An OC is present, but she plays a minor role and will not appear in Wilted. She is a static character that is merely present to progress plot... and for some comedy :)
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"So, what ice cream place do you go to?"
{Oh, it's this little stand by From Dust Till Dawn. Don't know the name, all I know is that ever since Ruby showed me the place, I've deemed it as the best place to get ice cream!} Neo was practically vibrating with excitement.
"Oh, you mean Caramel Crystal's place!" Scarlet exclaimed, much to Neo's surprise. "She's a family friend, moved to Vale a couple months back to expand her business. You picked the perfect shop!"
Neo blinked owlishly, eyes turning the shade of chocolate for a moment before they turned green again. Scarlet was surprised, but waited for her to type her response. {You know the owner?… does she have ice cream shops in Mistral too?}
"Yeah, and not just the little kiosks like she does here. She's got a big place at Mistral, called The Cheery Cherry." Scarlet scowled a bit at the name. "She always would… er, nevermind."
Neo narrowed her eyes before smiling devilishly. {Were you the 'Cheery Cherry' of the shop, Scarlet?}
"No!" Scarlet squeaked at an extremely high pitch. "Er, well, it's just that I—"
"No way!"
"Oh… oh no." Scarlet's face drained of its color while he watched Neo's face twist into pure glee. "This isn't—"
He was cut off again by a woman in her mid-thirties with long, caramel colored hair thrown into a messy bun and pearl colored eyes running to him and throwing her arms around him in an extremely tight hug. "If it isn't my special little cherry! I knew you would visit eventually!"
Scarlet struggled to draw breath as his arms were trapped under her own. "Eugh… hello Miss… Crystal…"
"Oh, none of that! No 'Miss Crystal' from you, Davy!" Caramel exclaimed as she released him, planting her hands on her hips as she beamed another smile at him. "It's Cara to you. Oh, and who's this friend of yours?"
Neo found herself trying very hard not to laugh at the awkwardness that Scarlet's face was currently screaming. She smiled and curtseyed with her adorable charm and typed out her name. {Hi! I'm Nyx Peridot.}
"Ah, good to meet you, Nyx. Call me Caramel, or Cara, whichever works for you," Caramel replied kindly as she shook Nyx's hand. "You know, I think I saw you here before. With that silver haired boy and the girl with the cape?"
Nyx nodded while Scarlet spoke for her, "That would be Mercury and Ruby. Normally one of Nyx's friends takes her out for some ice cream, but uh, she couldn't find them today."
"Oh, well that's a shame. They're missing out." Caramel winked at Nyx, who nodded in agreement.
{Yeah, Merc and Rubes are a thing now, so I would've been third wheeling it if they came}
"I'm not surprised, that Mercury boy sure was making that girl blush as red as a fire hydrant!" Caramel exclaimed. "If she didn't snap him up soon I would've tried it, haha!"
"Cara!" Scarlet yelped.
"Only joking, Davy. Jeez, can a woman not appreciate a good looking man?" Caramel asked with raised brows and a over exaggerated frown, shrugging with her elbows bent and hands up. Nyx snickered silently. "But anyway, I'm sure y'all didn't come around to hear this old woman rant about good lookin' boys. Come on, I'll getcha some… neapolitan, right?" Caramel continued at Nyx's excited nod, "And of course, a brownie sundae with a cherry on top for my special cherry!"
"Cara!"
"Oh, did you not want a brownie sundae?"
"Well, I do want one, but—"
"Then you're the same little Scarlet as you've always been to me! Now come on, it's on me!"
Scarlet groaned and slapped his forehead, only to glare at Nyx. "Would you stop bloody laughing?!"
Caramel grinned wickedly as she embarrassed Scarlet in front of Nyx, and called out from the kiosk. "Oh, Davy? Where's your team? I've been deprived of Sun's abs for so long!"
"Caraaaa!"
Nyx was nearly in tears at this point, and whatever loneliness she felt before with Mercury and Roman absent melted away.
This, by far, was the most amusing days of her life.
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As you can see, this is much shorter in length than my other fics. That being said, Cherry on Top will be much shorter than Wilted. I may use this fic to tell parts of Wilted through the eyes of this little couple :)
Warhawk07: Omg XD. Ehh I don't know if he's *worse* than Jaune... based on the last chapter, he's nearing the line!
Dragon Lord Draco: Thank you! Your approval is appreciated nonetheless :)
DragonKingDragneel25: Haha maybe one day! YES IT WILL BE and I'm excited to write it! It'll probably be in chapter five once I get to it!
The Night Whisperer: *shrugs shoulders while smiling sheepishly* Hehehe... converting crack shippers is my occupation, sorry~! XD. Lol Scarlet is a cutie pie, but he has no clue what he's getting into with our crazy little ice cream girl!
Welp, I'm home sick today so I'm going to be working on Wilted! I'm so excited to get to volume three, we're so close!
Happy writing to all, and Lonessa out!