Go read TwistedTricks1 'seeds of love' - Cagney Carnation X Reader , first. or at least to the chapter "Is it really over?" so this could make sense.
Warning: This "chapter" contains self neglect and actions of/that leads to suicide (no suicide though)
It's been one year since Cagney had died. One year since (Y/N) defeated Jeno's brother and his accomplice. One year since (Y/N) replanted a Carnation seed with Cagney's soul linked to it. She had hoped that when she used her last wish that he would grow back right away. It seemed not.
She grew impatient, spiraling down into depression. It was all her fault! If she only had just listened to him, he wouldn't be dead! She stopped checking up on where she planted his seed after six months of waiting for even a sprout. Nothing.
But now it was spring. It seems that as soon as his seed germinated, he sprouted and looked to be of his normal self...just a lot smaller. He sat there for a moment and looked at his surroundings. Everything was so much bigger than he remembered, of course, his stem was only 20 inches tall and his head was 3 inches from petal to petal.
Cagney put his hands on the ground and forced himself out of the ground. Natural flower roots tore out of the ground along with his usual ones. Disgusted and surprised, he pulled one off only to cringe in pain. 'It looks as if that I'm going to have to deal with these for awhile' he thought. He wanted to see (Y/N) so he took off on his long trek.
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Since he just got control of himself again, he couldn't quite cordinate his movements. Luckily for him, the cup brothers were strolling by.
"Cup! Mug! Hey!" he hollered. It got their attenton. They ran to him excitedly blabbering about how they were so glad that he wasn't dead and how (Y/N) defeated the "evil dumbfaces" with three simple wishes.
"Can you take me to (Y/N)?" the flower asked timidly. The brothers took a glance at eachother.
"Sure, but..." Cuphead started.
"She isolated herself completely shortly after your death..." Mugman finished.
"That gives me all the more reason to see her!" Cagney exclaimed. He then started dragging himself hurridly in a random direction making little 'eh' sounds from struggling so much. Mugman scooped him up in his hands and started walking the oppisite direction.
"Her house is this way." he said with his brother following close behind.
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They arrived shortly after to an small unkempt house. Vines grew all along the sides of the house seemingly blocking it off. There was a huge garden of flowers in the front with all types of flowers. Roses, Marigolds, Blue Bonnets, Snap Dragons, Daisies, Sun Flowers, and Carnations. Lots and lots of Carnations. Most of them were that same reinorange color that he was. They littered the garden and the windowsills.
Cagney was absolutely amazed by this. She really cared that much? His heart fluttered with excitement. Mugman reached the door and Cagney quickly knocked, clearly ecstatic. When no one answered and the door squeaked open, Cagney pushed the door a bit more. It revealed even more Carnations scattered on the floor, chairs, table, the countertops, and all the windowsils. The cups walked in and made their way to the first room which was the living room. From there they could see (Y/N) anxiously tending to a patch of carnations whispering, "I can't let them die" over and over again. All three boys were shocked. She was malnurished and deathly skinny. Her hair was matted, long and tangled showing just how much she took care of herself. Her clothes were baggy and dirty, she had bags under her eyes from lack of sleep and all the crying she did. (Y/N) rushed to water another patch, panicking.
Cagney hopped out of Mugman's hands and hurridly scootched his way to her.
"(Y/N)! (Y/N)!" He desperately called. He got her attention rather quickly. She silently stood there holding her hand to her mouth and rushed to him picking him up and caressing his cheek.
"You're alive!" she cried. She cradled him in her arms. Cuphead and Mugman left to get (Y/N) fresh clothes and something to eat. (Y/N) grabbed a flower pot, put some soil into it, put Cagney inside, then added more soil atop his roots. "I missed you so much! I'm so sorry for causing so much trouble!"
"It's okay. It's all going to be okay..." he tried his best at reassuring the poor girl. "What...what happened?"
"What do you mean?" she questioned.
"I mean, what happened to you? (Y/N), you need to take better care of yourself!" he started to freak out.
"Well, when i didn't see any signs of you growing back, I flipped out and became obsessed with gardening and making sure my flowers -especially my Carnations- were healthy and it got to the point where i just forgot about my own needs and-" she grew quiet and stiff. Cagney wrapped his little hand around her pointer finger to try and comfort her. (Y/N) giggled at how cute and small he was.
"Cagney! You're a baby!" she laughed. His cheeks grew hot.
"Am not!" he retorted. They both argued a bit on that trivial topic and talked until the cups came back with goodies and some of their friends.
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June 23,
Dear Diary,
It's been a year and a couple of months since Cagney came back. Since then, everyone has helped me with my recovery and to get back to a healthy weight. Cagney grew about a foot taller than he was before and we had opened up a plant nursery for all my plants. Elder Kettle took a lot of them seeing as this is an important part of my recovery process. Cagney says that he still can't walk, but i know he can and he just says that so he could be in my arms all the time. As a joke, I told him that I wanted to start a family and he got flustered and said, "I'm not sure on how that would work..." and avoided eye contact for the rest of the day. Sometimes I like to joke about how we're made for each other because he exhales oxygen which i breathe in and i exhale Carbon Dioxide which he breathes in. The first time I told him that, he made a funny face and pondered on that for a good five minutes. Well, i have to go for now,
With much love,
(Y/N) Carnation
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FanfictionAn alternate ending based on the book 'seeds of love' - Cagney Carnation X Reader
