying him at it. “You have GOT to be cheating”. “HOW DO YOU CHEAT AT AIR HOCKEY?!”, Rodger yelled.
Sprout and Cosmo found an open claw machine and Cosmo sat down at it while Sprout leaned on the side watching Cosmo. Every little detail about him was perfect, his lips, his strategically placed sprinkles on his cheeks, the neat swirl of frosting atop his head. Sprout didn’t even realize Cosmo had won of a plushie of himself.
“Why’d you pick out that one Cosmo?~”, Cosmo got flustered, “I-i was going for the Vee plushie! but it grabbed yours instead!”, Sprout chuckled, Cosmo smiled, Sprout was so happy to see him smile again.
“Hey uhm.. can you come to my room in a few hours? I wanna talk about something”. Cosmo hesitated, but agreed, still feeling bad for earlier that day.
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After a couple hours at the arcade they said bye to the others and went up to Sprouts room. Sprout sat at the edge of his bed and patted the sheet next to him signifying Cosmo to sit next to him. Cosmo sat down, “Did I do something Cosmo?”, “What? No of course not, why would you think that?. “Lately you’ve been avoiding me a lot and I just wanna know, am I bothering you?”. Cosmo stiffened, his face flushing.
He couldn’t tell him here, not like this.. he couldn’t just tell him he was a burden to him though, then he would hate him. Sprout rested his hand on cosmos next him, caressing his hand for comfort. Cosmos face heated up instantly and he slowly replied, “I like you, Sprout”, Cosmo thought he had thought to himself, accidentally confessing to him.
“Y..you do?..”, Cosmo slowly realized his mistake, his eyes widening and tearing up, taking his hand away, “n-no, wait, you didn’t hear that!”, his voice cracked as tears started running down his face, shifting way from Sprout, “Wha- WAIT COSMO!”, Sprout grabbed his hand and pulled him towards himself.
Sprout pulled Cosmo into a hug. “I like you too, I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you sooner”. Cosmo melted in Sprouts embrace, a surge of relief going through his body. Their bodies now lay on the bed, Sprout rubbing Cosmos back. “I’m sorry for avoiding you, I-i just didn’t know what you would say..”, “please don’t apologize, you’ve done enough apologizing, it’s not your fault”.
Sprout wiped Cosmos tears and glanced at his lips, Cosmo slightly nodding his head. They pulled each other into a kiss, and they closed their eyes as they admired each other’s flavors. Cosmo didn’t have to avoid him anymore, and Sprout had no worry anymore.
After a few minutes, Sprout pulled his sheets over him and Cosmo, them both falling asleep, happy for the mistake Cosmo had made earlier.