Welcome Home x Child Reader (One-shot Story)

Tea (Hidden Videos Part 2)

After you and Wally helped Poppy figure out how the bona-fide yarn worked. Poppy thanked you and Wally for the help. Poppy just remembered that Sally is on her way to her house. Poppy politely asks if you and Wally can help her bake before Sally gets here. Which of course you and Wally agree. You can't help but notice there's something off with Wally, he's been awfully quiet. You thought about checking up on him, but you shrug it off, thinking that you must be overreacting or something. There was a knock on the door, you were about to answer the door, but Poppy stopped you and answered the door.

"Hello Poppy!" Sally greet.

"Hello Sally," Poppy replied.

"Hi Sally!" you said running up to her hugging her.

"Hello my little super star!" Sally greeted and hugged you back, "hi Wally."

"Hi Sally," Wally replied.

After the greet, Poppy led everyone to the table where everything was all set for them. You take a seat next to Sally and Wally. You already take a bite out of your favorite pastry. You love Poppy's food, no one can top her baking, well perhaps your relative can beg the differ. While you're busy eating and drinking your tea/drink. Sally and Poppy are having a chat.

"Pleased as poppyseed punch you asked me to make this cake for you, really," Poppy chuckled, trying to hide her nervousness. "I-I-I- well, it's such an honor."

"Oh, I'm sure it is, darling!" Sally said, "now, let's get down to brass tacks."

"Oh, ah, well, I don't think I have any of those," Poppy said, "I don't like to keep anything too sharp around here, y'know."

"Details, Poppy dear, details," Sally said, before taking a sip of her tea.

"Ah! Of course. Of course!" Poppy laughed nervously.

While you take a sip of your drink, you notice that Wally was moving his hand only to tap on the tea three times while being all zoned out again. Your face is filled with puzzled, wondering what was that about. You turn your head and look back at Sally and Poppy. These two don't seem to notice Wally's strange behavior. Perhaps it's just your wild imagination, so you decide to shrug it off again.

"N-now then, what do you think you'd like?" Poppy asked Sally.

"What would I like?" Sally said, looking at Poppy, "Poppy dear, this is going to be on stage. It's hardly a like, it's a need. And it NEEDS to be BIG! BOLD!" she said, raising her hands in the air in a dramatic way.

You giggled to yourself, as Sally started to remind you of yourself when you tried to convince your parents that the toy you wanted is a need and you need it now or the desire you wanted will disappear forever. However, you sometimes get upset that your parents didn't get the toy that you wanted so badly. You still remember to this day.

"Ah, b-big, big, yes..." Poppy stutters, "maybe, three tiers, then?"

"Only three?" Sally laughed, "dream bigger Poppy!"

"O-o-oh, ah-um," Poppy paused a bit trying to find the right words, "y-yes, yes, suppose it is a big neighborhood, better to play it safe," Poppy chuckled nervously. "And you, ah, you do know I love to play it safe, dear."

"Ah, Ah," Sally said using her finger in no no motion, "but not too safe! After all, this needs to be a showstopper! It needs to have beauty! Pizzazz! Gasp!" Sally said in a dramatic pose as she described the stage, "Danger! Like [NAME]!"

You smile and giggled at Sally's compliment while Poppy has the concerned look, "d-danger? Oh, oh, oh my feathers. I don't know how I feel about making a dangerous cake."

"Ahh, tut-tut-tut, my feathered friend! You'll do great, I'm certain of it," Sally reassured, "there's no one else in the neighborhood I would trust with this!" Sally said something under her breath that caught your attention, "And not just because you're the only one here who can make something that doesn't come out of a gelatin mold."

You raised your brows, 'a gelatin mold? What's a gelatin mold? I hope it isn't something bad.'

"Oh! A-a-ah, well, goodness me," Poppy chuckled, "you're going to make me blush!"

Sally let out a satisfied chuckle, while you giggled at Poppy's comment. You turn your head to Wally, still only to find him sitting there all zoned out. You're a bit worried for Wally's well being, maybe you should check on him after tea.

"So! I take it you have everything you need?" Sally asked.

"Oh-um," Poppy stammered, "w-well, er, not quite," Poppy replied, "see, when I asked what you'd like, I thought maybe, you would have a flavor in mind?"

"A what?" Sally questioned.

"W-well, a flavor. Y'know, ah, we could do chocolate, or vanilla, or sprinkles, buttercream, butterbell, butterscotch," Poppy replied as she's giving Sally the example. While this is happening, you decide to drink down your beverage.

"Oh. Hm. To be honest with you," Sally said, "I didn't think that far."

As she said that, you almost spit out your drink, but thankfully no liquid comes out your mouth. You look at Sally with a puzzled look.

"You didn't think about the flavor?" Poppy asked.

"Well-" Sally said before getting a bit defensive, "Well the audience can't taste it from their seats, now can they?"

You were gonna say something, but you're not sure if puppets can smell the same way as humans do. If they do, then Sally is wrong, the nose gives people a basic idea what food smells like and what flavor it has. It's either good or that food is going to be your worst nightmare.

"Oh!"

"What do you think, [NAME] and Wally?" Sally asked, causing Wally to snap back to his reality. You turn your head to Wally, to see him being mentally there.

'What is going on with you Wally? Are you okay?'