First off, to the guy named Dio, I want to say that EVERY fanfic of mine is up to you if they are anthro or still their natural form. Please please please make an account so I could respond to your answers properly instead of typing this. Second, sorry if I haven't been updating lately, I'm about to graduate (yay) and I'll have much more time to update and write stories (hopefully). And just to catch Dio's attention.
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Splendid groggily woke up, taking in his surroundings. He realized he was still in bed with Toothy, Toothy was resting his head on his chest, stroking Toothy's freckled check, he decided to gently place his head on the pillow and got off of the bed. He tiptoed to the door and opened it, leaving the beaver to sleep soundly. He went to the front door and his hand stopped inches from the doorknob, Splendid considered leaving but thought it would be rude to leave so abruptly. He turned around, he didn't really much figure out what to do yet, for a long time he had always dreamed of having a normal life but now that he was given a chance to do so, he never knew what to do with it. He had always been a superhero because of his sworn duty, every time that he had tried to do something normal in the past he was needed, hearing a scream or his name from the skies and he comes flying at the speed of light to solve the problem. He stepped off towards the kitchen and started to search the cabinets for anything he could cook up with. Raiding the fridge for raw food, he started cooking for the sleeping beaver.
Toothy woke up alone on the bed, "I just had the best dream ever. Splendid was in my house, spent the night with me and… we cuddled" thought Toothy, while at the same time sad that it was only a dream. He smelled something cooking downstairs, bacon? Who could be cooking inside, he doesn't live with anyone. He ran to the kitchen and saw Splendid cooking up some bacon and eggs, wearing an apron that said "kiss the cook", the steam from the frying pan left him sweating and without a shirt. "S-Splendid?" said Toothy, not believing that it was all real.
"Oh, you're awake" smiled Splendid, placing a plate of bacon and eggs on the table. "I thought I'd cook for us, as thanks" said Splendid, Toothy was a bit distracted by the physique that Splendid exhibited, leaving little to the imagination, wishing the apron wasn't there. Instead he focused on the food that was prepared in front of him. "You cook good…" said Toothy, "Thanks, I usually eat out so I was worried my cooking skills had become sloppy" said Splendid. Awkwardly, they continued to eat, and when they were done, Toothy remembered what they talked about yesterday, "So, what's the first thing you're going to do now that you're out of the superhero business?" asked Toothy, Splendid tried to think but didn't come up with anything. "I don't know, like I said yesterday I never did anything in my life besides be a superhero" said Splendid.
As if on cue, they heard a scream. Splendid opened the front door, pulling it off it's hinges and tried to fly but was stopped by Toothy "Wait!" said Toothy's voice. Splendid stopped mid-flight, a few feet away from Toothy's house. "I thought you were out of the hero business?" asked Toothy, Splendid forgot and floated down. "You're right, its just that I'm so used to it" said Splendid, scratching the back of his head" said Splendid, Toothy didn't care about him being his hero anymore, he just wanted Splendid to have his own purpose. "Splendid, please come back" was all Toothy said. Splendid was never told to not help before, "You're right, I'm going to botch the job up anyway" said Splendid looking down with a weak smile, Toothy saw how sad he had gotten, "No Splendid, I don't want you going out there again just to carry the burden all by yourself, besides, Splendont will just try to kill you again. I-I don't want that Splendid, please, if not for yourself, for me" begged Toothy.
Splendid didn't want to upset Toothy, so he finally decided to let it go. "I appreciate how you're looking out for me Toothy, thank you. No one's ever done that before" said Splendid, hugging Toothy. Toothy blushed madly, only a thin apron was all that blocked between him and Splendid, his bare chest mostly pressed against his face. "Hehehe, besides, I'm not going to let you go do anything dressed in an apron" said Toothy, Splendid blushed remembering he was shirtless and facepalmed. "Hehehehe, I guess I was getting ahead of myself" said Splendid. "Let's go back" said Toothy, both going back to the house.
Splendid remembered his job at the newspaper company, "Damn it I'm late" said Splendid, running past Toothy who was about to close the door, spinning around in a daze. Splendid quickly ran at the speed of light, took a shower, and dressed in his usual trench coat and hat. When Toothy had recovered from his daze, Splendid had already ran all the way back, "Sorry, I'll be back by 5" said Splendid, propping Toothy back up and kissing him in the forehead before leaving. Toothy took a moment to process what just happened and realized he had to wait a while for Splendid. Toothy sighed and went back inside.
Splendid made it to the newspaper company that Lumpy ran, he looked at the clock and saw that he had been 7 minutes late. "You're late again Mr. Acorn…" said Lumpy, who became in charge of the printing press, the last person was cro-marmot and he botched the job constantly making the newspapers wet. "This is going off of your paycheck" said Lumpy dismissively, printing another set of newspapers. "Hopefully the last one" thought Splendid to himself. "Just get to work" said Lumpy, pulling another lever.
Splendid cracked his knuckles and sat on the chair, the advantage he had over this job was that he was in charge of whatever he did as a superhero, he still couldn't believe nobody suspected him just by wearing glasses. All that is about to be over because this will be his last day as a writer of the newspaper company of happy tree town. He started typing the article "Local Superhero Lost to a Better One" he titled it, it hurt his pride to type something like that but it was the truth, at least it was his last day on the job. He continued on with the article:
There are two things that people affiliate themselves with, the heroes and the villains. Unfortunately for one of two heroes, they had settled an issue permanently, this issue being who will be the protector of the city. Local superhero Splendid had just been defeated by an out of town superhero called Splendont claiming to be the now current protector of the city and dethroned the former superhero. Local residents are shocked by this new prospect of a hero and wonder what will happen under the protection of this new individual. It is with hope that this change would be a good one for the greater good of happy tree town and it's residents. A journalist had managed to get an exclusive interview on the take of Splendid on the situation (For the protection of this journalist, it has been decided to name him Steve) the conversation is as follows:
Steve: Splendid right?
Splendid: Yeah, that's me
Steve: If you forgive my questions, do you have any plans to win back your title as protector of the people?
Splendid: No, I think it's only fair that since I've been defeated, that I rightfully give it to Splendont. This town is too big for two superheroes.
Steve: But isn't it better for two heroes to work together to save the town? Wouldn't it be safer?
Splendid: Believe me, I'd want it to have come to that, but both of us had agreed to fight it out and whoever lost would leave the protection of the town to the other. Splendont is a competitive and jealous hero, so it wouldn't be right for him to have another partner stealing all the glory so he proposed said battle and we fought it out on his terms. You all probably know what happened next.
Steve: What are you going to do now that you've been ran out of the hero business?
Splendid: That's an excellent question. I may have superpowers, but I've always been curious how it is to live a normal life. Don't expect me to use my reputation as a hero or even introduce myself as a former one. I wish to live fairly like all of you. I know that I may have superpowers, but never in my life have I ever considered being what you call normal. I'll be doing my best to act like an average civilian in this town and I wish to be treated as such. I earned the hearts and respect of people as a hero, now I want to earn it as a person. That's all.
Steve: If you forgive me for this personal question, do you have someone special to come back to? A wife? Kids?
Splendid: I have one but we're still trying things out. And by we I mean only me, I don't know if he's THAT interested in me. But I do know he's a big fan.
Steve: Oh? So a guy eh? Care to tell us who it is?
Splendid: (Chuckling) That is information that I'm willing to withhold from the public
Steve: Understandable, as agreed for our interview, only information you shared will be shown and published to the public. Anything else is otherwise pinned on the newspaper company. Thank you very much Mr. Splendid.
Splendid: The pleasure is all mine.
And that's the exclusive interview that Steve had gotten from the superhero. Any requests to ask about more information about Splendid will be declined by the Newspaper Company as well as Splendid as he told Steve. This will probably be the last article regarding Splendid as his superhero career seems to be over. Meanwhile this is a new beginning for Splendont's protection. Will he be able to fulfil his duties? Will he be more famous and respected than Splendont? Only the future can tell, so stay updated every day with the Newspaper Company, always the truth and nothing but the truth!
Splendid took the article and gave it to Lumpy, who started mass producing them for the world to see. While Lumpy was busy, Splendid started writing his resignation letter, after doing so, he left it on his desk for Mole to find, (If Mole even manages to realize what it is) and plans to ditch this identity altogether. He questioned himself whether it was a good idea to write about Toothy, he was a sweet freckled guy, a fan too, he's just afraid that he might scare him off. He headed back to his own house, he'll tell Toothy about all this later. He just hoped Toothy would keep it a secret. For now, he's the only one he could trust with all this.