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"I loved her Cosmo.." Sprout ranted to his friend with a beer in his hand. "And now she's gone. Get me another beer." Cosmo was frankly tired of everytime they hanged out, Sprout would be talking about how he missed her. "Look bro, I know you miss her," Cosmo said while hugging Sprout. "But you gotta get out of this slump. Everyone's worried about you man. Dandy and Pebble have been leaving you plants that are left to wilt, Astro says he gives you good dreams but you always look like a nightmare, Shelly's been trying to bake you a cake, and Vee's-"
"Don't say her name! You know I loved her!" yelled Sprout. "They aren't even the same people, they just have the same name!" Cosmo yelled back. "Okay, Okay, what I was trying to say is that you need to find another hobby. You can't just stay with me all day." Sprout started whimpering. "But I don't know what to do anymore bro.." he cried back. "There's tons of stuff you can do! Play sports, find a new game, learn about one of the many, MANY things in this EDUCATIONAL CENTER!" suggested the cake roll. "This isn't the Sprout I know. You're kind, caring, and pragmatic. Say it." "I am kind, caring, and pragmatic." said Sprout unenthusiastically. "Say it louder." Cosmo instructed. "I am kind, caring, and pragmatic." said Sprout, more enthusiastic. "One more time now!" Cosmo shouted. "I am kind, caring, and pragmatic!" Sprout yelled out, truly believing it.
"There's my bestie!" Cosmo beamed. "Now go get em, tiger!" Sprout was about to walk out and enjoy his day, before he realized it was 1:59 AM. "Oh we gotta go to bed! Bye Cosmo! I'll see you tomorrow!" he smiled, heading towards his room. Cosmo did a little smile, happy for his friend. "Good for him," he said before looking at all the broken glasses and beer spilt. "Welp.. Shit." As Sprout was asleep, he saw him and Cosmo winning the "#1 Bakers in the World" award, which definitely put him in a good mood when he woke up. "Thank you Astro for that magnificent dream!" he yelled loudly. "No problem Sprout, I hope you're doing better." he yawned faintly. "CAN YOU GUYS SHUT UP. SOMEONE IS TRYING TO SLEEP!" snapped Shrimpo.
Sprout ignored him and started brushing his teeth, combing his leaves, while humming "Cry for Me" loudly(cause I found it funny). After doing that, Sprout head out, but he forgot his clothes, as his pink "Live, Laugh, Love" sweater, his brown joggers, and especially his pink and white striped scarf were left in his dresser. This was not going to end well. "Hey Rodger, morning!" he said strolling down the hall. Rodger had turned to Sprout and saw that boy wasn't wearing no damn clothes. "Sprout! Any reasons for the.. new dress style?" he yelled out. "Feeling amazing Rodger! Gotta fresh my style up!" Sprout cheered as Rodger's voice flew out of hearing range.
As Sprout walked down the hall, he heard strange reactions from the Toons that he didn't expect. Teagan muttering "How uncouth!", Goob pointing at him, while Scraps tried to cover his eyes. And Looey just having the most horrified expression. He didn't know why everyone was reacting like this, although he did feel a bit cold. Sprout had finally reached where the Mains usually are before the center opens. "Hey guys, I'm here!" he greeted. "Hiya Sprout! How''s it goi-" Dandy started to say, but then his face seemed to dim and his sentence stopped. Soon the other Mains turned to Sprout and they were speechless. "Guys what's wrong?" questioned Sprout. "Well Sprout, you see.." Astro muttered. Shelly continued, "Well, haha, it's just that-" "You have no clothes, Berryboy." interrupted Vee, "Look at yourself ya buffoon."
Sprout looked down and saw all of his clothes were gone. "Guys I literally look the same as I would with my clothes. It's not this big of a deal." he said aggitated. Suddenly the trains came and their doors started to open. "Act natural guys." instructed Dandy, "Especially you Sprout, we got this!" As the doors opened, children screamed. Parents covered their offspring's eyes as an alarm started playing. "I'm just not wearing anything! Why is this such a big deal!" yelled Sprout as he fell on his knees. As the police were about to be called, a voice broke through all the loudness. "Silence!" a voice boomed. As everyone looked to the origin of the voice, they saw Cosmo holding Sprout's sweater, joggers, and most importantly, his scarf. Cosmo walked over to Sprout and handing him his clothes. "Put them on now." Cosmo said while patting Sprout's shoulder.
"Thanks bro." Sprout whispered to Cosmo. "No problemo", responded Cosmo as he rushed back to the kitchen. Sprout then put his clothes back on, and everything seemingly went back to normal. The Toons entertained and educated the children as expected, and they didn't get any complaints. At the end of the day, Sprout and Cosmo were sitting in the kitchen baking some cookies for everyone. "I can't believe people made such a big deal out of me not wearing clothes," Sprout laughed, "I mean I look the same with or without them, it's not like I have some weird infection." Cosmo was silent. "Could just be people around here have wacky eyesight, y'know?" he suggested. "Well, that could be true!" chuckled Sprout. "Oh and by the way," Cosmo said, "You may wanna check your leg." Sprout checked anyway, not believing Cosmo. Unfortunately, he saw a giant bump on his leg. "Oh," Sprout gagged, "Damn."
"At least I'm feeling better than yesterday!" Sprout cheered.