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Chapter 3 : Forgiveness.
( sprouts pov for a little : )
Sprout stared at his claws in Cosmo's arm. He gasped- Letting Cosmo go. Cosmo fell to the ground, crying in pain as he held his bleeding arm.
Sprout was just standing there, horrified by what he had done. He had just stood there for a minute, watching Cosmo cry. He finally snapped out of it, shaking his head.
Sprout had remembered where Cosmo had kept his medkits whenever he or Sprout had got hurt. They were in Cosmos bedside cabinet. He came over to Cosmo, picking him up ( bridal carry style ) and carried him over to his own room.
Cosmo had just let him get carried, his crying slowed down when they reached his room. Sprout pushed the doors open with his body, still carrying Cosmo.
Sprout put Cosmo on the bed, then moved over to the cabinet. He moved his hands to open a drawer, though he caught a glimpse of his bloody claws. He tried to pay no mind to it.
He searched through the junk that Cosmo had in there, then finally finding a medkit. Sprout let a low purr of happiness.
Sprout came over to Cosmo, who was just staring at the ground, probably regretting his life choices. Sprout stood there, staring at Cosmo.
He felt ashamed of what he had done, He let his emotions take control of him, Sprout grumbled, moving over to Cosmo, he hesitantly reached out for Cosmo's injured arm, seeing if he would pull away or not.
Cosmo looked up at Sprout flinching away at first, then he noticed the medkit in Sprout's other hand. Cosmo realized he was going to try and treat it, so he let sprout grab a hold of his arm.
Sprout sat next to Cosmo on the bed, staring at his arm. Then he realized, he didn't even know how to wrap up an injury. All he did was watch Cosmo heal his wounds. Sprout furrowed his eyebrows, grumbling once again.
Sprout opened the medkit, staring at the supplies. He was so confused.. So he grabbed the ones that he thought would work best.
He grabbed a gauze pad, pushing it against the holes. Cosmo stared at him. He thought of something, then chuckled quietly.
“You know.. in the past..” Sprout looked up at Cosmo, raising an eyebrow. “You used to be a great healer. You were good at that, and baking.” He paused. “You were good at so many other things too..” Cosmo started to tear up.
Sprout's eyes widened, Did he do anything wrong? Surely not, right? Sprout whined, bringing up his free hand to poke Cosmo's face in confusion and worry.
Cosmo paused when Sprout poked him. He didn't even know he was crying in the first place. “Ah- Sorry.. I'm not crying because of you sprout.. Well- I am- but..” Sprout pouted and tilted his head and looking at Cosmo.
“Nevermind that. Just keep going.” Cosmo said. Sprout just stared at Cosmo for a minute, seeing if he was going to cry again. Then he continued trying to patch Cosmo's arm up.
He had put 4 bandaids on the holes. That wasn't really gonna do anything, but Cosmo didn't care, he would just fix it up earlier.
Sprout smiled and let out a soft purr of contentment of patching Cosmo's wounds.
Cosmo smiled, he couldn't be mad at that strawberry, it wasn't his fault anyway. Just emotions caught up in the mix. Though he should always remember not to misplace the shock collar remote.
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After Sprout had patched Cosmo up, they were both just sitting on the bed, it was awkward for both of them.
Cosmo spoke up, looking at Sprout. “We can.. still cuddle if you'd like to sprout. I don't mind.” Cosmo looked away.
Sprout's tail started wagging instantly, he threw himself at Cosmo, Snuggling into the Swiss rolls chubby frame. Cosmo was caught off guard, gasping in shock.
Sprout leaned back, staring at Cosmo to see if he was alright. Cosmo just nodded, a quick way to say that he was.
Sprout smiled, snuggling into Cosmo. Sprout wrapped his arms around Cosmo's waist, pulling him closer, Sprout buried his face in Cosmo's chest, nuzzling against it and purring non-stop.
Cosmo could feel Sprout's warm body against his own.. For a resurrected strawberry, he is more warm then you would expect.
Sprout sighed in against his chest. Purring softly now. Cosmo had run his hands through Sprout's hair, his other hand wrapped around him. He smiled, though he was starting to get sleepy. His eyelids slowly dropped. His grip slowly loosened.
Sprout felt Cosmo's grip loosen, he leaned back a bit, staring at Cosmo. He didn't want him to go to sleep yet, but he couldn't stop him from doing it.
Sprout pulled back fully. He got up from the bed and grabbed pillows and blankets that were on the ground. He came back over to Cosmo, throwing the blankets on him and sliding the pillow underneath his head.
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Cosmo drifted off a few minutes later, leaving Sprout staring at him.
Sprout paused, letting everything that just happened sink into his brain.
Sprout really loved Cosmo. But sometimes that need for love can get really dangerous and get out of hand.
Sprout frowned for a moment reflecting on what he had done, then he looked over to Cosmo's ‘ patched up ‘ arm. He felt better when he looked at it.
Sprout sighed, going over to Cosmo and curling up next to him.
But not before leaving a kiss on his forehead.
Then, Sprout fell into a deep slumber as well.
Dih.