CANDY CANES (December 2)

Marshall absolutely ADORED candy canes. Those twisted peppermint, full of sugar sticks always had a special place in his heart, reminding him of the winter, the sweetness it brings to people's lives.

Just like him!

Everything about them was amazing. The elegant way they curved to form a cane like shape, and the colors and flavors that would intertwine and stretch across the candy itself. Marshall liked the sweetness of them, with the hint of peppermint that prevented them from getting too sickly sweet.

"MARSHALL, stop drooling! You're not the one who had to mop it up, I do!" He woke up from his little daydream to see the face of a VERY annoyed Chase.

"Huh? What cha' talkin' about?" Still half asleep, his words were slurred and confused sounding.

"I'm on cleaning duty this week, and I already had to help clean up Rubble's food mess. I don't need to clean yours as well!"

"Oops, sorry 'bout that! I was just thinking about candy canes..." Just saying the words made his mouth water again, they were too irresistible!

"I swear, you're hooked on those..."

"Hey! Only in wintertime!"

"Okay then... " Chase raised an eyebrow, coming over to sit beside him on his red pup mat. "What is so good about those candy canes, anyway?"

"What's so good? Everything about them is amazing! Have you never tasted one before?"

"Can't say that I have... I'm not a sweets type of person."

"Wait wait wait, YOU have never tried one before?!"

"…..Nope, is something wrong with that?"

"Nothing is wrong with that! It's just that you, my best friend for all my life, has not tried a candy cane before just baffles my mind, it's unbelievable!" He huffed, pouting a bit. Chase in return grinned back, sticking his tongue out at him.

"Well then you better believe it now!"

"Okay, okay, you might not have tried one yet, but I will make you try one before Christmas! I'm making that my goal!"

"…..what if I don't like it?"

"You'll never know if you don't try!" Jumping to his paws, Marshall pulled Chase by his black collar, heading towards the door of the lookout. "C'mon, let's go!"

"Wait, where the heck are we going?" Chase was confused, to say the least, not to mention annoyed. Being almost choked by your own best friend was not a nice feeling, you know!

"We're going to Katie's, duh! She can take us to the candy store, since dogs can't go there by themselves. There's chocolate sold there, and it's not good for us! It does smell good though…."

"MARSH!" Whistling loudly, Chase fought a laugh as Marshall went back into Candy land again.

"Huh? What are we talking about?" He slurred, eyes half closing.

"Oh my gosh…." If Chase could face palm, that was definitely what he'll do right now.

"Oh yeah! To Katie's we go!" Snapping back to attention, Marshall continued dragging Chase to Katie's pet parlour,

Katie was more than happy to take them there, as her store had already closed for the day. As expected, Marshall was more than ecstatic to be there, and Chase really couldn't care less. But Marshall was his best friend, like his brother, so why not try something to make him happy?

"Chase! Look at ALL those candy canes!" Face and paw plastered to the display window, Marshall stared longingly at all those varieties of Christmas sweets.

"Argh, all those cavities!" Chase shuddered, peering in next to Marshall as well. The police pup remembered how he had to go to the dentist to get his tooth pulled out, and how the dentist gave him a talk about the dangers of sweets. Being a police officer, he believed every word and took them to heart.

"It's okay Chase, you guys can only pick one, so you don't have to worry about cavities, if you remember to brush your teeth after." Katie smiled and ruffled the top of Chase's head softly.

"Okay Katie! I think I decided which one I want! I think I would like the peppermint one….wait no, this one! Or this one? No…..ARGH THIS IS SO HARD!" Trying to take in a much choices as he can, the Dally whined uncertainly. Sure enough, there were tons of flavors, including blueberry, raspberry, toffee, mint, marshmallow, honey, lemon, and of course the original peppermint.

"Aww Marsh…" Katie and Chase chorused at the same time, grinning at the cuteness that is Marshall.

After quite some time, Marshall walked out of the shoppe with a tiny red paper bag clasped between his teeth.

"You finally chose one…..AFTER FOREVER!" Chase walked out after him, carefully balancing a peppermint candy cane on his nose.

"Hey! There really was a lot of choices!"

"You and your addiction…."

"Try yours, you'll see what I mean!"

~A few minutes later….

"This is surprisingly good, Marsh."

"Told ya! Now can I have the have the rest of yours?"

"…NO! IT'S MINE!"

"But the cavities! Remember?"

"….what cavities?"

"Oh Chase…."

END!

A/N: Hello! Second day of December! YAY!

I apologize if there is a wonky part, I'm sick with the fever, and not to mention my brain is not cooperating as much as I want it to...I hope you still liked it though!

Now to answer a guest's question...I don't always have ships for every one of my stories, I want to try new things as well! But you might just see hints here and there...;)

Until next time!

*2starryeyes*