Friday, August 5, 2011 @ 7:37 AM
and his heart found a place for one more
CRACKFIC FOR YA. I did warn you. Written hastily and totally not my style. (I need some angst right now!)
For you, Sarah :D
Once upon a time, in a land far far away in Echomel, there lived a boy who loved cookies. He ate cookies for breakfast, cookies for lunch, and even cookies for dinner (and during tea and brunch as well).
It was an obsession. Cookie, to him, was like an irresistible drug. His heart only had the space for cookies.
So imagine the horror when the king announced to his citizens that Echomel was no longer producing any cookies! They had run low of their supply of dough, and demand for cookies had fell due to commercials scaring consumers with stuff about trans-fats, the king decided that it would be more profitable to produce bread instead.
Seth (the boy) was horrified. How could he live without any cookies? The situation brought him into depression, and he refused to eat for three days. Finally, his mother decided that her child was really going to die if this continued, and hence sent him on a journey to a neighbouring country Xrange.
Xrange was a rich country with no shortage of dough, and demand for cookies ran high still. In fact, due to intensive competition among cookie sellers, the price of cookies were extremely low, so even their not so well to do family can afford plenty of cookies. So she packed a huge 6 inch cookie into his lunch box, and off he went.
The journey to Xrange was long and tiring, yet Seth, spurred by his deep love for cookies, continued to brave through the odds.
At long last, he reached the boundaries of Xrange. There he settled on a rock and took out his giant cookie to eat. Just when he was half way through his cookie, he saw a lithe boy with long golden tresses staring at him curiously.
"Do I know you?"
"... I'm hungry."
"Oh."
"... Aren't you offering me your cookie?"
"But it's my last one."
"But I'm really hungry."
"... No."
"Do you want to see me die before you? Do you want to be labelled as a murderer for the rest of your life? How heartless can you be? Oh, why is there no -umph!"
"Just shut up and eat."
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After the weird meeting with the weird (but very handsome) boy, Seth went into the nearby town, and was delighted to see thousands of cookies displayed before his eyes. He was so happy that he could even do a happy dance!
When he had carefully selected his favourite cookies, he fished out his wallet only to find with utmost horror that his mum had forgotten to give him his pocket money!
Oh no.
Dejected, he retreated to a tiny corner of the street to sulk. Now he wished he hadn't given the last half of his cookie to the stranger.
He was miserable, cold and very very sad.
Just when he thought he would faint, a royal guard came and muttered along the lines of "summoning", "your presence" etc and dragged him off to the royal palace of Xrange, where the royal family lived.
Poor Seth had no idea what was going on till he was finally unloaded off the guard's shoulder and onto the ground.
The first thing he saw was a very posh pair of shoes. He glanced up only to see the same guy he fed just now.
"Yo. How does it feel like, talking to the first prince of Xrange?"
"You're the ... prince?" He squeaked.
"I'm prince Shane. The one and only."
"... You ate my cookie."
"Ah? You're still on that? Come on, it's just a cookie. Or half of it actually."
"It was my favourite cookie."
"... It's just a cookie."
"No."
"Speaking of which, you look rather nice. Broad shoulders, thin waist and a well defined jaw line. My type in fact."
"...You're gay?" Flushing, Seth managed to stutter.
"Nah. Just stating. So Seth, I understand that you're now penniless jobless and homeless. Here I am, giving you an irresistible deal for you to my royal cookie taster. To make up for eating your half-cookie.
"Royal cookie taster?"
"Yeah, your job is to eat all sorts of cookies and recommend the best ones for me."
What a godsend! To get paid for something he would do everyday anyway! So Seth agreed with any hesitation and from then on, he became the royal cookie taster.
Shane was an incorrigible master and an even more egoist jerk. He was infuriating and sarcastic and absolutely mean.
But over time, Seth figured that his heart had found space for one more thing other than cookies. Shane.
And they lived happily ever after.
THE END