Cuphead x cobi pt 1: what am I feeling?

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So a little background on this, cobi is a character oc todoroni9076 created a while back, originally for a so for mugman at the time of an RP. Cup and cobi had a past with each other as friends until cuphead literally almost killed him and try to think much of it since he had felt so guilty. EVENTUALLY we were like "yo what if these two got together instead" so we did it and yeh this is now a thing

Cupheads pov
I am a cupling. A species not very well known, I am often asked what I'm even supposed to be. The truth is I don't really know. the only cuplings I've ever known were just me and my little brother mugman.. I was always picked on, I felt like I had no purpose, I felt unwanted.....Until I moved two months into 6th grade... Up until that point I was so sure all I'd ever know was abuse, that I was an abomination for what I was- he was short, he had such a pleasant smile on his face, with crazy bright red hair, beautiful blue eyes, he had a wonderful blue curly straw to match, freckles, a small nose like I had, only blue yet again... he was a cupling just like me.. I've never felt this before... this jittery feeling. This... odd desire to want to suddenly be touched by him.. what is it?? Maybe it's because he's saying hi to me.. I'm the quite nerdy kid, this was my first day here, I was already getting relentlessly bullied. Dirty looks... Maybe this just surprised me? Maybe im just scared of contact with another.. maybe im being delusional, does he really want to be nice to me? Am I not... "freakish" to him? Am I not weird and awkward..... I can't help but stare, looking into his eyes. I cant help but feel something and I had absolutely no idea what it was... it was almost like I was in a trance, I felt like I couldn't look away.

"Oh my I am so sorry for running into you like that, I-i'm lost and don't know where im going..I've been switched to a new class set! Uh- here, y-your books!"

I snapped out if it..

"O-oh uhm... it's ok! Really its fine.. I..should've been looking where I was going too." I looked at his schedule.. room 2-208. That was where I was headed too, coincidentally. It was on the second floor. But that's about all I knew, from then on i was oblivious. It was science class, advanced in biological chemistry, I pointed, nervously and muttered "H-hey im going there two! Uh- I-it should be on the second floor. "

"Oh wow! Really?? Thank you so much!" He paused. "My names Cobi. ( Caw-Bee) Cobi wetherman. Maybe we can find it together, yeah? This schools insane, it took me two weeks to get my last class schedule down, I doubt this'd be any easier."

I just looked at him. He was so nice, why am I just starring? Why am I just sitting here- oh my god I feel so stupid for just sitting there and not blinking or anything! Do something damnit!!

"UH- y-yea! That sounds good- m-m-my names c-cuphead.. cuphead kettle.."

I hated it... why couldn't I just have a normal name like anyone else? And if not maybe one that just makes sense like apple baron! Even flug had a better name and it was FLUG! I could understand my last name, kettle. But I knew where I had gotten it from.. it wasn't my last name. I just knew it. Even though I loved grandpa kettle, but I found out he wasn't my actual grandpa. And kettles where just another species that already existed over on inkwell isle, and me and my brother had only been living there for the last 13-14 years, I guess it's where we were supposedly born. But I didn't say anything about it.. I didn't want to confuse him or do something that might hurt mugman. Even though I felt like mugs didn't really care much for me in return, mostly because I guess I never get to genuinely talk to him, and sometimes we get distant, I feel like that's my fault.. sometimes I get angry and outburst into this... monster. I don't want to hurt him. I'm afraid I'd do it, I don't want to be the reason mugman can't live a good life. So I find it better to keep my distance. I know its sounds really out of context, and really out of the blue, but I always feel this sense of dread when I'm next to him, like I'd do something and lose control and then injure him. And this new being.. This cobi person... he already reminded me of mugman, and I didn't know him for even 15 minutes yet! But it's not just when I get angry. I know that when I get sad or anxious some things float in the air, I feel out of breath and flug always had to come in to calm me down, especially if I had a nightmare. I'm a freak.. And i know that if I have a nightmare and wake up I'd start to feel horrible. I'd feel like someone's watching me. But I'd feel like it was real.. I remember jumping to insane conclusions this day, i've hurt people in the past on accident, I've almost killed, and others were much more unfortunate, and they were only trying to help me, I feel terrible and I don't belong here. If I got attached to someone like that again, I might just lose them like I have every other friend. But this new person... I don't feel that I would do that. Even though im afraid I might, I just.. It's something about his aura that just makes me feel... secure? It makes me feel like nothing could go wrong, like I'm nestled into a basket and protected. I wanted to go with him, was my body going to allow me? Was my mind playing tricks on me.. was I sure? Yes... I want to go with him.

"That's a cool name, here I'll help you up!"

He held out his hand.. I was scared if I touched it I'd burn it. I had to wear gloves, but today I forgot them.. goody. I have been developing this bluish power from my hands, uncle flug said it might just be something that came with "puberty". Whatever that meant. When it started I woke up one day with my body aching, and I went to go hug flug because.. well it hurt and I wanted comfort , hugs and stuff. And when I did I burned him. Just two red hands marks on his back, the sound of sizzling and flug gasping in pain. And it was from me.. I remember feeling like shit the rest of the day because I'd been the cause of two hand shaped scars that are still there to this day. I was reluctant to take cobis hand, I was scared he'd think I was a freakshow if I did burn him, and what think about me the rest of the year. But cobi suddenly took my hand, I was scared and let out a quick yelp. It was like i herd it... the searing. I closed my eyes and braced for the worse. Silence.. ??.. I opened them. Nothing had happened! I felt the cold sweat of relief settle over my body, feeling less tense. Then in a sweet, worried voice,

"Are you okay? You looked like you were going to start panicking! Do you have to go to the nurse??"

"No... I just... you taking my hand just scared me a little, that's all.. you know, a-a quick movement"

A half lie. I don't usually like to lie.. Truthfully I was scared of quick movement, I was used to being hit by my dad, black hat. So its technically the truth.

"Oh.. im sorry about that, I promise in the future I wont do that then. I understand that it would be alarming to some people,"

He understands... that's amazing!

"Anyways we should be getting to class now, " he said guiding me toward the stairwell.. "I know that if we're late this teacher will FLIP."

"Oh, okay then... well I guess we'd start going, better yet quickly"

"What?"

"The bell rings in two minutes."

I said just to lighten up, after the small scare, I felt relaxed, enough so to joke and even laugh, plus it really was about to ring, and we weren't even halfway up the stairwell! I instantly felt him grip me harder and yank me into a sprint, It stirred a giggle inside me, today was the day I would say I didn't mind being dragged down the hall by a person just over my halfway point that I'd just met. But that jitter stuck with me. I like him.... maybe we could be friends?

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