(Sorry I took a while to post this chapter, I got caught up in school, and I had writers-block)
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It was a quiet peaceful morning in the Dark Cacao kingdom. It was always like this... barley any change since it always snowed with peace between the Dark Cacao Kingdoms people.
Guards roamed the citadel at this time, some focusing on guarding more than others, and some simply just chatting.
During this time Caramel Arrow Cookie walked down a hallway, waving at some guards as she passed them. "Hm... I wonder why the king hasn't been seen around the citadel yet... he would be up giving orders by now..." Caramel Arrow said looking around a corner to see if her king was there. Caramel Arrow looked everywhere, the battle grounds, the training area, the throne room, but her king wasn't found, how odd. Caramel Arrow sighed as she continued to walk down a hallway stopping at her kings chambers. "I suppose he must be in here... he wouldn't be anywhere else surely." Caramel Arrow said to herself before soon knocking on the door. "My king...?" Caramel Arrow stood there... no answer. "...Hello?" Caramel knocked again... still no answer. Caramel Arrow soon became inpatient as she crossed her arms. "Ugh..." Caramel took a long glimpse at the door before looking around her to see if anyone was near... she thought to herself. "...Forgive me my king..." Caramel Arrow said to herself before reaching out her hand putting her hand on the door handle, opening the door, and peeking through. A bit of guilt ran through Caramel Arrow as she opened the door... She looked around seeing Dark Cacao on his bed still asleep... but he wasn't alone. Caramel Arrow blushed a bit as she realized there was another cookie in the room... She couldn't see very well of who it was since her king was covering the cookie... "Wait... is that Pure Vanilla Cookie?" She'd think to herself. Caramel Arrow paused for a while, then she started to smile warmly just thinking about the two... and seeing them so close. Caramel Arrow took one last look before closing the door and sighing, soon walking away.
"As long as the king is happy..."
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Pure Vanilla breathed softly with Dark Cacao laying his head in Pure Vanilla's chest. Dark Cacao held him quite close, wrapping both of his arms around the small cookies waist. The dark chocolate curtains dimmed the room a dark color, seeming as although it was making the room calmer than it was. The smaller king would smile in his sleep with his arms around the bigger king... Pure Vanilla loved that Dark Cacao's warmth would hit his body as they were so close together in this moment... Pure Vanilla could also feel Dark Cacao's soft breath hit his chest... it made a tiny tint of red appear on his face as he would slightly wake up looking at Dark Cacao hold onto his waist gently. Pure Vanilla started to caress Dark Cacao's hair with a warmer smile than before seeing that Dark Cacao would also start to smile as he caressed his hair.
It felt nice to wake up close to someone once in a while... Pure Vanilla had almost forgot the feeling.
Not so long after Dark Cacao would open his eyes dimly looking straight up at Pure Vanilla. "Good morning Dark Cacao...How'd you sleep?" Pure Vanilla asked in a soft tone, keeping the warm smile he had on his face. "Mh... Good morning Pure Vanilla..." Dark Cacao mumbled under his breath as he sat up to kiss Pure Vanilla on the cheek "I slept well... better than usual..." Dark Cacao said with blush on his face, digging his face into Pure Vanilla's chest, trying to keep his usual expression. Pure Vanilla giggled softly seeing Dark Cacao dig his head deeper into his chest, putting his hand on the spot where Dark Cacao kissed, slightly blushing. "I'm glad you slept well..." Pure Vanilla said with a sweet smile, making Dark Cacao blush just looking at Pure Vanilla.
Dark Cacao would stop blushing after a while of just silently cuddling together with Pure Vanilla... all he could hear now was soft breathing throughout the room. Dark Cacao felt like he could fall asleep easily again in Pure Vanilla's arms... which was odd since he couldn't sleep well in most cases. "Pure Vanilla is it alright if I stay here like this with you... a bit longer...?" Dark Cacao asked with slight blush appearing on his face. "Yes of course... get as much rest as you need..." Pure Vanilla said in a soft tone as he stroked Dark Cacao's silky long hair. Dark Cacao sighed as he relaxed himself against Pure Vanilla once more... still gripping the smaller cookies waist gently. He loved Pure Vanilla's presence more than any one else's... he just... felt so warm.
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{Flashback}
I stand there in silence as I felt anger... I felt hurt.
There was blood everywhere...
Blood on my hands.
I felt betrayed.
I never thought this would ever happen, how could he?
How could he do this?
I didn't raise him to be like this.
How could my own son do this...
Why...
I felt some sort of guilt rise in me as he walked away.
I had to... I just... don't understand why...
Why.
So many thoughts went through my head as I paced...
I don't care about how much blood I'm losing...
I just don't care.
I had to banish him, I had to...
I had to...
I had to.
But why him...
He was the only son I had.
...
RAHH-
I stab my sword into the ground with anger,
feeling more furious every time I thought about him more.
Why...
Why...
Why.
...
I sit down as I continue to bleed...
Letting myself die slowly as I limped.
I had to do this,
for the better good.
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I soon woke up from the nightmare... breathing heavily as I perked up. I looked over to see Pure Vanilla Cookie sound asleep with his hand on my head. I blushed, staring at Pure Vanilla with mixed emotions... I could see Pure Vanilla slowly open his eyes, with me continuing to stare at him... my breathing somewhat slowed down just by looking at him. "Is something the matter Cacao?" Pure Vanilla asked in a soft tired tone as he rubbed his eyes. "Mh..." I mumbled, putting my head onto his shoulder while looking up at his beautiful face. I could see Pure Vanilla's expression turned into a concerned one in an instant as he got closer to my face. "Cacao...?" Pure Vanilla suddenly grabbed my face with the both of his soft hands... "No nothing is the matter Pure Vanilla..." I said in a calm tone as I grabbed one of Pure Vanilla's hands, rubbing it against my face gently, making Pure Vanilla blush in a result. There was a small moment of silence as we both stared at each other. I looked over at one of the clocks on the bedside table. "I completely forgot... I have to go do my normal duties to attend to today... I was so caught up in you... I didn't seem to notice." I said with a soft smile. Pure Vanilla chuckled softly as he looked at me... "I guess we got too caught up in each other..." Pure Vanilla said with another chuckle. Even though I knew we had to get up at some point, I just didn't want to leave Pure Vanilla's side, or for him to leave me. "Yeah... but maybe just a few more minutes before we have to get up..." I said in a tired tone, feeling my eyes get heavy again as Pure Vanilla caressed my hair. Pure Vanilla giggled, continuously stroking my hair softly. I soon fell asleep again... this time no bad dreams... just good memories.
End of Chapter 14
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Author note -
I swear some guards are watching them sleep together, I feel like they would do that I'm not sure. But also Caramel Arrow and Crunchy Chip would probably try to get them to go away by shooing them. 😭
(Also sorry If I have spelling mistakes in some chapters, I tend to read my chapters over and over again trying to see what I can change. But I'm usually really tired so I barely notice sometimes... because I type so fast <>_<>")