kiwi's cookie run oneshots and headcanons!

winter paperboy (oneshot)

chestnut is literally so cute so i had to make this tiny filler oneshot for him

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Brrring!

The alarm pierced shrilly into the air, causing Chestnut to jump up from his bed. He turned to the clock: it was 7:30 AM sharp.

Hastily, Chestnut threw on his coat and tossed the hat onto his head, only to have to top rip a hole from his pointy hair.

"Darn it!" he frowned, patting the hat. "That's the third one this week!"

However, this was no time to worry about hats, for it was time to deliver newspapers!

Grabbing his bag full of the latest scoops, Chestnut hopped onto his tricycle and began riding out.

First stop: Cotton Candy's house.

He knocked at the pink-haired Cookie's door and waited for a few seconds before the door swung open, revealing Cotton Candy in her pajamas.

"Oh, Chestnut!" she smiled. "What do you have for me today?"

"You'll like this one, ma'am!" Chestnut held out the newspaper to her. "Chili Cookie promises two days of peace for Christmas!"

"Ah!" Cotton Candy took the paper. "Thank you for this!"

She handed him a couple coins and Chestnut was once again on his way to the Cake Brothers' house!

Chestnut eagerly knocked on the door and Pancake answered it.

"Chestnut!" Pancake hugged him. "It's so nice to see you again!"

"Good to see you too, Pancake!" Chestnut greeted. "But I can't stay for long today, I've got news to deliver!"

Chestnut handed him a paper, waved goodbye, and pedaled as fast as he could to the next house: Herb.

As he approached the porch, he noticed Herb's doormat read "OUT." So, he simply left the newspaper on top of it and headed over to his next destination.

With each house he passed, Chestnut tossed another newspaper to the doorsteps, occasionally stopping to hand the papers to Cookies he knew in person.

He got a cup of hot chocolate from Cocoa, a small calligraphy set from Roguefort, a detective novel from Walnut, a fruit punch from Sparkling, and much more.

After a busy morning delivering and selling newspapers to the entire Western Cookie Kingdom, Chestnut took a break and parked his tricycle in front of Coffee Cookie's Cafe. Once inside, he ordered a cup of hot tea and a muffin.

Now, he finally had time to read the newspaper himself.

"Adventurer discovers another artifact?" he read with interest. "Cheesecake hosts another party?"

A good few minutes of reading and some hot tea recharged Chestnut all the way. Now, he had the energy to bike all the way back home.

The slightly snowy path didn't make his winter trips easy, but Chestnut loved his small job, even if it required some work. He pedaled his way back to his home, waving and greeting other Cookies along the way.

Finally, once Chestnut reached his house, he hung up his vote, removed the torn hat, and crashed right back into bed. It was 9:42 now, but what harm could some sleep do?

After two tiring hours, Chestnut took his scheduled nap and woke up refreshed.

"I should meet my classmates at the library now!" he said, pulling on the coat again. "I better help with that project!"

Then once again, he pedaled off on his trusty tricycle.