Cookie Run Oneshots

Diagnosis

[Co-written by GorgingGeorge ]

[Ship: Espressoline, WizardBrave(Mentioned only)]

[NSFW?: No]

[Word Count: 6571] 

Espresso Cookie looked down at the young student he had stay after class. "Wizard Cookie, do you know why you're here?" 

 The student looked away. "I'm gonna be honest because I don't entirely know why I'm here."

"You're failing your language class." 

"Huh?! How is that possible?! I turn in all my assignments on time, I make sure of it!" Wizard exclaimed, completely off guard by the fact he was failing a class. "Yes, it shocked me too to see my top student not do well in one class. From what I heard from your language teacher, you refuse to work in groups for projects, and you have difficulty with oral presentations." 

"First of all, I don't want other people to mess up the project by being wrong or putting in little effort, then it would basically be me anyway." Wizard explained. "I see... I think it is rather ludicrous that they grade participation. It's not like you're going to use French in your day-to-day life." 

"Exactly! I'm already fluent in Latin and that's what the majority of spells are written in-"

"Pardon.  Are you stating you only learned a language for the sake of learning magic?" Espresso asked, somewhat impressed that someone so young would do something like that. "Obviously, I need to know what the language is to understand the spells." 

Espresso didn't know why but this seemed familiar to him. Then it hit him. Wizard is a lot like himself as in he wasn't that social with other students and was hyper-focused on magic. Then it double-hit him. Wizard Cookie may have autism.

"Wizard? When was the last time you met with a specialist? I have a feeling there might be something more going on with you." The older cookie asked. 

"Specialist?" 

"As in a psychiatrist. You may be on the spectrum." Espresso explained. "I was diagnosed back when I was your age. I'll have to-" 

"No!"

The professor was surprised to hear Wizard raise his voice. Usually, he would remain calm and collected, even if there was a brawl in the lunchroom. "I-I mean I don't see what the big deal is. It's nothing really, I think I should get back to my class, I'll see you soon." 

Wizard was about to make his way towards the door, only to be stopped by Espresso gently holding his shoulder. "I can tell you're upset. Were you told anything negative about being on the spectrum? Those other students can be rude but whatever they say isn't true in the slightest." 

"Well... It wasn't exactly the students, more like my parents. They called it something else, but said it meant I was stupid. They said if I was autistic, it would mean I wouldn't even be able to cut my own food, that I would never be able to become a wizard, let alone a good one." 

Espresso's face darkened after everything he heard; it was all too familiar to him. "My parents would tell me I had no future, that I would be stuck on the streets because of my diagnosis."

"Wait, you're autistic?" Wizard asked, confused since Espresso was a head of a school, he was too upset early to hear that Espresso was diagnosed. "Yes, I am, in fact, I'm not the only professor who is. Do you take Professor Eclair's history class?"  

"Yeah?"

"He's also autistic."

This was all shocking to the younger cookie. How could this be if what his parents told him was true? "So... My Parents were wrong?" He asked. "They are definitely wrong, and with the way they are speaking to you I don't believe they should be parents." The taller cookie claimed. "Well, I'll have a talk with them."