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Sprout was bored.
Which was the worst possible case scenario right now, considering the fact that its the last day of Summer Break.
Well...technically he could think of worse things.
His parent dying and having to live with his toxic Grandpa, the apocalypse, Cosmo saying he doesn't want to eat Garlic Bread anymore, Toby Fox dying before he finishes Deltarune.
Obviously though, Sprout decides to make a plan to go outside, breathe the air, live his life!-
He mopes around the house all day complaining on TicTock that he fucking hate school.
By 2:48 pm, Vee had already blocked him on all his accounts, because he was begging her for advice on his summer reading project. (Which he had not started yet.)
Sprout groaned in frustration as he slammed his head onto his pillow, before he suddenly got a text from Cosmo.
Sprout: STOP ASKING FOR MONEY ON MY TICTOCK ACCOUNT TO BUY FUCKING GARLIC BREAD I SWEAR TO GOD.
Today 2:49
Cosmo: SPROUT CHECK THE FUCKING GROUP CHAT THIS SHIT IS IMPORTANT
Sprout, took a few seconds of complentaion, before typing out a response.
Sprout: can't Vee blocked me >:P
Cosmo: lemme guees,didn't do your summer reading? 😏
Sprout: BITCH YOU SPELT GUESS WRONG
Cosmo: the teacher will be very proud of me for at least doing it 😼
Sprout: jeez at least tell Vee to unvlock me
Cosmo: unvlock
Cosmo: unvlock
Sprout was then berated by Cosmo for his misplacment in thunbs at least 33 times before Sprout texted him to knock it off.
Sprout: I get it, I get it, just tell her to unblock me already >:P
Cosmo:Already did 😏
Sprout: YOU ASSHOLE
Sprout was about to make a 1,000 word lecture about how much Cosmo pisses him off, when he got a text from the group chat.
Vee: Berry Boy, I unblocked you, mention the summer reading even once, and I'll kill your ass.
Shelly: Sprout, to summarize what happened while you were gone, we decided to meet up at EverHead Park at 3:25 to hang out!
Ginger: I'm bringing my new girlfriend
Dandy: And I'm bringing my dog!
Sprout cringed slightly when Dandy mentioned his dog. Of course, there was nothing wrong with him except-
Vee: why tho, hes lwk autistic brotha
Dandy: 😟
Astro: Vee, that was slightly offensive to autistic people
Vee: are we forgetting that one time
Dandy: HE DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE SPROUT CHOKR ON A STRAWBERRY I SWEAT 😭
Dandy: choke*
Cosmo: chokr
Cosmo: chokr
Cosmo: chokr
Dandy: ....
Cosmo: chokr
Dandy: I'm gonna eat all your garlic bread
Vee: BITCH YOU CAN'T DO THAT YOUR ALLERGIC TO WHEAT
Astro: Vee aint lying
Dandy: Wellllllll ill steal it!
Cosmo: And I'll whoop your ass.
Dandy: .
Ginger: ooh shi
Sprout: damn mf aint playin
Shelly: Where are you guys, lmao?
Astro: ...wdym?
Shelly:.....its 3:27 👀
Ginger: OH SHIT
Shelly's text about the time woke Sprout up from giggling about the shit happening in the group chat.
Shelly was the most coordinated person of the 7,which, while not saying much, does compare to Vee, who (shockingly) looses track of time quite easily.
Sprout quickly turned off his phone to get his scarf, which, was a BOLD choice to wear in 95*F degrees heat but ok.
Placing his phone in his pocket before leaving out of habit, quickly realizing that he had to text his Parent (Sam) that he was leaving the house to go visit his friends at the park.
Sam: Please, try not to burn the kitchen when trying to bake cookies, remember, the fire extinguisher is left to the weirdly shaped cupboard, hanging on the wall.
Today, 3:32 PM
Sprout: Hey I'm going to EverHead park, I'll be back at home by 5.
...
No response.
Sam didn't even read it.
It wasn't that big of a deal, considering that their job as a doctor was to, you know, make sure people don't die if needed.
He supposes that some of his overprotective spirit was inherited to him by Sam. (Even though Sprout WAS adopted.)
He also suspects that his Fath-
Thats enough thinking for now.
He quickly grabs his key that has a small strawberry keychain attached to it, and attaches it to one of his belt loops.
Bolting out the door and locking it on the way out, he goes to the shed that has a padlock, requiring a code.
Sprout easily punches the numbers in like a breeze, 1,2,2,5.
The padlock unlocks, allowing Sprout to enter the shed. He quickly grasps the red bicycle before swiftly closing the shed door and putting the padlock on it once more.
He hurriedly hops onto the bicycle and starts pedaling on the sidewalk, quite fast actually.
EverHead Park is, thankfully, only a couple of blocks from Sprout's house. And he's gotten quite used to the scenery considering the fact that he has lived in this town his entire life.
He passes by a couple of (ON SALE) houses, a couple of lived in houses, a couple of abandoned ones, and ones that were taken down.
Evreyone else is there...except Ginger, Gingers apparent new girlfriend, and Dandy, who was clearly chasing his dog who was biting some nice folk across the damn park.
Shelly, (being the smart one) brought food, and was sitting at one of the tables with Astro, both chatting about simple things, simulation theory, Dess being the Roaring Knight, how inaccurate some space and dinosaur movies are, ect.
Cosmo was talking with Vee about the newest concert that was to open up downtown, how they were to get there, how they were gonna afford it, questioning if they should even buy merchandise, before settling on the agreement that they will somehow afford it, just have to bike 12 minutes before taking public transportation, then walk 25 minutes in order to get where the concert area was, pay for 2 people, then rock the fuck out.
Sprout took a can of soda from the, suprisingly big picnic basket that Shelly brought, before thanking her, sitting down, cracking the can open, and about to take a sip-
Dandy's rabid dog lept onto Sprout, making him choke on his drink, spit 102% of it out, and then knocked the drink out of Sprout's hand.
.......
Did we mention already that Dandy's dog was...something?
Vee and Cosmo were now in the line of sight for the dog, and both immediately went bolting to the nearby slides, hoping that the dog couldn't get them if they were more than 2 feet of the ground.
The soda got all over Sprout's shorts and legs, but he was just grateful that his scarf wasn't harmed.
Dandy quickly ran after his dog again, saying a quick sorry to Sprout for the incident.
Shelly (again, being the smart one) assumed that a incident like this would happen and brought napkins. She and Astro helped Sprout clean the mess off Sprout while asking if he's okay.
Once done, Shelly and Astro cleaned off the park bench while Sprout went to go get the empty can that flew away.
Grabbing the thing, he then realized that there was only three trashcans, and 2 of them had this...weird...decaying smell.
Looking inside them, both had a dead and rotting animal in them.
Ew.
So, Sprout, albeit begrudgingly, walked to the last trash can, literally across the park.
It took a few minutes because half way through he realized that the grass wasn't cut correctly, and he would probably get ticks if he didn't move onto the sidewalk.
Aftrer throwing the can away, Sprout noticed his surroundings a bit more carefully.
The trees were tall, not as tall as the ones on the other side, but still tall. There were birds nests sitting inside the branches of the trees, hidden away by said branches. There were a couple of flowers here, quite a lot Wax Flowers, and Foxgloves....Sprout didn't know these types of flowers grew in this area.
There were also houses across tne street from the park, the one in the middle being empty and ready to be bought.
No-Scratch that, it's sold.
"SPROUTTTTT!" Cosmo was known for being patient. Apparently, Cosmo had been patient for long enough, "GET YOUR ASS OVER HEREEEE, GINGER AND HER GIRLFRIEND ARE HERRREE!"
"COMING!" Sprout started dashing on the sidewalk, almost tripping, to get back to the other side of the park.
Once he arrived, he noticed Ginger, and another girl, holding hands. Assuming that this girl was Ginger's girlfriend, Sprout took out his hand to greet her.
"Hello there! The names Sprout, I'm assuming your Ginger's girlfriend?"
The girl nodded and smiled, taking her right hand out, her left hand still holding Ginger's, to shake Sprout's hand.
"You assumed right! The names Bobette, pleasure to meet you!"
The duo shook hands, and Bobette and Sprout officially knew of each other.
After talking, for, about an hour, a alarm on Sprout's phone notified him that it was 4:50 PM, and he should start heading home.
"Sorry guys, I gotta go." Sprout reached for his bike as he waved goodbye to his friends, before pedaling away to his home.
Once Sprout was at a far enough distance in order to be unable to hear the group Vee got into action.
"Okay, we need to make a plan for this dickhead-" Vee was abruptly cut off by Bobette, who was (reasonably) extremely confused.
"I'm sorry-uh, what's going on??"
"Well you see," Shelly explained, "Cosmo and Vee are aroace, as you know. Dandy has a boyfriend, me and Astro are dating, and you and Ginger are dating."
"And...that relates to Sprout...because??"
"He's bisexual, yes, but he's only had one girlfriend ever and that was in kindergarten."
Ginger added in, "So...we are gonna make sure Sprout...somehow gets a partner."
"Ohhh, that makes sense!"
"Yup!" Vee exclaimed. She then pulled out a...diagram? Her hand writing was illegible, so you couldn't be able to tell.
"You see, because we are going to high school tomorrow, all the middle schoolers in the area will go to this school, meaning new people. Meaning more potential dates for Sprout." Vee explained all this, while pointing at random scribbles on the paper.
"And..if their bad?"
"We beat their ass."
"Oh."
Little do they know
Across the park
Past the uncut grass
Past the trash can
Past the street
Was a teenager their age
Their name?
You'll find out soon enough