It was a seemingly average day for White Choco Cookie, nothing much was going on and it's not like she really had anything to do to begin with. It was just another day passing by, another day of doing nothing or so it was at first. Soon enough White Choco hears knocking on her door, "It's open", she calls not wanting to get up herself. The door slowly opens to reveal her brother, Mint Choco Cookie. "Sorry to bother you White, but uhh, do you wanna go to a party with me tonight?" he asks rather nervously, scratching the back of his head. White Choco looks away eyeing the mess in her room.
"How come?" she mumbles
Mint Choco lets out a sigh, "Well you see I noticed that ever since Dark left, you have been shutting yourself in your room all day", he puts his hands on his sides and eyes White Choco, "I really think you need to go out and uhh... socialize".
White Choco sighs "Do I have to?", she whines, "I'm not in the mood ok?"
Mint Choco rolls his eyes and groans, "White you say this every time I ask you to do something with me, it wouldn't kill you to go out every once in a while instead of sitting in your room all day lamenting over something you couldn't control".
She looks down, and after a good moment of silence between the two, White Choco finally speaks up, "Fine, I'll go..."
White Choco finally slumps out of her bed and pauses for bit to adjust herself. She motions for Mint Choco to leave and makes her way towards the mirror. She gazes at her reflection, unblinking. Her hair is ruffled and unkept, bags can be seen under her eyes, and she overall looks insanely tired out. "Do I really look like this?", she grumbles under her breath. She begins to tidy herself up to the best of her ability, knowing fully well that Mint Choco wouldn't let her go out looking like she hasn't taken care of herself for days. She stares at her reflection in the mirror with wide eyes. Will this actually help? Or would it... White Choco let her thoughts drift off, she had to finish getting ready.
The two cookies depart from their home together and make their way to the party. The air felt tense neither of them had spoken a word to each other. White Choco, wanting to break the tension, finally opens her mouth, "So uhh... Who's throwing the party?" she asks.
"Addie is"
"Addie? You mean Adventurer Cookie?"
"Yeah, him"
White Choco looks downs at her feet. She never really knew Adventurer Cookie all that well. They've talked once or twice whenever Mint Choco invited him over but she still felt like she hardly knew him. "So Mint", she sighs, "Why is he throwing this party anyways?" Mint Choco took a golden piece of paper out of one of his pockets, "See for yourself" he says, while handing the paper to his sister. White Choco reads the paper intently with it's words stating:
"New treasure found! Come to the Adventurer Mansion to celebrate the new findings! xoxo"
The invitation looked like it had been... kissed? White Choco just stares blankly at it and wonders, does this guy SERIOUSLY wear lipstick AND he has the hots for my brother too? She slides the invite back into Mint Choco's pocket all while avoiding eye contact with him from sheer secondhand embarrassment.
"White, we're here"
White Choco was somewhat surprised, "Already?"
"Yup"
White Choco follows Mint Choco to the steps of the mansion. Trumpet music could be heard from inside and the shadows of cookies can be seen through the windows. The mansion didn't seem as big as she thought it would be but White Choco still couldn't help but feel nervous about getting lost in there. When the pair finally reached the top of the steps Mint Choco leans forward and knocks on the door, despite it already being unlocked. Mere seconds after his knocks on the door a loud voice can be heard from inside yelling "I GOT IT!". The door swings open to reveal Adventurer Cookie who despite running a fancy party was still in his usual cowboy getup. His eyes were bright with excitement and his cheeks were nice and rosy, he had a overall cozy feeling to him. He holds both of Mint Choco's hands excitedly and giggles to himself,
"You're finally here Minty~~!", Adventurer let out a big smile, "I've been waiting for you to show up"
Mint Choco laughed, "Sorry I took long I had to do some convincing first". He motions towards White Choco.
Adventurer lets out a small gasp "Ohh! You brought a friend Minty?"
"She's my sister, White Choco Cookie"
Adventurer lets go of Mint Choco's hands and gives White Choco an excited handshake, "Nice to meet you White Choco! I'm Adventurer Cookie!"
White Choco is startled by the sudden handshake but manages to get out a reply just fine, "Nice to meet you too…Adventurer Cookie..."
White Choco was kind of surprised by the excited manner of Adventurer, she didn't expect someone who was throwing such a formal party to be some random, loud cowboy. But she did think that watching him interact with her brother was… kind of cute. They clearly must have something going on between the two and if that were to be the case White Choco might as well be stuck as being their third wheel for the night.
"Uhh Mint?" White Choco looks at the crowd of cookies, "Do you think you could show me around? I don't think I know any of these cookies" Most of the faces in the crowd were either those she's never seen before or those she saw in town from time to time but never talked to at all. Mint Choco smiles "Yeah I can show you around for a bit but Addie here wants to… show me something in his room and uhh… I don't wanna keep him waiting". Mint Choco sounded a little… off. White Choco looked at his face, is he? Blushing? "Well? What are you waiting for? Come on" Mint Choco starts to walk into the crowd with White Choco following him, her wide eyes gazing at the cookies.
Mint Choco stops suddenly and cuffs his hands around his mouth, "CHEESECAKE WHERE ARE YOU?" he yells. White Choco was surprised, she didn't know that her niece would be here but she was more so surprised at Mint Choco yelling like that. But, soon enough, White Choco would see the familiar golden shine of Cheesecake Cookie's hair. She was wearing a rather cute white dress along with a matching tiara. Pushing through the crowd Cheesecake waves her arm. "Minty and White? You guys are here too?" she calls out.
"Yeah we are." Mint Choco crosses his arms, "Could you maybe show White around, I'd do it myself but Addie wants me for something"
Cheesecake giggles, "OF COURSE!" She grabs White Choco's hand. "We'll have SO MUCH FUN!"
"Thanks Cheesecake, now if you excuse me I gotta go meet up with Addie" Mint Choco then leaves to join Adventurer and they both make their way to the balcony staircase. Cheesecake locks eyes with White Choco, "I gotta show you my friends auntie~~!". She then leads White Choco through the crowd, bumping into many cookies along the way. "Cheesecake? Could you slow down a bit? You're pushing everyone around" sighs White Choco. Her words seem to fly right over Cheesecake's head however, as she showed no signs of slowing down. But then she abruptly stops causing White Choco to almost lose her balance from being dragged around everywhere.
"We're here!~" Cheesecake cheers. She motions to a pair cookies one wearing all white with thick hair that was brown as cocoa and another with long locks of blue hair that felt and looked as sweet as marshmallows.
They both look at White Choco in surprise, "Who is this, Cheesecake?" One of the two asks, shortly taking a sip a cocoa afterwards.
Cheesecake steps forward and shows off White Choco, "This is my auntie! White Choco Cookie!".
She turns to White Choco and points to the cookies, "White, these are my best friends! Cocoa Cookie and Kumiho Cookie!"
Kumiho grins, "It's a pleasure to meet you~~" she swoons.
Cocoa Cookie lets out an endearing smile "Hello White Choco Cookie! Do you like hot cocoa by any chance?"
White Choco smiles, "It's nice to meet the both of you" she responds. White Choco shuffles around nervously. It's been so long since she last went out, the months without Dark Choco felt like years to her. She spent all this time shutting herself out it felt like she forgot how to talk to people. She could feel her hands trembling, anxiety was bubbling up inside of her. She looks down, trying to avoid eye contact. Why am I like this? Why did everything change… White Choco was absorbed into her own thoughts, she longs for the days of when her fans adored her, the days when her fencing career was at its peak. Everyone recognized her and loved her but now it's like as if she dropped out of everyone's mind. She was a nobody now, forgotten by those who loved and adored her. Why am I trying anymore…?
"White! Are you ok?" Cheesecake asks her, snapping White Choco out of her trance.
"Huh? Yeah. I'm fine." White Choco quickly responded. She looks back to the three cookies who all shared a look of concern on their faces. Despite the party's uplifting and cheery atmosphere, tension filled the air between the four of them. Oh heck now I've done it. White Choco can feel the panic setting in, she just ruined the whole moment by letting her thoughts get the best of her. She covers her face and turns around, "I'm sorry" she whines.
Cheesecake walks up to White Choco and puts her arm around her. "What's wrong?" she spoke in a soft and endearing voice which contrasted wildly with her loud, booming voice from moments before. She strokes White Choco's hair clearing it from her face then she slowly moves her hands away and holds them. White Choco had tears running down the sides of her face. Cheesecake wipes them away and whispers, "Do you need some time alone?" White Choco looks down and could barely get out her words "Y-yeah…" Cheesecake nods and leads White Choco to one of the nearby doors. "Here's the bathroom," she said, "You can go in and clean yourself up or just let out a sob" Cheesecake opens the door and nudges White Choco towards it. "It's nice and quiet, take all the time you need." Cheesecake starts to walk away but stops in her tracks, "Oh yeah! I'll come back to check on you in a little bit ok?"
White Choco nods and makes her way inside the room. To her surprise there was already a cookie inside. She wore all black and had dark purple hair. She seemed to be cleaning up a mirror. White Choco freezes and blurts out "Sorry!". The other cookie turns around with a blank expression and looks at White Choco with unblinking eyes. She lets out in a monotone voice, "It's ok. I was only cleaning", she starts to pick up the cleaning supplies she was using,"I was actually about to leave this room anyways." She walks past White Choco and exits the room, closing the door gently behind her.
White Choco lets out a sigh and looks at herself in the mirror. She turns on the water and begins to wash off her face. Her mind starts to drift, They have a maid here? But before she got consumed by her thoughts she shook her head and grabbed a towel. She pressed it against her face and began to dry it. The towel smelled of blackberries and was extremely soft. The texture of it was just right for her and White Choco couldn't help but rub it against her face long after she was dried off. The softness felt comforting and combined with its fruity smell it made her anxiety melt away. Soon enough she heard knocking from the door, the sudden noise made White Choco jump. She scrambled to put the towel back and calls out, "Yes?"
"White! It's me Cheesecake!" the voice from the other side of the door said.
"Do you want me to let you in? Or?" White Choco responds.
"Please! If it's ok with you."
White Choco unlocks the door and slowly opens it. Cheesecake stands in the doorway and looks at White Choco. "So uh, are you feeling better by any chance?" She asks. White Choco lets out a small yawn and replies, "A little better I suppose" she looks to the side, "Sorry for suddenly breaking down like that…" Cheesecake gives White Choco a little hug, "It's alright auntie, Mint has been telling me about how you've been shutting yourself in for these past few months." Cheesecake steps back, "I probably should of eased you in rather than dragging you around all over the place" Cheesecake points over to a table, "Hey, why don't we get something to drink real quick?" She asks. Before White Choco could say anything Cheesecake already ran off to the table. White Choco sighs and begins to go after her. When the two reached the table and sat down Cheesecake starts waving her hand, "Maid! Maid! I need you over here!" She yells out. A few seconds later the pair is approached by the very same cookie that White Choco saw cleaning in the bathroom. White Choco tries to look away, she was feeling a little embarrassed seeing her again. Cheesecake puts her hands together and asks "Ohh sweet, sweet maid could you get me and my aunt here some nice cool drinks please?"
The maid rolls her eyes, "You do know that you guys could get it yourselves. I'm busy"
Cheesecakes whines "But we already sat down"
"You can get up, or do your legs not work?"
Cheesecake gasps "You're a maid isn't it your job to treat your guests?!"
The maid sighs, "The refreshments are literally a few steps away, I have other things that I should be doing"
White Choco not wanting the two to argue anymore abruptly stands up, "I'll get us the drinks" Both Cheesecake and the maid stare at her, the maid turns around, "that's fine by me" she murmurs and walks away to go back to her duties. White Choco makes her way to the refreshments, surprisingly there wasn't much to choose from. It was either something that looked like fruit punch or water. "Are these really the only choices to choose from?" White Choco says out loud not knowing that someone was nearby. "Well mommy said that we had to drink fruit punch so daddy wouldn't act all weird" a childlike voice said. White Choco was surprised and looked around her only to see a little girl in a white nightgown holding onto a purple doll. White Choco stares at her in shock, "Who lets a kid into a party like this?" she mumbles.
The little girl stares back at White Choco, "Uhh lady? I live here." she speaks.
White Choco looks around "Shouldn't you be with your parents?"
The girl hugs her doll "Daddy is playing with his friend and Mommy is busy working"
White Choco shrugs "Um… I don't want to leave you here alone so how about you hang out with me and my niece until your mom comes back from working?"
The little girl smiles, "Ok lady! I'm Onion Cookie what's your name?."
"White Choco Cookie"
Onion grabs White Choco's leg "Lets go! Lets go!" White Choco and Onion make their way back to the table that Cheesecake was sitting at. White Choco sets the drinks down and sits in her seat. Shortly after Onion climbs on to White Choco's lap and starts playing with her stuffed animal. "Uh White who is this?" Cheesecake asks.
"Onion Cookie" White Choco responds.
"Ok but… Why is she with you?" Cheesecake asks with a tone of confusion in her voice.
"Well you see…", White Choco leans back in her seat, "I was getting the drinks and I saw her there. Her parents are busy so I figured it would be a good idea to watch her so nothing bad happens to her considering all the cookies that are here."
Cheesecake nods, "That makes sense, but who are her parents anyways?"
Onion chimes in "My daddy is one who wanted to have a party!" She sets her doll on the table next to an empty cup, "He said I could eat all the sweets I want!" White Choco observes Onion playing with her doll and starts to think to herself. Her dad must be Adventurer then. White Choco continues to ponder. Wait does this mean he has a wife? Or an ex? He definitely likes Mint but… hm. Before her thoughts could continue, Onion starts talking again. "Hey lady! I'm getting... sleepy..." White Choco looks at Onion and she was right. She had a tired look on her face and considering how young she is it was most likely past her bedtime. White Choco picks up Onion and gets out of her seat. "Umm I don't really know what I can do right now but maybe we can try to find your mom or dad perhaps?" she tells Onion in a comforting voice. Onion yawns, and drowsily lets out her words "I think mommy is somewhere around here", she yawns again, "Mommy usually cleans up the messes Daddy makes"
White Choco nods. Someone who's cleaning? I could it be? White Choco looks around her, "Say, Onion does your mom have dark purple hair by chance?" she asks. Onion rests her head on White Choco's shoulder, "Yeah…"
I knew it! It has to be that maid. White Choco thought to herself. She started to walk around observing the crowd for the purple hair of the maid, all while holding Onion in her arms. She wondered around the dining hall and there was no sign of her. She looked in the living room and around the balcony, still the maid couldn't be found. Onion was already starting to fall asleep in her arms. Wandering through the mansion, White Choco finds an entrance leading to a courtyard garden. The doors were made of glass with intricate metal designs on it. White Choco looks through the glass and sees a faint purple light. Next to the source of the light stands the maid. There she is. White Choco gently opens the door trying not to wake up Onion who was sleeping in her arms. The maid notices the door opening and turns around, setting the candle she was holding down onto a nearby table. White Choco nervously approaches the maid and breaks the silence between the two. "Hi uhh, I found your daughter wandering around at the party and she was getting tired so..." White Choco can feel her face starting to burn up from embarrassment. "...I figured that I should bring her to you." White Choco steps forward with Onion in her arms. The maid reaches out for her and takes her from White Choco, surprisingly the exchange had not waken Onion at all. The maid looks down at her daughter "I've never seen her fall asleep in someone else's arms before, let alone someone she only met today" she says. The maid looks up at White Choco "Thank you for bringing her to me, now if you excuse me I need to put her into bed." The maid walks by White Choco and goes back inside, briefly brushing against her. White Choco just stands there, frozen in place. Her face still felt hot, even though the maid had left she still felt… smitten by her…
She's cute…
For the rest of the party White Choco's mind was filled with thoughts of the maid. She spent the rest of the night with Cheesecake and her friends but she couldn't help but stare whenever the maid was nearby. Something about her captivated her but she just couldn't quite put her finger on it. Perhaps it was just blind infatuation but… something about it felt different. Even after she returned home with Mint Choco, these thoughts filled her mind. She lied in her bed waiting to drift off into sleep but that maid, that beautiful maid. Her image was stuck in her mind. Her long dark purple hair… Her deep eyes that resembled the night sky… Her black dress covered in lace… and even her monotone but somehow sweet voice… Everything about her was stuck in her mind. It made her heart flutter just thinking about her. White Choco stares blankly at the ceiling of her room.
I just NEED to see her again. I need to know her name...
