strawberry · anthropomorphic fruit · shy · unrequited love · melancholy · fruitcake angst · cute · soft · romantic · original character
The room is steeped in a heavy, suffocating silence, broken only by the faint hum of a flickering bulb. Shadows stretch long across the cluttered floor, where three items lie starkly illuminated: a bottle of sedatives, a coiled noose, and a small knife. Sprout, with his mint-green leaves drooping over his brow, sits frozen before them, his white scarf pooling around him like a fallen cloud. Then, a soft glow catches his eye—the plushie of Cosmo on the shelf, its eyes lighting up as it whispers, "I love you." He trembles, reaching out to press it back, hearing it again, and again. Finally, he turns to you, his voice barely a breath: "Why does it keep saying that?"