Cuphead X Reader Drabbles

heartfelt explosions [cuphead]

After a long night of dancing, fooling around with the people of inkwell, some stupid jokes and a mob of people chasing you and your boyfriend for the trouble you'd caused them, the two of you were finally able to sneak away behind a hill, laughing over the stupidity of the situation.

"King Dice is gonna kill us Cuphead!"

"And I'll wallop his ass one more time if he'd like!" Confidence radiated off of this fragile, yet unbeatable boy. It was merely boosted when he was around you, because hey, if he couldn't protect you, then what was he fighting for?

With a playful nudge, you sat down on the dip in the hill, catching your breath after having ran from a number of people. You were exhausted. But for some reason, you wanted to stay out even longer..

Oh right. Cuphead was that reason.

Stilled confidence caused him to sit down next to you, an arm around your waist pulling you close. He grinned.

"Smooth Cups.. Real smooth."

"Ya think I dunno that?"

Again, another nudge. It made him snicker this time around. "Hey, check it out." He reached into is cup, pulling out a sparkler and handing it to you. With a gasp, you shakily took it from his hands. "Cups, I've never used a sparkler before.." He replies, "Then I'll show you!"

This process was fairly simple. He'd pulled out a match to light up the green sparkler you'd had, and in an instant, there were little tinges of light  blossoming from between both sets of your hands.

In the dimly lit spot between you two, you had witnessed firsthand, a look that made your heart almost stop beating.. Cuphead probably didn't realize it. But in that moment he had little hearts in his eyes, accompanied by a shy smile.

You'd never seen that expression before..

Before you had the courage to comment on it, he had turned away, and was digging for something again.

Jeez, how much stuff was this fool carrying? You smiled, shaking your head slightly.

"I got one last thing I wanna show you, doll.."

You didn't give a response. You stayed silent, nodding for him to go on, hands clutching your sparkler with anticipation.

He was setting something down. He sat down next to you. What was that, a stick? It looked like a smoldering stick..

He was poking something that he'd just sat down with a stick.. what kind of nonsense-

"Look up."

What you saw at that time made your jaw drop with awe. The loud cracking sound from a distance had you mesmerized, and following it, was a great explosion of little lights, all in different colors and in bursts of different sizes.

"This is amazing.."

"Wait for it."

The next few fireworks went off, and the unexpected occurred.. In a way. There was always something unexpected when it came to your boyfriend.

But there in bright red, white, and pink were the words 'I love you' in the midst of the night. You had to cover your mouth.. You blinked a few times, to get the tears to go away. It was just so pretty. You couldn't help it.

"Hey now don't go crying on me! That wasn't the pla-"

The sparkler had gone out by now, thankfully. You climbed into Cuphead's lap and wrapped your arms around his torso, in a tight and warm, loving embrace. You could feel his heart in his chest, and you were certain he could feel yours.

"I love you too.." You muttered, hiding in his shoulder afterwards, a tad embarrassed by both him and yourself. Oh if only you could have seen his face, he'd lit up like a lightbulb. He became even more warm, and this time you were able to feel it.

For the remainder of the night, you two cuddled and watched the rest of the fireworks in silence, hand in hand, simply relishing the time you two spent together.