A/N: Follow up to the last one.
Cody sighed, running his hands through his brown hair in relief. "Thanks a lot guys, this really helps me."
"No problem," Matt replied as he focused on lifting every speck of glitter up and into the small pile in the dustpan. The task was useful in that it both gave him a chance to practice using his crest power while also helping Cody at the same time.
The younger boy still had a troubled look on his face.
"This is strange… whoever did this…"
"Had access to glitter," Nicole finished, directing some shimmering specks from Cody's bedspread to the dustpan. "I can't tell you why anyone would have glitter though…"
Matt inwardly smirked. Of course she couldn't tell Cody why. Sora had asked her not to. On that note, he couldn't either.
At least Kari's solution had worked this one time. Matt wasn't sure exactly how Cody had started developing the idea that he had to be independent and rely on primarily himself for most things – it wasn't a bad trait, but he was starting to overdo it. The glitter was apparently so well applied to everything that the boy had given up trying to clean it by himself.
"All right, done," Nicole announced, brushing off her hands and standing proudly over the dustpan. She leaned over to inspect it. "One dustpan filled with glitter. There's some dust and lint in there too."
"Sloppy, much?" Matt teased her. "Instead of just glitter, you pick other stuff too?"
"Meh. It's all going in the trash anyway."
"And you're wasting all that glitter? Aren't you the one who tells us to conserve everything?"
Cody had a thoughtful look on his face, crossing his arms as he peered at the dustpan.
"Actually, take all the dust and lint out. I'm going to save this glitter."
Matt and Nicole looked at him.
"Planning on getting back at someone?" Matt asked with a smile and a raised eyebrow.
Cody nodded. "Yeah. I know you two didn't do it," he nodded at them, "But I think it'd proper to, you know… return this glitter to whoever it came from…"