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Heh... Twisted Glisten angst...
(This isn't really Cosmo x Glisten, more so platonic, but if you ship those two you can choose how you determine it :P)

The air rang with the music that usually played on Dandy's radio.
Rain pattered from the opening in the dome and into the garden. The lobby was awfully stiff with silence, despite there being multiple other toons walking around. Brightney sat under the tree reading a book, Finn sat in the wet grass with a blank expression, Vee was paying extra close attention not to get wet, Scraps was coloring with crayons, Astro was asleep on a stack of boxes, Tisha was cleaning, Dandy sat at his shop with a cheery expression, and Cosmo stood on the other side of his counter, letting out a small sigh. Cosmo looked up at Dandy "You look... Happy." Cosmo said, questioning why Dandy was so joyful when it was extremely boring and quiet. "Why wouldn't I be? I've gotten so many tapes! You wouldn't even believe it!" Dandy said before starting to rant about the tapes. Cosmo wasn't about to listen to his yap session, so he just snuck off towards the garden.

Brightney looked up from her book and over at Finn who continued to just silently sit there.
"Finn, you're all wet now. Why are you sitting in the rain?" Brightney asked in confusion. "I needed to fill up my fishbowl! Plus, the rain is nice! Why don't you come over here and join me?" Finn offered. "Uh.. I think I'll pass, but thanks Finn." Brightney returned a smile before looking back down at her book.

It was quite peaceful at least.
It was pretty rare to get any kind of peace when in such a terrifying place like Gardenview.
They could only enjoy the peace for so long before-

"Heyyooo! Star of the show is he-"
Glisten stopped and glanced around at the quiet lobby. His smile faded "Wow, aren't you all just lively today."

"We are. We were enjoying the peace and quiet before you barged in." Vee said from atop a crate she was sitting on. "Why? What's the matter with me entering a room? Too much perfection for the likes of you to handle?" Glisten spat back. Vee hopped off the crate, walking over to him. "If perfection meant stupidity, then yes." She replied with irritation in her voice. "Your one to talk." Glisten scoffed.

Cosmo and the others watched as the two's argument quickly escalated to them shouting at each other.
Astro had woken up from his nap at this point and stood up, walking over to the bickering toons. "Vee, calm down. There's no reason to start a full flown argument." Astro said with a yawn. "I didn't start it! He did!" Vee pointed at Glisten. "Me?! Is there a 'no-handsome-mirrors-allowed-in-the-lobby' policy now?!"

"No, but I think there should be a 'no-idiot-mirrors-allowed' that applies to you!" Vee scowled.
"Ugh! What even is your problem with me anyway?"
"Oh you wanna know? Let's start with how god damn annoying and selfish you are!" Vee yelled "Your nothing but an attention-seeking bitch who must always act like the most perfect thing in the world!"

The lobby went quiet and awkward glances were passed between the toons.

After a long moment of silence, Glisten finally spoke.
"Fine. If you don't need me then I .. I dont need you! Fuck you all!" Glisten yelled, storming off.
They watched as Glisten stepped into a vacant elevator.

"WAIT!! GLISTEN!!" Cosmo yelled, running to stop him, but it was too late.

He was gone.

...

Three days passed by and nobody saw Glisten since.
Some ignored his absence, but most others were worried.
What happened to him?

Cosmo and a few others had enough of this mystery and decided to finally go down to search for him.
Finn, Scraps, Tisha, and Astro all would accompany Cosmo as they made their descent. For multiple floors they had no luck.. Even worse was that twisted Pebble appeared on one of the floors and killed off Finn and Scraps... Cosmo had no time to grieve, floor after floor, he had to focus on surviving or else he would meet a similar fate.

The elevator doors shut behind the three survivors on floor 15
The garage, desolate and cold like always, except the atmosphere was filled with calls for help.
"Please... Is anyone there..."

Cosmo turned to look at Tisha and Astro who were already walking away, they didn't look like they had even heard the voice. Cosmo looked over in the direction he had heard it, his heart pounding. That voice... Could it be him? Cosmo began running, trying to figure out where the voice was coming from.
He came around a couple stacks of boxes and was not prepared for what he saw.

Glisten stood in front of him, half his face cracked and missing, his ribbons were torn and tied around his wrists, and his eye was bright pink. Cosmo would've never guessed he'd ever see Glisten in such condition. Cosmo was about to turn and run, but there was something keeping him from doing so. The partly twisted figure in front of him could easily tell Cosmo was afraid "Wait.. Please don't go..." Glisten stepped towards him. Cosmo let him come closer, convinced that maybe he wouldn't hurt him. He resisted the urge to cry as he hugged Glisten. "What happened to you..." Cosmo murmured. "I -I .. I don't know. I don't want to be like this... Please help."

"I don't know how.." Cosmo responded with honesty and regret. "Then... Stay with me? Please?.."
Glisten was acting so different from his normal self, it was so sad and painful to see. Cosmo wished he could do something to help him... He could. Thankfully, Cosmo had all three of his hearts and an additional medkit. Using one of his hearts, he made a cookie. It wasn't the greatest he's ever made, but that didn't matter. Cosmo handed Glisten the cookie and watched as he immediately ate it. It had seemed a little bit of his pain was relieved at least. "Thank you..."

They sat in the middle of the garage together until...

Ding!

The sound of the last machine being completed.
The elevator doors could be heard opening in the distance. Astro came running by and stumbled backwards in fear as he saw the two. "COSMO! GET AWAY FROM HIM!" He said, alarmed. "BUT-" Cosmo tried to protest but Astro cut him off "HES A TWISTED, COSMO! COME ON, WE NEED TO LEAVE, NOW!"

Cosmo turned and looked over at Glisten, tears forming in his eyes.
"Y-..You're leaving me?..." Glisten said with a tinge of heartbreak and anger. Glass shattering could be heard along with him shouting "IT HURTS!! DONT LEAVE ME HERE!!" The ribbons holding his wrists together were suddenly torn and he began running towards Cosmo. Tisha darted by, grabbing Cosmo's arm and pulling him towards the elevator.

As they reached the elevator, Glisten grabbed Cosmo's wrist to stop him, but instead tearing his hand off.
Cosmo screamed in pain as he collapsed into the elevator, blood pouring onto the floor.

"NO NO NO- IM SORR-"

The elevator doors shut closed, leaving the three in painful silence.
Tisha took Cosmo's medkit and helped him bandage his injuries while Astro looked down at the floor, regretting everything. Cosmo started sobbing, hating himself for leaving Glisten down there. Would he ever forgive him? Did he screw up for good?

"I .. Think we should go back.." Astro suggested, Tisha nodding in response.

Cosmo could've done something, anything different...

But no, he fucked up again.

Now Glisten is gone.

(1293 words!)