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Thursday morning was a really rainy day. Everything outside was soaking wet, and lot's of umbrellas were found every street. Cosmo was walking down the street towards the school. He waved at a couple of friends from other schools walking by, even stopping for a bit of a chat. Even though the morning was very calming, Cosmo had other things on his mind. He wondered about the events that happened while he was away from school yesterday. The thought about Sprout getting into a fight after he left, gave him a bit of unease that something more serious happened.
"Hey Cosmo!" Sprout runs up behind Cosmo giving him a tight hug. "Ah- Oh hey Sprout." Cosmo flinches from the sudden impact, but quickly recovers his posture. "Are you ok? Did someone bother you..?" Sprout's smile fades slowly, as he holds Cosmo's face towards him. "You can tell me anything you know Cos." "...Why did you get into a fight yesterday?" Sprout froze. He had forgotten he lied to Cosmo yesterday about getting into a fight. What was he supposed to say now!? Cosmo didn't take his eyes off of Sprout, his expression unreadable. Sprout hated when Cosmo did that. Guess their was no backing out of this, he had to tell the truth.
"Cosmo, meet me in the storage room near the cafeteria." Sprout walked off quickly. Cosmo only nodded in agreement, then followed slowly behind. The two finally made it to school, and did all their classes. They didn't really interact much, unless it was for class work. Vee, Astro, an Shelly watched closely at their behavior. They all agreed that something was wrong. "Hey Sprout!" Shelly runs towards Sprout, with Vee following behind. "Hey, need something?" Sprout looks up from his classwork for a quick second, before focusing back on it. Both Vee, and Shelly sit beside Sprout before Vee speaks up. "Why are you and Cosmo ignoring each other? Does he not love you anymore?" "Vee!" Shelly looks Vee up and down, with a disappointed face, while Vee just shrugs it off. Sprout glares at Vee for a while before trying to ignore off Vee's existence. The bell then rings, signaling that it was time for lunch.
Sprout quickly left the room leaving Vee and Shelly confused. He made his way towards the storage room where he found Cosmo waiting outside the door. He couldn't think of any excuse to get out of this situation. He had to tell Cosmo the truth, even if it might affect their relationship. "Cosmo, we can talk now" Cosmo snaps out of his thoughts from Sprout's sudden call. "ok." The two enter the storage room, and locks the door behind them with the key Sprout stole from one of the staff. "So, why did you get into a fight?" Cosmo keeps his gaze locked onto Sprout, making every little eye contact. "Well- i- uhm.." Sprout is lost in words of what to say. The pressure of Cosmo staring him down, starts to make him overthink. Cosmo walks up to him and holds his hand. "I won't be mad, promise." Sprout knew Cosmo would be mad, but he had no way to get out of this. " I didn't actually get into a fight.. I-" Cosmo presses down on Sprout's hand a little bit hard, not hard enough to hurt him though. "I killed someone.." Sprout turns his head away from the other immediately. Cosmo lets go of Sprout's hand, and backs up towards the other wall.
"Wait, Cosmo, I can explain! Promise." Sprout steps a bit closer to Cosmo to lift up his face. Cosmo instead brushes his hand off, and sits on the floor. Tears started flowing out of Cosmo's eyes, one by one till they start coming down more, and more. "Did you.. kill my friends too..?" Sprout could barely hear Cosmo's voice, so he sat down next to him. "Yeah, I did. I'm sorry.. I couldn't control it. I was just.. i don't know? Upset." "Upset enough to kill someone?" The room was quiet, the only noise that filled the air was Cosmo's sobbing. Cosmo then put his hand on Sprout's arm, rubbing it with sorrow, but a bit of affection put towards it. "We don't have to date anymore if you are uncomfortable.." Sprout slowly begins to stand up, before Cosmo pulls him right back down. "Wha-" Cosmo pulls Sprout into a tight hug. "I forgive you. Just don't kill anyone else. Please.." "Ok.." The bell then rings.
"I love you Sprout." Those were the final words of the conversation before Cosmo unlocked the door and left. "I love you too." Was all Sprout could mumble out before quickly leaving too. (They lived fine after this)