Shadow Milk Cookie wakes up in cold sweat, the dream scared him. He remembers being inside the Silver Tree, the fork isolating himself from the others.. He had nearly gone mad in there, or actually, he already did before being sealed. He turns to his side, soft, short breaths are heard. Pure Vanilla Cookie is sleeping sound next to him, blissfully unaware of the terrible dream Shadow Milky had! The Soul Jams are together on the bedside table, glowing faintly. If they were to he reunited and joined together as the Soul Jam of Knowledge.. No. Shadow Milk shakes off the thought. That was his original plan, of course. But now.. “Shadow Milk?” A groggy groan mumbles from Pure Vanilla’s mouth. “It’s still night..” “Oh.. It’s alright, I just had a dream..” Shadow Milk ‘reassures’, and sinks back into bed, staring at the ceiling. Then he turns to his side, not facing Pure Vanilla, but rather, the wall toward the balcony. There’s a movement from Pure Vanilla, as he reaches out and strokes Shadow Milk’s hair. He pats him on the head, then goes back to sleep. Shadow Milk’s quite surprised, but likes it. He closes his eyes and forces himself to try and sleep again. Luckily, it’s dreamless. ——•———•———•———•———• The next day, Shadow Milk wakes up to find Pure Vanilla sitting up, reading a book, the Shadow Milk plushie next to him. The book was braille, of course. “Are you alright? I remember last time you mentioned you woke up from a dream last night.” Pure Vanilla says once he noticed Shadow Milk yawning. Shadow Milk stretches, sitting up. “I’m fine.” Pure Vanilla offers a glass of water, a smile on his face as he sets down the book. Shadow Milk huffs, but takes it anyway. “Thanks.” He says, looking away. Pure Vanilla gets up from bed, placing the book on the bedside table and getting his Soul Jam. He puts the plushie on his pillow. “What would you like to do today..?”

Shadow Milk doesn’t hear him, he’s focusing on the dream he’s had. He hadn’t had a dream like that since.. well, he wasn’t sure. It wasn’t everyday he gets a vision from his past. “Shadow?” Pure Vanilla’s voice snaps him back to reality. “Anything, I just..” Shadow Milk waves it off, staring out the window of potted white lilies.

“Are you okay?” “….” “Let’s go to the gardens today.” “H-huh?” Shadow Milk glances back to Pure Vanilla. “I’d like a day for just the two of us, to talk.” ——•———•———•———•———• Shadow Milk was back in his Lady in Azure form. They were sitting in the Vanilla Kingdom’s gardens. It was not as diverse as the meadows of Flower Meadows Cookie, but it was still quite nice. Vanilla orchids and white lilies, trees perfectly shaped and refined. The two were sitting on the edge of a fountain, Lady in Azure running her hand through the fresh water, bubbling and beautiful in colors of blue and green reflecting the sun’s rays, which shown brightly on the Vanilla Kingdom. Pure Vanilla Cookie looks at her, it seems to be he’s waiting for her to speak. Upon no reply, he speaks instead; “So.. what do you want to talk about?” “…” “I don’t know.” Lady in Azure prompted, her gaze drawn back to him. “I mean, you’re the one who brought us here, what do YOU want to talk about?” “Hm..” Pure Vanilla Cookie ponders as he looks toward the sky. “Tell me about your dream.” This catches Lady in Azure off guard as she nervously looks away, her face darkens as she remembers her dream. “You’re not responding.” Pure Vanilla says. “What was it about?” “N-nothing you should be worried about.” Lady in Azure says, waving it off.