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It was a dark night and outside there was a thunderstorm in which bright lightning flashed outside.
However in the tower that the infamous baker-scientist Cosmo lived in, instead of the manic chuckles filling the air as he worked on another one of his absurd experiments, there were instead pained whines.
The scientist was in his room, bedridden and hugging his stomach as it throbbed and felt like someone had kicked him in the guts. He whimpered as he pulled the covers over himself and tried to drown out the noise from outside as his head was spinning from the pain.
The door creaked open and a tall figure entered, ducking under the doorway to get in and then limping over to the bed. It’s nose wrinkled at the smell of blood as it stood there.
Cosmo pulled the blanket off his face slightly so he could actually see the figure and immediately knew it was his creation. The lanky berry beast himself.
Cosmo: “Urghh…what do you want…”
Sprout trilled as if asking why he wasn’t up yet and leaned down to his creator’s level to look at him. Cosmo frowned as another cramp hit him.
Cosmo: “‘M not feeling well…My stomach hurts and it feels like I got hit with a rock…”
The giant lanky beast whined with empathy as he nuzzled the top of the scientist’s head with his chin. It did make the scientist have a flicker of a smile for a moment before he was hit with even more pain and he made a whine as he pulled his sheets over his head and bundled himself up.
Sprout whined once more before looking around the room for something that could help his master have at least a little bit of pain relief. He noticed there was an empty bottle that did contain painkillers on the bedside table. He then looked in the bathroom, knowing the painkillers came from the medicine cabinet the last time he looked.
He looked and saw a few other medications such as ibuprofen, paracetamol, all the pills you’d expect for when someone wasn’t feeling well and then he saw a spare heating pad beside the boxes of bandaids and cotton wool. He picked it up and walked back over to the bed before putting it down beside the lump in the bedsheets.
Cosmo uncovered his body once again and then saw the heating pad beside him and hugged it against his stomach. It felt warm and provided some nice compression that eased the aches in his body a little.
Cosmo: “Oh…thanks for that…”
The berry beast trilled as he knew he’d provided some relief at the very least for Cosmo. The cake roll weakly looked up at his creation as he nuzzled his cheek up against his face and made a little grumble at the gesture but he didn’t seem to hate it.
Cosmo: “You’re so needy. You’re lucky you’re charming.”
Sprout made a rumble similar to a laugh and continued rubbing against his master’s cheek while wagging his tail until he got pushed back from him. Cosmo started to look tired, most likely from the dulled cramps and the effects of his period so he laid back down on his pillow.
Sprout, not wanting to leave his master alone in his weakened state, as quietly as he could crawled onto the mattress and positioned himself over his creator’s body, providing some gentle compression to his stomach with his body weight. He wrapped his long arms around him and made a gentle purring sound to soothe him as he started to stir, nuzzling his forehead against his.
Cosmo fell back asleep slowly, comforted by the purring and feeling a little more comfortable with the warmth he felt and was no longer bothered.