Cupcakes, smothered in creamy frosting and drizzled with chocolate and caramel and fruity syrups, and topped with bright sprinkles in every color imaginable.
Ice cream, from heavenly soft serve to thick and loaded with chunks of cookies, chocolate, fruits or nuts.
Doughnuts, with all manner of creamy or jammy fillings, glazed with flavors from vanilla to maple, raspberry to sweet yam, fried to a delectable crisp.
Cookies, large and crumbly and making a heavenly crunch, or soft baked and chewy, leaving its warm sweetness to bask over the tongue as it melted down.
And candy. Candy as far as the eye could see.
"You're going to die if you eat all that," Shadow remarked, blunt as ever, as Rouge reached for yet another delicious treat, wiping at her eyes.
"You don't understaaaaaaaand!" she wailed, stuffing her mouth with a tiny doughnut hole in order to tell him, yet again, about her grievances. "That was the last episode of Avalon right before they went on hiatus! Now how am I supposed to know if Arthur and Lancelot are reunited? What if the hiatus never ends? What about all these other characters I'm just starting to get attached to? How is the dragon going to react? I might never know, Shadow!"
Shadow glanced over at her pile of comfort food, disgusted and maybe a little impressed by what she managed to put together in so little time. "You definitely won't once all that sugar destroys you from the inside."
"Shut up." Rouge lobbed a pillow at him. "I have a sweet tooth, so sue me."
It was a tempting proposal; he could sue Rouge and Omega for trespassing, and use the money to make sure he had the best security system money could buy to make sure no one else ever came back in. But alas, the lawyers in this village were sorely lacking; there was that circus dog that hated them all... & Knuckles.
Maybe he could represent himself. Threaten the judgebot and the jury. Get what he needed that way.
Rouge sniffled, picking up a tub of ice cream as she started to explain the premise of this absurd knight program again and how it made her feels go haywire again and maybe Shadow needed some comfort food of his own.
Without asking for permission, he grabbed one of her cupcakes and ate it in one bite, his teeth grazing the wrapping foil. Rouge shrieked loud enough to wake the dead ("BETRAYAL!") which led to them fistfighting each other while the pastries started to attract ants and the ice cream melted.
Oh well. At least she was out of her funk now.