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Cosmo woke up.
He stared at the hipnotizing ceiling of his colorful room with a blank expression and wide eyes. He looked down at himself and bliked.
The boy was wrapped in a very puffy, big blanket that radiated warmth through his body in that season of Winter. After a few seconds of staring at nothing, he sat up on his bed and stayed seated for an awful minute.
He's forgetting something.
He feels too light. His face feels smooth and his head felt heavy, not because of its strange rectangular shape tho.
He just...feels light.
The pastry finally stood up from his bed and went to his wardrobe. He had to go in a run with a bunch of toons today. What a pain.
When Cosmo finished dressing up in his usual high tighs, white hoodie and black shorts, he moved to the kitchen. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
He stared down at the food.
.
..
...
He didn't wanna eat, but at the same time, he didn't wanna be hungry later on in the middle of the run and get distracted, so with disgust, he opened his wavering lips and took a bite ut of his pancakes.
"Sprout!!! You REALLY outdid yourself with these DELICIOUS pancakes!!!" Yatta exclaimed with happyness, almost crying out of joy when the strawberry added more syrup to her breakfast, knowing she like food when it was sweet. "MHM!! Cosmo taught me more about baking this weekend!" he smirked proudly before turning to his best friend and gave him silly smile follow by a wink and a thumb up.
Cosmo smiled weakly and returned the thumbs up.
"Making pancakes is baking?" Shelly stupidly asked, which made everyone eye her.
As the toons returned to happily chat with each Others, Astro scooted over to the pastry without him noticing and leaned close enough to his ear so only him could hear what he was about to say.
"Did you like your dream last night?"
Cosmo paused his eating mid-bite.
he placed down his fork before slowly turning to look at the main with a frown mixed with shock and confusion.
Tension was clear between them, making the air thick and suffocating.
"COSMO!"
Cosmo jolted on his seat at the sudden exclamation of his name before snapping his head towards who called him, and it was in that moment that he noticed that evryone was staring at him in silence.
"...what? Sorry, zoned out."
"It's alright." Sprout reassured softly, even through hi worry. "I wanted to ask if you could help me go ask Dandy for the supplies for the run in Exchange of ichor, but if you're still too tired i can go myself."
"Oh, no, yeah don't worry i'll- i'll come along, yeah."
"You dont have to if you don't want to!" silence. Cosmo turned to look at Astro. Astro gave him a gentle smile. Cosmo grimaced.
"Yeah, no, i'm coming along" ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In this run we had:
- Cosmo
- Sprout
- Astro
- Shrimpo (for some reason)
- Shelly
- Yatta
- Tisha
- Gigi
As the elevator ascended, Cosmo stared at the clean shiny tiles below him.
He lifted his gaze.
Astro was chatting with Gigi.
The moon felt eyes on him and turned towards the pastry.
He smiled.
The common cringed and felt a shiver run down his spine.
"Ay, Cos." Cosmo suddenly stood straight and turned towards Sprout, who was holding a medkit, a band and a valve between his arms.
"Here ya go! Your stuff!"
"Thanks." The shorter thanked.
"Anytime" The strawberry beamed.
Elevator is opening...
Just as everyone was heading out, Cosmo was pushed aside by a slightly (by just a few inches or so) taller than him.
Shrimpo.
"LOOK WHERE YOU WALK!!!"
God's sake, his voice is in his usual loud high pitched yet low annoying tone.
"Yeah...sorry." The pastry apologized through gritted teeth, trying to be as polite as possible.
Shrimpo gave the swiss roll a strange dirty look before heading his way.
He didn't hate the shrimp, he truly didn't, but he couldn't deny that the crustacean is an asshole.
Anyways, now that he got better with machines, it was time to go help the team by not just sticking around until someone signaled a heal or someone got hit.
He just hoped that he didn't overestimated himself by bringing Rodgers' magnifying glass with him.
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He didn't!
Cosmo became one of the main extractors in the run.
I mean, he never missed a skillcheck unless someone distracted him or made him anxious by staring at him.
But he still was awesome!
Just as he finisged the third machine out of seven, he felt a cold sensation on his shoulder, and when he looked down to check, he saw one of Astros' "glowy star hands" there, sending shivers down his spine.
He turned around with raised eyebrows.
Yes, it was Astro.
"Oh...hey Astro! Need a heal?"
Cosmo knew he didn't. He was still able to see that the main was still on his usual two hearts.
"No, no, don't worry. I just needed your assistance with something. Please, come to me when you're free" He gently raccomanded, with a soft tired smile. A smile that seemed so pure and uncapable of harm.
"Mh...i mean, i'm not nusy, but i want to do one more machine! Then i'll be all yours!" The commons smile faltered slightly when the moons smile widened at the end of his sentence.
He dosen't know why he has such reaction from a simple smile, he truly didn't.
"Sounds nice. I'll meet you near the fake elevator?Up the stairs where R n' Ds cartoon is projected?"
"Isn't Looey distracting there?"
"Mhm, no, he's distracting down the stairs with Shrimpo."
"...Shrim...po??"
what.
"Yeah, Vee is on this floor, so is Toodles and Yatta. Since he's afraid of getting slowed with such twisteds, as soon as Vee is about to use her ability, Shrimpo gets out a corner to take the debuff then goes back hiding."
"That's...smart?"
"Mhm."
"...ANYWAYS!! I better go now so i can be right back to you!"
"Okay! See you!"
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7/7 machines.
Panic mode.
The elevator leaves in 35 seconds.
Sprout directed everyone to the elevator safely, especially Shrimpo, being careful on guiding him away from Looey.
"EVERYONE IN?-- OH GOSH!" Looey yelled before getting startled by Vee debuffing his speed, making him run in circle with panic.
"ASTRO AND COSMO AREN'T!! HANG ON!" Sprout yelled back before squinting his eyes and looking around, trying to concentrate, until he finally saw two hearts approaching the elevator.
Looey drank a Pop in a hurry, almost chocking as he was running out of stamina.
Astro ran to the elevator with Cosmo in his arms
"CAN I-"
"COME IN!!!"
elevator closing.
The four of them slid under the elevator door as it was closing, the rest of the toons watching with shock.
Not even taking preciouse time to exhale, the red main ran to his unconscious best friend and snatched him from the other mains grasp, checking his pulse.
breathing.
He let out a loud exasperated groan of relief before turning to Astro. "WHAT HAPPENED?"
The moon blinked, shifting his hold on his blanket slightly. "He's sleeping..."
"IN THE MIDDLE OF A RUN???"
"He was feeling distressed, so i helped him relax. Eventually he fell asleep. I tried to wake him up but he wouldn't budge. Sorry"
Shelly carefully slid Cosmos' body near the elevator wall to lay more comfortably while Sprout pinched the bridge of his non-existant nose, trying to calm his racing heart.
Let's not speak about Looey, who was breathing heavily with Yatta next to him trying to comfort him from the big heart attack he had when he saw the elevator closing.
This run is gonna be a wild one.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________"Hey buddy...please wake up." A soft soothing voice spoke.
Cosmo yawned as he very lazily his eyes. It was dark. A blackout floor.
"There ya go!" Sprout chuckled with a genuine smile, rubbing his shoulder gently in a circular motion, hoping he didn't startle his best friend by waking him up from his slumber, tjo he did it in the most gentle way he could.
"What floor is it..." Cosmo asked groggily, setting up more comfortably against the elevator closed door, rubbing his eyes.
"25"
"Was i out for that long?"
"Mhm."
Cosmo let out a whine.
Yet again, he somehow felt light and as if forgetting something on him, He felt naked, but he had his clothes on. He felt his cheeks cold, but they ere warm.
"Wanna come help us out? Yatta is on two hearts and she keeps yelling that she's gonna die."
"Pfft...what?" the main returned the amused reaction.
Cosmo sighed. "Coming. Lead me to her."
"Am i your Google Maps or something?"
"Hah! Yeah you are!"
"Wounded."
( For anyone wondering: this fic is placed in 2006, Google Maps was created on February 8th 2005. Why so far in the future? In a conversation between Tisha and Brusha, she says "The show was years ago. Get over it." Which makes me think that years passed years passed since Gardenview closed. )
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Cosmo's breath hitched as cold hands ran along his bare body.
Once holding his cheek, one squeezing one of his breasts, one keeping one of his legs up and the other spreading the other leg, exposing his bottom.
"I don't really...like this."
"It's just a dream."
"Feels wrong."
"Mmm...pretend i'm Sprout."
"Feels wrong nonetheless."
Astro looked down at Cosmo with an unimpressed look, studying the pastrys' face.
The swiss roll seemed a mix of awkward, nervous and scared.
He smiled softly.
"It's okay..."
He gave the common a kiss on his cheek.
"We are not gonna do anything you're uncomfortable with. It's your dream, after all."
With that, Cosmo relaxed a bit.
"So...can i wake up?"
"Mhm...one question tho."
"...yeah...?"
"Do you actually wanna wake up?"
The pastry remained silent for a few seconds before nodding. "No."
...
Wait what.
The common frowned as one of his hands went up to touch his own lips in disbelief and confusion from what her just said.
"I meant no, i don't wanna leave you--" he cut himself.
"Awwww, Cosmoooo!!" Astro beamed with the sweetest smiled plastered on his face, giving the boy beneath him yet another small sugary kiss on his cheek, "So, you want to continue?"
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no-
"Yes, please." The own hands of the baker went up to cover his mouth in shock. He dosen't want that. Not a bit. Why is he saying the opposite of what he actually wanted to word out. Was Astro messing with his mind?
Was he doing this?
Was he taking control of his dream?
The boy shivered when he felt a hand place itself on his bare crotch, making him cringe at the uncomfortable tingly sensation.
"Don't worry, Cos..."
It's just a dream.
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Cosmo opened his eyes.
He felt light.
He slowly sat up on his bed, looking around his room.
"...Why am i in my room..." Cosmo mumbled to himself, scratching the back of his head.
For some reason, he couldn't remember his dream. He knew it was about Astro, and the fact that he felt his stomach drop at the mere reminder, suggested him that it was a nightmare. He sat up, and when he placed his hand on his nightstand, he touched something flat and metallic caressed his fingers.
He turned his gaze to what he was touching.
There was a tray with a glass of orange juice, pork chops, boiled broccoli and fungi. A very strange combination of foods. There was a note next to the tray.
The pastry took in a deep breath before taking the piece of paper in his hands.
"Hey bud! I noticed that you weren't in the best mood shape, so i opted to make you something to eat in case you were low on iron or something, YOU KEPT FAINTING A LOT , so i made you this in case you still felt funy funny!!! Don't worry about kitchen and run duties, take a break for once, you dummy idiot workaholic freak!! :P" With love -Sprout Seedly
Cosmo stared down at the letter, before automatically smiling.
That was sweet.
Welp, guess he has a day off! Surely Sprout is already in a run.
The berry has this tendency of "refilling". At the end of the day, he would note down all the food that was eaten before going out with the other mains and getting the ingredients/food used. As much as the mains hated this routine, they understood that until Dyle is gone, they have to take responsability.
When the boy lifted the tray to place it on his thighs, he discovered yet another letter that was hidden under it.
"DIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Cosmo frowned in utter confusion.