The Missing Christmas Spirit Inside Of Us

14.

          ~Baking Cookies (again)~

SMG4 is in the kitchen, searching for something.

"Ugh, where are they?"

He can't find what he searches for.

"Did they really ate all of the cookies already...?"

"..."

"Hmmm...guess I will need to make new ones."

SMG4 gets the big cooking book out and searches for a cookie recipe.

While that, he hears someone call his name.

"SMG4? Where are you?"

"I'm in the kitchen."

The person enters the kitchen and sits down on a chair that is standing next to the dinner table.

SMG4 looks up from the cooking book and looks who it is.

It's SMG3.

A weird silence is in the kitchen.

SMG4 continues searching for a cookie recipe, while SMG3 is trapped in his thoughts.

Some minutes later, SMG3 breaks the weird silence.

"What do you want to do with the cooking book?"

"I want to bake cookies."

"But I thought that Ta-"

"The crew already ate all the cookies."

SMG4 doesn't know if that's true, but it's the only answer that makes the most sense.

"Already? That was fast..."

"I know."

Another weird silence

Suddenly, Eggdog and BeegSMG4 run inside the kitchen and hide under the dinner table.

SMG3 watches the kiddos before he starts talking again.

"Look, I know that it has been weird between us since..."

SMG3 stops talking for a short moment, searching for the right words.

"Since what I did in the igloo to hold both of us warm..."

"I never thought that you would think about that so much... You really care about me, don't you?"

"N-NO!!!"

"Keep telling yourself that, but I know the truth."

"You don't."

"I do."

"No."

"Yes."

"..."

"..."

"No."

"Yes."

"Ugh, whatever"

SMG3 looks to SMG4 who is putting ingredients into an bowl while mixing them with a wooden spoon.

"Do you need help?"

"No!"

"Then I will leave. There's no reason staying here."

SMG3 stands up and walks to the door.

"Wait!"

SMG3 stops in front of the kitchen door.

"Why? You need my help?"

"...It would ne nice if you would..."

SMG3 chuckles and walks to SMG4. SMG4 is smiling brightly.

"So, what can I do?"

"Could you look for the cookie cutters? I couldn't find them earlier"

"Sure."

Hours later, SMG3 and SMG4 baked enough cookies for the rest of the Christmas time.

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