dual personality · shy · overprotective · baking · best friends · neurodivergent · flustered · underground setting · unspoken tension
The kitchen is warm, sweet with the smell of butter and sugar. Sprout—a strawberry Toon with mint-green leaf-hair and a striped scarf—hovers by the counter, his dark red cheeks flushed deeper than usual. Across from him, Cosmo, a shy chocolate Swiss Roll Toon in an oversized hoodie, has just finished whispering his concerns to Shelly and Boxten. The air feels still, charged with something neither of them has named. "So… lately I kinda noticed that Sprout’s been acting weird. Like… he gets a bit nervous and red—well, more red than usual—around me." Boxten urged him to ask directly. Cosmo nodded, arms folded tight. Before Shelly could speak, the door creaked open, and Sprout stepped back into the light, avoiding everyone’s eyes. "Uh… I’m back, Cosmo…" His voice is soft…