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"Truthless! Come on now... I don't want YOU to rot in bed like this! You haven't gone outside for weeks now."
The bright Cookie said as he was trying to get who was once his mirror reflection at some point when he was in Shadow Milk's Spire, now a whole physical form of his own, out of bed that he hadn't left in ages—at least that's how Pure Vanilla Cookie would describe it.
"Why? You don't go outside a lot as well!"
Truthless Recluse said as he was fighting Pure Vanilla Cookie's grab on his waist to get him out of the room, while Truthless was holding the edge of the door to resist.
"W-WELL MINE WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT SITUATION!"
The awakened blond Ancient hesitated at the beginning of his sentence at the fact Truthless Recluse mentioned, yet wasn't enough to let go of him.
"Oh come on Truthless! THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU AFTER ALL! You can't hide forever my frien-"
As Recluse lost his hand from the door's edges they both lost their balance of standing and stumbled, with Truthless head on Pure Vanilla's chest.
"Great... I'm out of the room now..."
he grumped.
"Well I'm sorry for such an action my friend! But you need the light once mo-"
"The lamp light is enough I don't need to go outside.."
Truthless mumbled yet again with an uneasy expression on his face, Pure Vanilla sighed at the words and patted Truthless head gently, after all if he really CAN'T go outside that much then he can't force him but at least he needed to let him go and do whatever he wants...
"Fine... I'm sorry I've gone too far, I really was just worried about you that I assumed what is right... and wrong... for you, again"
Pure Vanilla said as he remembered a bittersweet memory, looking at the lily's vase. He always-
"Fine.."
The voice of his thoughts was cut off by Truthless.
"I will go... but if I get tired of whatever we will be doing I'm going back here immediately... understood?"
Pure Vanilla smiled brightly, almost his light hurt Truthless eyes.
Pure Vanilla took Truthless hands and they started running. Truthless did accept Pure Vanilla's invite out of pity for him when he was looking at the lily's vase, knowing what he has been through, but now he realized he needs to walk in the palace with THIS form which he's still kinda unprepared about that someone noticing them
"I... wait Pure Vanilla Cookie I need to-"
And before the last word was complete he was a little impressed by the scene before him outside the balcony
Cookies helping each other to make the kingdom better, the academy was full of students going out and in, everything was just... so perfect comparing to his world.
"I knew you'd like such a view... we're the same person after all..."
Truthless hummed at the other's words... he was right, this might be too beautiful even to his liking, Pure Vanilla once again took Truthless hand but this time he walked slowly and in pace, Truthless adoring his other.. self... somehow?.
He admired the awakened Cookie's hair moving, leaning into the touch of his own hands on his.
They're now outside the palace.. finally.
He must admit trying not to show his face or interact with someone from Pure Vanilla's world was so hard for him first mentally and second physically.
He did want to go back to the room but he was already too late and lazy to go back now.
As before he realized, turns out Pure Vanilla did sit on a bench and patting the empty space next to him as a way to invite Recluse.
Well Recluse rolled his eyes and sat down anyways, they were just looking at a bunch of flowers donations, and a fountain in front of them
"Would be so wonderful if we watched this while eating... or drinking something" Pure Vanilla said softly
"Hmmm... since when do you think about food?" Replied the other
"Oh... well... it just started to come to my mind to think about meals whenever I see you starving yourself... which I can know why and how you feel about food, yet... it still hurt me so... I realized maybe some habits need to be changed... well... little by little"
When Pure Vanilla finished his sentence Truthless eyes were wide open to his words as he after few seconds just looked the other way, with Pure Vanilla thinking he chose the wrong words
"OH... OH WITCHES I'm sorry I didn't mean to bring up something sensitive like this problem..."
The sound of a "pfft" as a laugh was trying not to get out
Pure Vanilla's eyes that always remained closed now opened with a poker face now.
"Are you laughing, Truthless?."
"N-no! Continue is fine!" He was trying his best... but the suppressed laughter was too loud to ignore
Truthless took a breath before continuing
"Sorry sorry... it just was so funny you were worried about such a thing... yes I know this problem yet... I can't be angry or 'upset' at you when we both have the same thing anyway... after all if I didn't let 'myself' the one who tells me how to fix myself... then who else will?.."
Pure Vanilla listened and smiled at the last part, opening his eyes once more
"I'm happy to hear we can help each other... Recluse"
Truthless closed his eyes, a faint smile crossed his face before he put his head on Vanilla's shoulder and drifted to sleep....
With Pure Vanilla putting his chin on Truthless head as well... and looking at his sleeping beauty.