Tears

Part 15~Yada Yada Berries

Tom smiled as he jumped through the portal. "Morning, Sunshine!" He grinned, hugging Solar as he let out a yelp.

"Tom! Morning- yes- hi!" He blushed heavily as Tom smiled.

"You're so cute."

Solar covered his face, blushing more.

"Hey, what's Marco doing?"

"Oh-uh, that's- Moc burnt the house down, so Marco's making them restore or replace everything."

Moc huffed, pushing the burnt-up sofa out a window. "But Marco, my savings."

"But Moc. My house."

Moc huffed dramatically, "Touche."

Solar chuckled a little, turning to Tom. "Did you want something?"

"Oh- no- I just wanted to see what you were doing."

Solar chuckled. "Want to go to an awkward dinner with my grandma?"

"What?"

"Come on." Solar opened another portal, stepping in happily.

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"Your oatmeal, my Queen. Raw and soaked, just how you like it." Manfred pushed the tray in front of Eclipse as she smiled.

Str stared at her pancakes, trying to cut into it as Solar played with his. Tom glanced around the table nervously. "It's really cool that you're having this, uh, Queen's monster breakfast."

"I want the monsters to feel comfortable at the Queen's table," Eclipse explained as Star looked up.

"Yeah! Just where are the monsters?"

"Huh. Manfred! Come here!" Eclipse looked to the side as Manfred walked in.

"Yes, M'lady?"

"Manfred, did you forget to invite the monsters?"

"No, of course not, M'lady. The monsters are right here." Manfred waved to the side where the monsters were eating on the floor. "In their proper place."

"What? Why are they eating out of dog bowls?"

"Oh. Do they not normally, M'lady?"

"Take their food back to the kitchen and put it on proper plates. Oh, and take mine while you're at it. I'll eat when everybody else has their food."

"Yes, my Queen."

Star and Solar sighed, lowering their forks. "Oh, I guess we'll wait, too." Solar paused, giving Tom a look as he sighed.

"Fine, but just so you know, I'm not good when I'm hungry."

Solar chuckled as Tom's expression softened. Their moment was interrupted as a scream echoed from the kitchen. Solar was up instantly, swinging out his staff and charging down the corridor.

They slid into the kitchen, staring at the state of Manfred licking Eclipsa's food. Glossaryck laughed as he floated closer. "Oh, looks like someone fed yada yada berries to Manfred."

Star blinked in confusion. "Wait, yada yada berries, what's that?"

"Yada yada berries? You know. You feed them to someone, and... yada yada. They never bother you again. Funny thing about them, though-" Glossaryck bit the berry, turning to stone and falling to the ground before he turned back to normal. "They're actually quite delicious once you get past the whole 'turning to stone' part."

The group stared at Glossaryck disparagingly as Solar sighed, putting away his staff while Star coughed, bringing the attention back to the topic at hand. "But Manfred was eating out of Eclipsa's bowl. I don't understand. Why would somebody want to yada yada you?"