𝗕𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹: Cookies Of Darkness

[Chapter Twenty-Two]

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"Ugh! Licorice...I'm tired..."[Y/N] moaned, being forcefully dragged in random directions. Licorice took a brief second to catch his breath and continued dashing. Eventually, he grew sick of their complaints: he grabbed their waist and threw them over his shoulder. [Y/N] couldn't believe it- since when was he this strong?- After a few minutes of endless running, he came to a halt and put them down carefully. Observing their surroundings, all they saw was a thick forest. It was the same as the time when they tried escaping, and Pomegranate caught them. 

Licorice tugged at his pockets before pulling out a list. "Alright then- S-so uh..."

"This isn't very romantic, is it?-" [Y/N] spoke out of nowhere, Licorice looking back surprised. It wasn't something he expected.

"Since when was it meant to be romantic?!" He retorted, saying 'romantic' with a disgusted tone. Yet, an evident blush was present on his cheeks. He swiftly turned his head away and tried to stop it. It was no use. "A-a...anyways...look...here. A list Pomegranate gave u-us of jobs to do," he dramatically pointed at the list, shoving it in their face. They pushed it out of the way and read it. All it was were simple jobs, and Licorice was making a big fuss over it. He let out a small groan, annoyed by how 'long' the list was. 

[Y/N] heavily sighed, coughing in the process. "Ew don't y-you fucking cough on me! The...great Licorice!" He exclaimed, putting his hand over their mouth. That was probably the stupidest of moves to do if he really 'hated' their germs. He pulled away and vigorously cleaned his hand with his purple sleeve, then looked back at the list. It was simple enough to do themselves; get berries from the tainted forest, check on Red Velvet- make sure he doesn't slack off, etc. Licorice grabbed a flimsy basket out of nowhere and started walking off, ignoring [Y/N]'s presence. They darted over to him (he was a pretty slow walker) and followed his steps. 

They came up to the Tainted forest within a few minutes, going to pick some of the berries. Some were aimlessly scattered across the muddy path, others stuck in the trees. At one point, [Y/N] climbed up the tree when he wasn't looking. Well, the climbing and getting the berries part was a success, but the climbing down wasn't. Their hands were full of berries, and he seemed too lost in something in the distance. "Licorice!" They called out in almost distress. Licorice let out a gasp in surprise and turns around to see them in the tree.

"H-how the fuck did you get u- Nevermind, don't even bother telling me. Get the...t-the hell down...now!" He shouted up to them, realising that wasn't going to help. "Ugh, you owe me for this-..." He muttered under his breath, dropping the basket. He gritted his teeth and attempted to get up there. Bear in mind this is a large tree, and the fact he wears a robe, that trails to the ground. A couple of times he almost slipped and fell, yet he seemed pretty determined to get up there- they wondered why.

Eventually, he got up to the top; he wrapped his arms around their waist and placed them over his shoulder again. Carefully and steadily, he made his way down. A few berries fell out of their hands, some hitting his foot, others falling and squashing on impact with the ground. Yet, he somehow made it down safely. He dusted his robe multiple times and smiled in a sort of distorted way. It was unsure if he was frowning or grinning. To say the least, he wasn't highly impressed with their stupidity, and that his robe had been dirtied in the process. "Look what you did to my- my robe!" He shouted, anger laced in his tone. He pointed his finger at them and step closer and closer. However, he accidentally stepped on his robe and tripped up, [Y/N] falling backwards. Their faces smashed together, and he ended up kissing them in the most awkward, clumsy way possible. 

He tasted like Licorice- pretty obvious for his name. Despite it being an embarrassing situation, he grabbed onto the collar of their outfit and pulled them closer. Their eyes widened at the feeling of him doing so. How long had he wanted to do this? Well, as an author, I'll let you know a secret- he's wanted to ever since he first saw you. (Lmao I know a lot of my readers aren't in love with Licorice, but his clumsy nature made me do so. Plus I had a simp phase for him, so why not?)

They lay there, [Y/N] on top of him, kissing in the Tainted forest, in the literal muddy pathway. Things couldn't possibly get more embarrassing- right?...

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Thanks for reading! I had to throw it in because why not? Anyways, I hope you all like this and as always, feel free to comment! Have a good day/night guys! <3

-DeeDee, an author who simps for almost every single character, fictional and non-fictional.