~~OBSSESION~~ {BOOK 1} (Shadow Milk Cookie x reader)

Chapter 19

Author note: Yeah I know I didn't update soon enough but you have had in mind that I am not only a writer. I am also gamer and artist so.. I tend to change my fixation to something else. BUT I always come back!

The battle had ended, but the air still crackled with tension at the top of the Spire of Deceit. The only sounds that remained were their labored breaths, echoing in the eerie stillness. Shadow Milk Cookie hunched over, exhaustion and fury burning in his gaze as he struggled to catch his breath.

"Kh... Ha... Ha..." he panted, his voice raw with frustration.

Pure Vanilla Cookie, still composed despite the toll of the battle, observed him with a gentle smile. "Are you alright? You seem... exhausted."

Reader Cookie shot him a deadpan look. "Really? Now you're being petty..."

Pure Vanilla only responded with a knowing smile, his eyes twinkling with something unreadable. "You know why..." he said, his voice slightly strained.

Reader Cookie blinked in confusion before realization struck, making their face heat up. Flustered, they covered their face with one hand, unwilling to say a word.

Shadow Milk Cookie let out a slow, trembling breath before suddenly bursting into laughter. "Kh... Ha... Ha ha... Ha ha ha ha!" His laugh twisted into something almost diabolical, his voice dripping with malice.

Pure Vanilla Cookie frowned slightly. "...?"

Reader Cookie narrowed their eyes. "Did we... break him?"

Shadow Milk Cookie wiped the corner of his mouth, regaining his composure. "You... you might have won this battle, but it won't bring your friends back. Not after MY trickster cast them out. Heh." His smirk deepened. "They've crumbled to dust! Nothing more than helpless souls that roam my Spire for eons!"

Reader Cookie's lips curled into a smirk as they twirled their umbrella lazily, their eyes gleaming with confidence. "Are you so sure?"

At that moment, a very familiar voice rang out from below.

"PURE VANILLA COOKIE!!! READER COOKIE!!!"

Shadow Milk Cookie's eyes widened in pure shock. "?!"

Pure Vanilla Cookie turned, his face lighting up with joy. "My friends! I'm happy you're unharmed!"

GingerBrave skidded to a stop, panting. "We thought we were done for! But Fortune Teller Cookie arrived just in time! And not only that, there was something else! Like... a big hand that caught us all!"

Fortune Teller Cookie stood behind them, quiet yet ever perceptive.

Reader Cookie chuckled. "Heh, that would be my 'big hand.'"

Wizard Cookie gave them an incredulous stare. "YOU ARE NORMAL?!"

Reader Cookie raised an eyebrow. "Who said I ever was?"

Wizard Cookie continued to stare.

"Okay, okay! Jeez... I promised that no harm would come to you, so to do that, I had to make sure he wouldn't touch you guys. And what better way than by using myself as bait, right?"

GingerBrave nodded eagerly. "But how did you do the hand thing?"

Reader Cookie smirked. "Ah! Well, remember how I swiped you off the tower with big claws—"

"I don't," Wizard Cookie interrupted.

"Heh... sorry about that, but I couldn't give myself away, could I?" Reader Cookie explained, spinning their umbrella. "As I was saying, as soon as I swiped you, a second hand appeared underneath to catch you all safely! So you were never in danger. Well, not from me, anyway. And I knew Fortune Teller Cookie would assist you guys."