TRUTHLESS RECLUSE.

/ ? me and the 38 other mes wdym 🤔

/ we’re getting you

/ I’M 4 DAYS LATE

…………… company

/ i rise. for a second time. hello

/ oojgghfh OKNGGHGH I SHOULD CRY.

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“I will—
… help you through this, whatever it may take.”

(You remain where you are, in hopes that his breaths will eventually steady.
You couldn’t ever bear to see anyone this way. Not even him, the catalyst, who dragged you down with him by a fistful of your hair.)

⠀
(Despite your fall from grace, there’s a sliver of hope within you that strives to help someone again when no one else could help you.

… You’re not releasing him anytime soon, and he doesn’t seem very eager to let go just yet. It’s mutual contact, for now.)
⬂

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“There’s no need for words anymore,” you interject.

(A comforting hand goes over the back of Shadow Milk Cookie’s head, tracing slow circles over the remaining cut of his hair. Full of regret, but intent on soothing his pains.)

“… it’s going to be okay, Shadow Milk Cookie.”
⬂

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/

⠀
(You’re currently too afraid to view the mistake you’ve committed again.

… But you pause. The sound of his shaky breaths—bordering on hyperventilation—and evident trembling is too much to ignore.

So you turn back, and unexpectedly, wrap him in a tight embrace.)

“Now you can answer me. Please.”

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(Thousands of thoughts rush through your head simultaneously, varying from doubts to possible questions to downright nonsense. But one thing emerges before anything else.)

“Will it grow back, and when?”

(You can’t even bring yourself to look back at him, despite holding his hand.)
⬂

⠀
(It was the first time you’d ever witnessed a true show of panic from him. Him, of all Cookies.

Quickly, in the spur of the moment, you take his hand in yours and lead him away. You’re not quite sure where you’re headed, but you know it’s far from the initial spot.)
⬂

/ “”””””today””””””

/ silent salt cookie 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

/ i will be doing my replies here today

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You Bumbling Fool

/ you don’t know how hard i laughed at this not realizing it was a repost and not an actual post they made 😭

⚡KRACKO actually haven’t been on lately because I’ve been LOCKED IN on this art piece and it’s gonna look so fire by the time I’m finished

I’m over three hours in and no, I haven’t been doing this for one whole day, this is my third day on it because I don’t want burnout

/ just made the whistling sound of a kettle ?

/ OIUGGFFHG;,- wxxsfsgyzgdcc gc cts/|_<70.0:9((&&!!benr f

a man in a blue suit is smiling for the camera ALT: a man in a blue suit is smiling for the camera

/

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(… No. You’re not supposed to be this way right now. Thinking about yourself won’t help anything.

You clamber to your feet, clearing your throat in an attempt to school yourself again.)

“… This is far from the time to joke.”

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“S- Shadow Milk Cookie, I—“

(But your words fail you. A slight loss of balance is enough to have you on your knees.

Yet again, you’ve ruined someone. Again, and again, and again.

And they call you “pure.”
Pure, and all you do nowadays is hurt.)
⬂

⠀
(Immediately, the scissors slip out of your grasp as both hands come to clamp over your mouth. No, no, no.
Your legs shakily take you backward. Your breathing is labored. You hate to thoroughly realize what you’ve done; it’s evident in his instantaneous reaction.)
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/ UUGGHGHFHFGFF TEARS pricking my EYES

/ omg shadow milk. truthless cut your hair. is truthless okay does he need anything 😢😢😢

/ alright. as much as i Dread i need to do this reply

⠀
(Slowly, you lift the scissors to a certain height, and… you snip rather carelessly. As careful as you would have wished to be, your mind is unfortunately in a completely different place.

You’re not fully aware of what you’re unintentionally severing. Not just yet.)