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It was just a regular day in Gardenview, it was exactly the second of December! A very important month for Ginger and any Christmas toon in general, considering it was quite literally their entire purpose.. Yknow, to be a holiday toon and stuff.
Ginger was baking cookies, waiting at the oven. They were gonna be finished soon, though she didn’t really feel to satisfied with them.. She definitely got mixed opinions on her baking, either she would get a grimace when the toon bit into one or they’d try to act like they like it, but it was obviously a fake reaction to try and not seem rude. Ginger didn’t really know what she was doing wrong, so at this point she’d just set the cookies out for decoration if nobody wanted to actually eat them.
..She hadn’t really tasted them herself before, which was probably a bad decision to not taste test them. But it kind of felt weird to her to eat a cookie when she WAS technically also one!.
The oven dinged as the cookies finished baking. Ginger put an oven glove on and pulled them out. I mean they smelled good atleast, they were just regular sugar cookies. She put the tray on the counter, closing the oven. She wasn’t too sure what to do with them, whenever she offered a toon a cookie nowadays usually they declined politely, using an excuse like they weren’t hungry or already ate. Ginger knew that it was an excuse, but she appreciated the attempt to not upset her!.. I mean unless it was like Shrimpo or something. He just straight up told her they taste like shit.
As she was in thought, she got snapped out of it as she heard relatively quick footsteps nearby. Were they getting closer?
“ Hi Ginger!! “
Ginger recognized the voice pretty quickly, it belonged to Eclipse! Ginger turned around, a little startled at how Eclipse seemed to appear out of nowhere but she wasn’t bothered by it. She enjoyed the Halloween toons presence, even if she was a little.. Energetic sometimes.
“ Oh, hello Eclipse.. “
She replied, looking at Eclipse. Though Eclipse wasn’t looking back at her.. Gingers gaze followed where Eclipse was looking, which happened to be straight at the cookies that she JUST pulled out of the oven. Ginger felt a little nervous at the realization, she hoped Eclipse didn’t wanna try them.. She’d only be met with disappointment!
“ So, what brings you here? “
Ginger asked, giving a small smile. She mostly just said that to distract Eclipse, though she also was curious. Toons did come here sometimes to grab a snack or something, but she hadn’t really seen Eclipse over here often.
“ Well.. Those smell DELICIOUS Ginger! That’s what brought me here! “
Her tail was wagging, she could literally drool at the sight of those cookies! They looked absolutely AMAZING if you asked her. Ginger probably couldn’t talk her out of trying one, especially not when she looked so determined to try one already!
“ Ah.. Well they don’t taste too good, but thanks! “
Her smile turned more sheepish, fidgeting with the hem of her shirt a bit. Eclipse tilted her head a bit in confusion, almost like an actual dog. She stepped closer to Ginger (and the cookies) Tail still wagging.
“ They can’t be that bad- they aren’t bad at all! “
Well Eclipse never had one so she didn’t even know if it was right, but she was already 100% certain it was! Anything Ginger made was perfect in her opinion.
“ I don’t know about that.. “
She mumbled shyly, watching anxiously as Eclipse picked up one of the cookies and took a bite. She looked at the ground and noticed Eclipses tail stopped wagging, which Ginger immediately assumed was her not liking it. She sighed, glancing back to Eclipse who just finished the cookie.
“ Sorry, I know they’re bad- “
“ THESE ARE SO GOOD GINGER !! “
“ ..Huh? “
Well that wasn’t what Ginger was expecting at all. Eclipse was now looking at her with a huge smile, tail wagging yet again but faster than before. Ginger blushed a little at the sight, and the fact sometoon actually LIKED her baking for once!
“ I said they’re so good! I have NO CLUE what you’re talking about when you say they’re bad Ginger! I LOVE THEM! “
Eclipse exclaimed, grabbing another cookie and happily chewing it. Ginger just watched, still trying to figure out how Eclipse specifically would enjoy something that EVERY other toon disliked.
“ You really think so? “
Ginger was actually smiling a little. Eclipse turned back to her, nodding. It was clearly that Eclipse definitely wasn’t faking her reaction, I mean unless she could make her tail wag on command.
“ Yeah! You should give yourself some more credit! These are so yummy! “
Eclipse praised as she took a second to really look at Ginger. She still looked.. I don’t know, timid? It made Eclipse sad! She wanted Ginger to be happy, so she did the most reasonable thing that she could thing of to do besides glazing the absolute fuck out of her baking..
Out of the blue Eclipse basically tackled Ginger into a hug, which would’ve knocked her over if Ginger hadn’t caught her balance. Ginger was caught a little off guard, but her smile grew. Eclipse was REALLY fluffy.
“ Alright, alright!.. Thank you, Eclipse.. “
Ginger giggled, reaching to pet Eclipse as she nuzzled against her shoulder. She pulled back after a couple of seconds, fully smiling now as she looked backed to the cookies then Eclipse.
“ Would you like to help me decorate them? They still need frosting and such.. “ She offered then glanced to Eclipses paws. “ ..You’d definitely have to wear gloves though. “
Eclipses eyes practically lit up at the offer, nodding enthusiastically. She probably sucked at decorating cookies but she didn’t really care, as long as she could lend a helping paw! She already had so many cool designs in mind!
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Ginger started to think maybe she actually made a good batch! Yeah, no. When she got Sprout to try her cookies later that day after of lots of convincing he just stared at her then walked away after taking a bite of one. So it was just Eclipse.. Okay.. Wow. But she was fine with that, as long as Eclipse enjoyed them, she was content.