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brittle-doughie · 1 year

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When the Jingle Bells Rock (Christmas Special)

A combination of my own idea and a ask by an anon! Merry Christmas, folks!

You had collected all that you needed from the shop as you placed the christmas lights in your cart as you made your way to the front, the sounds of jolly music playing in the speakers within the store. You sigh in content as you sway your head side as you nod to the music, moving your cart to the front of the store to pay for them before heading out to your vehicle.

You had packed everything up and was getting ready to drive off when…

“La di dum…La di da…~”

The sound of someone singing behind you! You turn your head to see the cookie singing right as you closed your trunk to see it was Carol Cookie!

“The time of year spent with family🎵 Time spent where everyone is happy!🎵”

You smiled and clapped to Carol’s singing and playing, bringing a smile to her face as she giggled.

“The occasion that brings everyone together🎵 Wonderful memories that last forever..!🎵”

You did agree with her lyrics with a chuckle, it is a nice time in the year to spend it with those you care about and the family that you have. Though your voice kind of trailed off from that last part.

Something that Carol took notice of.

“Is something wrong? You do have cookies you wish to spend the time of year with, right? I can come over to spend it with you!”

You gave her an awkward chuckle before reassuring her that you’ll have a splendid holiday this year, no need to worry about it! You’ve got it! You fist pumped into the air to really show your enthusiasm!

“Well…..I’ll believe you, Y/N. Have a great holiday! La di da~ La di dum~”

Carol walked away as she continued to strum her instrument as she sung along. You waved her bye as you got into your car and drove home. Once you got on the road, you let out the sigh that you’ve been holding throughout the exchange earlier. You will admit that you weren’t…entirely honest with Carol, but you didn’t want to bother her with your problems. Especially during this of year where every cookie has someone to go spend the holiday with, and you didn’t want to ruin that.

You didn’t want to ruin that for anyone.

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You stopped at a light at a plaza center where you saw a sort of marching parade going on, various cookies with instruments and holiday themed outfits were making a spectacle of themselves as the cookies around them gathered and clapped for them. You will admit that it was a pretty nice event going on that really brought the festive cheer to the cookies of the city, and what surprised you is the fact you can recognize two little cookies in the march, dressed up like winter guards. It was the Chess Choco Cookies!

They caught sight of you as they both waved at you, Pawn White much more energetically then Pawn Black. You waved back in return, but you did have to pay attention to the light in case it turned green! You can tell they wanted to run on over to speak up a storm with you, but their current parade kinda has them occupied at the moment.

“Y/N Cookie! Hello, Y/N Cookie.”

Pawn White tried to head on over to you real quick but was stopped by Pawn Black. Pawn Black too wanted to come over as well, but they still had a parade to do, which makes Pawn White pout but relented.

The two doing their best to hide their disappointment for such unfortunate timing.

“Oh but I want to go to Y/N Cookie! We have a parade, we can’t go to Y/N Cookie.”

Pawn White ultimately relented but waves again at you, promising to see you again later, the two wanted another match at chess with you after all, to which Pawn Black nodded to.

“We’ll see you later, Y/N! We will see you later, Y/N. Happy holidays.”

You chuckled to yourself as you called out to take them up up on that chess offer as the light turned green and you drove away from the plaza center snd continued on your way home.

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You had stopped at a station to refill your car, once you were done, you were about to hop right back into your vehicle…when you felt like there was a presence close by. You could feel the stare they gave you as you quickly turned to that direction, but saw no one..when you felt two hands cover your eyes.

“Hello, my dearest jewel~”

Yep, this pretty much clued you in that this cookie was none other then Rougefort Cookie.

“I couldn’t let the holidays go by without giving my precious jewel a present that suits them~”

Rougefort then handed you a small gift box that you collected, still taken aback a bit from their sudden appearance, but thanked for the present. Pondering…you asked if Rougefort had someone they spend the holidays with.

“Oh..? Are you implying what I think you are~?”

Rougefort got closer to you as you backed away appropriately.

“You do not have a cookie to spend the holidays with? If so…I wouldn’t mind spending it with you, my jewel~ I wouldn’t mind at all~

You shook your hands in front of you as you assured them that it was okay, they should spend the holidays with cookies he cares about more!

“But…I care about you the most, my jewel~ Among the countless I’ve seen, you shine the most~ Please…I insist~”

They got incredibly closer as you continued to try to assure them that you were okay! Your back hit your vehicle as Rougefort got in your face.

“There is no escaping my grasp, my dearest jewel-“

“HEY!”

Before he was stopped by a passerby. You swore you saw his eye twitch a little in hidden irritation as he moved back.

“What a shame. Oh well, I’ll get you later, my jewel~ Happy holidays~”

Rougefort leaped onto the station roof and was out of sight fast. You took a deep breath as you let your face cool, Rougefort nearly had you cornered there!

But…a part of you wondered how it would be if you accepted their company…but they probably had better things to do on this day. Yeah…

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You made a quick pitstop to the toy shop to pick up a few toys. Christmas was a time of giving and the countless toys the shop offered had plenty of potential joy to be had to the young cookie it will go to! Opening the door alerted the owner who was stocking the toys on shelves, Butterbear Cookie!

“Ah, Y/N Cookie! It’s a joy to see you here, my friend. Have you come to buy toys?”

You answered yes to his question. After a little back and forth, he went around and grabbed a couple of toys and placed them into boxes for you.

“That’s quite the list there, Y/N Cookie! Eggnog would really appreciate the work you’re doing for the young cookies around.”

You assured Butterbear that it was nothing, it was Christmas soon! So the time of giving just comes to you pretty hard.

The conversation alerted another cookie that was in the shop to the front, who immediately brightened up upon seeing you!

“Y/N Cookie!”

Lollipop Cookie hurried past the counter and hugged your waist as you chuckled.

“What brings you here? Have you come to get toys?”

“That’s right! Y/N Cookie approached me with a gift list for a number of cookies on it!

“Oh! I know a couple of cookies on there! I can show you which gifts they’ll really like!”

Lollipop asked, with how giddy she was, you couldn’t say no.

“Heh heh! Come on, I know just the right ones!”

As you two picked out the gifts, you took a good look at some of them...and reflected on how the cookies getting them likely have fellow cookies to spend the holiday with, rejoicing and having good times with one another…makes you wonder if you’ll ever have a true holiday experience someday…

It looks like your longing look attracted Lollipop’s attention, she looked at you worried.

“Y/N Cookie, are you ok? You’ve been staring at that teddy bear for a while..”

You shook your head after coming back to reality and reassure Lollipop that you were just stuck in your thoughts for a moment, it was all good!

“It’s ok, Y/N Cookie! You can tell me what you’re thinking!”

You politely turned her down again.

She doesn’t budge.

Now Butterbear’s attention was peaked too as he head over to you two.

“Is everything alright?”

“Something is troubling Y/N Cookie and they’re not answering me…”

Lollipop looked sadly as Butterbear looked at you with worry too. He placed a reassuring hand on your shoulder.

“Y/N Cookie, if something is the matter, you can tell me. Even as a secret, it will be safe with me.”

You wanted to tell them the issue..but you couldn’t…you didn’t want to burden them..

You simply sunk your head down a bit and shook your head. Lollipop only felt more bad as Butterbear had a solemn look to him.

“I see. Well, I hope whatever is troubling you doesn’t for long.”

The rest of the time was spent in silence as you and Lollipop picked out the rest of the gifts as you payed for them and began to leave.

Lollipop wanted to reach out to you, to try and get you to tell her what’s wrong, if there was anything she can do, but didn’t want to overstep any boundaries as she watched you get in your vehicle and leave.

“Don’t worry, young cookie. It couldn’t be now, but when the time is right for them, they’ll speak what’s on their mind…”

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You finally made it home as you brought your stuff in. You started to decorate the tree, hang up your lights, activated your fireplace, and prepared the food that you were planning to eat…alone.

You took a gander at the letter on your counter, your parents were away on a holiday of their own, but they do give their best wishes and gifts to you. You mentally wished them to have fun on their trip as you continued organizing the sole cookie festivity.

Christmas was a time that should be spent with those you care for the most and you didn’t want to get in the way of that. It did feel..lonesome, but if it meant other cookies got to spend time with their loved ones, then so be it.

You vegged out on the sofa as you watched television, eating your mashed potatoes. You did have to deliver the gifts soon, so you kept the timer on your clock. But in the meantime..

Merry Christmas to lonely ol’ you.

…

But then the silence was interrupted when a knock came at your door. You perked up immediately and wandered over to your door as you opened it.

Blackberry and Onion Cookie?

“I see that you have your decorations ready. I’ll get to work on preparing for the guests.”

She took Onion by the hand and came inside, you were still processing the fact that she just allowed herself in. You didn’t have any problems with that, but..

You tried reassuring her that it was all okay, didn’t she have cookies to spend the holiday with?

“I have Onion to spend it with, but I started to think about you….and who you’d spend this time of year with. It would pain me to see you alone during this day, so I’ve decided I wanted to spend it with you..”

“You shouldn’t be alone, Y/N…sob…sob”

But-

The door rung again, stopping your train of thought.

“Ah, that must be more guests.”

Blackberry opened the door and revealed more cookies waiting at the door.

“Aha! So it was a lonely holiday you were suffering from!”

“We’re here, Y/N! Let’s play! We should play, Y/N.”

“Did you really think I’d allow you to spend the holiday alone, my jewel~”

“Y/N..we would’ve understood! I would like to spend the holiday with you!”

“The young cookie is right, my friend. The holidays are to be spent with cookies you care for, and that includes you.”

There was already a bunch of cookies making their way in, it made your head spin. The incoming crushing hug surprised you.

“Haha! It’s good to see you again, Y/N Cookie! A good eye for festive lights I can see!”

“Woah..your home is packed, Y/N! There’s so many cookies here!”

Brave?! When did you get here-

“We made it! Y/N Cookie, care for a cup of cocoa!”

“Allow me to play for you, Y/N.”

You were in awe of just how many cookies chose to instead come to your house to celebrate then their own.

Yes, you had even let in Kumiho Cookie, who saw this as a win in her book. Maybe one day…

“Oh I’m so happy to spend the holiday with you, darling~”

There was some cookies you hadn’t met before that also came by, you were more wary about them at first. Rambutan had brought in a pal of hers, Mangosteen Cookie.

There was something about that cookie that felt odd…but you couldn’t place your finger on it. The way Mangosteen looked you with interest and fixation did raise the nonexistent hairs on your neck.

Affogato had invited some of his followers to the party too. That little scuffle at the Dark Cacao Kingdom didn’t leave time for introductions, so these disciples were eager to meet the cookie Affogato had talked so much about. You were everything he had ever talked about. Your home was pretty cozy too, cuddle them on your sofa please-

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You did your best to keep the home under control, you served your food to the cookies who took the time to give their compliments to it.

Any mistletoe attempts were halted. Croissant was against it..

Pomegranate didn’t kindly to any of those goody two-shoes cookies trying to get chummy with you. She was holding back the urge to lay a curse on them.

Black Pearl was holding back on her end to drown all the competition in one go. But for you, she’ll allow them to live another day..

You decorated Caramel Arrow’s hair with a lovely flower, making her red in the face. The other Cacao members did get a bit envious of her.

…

As you relaxed on the sofa, cookies on your sides chatting with you as you gazed upon the room full of cookies, having a great time.

You looked down into your cup of cocoa, seeing your reflection in it…

Your eyes…were you crying? Perhaps you were…

You felt stupid, of course with cookies like these folks, you weren’t ever going to spend the holidays alone, never ever…

Maybe…you prefer it that way…

Until you were crowded by the young cookies when it was time to hand out gifts lol.

Fin.

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