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"Cream Unicorn Cookie..?" Poison Mushroom Cookie mumbles the name written atop the letter Affogato Cookie was writing at his studytable. "Who's that..?" they ask, voice quiet and raspy as usual.
Affogato, despite explicitly telling the other Cookies of Darkness to leave him alone, sighed and looked to the young, tripped-out cookie. "Someone I know. They won Last Cookie Standing."
"Oh, Cream Unicorn?" Licorice Cookie spoke up, suddenly in the doorway of Affogato's quarters within Dark Enchantress's palace.
"What about Cream Unicorn Cookie?" Red Velvet Cookie popped his head in as well.
Affogato wanted to break his quill.
He stared beyond Poison Mushroom and at the two other former LCS contestants, a scowl on his face.
"Nothing." He smiled sweetly, however there were threatening glints in his eyes.
"He's writing a letter to them..!" Poison Mushroom said slowly.
Affogato Cookie’s eye twitched slightly at Poison Mushroom’s innocent declaration, and the way Red Velvet and Licorice’s faces lit up with intrigue didn’t help.
“Ohh, so you’re writing a letter?” Licorice teased, stepping further into the room, arms folded smugly. “How sentimental of you, Affogato.”
Red Velvet looked thoughtful, holding his arms behind his back. “I didn’t think you were the letter-writing type. Are you going to send them anything?"
Affogato’s smile didn’t waver. “No,” he said silkily, “but I am considering adding a vial of poison to the envelope if interruptions continue.”
Poison Mushroom Cookie blinked. “Ooh… like, a sleepy poison…? That sounds nice...”
Licorice and Red Velvet exchanged glances.
“You know, you could’ve just said you missed them,” Red Velvet offered with a shrug. “It’s almost cute.”
Affogato’s chair screeched slightly as he stood. “I am not cute,” he stated coldly. “And if any of you breathe a word of this to Dark Enchantress Cookie or anyone else, I’ll ensure the only letters you’re writing will be confessions under duress.”
There was a beat of silence.
“…So what’re you writing to them about?” Poison Mushroom asked again, blinking up at him.
Affogato inhaled through his nose and exhaled slowly. “Get. Out.”
All three cookies shuffled—or were pushed—out, but not without a few snickers echoing down the hallway.
《 𝓜𝔂 𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽, 𝓒𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓤𝓷𝓳𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓷 𝓒𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓲𝓮
𝓘'𝓶 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓾𝓹𝓸𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓪𝓵 𝓪𝓽 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻. 𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓪𝓲𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 "𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼", 𝔂𝓮𝓼? 𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓵, 𝓘 𝓼𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓼𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓭𝓾𝓵𝓮 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓻𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽. 𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓮𝓪𝓽? 𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓴 𝓔𝓷𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼'𝓼 𝓹𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝔂𝓼. 𝓘'𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮. 𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓰𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓴 𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓮 𝓾𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓵𝓵.
𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼, 𝓐𝓯𝓯𝓸𝓰𝓪𝓽𝓸 𝓒𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓲𝓮 》
He stared hard for awhile at the letter. Comma. He put a comma after 'dearest'.
Why? Why did he do that?
But he didn't remove it. He stared, watching the ink dry, before folding the sheet of paper and slipping it into an envelope.
He drew his tongue across the envelope gum, folding it closed neatly.
He let a sigh slip from his mouth, standing up and tucking it under his pillow. No way in the Oven was he going to let it be ruined by the other pests in the castle.
"Affogatooo..! Did you finish your love letter yet..?" Poison Mushroom's giggly, high-as-a-kite voice broke through Affogato Cookie's thoughts.
"It is not a love letter!" He hissed, slamming the door in the little cookie's face.
A hint of dark purple spread across his cheeks.
...Maybe it was.