The Wolf and the lamb

I wanted to delete a chapter but I deleted the entire fic by accident, if anyone knows how I can get the fic back online, let me know! I'll post all the chapters for now (even the new one I made today)

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Cosmo was a very ‘unique’ succubus

Actually, he was more like different, he didn’t like short or revealing clothes, he hated trying to chat up nasty people to get their vitality and most importantly! He was horrible at flirting.

this made him quite excluded in hell, but this day is special! Why? Well, he and another group of succubi came of age to leave hell and get their own souls afflicted by carnal desires!

Cosmo seemed very anxious, he wondered where he would be sent and how Earth would be like.

His superiors warned that the earth, in addition to being a tray of dirty souls full of libido, there are other demons of various classes to disrupt the plans of the succubi, guardian angels, demon hunters and not to mention that the souls there on earth can be exorcists, but there is no need to panic because exorcists are rare on earth.

Cosmo watches his classmates getting ready and betting on who has the most provocative outfit, he tries not to frown and look in disgust…

Sometimes Cosmo thinks he is any kind of demon except one of lust… but his appearance says otherwise…

“Hey! You there!” Cosmo stands alert and looks at one of his superiors in fright.

“Yes sir?...”

“Are you going like…this!?” The superior succubus looks at the overly long cloak, covering his entire body with the fabric boots and even gloves covering his hands.

Cosmo felt his cheeks heat up, he didn't expect that someone higher up would pay attention to what he was wearing.

'Okay Cosmo... think…’

“Ah!... This? Well... it’s because... they say that this outfit is the most common one that souls wear... but underneath it there’s a very... provocative outfit~” Cosmo fails to make a sexy smile and realizes his failure when his superior looks at him with disgust.

“Ok, ok… but improve your flirting, you look like a succubus who’s just arrived here!”

Cosmo nods, he mentally thanks his superior for not asking him to take off his clothes and make sure that Cosmo really was wearing the very provocative.

“Okay, All succubus pay attention! You have about 3 months to get a large amount of vitality, if you don’t get it by then you’ll be doomed… unless one or two souls are from a hunter or exorcist… or something like that!” The part about getting the vitality from an exorcist or hunter seemed like sarcasm coming from the superior, given the fact that succubus who tried to do so ended up dead… cosmo wonders who would be the idiot to try.

Cosmo and the others agree with the superior's words and soon after the portal begins to open, Cosmo stumbles when the other succubi run towards the portal, each one with a different destiny and this leaves Cosmo anxious to cross the portal, but with enough courage…

A flash covers Cosmo's vision, he tries to recover and looks around as the world around him takes shape, he only feels drops of water dripping on his face, this is what souls call rain…

‘This is rain right? It looks cold…’ Cosmo regains his vision and sees that his boots have sunk into the mud beneath him, he makes a disgusted face and pulls with all his might, resulting in one of his boots getting stuck in the mud.

“Ah… wonderful!” He thinks out loud and bends down to take off his boot in the mud, making him fall backwards and getting his entire cloak covered in mud.

With an irritated sigh, Cosmo stands up and puts his dirty foot inside his boot, he turns around and sees a village very close by... so that's where the sinful souls live?

With determination, Cosmo walks with heavy steps because of the rain towards that village.

Upon arriving, Cosmo sighed tiredly, it wasn't very far, the blame for his tiredness was because of his boots and the rain.

‘at least I arrived… phew… well, now where can we begin’ Cosmo looks around the village which seems empty, there are only a few animals outside, but they soon run inside the barns to escape the rain

‘ah… right… it’s still raining…” apparently, Cosmo needs to make a change of plans, he has to find a place to stay and something to eat, since it’s possible to hear his stomach growling, Cosmo wonders if the souls food here is good or at least edible.

He sees a few houses and one of them has a large sign saying it is a tavern. According to his superiors, this is where souls pay to eat and drink as much as they want.

Cosmo forgot one detail.

He needs gold coins to exchange anything, even for the possible place where he needs to sleep.

Soon a click sounds in his mind, he is a demon! He can "borrow" gold from the villagers without permission, on the plus side he can test his demon stealth skills and practice his flirting in a place where there are drunken souls who don't pay attention to how horrible Cosmo is at flirting!

Cosmo confidently enters the tavern and the smell invades his nostrils. It is an unbearable smell of sweat and alcohol. Just thinking about having to seduce and have sex with one (or more) of these souls makes him feel a knot in his stomach that makes him completely lose his appetite. But that doesn't mean he would abandon the mission of getting his coins! He leaves the flirting and the meal for later, because he needs those coins to sleep somewhere.

But turning to the side he sees several coins on top of a table where the soul that is sitting doesn't even seem to notice Cosmo taking them. This makes him more disappointed, even the souls that are sober and the soul that owns the tavern are not caring about the theft of the gold, what is the problem with these souls? Is it not even necessary to try very hard to rob someone?

Soon a thought pops into his head, he can seduce and fuck this soul, getting his first vitality!

Cosmo shakes his head, thinking it would be wiser to fuck someone who doesn't stink and is sober.

Leaving the tavern night was falling and he has to find a dry place to rest and plan which souls he can seduce.

‘Where can I find accommodation?...’ Cosmo walks in the middle of the rain that seems to have thickened, he knows that the small houses are of souls that have other souls like a family, the long houses are businesses… so the tall houses can be accommodation!

Cosmo confidently walks towards the tall houses, but to his disappointment, the first house had a sign saying that there were no vacancies, but don't worry! It's not the end of the world, there are other tall houses to check, there must be some that have vacancies!

It's very dark, the rain seems to have gotten worse and Cosmo is soaked and covered in mud, all the tall houses he checked were closed or without vacancies... he only has hope now in one house! The one that is on a small hill and seems to stand out from the other houses and that's where Cosmo goes.

He can't wait to take off his clothes and put on some cleaner, drier ones... and luckily take a hot shower... 'do souls take hot showers?’

With heavy steps, Cosmo arrives at the entrance of the house and sees that the doors are very different from the others, these are very high and seem to be polished and well cared for, he sees happily that there is no sign and celebrates mentally as he knocks on the door.

But after knocking several times there was no response, if there is any doubt it has been ten minutes... it must be the rain muffling the sound or it really is closed.

He doesn't accept that this place is closed, he walked a lot and got caught in a lot of rain, he's not going to sleep on the street!

Cosmo sighs and places both his hands on the door. If he can break down this door, he's fine! If souls appear that are irritated by his invasion, Cosmo wouldn't mind seducing them... he hopes this plan works out-

Cosmo falls face down on the floor and groans in pain immediately afterwards, it seems that the door was not locked by the looks of it… He hears someone approaching and looks up.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? THIS IS NOT A CHARITY CENTER! YOU WILL SOIL THE WHOLE CHURCH WITH THESE DIRTY GARMENTS!”

Cosmo looks a little confused, he sees whoever spoke looks like a grumpy shrimp-

…

‘Wait… church?’

‘This is not a church… churches are more complex and made of fine materials… not made of wood… and also why am I not burning?’

Cosmo thought that this shrimp is probably lying or is one of those drunk souls he saw at the tavern.

“In truth shirmpo, the church is and will always be a place of welcome that the Lord said….so shirmpo… it’s like a ‘’’’charity’’’ for any toon that comes here”

Cosmo looks to the other side, just seeing the shrimp's feet leaving angrily and closing the church door with force and soon his gaze tried to look at the soul, seems very tall than Cosmo, it is possible to see even the chest of this soul, but he is wearing a black robe with few white details, these robes are what priests wear.

Cosmo is in a church…

It's still confusing to Cosmo, churches burn demons, so much so that demons avoid those places and everything.

It could be two things…

Either this place is a scam and everyone is practicing some satanic cult or Cosmo really isn’t a succubus.

“Poor soul… what happened to you?”

Cosmo feels two hands grabbing his shoulders in an attempt to lift him up, he finally manages to see the priest's face as he stands up.

He's a strawberry, red face, his hair looking like smooth and shiny leaves, different from strawberries, and green eyes like healthy grass... well... for a priest he's actually pretty, Cosmo feels a peace when he touches this priest, it's a mixture of comfort and discomfort.

He thinks it's a gift that priests can have... so no, there is no satanic cult held in this church.

“Um... excuse me? Did you... come here to ask for some help?”

“H-hello? Excuse me, what did you say?” Cosmo forgot that the priest was asking him questions.

“Phew… I thought for a second that you were deaf… but anyway, what brings you here? And why are you all dirty?”

Cosmo starts to sweat, he needs a really good lie, since he is in despair, he decides to tell the classic lie that he was taught in hell.

“I’m a traveler… and… I got lost from my group… because of the rain…” he gives a slight smile and looks nervously at the priest who just smiles and lets him go.

“Oh… you don’t have a place to stay? I think you’ve already seen that all the accommodations here are full… God sent one of the heaviest rains I’ve ever witnessed in my life…”

“Yeah…”

“Well, here in the house of God we are always open to helping those in need, I can see a place in the church for you to stay while the rain doesn’t stop…”

Cosmo would say no! But since he's not burning and doesn't want to be out in the rain, he has to accept the invitation.

“Sounds great…”

“Wonderful! You look hungry, come and I’ll show you the kitchen, today the nuns are making bread with grape jelly, I hope you like it.”

Cosmo would respond if on the church altar there weren't two bodies that were not of ordinary souls, but of succubi, specifically those who were on Cosmo's side in hell.

“Ah, a thousand apologies for that… the demons arrived much earlier than expected and we didn’t have any sacred herbs and other things to protect the church… but luckily, Shirmpo called me in time to exorcise them-”

“ARE YOU AN EXORCIST?-” Cosmo covers his mouth and felt his face burn, this is not something you talk about, especially since the soul that is by your side is an exorcist and a priest to make matters worse.

“Ah yes! I am, I'm not sure if I'm the first exorcist priest but... yeah...” the priest walks and Cosmo follows him still in shock, either because he knows why demons burn in churches and he's not one of them burning or because this soul is the two worst things in the world for hell.

“We’re finally here!” The priest says happily, he notices that the nuns seem to be in a hurry and gives a soft chuckle as he picks up a small jar of grape jelly and a loaf of bread, he nods for Cosmo to follow him and he does.

“I think the bell tower will be left without anyone for a while, the person responsible for ringing the bell has caught some serious illness and is at home…”

‘He won’t ask him to replace that sick soul… no… no… he’s not that shameless.’

“I feel embarrassed about this… but… while you’re here, can you ring the bell?”

‘Who does this priest think he is? Where is this charity? This is more like work in exchange for housing!’ But... then Cosmo remembered that he is an exorcist... and also that he doesn't want to go hungry at this time when everything is closed and sleep in the rain... maybe his charity doesn't exist when he says no and this priest takes away his food and throws him out of the church?

“Of course!... Why not...”

“Thank you... um... what's your name?”

“Cosmo-” Cosmo steps back a little when the priest reaches out his hand towards his face to greet him, Cosmo gives a low growl that is not noticeable.

"I'm Sprout! It's so good to have you here!"

Cosmo holds back his growl and shakes Sprout's hand. When they pull apart, Sprout looks down at his own mud-covered hand.

Oh... he forgot!

"Ouch! Sorry! I forgot it was dirty! And... Oh, no... the church-”

“Hey, how about taking it easy and taking a shower? I’ll put some bread and jam and a bed for you in the bell tower, the bathroom is a little further on from the kitchen.”

Cosmo agrees and sees Sprout leaving, Cosmo without wasting time goes to the bathroom to take a shower.

Arriving there, he locks the door and takes off his clothes with magic (at least it's the only thing Cosmo knows how to master well) and looks at his appearance in a cracked mirror, realizing that he forgot to make his tail and horns disappear, luckily he was wearing a hood and neither that shrimp nor the priest saw that.

Taking a look in the bathroom, Cosmo sees a large wooden basin filled with water and puts his hand in it, only to feel a shiver run down his spine.

‘it seems that souls like to bathe in cold water-’ a knock on the door interrupts Cosmo’s thoughts.

“Cosmo, I found a clean outfit! You can give me your dirty clothes”

Oh… how wonderful… right when he’s naked-

Hey, he's naked, it would be a way to seduce, he could have the vitality of a priest and not only that, of an exorcist-

Oh, shit…

He's an exorcist and also that priests abhor homosexuals... unless he's secretive about it, but Cosmo finds it hard to believe that this priest has the slightest interest in men, since Sprout seems to faithfully follow the teachings of Christianity…

“Cosmo? Are you okay?...”

“Ah! Yes, yes! But you don’t have to pick up my dirty clothes, I’ll clean them myself!”

“Cosmo, my duty is-” Sprout only sees the outline of a brown arm quickly grabbing the clean clothes that were in his hands and quickly closing the door.

Sprout only wakes up when he hears the sound of water inside the bathroom.

“Okay then… the clock tower is close to the altar.” Before Sprout could leave, he remembered something important.

“And don’t be scared by the demons’ bodies, they’ve already been removed and… hu- about the tower… they don’t attack there… I believe demons are somewhat afraid of towers… hehe…”

With no response from Cosmo, Sprout leaves and goes to do other things before heading to her quarters.

Cosmo is already starting to shiver a little under the water, not because the water is freezing, but because of the memory of the familiar bodies of the succubi, what the hell did those two think of doing in a church?

But thinking about it, even Cosmo didn't know that this place was a church, the appearance didn't resemble one, so point for those succubus.

He continues cleaning himself and looks at the clothes the priest gave him, they look like priest clothes but in a different color than usual, they must be clothes from when he was younger or whoever made the clothes for the priest got the size wrong and (by the way he acts...) Sprout didn't want to get rid of the clothes out of pity.

Cosmo only thinks about finishing his bath and going to sleep to plan how he will get the vitality of everyone in the village-

Or some of them…

Chapter 2 Chapter Text

Cosmo couldn't sleep very well at night, still haunted and having nightmares about the exorcist priest, if it were an ordinary priest he would be able to sleep like a log.

But that's not the case, this priest is an exorcist and a very good exorcist at that to kill two succubi who were examples for hell and Cosmo being the worst succubi would be a good target for this priest…

‘DOES THIS PRIEST KNOW THE TRUTH AND THAT’S WHY HE OFFERED ME THE TOWER TO SLEEP!?’

A slight noise makes Cosmo give a frightened sigh, he looks around to see the source of the noise and sees that it is just the needle that Sprout had placed in the candle, so that when the wax melts, the needle falls onto the silver plate and makes a small noise for Cosmo to wake up and ring the bell (even though Cosmo thinks that if it weren't for the fear he feels for the priest, this wouldn't wake him up because of Cosmo's heavy sleep).

It seems like it's already morning, but the rain continues, although very lightly.

Cosmo gets up and pulls the bell rope. The noise the bell makes is very annoying and makes Cosmo's head spin. He hopes the bell's keeper comes back soon, because he has to ring it again at noon and at six in the evening.

‘At least it’s temporary…’ Cosmo also tries to be positive, it’s better to ring the bell than to be dead on the altar… after the bell is rung he takes a new candle, puts the needle in the wax and lights the candle, Cosmo goes down the stairs of the tower and stealthily peeks at the door.

‘damn…’

That priest is in one of the seats praying... ‘Who prays at this hour? It must be something only priests do.’ Cosmo thinks about waiting and, luckily...

"Good morning, Cosmo, did you sleep well?"

Cosmo jumps in fright, not expecting a reaction from the priest.

"O-oh... um... yes, yes! Hehe... Thanks for the place to sleep... and I just rang the b-bell!"

“Yes, I heard…” Before Sprout could continue the conversation, he remained silent for another minute and then made the sign of the cross on himself, and Cosmo could hear a low amen.

“I didn’t mean to interrupt your prayer.”

“you weren't, and you don’t need to be afraid to speak when I’m around, I’m a regular Toon just like you and everyone else in the village.”

Cosmo feels his cheeks burn and sweat dripping down his forehead ‘yes, yes of course! I’ll try not to be afraid of someone who is capable of killing me!’

“Yeah… the only difference is that you have sainthood and the rest don’t”

Cosmo notices that Sprout's smile and calm gaze fade and looks at him, did he say something wrong? This priest is really different from the other priests he has heard in the stories told by his superiors in hell, about how priests are grumpy old men, who only judge souls they don't like and most of them are hypocrites, unless they are lying…

“W-what!? But I’m not right? You’re a priest and you have this connection with the spiritual world and… um…”

“… I’m still just a regular Toon like any other, I also make mistakes and get things right…”

Sprout gets up and goes to Cosmo, making him even more nervous, he had made his horns and tail disappear and he made sure he had the appearance of the village souls (or Toons as Sprout called them…)

“Lying in the house of God is a sin, you know?”

Sprout’s eyes seem to look deep into Cosmo’s eyes, seeming to know that Cosmo has no soul and is a demon sent from hell to fuck every soul he sees.

‘Shit, I don’t want to die-’

“You don’t need to be ashamed to speak the truth…”

These words cut Cosmo in half and he wonders if it will hurt a lot if he is exorcised, he didn't expect this exorcist priest to be so good at finding demons.

"Is it because of those demons that were on the altar, is that why you are like this?”

“L-look, I swear I didn’t mean to bring any trouble here”

“Being afraid of demons isn’t a problem for me or the church… all the Toons are afraid of demons, even I am, so you don’t have to lie that you couldn’t sleep because of demons attacking the tower”

Cosmo blinks at the priest in confusion ‘are we… talking about the same thing…?’

Sprout notices Cosmo's confusion and pats Cosmo lightly on the shoulder.

“See? You don't have to lie, you look like you just came out of one of the tombs in the cemetery, you can go back to sleep, I assure you that during the day the demons don't attack-”

‘Yes, they do…’

“And i have to go to a tavern and buy some things… since the merchants will take a while to come here… and unfortunately the church garden suffered a bit from this rain…”

The weight on Cosmo's mind suddenly lifted 'this priest doesn't seem like the best exorcist from the looks of it, but better watch out and be careful’

“The tavern has many sou-”

“No swearing…”

Actually, Cosmo was going to say souls and not a swear word, better get used to speaking like one of them… luckily it sounded the same as sons of bitches.

“Toons… The tavern is full of drunk Toons and I don’t think it’s an ideal place for a priest to go.”

“I’m not going there to abuse alcohol, but it’s the only place where I can get seeds and fertilizer for the garden.”

Cosmo for a moment thought that the priest was not so holy when he mentioned the tavern but seeing the way he spoke he was sincere, either he is a good liar or this soul was really sent from heaven and never had a mortal life on earth.

“Ah! Before you go back to the tower and get some proper rest…” Sprout grabs Cosmo’s shoulder to keep him from going, making him even more nervous.

“You need to pray a Hail Mary for the lie and three Our Fathers for the swear word.”

“What? It wasn’t-”

“You’re in the Lord’s house and I believe that regardless of what your soul is like, it’s still disrespectful to say that here…”

Cosmo was prepared to say something, but the fear of losing his place to rest and free food made him rethink the word 'soul' coming out of that priest's mouth, it means that he thinks he is a normal soul and that he doesn't need to worry about it.

“Where do I pray?”

“You can grab a seat and do it, you can take advantage and do it with Finn, luckily your punishment is less than his”

Cosmo sees at the back of the church, near the large wooden doors, a soul wearing the common clothes of souls that live in the village and its appearance was similar to a blue aquarium.

Cosmo mentally curses the priest, it seems that his plan to pretend he said the prayer and go to the village, without the priest knowing, to see his targets went down the drain.

“You can take advantage and make friends with him, just so you don’t feel alone until your group of merchants returns…”

Cosmo gives a crooked smile to Sprout who smiles back and leaves only when Cosmo sits next to Finn.

Finn is startled and looks at Cosmo in astonishment, he approaches Cosmo discreetly and speaks in a whisper.

“Wow! I’ve never seen you here, are you new?”

“like this…” Cosmo closes his eyes and clasps his hands together to pretend he’s praying and Finn notices this.

“What did you do wrong for father to punish you?”

“I lied.”

“Oh! So it wasn’t as bad as mine…”

Cosmo opens one of his eyes a little and looks at Finn, Cosmo notices that Finn's eyes are wide and his cheeks are a little flushed.

“What did you do?...” Cosmo wasn’t sure if this reaction was because of the reason he was there or because of himself, as it is natural for a succubi to have an attractive nature towards souls.

“W-well… I used fish puns to… you know… swear…”

“Oh… surprising…”

“Yeah, right? But… after two months I think father understood the puns when I was talking to him…”

Finn turns his face towards Cosmo and nudges him, making him open his eyes and stop pretending to pray.

“Hey, since you’re in new waters I can show you the village!”

Cosmo remains paralyzed for a minute, that fish pun was the worst he had heard... but thinking about it... a resident of this village can show interesting points and targets, but his tiredness doesn't let him think straight.

“Can it be later? I slept really badly today… and I’m replacing the man who was ringing the bell…”

“Oh! I see… then we can go after noon! It’ll be quieter too.”

“Perfect, I’ll meet you after noon and can i ask you a question?…”

“yeah!”

“Will father know if we’re praying?”

“Well… he’s not here… and I think our conversation has made you serve your punishment!”

Cosmo chuckles at Finn, then gets out of the seat and heads toward the tower, but before he does, he turns around and looks at the aquarium-like soul.

“See you later!”

“E-even” Cosmo notices Finn’s cheeks blushing a lot, he could start with Finn but he needs a little time and confidence to catch his vitality.

Cosmo got a proper sleep this time, even though he only had about six hours of sleep, he was only woken up when he felt the presence of something in front of him, he opened his eyes slightly and saw the priest's shoes heading towards him, leaving him startled.

Cosmo stood up so quickly that he hit his head on the wood beneath him, dropping the unlit candle and the silver plate along with the needle.

“Ouch…” Cosmo puts his hand on his head to caress the wound he received.

Sprout bends down and looks at Cosmo with regret.

“Oh! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you, you didn’t wake up when the needle fell and the sky showed noon, so I decided to ring the bell…”

“But it’s cloudy… how do you know it’s noon?”

“I’ve lived here for years and the old priest here taught me how to see.”

Sprout offers Cosmo her hand to stand up and Cosmo takes it.

“You haven’t eaten this morning, have you? You must be hungry, if you don’t mind… would you like to join me in the kitchen and get something to eat?”

Sprout and Cosmo arrive in the kitchen and the priest pulls out a chair for Cosmo to sit in while he prepares something for them to eat.

“Do you cook?”

“Yes, is there a problem?”

“That’s just… in your eyes, it’s blasphemy for a man to do a task that was established for women.”

Cosmo crosses his arms and looks at the priest with a judgmental smile, but Sprout continues to keep her back to Cosmo while cooking.

“Really? And where is that written in the Bible?”

Cosmo is left speechless, this one got him, he knows that priests judge men who cook, clean the house or things like that, but he doesn’t know the origin of this.

This was only told to him in hell.

“Well… that’s what you priests defend, right?”

Cosmo hears Sprout laughing genuinely, without any mockery, as if Cosmo were telling the best joke Sprout had ever heard.

“Well, if it’s not written in the Bible that men can’t cook, then there’s nothing stopping me from cooking, and besides, I taught the nuns some recipes.”

Cosmo's mouth drops open.

'IT'S IMPOSSIBLE THAT THIS PRIEST IS SO SAINTLY, THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ROTTEN ABOUT HIM!’

While Cosmo is mentally complaining, he cuts off his thoughts and returns to reality when Sprout places a plate of food in front of him. On the plate was very colorful rice because of some vegetables in the middle, a chopped tomato and a very well-cooked meat, and from the smell, the lunch looked succulent.

Cosmo shakes his head.

‘I won’t be fooled! The food smells good, but the smell doesn’t make up for the taste.’

Cosmo picks up his fork and picks up a piece of colorful rice. To his surprise, it tastes delicious. He tries to avoid any reaction that would show that he loved the food, but it seems that Sprout noticed before he tried to hide it.

“What did you think? Did you like the food?”

Cosmo chokes and punches his chest to make the food go down. After recovering and maintaining his posture, he makes a face of disinterest.

“I’ve eaten better things…”

“Okay… then next time you cook… unless your pride is greater… since ‘men don’t cook…’”

‘how mocking…’

Cosmo gets a bitter frown on his face, the worst part is that it sounded genuine at first but after that…

“Cough cough… correcting! It’s priests who think like that, I’m not a priest, so that doesn’t stop me!”

“Great, you can make our lunch tomorrow then! I hope it’s better than mine”

“I guarantee it will be!”

Cosmo may be the worst succubi in all of hell and only know the basic spells but... on the other hand, he's the one who made those demons' stomachs happy after they got to know Cosmo's cooking, he just hopes to surpass the sprout food that is (secretly) delicious to Cosmo.

“Oh! I have to go, I’m going to see a little bit of the village with Finn.”

Sprout stops eating his food, unlike Cosmo, the priest eats slowly and enjoys the food calmly.

“ Are you friends? That’s great, Finn has a good heart even with his flaws… I hope you two have fun!”

‘oh… if I’m going to…’ Cosmo just hopes he gets an easy soul or Finn’s since he seems interested in Cosmo.

“Thanks, I’ll be back before six-”

“Don’t worry about the bell, let me ring it again, just this once, but I hope you’ll be back when the bell rings”

Sprout picks up his and Cosmo’s plates and goes to the sink to wash them.

“At night it’s better to stay home because of the demons”

“Oh… yes, yes, don’t worry, I won’t go too far to get lost”

“Great, then you can go…”

Cosmo leaves the table and goes to the church exit to meet his new friend or new target.

Chapter 3 Notes:

WARNING: masturbation at the end

Chapter Text

Finn and Cosmo met in the city center, which according to Finn was supposed to be a square, but because of yesterday's rain, the Toons prefer to stay home or stay in dry establishments and only return to the square when it is dry.

“Oh! You forgot your cloak!”

Cosmo didn't even realize he was getting wet, it wasn't something Cosmo cared about either, it's not like he'd get sick or anything, he wouldn't do that anyway even if he tried.

Since he's a demon.

But that's not a very good excuse to give to a soul, thinking quickly, he already knows what lie to tell.

“Ah... my cloak... yesterday it got really dirty…”

“Don't worry, let's go to my house and there you can dry yourself while I look for a cloak to lend you!”

Cosmo is a little embarrassed, he was taught in hell that taking a soul to someone soul's house without being a friend or family member means two things:

either he wants to kill you or he wants to fuck you…

'that was much faster than I thought... wow... hehe- CALM DOWN I'M GOING TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM THE EXACT SECOND I ENTER HIS HOUSE???”

The more Cosmo follows Finn to his house, the more nervous he becomes. He has never had sex or even kissed anyone, be it a soul or a demon.

'It's no wonder I have the title of the worst succubi in hell…’

Even with this thought, he is not at all relieved at the thought of getting his first vitality at Finn's house.

'just have sex and when he exposes his soul, just take it... simple!!!”

Finn and Cosmo finally arrived at the soul house with aquarium characteristics, it was similar to the other houses in the village, the walls were made of wood and stones and the roof was made of straw, inside it was small but had the essentials, a cauldron to cook food, a fireplace, a dining table, some small animal skins hanging on the walls and a staircase that led to the attic, which is probably where Finn's quarters were.

“Shirmpo! Boxten! I’m here and I brought you a fresh fish!”

Cosmo immediately froze in place, Finn didn’t live alone, he lived with two other souls.

‘It could be his brothers… or his children… or-’

“Fish-hu… who is he?” A soul appeared, he looked like a music box with a crank, completely purple and seemed very shy and suspicious, the only thing that differentiated his clothes from Finn's was that his clothes seemed more tidy and he wore a hat with a feather… Cosmo had seen some souls with these clothes, always carrying several papers, inks and feathers, Cosmo deduces that he is a writer or something like that.

“OH NO! THAT BEGGAR FROM THE CHURCH? WHAT DID HE COME TO DO HERE? FATHER SPROUT ISN’T HE FEEDING YOU? THERE’S ONLY FOOD HERE FOR-”

Oh no... that shrimp that had given him a VERY warm welcome when he entered the church lived here, the bad thing is that the music box and the shrimp seem to be the same age as Finn appears to be.

‘Shit! The three souls don’t look like relatives! Please… let me not have to fuck the three of them…’ Cosmo thought about starting to pray, even if his prayer wouldn’t be answered… since he’s not an angel or an innocent soul.

“Shirmpo! You shouldn’t talk like that about our guest! He just came to borrow a cloak and dry himself off!” Finn guides Cosmo to the fireplace and Cosmo sits down while Shirmpo returns to the attic angrily, already stating that he will not lend his cloak to Cosmo.

Finn tries to find another cloak for Cosmo to protect himself from the rain, when the succubi is warming himself by the fireplace, sees some papers on the floor and grabs a handful, it seemed like a romance story between two souls.

When Cosmo read only three paragraphs, a purple hand pulled it back and looked at Cosmo all blushing.

“D-DON’T READ!!!”

Cosmo flinched at the scream the music box emitted, some souls can be more intimidating than the demons and exorcists themselves, apparently.

“Hey! Hey! Calm down, boxten! At least you’ll have a proofreader, see if he likes what you’re writing?”

“B-but… it’s not… ready… yet… and… I think I can m-improve it…”

“Boxten, boxten… you’ve been writing this for four months and it was only at the beginning of last year that you had this idea… so… I think it’s time for someone to read it and for you to accept the criticism!”

Boxten holds the pages tightly as he thinks about it.

Cosmo sees the soul's insecurity and at that moment two things crossed his mind:

First, that somehow his requests were heard, because as Cosmo can see, a soul hates him for no reason, another soul would be too shy even if Cosmo said hi, and Finn... he's not sure what his intentions are…

“Oh, by the way, we’ve never introduced ourselves! I’m Finn, I’m the village fisherman! This trembling music box is called Boxten, he’s a great writer, just not well-known… but his stories are fantastic!” Boxten looks away, blushing at his friend’s compliment.

“And I think you already know Shirmpo… from what he said, you met yesterday… and… What’s your name?”

Cosmo extends his hand and gives a light but somewhat forced smile.

“Cosmo…”

“Oh!!! Cosmo?!?? What a fantastic name!!! So how about you tell us how you got here while we walk? Boxten can tell you some stories!”

“N-no… thanks… maybe another day…”

Boxten seemed blushing and embarrassed, still thinking about how far Cosmo had read and Cosmo couldn’t help but notice it.

“How about tomorrow we go to the tavern? I can buy you a drink or something and if Boxten wants… he can bring me his stories to read…”

Boxten doesn’t answer, he just nods shyly, leaving Finn open-mouthed and wide-eyed.

“Teach me your strategy for convincing and enchanting the other toons! I need it!” Finn whispers in Cosmo’s ear and hands him a cape.

“I hope you don’t mind Cosmo wearing your cape… right Boxten?”

“No, no! You can take it… I wouldn’t even go out in this rain…”

“It’s a light autumn rain… winter will be worse!” Finn and Cosmo put on their capes and leave Finn’s house… and the cake mentally thanks him for not having to satisfy the carnal desires of these three souls.

Cosmo claims to say that the tour was in a… fun way… Finn showed places he had already seen like the square, the tavern, the church and some lodgings, but he also showed the local blacksmith, some large fields of crops in that village and the animal barns.

Finn even showed off his fishing shop, and from what he said, this rainy weather is great for fishing.

The aquarium taught Cosmo how to fish. He had no experience at it, but after several attempts, he managed to catch a fish. Finn had twenty-five fish in his bucket. In addition to fishing, he taught Cosmo how to clean the fish and remove the scales.

Finn even showed off his fishing shop, and from what he said, this rainy weather is great for fishing.

The aquarium taught Cosmo how to fish. He had no experience at it, but after several attempts, he managed to catch a fish. Finn had twenty-five fish in his bucket.

In addition to fishing, he taught Cosmo how to clean the fish and remove the scales.

But... that's his job... even though Finn seems nice to him, Cosmo won't get enough vitality if he gives mercy to every soul that's nice to him…

“Hey Cosmo! What do you do for a living? You’re not a fisherman, apparently, hehe.” Finn cuts his thoughts short, making Cosmo put that thought aside. He has three months… there must be some unfortunate soul that he can take the vitality of!

“I’m a merchant… yesterday’s rain made my group split up…” a loud sigh echoed in the Finn’s shop.

“Oh, Sardines! I didn’t know that… it must be lonely without your friends or family around…”

“Yeah… kind of-”

Cosmo and Finn hear a soft bell ringing, Cosmo wonders how long it’s been since he’s been with Finn, he needs to get to church soon!

“Weren’t you the one who had to ring the bell?” Finn asks, confused as Cosmo gets ready and puts his plate in the sink.

“Oh! Father Sprout said he’ll ring the bell just this once, so I can get to know the city better! But I guess that means I have to go!”

“Oh! See you tomorrow then!”

“See you!” Cosmo goes without the raincoat he borrowed from Boxten, he swears he heard Finn yell at him about it, but he thought it futile to take something that belongs to a soul that needs it to keep from getting sick.

Upon arriving at the dirt road towards the square, he stops when he sees a group of hooded people in the middle of the square talking to a resident who seemed to have left the tavern and was heading towards his house.

Unlike the robes that the locals wore, these souls had robes with red details, only royalty wore this type of color in addition to purple, but according to Finn they do not have a king and the one who takes care of the village most is Father Sprout and also if this were a lie, these souls did not seem to be royalty.

“No… I haven’t seen anything about demons in this village and if I had, Father Sprout would have solved it.”

“A priest can’t solve a problem with demons! We followed their tracks coming this way!”

Cosmo’s ears went deaf… the only thing he knows is that those souls weren’t royalty… they were just one thing…

‘Demon hunters… SHIT!!!!”

Cosmo freezes in place as he sees a fluffy soul with red and blue heterochromatic eyes looking at Cosmo suspiciously, until a cat-like soul standing next to the fluffy soul follows his gaze and stares wide-eyed at Cosmo in the darkness.

'RODGER! A SUCCUBI!’

The soul that was interrogating suddenly turned to look at Cosmo, even in the dark and with the cloak covering his face, the succubi could deduce that this soul looked like a magnifying glass with a single eye.

The succubi staggered back and only increased its speed when the hunters came towards him.

Running, Cosmo felt something hot coming out of his shoulder, he also felt that place getting sore and starting to feel like it was burning, putting his hand on the place, but not stopping running, Cosmo sees his black blood stain his hand... those hunters must have used sacred arrows on their beasts... oh... he would rather die for the exorcist priest right now-

Wait!
Cosmo decided to try to lose them and go to the church, they don't know that the herbs are gone and they might think that it would be the least likely place for a demon to be!

Another arrow is fired at him, luckily this arrow only grazed him... but it wasn't something that caused a cut, Cosmo went around the entire city, making the hunters separate.

The succubi leaned against one of the walls outside the houses and tried to catch his breath, he has to recover soon, these hunters don't seem to want to rest any time soon…

Cosmo sighed in fright... on the way to the church entrance, the soul shaped like a magnifying glass was trying to find clues about where the succubi had gone.

‘Damn it!’ Cosmo curses mentally and analyzes the environment… there must be some way to get in without going through the main entrance, he can go to the other side and take the path to the cemetery, churches usually have a back door.

It will be a long way, but better than dying at the entrance of a church!

After a while Cosmo found himself at the entrance of the cemetery, and it looked very scary at night, he was not afraid of souls that had left this world, but knowing that this was where the souls that had their lives given to be good and without any sin, gave him chills.

Closing his eyes and slowly opening them, he walked through the cemetery, taking care not to trip or hit a tombstone.

Passing through the cemetery, the succubi rested a little at the exit of the cemetery, he seemed to have run a marathon, his lungs were burning with all the adrenaline that night gave him.

He took a deep breath and continued his walk, now more calmly.

To the delight of the succubi, he sees a dirt path leading to an entrance that seems to lead straight to the altar or something like that.

Cosmo just wants to take a shower and steal a drink from the kitchen... maybe make some tea. He turns the doorknob and pushes it lightly.

The tea and bath seemed to have been forgotten as his cheeks burned, looking like he had a severe case of the fever that souls catch, his eyes seemed to be bulging out of his face and his mouth seemed to have fallen off and gone if that were possible.

“C-COSMO!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?”

Sprout looked at Cosmo, but that wasn't the important thing about this situation.

The point where the succubi was shocked was his vision that had previously been on the priest's face and went down to see Sprout's reddish member out and erect, but to Cosmo's horror, Sprout's hand that was holding his own member was smeared with something that slightly resembles strawberry jam... but it wasn't strawberry jam, he knew that wasn't it! It was on the tip of Sprout's penis and connected to the hand wrapped around the member.

The priest was masturbating in the church.

Chapter 4 Chapter Text

Cosmo looks up at the roof of the bell tower, he (again) couldn't sleep very well last night, it wasn't because he slept wet and with dirty shoes that weren't taken off yet, he could take off his clothes with his succubi powers but he couldn't think straight after what he witnessed behind the church.

Sometimes he would fall asleep but wake up suddenly.

You could say he just dozed off and unfortunately during these naps, his mind would return to the place where everything happened.

He was just trying to throw off the hunters by going to the back of the church, but he didn't expect that that place would be where the priest slept and made his notes.

And he was in a situation that required privacy…

If Cosmo wasn't so shocked by the situation, he could use it to his advantage, he would judge the priest who seemed to be a saint and a soul who had never committed a single sin in his life, perhaps seduce him and obtain his first vitality…

But in the end, the succubi who was witnessing this was Cosmo... he didn't move in place, he just watched the priest hurriedly putting his penis back into his pants and covering it with a layer of his robe, while he wiped his semen-smeared hand on a nearby handkerchief.

Sprout stood up and tried her best to change the subject, asking why Cosmo was wet and why he didn't go in through the main entrance of the church, which is always open.

But Cosmo only moved when he saw the priest approaching, and he hurried out of the priest's house and decided to go back to the main entrance of the church.

Luckily the hunters were no longer there at the entrance to the church.

He still had the image of the priest's penis stuck in his mind, Cosmo would never want to eat strawberries again after last night.

The cake deduces that it is already nine in the morning, he had rung the bell at six, but he just didn't want to have to run into the priest again.

'I can try to sleep...' Cosmo's stomach growls, maybe after noon he can eat something-

A knock on the door made Cosmo freeze and he didn't have to be smart enough to know who was on the other side of the door.

Getting up, Cosmo went to the door and opened it to find the usual look the priest always gave, it didn't look like he had been caught masturbating.

“Good morning Cosmo, you hadn’t come down from the tower to have breakfast, are you okay?”

Cosmo interpreted this as a ‘hi Cosmo! I hope you forget what I did last night!’ Seeing Cosmo’s lack of response, Sprout continues talking.

“Do you have a cold? Yesterday you were finishing-”

“I’m fine!”

Cosmo moves away a little when the priest was going to touch Cosmo’s damp robes.

“Do you know what happens if you lie-”

“A priest jerking off in God’s house is a sin too! Did you know that?”

For the first time Cosmo raises his voice to the priest, it is possible to see that even though he appears calm, it is possible to feel the anger and embarrassment on the strawberry's face, Cosmo is getting more and more irritated with the peace that this priest makes, as if he were a angel! But yesterday he proved that he is not a saint.

“I would appreciate it if you would watch your tone of voice with me” the priest’s voice seemed to carry anger but Cosmo did not let his guard down.

“And you? How many Hail Marys and Our Fathers are you going to say?”

“You are not a priest to establish my punishment!”

Cosmo was prepared to argue further, but footsteps that seemed to be going up the stairs of the tower echoed, making the two stop arguing.

It was a soul that Cosmo had seen in the kitchen and was dressed like all the other souls that were in the kitchen and inside the church doing something, she is a nun and she does not seem to have good news.

“Father Sprout… you have a visitor…”

“Now is not a good time, Brightney…”

“He’s the leader of a group of creature hunters who would like to speak with you…”

The succubi broke out in a cold sweat.

‘Have they found out about me?... And if they tell Sprout…OH FUCK! HE WILL DEFINITELY EXORCISE ME!’

The feeling of regret and fear dominates Cosmo's body, because he had to get angry with the priest for such trivial and stupid things.

He could have kept the anger he feels towards the priest to himself for being a 'good' soul and not like the other priests he has been told about.

Cosmo was going to try to fix this. But he realized that the priest had already gone down.

…

'Fuck…’

The succubi didn't know what to do at this moment, whether he was going to jump out of the tower window, try to cross the altar or simply accept his fate.

Well... he would rather run away, he could try to convince Finn and his friends that he could stay at their house for a while.

Cosmo slowly descended the stairs of the tower, he heard two voices increasing the volume of their conversation, unfortunately for the succubi, the priest and the hunter who looked like a magnifying glass were in the middle of the corridor that led to the church exit.

“Sprout? So you were here all this time? The locals here couldn’t stop talking about you…”

“Rodger… can you tell me what you want?” “My group and I found traces of demons here in the village-”

“You arrived late… I already exorcised the two demons that came here…”

The magnifying glass’s single eye trembles slightly, but it seems to remain calm and composed

“But last night, a member of my group saw a succubi, it seems that you didn’t know about it… or you’re not very good at exorcising…”

Sprout clasps his hands together and still keeps his calm face, but Cosmo feels that if he wasn't a priest, he would start fighting with the magnifying glass, whose name is apparently Rodger.

“Of course… I'm so bad at my job that from what you've told me, you just saw a succubi and let it run away…”

“Sprout-”

“Father Sprout… for you, I have the title of priest here… you know?”

“This isn't the time, your village is in danger with a demon like this on the loose!”

“You don't need to worry about that, I know what a succubi is and I can exorcise it.”

“Better leave it to the professionals, we noticed that you didn’t put any protection on this church, how do you intend to protect this village?”

“No one is hurt or injured… if I’m to deduce and also knowing you, you probably made a mistake… like the other times…”

“I’VE NEVER MADE A MISTAKE IN MY LIFE! I’VE KILLED DEMONS, VAMPIRES, WITCHES-”

“The part about the witches is quite contradictory, they didn't deserve the stake…”

“IF THE KING AND THE PRIEST HAD CONSIDERED THOSE TOONS TO BE WITCHES THEN THEY WERE!”

An uncomfortable silence takes over the church and Cosmo sees that in the hallway that leads to the kitchen, it is possible to see some nuns seeing and hearing the screaming that is occurring at the church altar.

Sprout sighs, at no point did he scream, he slowly opens and closes his eyes.

"Then I suggest you visit another village or kingdom that supports this practice-"

Sprout stops talking and his body fell to the floor of the church, a low groan of pain could be heard

The hunter had the audacity to punch the priest in the face, making the nuns sigh and Cosmo cover his mouth, he wanted to go there and help the priest to get up, but the fear of Rodger recognizing the succubi made him stay in place, luckily some of the nuns who were spying went to help the priest.

“YOU CALL YOURSELF A PRIEST BUT YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VILLAGE!”

Sprout, with the help of the nuns, stood up. His nose was bleeding and he looked angry. He put his hand on the hunter’s chest and gently pushed the hunter towards the exit.

The hunter seemed intimidated by the priest’s height and the threatening look he gave the magnifying glass, but he maintained his posture in front of all the members of the church.

“I’ve already given you my opinion on what you should do… NOW GET OUT!”

Rodger feels the main door of the church behind him, he looks at the priest and the nuns. Sighing in defeat, he pushes Sprout’s hand away from his chest and adjusts his cloak.

“You don’t rule the village… only the church…”

Rodger opens the door and before leaving he gives Sprout an accusing look and speaks softly so only Sprout can hear.

“He had to be the son of a sinner woman-”

Sprout now lost his patience, he went to the church door and pushed hard using both hands, making Rodger almost fall outside.

Sprout puts his forehead on the wood of the door and tries to regulate his breathing. A nun who looked like an authority figure arrived and lectured the nuns who were trying to calm the priest down.

Cosmo, seeing that there is no more danger, approaches the priest and tries to touch his shoulder, but it seems that the priest did not want to be disturbed.

"Tisha, take Cosmo to the kitchen and prepare something for him to eat."

Cosmo feels the nun tug at his damp shirt, guiding the cake into the kitchen. The succubus's gaze remains on the priest. He swears that Sprout was holding back tears or letting out all his anger.

"I think you need to change your clothes before you eat... otherwise you might catch some disease like that," said the leader of the nuns and continued guiding Cosmo.

Cosmo spent a long time just staring at the breakfast food. It was already past noon, before that he had heard the bell ring in the refectory and, strangely, the priest had not shown up for lunch.

'He rang the bell again…’

He didn't even eat breakfast, his tea got cold and the cookies had been in the same position for a while and if it hadn't been for one of the nuns knocking on the bathroom door, when he obeyed Tisha and went to take a shower and change his clothes, he would have stayed there until the next day.

He decided to wear one of the clothes that were common in the village using his powers, if asked he would say that he bought it from someone yesterday.

The scene he heard in the morning was still in his head, Cosmo wouldn't say he feels guilty (maybe a little) for having said that earlier, he just doesn't accept very well that a priest is too good…

And he knows he should be happy to know that he has flaws and isn't 100% holy...

But then why is he feeling so bad to the point of not even touching his food?

Cosmo thinks it could be because he hates hunters and seeing the priest wanting to expel one of them from the church made the succubi have a hint of interest in this situation he witnessed or because he didn't accept that this priest could think differently than the other priests who honestly... a real priest wouldn't even accept that Cosmo stayed inside, he would demand and say all the time that it was he who helped to have a place, not to mention that he could even force the succubi to go to the services…

He would even force the succubi to ring the bell without fail, nor would he offer to ring it when Cosmo wanted to do something else.

Cosmo laid his face on the table and sighed loudly.

‘ahh… he didn’t deserve this…’

Cosmo would probably regret saying that, because hell had taught him not to spare anyone… much less a priest.

He thought about going to the tavern so he could find Finn and possibly Boxten, he could at least offer them some cookies and pay for the drink with the gold he had stolen on his first day on earth.

Maybe they knew something about the priest too. Cosmo remembers that he got angry when Rodger talked about his mother, which made the succubi curious.

Seeing that the kitchen was empty and only the succubi were there, he took the cookies and put the cup of tea in the sink, leaving the church towards the tavern.

Finn and Boxten couldn't stop eating the cookies, they looked like hungry animals, Cosmo tries not to look at them eating the cookies... he mentally thanks for not having eaten them, because the cookies were filled with strawberries.

Luckily, the gold he had stolen was used to buy a good piece of meat so Cosmo wouldn't get empty.

“Hey, Cosmo… You have been staring at the wall for a while, Don't tell me you're already drunk!”

“Hu- no, no, no, hehe… I’m just thinking about someone…”

“Oooh… is it a girl? Introduce me!”

“Hehe… it’s not a girl…”

Finn stares with wide eyes and Boxten seems to have taken his attention away from the cookies he was eating to look with the same expression the aquarium was looking at Cosmo.

“I’m not talking about it in a romantic way! I’m talking about a problem that even led to a fight in church.”

“Oh, oh, oh… we’re not talking about anything like that, it’s just that… if by any chance that was what we were thinking… it would be better to keep it to yourself, if you don’t want to go to the stake…”

“stake? What is so important about the stake that you keep talking about?”

Finn and Boxten look at Cosmo again in shock, but this time they are surprised that he doesn’t know what it means.

“Where did you travel… didn’t there… punishments like these?”

Cosmo looks at the aquarium in disbelief and by the expression the cake gave Finn, that could answer his question.

“Wow… how can I explain it… almost everywhere… when someone commits a really huge sin that can’t be forgiven… like… a woman knows things like medicine or… some man falls in love with another… they light a fire… and… you know… put the sinner in it-”

“WHAT? DOES THE PRIEST OR SOMEONE KNOW ABOUT THIS!?”

“So…” Finn pauses and tries to calm the cake that seems agitated by this information.

“This only happens with the orders of the priest or the kingdom- But rest assured, Father Sprout is against this method, no one knows why, but… look, do you see that girl over there?” Finn pointed to the tavern counter where there was a blue soul with a big pink bow on her head buying some herbs and oils.

“Her name is Poppy, she is very intelligent and knows how to work with herbs, she had been accused of witchcraft but Father Sprout defended her and used the power he had over the church here so that they would not allow ‘witches to be burned’ so she became better known for her remedies, some avoid her because they believe a little that she can bring harm, but in the end they seek her help”

Cosmo felt his world spin, he was shocked that souls were burned by stupid things…

‘I guess they’ve never seen a real witch…’

“But… I don’t know what Father Sprout thinks about men falling in love with other men, but… Have you ever fallen in love with one?”

The cake blushed extremely red and even Boxten looked at Finn then at Cosmo.

“W-WHAT? NO! IT’S JUST-”

“Hey, hey… calm down… I just thought, you mentioned this subject and I thought you might be interested in… you know…”

Finn, still calm, looks around to receive accusatory looks. He didn't say this part because most people (from what Finn knows) don't really like the idea of Toons of the same gender falling in love.

“Hu- Boxten… how's your story going!?”

Cosmo tried to change the subject, since Boxten and Finn seemed uncomfortable with the subject, which upset Cosmo, who wanted to know more about the priest. Boxten went back to the papers, picking up some and handing them to Cosmo, still wondering if it would be a good idea to show him what he had written.

"Just... don't show it to anyone…”

“It’s okay! It’s not like I have many friends or acquaintances to talk about… I only have you guys I guess…”

Finn and Boxten smile at Cosmo, those smiles definitely make Cosmo give up on trying to get the vitality from these two.

He hates himself for it.

The succubi tries to distract himself with something else and sees again the soul that his new ‘friends’ had talked about, she seemed to be carrying many herbs and oil, some of which he recognized… he knew were used to relieve stress.

These were exactly the herbs that the priest needed.

“I think I’ll have to go, it’ll be six o’clock soon and I don’t want Father Sprout ringing the bell for me again.”

“It’s okay Cosmo! Besides, winter will be here soon, if you don’t have anything for the cold, I know someone who sells animal furs for a good price!”

“Thanks Finn, I’ll check it out when I get back to the church!”

Cosmo gets up and grabs the papers of Boxten’s story so he can read it before going to sleep.

Before leaving the tavern, Cosmo goes to the soul with a big pink bow.

“Good afternoon, lady!”

The soul with the pink bow looks at Cosmo with wide eyes.

“Hello?...”

“Can you tell me what herbs you’re carrying?”

“Oh… lavender, chamomile, peppermint and some vegetable oil… why do you ask?”

“Oh!! Nothing… it’s just that I heard from my… friends… that you’re good with herbs and I wanted to know about some that might be good for… relaxing.”

“Are you stressed?”

“Let’s say so…”

“Well, these herbs I carry are essential for that, but I use them more for massaging my patients.”

“Okay… can you tell me more about that? And maybe teach me briefly?”

Chapter 5 Chapter Text

Sprout was tired and his head hurt a lot, he put a tissue inside his nose to stop the bleeding after Rodger punched him really hard in the nose and to make matters worse he had to do sessions in the confessional.

The confessions were not peculiar things, they were simple sins like 'I lied to my friend' or 'I stole money from my father to buy sweets'. Luckily they were not sins like murder or perhaps some case of lust, Sprout knows that many times the hunter was always wrong, but when it came to demons he was never wrong…

Sprout had known Rodger since he was little, he was an apprentice exorcist, his father taught Rodger and him about demons, how to kill them and especially how to defend themselves, Sprout wouldn't say that they were both friends, as the magnifying glass and the strawberry demonstrated a certain rivalry on the subject of exorcism.

Sprout didn't want to be shown off, but he was his father's best apprentice, since living with him, Sprout gained more teachings and knowledge.

But he only learned about exorcism hidden from the church, since he was an altar boy along with two other toons, he could consider them his friends, it had been a long time since he had seen them... after he disappeared from that kingdom, without warning, when he was a teenager and his father had died by a demon and his mother-

“Hmm… Father Sprout? Are you okay?”

Sprout is startled, he had just forgotten he was in a session, luckily it was almost over.

“Sorry, I have a bit of a headache…”

“Oh, I hope it’s not something serious, try looking for Poppy, she can help you…”

“Thanks, I’ll go to the square to look for her later, well… is that all you have to confess?”

“Yes… what do you advise me?”

“I advise you to pray about seven Our Fathers and also to avoid doing that, it can cause you serious problems in the future…”

“Thanks, Father…”

“You’re welcome”

Sprout hears the door open and close, when Toon leaves, the priest can't help but let out a tired sigh.

In addition to the confusion he had with Rodger, he had to check on Cosmo, he was missing, after that... argument.

Even though he thought it was unnecessary for the cake to talk to him like that, Sprout understands a little about why Cosmo acted that way.

‘Next time I’ll have to lock the door’

At first, Sprout found Cosmo very suspicious, who would show up in a random village in the middle of the night? Also, Cosmo was strangely attractive, but not in a good way. He had beautiful skin, a well-built body, beautiful eyes, and his voice was very mesmerizing.

The priest thought he was some kind of lust demon, but it seems like it was some divine sign that if Cosmo really was what the priest thought, when they met he could seduce him right away... but he seems to be too clumsy for that.

Also, if he was really a demon yesterday, he wouldn't have run away and had a common reaction.

He swore he would never judge someone without knowing them first, but in the beginning he gave all the warnings to the priest.

Someone enters the confessional, Sprout maintains his posture and waits for Toon to start talking.

But it seems he's taking a while to speak and even though the screen isn't clear on the other side, he can feel that this Toon is looking around the confessional.

'It's probably a child or a young man...'

Sighing, he decides to teach this new Toon.

"You need to sit down, make the sign of the cross and say-"

"Hi Father..."

Sprout's eyes widened, he knew that voice and was confused.

"Cosmo?"

"Yes... what are you doing in here, one of the nuns told me you'd be here”

“I’m doing my job, I listen to the Toons confess their sins, hence the name ‘confessional’ and I ask you what are you doing here?”

“Is it necessary to put this screen here in front? You know who I am, I don’t think it’s necessary-”

Sprout is very confused, he thinks that this Toon has never been to a church and has never been told what a confessional is (which is impossible for someone don't know)

“Cosmo… have you sinned and want to talk to me?”

“No”

“Then you shouldn’t stay here, this is to confess and I’ll fix it”

“There’s no one around, just some Toons praying…”

“So… what are you doing here?”

“Can we get out of here? It’s really hot here…”

Sprout was silent for a minute, it was really cold outside and the way Cosmo said it sounded strange, but since there was no one he could answer, he took the handkerchief off his nose and left the booth.

Cosmo did the same.

The priest noticed that Cosmo was shaking.

“Didn’t you say you were hot?”

“I tried to think of a half-truth, but since we’re out here, I wanted to talk to you about something.”

“You could have said it in the confessional…”

“It wasn’t a sin, it’s… an observation I have about you.”

Sprout continues to maintain his usual calm smile, but he’s not ready to hear what Cosmo has to say about him, especially where there are several faithful praying.

“Cosmo, you can do that when I finish my chores…”

“Father, this isn’t at all what you’re thinking!”

“I have to go to the doctor later, I have a headache and-”

Sprout lets out a low moan as Cosmo tugs at the priest's robes, making him bend down a little.

"I want to give you a massage..."

Sprout is thankful that he's naturally red, because he blushed at that exact moment, he doesn't know what he means by that.

If Cosmo really wants to give him a massage or a 'special' massage.

The priest had already received this type of request where he lived and also received it from visitors and rarely from the residents themselves, he always refused because of his role in the church and because he wasn't interested.

but the priest doesn't want to judge Cosmo like he did in the beginning.

'If he wanted that, he could have done it when he saw me last night...'

It took him a while to answer Cosmo, he urgently needed to rest and do something to relax, but something tells him to refuse the cake request…

He looks around the altar and at the Toons who are praying, it seems that they didn't hear the conversation between him and the other toon, they are more focused on carrying out the punishments, then, he looks at the cake and sees that he is carrying a half-open bag that shows some bottles of something that the priest can't tell what it is.

"Do you know how to give a massage?”

Sprout started walking towards the bell tower and Cosmo followed.

“More or less… I only know a few techniques…”

“I didn’t know that merchants did massage…”

“W-we… meet a lot of Toons… you soon learn a thing or two…”

“Okay…”

Sprout and Cosmo finished climbing the steps of the tower and before the priest could open the door, Cosmo tried to interrupt.

“It’s a mess, there must be mud on the floor and the bed is wet from yesterday! Don’t you think it would be better to do this somewhere else?”

"I asked Sister Tisha to clean it up, but I didn't know what time you'd be coming, unless you have a better place to do it... besides my room..."

"Why?"

"No one but the priest is allowed in, it's something only the priest can go to, normally I'd give you a lecture for coming in... but you probably didn't even know it was my room…”

When the priest opened the door to the tower, Cosmo saw that the place was very clean, different from when he arrived, but Cosmo didn't care, the succubi went to his bed and arranged it so that he and the priest could sit down and he could give the massage as Poppy taught.

"Very well, you can-”

Cosmo sees the priest taking off his cassock (luckily he was wearing pants underneath) which makes the succubus panic and want to jump out of the tower window because of the shame and shyness she feels. Cosmo would be lying if he said the priest's body wasn't attractive.

'Why did it have to be a priest...' "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" "Taking off your clothes for the massage... I thought you knew that?”

Poppy had recommended using the herbs and oil to rub on his body, she had mentioned certain spots, but he found it more useful to just apply it to his face and shoulders at most.

“Y-YES BUT… YOU DON’T NEED TO TAKE OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHES!”

“It’s just the top part… and what’s the problem? We’re both men.”

Cosmo tried to remain calm, Finn had told him that Father Sprout was against burning women who were considered ‘witches’… but he doesn’t know if that includes men who like men.

Even though Cosmo is immune to fire, he doesn’t want to find out if Sprout is for or against it.

“Okay… then… you can sit down!”

Sprout looks at Cosmo suspiciously and the succubi senses that the priest knows he doesn't know how to massage.

"Do you really know how to massage?"

"I told you I learned a little, if you know more than me then show me”

With that said, the priest grabs the succubus, making him groan, and throws him on the bed. Cosmo is confused, but his heart beats faster when the priest climbs on the bed and gets on top of him.

Cosmo's mind becomes confused and starts to spin.

"What the fuck!?”

The priest, still calm, opens Cosmo's legs and stands between them. Cosmo closes his eyes and turns his head, cringing, feeling his cheeks burn and the middle of his legs heat up, He didn't expect this from the priest, He thought he was against this type of relationship, that he was faithful to his vow of not having romantic or sexual relations… He thought about a lot of things.

"You can start…”

Cosmo slowly opens his eyes and feels the priest's nape on his chest. He sees the hairs, similar to green leaves, caressing his chin while the priest looks at Cosmo with the same cursed look.

"Do you want me to get your bag?"

"Y-yes…”

Sprout grabs the bag Cosmo was carrying. It wasn't too far away, but Cosmo was shocked and wanted an excuse to recover.

Grabbing the bag, Cosmo takes out the bottle that contains vegetable oil, lavender and chamomile.

'Like Poppy told you...'

Cosmo opens the bottle and pours it into one of his hands, then brings them together to mix.

Sprout gave a moan when Cosmo's hands touched her temples, the moan was not thin, it was something thick and strong that made Cosmo even more embarrassed.

"Sorry... your hand is cold..."

That greenish gaze of the priest meets the dark eyes of the succubi, Cosmo nods and the priest finally closes his eyes to allow himself to relax.

Cosmo touches the priest's temples again. He begins to make circular movements with both hands on the spot for a while. He can't help but notice the priest's relaxed face.

'He's handsome... But he seems to be faithful to his vows.'

Sighing in disappointment, he lightly touches the priest's nose, eliciting another loud groan.

"Ah! Sorry, I forgot!"

"O-okay... just be careful, that punch was strong for a short guy playing exorcist.”

Cosmo laughs a little, making the priest smile, He continues to relax as the succubi massages his cheekbone and nose, but gently.

But… It didn't help much because his nose started bleeding a little again and Cosmo, frightened, puts the sleeve of his clothes on the priest’s nose.

“Cosmo… I didn’t fail to notice that you’re wearing new clothes… where did you buy them?”

“Oh… I got them by exchanging some gold that I had…”

“It looks good on you.”

“O-oh… thank you…”

Then his hands go down to massage his neck and chin at the same time, he can feel vibrations when massaging these places.

It doesn't even seem like the priest that Cosmo was massaging has a chance of killing the succubi, if that were the case, Cosmo had either forgotten or this detail is in some forgotten corner of Cosmo's mind.

“Father… I have some questions for you…”

Cosmo decides to start a conversation too, to learn more about the priest and his relationship with the hunter.

“You can ask, but I can’t guarantee that I’ll answer all the questions I don’t know the answer to…”

“Do you know that hunter?”

“The creature hunter? Yes…”

Cosmo waited for more information, but by the time the priest didn’t continue to answer, it was clear that that was the answer.

“What is the relationship between you and him? He seemed to know you…”

“To what extent did you hear the conversation?”

“Hu… I-I… I suppose everything…” The priest sighed

“If I tell you, you tell me more about your life… you ask a question and I answer you, then I ask you a question and you answer”

Cosmo thought for a moment, if he accepts he has to be very careful about what he says, at most he can tell him half-truths like he has a cousin (who lives with him in hell) but not say specific things about the place…

“Right…”

“Okay… he and I were… colleagues, we weren’t friends or anything, he was my father’s apprentice.”

“Apprentice of what?”

“Exorcism”

Cosmo started massaging a little hard without noticing the pressure he was putting on the strawberry, something that Sprout noticed too.

Cosmo noticed right away, guiding his hands down, when he finished massaging Sprout’s neck and chin, to Sprout’s shoulders and collarbone, making her more relaxed.

“Well, now I ask, what village or kingdom did you grow up in?”

‘Oh shit…’ Cosmo thought he didn't know the land very well, nor did he know about villages and kingdoms, so he thought about it and decided on the answer.

“I-I don’t remember exactly, my parents were always traveling and going from one place to another… I guess I can say that my childhood was spent in a wagon hehe…”

Sprout shook her head and looked at the ceiling thoughtfully.

“So… what was your childhood like?”

“I grew up in a kingdom a little far from here and I was an altar boy in the main church of the kingdom, there were me and two other toons, they were my friends, one was as devoted as me… as for the other, I don't doubt that he abandoned the church when he had the chance…”

The succubi thinks about going right after to massage the priest's chest, but he finds it too intimate.

Cosmo tries his best to hold back from massaging the priest's chest, but the delay causes the priest to hold Cosmo's hands and guide them to his chest, only letting go when Cosmo begins to massage.

"Well... do you have any family?"

"Honestly... these days I only have a cousin"

The succubi doesn't know what happened to his parents and his cousin's parents, it's been years since that happened, so he always assumed that they were exorcised or killed in some fight with an angel.

Soon, her cousin took on the role of older sister and mother at the same time.

“Hmm…”

“Since we’re talking about family, you mentioned that your father taught… exorcism stuff… so he must be an exorcist, right?”

“Right.”

“And your mother? What was she?”

Sprout looked at Cosmo for a few minutes, then looked at the bell, he slipped out of Cosmo’s lap and rang the bell.

Cosmo was speechless.

‘Is it that personal?’

“So… what did she do? She was… a peasant… or something?”

The priest remained silent and put on his cassock.

“I think that question is too personal… but thank you for the massage, I feel much better.”

“Was she intelligent? Did she know how to read or did she work with herbs? I’m not one to judge and I heard that you don’t judge women like that either.”

“Who told you that?... That I don’t judge…”

“W-well… almost the whole village talks like that about you…”

“What else did they say about me?”

“That’s all…”

“Great, I’m sorry to say, but I have to blow out the candles in the church and see if there are any demons near the church.”

Cosmo feels a chill down his spine and swallows hard without the priest noticing.

“Hmm… do you believe there is a demon? I thought that hunter was going crazy”

“He goes crazy judging others, but when it comes to a succubi it is better to be careful”

“Okay… then… good luck… take care…”

“You too and your pants are damp, I thought the rain had stopped today, if you want I can lend you my cloak or the cloak of one of the sisters, lucky for me I didn’t leave the church today!”

Cosmo feels his cheeks burning, while the priest genuinely smiles, little does he know that it didn't rain today and that the heat Cosmo felt in his legs had an embarrassing result.

“Anyway, enjoy the night!”

The priest leaves Cosmo alone in the place, when the succubi hears the priest's footsteps disappear he puts the pillow under his face and screams in embarrassment while the smell of lavender and chamomile invades his senses.

Chapter 6 Chapter Text

Cosmo was getting ready to sleep, it was very cold and he had a risky idea, but one that could make the cold go away suddenly popped into his head.

By locking the door tightly and transforming (just a little into his succubi form) at least he won't have to feel cold anymore.

With this in mind, he placed several heavy boxes that he found around the place and placed them at the door to make sure that no one would come in.

Especially someone who was capable of killing him... like the priest himself…

After a while of dragging and placing the boxes at the door, he sighed tiredly and finally transformed into his succubi form.

‘much better…’

He snuggled into bed and ate some fruit he had stolen on the way to church, before offering the priest a massage.

Speaking of him, besides having a very beautiful body, he seems uncomfortable when he touches on the subject of his mother and what others think of him. Cosmo would say that it could be insecurity, since everyone in the village really likes him and his presence.

But the detail about his mother still sticks in his mind…

‘Was she a princess? Or a queen? Maybe a ‘witch’, but it doesn’t make sense that she was and he hid it from everyone in the village’

Cosmo shook his head, thinking about this alone would give him a headache and he would be the one who needed a massage this time.

Oh!

Cosmo remembered that Boxten had written some kind of book and had the courage to let Cosmo read it.

The succubi had never been a fan of books because he found the books in hell quite boring.

Taking the bag he had taken from Poppy, he carefully picked up the tied papers.

'I hope the literature here is better than the literature in hell.’

Cosmo loved the book that Boxten had written! There were some errors and plot holes, but other than that the story managed to capture the succubi's attention.

It was about a peasant who lost his parents because of a dragon.

Cosmo had never seen a dragon, so he deduced that it was something that Boxten created.

And this peasant seeks revenge and meets other creatures he never knew well. Then the peasant makes new allies along the way, making three of them his friends.

One of them caught his attention is a knight who looked a lot like Father Sprout, not in appearance but in personality.

He will never confess but this knight is his favorite character.

He suddenly hears loud noises and hides the pages of Boxten's future book.

Trying to find the source of the noise, his gaze falls on the door that seems to be knocking violently and this scares Cosmo, who covers himself when the door opens and drops the heavy boxes.

“COSMO!?”

“FATHER? WHAT HAPPENED!?”

“I’m the one asking you! I called you several times and you didn’t answer, and besides, the door was locked! Could you be- anyway… why did you lock the door… like that? The door has a lock to close it… if you wanted privacy.”

“H-hum… I had a nightmare…”

“About demons, I suppose…”

“Y-yes… b-by the way! What are you doing here?”

Cosmo starts to sweat, he tries his best not to move, because he is in his succubi form, any movement is an exorcism in the blink of an eye.

“It doesn't usually get this cold here, so I got you a sheepskin blanket.”

Cosmo used to wag his tail when he found something new or something that aroused his curiosity, these animal skin things didn't exist in hell and he was dying of curiosity to see what it was like, but his fear was still greater and prevented him from wag his tail.

“O-oh… thanks”

Cosmo feels the priest adjusting the sheepskin blanket on him and after arranging it he returns to the door.

“If you feel afraid to stay here I can find another place for you to sleep”

“It’s not necessary, you already said that demons don’t attack towers right?”

“Okay… good night then and sleep well…”

The door closes and Cosmo takes the blanket off his head and leaves it halfway down his body. He also notices the new blanket that he has with him, touching it feeling like he's touching a cloud, his tail wagging happily as he feels how soft and fluffy the blanket is.

'Well, in the end I didn't even need to turn into-’

Cosmo blushes when he feels the scent of lavender and chamomile on the sheepskin, causing his tail to wag violently and bury his face in the sheepskin.

‘shit!!!”

He pulls the covers over himself and tries to finish reading Boxten’s story to distract himself.

“And when do you plan on writing more?”

“Was it that good?”

“I told you that you’ll win hearts with your Boxten books!”

Both the two toons and the succubi were fishing on a boat, Cosmo was in his normal form and learned last night to never turn into a succubi again.

It was very cold and Boxten took some thick cloaks for them to wear, one of which he gave as a gift to Cosmo who happily accepted.

Finn urgently needed to stock up on fish before winter started, since various animals such as bears and wolves were starting to steal the fish from the lake and it was becoming difficult for Finn's business.

Luckily, Boxten and Cosmo offered to help. Shirmpo still doesn't like Cosmo and refused to share the same room as Cosmo.

“Now tell me! Which character did you like? My favorite is the protagonist, of course!”

“Hu-... I don't know yet, I think I like them all…”

‘especially the knight’

“Well, so you’re undecided? Boxten! We order you to write more and publish this wonder! Otherwise you’ll sleep with the fishes hehe”

Boxten and Cosmo laugh, Cosmo realized that he is improving his fishing skills and is always praised by the two souls.

“I think that’s enough for my store, thanks guys!”

“You’re welcome, good luck with your sales!”

Cosmo and Boxten say goodbye to Finn, since he has to open the store and serve his customers.

“I’ll go back to writing if you don’t mind…”

“It’s no problem and I look forward to the continuation of this story!”

Just as Cosmo was about to say goodbye, Boxten hands him a sheaf of paper, which looked like it was written on.

“A-actually… here’s a version of the story that I didn’t think was that good… but since you’re a critic… I don’t see a problem with you correcting it… And also if I showed it to Finn he would tell… BUT DON’T SHOW IT TO ANYONE!”

“Of course I don’t-

“Cosmo- SERIOUSLY DON’T SHOW IT TO ANYONE! YOU’RE SLEEPING IN THE CHURCH…SO DON’T SHOW IT TO THE PRIEST OR ANY OF THE NUNS-”

Cosmo nodded at Boxten's demands, in reality he didn't pay much attention, because his vision was suddenly focused on a soul that was talking to another soul, what caught his attention was that this soul was wearing a black and red cape and had the appearance of a cat, she was a hunter who was close to a fluffy soul that night he was discovered... she knows that Cosmo was a succubi just by looking, the bad thing is that it was daytime so it would be more visible to see her form…

“H-hum… sure, sure! I’ll be careful, I better go… it’ll be noon soon…”

“Oh! Yes, but… seriously… be careful”

Boxten sees Cosmo running towards the church, he’s never seen that cake run so fast…

Cosmo was already too nervous, he passed and crossed alleys, any path that no one found or followed him, why is he doing this? Because he feels someone following him when he was far away from Boxten, he knows that it is not Boxten because he would call his name.

He quickens his pace, starting to run, and the soul that was following him also starts to run much faster than him.

Taking a quick peek, he realizes that the soul running was wearing a black cape with red details.

"Shit…!"

Cosmo hit a statue that was in the square, it was of some patron saint that this village believed in, but it hurt a lot.

“You! You there!”

‘oh crap…’

“Oh my god!!! You hurt yourself, calm down, I have something!”

The hunter takes a handkerchief from his pocket and puts it on Cosmo’s face.

“Sorry for following you like that, you had dropped your papers”

‘what!?’

Cosmo regains his vision and sees that the hunter was the fluffy soul, he gave a big smile and his concern was visible.

When the wound on Cosmo’s face seemed a little better, he showed more joy.

“L-let me help you get up”

The succubi feels large hands with claws under his armpits and pulling him up, then passing over his body to remove the dust and then he gives him the papers that were lost.

“T-thank you…”

“Sorry for making you run like that, I know my sister and I gave you residents a bad welcome…”

“Oh… no need to apologize… I… was running because I have to ring the church bell”

“Are you from the church?”

“Sort of… I’m a merchant but I’m doing favors for the church”

“Oh! So that means you travel all over the world!?”

Cosmo sees the soul's enthusiasm, even though he appears to be an adult, he was happy and seems to be a dreamer... like his friends Boxten and Finn, only with a few differences in personality... this warms his heart knowing that not all souls here are rotten-

“By the way! My name is Goob! I'm a creature hunter!”

Cosmo’s blood runs cold instantly, how could such a cute, smiling little thing have the ability to kill? Then he remembers that he is a succubi and his purpose in life is to get fucked.

“Oh… cool… and… you mentioned you had a sister, right?”

“Yes! Yes! Her name is Scraps! She is an amazing hunter, Rodger, our leader, realized that she has a gift for seeing and knowing the difference between demons and Toons, that’s why she only focused on killing demons!”

It’s a scary and curious fact, He’ll definitely keep this information in mind, It must be the soul that announced that Cosmo was a demon, and the same one he had seen about three minutes ago.

“Then you be careful, there’s a succubi around here! That means there might be more of them! You better protect yourself…. Um… what’s your name?”

“C-cosmo…”

“Oh! Amazing, I’d like to talk to you but… my group and I aren’t very welcome in the church and I shouldn’t even be here… Rodger says we shouldn’t talk or get close to the priest…”

This could be a great opportunity to get to know Sprout better, he doesn't even say anything.

“Why? The priest seems so… kind…”

“Yes, that's what everyone in the village says, he seems really nice, but Rodger is our leader and he's the one who's known the priest since he was young…”

“What did he do so wrong for Rodger to think that about him?”

“W-well… first of all I don't know if it's true… it's just that-”

Goob looks scared and insecure, he cringed a lot as if he was being threatened or saw something dangerous and big coming in front of him when he started to say something, Cosmo waits anxiously for the answer to his questions.

"Good morning, Cosmo... and good morning to you too..."

Cosmo turns around and sees the tall figure of the priest, different from usual, he was wearing a cloak that looked like black sheepskin, probably because of the cold weather and he wasn't smiling lightly either, he looked very uncomfortable.

"F-Father... I... I didn't mean to..."

"I thought you were hunting the demon Rodger mentioned... or I can be sure he's mistaken, as usual."

"N-no, no, Father! That demon exists... my sis-... a member can see... And…”

Sprout looks around and then at Goob who is scared to death and seems to regret having been in this situation, making Cosmo feel sorry for him.

“I don’t see any demons around here… so what are you doing here?”

“He just came to give me some papers that I had lost on the way…”

Sprout turns his gaze to look at the cake's dark eyes, his expression seems calmer now, then he looks back at Goob again and gives a warning that he and the other creature hunters, especially Rodger, are not welcome in this place, leaving Goob even more cowered.

“Come on Cosmo, it’s already noon… you can go to the kitchen and eat something the sisters are making, I’ll ring the bell…”

Cosmo waves his hand to say a silent goodbye to Goob who waves back and continues on his way out of the square while Cosmo goes to the priest, the succubi apparently is going to have a little chat with the strawberry about his behavior with Goob.

Sprout's hands are shaking as he rings the bell, he shouldn't be in this state, but the anxiety isn't making the priest think straight.

'That damn hunter-’

He is sure that that group told something to the village, he is also sure that no one would believe that group, Sprout knows very well that Rodger is inconvenient and takes rash actions.

He mentally thanked everyone in the village for trusting him and for having a good image of himself as someone perfect, with only a few small flaws like everyone else... he also wouldn't want everyone to know that he himself is a complete failure.

He always puts it in his head that it's normal to make mistakes, in fact everyone makes mistakes.

His birth is not something that can be said to be an accident… it was truly a failure, a mistake… as the old priest of the kingdom where he grew up kept telling him when he learned that his mother was one of the nuns who attended the main church and his father an exorcist.

Is it his fault? He didn't even know who his mother was until he grew up and everyone noticed that the strawberry that was left at the church door looked a lot like one of the church's nuns, only it had the same eyes as the kingdom's exorcist... It was a difficult moment for him when they found out and his mother was burned at the stake for it.

Sprout takes a deep breath and closes his eyes, trying to forget the past and think about the present to stop that son of a bitch called Rodger from doing something stupid.

Going downstairs he notices that the nuns were gossiping and laughing, they’re leaving the hallway that led to the kitchen.

Sprout massages his leaves and puts on his usual calm look, greeting the nuns and noticing that Cosmo was not with them, which was strange.

'Maybe he was shy around the nuns and waited for them to eat first'

Sprout also smells a very good smell coming from the kitchen and thinks that the nuns have done something new.

The priest couldn't wait to try them and praise them later. When he got to the kitchen to see what smelled so good, he was surprised to see that the person responsible for making the food and having that good smell was Cosmo.

'We'll see if his food is better than mine.'

"Hello Cosmo."

"Father, I'd like to speak to you if you're not busy"

"I'm going to eat now. I assume this is what you're going to serve us as agreed the last time we ate together, right?”

Cosmo nodded and grabbed two bowls to pour what he had prepared. Sprout tried to turn her head surreptitiously to at least see what the cake had prepared, but she only managed to see it when he approached and placed it in front of the priest.

It was soup, and from the looks and smell, it looked great.

The priest took the spoon and blew on it before putting it in his mouth. His nose and eyes really didn't deceive him. It was very good and he felt happy knowing that he wasn't the only man who knew how to cook.

Sprout looked up to see Cosmo, who seemed to want to receive some compliment or maybe he was trying to see if the priest was trying to hide some emotion that the food was great.

This made Sprout smile mentally and want to laugh a lot.

“I’ve eaten better things…”

Sprout lets out a loud laugh when she sees Cosmo’s face contorting, looking like he had sucked a lemon.

“YOU’RE LYING!”

“I’m kidding, it was really good, but my food is still better”

“yes, yes…”

“You wanted to talk to me, right?”

Sprout notices Cosmo letting out a sigh, and from the expression on his face he deduces that it’s about that hunter from earlier.

“why did you act like that with Goob?”

And… Sprout was right.

“In what way? They’re not good news and they’re not welcome here.”

“You said yourself you’re not one to judge!”

“I don’t give first impressions, that’s what I do. I’ve known Rodger’s little group for a long time. He doesn’t have to get involved in anything he’s not called to do. Not to mention he punched me and disrespected me.”

“Okay, okay, I agree with that. He was a huge jerk, but fuc—”

“No swearing…”

“Father, what I’m trying to say is that you didn’t have to treat that Toon like he was Rodger.”

The priest stopped eating his soup and just stared at Cosmo, making him feel uncomfortable with Sprout’s gaze.

“You probably met him two seconds ago, if he says you did something… even if it’s not true… everyone in the village might believe him because he’s a hunter… now tell me… WHO’S GOING TO DEFEND YOU?”

From the way Cosmo looks around and tries to find something to counter what the priest said, it seems like he has accepted that he lost the argument.

“Cosmo, I know Rodger and his group well, they will end up hurting Toons who were living their lives… and I don’t want anyone to get killed because of this…”

Sprout sighs, avoiding a worse curse than Cosmo had said, Cosmo noticed but didn't want to have another discussion with him about it.

"Toon... he thought someone was against the church or the kingdom or... whatever he accused..."

Cosmo remains silent, looking at the bowl of soup and begins to eat, this time more calmly.

“By the way, I heard that ‘Goob’ doesn’t think I’m a good toon, I honestly don’t care what that group thinks about me… but he was going to tell you the reason that justifies that thought… and that bothered me in a way…”

Cosmo looks with wide eyes at the priest who is looking seriously at the cake.

“What did he tell you about me?”

Chapter 7 Summary:

WARNING: hickey on the neck and a lot of heat between the two lol

Chapter Text

Sprout was hoping Cosmo would open his mouth, but apparently, the cake didn’t intend to answer the priest, since he had interrupted the conversation between him and Goob when the hunter was going to say something important about the priest…

“I’ll tell you only if you tell me more about yourself.”

It was a lie, but he wanted to know so much about the priest.

“You seem very interested in me, it seems~”

And apparently, Cosmo noticed that he was trying to get something out of his mouth by being seductive. It's embarrassing for an exorcist priest to try to do that, as if that would work (a little) with a succubi like Cosmo, it makes his self-esteem incredibly high...

Cosmo stands up and puts one hand on the table and gives a slight smile, hoping that the priest is stupid enough to fall for the horrible seduction that Cosmo was trying to do.

“What’s bothering you so much? Do you think I’ll want to throw myself into that hunter’s arms if he says something bad about you?”

Still leaning on the table, Cosmo leans over so his free hand can reach the priest’s crucifix. He didn’t remember he was wearing one when he saw him shirtless… or maybe his gaze was more focused on the priest’s body than on what he was wearing.

The succubi blushes slightly but intends to continue the seduction and prove that he can be a decent demon of lust and if it works, he will get some information about the priest's life.

He wraps one of his fingers around the strawberry's crucifix and pulls it slightly towards him, the priest, like the good dog he is, follows the pull.

“From what I know, feeling jealous is a sin, especially something so silly~ and it’s also blasphemy for a man to be with another man.”

Their faces are very close now, Cosmo tells himself over and over not to panic and abandon all the progress he’s making.

Even though his heart feels like it’s racing and he’s blushing like he has a fever.

Those green eyes are so beautiful and it could be his imagination but he thinks the priest has gained a little color in his cheeks.

“I don’t see any problem in two men having something… if there’s consent and love involved, it’s not a problem”

He freezes when their lips touch.

Cosmo's eyes widen and he swallows hard as the heat of the priest's words hits his lips and one of the strawberry's hands goes towards Cosmo's shirt that has a slight neckline and slowly pulls it down making one of his fingers come into contact with Cosmo’s skin

"Ah! What if I'm jealous?"

"Don't run away, don't run away, don't run away! You're almost there, at most you'll have the vitality of a priest-”

A big shiver runs up his spine and his body becomes electric when Sprout's lips go to his neck and he places a light and lingering kiss.

'HOLD ON COSMO! HOLD ON! IT'S NOTHING-'

Cosmo feels a lick and a light bite on his neck making him react and ignore the great progress he was making.

He pulls the crucifix on his finger down with all his strength, making the priest wake up and find himself lying on the table. Sprout lets out a groan of pain as the still-hot soup hits his belly, which they both probably forgot their soups were underneath them.

‘DAMN IT! THE SOUP!!!’

“SHIT! I’M SORRY FATHER!!! I DIDN’T MEAN TO DO THAT!!! I’M SORRY, I’M SORRY!”

Cosmo leaves the table and goes to where the priest was sitting, trying to move the bowl with little soup away and try to relieve the burning in his belly.

“What is that noise?”

One of the nuns looks at Cosmo with an accusing look, she is the same one who had taken him to eat when Sprout had been punched by Rodger, she went to Sprout's direction and got a cloth with cold water, Cosmo approached and was greeted with a slap on the hand.

“I don’t need your help, you better go somewhere else”

“Let me at least take you-” “You’ve done enough! You better go somewhere else!”

Cosmo feels the guilt taking over, with just a wave he turns around, Sprout tries to call Cosmo back but is reprimanded by the nun.

He doesn’t judge her, seeing her point of view, he seems to have thrown soup at the priest on purpose and also that the priest himself already suffers from getting hurt by others, like it was with Rodger…

Cosmo left the church and sighed heavily. He wanted to cool off a bit. Maybe he could go to the tavern and steal some gold, enough to drink a lot, even though it's impossible for a demon to get drunk.

Touching his neck, the succubi felt the faint marks of the priest's teeth and blushed as he remembered the moment.

'What the hell happened before?’

He's sure the priest didn't mean to do it, or maybe he's just much dirtier inside, but...

He also cares about others, wants the best for everyone, is handsome, doesn't approve of any horrible practices for different- 'HANDSOME!?'

Cosmo tries to think of something else but his head is now refusing to stop the priest's voice from playing in his mind and the feeling of the strawberry's hands passing over his chest, oh man... he has to forget about this man soon…

Speaking of men, he now knows that the priest doesn't care about men having relationships with other men or that strawberry is stupid enough to fall for the seductions of the worst succubi in hell...

Or…

He would be interested in him...

Cosmo has very low self-esteem, he thinks he is 'acceptable' in beauty standards comparing himself to his cousin and her friends who, besides being beautiful, are the definition of being sensual.

“Hey!!! Cosmo!!!”

Cosmo turns around and sees someone in a black and red hood running towards him. Normally he would run and hide, but since this particular hunter knows his name and was running happily, he made the succubi wait for him to approach.

Sighing tiredly, Goob gives a big smile.

“I was looking for you! I saw you leaving the church, you looked exhausted, what happened?”

“O-oh… it was nothing…”

“Did you fight with the priest? Don’t worry, I won’t tell Rodger.”

Cosmo thought about not telling him, since he’s too innocent and works for that scoundrel Rodger, but he wants to find someone to talk to and forget about the priest and his confusing feelings for a while.

Since Boxten and Finn were busy, the only one available would be the hunter.

“Sort of… actually a nun thought the priest and I had a fight, but I accidentally spilled hot soup on him…”

Goob makes a face of internal pain but soon becomes embarrassed for having done that.

“O-oh! Don’t get me wrong, that really hurts a lot, but it was unintentional- right? You don’t have to worry about it.”

“Yeah… looks like I’m going to be sleeping on the street tonight, hehe…”

Cosmo said this in a joking tone, but it seems the fluffy soul took it literally.

“Hey! If you want, you can sleep in a cabin not far from here, with me, my sister, and the other hunters!”

‘yes, and get killed in the process’

“hehe, Goob, I was joking, I don’t think that’s what’s going to happen”

“But what if Father Sprout misinterprets it too?”

“W-well… I have other friends I can stay with, maybe one day I’ll introduce them to you.”

The hunter’s eyes got huge, just like the smile he showed, and he suddenly hugged the succubi tightly, making him feel quite embarrassed as he spoke words of gratitude and excitement.

“Oh! What energy you have!”

Goob soon lets go of Cosmo but his face still remains happy.

“Don’t you want to drink at the tavern?”

“Sorry… I can’t do that…”

“Then how about drinking something that’s not alcoholic?”

Cosmo’s initial plan of drinking a lot, was changed to spend time with this hunter.

Sometimes Cosmo thinks he’s not afraid of danger, first he got close to an exorcist, who is probably developing feelings for Cosmo or not, and now a creature hunter or better yet! Demon hunter.

Cosmo and Goob were in the tavern drinking two glasses of warm milk that Goob insisted on paying for and they were both eating some sweets that Goob's sister had made, they were good, not as good as the priest's-

‘I have to stop thinking about that priest’

“Wow! This place is packed, I've never seen so many Toons!”

“Neither have I!”

“I really hope Rodger didn't find me here… he might think I'm here doing something stupid….”

“Is he a priest to judge you like that? Or the king?”

“Well… it’s just that these places are usually frequented by demons”

‘and he’s right!’

“Then I understand his concern…”

“But he’s not your father or anything-” “Goob…”

Goob and Cosmo turn to see Magnifying Glass with its hood down, looking at the two with a calm look but Cosmo can feel the accusations…

“R-rodger! It’s not what you think-”

“Relax, I know you wouldn’t do anything wrong… but.. who would this Toon be? You hadn’t mentioned him”

Rodger's eye narrow as he looks at the succubi from head to toe, even though he's wearing a sheepskin cape because of the cold, his clothes, even though they're not too revealing, are something that might draw a little attention.

That leaves Cosmo to cover his body with the cape that Boxten gave him.

"T-this is Cosmo! I... met him in the square at noon... and... we've met again now…”

Goob couldn't stop looking at the floor, nervous and embarrassed that his leader had found him in a disgusting place and with someone... like Cosmo.

"Interesting Goob... your sister is looking for you... she seems to want your help with some discoveries she made..."

"But now?...”

Rodger gives Goob a hard look, making him shrink and obey. Cosmo felt uncomfortable and decided to follow Goob, but a hand stopped him from leaving… it belonged to the leader of the hunters.

“I’ve never seen you around here, are you new?”

“I’ve been here longer than you… but let’s say yes.”

“Oh… so you mean you saw me arrive?”

Cosmo sat back down in his chair and drank the milk from the glass to try to ease the discomfort he felt, thinking that this would prevent him from talking to Rodger… but he was wrong.

“Your clothes are quite vulgar for a man…”

Cosmo was bothered by the comment and stopped drinking the milk.

“I dress however I want and it’s better than going out naked!”

“No need to get upset, I was just commenting… you know… Goob never follows someone he’s only known for a few minutes… even if he seems naive…”

Rodger seems to be reaching into his pocket under his cape a lot, which has Cosmo on alert.

“The issue is not how you dress, the issue is that none of the villages I have been to dress this way and that would attract the attention of many people without them noticing…”

“I advise you not to meddle where you are not wanted, I am a merchant and it is not my fault if it is normal for us to dress like this!”

“Really? Merchant? From where? I would like to know more about… YOU!”

Cosmo tenses up, he doesn’t know anything about merchants and starts sweating, something that the magnifying glass notices, he gets closer to Cosmo’s ear.

“One of the members of my group saw you… I know what you are-”

This makes Cosmo’s blood run cold and he holds tightly the cup that is now empty, preparing to throw it at the magnifying glass and run away.

“Rodger… didn’t I tell you that you’re not welcome here?”

A voice that sounded sweet and authoritative made the succubi’s eyes widen and both he and the magnifying glass turned to see the priest with a basket.

“I thought priests didn’t come to taverns…”

“I was looking for him.”

The magnifying glass looks at the priest’s finger pointing at Cosmo, making Cosmo anxious when he notices a malicious look from the magnifying glass.

“Are you talking about this demon?”

“Ele toca o sino, não acredito que ainda você faz acusações sem provas…”

“He rings the bell, I can’t believe you’re still making accusations without proof…”

Suddenly the souls that were in the tavern look at the magnifying glass and the strawberry.

‘Shit… this is going to go really bad…’

“I can’t believe a priest is giving a demon a place to sleep”

“He’s not a demon, I already told you… and if he was, he would burn inside the church…”

“Your church doesn’t even have sacred herbs for protection!”

This makes the other souls pay more attention, Cosmo wants to get out of there, he doesn’t want anything bad to be seen by the priest.

“Ok… what makes you think Cosmo is a demon? And how can you prove it?”

Rodger takes his hand out of his pocket and exposes a vial of holy water.

Sprout raises his eyebrow, disinterested and confident that Rodger will embarrass himself by taking the test... unlike Cosmo, who is about to have a heart attack.

“If this doesn’t work, you’ll have two days to get organized to leave here with your group!”

“And if it works, you’ll see that not everyone is born to be an exorcist or better yet... a priest…”

The magnifying glass speaks in a good tone for everyone in the tavern to hear, Cosmo can only see one of the priest's eyes trembling with rage, but it is not noticed by the others and especially by Rodger.

Now all eyes turn to Cosmo, if he refuses to take this test he will be considered a demon and will be killed, if he accepts he will be killed by the effect that the holy water will have on his skin.

Standing firm, he extends his arm and hopes he doesn't get burned. Rodger confidently pours holy water on Cosmo's arm...

And...

Nothing...

'Wait - what?'

Cosmo pulls his arm and turns him around, he even waits for a few seconds, it looks like they just threw river water on him... how was that possible?

"I hope you and your group get ready to get out of here tomorrow... and I hope you keep your word!”

Rodger wanted to argue, the disappointment and anger that his single eye expressed was noticeable, he stood up and looked at Sprout. “Have a good afternoon… Father…” That word was spoken with venom in it, before Rodger left the priest grabbed his shoulder. “I think you owe Cosmo an apology… especially for the false accusation…” Rodger sighed angrily and left the tavern, he would probably say but he didn’t want to seem like he obeyed Sprout.

When the magnifying glass left, the priest signaled for Cosmo to follow him outside, the cake followed and noticed that Sprout looked outside the tavern, probably seeing if Rodger had left, but soon the two left and when they were at a distance without anyone, the priest began to have the same walking pace as Cosmo.

“I’m sorry about what happened… Rodger has always been like this… don’t worry…”

“It wasn’t your fault… so it’s okay…”

Then the two remained in an uncomfortable silence until the priest began to speak.

“Winter is coming and I would like to pick some blackberries to make jam and other foods… could you come with me?”

Cosmo was free and wanted to know if everything was okay between him and the priest… since Goob’s questions were echoing in his head.

“Okay… and… before… you said you were looking for me… was that why?”

“Yes and other things…”

Chapter 8 Chapter Text

Cosmo and Sprout were a little away from the village, approaching a field, from which the tiny village could be seen from afar, which made the succubi very suspicious of the priest.

“Be careful where you step, because of the rain the trail is a little slippery-”

“Father, can you tell me what you wanted to talk to me about?”

“When we get there I’ll tell you…”

The succubi began to slow down a little and look around, suspicious of all the possibilities that could happen. The priest would not exorcise Cosmo, as he thinks that the succubus is a common soul. This also rules out the possibility of the priest killing him, as he could have done this several times when they were alone and if anyone found out, Cosmo's body would most likely be forgotten or ignored, as Sprout has a great title in this village and also the priest has shown no intention of killing him.

So… the only alternative is that after that atmosphere that happened in the kitchen… the priest could really want to do something… perverse?

Cosmo, thinking about this, felt his cheeks burn, becoming anxious and nervous. He had never had sex with anyone and had never asked for tips or information in case this happened to him. He also hoped that the priest would repress this feeling.

‘and if I freeze right there, damn… will it be… right here? Or… is there a place where we can stay… am I dressed well!? Will I have to kiss him or go straight to sex?.. I COULD HAVE ASKED GINGER BEFORE LEAVING HELL!!! WHAT NOW!? WHAT IF I HAVE TO CHEERN HIM UP!?.... DOES HE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC TASTE!?-”

“Cosmo… Are you okay?”

Cosmo sees that the priest is very far away from him and by his gaze, he notices that Cosmo seemed very restless and nervous.

“Um…no- I mean yes- I mean.. hm- is it much longer until we get there? My legs are killing me…”

The priest looks at Cosmo for a while and then points to some bushes not far from where they were, he really wanted to pick blackberries with Cosmo.

The succubi died of embarrassment because he thought the priest wanted to do something ‘extraordinary’ with him, but in reality it was just to pick blackberries.

“I tried to plant blackberries near the church, but the sisters at the church had already planted other plants like vegetables and legumes, so there was no room for the fruit.”

The priest chuckled softly and returned to his calm expression. Realizing that Cosmo didn't laugh or react in any way, he handed him the basket and pointed to one of the bushes.

"You can pick the berries from that bush. You know how to pick berries, right?"

"Hmm... more or less..."

Sprout was going to touch Cosmo's shoulder but decided against it. He also seemed to avoid touching the succubi.

“When you pull lightly, the fruit comes out easily, but the color of the blackberry has to be an opaque black, they are always the sweetest!”

“I see… and you? Where is your basket?”

“I didn’t know if you would accept the invitation to pick blackberries with me, so I only took one basket, but since you came, I can use my cape to pick blackberries.”

“Why wouldn’t I accept?”

The priest didn't answer, Cosmo wanted to change the basket so that the priest wouldn't catch a cold, since he is a soul and could get sick with the cold, but before he could do that the priest had gone to another bush, which was a little far from the bush that Sprout had asked Cosmo to stay in.

Cosmo followed the priest and he felt his presence.

“You were supposed to pick from the other bush”

“First I wanted to know why you were looking for me”

“I was asking you to pick blackberries”

“Yes, but you said there was another reason you were looking for me”

“Oh! Yes, right, I'm sorry for anything…”

Cosmo waited a while, not really understanding what he meant by that, the priest seeing that Cosmo was still standing pointed to the bush where he was supposed to pick blackberries.

“You can pick it up there, but if you don’t find anything, you can choose others.”

“Excuse me?”

“Oh, you can pick it up-”

“No, no, you can continue the sentence…”

“I already told you, I’m sorry… I’m asking for your forgiveness.”

“Excuse me? For what? Why did you apologize?”

The priest stopped picking up the berries and looked at Cosmo in confusion, it seemed that the succubi wasn’t the only one confused in this situation.

“Do you remember what happened this week?”

“Hu…. Yes?”

“So…. Forgive me for doing the things I did.”

“For what things!? You… gave me a place to stay, food, a fur blanket-”

“And I also gave you a hickey on your neck in the kitchen and you saw me do unholy things with my body.”

Cosmo swore he wouldn't even talk about it, he was really surprised by this, he didn't expect anything like this from Strawberry.

“Normally the blame would be placed on the Toon and not on the priest… even if it was the priest who did something wrong… when the leader of the nuns came and helped me, it made me think about it… I think it's more correct to take the blame, I'm the one who started it and you didn't do anything wrong, you just reacted-”

“Father Sprout, with all due respect, but do you know that some of this shit that happened was because of me? … the part about you jerking off, at first I was shocked, but I really didn’t even know that was where you slept… in your head no one would come in right?”

The priest looks at Cosmo in silence, he immediately looks confused, the succubi thought he didn't understand and was ready to speak again, but the priest asked... a question.

"Speaking of which, what were you doing behind the church?"

Cosmo freezes, he could have kept quiet and accepted the priest's apology, but it seems that anything he tries to do that is right for everyone, will be ruined.

Now think of a lie…

“Hmm… I thought I saw a demon… I think I had too much to drink that day… I only remember a few things…”

“hmm… I don’t mind Toons drinking, but you know it’s a sin to overdo it on the drink…”

“yes, yes… have you done your Our Fathers for the hickey yet or are you going to do it later?”

Cosmo started laughing a lot, but seeing that the priest wasn't laughing, he tried hard to stop laughing and looked at the priest, who lowered his head to Cosmo.

“Sorry…”

“No problem… sorry for making fun of this too, so… how about we pick together? We'll share the same basket, after all, you'll get sick without your cape!”

“I'm fine like this and I don't want to-”

“yes, I'm comfortable in your presence and no, you're not fine and you're going to get sick like this! Put on that cloak and let's go pick the barries, otherwise it'll get dark!”

The succubi stands near the priest and kneels down, looking at the blackberries that Sprout had asked him to pick and the Sprout’s cloak

The priest remained silent, watching Cosmo pick up his cloak and put it on himself, making the priest blush slightly. They soon began picking blackberries.

“Cosmo… the day after tomorrow there will be a service, it will be about the arrival of winter, I wanted to invite you to come, but you don’t have to come if you don’t want to.”

Cosmo personally hates services, but he feels that the priest still feels guilty for the things that happened and thinks that he has not been forgiven.

“Of course! I’ve never seen you preach… I hope it’s good!”

“They say I’m good at what I do, not to show off, but they also say I look like an angel on the altar…”

Cosmo tries to hold back his laughter, but Sprout had noticed, instead of getting angry or relearning the succubi, he just smiled and continued picking the berries.

Cosmo is happy that the relationship between him and Sprout is good…

The priest held one handle and the succubi held the other handle of the basket, those bushes had a lot of blackberries and both didn't want anything left, the result was good, since the priest had difficulty lifting the basket, needing the succubi's help to lift it.

“I'm glad there were some ripe blackberries, the garden didn't do so well so I think this can make up for it!”

“Some? I think there's plenty hehe”

They both laugh as they walk towards the church, the priest's smile fades when he sees a black soul that looked very similar to the ink to write, Cosmo saw that the priest had stopped and looked at that soul.

“Is there a problem, father? Is it someone you know?”

“Hmm… Cosmo… can you go into the church and see if any of the sisters want help? You can leave the basket here and I can take it to the church.”

Cosmo looked between the priest, the black soul and the basket, feeling a little anxiety and discomfort in his body.

“Okay… if he causes you any problems… let me know…”

“Don’t worry.”

With that said, Cosmo and Sprout dropped the basket near the entrance of the church and Cosmo looked back a little to see the priest and that soul talking, he hopes it's not someone who has problems with Sprout like Rodger.

The succubi entered the church and noticed that the nuns were now very busy tidying up and cleaning the place, he approached a nun who looked like a lampshade, as he was not sure if their leader would be welcoming Cosmo after the soup accident.

“Hi… My name is Cosmo and… Father Sprout asked me to help out…”

The lampshade saw the succubi’s shyness and just smiled and patted him on the shoulder (luckily it wasn’t his injured shoulder)

“Weren’t you the one ringing the bell? It seems the person in charge has returned and is doing much better, thank the Almighty he didn’t catch any serious illness…”

‘Oh… it must be that dark soul…’

Cosmo thought that this meant he had to get out of here after that soul returned to his duty as the bell ringer, he wouldn’t share the tower and be a nuisance to the soul who had probably spent his life ringing that bell.

“But you were great! Thank you for playing while he was sick!...”

‘actually… it was more the priest than me…’

‘And… don’t worry about where you’ll be staying! Blot wouldn’t mind sharing the place.’

Now Cosmo knows the name of that soul, but even if he didn’t mind, Cosmo thinks it’s best not to get too involved, since he’d just be there getting in the way and not helping the church or the priest much-

‘What!?’

This thought hit Cosmo, he was thankful that no demon that knew Cosmo could read his thoughts, he had to focus! He needed to quickly get someone's vitality and he didn't have to get attached to anyone.

“So the priest told you to help us, right? Could you put the things that are in the hallways on the altar?”

“Hmm… yes, of course!”

The nun thanks him and soon joins the other nuns, leaving the succubi alone and he decides to do what he was asked.

Cosmo puts things in place like a large rug, an old bible and one of the necklaces that the priests wear, he thinks it is a crucifix they call it... it is a crucifix, it looked like the one Sprout wore.

He also saw a basin with water and stared at it.

What happened in the tavern still left Cosmo confused, he is sure that demons burn themselves with holy water, but why didn't he burn himself before? It could be that someone sold the wrong water to Rodger, but if that was the case, it had to be someone very close to Rodger for the magnifying glass to buy or receive it.

The succubi thinks about putting just his finger in the water, just to be safe. He looks around to make sure no one comes and sees him do it.

Then he puts his finger in the water and lets out a cry of pain when he feels the water burning his finger.

‘Rodger has to be careful where he gets the holy water.’

Even laughing internally at this, he thanks this salesman who gave him normal water for Rodger, otherwise Father Sprout would not only be humiliated but would also be the first to exorcise Cosmo before Rodger.

“Cosmo? Did something happen?”

Speaking of the priest… he was the one who heard his scream and went to the source of the sound, making Cosmo jump. The succubi held his own hands so the priest wouldn’t see that his finger was burned.

“I accidentally hit the crucifix on my face… I was spinning it with my finger…”

The priest looked at Cosmo, it took him a while to see the ‘crucifix’ anywhere.

“That’s not a crucifix, it’s a rosary”

“It’s the same thing”

“No, the rosary is for you to pray, the crucifix is just a representation of the cross, that said, don’t play with it, it’s not a toy”

“Right… and what did you come here to do? I was doing what the nuns asked”

“I wanted to talk to you about something important”

“Is it about the bell? One of the nuns mentioned it and it’s okay, I can find another place”

“Actually, I wanted to see if you’d like to share the place with the toon in charge of ringing the bell…”

“Oh, no need, I can find another place and I didn’t want to bother them”

“He doesn’t seem to mind sharing the place…you wouldn’t be bothering anyone…if that’s what you’re worried about…”

“No, no, that’s not it…I can find another place…”

“If you can’t, I can find another place here in the church…”

“I…I’ll think about it…I’ll have to talk to some friends of mine first…”

The priest looked a little disappointed, the succubi couldn’t tell if that was really the case or if he still had mixed feelings about politeness and interest.

“Okay…I’ll wait for your answer”

The priest picked up the basin of holy water and took it to the altar. Cosmo felt a tightness in his chest at seeing the priest like that, and then an idea popped into his head.

“Father! Wait, I think… I’ll accept staying here…”

When the priest heard this, he couldn’t help but smile broadly and his eyes sparkled, making the succubi feel his own heart beat faster.

“Really? That’s great-”

“Only if I choose where I’m going to stay… that makes me more comfortable…”

“Oh! That makes sense, it could be anywhere, except the nuns’ room, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t accept the idea of a man sleeping in the same place as the sisters…”

“It wasn’t the place I thought of, so don’t worry… if it’s not too much trouble, I’d like to stay with you…”

Chapter 9 Summary:

WARNING: cosmo masturbate sprout

Chapter Text

Sprout swore she had misheard what Cosmo had asked, it could have been stress or anxiety that the mass would go well and everything would be perfect.

“Sorry, what did you say?”

“Can I sleep with you?”

Sprout was speechless, he knows that nothing will happen if Cosmo sleeps with him, but his head makes him interpret this request VERY differently and in the wrong way…

“I’m sorry, I already told you that you can’t go into the priest’s room, it’s something only for the priest…”

“Why is that? Look, if I were a woman from the village or one of the nuns I would understand…”

“It’s a rule, rules are rules Cosmo”

“But we’re both men”

Sprout realizes that he has no arguments for this now, he had used this argument against Cosmo when he took off his cassock in front of the cake when he offered the priest a massage.

The priest places his palm over his mouth and strains his eyes, wondering if it is a good idea to let Cosmo sleep with him.

He also confesses that Cosmo is right, they are men and there would be nothing malicious to do, even though he is not against homosexual relationships, he thinks that Cosmo would not be interested in doing anything to provoke him, and he also seems quite comfortable with the idea.

“We’re friends too, right? I don’t see any reason for everyone to know where I’m sleeping, and if I told them, I don’t think they’d believe me.”

“Okay, you’re right… you can wait for me at the altar, I’ll have to organize some things with the sisters…”

“Are you going to ask me to marry you so I can wait for you at the altar?”

Unexpectedly the priest laughs and pats Cosmo on the back. He expected the priest to at most reprimand the cake.

When the priest left to tidy up the rest of the church, the succubi was very embarrassed for having said that.

Cosmo waited, sitting at the altar, wondering if it would be a good idea to ask Sprout to sleep. He just wanted to try to say or show that the relationship between him and the priest was good.

"I think this can make him feel good... it's also a great opportunity for us to get to know each other!”

The succubi feels a great joy in his heart, he just expected the priest to cooperate and be honest...

Well... it's already hypocritical to want the priest to be honest when he himself was never honest with Strawberry, only told half-truths... he wonders how his cousin and the other succubi who were sent to Earth are doing, he's sure they're doing much better than Cosmo…

Cosmo watches from afar as the priest approaches, which makes him happy. When he was about to greet the strawberry, he is interrupted by the priest.

“Cosmo, you left this in the kitchen…”

Cosmo looked at the priest's hand and saw that he was holding a sheaf of paper. He was nervous. He knew exactly that it was one of the drafts that Boxten had written. He just didn't know what was written... but the music box had begged him not to show it to anyone in the church.

"D-did you read it?”

“Did you write it?”

“First answer my question!”

The succubi can’t help but feel nervous and embarrassed, Boxten could have written anything and Cosmo doesn’t know if the priest read it all or not…

“I only read a few paragraphs, I didn’t know you wrote… if I can, can I continue reading?”

Cosmo mentally thanks Sprout for not reading everything and for thinking that Cosmo wrote it, at least Boxten wasn't involved.

Before going to sleep, he will read a little of what Boxten wrote...

"Hm... sure... I just need to correct a few things..."

"Great!”

Sprout looks around and takes Cosmo's hand to take him to the priest's room, this makes the succubi blush and his gaze stay focused on his feet, only raising his head when he hears the noise of the bunch of keys that the priest was carrying and then opens the door.

Cosmo takes a good look at the place, the first time he was here he didn't pay much attention to the room... because his vision was paying attention elsewhere…

It wasn't very big but it was more comfortable and cleaner than the bell tower, it had his bed, a table with various papers and inks to write on, a large closet and a bookshelf that Cosmo wouldn't be surprised if all the books were the Holy Bible.

The priest opened the old closet and inside there were several different types of furs and fabrics, some were ordinary clothes besides the cassock that Sprout often wore, this caught Cosmo's attention.

“Wow! You have other clothes.”

“Why the surprise? My cassock is dirty and smelly, I don’t sleep in it either and I don’t wear it all the time.”

“It’s just that I’ve never seen you wearing anything other than your cassock.”

“Well, today you’ll see me without it.”

Cosmo blushes, he knows that wasn’t what the priest meant, but unfortunately his mind wouldn’t let him interpret it any other way…

“By the way, those clothes I lent you on the first day… are you still with them? Oh! And the blanket too?”

“Oh… um… yes… I think… I left them in the tower…”

"Okay, I'll get it for you... you can wait here."

"Thanks..."

Sprout was about to go get the things she lent Cosmo, but before she left, she stopped at the door and looked at the succubi.

"Did you sleep in these clothes or the ones I lent you?"

"With both, is there a problem?"

"Nothing, make yourself at home, just put the things back if you move them.”

Sprout closed the door and let the succubi explore the priest's room. He would have done that for sure, but first he sat on the priest's bed just to quickly read what Boxten had written.

'Who knows what he had written…'

He picked up the papers and began to read.

The protagonist of the story was in a dungeon with the knight and another peasant warned the two about a magic sword that could defeat the dragon…

This peasant didn't seem very important because he left, leaving the protagonist and the knight alone in the dungeon.

'Ok... what's so private? Will there be some very graphic violence?'

Cosmo didn't see anything out of the ordinary, just battles and a lot of blood, he thought that was what Boxten wanted to hide from the church and Finn... they would probably think that Boxten was disturbed or that he was someone violent (which wasn't the case), the succubi knew that Boxten was very pure and innocent-

…

Cosmo read something strange in the story...

The protagonist apparently saw that the knight was injured and decided to find a place to heal his friend... until... they got VERY close and the conversation between them was strange... but that wasn't the thing that Cosmo found strange, in fact, he didn't care about it…

What really bothered him was that after a... 'heated' conversation?... They kiss and the knight pulls the protagonist onto his lap and sees that he and the protagonist members were hard and... And they started to take off their clothes and-

Cosmo stopped reading, he began to feel a strange heat that spread between his face and between his legs.

'WHAT IS BOXTEN WRITE THIS FOR!? AND MORE! THIS COULD BE PUBLISHED AND FATHER SPROUT AND THE CHURCH WOULD SURELY KNOW ABOUT THIS SHIT!’

His words were brought back to his mind when he felt a strange presence behind him… turning around he saw Father Sprout with the sheepskin blankets and an indescribable look… It seemed like a mix of fake disgust and surprise.

“S-SINCE WHEN WERE YOU BEHIND ME!? A-AND YOU READ IT? TO WHICH WAY?”

“I think… you can tell me this tomorrow in the confessional… it’s really late and I need to wake up early tomorrow…”

Cosmo wanted to find a place to hide his face or simply disappear, or better yet! go back in time and make sure this didn’t happen.

“LOOK IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!!! I DIDN’T WRITE THIS”

“So who wrote it?”

Cosmo remained silent, he had the option of reporting Boxten, but he didn't want to do that to him... The priest, seeing that Cosmo had run out of arguments, went to his bed and arranged it so that Cosmo could lie down.

"You can sleep there... I'll make a makeshift bed on the floor for myself."

"NO! I-I can sleep on the floor, I have no problem with that!”

Cosmo tried to forget what happened but the priest's gaze on him made him remember what that idiot Boxten had written and the worst part is that the strawberry thinks it was the succubi who wrote it...

"I'm fine sleeping on the floor... oh! And also..."

Sprout extends his hand almost close to Cosmo's face, he doesn't understand at first, until the priest whispers that he would like the written stack of paper.

Cosmo, completely embarrassed, hands it to the priest... Upon receiving it, he hands Cosmo a type of tunic.

At first, Cosmo thought it was a dress, but seeing some features on the garment, he knew it wasn't and that he had to wear it in order to sleep.

He thanked him and the priest went to the closet again to try to find something to make the makeshift bed while Cosmo got dressed for bed.

The succubi couldn't sleep, the priest probably thought that at the moment he handed over the bundle of paper that Cosmo had fallen into a deep sleep.

But in reality he just closed his eyes, listening to the priest's footsteps making a place on his side of the bed and the succubi started to blush when he heard the priest taking off his clothes and strangely didn't put on anything else.

Either he slept in just his underwear or he slept naked…

Finally he felt the presence of the priest bending down and praying before blowing out the candles near the beds and going to sleep.

Cosmo wanted to see if he had really slept, so he could get rid of the sheaf of paper. Sprout seemed to have read only half of the malicious writing and Cosmo knew there were more pages left to read and who knows what Boxten had written.

Many hours had passed and the priest had probably fallen into a deep sleep. He silently approached the edge of the bed to make sure the priest was asleep. Cosmo glanced over and saw that the priest was frowning and his breathing seemed shallow and heavy.

‘Is he having a nightmare?’

Cosmo can feel a weight on his heart, Sprout must be dreaming something horrible that Cosmo couldn't even imagine.

The best option is to wake him up and comfort him, maybe he can forget about the bundles of paper, but if he doesn't forget that's okay because Cosmo will make him feel better.

Cosmo gets out of bed and kneels down to stand next to the priest, he reaches out to shake the priest's shoulder.

“Father…?”

Cosmo was about to call out again, but Sprout stood up in fright and blushed red, he was also sweating even in this cold.

‘Poor thing, I have to be careful with the words I use-’

Cosmo's gaze drops as he notices the priest's wide eyes and mouth moving silently, moving to his chest, then to his belly and finally to his lower half to see a tent that the priest's hard member was making with the blanket.

The succubi discovered the hard way that the priest was not having a nightmare…

"PRIEST... WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?”

For the first time, Cosmo saw the difference between the blushing priest and the normal priest, and he also saw that he was speechless.

“C-Cosmo… no need to shout… the whole church is asleep…”

Cosmo became indignant and couldn’t stop looking at the mound that had formed.

“Look… when morning comes, I’ll serve my punishment… don’t worry-”

Cosmo didn't know what he was doing but he got close (too close) to Sprout, making the other more embarrassed and not responding, Sprout looks at Cosmo and places his hand on the succubi's cheek, Cosmo couldn't maintain eye contact so he looked anywhere but at the priest.

He knows very well what Sprout was doing with that hand, which was under the covers, but he doesn't seem to have noticed this detail.

The succubi feels a shiver when Sprout lowers the hand that was on his face and places it on his neck, while he approaches his lips on Cosmo's neck and begins to kiss him, this time he didn't bite or lick, he was just kissing.

Sprout puts his free hand on Cosmo's waist and gently pulls he towards him, inviting the succubi to come closer.

Cosmo followed, a little nervously, getting on the priest's lap and resting his head on Sprout's shoulder, the priest continued to kiss the succubi's neck several times while Cosmo placed his hands on the priest's bare chest.

He still feels the other's hard, erect member in front of him, slowly Cosmo brings one of his hands closer to hold the priest's hot member, managing to get a moan from the other.

Sprout grabs Cosmo a little tighter as the succubi begins to stroke his member up and down repeatedly, which begins to throb and get hotter, Sprout's hand that was on Cosmo's waist lets go and holds the hand of the succubi who was masturbating him.

Hot moans hit Cosmo's neck, making him blush and moan Sprout's name alone (not calling him Father Sprout).

The priest blushes and leaves more kisses and starts to give small hickeys on the succubi's neck, making him moan and speed up the movements of the hand that is masturbating the priest, Sprout moans and starts to give stronger hickeys, while Cosmo scratches Sprout's chest, drawing a little blood in the process.

Finally, Sprout climaxes, releasing all of his accumulated load inside him. Cosmo feels Sprout's warm cum covering his hand and the other's.

Sprout stops sucking for a moment and stands still with his face close to succubi’s neck. Cosmo freezes as he starts kissing his injured shoulder.

He doesn't know whether to react or ignore it, the priest will probably forget all about it tomorrow morning (he hopes).

After a few kisses on the wound, Cosmo realizes that Sprout has stopped kissing and soon feels his body pushing him down.

With a groan, Cosmo lies with his back on the priest's makeshift bed and the priest falls asleep on top of him.

At first, Cosmo is speechless, trying to reason what happened and blushing a lot. He looks at Sprout and puts his hand on his shoulder, shaking him slightly.

“Father…”

He didn’t answer…

“Father…!?”

Cosmo starts to shake him harder.

“Sprout!?”

Chapter 10 Chapter Text

Cosmo spends the whole night trying to wake the priest up, he starts to sweat coldly wondering if he accidentally took his vitality.

The demons of lust were taught that to take the vitality of souls would be to have sex with them, but that was not the case, as Cosmo only masturbated the priest and he was greeted with kisses and hickeys on the neck by the priest.

The succubi is still afraid that maybe he didn't hear right or that this was the first case that this happened... of a succubi stealing someone's vitality just by masturbating.

He felt the priest's relaxed breathing on his neck, this relieved him a little, the idea of having taken the priest's vitality was discarded.

He took advantage and put his hands behind the strawberry's back and began to massage calmly, even though the priest was a little sweaty…

As he lowered his hands, Cosmo felt a piece of a band that was wrapped around his back and belly. He deduced that it must have been the head nun who had done this when hot soup fell on the priest's belly.

The succubi felt sorry and guilty for what had happened (even though he knew it wasn't really his fault).

He approached the priest's face, giving him a kiss on the cheek and hugging him. Luckily, Cosmo didn't need a blanket since the priest himself was warm and on top of the succubi, making him slowly close his eyes and sleep.

Cosmo's eyes slowly open and then he strains his eyes with the brightness that dominates the room, after minutes his vision begins to adapt to the light.

Looking around he sees that he was in the priest's bed and sees that Sprout is nowhere to be found.

“I-it was... a dream? A... very... strange dream…”
Cosmo starts to stretch and, when he puts his hands on his neck, he feels that it is all hickey in, not only the hickey that the priest gave him in the kitchen was on his neck, but there are new ones.

“IT WASN'T A DREAM…”

The priest was not in the room and everything seemed organized as if he had never been there.

Looking at the windows he noticed that they were so white that he could not even see what was outside.

again the thought of having stolen the priest's vitality comes back to his mind, making him more anxious, not only that, but the idea that being white outside and the room tidy must be some kind of punishment for having stolen the vitality of someone like Sprout. He stands up shakily and goes to the door that leads out of the church.

Cosmo opens the door and feels a huge wave of cold taking over his entire body, making him hug himself.

He looks around and everything seems white, the plants have disappeared and the trees no longer have their orange leaves and seem drier.

The succubi gets a fright when he feels something warm being placed on his back. Turning around, he finds the priest, who looks terrible…

“Don’t go out like that, you’ll catch a cold-”

“ARE YOU ALIVE!?”

The priest sneezes and wipes his nose with a tissue. He looks at Cosmo with teary eyes.

“Um… yeah?... Well… I have a bit of a cold, but I’m breathing so… yeah, I’m alive, did you have a nightmare about me?”

Cosmo shakes his head in denial and mentally thanks Sprout for being alive and… more or less well, he thinks the priest got too cold when they picked the blackberries and also when they were… VERY comfortable with each other last night.

“Come into the room, you’re not even dressed properly to go out…”

The priest guides Cosmo into the room but this time doesn’t hold his hand and avoids physical contact again.

“I also want to talk to you, and don’t worry, it’s not about the things you wrote, I can let that go anyway…”

And it seems like the conversation is going to be long and very uncomfortable…

Cosmo closes the door and stands face to face with Sprout.

“Do you know what vows are?”

“They’re… like promises?...”

“Yes, and when you make a promise you have to keep it, right?” Cosmo nods, already knowing where this conversation will end…

“Okay, look… like I said yesterday, the blame for certain things that are happening between you and me… doesn’t hold any weight against you, so much so that these things happened with my encouragement…”

“Sprout, I don’t think it was anything serious, whatever you did and-”

Sprout raises his hand to silence Cosmo and after a few seconds he looks at Cosmo with a serious look.

“Call me ‘Father Sprout…’ please…”

This makes Cosmo's heart tighten a lot, he knows that it was not out of malice that the priest demanded that he not be called by name, but that those words hurt the succubi, they hurt a lot…

“Look… you can stay here to sleep and all, but I don’t intend to sleep at the same time as you… I know I said it was okay for ask me to sleep with you… but… you know… I’m afraid I might break my vows… and I don’t intend to do that…”

The succubi feels more horrible than when he thought he had actually stolen the priest’s vitality.

“Father, with all due respect, but what made you want to be a priest?”

Cosmo puts his hand over his mouth and lowers his head, he certainly shouldn’t have said that and even more so! It wasn’t even his business to know about it.

He feels Sprout’s gaze fall on him, after a sneeze the priest doesn’t even touch the succubi but Cosmo feels that he wanted to.

“You are still invited to mass tomorrow, I have no disgust or repulsion towards you, again… I take responsibility for the blame… and you are also excused… if you want to stay here or take a walk around the city that is fine… but I changed your clothes and wrap up warm…”

The priest turns around and leaves the succubi alone and heartbroken.

Cosmo leaves the church and takes a better look at what's outside, just to forget what happened and stop feeling that strange feeling of pain.

He put on the same clothes as yesterday and the fluffy cape that Boxten gave him, he only felt cold on his neck and a little on his body, Cosmo covered himself more with the cape until only his eyes were visible.

The succubi looks around, the souls are cutting down the dry trees and their children are running and playing on the white earth, he only had a few references about the earth, all of them always told by his cousin.

So this type of event that occurs on earth is new for Cosmo…

Something hits the succubi's head, luckily he was wearing a cape, he looked around to try to find the person responsible and saw that it was Finn with his friends Boxten and Shirmpo.

He didn't need to know who could be responsible for throwing something at him... it was obvious that it must have been the shrimp.

“Cosmo! It’s so good to see you!!! This winter is going to be the coldest I’ve ever lived here! Oh, and sorry about the snowball…”

‘Okay… Shirmpo didn’t throw it…’

“It’s okay, Finn…”

Finn and Boxten saw that Cosmo was huddled up tight, covering almost his entire body with his cape.

They approached Cosmo and shared their warmth.

“Cosmo… I don’t think you should have gone out dressed like that”

“I know… I just didn’t realize how cold it was”

The two souls looked at each other confused by the comment, as if Cosmo had never seen winter (which is true)

“ARE YOU A LIVING BEING?! WHO THE HELL THINK SO? THERE ARE NO WINDOWS IN THE TOWER TO SEE THE WEATHER?”

“Shirmpo! You don’t have to talk to our friends like that!”

“He’s not my friend!”

Finn was going to argue but saw Boxten all happy pointing at several wagons, which made the aquarium excited and strangely Shirmpo was also excited, even though he tried to hide it.

“No kidding! I thought they only came in the spring!”

Cosmo was confused and looked at Finn and Boxten who were excitedly carrying Cosmo to the wagon.

“Who are they?”

“The merchants! By the way, maybe they know you-”

Cosmo wanted to stop right now, none of these merchants knew him, meaning his mask could fall…

‘b-but… there are many merchants around the world… not everyone knows each other… right?’

When the four of them reached one of the wagons, Finn went ahead and knocked on one of them to be served, after a few seconds a flower with colorful petals opened the front window of the wagon and displayed all its merchandise… which apparently had everything.

“Good morning everyone! I hope you like what I bring you!”

Boxten and Finn went straight ahead trying to see what they could buy and Shirmpo observed the merchandise from afar to see if there was anything that interested him.

Cosmo, for his part, remained silent and shivered with cold, which was noticed by the flower that smiled at him and caught the succubi's attention.

“Hey, you look cold! Would you like some clothes for this winter, boots or even a scarf?”

Cosmo got even more nervous, he didn’t have any gold at the moment and he wouldn’t steal in front of his friends (except shirmpo).

“N-no I… I’m fine like this…”

“Do you know him? He’s a merchant too!”

Finn speaks genuinely, but the confused expression the flower looks between his two clients makes Cosmo sincerely wonder if he'll stealing Finn's vitality by saying that.

"No, but I'd like to meet..."

Cosmo gets even more nervous, he doesn't know if he's shivering from the cold or from fear of being discovered.

Trying to look at whatever object the flower is selling, he notices footsteps approaching furiously, Cosmo turns and sees Goob next to Rodger. He hears a low laugh coming from the flower.

“DANCIFER! YOU SOLD ME FAKE HOLY WATER!?”

“Let’s take it easy… Who calls me dancifer these days? Hehe… it would be Dandy-”

“THAT DOESN’T TAKE AWAY THE FACT THAT YOU FOOLED ME!”

Cosmo is surprised and terrified, he now knows that it was that flower that sold holy water to Rodger and by the expression the flower gave, he knew very well that the water he sold was not holy water.

Goob was all covered and was huddled, just listening to the fight between his boss and the merchant, but he soon smiled when he saw Cosmo trying to get Goob's attention to stay close to him and his friends.

After this fight stops, he will introduce Goob to Boxten and Finn.

“Trick you? Never, are you sure the water I sold you wasn’t holy water? Do you have proof?”

“A damn pair of demons attacked my group and injured one of my members!”

Rodger points at Goob, which made the fluffy soul look away in embarrassment.

Cosmo got closer and saw that his clothes had a little blood, but it wasn’t visible because of the dark color of the cape he was wearing. “They were probably thieves.”

“Thieves don’t have tails and horns!”

“Your friend also has a tail and he’s not even a demon.”

“HIS TAIL IS NOT EVEN A DEMON’S!”

“Calm down… calm down… hey! How about a discount? I have great deals and new items-”

When the merchant turned to offer one of his wares, he was met with a vial that was thrown at his back with force, but it only broke when it hit the ground.

“IF YOU COME CLOSE TO THE KINGDOM I GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE BURNED, IT WILL NOT BE FATHER ASTRO OR SISTER SHELLY WHO WILL PROTECT YOU!”

The flower did not respond, she only heard Rodger's threat and the sounds of the magnifying glass's footsteps walking away angrily, Goob following him, but before he could leave, Cosmo pulled his hand.

“Goob, I didn't even introduce you to my friends!”

Finn and Boxten looked at each other, feeling uncomfortable with the presence of one of the creature hunters, especially one who was with Rodger.

Shirmpo didn't even care, just seeing the prices and products that caught his attention.

"Finn... Boxten, this is Goob! He... is a friend of mine..."

Goob, previously uncomfortable and thinking about going back to Rodger, was very happy when the Succubi said that he was a friend of his, his short tail was even noticeable ia wagging under his black cape.

Too bad Boxten and Finn don't have the same sense of comfort.

“Oh… well… Hello! Welcome to the group.”

Finn tries his best to sound upbeat and make Goob feel good, but Goob and Cosmo notice his discomfort.

“S-so- Hey… um… Dandy? Do you have any gloves or paint?”

“Oh! Yes yes, just a minute and I'll get it!”

Dandy, even though he seemed cheerful and polite, was still irritated that Rodger had thrown the bottle at him, but he tried to ignore it so as not to scare the customers away.

Rodger had mentioned that Goob had been hurt by two demons, even though he knew he couldn't trust everything the magnifying glass said, Cosmo just wanted to confirm if it was someone he knew.

“Goob! I saw that your clothes are stained, do you want me to buy something for your wounds?”

“N-no, no, it's okay I already took care of the wounds!”

Goob opens the cover showing his neck bandaged and even his chest is bandaged.

“Oh… and what were the demons that attacked you like? If it’s not too personal…”

“Don’t worry, it was scary at first, but luckily one of our members threw real holy water when Rodger realized he had fake holy water…”

“Oh… that’s great…”

“Look… I know you listen to Father Sprout the most… but be careful with a toon who looks like a cookie and has white hair… oh! The holy water was thrown in her eye and it affected her face a bit!” Cosmo’s eyes widen…

it could just be a coincidence… but that description sounds like Ginger… this soul can’t be his cousin…

“Oh! And she was wearing really flashy, shiny clothes, she was pretty too… if I’m not mistaken she was accompanied by a Toon that looked like a golden mirror and had elegant, light pink clothes-”

‘OK! I’M DEAD… WHAT WAS SHE DOING HERE!?!?? AND ESPECIALLY… WHAT WAS SHE DOING WITH GLISTEN??!?!!?’

Cosmo knows that the first thing they will ask is about the amount of vitality he got... but his biggest fear is finding out that he didn't get any vitality and that he had fun with a priest without anything in return…

Goob noticed that Cosmo was probably shivering because of the cold and was worried, just like Finn and Boxten, who asked Cosmo if he was okay and if he didn't want them to pay for something to keep him warm.

“Don't worry about me, I have some clothes that Father Sprout lent me.”

“Father Sprout?”

Everyone looked at the merchant (even Shirmpo) when the priest’s name was mentioned. Sprout was only known by the villagers, rarely did anyone from outside know him, only if they were some soul who had visited the village before.

“Do you know him?”

“Yes, we were friends.”

Cosmo’s mind went back to the moment he was massaging the priest and he talked about two friends he had in a distant kingdom, also that they were altar boys at the church.

“You were an altar boy in a distant kingdom? Along with another Toon, right?”

Cosmo’s friends (minus Shirmpo) looked confused at Cosmo’s comment… The flower’s eyes just shone and his smile widened.

“Are you someone special to the priest… for you know about this?”

Cosmo swallowed hard, it was probably something the priest didn’t tell the villagers or anyone in general.

“F-friend… and I’m doing the church a favor… I used to ring the bell…”

The flower nodded and smiled, just looking at Cosmo with interest.

“O-oh! That’s right, B-blot got better! And now where are you going to stay!?”

“No problem! He’s staying at our house!”

“NO FUCKING WAY I’M SHARE MY BED WITH THIS CAKE!”

a fight broke out between the three friends who lived together, Goob approached Cosmo and shared his cloak with him to warm the succubi up a bit.

“I wanted to invite you to sleep in the cabin where the hunters and I are staying, but… tomorrow we’ll have to leave on the priest’s orders…”

“Oh… Goob is very kind of you but-”

“He’s a merchant, right? There are other wagons that came with me from what you can see, so if he feels comfortable he can stay with us…”

Cosmo felt very uncomfortable when he was invited by a stranger to stay with him.

On one hand, it would be easier to get vitality from them… but on the other hand… he doesn’t even know what this flower’s intentions are… he will definitely refuse.

“It makes sense! Cosmo might even find the group of merchants who were with him!”

‘Oh Finn… don’t make me want to take your vitality like that…’

The bad thing is that Cosmo’s friends agreed with the idea.

“Look… thanks for the invitation… but I’m sharing the tower with Blot…”

“Really? What a shame… I’d love to show you the whole group”

“Hehe… maybe next time…”

In the end, the only one who bought anything was Boxten, who needed ink to write. Goob wanted to buy it, but since that flower had fooled his boss, he refused to buy anything. They were leaving when Cosmo felt a large hand holding his arm.

Cosmo met the merchant’s gaze, who handed him a bundle of warm clothes.

“On the house… by the way! Can you tell Sprout to come over later? I’d like to see how he’s doing after years of not seeing him…”

Cosmo holds up what the flower handed him, it was a shirt with warm pants, along with a pair of well-shined boots with wool inside, he gives Dandy a crooked smile.

“Thanks… I’ll send it to him by message…”

“Oh! I forgot!”

Dandy approaches Cosmo and gives him a scarf, wrapping it around Cosmo's neck. He then approaches the succubi and speaks softly.

"Don't leave the marks on display, they can give more interpretations to you and the church, if you know what I mean…”

Cosmo blushes, nodding in gratitude to the flower and walks quickly to his friends, deeply thanking them for not listening and deeply asking that the merchant not know who is responsible for the marks on his neck.

Now he has to watch out not only for the hickeys, but also for Ginger and Glisten, who are probably looking for Cosmo…

Chapter 11 Chapter Text

The priest was in his room, still suffering from the flu, trying to plan how he could solve the lack of vegetables.

He thought that the fruits he had picked would solve this problem, but apparently there was still a lack of food for the other toons in the village, this will be a big problem…

Sprout couldn't think straight, he could only think of what he wanted to say to Cosmo before dropping that 'I want distance from you to keep my damn vows' bomb without warning on the cake after Cosmo masturbated him and in return Cosmo received kisses and hickeys.

He wanted to ask if he was okay, if he was cold last night, try to find him some warmer clothes (maybe lend him a scarf or gloves) and mainly ask what happened to his shoulder.

That wound looked infected and needed help to get better. Sprout was already sick and didn't want Cosmo to get sick too.

Another thought that went through his head was: what made him want to be a priest?

He had the answer, he didn't want to be, he just didn't have a choice…

Sprout had been welcomed by the church and there they expected him to return the favor. There was a time when he wanted to rebel along with one of his friends, what stopped him from doing so was the nun who had taken care of him since the day he had arrived.

Only later, when he was older, did he discover that she was his mother and that he was only given to the church to pay for the sins she committed by breaking her vows of chastity.

But if it was optional for him to be something other than a priest... What could he be?

A knock on the door brought Sprout back to reality. He straightened up and clean his runny nose so he could get up and open the door..

Again he sees the Toon who is incredibly invading all his thoughts, Cosmo was dressed differently too… he would slap himself for not having given Cosmo something to wear this winter… but it doesn't seem like something any Toon in this village would sell…

“Good afternoon Cosmo…”

Sprout sneezes hard, luckily he puts his arm in front of his mouth so as not to sneeze in Cosmo's face.

“Cheers… huh… Father… there’s someone who wants to talk to you when he can.” Sprout frowns and blows his nose, it wasn’t even time to open the confessional and there hadn’t been anything unusual during the day… it’s probably a Toon who’s in really serious trouble or… Rodger…

“Who could it be? Is it something serious?”

“Hum… I think it’s a friend of yours… at least that’s what he said…”

Sprout got even more confused, it was impossible for someone (especially one of his friends) to be here, they were all either priests or nuns… either way, it could have been a mistake and this Toon thought Sprout was another Toon.

“Okay… where is he?”

“He’s in a wagon at the entrance to the village.”

Sprout waves goodbye to Cosmo, he’s sure now that it might have been a mistake.

“So it was true? You’re the priest of this village? How nice! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you-”

‘Dandy… of so many Toons… Dandy…’

The priest can’t tell if he’s happy to have met an old friend of his, scared that there’s a chance that other members of his old church are looking for him… or uncomfortable because this flower caused a lot of trouble when they were both young.

“What are you doing here?-”

A loud sneeze interrupts the conversation and Dandy makes a face of disgust.

“You look terrible!”

“That doesn’t answer my question…”

“What a friendly way to greet an old friend of yours… but I understand that besides you being sick, the life of a priest is not easy, even Astro gets tired of so many responsibilities…”

“Astro became a priest?”

“Yes, why the surprise? His parents were very well regarded and loved by the kingdom and it would be foolish if the priest didn’t give him his place… oh… hum… but anyway! Don’t you want to come in and have some coffee or tea for that cold?””

Sprout knew that Dandy didn't finish his sentence because he knew everything that happened before he fled that place, first the death of his father, second the death at the stake of his mother and finally the fiasco that was him doing his first mass, since everyone knew that Sprout was the son of one of the nuns.

“I have things to do… I’m also going to buy some medicine for my flu and tomorrow there’s going to be mass… I need to organize-”

“You’re going to give mass!?!? What time is the mass?”

“Dandy… first of all… weren’t you supposed to be a priest? I think they wanted you to take over the priest’s place before Astro…”

Dandy just gave a big smile and that smile Sprout knew very well, it wasn’t a good sign.

“So how about getting in the wagon? I’ll show you a few things and tell you what happened to our friends when you abandoned us without warning…”

Sprout sighed, even though he knew he had a lot of things to do, he was curious if there was no one behind him and how his friends were doing after years of not seeing them.

Dandy opened the door of the wagon and let the priest climb in. If he had to describe the inside of the wagon, Sprout would describe it as chaos and a perfect description of hell.

“You can sit down! And don’t mind the mess.”

“I didn’t even notice…”

The priest sat down at a small table and was greeted with cakes and a cup of tea.

“You still like sweets, don’t you?”

“Yes… now can you tell me what you’re doing outside the church?”

“Sprout, Sprout… it makes me sad when you talk like you never knew me… you knew I hated that place… so many rules, obligations and not getting anything from the faithful…”

“Please Dandy… this is greed…”

“Anyway… when you left it gave me a chance to leave too and now I’m living the life I always wanted! I’m getting paid, I travel the world outside the church and I have a lot of sex-”

“Yes, yes… I didn’t need to know the last part…”

“And you?... How’s life?”

“When I left I got to know this village… it took a few days until I discovered this place… I was welcomed by the local priest, who was able to have much more empathy than the priests in the kingdom and when he died I took over, everyone likes me and I like it when I help them… by the way… how are Astro, Shelly and even Vee?”

“Vee followed suit when I left the church too, but no wonder she was worse than me inside the church! Now she’s probably doing one of her tavern gigs.”

“Don’t even get me started… and Astro and Shelly.”

“They both followed the church, Shelly is a nun and lives in the same church as Astro and, as I said, Astro is now a priest and well-regarded by everyone… he is sometimes accused of being ‘too pious’. I invited him to run away with me but he refused, he said that I shouldn’t get involved and that he was fine…”

Dandy was drinking tea with a somewhat disappointed look and took a big bite of one of the cakes, which made his mood happy again.

“Ah! And it looks like you haven’t been alone this whole time, right?”

Sprout looked at the flower in confusion, which made the merchant’s smile widen.

“There was a Toon who said he was your friend… he was a very cute little cupcake, by the way!”

Sprout didn’t like the nickname Dandy gave Cosmo, he knows it was out of spite and that the flower is probably interested in that Toon

“Yes, and what’s wrong?”

“Hey, you don’t have to say it like that, I didn’t know you were jealous of the faithful…”

“Jealousy is a sin, I just don’t like the way you’re describing a Toon… I know you, Dandy”

“You sound like Astro now… but what’s wrong? I heard he’s a merchant and I’d like to get to know him better… is that a sin too?”

“No, but I’m pretty sure you just want to sleep with him and then forget his name the next day”

Dandy laughed heartily, looking like he was enjoying making the priest angry, he placed one of his hands on his cheek while the priest took some more tea to calm himself down.

“And since when did I say I wanted to do this with him? You know I’m not the type to enjoy sleeping with other men-”

Dandy stops for a moment and stares deeply at Sprout, starting to connect the dots. Then, he bursts out laughing loudly, startling the priest.

“Don’t tell me you like men! From what I know, a priest shouldn’t have those kinds of thoughts… especially with someone who is the same gender as you!”

Sprout was blushing, trying his best to keep his composure and sound disinterested, but even if he tried, Dandy already knew what was going on between Sprout and Cosmo.

“I have my vows and I keep them… unlike you who takes the first opportunity to break them!”

“And who’s the idiot wearing a cassock? Me or you? Because from what I know, only priests wear that and fulfill their vows.”

Sprout stood up irritably.

“Hey, hey, calm down… it’s just a joke, anyway, I just want to meet the Toons that are close to my friends… you know… inconvenient people can get in your way and you didn’t even know it…”

Sprout raised an eyebrow as she sipped her tea.

“Remember Rodger? That tiny magnifying glass that was bothering you? So… I had bumped into him a few days ago and… hehe… I was still a holy image to him… so… I sold him some of my products… like… holy water…”

Sprout stopped drinking and glared at Dandy.

“I can’t believe you’re falsely selling holy materials and lying about it!”

“Oh… Sprout… come on… it was Rodger!”

“Regardless, if you had this, it means you have more of these products and you probably sold them to everyone!”

Dandy rolls his eyes, not liking the conversation now.

“You know none of these Toons are any good… all the ones who claim to be saints are more rotten than me and Vee combined!”

“Are you calling me rotten?”

“No, but since you’re bringing it up… I don’t know if liking men while being a priest counts.”

“For your information, I’ve never touched a man in my entire life!”

“Then I tell you to be careful with that cupcake that arrived with hickeys all over its neck-”

Sprout puts her empty cup back on the table with force, making Dandy’s full attention return to the priest

“Dandy… I’d like you to leave the village…”

“That’s no way to treat a friend…”

“You’re selling things that could put everyone’s lives at risk! There’s a succubi loose in the village… I don’t know if you know…”

“Actually, I know there are two demons from what Rodger said…”

Sprout sighs irritably, it wasn’t enough to have one succubi, now there could be two or more demons in the village.

“Anyway… you’re selling this and deceiving everyone… I’d like you to leave the village…”

“Calm down! I also sell sacred materials that are real! I only sold the fake ones to Rodger, so enough drama!”

Sprout gets up and heads towards the exit, already getting irritated and just wanting to go to Poppy to get some medicine for his cold.

“By the way, if I leave… we need to tell that your friend that we’re leaving, especially since he’s also a merchant and we can see where his group is…”

Sprout feels Dandy's smile getting bigger and bigger and he feels like he has no way out. Even though he really wants to have some distance from Cosmo to keep his vows, he wants to feel his presence at the same time.

"If anyone gets hurt, it will be your fault and you will be punished!"

"I understand.”

Cosmo was in the square counting the gold he had stolen and for the first time feeling bad about it, he put it in his head that it was probably the cold and not because he was thinking about how this would disappoint Sprout.

'damn... I lost count!’

He leans against the statue of the village's patron saint and looks at the sky.

Cosmo thinks about Dandy's proposal, which seemed good enough to give him a lot of vitality, but he wants to be closer to the priest like last night.

And from the strawberry's words, there will never be a second time...

It wasn't about wanting to masturbate the priest or have sex with him, but he just wants to share the same bed and maybe kiss Sprout.

Sometimes he doesn't even understand why he was born a demon of lust if he's not even good at that.

Someone approaches him, he lowers his gaze to find a soul with white hair and orange skin... his world seems to fall apart when he sees it... not only that, but all the gold that was in his lap falls to the floor making a mess.

"Cosmo? It’s you?”

He is taken out of the statue and is greeted with a tight and happy hug. “Cosmo! Wow, so this is where you were sent? This Village is so cute, I won’t lie! But you can’t imagine how happy and anxious I am to see you right now-”

His ears went deaf, he didn't want to hear anything, he wanted to leave this place and disappear, he met his cousin again and he is sure that the plan to hide until he makes sure she leaves the village has been ruined…

“So! How are you? Are you eating well?”

The cookie succubi looks down and sees the gold that Cosmo was counting and becomes very happy and proud.

“You stole it and didn’t get caught? That’s great! Come on, let me help you collect it.”

She crouched down and started picking up the coins. Cosmo did the same thing, but he was shaking and his eyes were glued shut. There was no way out…

“Hey, I’m your cousin, don’t be nervous!”

“G-ginger… no, no… I’m not nervous, it’s just that it’s so cold.”

“Oh… that’s true… but I don’t think cold weather clothes are attractive enough to steal vitality… but you look really cute wearing them, so I think it might draw a little attention.”

Cosmo swallows hard.

“By the way… how much vitality did you get?… not wanting to pressure you, of course…”

Chapter 12 Notes:

WARNING: Masturbation with imaginary sex

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Cosmo kept his head down and looked at the ground, looking even more anxious.

‘What am I going to say!? Should I lie even though Ginger is the demon I trust the most? Should I tell the truth!? No… ah!!!’

A hand rested on his shoulder, Cosmo looked up and saw his cousin smiling and trying to reassure him.

“Don’t worry, it hasn’t even been three months… and everyone has their own rhythm of stealing vitality… don’t be nervous, it’s your first time anyway!”

With these words Cosmo feels calmer but he doesn't guarantee that these words will be said in the same way when Ginger finds out where Cosmo was and WHO he was WITH during the week he was on Earth…

He looks at his cousin and sees that her bangs were covering one side of her face. Cosmo was shocked when he remembered what Goob had told him, about one of the members having thrown holy water...

His hand went to his cousin's hair to see the wound, she noticed and moved away scared.

“What are you doing?”

“You hurt yourself, right? You don’t like your hair blocking your vision!”

Ginger moves away from Cosmo a little and looks around.

“It’s nothing to worry about… B-but tell me! What were you doing all this time on Earth, just out of curiosity! Do you even have a place to sleep?”

His cousin puts the coins in his hand, even though Cosmo is worried about his cousin's face, he is now worried about what he will say.

'Shit... I'm not going to say that I was spending the night in church and flirting with a priest…’

Cosmo thought about lying about it, saying that he was planning to steal the priest's vitality, but he would probably be charged in the future and his plans didn't involve stealing Sprout's vitality.

Then a light came to his mind!

“I am with a group of merchants, I lied that I was one of them and that I got lost on the way… since when I got here it wouldn’t stop raining… it’s easy to convince them that I got lost at that time… I’m trying to gain their trust to steal their vitality”

Ginger sighed, delighted and happy that her cousin was progressing (slowly) and was trying hard to get some good results.

“Wow!!! That’s amazing Cosmo! I just want to see Glisten’s face when he finds out about this!”

“Oh… cool… and… where are you guys staying?...”

“Don’t worry, Glisten and I are just passing through, so we don’t need a place to sleep or stay!”

“Okay… and how many days are you guys staying here?”

“About five days, just to make sure everything is okay.”

‘Cool… I only have five days to wrap them up and make sure they don’t get close to any important souls.’

“Well… I better not get in your way! It’s getting dark and I better go find Glisten, good luck!”

Cosmo waves at Ginger as she walks away, he sighs and puts the gold back in the bag.

“What a day… I better tell the priest I’ll have to sleep somewhere else… at least he won’t have to depend on me to get a proper night’s sleep…”

Sprout was saying goodbye to Poppy and he was carrying some medicine, according to Poppy he will be better in a week or less.

The priest hopes it will be as soon as possible, so as not to ruin the mass with him with the flu.

And he also hopes that Dandy isn't there at the mass... even though he is his friend, he doesn't like how he described and saw Cosmo.

‘No, it’s not jealousy… Cosmo can relate to anyone… with Finn, Boxten even I could tolerate if he had something with that creature hunter… but Dandy is out of the question’

From afar he looks at Cosmo and it looks like he's sitting on the church steps, Sprout doesn't want to be naive but he thinks Cosmo is waiting for him, maybe to have a meal with him before bed (even though it seems too early for that)

Confident steps go up the stairs and their eyes meet.

'Just don't touch him, treat him like any other Toon villager or church member...'

"Hello Cosmo! What are you doing out here? Don't sit there, it's too cold-"

"Don't worry... I just wanted to tell you that I found a place to stay, so you don't have to worry about my bedtime and yours"

Sprout's heart seems to stop in an instant when he heard this, three questions remain in her mind.

Where will Cosmo stay?

Did those things he said this morning hurt Cosmo?

And the main one

Isn't Cosmo going to visit or attend church?

Seeing Toon, he knew that Cosmo didn't like the church's doctrine at all and was only doing something to return the favor of being welcomed…

He would feel horrible if Cosmo was doing all this out of fear that Sprout would leave him on the street if he didn't ring the bell or follow the church's doctrine…

“Right… hum… right…”

“Don’t get me wrong, Father, I appreciate everything you’ve done for me, but I don’t want to get in the way of your life and your routine.”

‘No… you’re not getting in the way of my life…’

“And also to keep your vows…”

These were painful words that were true, Sprout wants to keep his vows… he himself told Cosmo about it… Cosmo leaving the church will be good for him… but the priest still feels a strong pain in his chest…

“Yes… I appreciate your understanding… are you going to stay at one of your friends’ houses?”

“Um… actually, you know that group of merchants?...”

“Oh… did you find your family?”

“What!? No, no…. I-I just thought it would be a good idea to stay there and try to find out… where they are…”

“Okay… be careful, if you don’t feel well there you can go into the church, it’s always open and you can talk to Blot or one of the sisters, if they’re available… okay?”

Sprout wanted to be the Toon Cosmo could go to when he felt uncomfortable or wanted to change his mind about spending the night with those merchants… he deeply hopes Dandy doesn’t scare him or say something stupid…

“Okay… then have a good night, Father!”

“Thank you… I’ll see you at mass… it’ll start when the bell rings seven times after noon!”

Sprout says this with the hope of seeing him a few more times, even if rarely…

“nice…bye…”

Cosmo says and waves goodbye to the priest.

The succubi looks at the wagon and knocks on the window, to be greeted by the flower who, despite being sleepy, was smiling.

“Oh! Weren’t you the Toon who came this morning?”

“Yes… I thought it would be better to stay here…”

“Did something happen?”

“No… it was nothing, I just thought it would be easier to stay here to find my family… you know?”

‘and to convince Ginger that the lie is true…’

“That’s great! Come in, you’ll catch a cold staying out here…”

Cosmo enters the wagon and notices a huge mess, several items and trinkets thrown everywhere.

“Don’t mind the mess… besides! I’m used to waking up early-”

‘every soul has a habit of waking up early, apparently…’

“But… I can stay up later, I have to find a place for you… I don’t want Sprout to think I’m treating you badly…”

Cosmo gets a little nervous and embarrassed, wondering what that strawberry and that flower talked about when he told them about Dandy's arrival.

“But anyway… I have a great place for you… while I organize it you can tell me a few things…”

Swallowing hard, the succubi stares and analyzes Dandy, picking up several things, including pillows, blanket and-

‘Oh shit! I forgot my stuff at the church.’

“Um… Dandy… I have to go back to the church, I left my stuff there…”

“Stuff? What kind of stuff?”

Cosmo remained silent, thinking that if he took the things he got from the priest, it would raise one or two suspicions about what they had been up to during these days, and Cosmo didn’t want to ruin the priest’s image.

“Um… things… you know… merchant things…”

“Look, I’ll be honest with you… I have questions… but if you want to know anything about anything… like… I don’t know… things that Sprout most likely won’t tell you… I want something in return…”

The succubi cringes at the malicious look the flower gave him, he knows it wouldn’t be something related to having sex… even if Dandy is a soul that Cosmo could steal the vitality from without any problems, the problem is that Cosmo is very nervous and still has the priest on his mind.

“Well… let’s get started! First, I… since when have you and Sprout known each other?”

“… A few… days ago… I think maybe… less than a week?”

“Okay… well… what do you want to know? I know a lot of things… but I believe you want to know more about the priest, right?”

Dandy was arranging a place for Cosmo to sleep while Cosmo was thinking if it was a good idea to meddle in Sprout’s life like this… but considering that he is Sprout’s friend and that Sprout has never told him anything…

“What was the priest’s life like before he came here?”

The flower turns and looks at the cake, he wasn’t smiling and this made Cosmo feel intimidated and scared, which was soon noticed by Dandy.

“I don’t think you’re good enough friends to know about this kind of thing…”

“If we weren’t friends I wouldn’t know you were an altar boy! And I also know that… from what you seem to show… you were one of Sprout’s friends who didn’t respect the church very much… there was another Toon who was as holy as Sprout… or even more so…”

The flower tries to hold back a laugh but fails

“Hehe… is that what Sprout said about me?”

“Yeah…?”

“Don’t get me wrong… but I don’t know if it’s something I can tell you… it’s something very intimate and a sensitive subject for Sprout… well… I can tell you if you answer some of my other questions…”

Cosmo is silent for a minute before nodding.

“Right… you’re friends with Sprout… but you hang out with a creature hunter who works for Rodger… I clearly heard you say you guys are…. Friends…”

“Goob is not like Rodger for your information! And you’re acting like Rodger… judging without knowing!”

Dandy stops making a bed for Cosmo and stares at him… making the succubi want to leave that place more and more…

“Right… and those hickeys… who gave them?”

Cosmo holds his scarf tightly and blushes, he wasn’t going to tell who was really responsible, but that would mean he wouldn’t get his answers…

“Why do you want to know that?”

“Why do you want to know about Sprout’s life?”

Dandy had a good point, it was something intimate for something intimate… well… he could tell half-truths…

“It was a friend of mine”

“Who?”

“I already told you, now tell me about the priest”

The flower, even smiling, seemed quite irritated, which scared Cosmo a lot, but after Dandy sighed he returned with his happy smile.

“Well… he was born from a forbidden relationship”

“What does that mean? His father is an exorcist… and his mother? What was she?”

“I think it’s a good opportunity to tell me about your friend who keeps sucking you off”

“Seriously, why do you want to know so much about who’s flirting with me?”

Dandy remained silent and looked around.

“First, have you told anyone else that Sprout has a father?”

“I thought the village knew… but no…”

“I’ll tell you about his mother and you tell me who did this to you… and I hope you tell me the truth…”

Cosmo rolled his eyes but thought about it… depending on the weight of the truth he MAYBE… he’ll tell Dandy it was the priest… but MAYBE…

“right…”

“his mother was one of the nuns from the old church-”

“WHAT!? BUT NUNS-”

Dandy quickly covers Cosmo’s mouth and the succubi feels the pressure the flower was exerting and feels the threatening look he was giving.

“If you tell anyone… they probably won’t believe you… but if you tell your friends, including that creature hunter…”

Dandy lets go of Cosmo and walks away, returning to his usual posture and pretending as if he never threatened Cosmo.

“If you care so much about Sprout, you better not tell him, I told you because you’re his friend just like me…”

Cosmo feels very uncomfortable with the merchant, he only thinks about getting out of the cart and going back to the priest's arms... but then he remembers that he has to stay with other merchants so as not to raise suspicions.

“Who gave you the hickey?”

The succubi was startled, he looked again at the flower that had its arms crossed and was losing patience. He could tell him that it was the priest...

but even so he wanted the image of someone pure and without breaking his vows to remain in Sprout. So he decided to give the fault one of his friends... and let this not be told to them…

‘ok… Goob seems too silly to do that… Boxten is too shy… Finn? Well… he might not seem like he’s capable of leaving several hickeys on me-’

The only soul who would be capable of doing that… is…

“You know that shrimp that was with me, the creature hunter and two other toons?”

“Him!?”

Dandy looked with a face that was a mixture of pity and disgust… I guess just like Cosmo, Shirmpo didn’t give a good image to anyone, just Boxten and Finn.

‘at least he believed it’

“Is there a problem?”

“Please… does Sprout know about this?”

“It’s like you said, I wouldn’t want this to get around too…”

“Okay… but… value yourself a little… i’m not going to intrude… but he seems to hate you…”

Cosmo agrees and Dandy gets out of the wagon with Cosmo’s bed already made.

“Have a good night…”

Cosmo sees that the wagon is very dark and a little cold… nothing compared to how comfortable it was last night, now besides the fear he has for the flower he is afraid of the darkness of that wagon, but anyway, he settles down hugging a pillow and trying to close his eyes.

He misses Sprout’s warmth…

Sprout was sitting on the edge of the bed taking the medicine Poppy had made for him, it tasted horrible, but if it meant getting better and not sick he was willing to do it.

After taking the medicine he took off his cassock and soon went under the covers, he was still a little upset that Cosmo hadn't stayed at the church (even though he knew that it was the best for him and that it was his idea for Cosmo to stay away from him).

He’s also more upset that Cosmo didn’t get the things the priest gave him as gifts.

‘Did he hate them or find something better? Or maybe he forgot and didn’t want to bother me?’

He wanted to feel Cosmo's breath hitting his hair again, him hugging him... and also the kiss on the cheek that Cosmo gave him last night, he was awake but was too tired to respond... (he wanted to apologize to Cosmo) after Cosmo gave up on calling Sprout, he kissed and hugged him, not to mention that he massaged his back.

He wanted to feel it again, Sprout hugged himself and tried to replicate the massage Cosmo was giving him yesterday…

Even though it wasn't the same thing, it was something that comforted the priest.

Suddenly an idea crossed the priest's mind…

Sprout started blushing a lot and he denied with all his strength that he had in mind, it was something repulsive, not only that, something disgusting and that went against his principles.

Before Sprout could solve the village’s food problems, he had out of curiosity picked up the bundle of papers that Cosmo had written on…

Again, he was just curious…

He was surprised by his writing, there were some things that he couldn't quite swallow and certain positions that the characters took that he didn't believe Cosmo liked that kind of thing, but the other pages were even... good in a way, Things that if he weren't a priest he would definitely do... lighter things to be more exact.

When Sprout was younger, he and Astro wondered about a passage in the Bible about masturbation. Neither of them knew the meaning of the word and didn't have the courage to tell the priest about it for fear of being punished.

So the only alternative (and the worst of all) was to ask Dandy, since he seemed to know more about the subject…

The two regretted wanting to know the meaning when the flower spoke in detail about what it means to masturbate, he doesn't know if Astro was more curious to try it, but when he was completely alone he decided to see if it was good, since he couldn't do most of the temptations in the world like drinking or having sex…

And also that he wouldn't be having sex with another toon... he was just letting himself go a little... so it wouldn't be a broken vow, right?

After that day he discovered a way to be able to bypass the vow of chastity with this.

When Sprout did this, he didn't think about many things and had no knowledge about what happened during sex and if other toons' bodies are like his... well... he just thinks that Dandy has the same parts so he can masturbate, since he was the one who explained how it worked…

But he still feels dirty for trying to create a false scenario in his head where he and Cosmo have something... but in fact, Cosmo wouldn't even know and also if it weren't for him talking a lot of shit to that Toon to really get him to distance himself from the priest... maybe he thinks they could have something... but what would it cost to imagine... right?

Sprout starts to take off his underwear, he is now naked under the covers and before he takes the medicine he makes sure that the door leading into the church and the door leading outside are locked.

The priest lies on his stomach and lifts his butt, placing his face on the pillow and holding his shaft with one hand.

‘so… What would Cosmo be like in the act?’

From Sprout’s analysis, Cosmo had the attitude to flirt… but he would hesitate when he got too far…

‘Maybe he’s a little shy or maybe he’s very insecure about this subject…’

Sprout imagined him and Cosmo lying on his bed, both naked.

The priest had never seen Cosmo naked, but he imagined what it might be like because of the clothes that were a little tight to his body that he wore in the fall. The strawberry gave Cosmo several kisses on his face and neck, even finding the hickey marks that he had given her last night.

“You’re beautiful, you know that?... I love you very much…”

"S-sprout... calm down! Let's go slowly!”

Sprout continued to praise Cosmo and the cake was embarrassed, cringing over and over again, but the priest tried to change position to make Cosmo more comfortable and for Sprout to have permission to touch more.

The priest began to slightly raise and lower his hand on his member, already hard from the scene he was imagining.

Back in the imaginary scenario, Cosmo moaned and gave quick and soft kisses on the strawberry's mouth while moaning only his name like the night before.

“Sprout… I love you so much..”

The priest blushed deeply as he imagined this.

According to the sheet of paper that Cosmo had written, one of the characters had to put his member in the other’s anus and move it back and forth inside him…

When Sprout read this, he thought it would be impossible or painful for that to happen, but since Cosmo seems to have more experience than him, then it's better not to question what Cosmo had written.

Sprout imagined Cosmo taking his member and starting to stroke it, while they kissed deeply, this made the movements that the priest was making on his penis faster as the image of Cosmo guiding Sprout's member to his anus so he could penetrate dominated his mind.

He started to drool and cry as he imagined Cosmo moaning his name louder and hugging Sprout's body tightly. It didn't take long for him to cum and start breathing heavily…

He collapses onto the bed, trying to keep his breathing normal and grab some clean wipes he had on the dresser next to his bed, they were also the same ones he cleaned himself and Cosmo with last night.

He feels very dirty and wrong for doing this.

‘Is it a sin for me to do this and enjoy it?...’

He looks at the ceiling and thinks that he will have to wake up earlier so he can pray for what he did…

Notes:

I'm still a little upset about having deleted the entire fic... but that won't discourage me from finishing this fic! So see you in the next chapter!!!!

Chapter 13 Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Cosmo wakes up to the cold and the light that the holes in the wagon made.

‘What a horrible night…’

Of all the nights he spent on Earth, this was definitely the worst of them all. He would rather spend every night in the bell tower, at least there were no holes, it was warm and it wasn’t dark.

Cosmo stretches and hugs himself as he feels a great wave of cold…

‘I miss Sprout so much…’

Thinking about it, he notices that it’s still morning and Sprout is probably praying and Ginger is probably still sleeping, it would be a good opportunity to say good morning to the priest and see how he was.

‘A visit won’t hurt anyone, right?’

Entering the church, Cosmo saw the priest sitting in the first row near the altar, praying as usual.

The succubi approached and touched the priest's shoulder, startling both the priest and himself.

Cosmo notices that Sprout has dark circles under his eyes and his eyes are very tired, but you can still see the look of shock on his face.

“Cosmo!?”

“Father!? What happened to you? I knew you prayed early, but not to the point where you have dark circles under your eyes!”

Sprout looks away and coughs, still looking like he has the flu. Cosmo wonders if he is refusing to take some medicine or if the medicine he is taking is making his health worse…

“I had a nightmare and I couldn’t sleep properly…”

“Now are you going to tell me that having a nightmare is a sin?”

The priest chuckles a little and gives Cosmo a little push.

"No, it's not... I just thought it would be good to pray earlier..."

"Apparently, it didn't help you much... and speaking of which... are you taking any medicine? It seems like your situation has gotten worse..."

"Yes... I'm taking it and don't worry, I just prayed too early..."

"Okay... so... how's the mass going to be? Have you planned what you're going to say?"

Sprout wipes her runny nose, but the priest still doesn't look at Cosmo, which makes the succubus quite sad.

"Yes, but I don't want to spoil it by telling you... hehe... but like I told you, it's going to be the beginning of winter and... welcoming the merchants…”

Cosmo felt a certain contempt coming from the strawberry when he mentioned the merchants… he wonders if Dandy and Sprout were really friends and if Dandy lied to him about Sprout's mother being a nun…

“Father… are you friends with that merchant I told you about yesterday?...”

“Unfortunately…”

“But… aren't you happy to see an old friend? Didn't you miss him?”

Sprout laughs.

“Yeah… I don't hate him, he's my friend… he's just still a pain in the ass…”

“What do you mean by that!?”

Before the priest could answer, the two heard someone approaching the church door…

Sprout saw that it was a woman Toon, she looked very scared and looked at the two in disbelief, not to mention that she was taking shaky steps, as if she were walking on a tightrope.

Sprout thinks that she's probably a new, fanatical Toon, who thinks that by his and Cosmo's proximity, she deduces that they're a couple or something... but Sprout was ready to respond if she came up with that kind of comment.

Cosmo sees the nails in his coffin (if he were alive) when he sees this Toon... it's his own cousin, he can see everything his cousin is thinking at this moment and Cosmo wants to disappear from that place...

"Cosmo... WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?"

Sprout raises an eyebrow and Cosmo becomes more and more embarrassed and scared.

"Oh! So this is your cousin!?”

Sprout looks at Cosmo and Ginger looks at him with a deadly look, sensing betrayal from her own family member.

The priest stands up and extends his hand to greet Cosmo's cousin.

"Hello, I'm Father Sprout! From the few similarities you have, you must be Cosmo's cousin, right? He's talked a lot about you!”

The priest smiled and still had his hand extended to greet Cosmo's cousin, who was already looking at the strawberry with indescribable fury. Cosmo quickly stopped the priest from greeting her by holding the priest's hand.

“F-Father! It's... it's my cousin... and... also... Wow! How did you find me!?” Sprout sneezed a little and wiped her nose with a tissue.

“Nice to meet you... my name is Ginger... and it looks like you took very good care of my cousin... when he was here…”

“Oh… it was nothing… he also helped the church a lot, he rang the bell and helped me set up the altar- by the way! He cooks very well! Did you teach him?”

‘SPROUT! PLEASE… SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!”

Ginger looked seriously at Sprout and it was noticeable that her eyes got redder every time the priest spoke.

“Yes… I did teach him… have you eaten his food yet?”

“Oh yes! I’m glad that-””

Cosmo puts himself between the two, trying to avoid conflict, and perhaps also to stop Ginger from attacking Sprout and having the chance of her being exorcised by the priest if she does so.

“Hey!... My cousin has very low immunity… and you have a bad cold… that was very kind of you, b-but… I think Ginger should take care of herself…”

“Oh… right… sorry, I also have to check if everything is okay for today’s mass… By the way! If your cousin wants to go to today’s mass too, she’s invited!”

Ginger’s eyes darted to Cosmo.

Cosmo had to think quickly about what he could say to convince her that this was justified…

“Unless… you’re leaving…”

“Don’t worry, Father… I’ll stay here for a few days… since my cousin is loving staying here in the village…”

Cosmo saw the joy that Sprout’s face expressed… but it was the complete opposite when Ginger looked at him too.

“Great! I hope you like the village too! If you have any problems, you can ask me.”

“Thank you… and see you later, Father.”

Ginger holds Cosmo’s hand tightly, while the priest waves goodbye and Cosmo also surreptitiously waves to the priest.

Ginger led Cosmo far away from the village, not as far as Sprout had led him to the blackberry bushes but far enough that no one would hear them.

“Cosmo, can you tell me WHAT THE FUCK YOU WERE DOING IN A CHURCH, WITH A PRIEST AND DOING FAVORS FOR HIM?”

“G-ginger… calm down… first of all, that priest is an exorcist too! If I steal someone’s vitality in the village, he might exorcise me!”

“Cosmo… a priest is a priest and an exorcist is an exorcist… there’s no way someone can dedicate themselves to two things…”

“Okay! So can you tell me why I’m alone and there are no other succubi with me?”

Ginger remained silent, trying to think of an argument but… it made sense…

“Where are they?”

“They were exorcised when I arrived at that church…”

“Why the fuck did you enter a church when you could have been burned?”

“This church doesn’t have sacred herbs… so that’s why you and I don’t burn-”

Cosmo pauses for a second, he definitely couldn’t have said that…

“Sacred herbs… so that’s why we burn….”

Ginger sighs and gives a calm smile.

“You can’t imagine how scared you were… for a second I thought you were lying to me and being friends with the priest or… well, priests are against same-sex relationships…”

Cosmo blushes but is relieved that Ginger was no longer suspicious.

“Well… I’ll keep that information safe… you can continue with your act of deceiving the merchants! Of course… you’re not thinking about going to that mass, right?”

“No… I’m focused on stealing vitality and also the city will be empty… if any merchant disappears it won’t make a difference…”

Ginger smiles and hugs Cosmo, he now feels even more guilty…

“Ok… good luck… and don’t let me down…”

Ginger leaves and Cosmo is left feeling guilty and anxious. Now he has to find a way to protect at least the church, so that his friends are safe there.

The problem would be how he will get the sacred herbs and how he will get them without getting burned…

He thought about the merchant… Dandy sold fake holy things, but just to be safe he could test it like he tested the holy water at the church, also that's the only place he can have it… Dandy wouldn't sell fake herbs to Sprout since they are friends.

'Great! Now I need someone to buy it for me and a good excuse…'

After thinking for a while, he had a plan!

“I… I don’t know if this is a good idea… I have to leave today anyway…”

Goob scratched his head and looked around. Cosmo thought at first about asking Boxten or Finn (since Shrimpo would say no) but they’re both busy… and also that Goob might get the priest’s approval with this and the priest might… at least give Goob a second chance… and see that he’s not like Rodger…

“Please Goob! If Sprout sees that you’re helping him, he might rethink the banishment… or maybe you’ll be welcomed back here and we can do other things in the village!”

Goob is excited about the idea, even though he’s a bit hesitant about it…

“Okay… but what if some merchant gives me the wrong herbs?...”

“Don’t worry, I can tell the difference! I’m a merchant too.”

“Okay… I’ll see you at the church entrance!”

“I’ll be watching you from afar!”

Goob says goodbye and heads to the other merchants’ weagon.

‘I hope this works out…’

Time passed and he heard the bell ring seven times after noon, as Sprout had told him… But Goob never came back…

‘Did he get kicked out? Or is he just getting to know the other merchants?...’

Cosmo sees several Toons heading towards the church, and he even sees Boxten, Finn and Shirmpo together.

“Hi Cosmo! Come sit with us!”

“I DON’T WANT TO-”

“Don’t worry, he’ll sit next to me!”

Shirmpo rolls his eyes and enters the church with the other two Toons. Cosmo takes one last look to see if Goob is back... he gave all his gold to Goob, he was probably embarrassed to use Cosmo's gold.

With no choice, Cosmo follows his friends and sits next to Finn.

Everyone sat down and waited for the priest to arrive and begin the mass. After a few minutes, Sprout went up to the altar and began to greet everyone and then began to speak.

Cosmo was always taught to hate things about churches and things related to it… and indeed he did… but seeing Sprout speaking in his calm voice even with a cold and the light coming from the church's stained glass windows made Sprout have a light golden aura and the sun behind his head made him look like he had a halo… this made Cosmo blush…

‘damn… he really does look like an angel…’

Cosmo sees Sprout’s mood drop as he looks at the church door, Cosmo seems to be the only Toon who notices the change in his voice.

He turned around and saw Goob curled up with a bundle of seeds and herbs in his hands. This made Cosmo understand the reason for Sprout's look and the tone of voice he was using at Mass.

"Hey Finn... I have to go... I'll be back soon"

Finn looked at Cosmo in confusion, watching him get out of the seat and head towards the church door where Goob was.

Finn didn't care and continued to attend mass... the only Toon who really cared was Sprout…

Outside the church, Cosmo held Goob's hand and guided him out of sight of the church door.

“What took you so long?”

“Sorry… I had some trouble… but I think… after some talking I got the herbs! I'll give you your gold back if you want-”

“No, no, it’s okay! You can keep it!” ‘It’s not even mine anyway…”

“Thanks!... But what now?”

“Well… we can wait sitting here, I’ll stay with you, we can talk too”

Goob wags his short tail under his cloak and gives a big smile.

“Wonderful! And here are the herbs you asked for”

Goob almost puts it on Cosmo’s lap, but the succubi was faster and stopped that from happening.

“Hey! R-remember… the herbs are for you to give to the priest…”

“Hey! L-lembre-se… as ervas é para você entregar para o padre…”

“Oh, right, and… are they real?”

Cosmo looks and puts his hand near the herbs, he is careful so that the herbs don’t burn him near Goob (if they are real)

The succubi stretches out his finger surreptitiously and feels a slight burn on the tip of his finger.

He holds back the scream and the tears, taking his hand away calmly so as not to raise suspicions.

“Y-yes… they are…”

“Really? And how do you know?”

“M-my group of merchants taught me… when we were traveling… we met many different Toons and there were some who planted this…”

“Oh! Amazing, I wanted to travel the world too, do you have any interesting stories? Because I have several funny stories about the members of my group”

Goob holds back a laugh as he remembers, Cosmo laughs nervously, even though these stories probably involve killing demons he doesn’t want to make Goob feel uncomfortable telling them.

“I’d love to hear-”

Several footsteps echo out of the church, leaving Cosmo and Goob confused.

“Is mass over already?... It was... pretty quick…”

“I think the priest had a bad cold today and wanted to finish quickly... or something…”

Cosmo shakes his head trying to focus, now is Goob's chance to be accepted by the priest and for the priest and his friends to be protected from Glisten and Ginger.

“Now is your chance! Come on, I'll keep an eye on you carefully!”

“Okay!”

Goob picks up the sacred herbs and seeds again, they both stand up and wait for the Toons to leave so they can go in, but when they go in they see that the priest is no longer in the church and only the sisters are cleaning.

“Strange…”

“Cosmo, I’ll look outside. You can look in the church since I’m not welcome yet…”

“right, if anything happens, we’ll meet here!”

They both said goodbye and parted ways. Cosmo walked around the church and found no sign of the priest, so he decided to ask one of the nuns, who luckily told him that Sprout was near the confessional, probably having a session.

‘Better wait for him outside… or tell Goob that-’

Cosmo froze, he saw the priest and his face was calm but it was clear that he was in fact uncomfortable and suspicious of the Toon who was talking to him inappropriately.

And knowing this Toon was what made Cosmo freeze in fear… it was Glisten…

“Oh~ you look too young to be a priest…”

Glisten touches Sprout's chest and plays with his rosary, the normal reaction of souls when Glisten does this is to fall in love and kiss the mirror... But the problem is that he little knows that Sprout is an exorcist and seems quite suspicious of what Glisten might be.

The worst part is that the clothes he’s wearing don’t even help disguise the fact that he’s also a demon of lust.

“I’m twenty-eight years old… old enough to be a priest…”

“Oh! Besides being handsome, you take great care of your appearance~”

Cosmo intervenes when Sprout seems to have had enough and is ready to exorcise Glisten.

“G-GLISTEN!!! NO KIDDING! YOU CAME TOO!!! MY COUSIN WAS LOOKING FOR YOU”

Glisten and Sprout look at the cake in confusion as it hugs the mirror, Glisten takes a moment to hug back as he is still processing what happened…

“Do you know him?”

Sprout looks serious and you can tell he's not happy, it's not known if it was because of the few minutes Glisten was having to seduce Sprout or because Cosmo had a friendship with someone like Glisten.

“O-oh… huh… yes… he's my cousin's friend…”

“He's also a merchant, apparently…”

Glisten was about to answer but was cut off by Cosmo.

“Yes! Yes! He's also a masseur-”

“I could see…”

Sprout looked Glisten up and down, and from the priest's lackluster words the mirror deduced that the strawberry was mocking him.

“LISTEN HERE YOU-”

“GLISTEN! Do you remember what I said? My cousin is looking for you… I-I think she must be in the square.”

Cosmo looks at Glisten, mentally begging him to leave the church and leave the priest alone. Glisten rolls his eyes and just leaves the church.

Cosmo was going to go out to warn Goob and also explain to Glisten that the priest is an exorcist and to be careful.

But a hand holds his shoulder, he turns around and meets the priest's greenish gaze.

"Cosmo... do you mind if you give me some of your time? I have some things to say about your friend…”

Notes:

In the next chapter Cosmo will have to choose between the priest or his cousin...

Chapter 14 Notes:

I was writing and realized that with two chapters I could finish this story (Cosmo and Sprout won't die and it will be a happy ending!)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

“A-and…which friend would that be? I have several hehe…”

Cosmo gets a little nervous, Sprout could be talking about Goob and why he was still in the village when his group had to leave the village today or talk about Glisten.

Cosmo hopes he talks about Goob…

“It’s about that Toon who was… talking… to me… how long have he and your cousin been friends?”

‘oh shit…’

“Well… I guess ever since… I remember him playing with my cousin when I was just a young child…”

Sprout thinks he doesn't keep a calm expression and doesn't smile... that means everything isn't okay...

"Are you sure…? look... I don't know how to say this..."

Cosmo already knows what Sprout thinks about Glisten, he really doesn't want to hear his explanation, because he's right in thinking that Glisten is a demon.

“I-I know- I know… he’s kind of… extravagant and flirtatious… it’s just his way but I can talk to him… he’s never been interested in learning more about churches and their doctrine- sorry anyway”

The priest seems like he’s going to speak, but he gives up and looks at Cosmo too much, making him feel uncomfortable about those green eyes of the priest.

He looks to the side and seems kind of… disappointed or upset… and maybe a little sad…

“Sorry… I thought he could be something…”

Cosmo holds the priest’s shoulders, making him move away from the succubi a little and look away.

‘Right… his vows…’

“It’s okay… Glisten still doesn’t realize that his actions might be frowned upon, anyway, I’ll talk to him about it… oh! One more thing!”

Strawberry raises an eyebrow and groans as he feels the succubi grab his hand and hurriedly guide the priest out of the church, to find the furry hunter talking to some church members who have moved away from him… they look uncomfortable, probably because he is almost always by Rodger's side.

“Goob!”

Cosmo calls out to him and waves, Goob waves back but then flinches and lowers his hand, the succubi turns to look at the priest and sees that he is not happy to see that hunter, his gaze is more menacing than when Sprout saw that Goob was at the church door.

The succubi ignored him and took him to Goob.

“Father… Goob wants to give you something… it’s like a peace offering”

“He was forced or-”

Sprout coughs as she feels Cosmo’s elbow hit her belly, Goob doesn’t seem to have noticed, he just picked up the sacred herbs and seeds and held them out to give to the priest.

Sprout looked at the herbs and then looked at Goob with a judgmental look.

“Where did you get these?”

Goob seemed to have frozen and stared at the herbs.

“It was with the group of traders and I assure you that these herbs are real, Father, he only wants your acceptance… don’t take your fight with Rodger out on him!”

Cosmo finally spoke, the priest looked at the hunter, still with his head lowered, and then at Cosmo.

“Alright… thank you Goob… and sorry for treating you badly…”

Sprout seemed to speak worthless words, but he takes the sacred herbs and seeds from Goob’s hands, making the hunter’s face open and become happy.

“This won’t overturn the hunters’ banishment… but since you’ve shown remorse and want a second chance… as a priest, you’re welcome to the village and the masses…”

“Really!? Thank you very much!!!” Sprout nods to the two and leaves.

“Did you see? Now I’m welcome!”

Cosmo wasn’t going to say that he noticed the displeasure and that the priest was forced to say it.

“Yes! Let’s go see Boxten and Finn, since you’re welcome-”

“Yeah… I think it’s better to tell Rodger about it… or omit it… so he doesn’t get mad… anyway, I have to help the members pack their things to leave… but I’ll think of something to stay here in the village!”

“Wonderful! Then I’ll wait for you until tonight with the merchants!”

Goob seems to explode with joy and leaves waving to the succubi who can’t stop smiling. This morning may have started off on the wrong foot but at least this afternoon is going to be amazing, it seems.

All that’s left is for the priest to look at him again and then see Boxten and Finn… he still has to get that draft-

“I told you he wouldn’t be able to handle it…”

Cosmo freezes when he hears Glisten’s voice behind him, he slowly turns around and sees Glisten and Ginger… both of them look very upset and disappointed…

“Cosmo… you said you weren’t going to mass…”

“Yeah… you know… um…”

“Ginger, I don’t like this very much… he seems to have too many excuses for obvious things…”

“N-no- look… if I wasn’t there… the priest would have exorcised Glisten”

Glisten laughs, he pats Cosmo on the (uninjured) shoulder.

“I know that strawberry was an exorcist… your cousin told me… I just thought I’d give you a little help…”

“Glisten, Sprout wasn’t happy and he really thought you were a demon!”

Ginger glares at Glisten who just raises his hands in surrender.

“It’s not my fault he’s SO difficult…”

Glisten puts his finger on the scarf Cosmo was wearing and lowers it a little, just enough for Ginger's eyes to widen and Cosmo quickly lifts his scarf again to hide the hickeys.

"But it seems that with you it's a different story….”

“SPROUT DIDN’T DO THAT!”

“Seriously? And who would be capable of doing that and not even look at you? Or are you and the priest at odds?”

Ginger separates the two succubus.

“Glisten… please… stop…!” Glisten didn’t answer, he just looked at her sideways.

“Cosmo… You lied to me…”

Cosmo would argue but Ginger just raised her hand and silently asked Cosmo not to answer.

“Either you steal that priest’s vitality or you will be punished by the leaders of hell… and I don’t want that… I will do whatever it takes to keep him from getting in your way…!”

Cosmo cringes, he now has no escape or excuse… Cosmo doesn’t want to steal Sprout’s vitality… but he fears what his cousin is capable of doing to protect Cosmo…

“G-ginger… I… I have other plans-”

“Aren’t you going to steal the vitality of that strawberry?”

“No! That’s not it… I’m going to-”

“Please Cosmo…”

Cosmo feels a horrible sensation pass through his entire body.

“Ginger…”

“She’s doing this for your own good, don’t worry, the worst won’t happen to your priest if that’s what worries you…”

Cosmo feels the sarcasm coming from Glisten’s voice but doesn’t know what’s going on in his head.

“Cosmo… are you okay?”

Cosmo gets a fright and looks at Finn who seems to be worried about his friend.

“You seem tense… you don’t even notice the fish biting the bait…”

“Oh… don’t worry… I-I just slept badly last night… I… I took your advice and decided to spend the night with the other merchants…”

“Then why didn’t you miss mass? I think Father Sprout would understand.”

“No… he had invited me and I had accepted… if I didn’t go it would look bad…”

“You can go to the fishing shop and take a nap there.”

Cosmo would have refused but Finn insisted to the point that the succubi accepted and went to the shop, which was not far from the lake they were fishing and saw Boxten who was writing.

“Hey Cosmo! Didn’t catch any fish?”

“It’s not just that… I’m just a little tired… I guess…”

“Oh… I-I… I wanted you to read some of what I wrote – sure… if it’s not too much trouble…”

Cosmo nods to Boxten, thinking that maybe reading a little will calm him down a bit and make him think about what he’ll do with the priest and his vitality.

“Okay… I need to distract myself a bit too…”

“Do you… want to talk about it? I can feel that you’re upset and wanting to distract yourself… I-is something that happened…”

The succubi would love to vent to someone but he knows that there’s no way he can tell half-truths about his situation… so Cosmo just shake his head in denial.

“Oh… okay… and about that draft-”

“Please don’t even publish that, if you don’t want to be hunted by all the churches and Toons…”

Cosmo has his head down and can’t help but blush deeply as he remembers what resulted from reading that atrocity when the priest was silently behind him reading it too.

‘good thing he didn’t charge me’

“Oh… was it that bad?”

“it’s for other reasons…”

“A-ah… right… and… what did you do with the draft….?

“Don’t worry, I kept it in a safe place…”

‘With the priest somewhere….’

“Okay, but I think you better get rid of that before the priest finds out…”

Cosmo nodded and noticed something strange, he saw a very strange soul from afar… it seemed like everyone avoided them, their walk seemed slow and their hood looked old and torn.

“Look… it looks like someone new has come… or were they with the merchants?”

Boxten comments, following Cosmo’s gaze. The succubi seems to be very suspicious of this soul. In fact, it doesn’t seem like a normal soul.

“No… I’m going to see who it is and welcome them.”

Cosmo lied. His intentions were to see if it was a demon or an angel or another creature, and also that the being was heading towards the church… He says goodbye to Boxten and goes in disguise after that soul.

Just as Cosmo deduced, that being was going to the church, he noticed that strangely the trail that that soul left more dead where it stepped-

‘Wait! No, no, no!’

Cosmo panicked that it was a demon of death and even though he didn’t know who they was after, the only thing that was going through that succubi’s head was the priest and his cold.

“WAIT! YOU THERE!”

The demon turned around and saw the succubi, they seemed quite disinterested, they knew very well that, even if he didn’t seem like it, Cosmo was a demon of lust and couldn’t die unless he was hit by some sacred material.

“What do you want?...”

“Look… I know it’s weird but… the souls that are in the church- w-well… I think-”

“You are a demon of lust… you don’t understand who has to die… and because of this cold… you don’t have to think much to know that many would die… by the way! You’ll thank me soon… I heard that there’s an exorcist priest here who is in a very bad state…”

Cosmo’s anxiety increases, he knows what that demon is going to do and who he’s going to take.

“He’s too young to leave… he didn’t even enjoy life properly-”

“Regardless… everyone chooses how they want to live and the demons of death choose who will die and I choose this priest!”

The demon of death starts to climb the stairs but soon screams in pain when they feels them foot burn, they looks around and sees some nuns outside planting and placing the herbs that Goob gave to Sprout.

Cosmo put a smile on his face and mentally thanked Sprout for accepting Goob's gift.

"THIS CHURCH WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTED-"

"Cosmo?... Who is this Toon?"

Cosmo and the death demon look at the entrance of the church and see the priest with a sick appearance, he seems to have heard the death demon's scream of pain, Cosmo's look turns to panic and terror while the other demon's was malicious.

“SPROUT! DON’T COME HERE!”

“Why….”

“O-oh… it must be because I’m really sick… I wanted you to pray for me… but I heard you have the flu”

‘WHAT A SON OF A BITCH!’

“Don’t worry, I’m not so fragile that my flu will get worse-”

“IT’S A LIE! DON’T COME!!”

Even with Cosmo’s words asking him not to come, the priest goes with the intention of helping the other.

“Father… I understand if you don’t want to…”

The death demon lowers his head and Cosmo sees that he hasn't stopped smiling, amidst the panic of the priest approaching and extending his hand, the succubi pushes the demon onto the stairs where the herbs were taking effect…

He kneels down and screams in agony, Sprout jumps in fright, still processing what happened, Cosmo feels guilty for what happened and also feels like he has just betrayed hell and everyone who lived there.

“S-SPROUT! IT’S A DEATH DEMON, BE CAREFUL!”

When Sprout woke up from his shock and ready to exorcise that demon, Cosmo turned his face away, he didn't want to see that scene anyway that would most likely give him nightmares and haunt him.

“T-Traitor…!”

The Death Demon groans in pain as he feels the scent of the sacred herbs invading his senses, they realize that Cosmo has turned around, before Sprout can exorcise him, this demon quickly grabs Cosmo's hand and pulls, making Cosmo fall and feel the effects of the sacred herbs.

Luckily the demon didn't have enough strength to completely pull Cosmo's body to where the herbs took effect, leaving only horrible burn marks on his left eye and hand.

Cosmo screams in pain and Cosmo's gaze sees the body of that lifeless demon, then he looks at the end of the priest's cassock who seems to move away and when he looks up a little more he sees the priest's face a little blurred, but he knows what his reaction is.

He staggers back and stumbles a few times before finally running as fast as he can. He doesn't know if the priest followed him or if he preferred to make sure that the demon of death is... well... Dead.

And honestly, he preferred the second option.

His energy seems to be running out and the pain in his arm and eye are starting to get worse, much worse than when he touched holy water.

But Cosmo assures that the priest probably lost sight of him, looking around, he saw a place to hide and sat down in a dark alley full of white earth.

The succubi didn't even realize that he was now in his demonic form, he felt one of his horns broken, he narrowed his eyes a little.

'At least no one will follow me... now... I need to find Glisten and Ginger-"

"I knew it…”

Cosmo slowly opens his eyes to look at a dark blur with blue details, sometimes his vision returned to normal but soon became blurry again, he knows that dark blur was Rodger with a crossbow in his hands ready to kill.

“It’s a shame I won’t be able to prove to everyone who you are… but I better do my job well.”

The last things Cosmo saw were Rodger with the crossbow in his hands and aiming at him.

Notes:

I was planning to make a fruitcake story with several chapters but I'm still planning the development and ending.
In the meantime, I was reading some current comments and remembering some old ones that involved headcanons and theories that I really liked, so when I finish this fic I'm going to go back to the pressure fic and make a fic with non-canonical one-shorts of this fic (to make everyone happy!)

Chapter 15 Notes:

WARNING: they have sex lol that's all

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Cosmo wakes up, but can't open his eyes, feeling very tired and dizzy, he also feels a warm blanket, similar to the one the priest gave him, different from Dandy's blanket-

‘Wait… I should have slept in the wagon… it’s really warm and comfortable here… could it be that all that happened with Ginger and Glisten arriving and me sleeping with the merchants was a dream?’

Cosmo tried to remember what happened after he slept with the merchants and before that, but his head hurt a lot.

The succubi decided to force himself to open his eyes and understand what was happening, thinking that most likely that flower gave Cosmo a more comfortable and warm blanket while he slept.

(Maybe…)

Cosmo tries to open one of his eyes, with a little effort he manages to do so and sees everything dark with only the weak glow of the candles illuminating the place, the succubi realizes that he is in the priest's room and the priest is on the side of the bed appearing to be reading a book (which luckily was not Boxten's draft), Cosmo tries to read what was written on the cover, but he cannot see. He tries to open the other eye to have a better view but he cannot open it.

‘well… there’s no other alternative but to get up and get the priest’s attention’

Cosmo takes one of his hands out of the warmth of the blanket and immediately panics when he sees that not only his hand, but his entire arm looks like burnt, dark skin that was strangely bandaged.

That was enough to get the priest's attention, and Cosmo finally saw what Sprout was reading… it was a book on demonology.

Which meant that Sprout was preparing Cosmo to be exorcised.

With all his strength, Cosmo moves away from the priest and stands in the corner of the bed, very scared and wrapping himself in the blanket as if that would protect him from being exorcised.

“Cosmo! Stay calm, I won’t hurt you-”

The priest climbs onto the bed and tries to put his hand on Cosmo's face to try to calm him down, but is greeted with a scratch on his hand.

Sprout groans in pain, his blood stains the bed and the path he was taking to the table where he left the medicine and bandages and quickly bandaged his hand, Cosmo watched with wide eyes every step Sprout took, the succubi was confused and very scared.

After Sprout finished bandaging his hand, he sighed and looked back at Cosmo, who just cringed and hid in the blankets with fear.

“Cosmo… if I stay here… can you hear me?”

After a few seconds, he sees a nod of agreement coming from Cosmo wrapped in the blanket.

“Fine… look… I know what you are, but I swear I won’t hurt you…”

Cosmo fell silent, Sprout felt that the succubi didn’t trust his words very much.

“Your name is Cosmo, right? If that’s not your name, that’s fine… I won’t get mad…”

Cosmo slowly nodded in agreement.

“Alright Cosmo… look… you might feel uncomfortable with what I’m about to tell you, but I’m going to make sure you’re okay… and when you’re okay, I want you and any demons that came here to leave the village…”

Cosmo felt a pang in his heart, it would make sense, the priest would never welcome a demon into the church and pretend nothing was happening.

“I am grateful that you saved my life from that demon… but I cannot accept you here… what I can do to repay you is to take care of your wounds and not exorcise you…”

Cosmo is silent and then nods.

“Okay…”

Cosmo hears the priest moving from side to side, which makes him want to peek through the covers, seeing that the priest has taken a chicken stew and handed it to Cosmo at the end of the bed, knowing that he would get another scratch if he got close to the succubi.

“It’s chicken stew, it will give you energy and strength…”

But Cosmo refuses, not knowing if the water he used was holy or if he consecrated some ingredient, it would be a painful but quick death if the succubi ingested something consecrated, even though Cosmo doubts that the priest would be able to do this as a form of exorcism, since it seems quite sadistic for Sprout to do.

“Please, Cosmo… you’ll feel bad if you don’t eat…”

Sprout noticed that Cosmo was still huddled in the blankets, the priest tried to be patient, he took a spoon and tasted the stew.

“See? I didn’t put any poison in it if that’s what you’re worried about- oh… right…”

It seems that Sprout understood what Cosmo was suspicious, it wasn’t about the food being poisoned because it wouldn’t have any effect on the succubi.

Cosmo feels the weight of the bed decrease and sees only the steaming bowl.

The priest moves further away than he should, Cosmo slowly goes to the bowl and puts his finger in the stew, he only felt that it was hot but it didn't have any sacred ingredients apparently.

"I'm going to have to go... I have to get my medicine and yours and... see if Rodger is okay..."

As he says this, Sprout leaves the room and Cosmo finally takes off the blanket.

Cosmo's memory of Rodger is vague, it was right after Rodger aimed at Cosmo that he blacked out... he tries to remember what happened after that, but he only remembers what happened before...

This makes him remember one more thing…

The death demon was most likely sent by Glisten since his methods for seduce Sprout didn't work and he didn't want to make Cosmo's cousin worry about Cosmo.

That demon is probably dead and Cosmo doesn't know if Glisten and Ginger know this, but if they do they are most likely looking for Cosmo or... they probably think he was exorcised too... that would be very bad...

Mainly because they will blame Sprout and they will definitely want him dead or they will do worse things to Sprout.

But that will also happen if they find out that Cosmo is alive and badly injured…

Cosmo mutters, he will have to take Sprout's vitality now.

Even against his will…

Sprout noticed that Poppy's house was dark, it seemed like she was sleeping, since it was very late, the only option now was to go ask her old friend Dandy.

He walked to the entrance of the village, feeling the cold hit his face and after a long walk, Sprout finally arrived at that flower's weagon…

He knocked on the window, it took a while for the merchant to come, Dandy was sleepy but woke up with a start when he saw the priest with his cloak full of snow.

“SPROUT! ARE YOU CRAZY!? WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO COME IN THIS-”

Sprout covered Dandy's mouth, making him stay quiet.

“No need to shout… everyone is sleeping… I just need some medicine… the Toon I used to buy the medicine from is sleeping…”

“And you decide to wake me up instead of waking up this fu- tch… whatever… what do you need?”

“Just some bandages and medicinal herbs… preferably of all kinds.”

Dandy raised an eyebrow.

“What happened to your hand?”

“I-I… cut it when I was cooking… by accident…”

“Right… by the way… did you see that cupcake? I thought he was going to sleep here…”

Sprout remained silent, trying to think of something to convince his friend that Cosmo wasn't at the church and wasn't a demon, while Dandy prepared the things Sprout had asked for.

“Anyway, it would be better if he stayed away…”

Sprout looked into Dandy's eyes, he didn't know if it was anger or confusion, but he didn't like what was said.

“First of all, his name is Cosmo and second of all, he’s fine. I don’t think you’d wish this on a Toon who’s never hurt you before-”

Dandy came back and scared the priest when he suddenly put the bandages and medicinal herbs on the counter.

“Sprout, I’m telling you this for your own good. You’re still my friend, and I’m telling you that cupcake isn’t a merchant… I think he’s a prostitute or-”

Sprout grabs the things he asked for from the counter and hands over the gold he needed to pay for. Dandy noticed the strawberry's behavior, not knowing whether to laugh, worry or get angry.

“It's just an analysis... don't take it personally... but be careful with him…”

The priest turned his back on Dandy and said goodbye, then walked towards the church, the idea of having to go see if Rodger was okay after the blow he gave to the magnifying glass to save Cosmo from being killed and then lying to Goob that Rodger was drunk... made the priest feel horrible (even though Rodger deserved it)

He's still trying to accept that he was taking care of a demon, almost killed an exorcist and is falling in love with a demon.

but it also explains why he felt this way about Cosmo.

Cosmo was a demon of lust, but at the same time he didn't seem like it... he saved the priest's life and wanted to help... and this time it wasn't out of obligation, it was more genuine.

Sprout shook her head, trying to focus on getting back to the church and making Cosmo feel better so that Cosmo and his demon friends could finally get out of the village.

'This was the right thing to do...'

Sprout entered the church and said goodnight to the nuns who were still cleaning the church, he finally opened the door to the room and went in.

He saw Cosmo still curled up in the corner of the bed and saw that he had drunk all the stew.

“You eat it all Cosmo!... How do you feel now-”

Cosmo was still covered and in the corner of the bed, Sprout thought that he probably fell asleep. When the priest was going to pick up the empty bowl he felt a hand grab his wrist and forcefully pull him to the bed.

Sprout lets out a groan as he is pulled by the succubi and placed underneath him. He feels Cosmo's two hands gripping the collar of the priest's cassock and in the blink of an eye, the succubi tears the cassock in two.

The strawberry feels the cold hitting his bare chest as he opens his eyes and blushes at the situation, not expecting Cosmo to have the ability to do this.

looking at Cosmo's eyes, which were once brown and are now red, the succubi's sharp tail was slowly and lowly swinging, the priest realized that Cosmo was holding back tears and seemed to be trembling.

Sprout hesitated, slowly reaching out her bandaged hand to the succubi's face, it was enough to make him collapse on top of the priest in tears, the priest stood up a little, still holding Cosmo on top of him and hugged the succubi, then he gave him a kiss on his injured eye and gently rubbing his face against Cosmo's.

"Cosmo... stay calm…”

Sprout begins to lightly kiss Cosmo's entire face, the succubi begins to calm down with this, stopping crying and hugging the priest back, without realizing that now the priest was kissing Cosmo's lips.

The priest felt that at first the succubi was startled by the action but soon accepted and opened his mouth so that the priest could kiss him more.

Sprout, without thinking, deepened the kiss, pulling away a little to breathe and then returning to where he was. He had never kissed in his life and the succubi seemed to be teaching Sprout how to kiss, always giving small, light bites on the priest's lip and tongue when he made a mistake.

The priest soon broke the kiss and started kissing Cosmo's body, the succubi moaned and hugged the priest feeling his hands unbutton the shirt he was wearing, after taking off the shirt, Sprout lowered her hands to take off Cosmo's pants while Cosmo discreetly took off the priest's pants since his cassock was destroyed.

Both were now half naked, only wearing underwear, Cosmo avoided looking at Sprout as much as possible, burying his face in the priest's neck, while the strawberry held back a weak laugh as he felt the heat rising on Cosmo's face.

Sprout knows how this will end, a part of him thinks Cosmo wouldn't take his vitality, while another part says it could happen... if Cosmo really does steal his vitality he'll at least make the most of it, he almost died this afternoon anyway...

The priest's hand grabs the edge of Cosmo's underwear and lowers it as he kisses Cosmo's bruised shoulder.

'It won't be hard to fuck him... if that book he was writing is right... I just have to-’

When the underwear is lowered, he can't find the member that Cosmo should have, he starts to feel around, feeling Cosmo hold back his laughter, but Sprout can't understand.

"Father... what are you doing?"

Sprout feels his face burn, shame begins to take over him and in response the priest just opens his mouth so that no voice comes out.

“I-I don’t know… well… oh! You want to know… put it in my…. Hmm…”

Cosmo laughed a lot this time failing to hold back his laughter, seeing that the priest was confused he looked at the priest with a smile and gave him a peck on the lips.

“Sprout I don’t have a dick for your information”

Sprout’s head got more confused, Cosmo notices and gives Sprout more kisses on the face.

“Don’t worry, you’ve never seen another naked soul, right? Hehe… anyway, you’d be surprised at what I’ve learned-”

“Have you do sex it with others?”

“No!!! W-well… I was just told… you know…”

Sprout sighs in relief, it seems he’s not the only virgin in that bedroom and also that even though Cosmo had never had sex, he knew more about the subject through explanations, at least he knew what to do.

“But anyway! Um… you… if you want… I can guide you…”

Sprout nods excitedly, giving Cosmo a kiss on the cheek and letting him do whatever he wants with his body.

Cosmo got off Sprout and allowed the priest to move, soon Sprout blushed when she saw Cosmo spreading his legs and taking his rosary (which apparently wasn't destroyed like his cassock) and pulling it closer to Cosmo's crotch, who was constantly looking somewhere.

'he's more nervous than me…’

When Sprout's lips touch Cosmo's vulva, the priest smells a very sweet and good smell and instinctively licks it. Cosmo moans and flinches, startling Sprout who lifts her head.

“D-Did it hurt!?”

“N-no-, no! It's just... they didn't tell me it would give me a shock at first- b-but I liked it! Please continue…”

Cosmo pulls down the priest's rosary again, Sprout wonders if it's a good idea to continue, doubting the succubi's word.

But after two or three licks Cosmo only flinches a little at the first one and the rest he gets used to.

Sprout was already starting to get addicted to licking those sweet lips of the succubi, getting even harder when Cosmo moans and touches Sprout's hair with his free hand. After several licks and moans, Sprout feels something viscous and warm hit his lips, he lifts his head and sees that Cosmo just came, the succubi and the priest blushing.

“Hu-... Well... I think I'm ready!”

“Ready for what?”

Cosmo blushes even more and lightly places his hand on Sprout's chest for him to lie down again in the place he had left, the succubi notices that Sprout's member was raised and he seems to hold himself back so as not to freak out from nervousness.

Sprout kisses Cosmo's cheek quickly and is greeted with a disgusted look.

"FATER, YOU JUST SUCKED ME!"

"So what? If you did the same to me I would kiss you on the mouth-"

"FATHER! THAT'S DISGUSTING!”

“hehe… ok I won’t do that anymore- Oh! Call me Sprout… I give you permission now…”

Cosmo’s frowning face eases and he blushes slightly, now he pulls down Sprout’s underwear and sees the hard and raised member again.

Cosmo sighs and looks between Sprout and his member before climbing onto the priest's lap so he can guide the priest's member to his hole.

Sprout feels his member slowly getting wet, hot and tight.

He lets out a loud moan but not so loud as to wake the nuns and Cosmo had the same thought, putting his hand over his mouth so only Sprout could hear.

Cosmo raises and lowers his hips, starting with slow movements, Sprout understood and held his hips so the succubi wouldn't get tired of doing this movement over and over again.

Cosmo placed his hands on Sprout's chest and began to accelerate little by little and the priest just followed the movements that the succubi made, it seems that Cosmo was very wild at that moment because he began to bite and scratch the priest, not to the point of hurting the priest like he did with his hand, just to mark the priest.

not to mention, that his tail was wrapping around one of the priest's legs.

Strangely, Sprout was enjoying this behavior of Cosmo, forgetting about the injuries and just focusing on Cosmo's moans and the thrusts he was making on the succubi.

The priest felt his load coming, he was ready to take Cosmo off his lap but the succubi quickly held the strawberry's hands to prevent him from moving and his tail held the priest's leg tightly

“Ah~ Cosmo… I’m close… I- ah~ I need you to get out…”

“Please Sprout… don’t do this…~”

Sprout obeyed and dumped his entire load inside the succubi, Cosmo teared up, panting and moaning. They both tried to catch their breath, their bodies were sweaty and their hearts were beating fast.

When they caught their breath, Sprout felt Cosmo's lips touching his.

The priest wanted to provoke Cosmo with the succubi's previous comment that he found sucking on the groin and then kissing the partner disgusting, but the kiss was so hot and good that he forgot everything. Cosmo broke the kiss and lay down on Sprout's chest.

Before going to sleep, he looked at Cosmo and wondered if the succubi had taken his vitality or not, since he didn't feel strange or anything like that.

That would be a question he would ask tomorrow... and maybe Cosmo would be more open and talk about hum and his real life, the priest is sure that demons are not merchants…

Notes:

I was going to post yesterday but the a03 was under maintenance, but enjoy the food lol

Chapter 16 Notes:

Finally, the last chapter! I hope you enjoyed the story. Now I have to rush back and write the one-shorts for this fic (non-canonical) to think about another story.

Chapter Text

When Cosmo wakes up, he looks at the sleeping priest, it is the first time that he wakes up before him and the succubi does not know what to do after the night of love that the two had yesterday.

He had to get Sprout's vitality, that was a fact and he almost managed to get it... he managed to see his vitality last night, a bright and indescribable light.

Cosmo could have taken it, and everything would have been fine for him and his reputation as a demon of lust (which wasn't the best reputation).

But he didn't want to…

He didn't want it to end, and he didn't want the priest to never exist again.

Cosmo wanted that priest, and that was it, nothing more... He snapped out of his thoughts when he felt a kiss being placed on his head.

"Good morning, Cosmo."

"Father?"

"Sprout..."

"Oh... um... Sprout... were you awake this whole time?”

Sprout yawned and hugged Cosmo tighter, making the succubi blush even more.

"No, I just woke up... but you look like you've been awake for ages..."

"I woke up to the bell—Wait! Don't you have something to do at church? Like pray or listen to other people's sins!?"

"Don't worry, the snow is too deep for me or the nuns to attend to the faithful today, and I'd rather the Toons stay safe in their homes.”

"S-snow?"

"It's that sandy, white patch out there covering the entire village... even the rooftops."

Now the succubi knows the white earth has a name and that the priest is fine...

"I thought you knew the name..."

"It's my first time here on earth, I don't know much about it..."

Sprout nods, understanding, and caresses Cosmo's injured arm, while the succubi nuzzles his face into Sprout's neck.

"So... what's your life like? As a demon…”

Cosmo chuckles a little, taking the priest's hint, but it doesn't stop him from telling him how horrible he is as a demon of lust, and also telling Sprout about some truths he'd told, like about his cousin.

"You're terrible at stealing vitality and seducing-"

Cosmo glares at Sprout, but the priest keeps talking…

“But… you’re too good to be a demon… or I’m too stupid to see good in everything…”

“Does Rodger count? Oh! Hmm… how did you find me?… I remember Rodger was going to kill me… or maybe I was just imagining it…”

“I was trying to look for you after that death demon almost killed me… I followed the footprints and the blood… when I found you, I saw that Rodger was ready to kill you, before he did that, I found a piece of wood and hit him on the head, in the end I dragged him to Goob and told him that he was drunk”

Cosmo's mouth dropped open and his eyes widened in shock. This wasn't something priests did or could do, especially when someone was trying to kill a demon.

"I take that reaction to be a thank you?"

"I can't believe you did that..."

"Yeah... me neither... I just hope Rodger thinks it was all a dream."

"B-but if he finds me like this…”

“I say that you were attacked by a demon, I also think that with my studies on demonology and some herbs you can get better… but I also think that your wounds have turned black forever… as for your eye, I don’t know if I can restore your vision…”

Cosmo nods and puts his face back into the priest's neck and sighs a little... upset, he doesn't even know what he'll do when he recovers and appears like this to his cousin.

"Hum... look... not to ruin anything between us... but... you took my vitality... right?”

"No."

"N-No!?"

"No..."

Sprout fell silent and stared at the ceiling, seemingly trying to process what had happened.

"Sprout... since you know everything about me, I'd like to know about you... and you don't need to be afraid of being judged..."

Sprout looked around and snorted, lightly squeezing the arm that was around Cosmo's waist.

"Okay... what do you want to know about me?..."

"About your family... I know it's uncomfortable... but you know I don't even have the right to judge you…”

Cosmo knew the truth about Sprout's family, but he didn't know if his family relationship was good, or how the priest felt about losing his mother and abandoning everything in the ancient kingdom where he lived.

Sprout, after several hours, explained that his father was an exorcist and his mother was a nun. He only learned this when he was about to become a priest.

Before this, his mother (who at the time he didn't know was actually his mother) took care of him and treated Sprout as if he were literally her son. She also said that she only became a nun because her family never found a good suitor for her to marry, so they decided to put her in the church.

when he was born, since neither his mother nor his father could keep him... he was given to the church as an orphan.

Sprout also found the nun's closeness to the kingdom's exorcist strange; he thought she was simply helping and advising the exorcist.

He also remembers that she protected him from getting scolded by the priest when he and Dandy got into trouble.

The day of his mother execution was the worst day for Strawberry, he only stayed a few days in that kingdom... until everyone knew who his parents were, he was refused to do masses or anything related because of this.

He only celebrated one Mass, and it was poorly received. The faithful interrupted him when he spoke about sin or blasphemy, always demanding he talk about it and believing he was sinning in secret.

The only ones who didn't see Sprout that way were his friends who would later become priests and nuns…

Cosmo senses that Sprout disliked the memory of this and was on the verge of tears. The succubi hugs the priest and kisses his cheek.

A tear falls from the priest's eye, and he holds the succubi's face to kiss him, but a knock on the door interrupts their moment.

"Father Sprout? Are you okay?"

The priest sighs and stretches.

"Yes, Sister Tisha... Is there a problem?"

"There's a Toon who wants to talk to you..."

Cosmo thought it might be Finn or Boxten, since he'd been missing all afternoon and-

"Oh shit! Goob! I told him to meet me at the wagons tonight so we could hang out with Boxten and Finn!"

The priest looks at the succubi in panic, knowing that whoever the Toon is who wants to talk to Sprout can't see Cosmo like this. The strawberry kisses Cosmo on the cheek and whispers softly.

"I'll let them know you're sick... don't worry... I'll tell them they can visit you when you recover..."

Cosmo feels relieved and gives the priest a peck on the lips.

"Okay, Tisha... tell them I'm coming..."

Hearing the nun's footsteps fade away, Sprout stands up.

A startled gasp escapes Cosmo when he sees the priest's entire body scratched and bitten. The priest looks at the body and strokes Cosmo's head to calm him.

"Don't worry... I can put some medicine on it and bandage it later."

"S-sprout... I'm so sorry-"

"I already said it's okay... but please cut your nails."

Sprout chuckles softly, and Cosmo just rolls his eyes, forgetting about his worries about the priest.

Sprout is now dressed in one of his cassocks from his wardrobe, as one of them was torn apart by a certain demon...

From what Tisha had said, this Toon asked the priest to go to one of the less crowded parts of the village. Sprout was very suspicious of this information; normally, Toons find it best to ask the priest for help inside the church.

'Definitely... very strange...'

The priest went anyway, already prepared in case some pesky toon from another realm tried to steal or kill the priest... or some demon...

Sprout arrives at the scene, there's no one in sight, and it looks like just an open field, and of course, there's a lot of snow everywhere, reaching up to the priest's shins.

He senses a presence approaching but sees nothing...

Until a huge, black creature leaps and attacks the priest. Luckily, the creature only bites part of the hood of Sprout's cassock, tearing it open.

Sprout, startled, looked back quickly, trying to analyze the creature closely… it was an unusually large dog, its fur rough, like charcoal.

He looked into the animal's eyes, and from the lifeless, reddish color, Sprout knew it was a hellhound.

'Oh crap…’

Sprout stood up and put a hand out to try to calm the beast, but it seemed more interested in killing the priest than sparing his life.

The beast quickly attacked, biting the priest's arm. He felt his arm ache and grow hot. The priest grabbed a handful of snow and threw it in the dog's eyes, giving him time to pull away and get up. His arm still hurt, but he had enough strength to throw holy water at the distracted beast, which growled in pain and backed away.

The priest grabbed a silver cross and another vial of holy water and prepared to exorcise the dog.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you!"

Sprout glances back but still doesn't let her guard down against the hellhound.

"Did you call me here?"

"Did you kill Ginger's cousin?”

Sprout took a minute to process it. This Toon's way of dressing seemed very similar to what the mirror and Cosmo's cousin (even a bit like Cosmo) wore, only she seemed stronger and taller... and looked like one of those Christmas decorations... she's definitely a demon... and it's going to be hard to exorcise her and the dog.

Another thought was...

'Kill Cosmo? - Oh... right…’

"Lady... I think you're confusing me with another toon-"

"There's no other exorcist priest around here... and you fit the description one of my subordinates sent me perfectly!"

"Look... I don't want any trouble... I swear I didn't do anything!"

The priest considers telling her about Cosmo and his location, but he's afraid of what might happen if the demon sees Cosmo being cared for by a priest.

"It was reported that it was you."

"What will happen if I prove he's okay?”

The red demon remained silent for a minute and then called the hellhound, which kept growling as it looked at Sprout and occasionally used its paw to try to wipe away the holy water from its face.

"Depending on his condition, I can MAYBE... spare you..."

Sprout thought and then nodded, mentioning where Cosmo might be... he was prepared in case something happened to Cosmo or him.

Cosmo was lying down, perhaps a little worried about the priest… Sprout was taking a while to return; the succubi wasn't even sure If Sprout was well enough to go out in the cold outside.

Cosmo was startled and alerted when he heard the door leading to the outside of the church unlock and open, he was excited for just a few seconds after seeing that the priest was accompanied by one of the higher demons…

He knew her, she was a very close friend of Ginger, if the succubi remembers very well her name was Bobette and thanks to her, Cosmo was able to have the opportunity to improve his reputation as a succubi and go to Earth to be able to steal vitality.

But Cosmo can't tell if she was looking for him because he disappeared and Ginger was worried, or... she found out about him and the priest...

"Cosmo!? What happened to you!?"

Bobette was about to look at the priest, but Cosmo held up a hand as if he thought that would stop the demon.

"B-bobette! I'm fine... I just kind of burned myself a little…”

"HOW DID YOU BURN YOURSELF ALONE!? Your cousin is worried sick and is looking for you! What will she think if she sees you like this!?"

Cosmo cringes, ashamed of his own earlier action to save the priest...

"Not only that! But they told me that a death demon had died in the same place you were seen... And then they saw you with... This..."

Bobette looks at the priest with disgust, who only rolls his eyes in response.

"Anyway... I need an explanation... and I feel like it's going to be a bit difficult for you to explain yourself..."

Cosmo shrinks even further. The succubi can see Sprout behind Bobette, and the priest looks very worried about him.

Bobette looks at the two and at the various medicines that were there, soon she sees that besides Cosmo being injured with his demonic form, she notices that there are old hickeys on the succubi's neck... she frowns, seeming to repudiate what she is thinking, also noticing that the priest seemed worried about Cosmo she had no doubt about what she thinks happened…

"I understand what's going on here... Luckily for you... I won't hurt you... even if it's orders from hell..."

Cosmo becomes more relaxed.

"But... you're not going back there... if you do, they certainly won't let you get away with it... and I don't want to see your cousin's expression when she finds out about this…”

The comfort Cosmo felt before was shattered by those words. If he's no longer welcome in hell... where the hell is he going now? When he gets better, he'll have to leave the village... he doesn't even know if Dandy will accept him with this appearance... let alone other places...

"Your cousin will be able to visit you when she comes here to Earth, but she'll know you've been expelled and should be considered dead.”

After these words, Bobette bids Cosmo farewell, wishing him a speedy recovery, and stares at the priest for a few seconds before leaving.

Cosmo is very lost right now… he needs to rest a little and take advantage of the days he has to recover, so he can come up with a plan to find a place to stay.

He's startled when the priest hugs him and gives the succubi a light kiss on the forehead, making him blush.

"Are you okay?"

"What would be the correct answer to that… yes? Maybe… or to be honest—”

Cosmo's gaze focused on the priest's reddened, torn sleeve.

"What happened!?"

Sprout raised an eyebrow and followed Cosmo's gaze to his injured arm. He muttered something... maybe a curse.

"Oh... I got into a fight with a dog... I think..."

"Sprout, I know this damage! I know it wasn't an ordinary dog."

"Okay... okay... maybe a hellhound..."

"Do you... mind if I bandage your arm? You're already doing so much for me.”

The priest handed the arm to Cosmo, who took it carefully and examined it. The priest's face turned a dark shade of red. Cosmo could already tell he was blushing... because the succubi was blushing too. Sprout reached for some medicine and bandages so Cosmo could bandage the wound.

The succubi begins to bandage Sprout's injured arm, feeling the priest's gaze on him. He also feels the priest's pulse quicken at times as he holds his wrist to bandage it.

"So you were cast out of hell…"

"Yeah…"

Cosmo continues bandaging, growing more anxious about what might happen to him after he recovers…

"Where are you going…?"

"I can go with Dandy… he travels to various places…”

Even though Cosmo thought it highly unlikely that the smiling merchant would accept, he didn't want the priest to think he had no plans…

"What if he doesn't?"

Anxiety hit him again…

"W-well… I can walk to another village or kingdom…"

"The other villages and kingdoms are very far from here… two or four days' walk…"

"I can stop in a few places…"

"What about food?… what if you get sick?… what if you run into a hunter?-"

Cosmo finishes bandaging Sprout's arm, trying not to look nervous or scared, but this situation is making him want to cry with anxiety and despair.

A hand lifts his chin, making his gaze meet the priest's averted gaze, who sometimes glances at Cosmo and then looks elsewhere.

"You could stay here…"

Cosmo surreptitiously wipes away his tears and looks at the priest.

"You said that after I get better, I have to leave the village-"

"With your demon friends… they probably won't come back… you're dead to them… if they find you, it'll be your cousin's turn…”

"I'm still a demon…"

"I know… but you helped me… you're a little weird to be considered one… and also… remember… you were cast out of hell… I heard… so… you have no place…"

Sprout, too embarrassed to look at the cake, moves closer to the bed where Cosmo was, only to bend down and hug the succubi's belly.

"Stay with me…”

Cosmo was speechless when the priest rubbed his face, his nose still running, against Cosmo's (still naked) belly. He would have found it disgusting, but it was one of the things Cosmo loved about that priest…

“I… I don't know…”

“I already broke my vows anyway… if that's what worries you…”

“No, no, it’s not that… it’s just… how do I explain my appearance? Like… when I get better I can make the horns and tail disappear, but I can’t do that with the scars… and also all the demons know my style of dress and even my appearance…”

Sprout lifted his head and coughed to clear his throat, preparing to speak, as if he were about to give the biggest and best speech of his life.

"I tell the others that you were attacked by a demon... and I saved you. After surviving the attack, you decided to dedicate yourself to the church by becoming a monk and staying by my side…”

Cosmo's jaw dropped, both at the calm, dramatic tone Sprout used to speak and at the stupid idea that came out of that priest's mouth.

"Monk? A demon monk!?"

"Monks have the same vows as priests. It would be a perfect excuse. Plus, we could share a room and no one would judge or suspect!"

"Sprout... I have to be a monk!?"

"What? You'd rather be a nun? There are several openings... since you seem more interested in that than being a monk…”

Sprout laughs out loud and receives several angry slaps from the succubi, who is blushing with embarrassment.

"But seriously... you'd look great as a monk... oh! Normally, brown robes might disguise you... but... I think black would look great on you... we'd match too!"

Cosmo stopped hitting Sprout and blushed at the thought...

"On second thought, it's not a bad idea…”

"Really? Oh! So you're going to stay here with me?"

Sprout now hugs the succubi's body, making him relax.

"Yes..."

"Forever?"

"Yes…”

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YmaAndEggshells on Chapter 1 Sun 22 Jun 2025 01:42AM UTC

Oh yippie sustenance for the Fruitcake army
THIS IS SO GOOD! Sorry about what happened to your fic :(

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 1 Sun 22 Jun 2025 01:48AM UTC
  
  Okay, I'm still a little upset but I'm still determined to finish this fic and I'm very grateful for saving all the chapters I wrote.
  
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Natzu_fara_x3 on Chapter 1 Tue 24 Jun 2025 03:24AM UTC

I was kind confused on why it wasnt marked as read but then i read the notes x"(

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 1 Tue 24 Jun 2025 01:50PM UTC
  
  wow! I'm really sorry, but thank goodness I always save the entire chapters
  
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2. 1. Natzu_fara_x3 on Chapter 1 Tue 24 Jun 2025 01:58PM UTC
    
    Fr
    
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Silly_star63 on Chapter 12 Sun 22 Jun 2025 05:09AM UTC

THIS IS GIGGLESHITTER78 BTW AND IM SO HAPPY BC I COME BACK TO THIS FIC TO SEE 2 NEW CHAPTERS HEHDNDNDNDND

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 12 Sun 22 Jun 2025 01:17PM UTC
  
  💖✨💖✨💖✨💖
  
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Kevs (Guest) on Chapter 12 Sun 22 Jun 2025 05:14AM UTC

I HOPE DANDY IS NOT A GOSSIP!! If not, he'll find himself with me beating him up.
With each chapter that passes I become more anxious to see what your mind has been working on, I always love it so muuuuch

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 12 Sun 22 Jun 2025 01:20PM UTC
  
  the only toon Dandy would tell would be Sprout about Cosmo (since he is very suspicious of Cosmo) and yes... in future chapters he will tell Sprout about Cosmo
  
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2. ShadowCake on Chapter 12 Sun 22 Jun 2025 01:20PM UTC
  
  awwwww and thank you so much for liking the story
  
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Sprout is my fav (Guest) on Chapter 12 Sun 22 Jun 2025 06:53AM UTC

“Keep the them away from any important souls” yup Cosmos definitely lost the plot, he’s literally planning on sabotaging his fellow sucubbi to protect his friends lol

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 12 Sun 22 Jun 2025 01:21PM UTC
  
  If Ginger and/or Glisten find out about this... Cosmo will be under a lot of pressure and they will be suspicious of his loyalty.
  
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loywisemanXDDDD on Chapter 12 Sun 22 Jun 2025 04:19PM UTC

I WAS SO SCARED WHEN IT SAID THAT THIS WASNT HERE, ALSO YOU DO A GOOD JOB AT WRITING ALL THE CHAPTERS!! take your time to get it right, and you'll be proud of yourself!!! Goodluck!!!

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 12 Sun 22 Jun 2025 06:38PM UTC
  
  Thank you very much!!!! When I saw that my fic was no longer there, I panicked and researched many ways to recover it, the only option I had was to do it again and put the chapters back, luckily I never delete my chapters.
  
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ILOVEFRUITCAKE on Chapter 12 Mon 23 Jun 2025 04:13AM UTC

Amo demasiado este fanfic

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 12 Mon 23 Jun 2025 05:26PM UTC
  
  Thanksssss
  
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2. Natzu_fara_x3 on Chapter 12 Tue 24 Jun 2025 03:47AM UTC
  
  Samee
  
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Kevs (Guest) on Chapter 13 Tue 24 Jun 2025 11:11PM UTC

omg this Sprout has no shame and doesn't hide the fact that he spent the night masturbating to Cosmo 🙄 /j

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 13 Thu 26 Jun 2025 02:52PM UTC
  
  Cosmo doesn't know lol, but yes, Sprout has no shame
  
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Guest (Guest) on Chapter 13 Tue 24 Jun 2025 11:46PM UTC

omg please, please make glitterhugs and i will your fan all of my sick live

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SebbyloverLol (Guest) on Chapter 13 Wed 25 Jun 2025 02:08AM UTC

plot: Goob took a while to return to church because he was meeting Dandy (if you know what I mean lol 😏)

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ILOVEFRUITCAKE on Chapter 13 Wed 25 Jun 2025 04:32AM UTC

gracias por darnos de comer ñamñam ya necesito que Cosmo y sprout tengan sexo 😔

Last Edited Wed 25 Jun 2025 04:33AM UTC

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 13 Thu 26 Jun 2025 02:53PM UTC
  
  en el futuro tendrán sexo, solo espere ;)
  
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Silly_star63 on Chapter 13 Wed 25 Jun 2025 05:39AM UTC

YAYYYY A NEW CHAPTER AHHSHDJNFNFC [happy]

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loywisemanXDDDD on Chapter 13 Wed 25 Jun 2025 03:46PM UTC

The fact Glisten just flirts with Sprout- Anyways ANOTHER GOOD CHAPTER THANK YOU FOR FEEDING US SILLY PPL!!! YOU GOT THIS GOOBER!!!

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 13 Thu 26 Jun 2025 02:54PM UTC
  
  No problem!
  
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Kevs (Guest) on Chapter 14 Sun 29 Jun 2025 02:39AM UTC

ONLY TWO MORE CHAPTERS TO FINISH???? 🥺🙄😴😔😭😭😭😭💧 I've never been so attached to a fanfic, I feel like I'm being left...😔😔😴
I am SO excited to read Sprout, seeing that Cosmo is not cisgender, Ik he won't make a fuss, but it will still be a surprise for him and I really want to see how you will write because I trust that you will do something interesting.

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 14 Sun 29 Jun 2025 01:43PM UTC
  
  Sprout will realize that having sex with Cosmo wasn't what he imagined...
  but it will be something he will like lol
  
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2. 1. Kevs (Guest) on Chapter 14 Mon 30 Jun 2025 02:04AM UTC
    
    AAAAAARGHHHHHHHHH MY ANXIETY WON'T LET ME SLEEP UNTIL I READ THIiiIIIIIIIIISSS
    
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Tysmg4 on Chapter 14 Sun 29 Jun 2025 06:33AM UTC

This has made me constantly check my email just to see if you posted a new chapter

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Quillleaf on Chapter 14 Sun 29 Jun 2025 07:54AM UTC

AHHH this is so fire!!!! got me gigglin and kickin my feet grrrrrr dudde PLEASE Sprout save ur bf PLEASEEE GRRRRRRRR this fic is SOOO peak!!!!!!!!

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 14 Sun 29 Jun 2025 01:45PM UTC
  
  Sprout will always protect his demon boyfriend uwu
  
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tintiz on Chapter 14 Sun 29 Jun 2025 06:17PM UTC

SPROUT SPROUT AHHHHH GO SAVE YOUR BOYFRIENDDDDD

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 14 Mon 30 Jun 2025 12:01AM UTC
  
  Don't worry, Sprout will protect him!
  
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ILOVEFRUITCAKE on Chapter 14 Mon 30 Jun 2025 02:43AM UTC

pronóstico para el cap dos: aparece sprout, salva a cosmo, tiene coito, se casan y tienen hijos

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Silly_star63 on Chapter 14 Wed 02 Jul 2025 06:35AM UTC

YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME ON A CLIFF HANGER LIKE THIS PLEASE

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Fenix_yeah on Chapter 15 Fri 04 Jul 2025 04:43PM UTC

SAY GEX GRAAAAAA 🔥🔥
Now.. I’m wondering if after this sprout would still have to make cosmo leave the village 😔

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1. ShadowCake on Chapter 15 Sat 05 Jul 2025 02:03PM UTC
  
  I normally wouldn't give spoilers but since we're almost at the last chapter... no, he won't and he'll beg Cosmo to stay lol
  
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2. 1. Fenix_yeah on Chapter 15 Sun 06 Jul 2025 01:04AM UTC
    
    YEEAARRRR 🗣️🔥🔥
    
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