That's the way the Cookie Crumbles

Chapter 3

Last night at Murasakibara's house...

Murasakibara couldn't sleep. Plain and simple. His eyes stared absentmindedly at his ceiling. The anticipation of having those cookies again made his brain kick into high gear, refusing him that sweet relief called sleep. He, once again, started to remember the taste of the cookies he had that very morning.

The chewy center... The right amount of crunchy texture... The chocolate chips...

Murasakibara turned on his stomach with his face in his pillow, again trying to fall asleep but than he flipped back over again on his back to continue to stare up at the ceiling, his eye drawing little circles, little circles of cookies that is. Suddenly, Murasakibara could hear the little tweets of birds in the early morning and he brought his bed sheets over his face to groan heavily. Murasakibara came to the conclusion of taking a nap in class today.

So the teenager got up from his bed and walked to the bathroom to take a morning shower to help wake him up, or at least tried to, he blacked out a few times under the hot water but he cleaned up and hopped out and started to brush his hair with his toothbrush and just as he attempted to brush his teeth with his comb is when he realized what he was doing. Murasakibara sighed and straighten up and started to brush his teeth and than comb his hair, soon he was out the door.

After a twenty-minute walk Murasakibara went past the school gates, not only were his eyes bloodshot but also he seemed to give off an even more tired expression than usual. He groaned as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes again. "So tired..." He groaned out as memories of the previous night came back to him.

Murasakibara looked around the schoolyard, trying to find the very girl that kept him up last night, or at least the tasty treats she was supposed to bring. As he made his way through the crowd he yawned loudly, scratching his head to relief himself from an annoying itch. Not Ten seconds have passed when Murasakibara found him self-yawning again but mid way into his yawn his nose picked up a familiar sweet smell. Murasakibara felt his heart leap into his throat, he felt even more wide-awake when he noticed a new aroma, an even better one than there was before. He followed his nose and he came upon a blissful sight, he saw in Clara's hands was a huge bag of scrumptious looking cookies he has ever seen and he noticed she brought another kind too and they looked extra delicious as he got closer. Murasakibara suddenly stood frozen at the sight that befell him...

Murasakibara saw his teammates enjoying a single delicious treat from Clara; she had a look of pride on her face as she laughed at their stupid blissful expressions. Soon, Murasakibara felt anger rising in his chest. The look on Tatsuya's face... On the others... It's the look of pure joy... joy of that glorious moment you bit down into that chewy cookie. They dare to eat the treats that were promised to him and to him only? Murasakibara reached out menacingly towards Clara's head.

"Ooooi?" His voice was dark, his presence radiated off a purple aura. His teammates froze in place at the very sound of his angered voice. As Murasakibara's hand clasped down on Clara's head, she started to shake gently as she looked up at Murasakibara with a scared expression, her expression was almost cute... Almost.

"Good morning..." She squeaked out.

Murasakibara stared down at her more intensely. "I thought those were going to be mine?" He growled.

Clara shook gently. "Don't worry... There's plenty left..." She lifted up the bag that was filled with cookies; the aroma was almost too much for Murasakibara to handle. He stood ridged, unmoving, not speaking as his eyes started to turn big and sparkly as he stared down at the baked goods, forgetting about his teammates betrayal of taking his cookies.

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Clara started to relax as Murasakibara seemed to calm down himself but he still had a firm grip on her head. "So anyways..." She cough gently and held out the cookies above her head, to which Murasakibara releases her head as his arms went limp to the side, Clara stared into Murasakibara's violet eyes as he stared down at the cookies. Son a dreamy look appeared on his face, everyone could clearly see the sparkles in his eyes. Clara couldn't help the chuckle that escaped her lips as she took that moment to turn around and held out the bag towards him now, "Because you found something that is very precious to me, I thought I give you a little extra." She smiles brightly as she did yesterday. "There's almost 3 dozen of cookies in here."