Exasperation

13 | Hell of a Ride

Authors note:
Just a heads up, there is a ton of swearing in here.

He had reached the balloon port, he had settled his items before a cookie had ran over to him. "Ye- pants Yes! I am here..." Latte had ran over to Espresso, holding a bag, she had set it down in the balloon and it had begun levitating towards the Dark Cacao Kingdom. "Latte- What are you doing here?" Espresso asked, concerned. "Where is Madeleine? I thought you were both on this ride that's why I had came over..." "Oh crumbs, I must tell you now I suppose. Madeleine had gotten kidnapped and forced to play a role in the Cookies of Darkness." "Wh- WHAT? You let that HAPPEN?!" Latte sighed, "I am so disappointed in you right now but I wont express it! Wait-" She giggles, "Expresso?" She turned, smirking. "Shut it will you?" Espresso complained. "You're no fun. I thought I taught you kind manners!" "Latte, I was 5." "Still! Kind matters must stay with you throughout your life, you mustn't be so rude all the time." Espresso would admit, she was right. Espresso sighed and searched through his bag for a journal, he had written down his time of departure and what time Madeleine was kidnapped at. He always seemed to memorize such specific times. "Latte, how's it going at the Institute?" "It's been better... You should come some time. My class is such a ruckus!" "I'm quite busy for the next few months, Madeleine has gotten me racked up on all my schedules! They've been pushed back 2 days!" Espresso complained. He kept rambling on about how annoying Madeleine was before being stopped by Latte. "Wait, but, don't you like Madeleine?" "Not necessarily? Why would I like such a prick th-" "I get it! I just thought you were gay." Espresso choked on his coffee, giving himself a moment to breath after many, many coughs. "I- What made you think such preposterous things?" "You've never made a woman friend! Me and my friends even make jokes you haven't made personal talk with woman other than me." "Haha, very funny." Espresso scoffed before finishing his coffee and enhancing the small drops, creating more. Latte had then added milk to his coffee while giggling. He had then sipped his coffee immediately gagging and choking after. "What the fuck is this!" "Hey language!" "Is this a FUCKING LATTE?" Latte burst out into a fit of laughter nearly falling off the edge. "Hey watch it!" Lattes hat had nearly fallen off but Espressos magic had prevented it. "I swear you better grab this fucking hat before I turn you into a-" "You want to fight?" "Not an air balloon." "Your a gay pussy!" "YOU SAID LANGUAGE!" "YEAH, TO YOU!" "HYPOCRITICAL CREAMY BITCH!" "CREAMY?" "WH-" Espresso covered his mouth as he flushed red. "That isn't what I had initially thought it would sound like..." Latte began laughing once more, holding onto her hat this time. The sky had turn night before they knew it, Lattes laughs could be heard throughout the starry night as Espresso rethought his actions. "Okay- Ok- Okay- I'm going to sleep now I swear!" Latte laid down onto her twin mattress. "You brung a whole ass mattress?" "Yeah?" "That's too much weight on this air balloon!" "It's powered by SOME magic I'm sure we'll live!" Latte lowered her eye mask before drifting to sleep. Espresso stared off the air balloon on the verge of tears, Madeleine was still out there.

Madeleine was outside of their castle, beginning to practice before Gingerbrave and the others had come up to him. "Oh- Hello friends! How ma-" Licorice had stretched before opening the backyard door to find Madeleine speaking to Gingerbrave and his friends. "Madeleine what the fuck are you doing." Madeleine turned around and began to be dragged inside the castle. "I guess this is a goodbye, goodbye my fr-" Licorice had slam the door on his hair again. Madeleine groaned having his hair being pulled out of it (don't get any ideas.) as he was dragged into the office. "Madeleine we talked about this! You don't speak to anyone without permission and you wear your other armor." "Oh... Okay." Madeleine walked up to his dresser and pulled out his only other pair of armor and changed quickly before heading back downstairs to the backyard but a barrier had stopped him. "Hey, HEY! You're not allowed outside for 2 months." "2 MONTHS?!" "Yes captain obvious." Licorice complained. Madeleine stomped back into his room before crying his day away.

Espresso then checked his notebook. According to his data he would start to feel sleepy every Thursday and collapse on Saturdays. It was currently midnight and a Saturday. He shuddered thinking of collapsing in front of Madeleine. He kept regenerating his coffee while sitting down on the air balloon. He couldn't sleep now, what if something were to happen to him and Latte? He'd never know, he'd rather be safe than sorry...

Timeskip.

Latte finally arose once the balloon was lowering. "Oh my witches! Do you see this view?" She squealed while drawing with her spoon on the floor. "Look, it's you in a latte." Latte had drawn Espresso's headshot in the cup of a latte. "Fuck yourself." "That one hurt." Latte frowned and disintegrated it. Espresso looked as if he had been sobbing. "Hey, you alright?" "I am FINE." Latte shrugged and said "You lost your boyfriend on the first date?" "This isn't a joke!" "I was just trying to lighten up the mood." Espresso scoffed and waited for the Air balloon to fully lower. As it fully lowered the took their bags as Latte folded the mattress. "Did you just fold a fucking mattress?" "Latte Magic!" "That has nothing to do with lattes." Latte rolled her eyes and walked with Espresso before being stopped by an odd looking cookie.