It was the time of the great Cocoland Festivities. Cocometeo, the orange meteorologist insect, had promised Babicinel—who was now his girlfriend—that they would spend the grand celebrations of Cocoland together. However, as the festivities began, he was nowhere to be found. Deeply worried, Babicinel scanned the festive crowds until she thought she caught a glimpse of him darting through the people. She rushed off to find him, but in her path, a wandering cockroach approached her to beg.
Babicinel asked him if he had seen an orange male ladybug in the area. The cockroach refused to speak, so she offered him money in exchange for information. He then said he had seen Cocometeo heading toward the Coco-Hotel with a chic-looking bee.
Terrified, knowing it could be the wicked Levallois, she ran toward the Coco-Hotel. The cockroach grabbed her by the arm and shouted, "Hey, give me my money!" Nervous, Babicinel pushed him away and cried out, "Go away, you disgusting bug!"
Babicinel, dressed in white, rushed to the Coco Hotel, desperately searching for Cocometeo. She found the room where he was staying and, upon opening the door, her worst fears were confirmed. He was there, with the wicked Levallois. Levallois, full of malice and arrogance, mocked, "What is she doing here?"
Cocometeo, his voice full of disdain, coldly asked, "Babicinel, what on earth are you doing here?" Heartbroken and completely confused, she stammered, "I came to find you, Cocometeo. You told me you would spend the festivities with me. Aren't we supposed to be together? Don't you love me?"
The two cruel insects burst into mocking laughter. Cocometeo spat harshly, calling her a crazy woman he wanted nothing to do with. They told her to forget everything and revealed their plan to move to Coco-Italy together, never to return to Cocoland.
Devastated, Babicinel whispered, "What? This isn't true love. It doesn't work like that. True love is taking care of your partner and being there for them no matter what. It’s a matter of trust, respect, and selflessness." But Cocometeo and Levallois snickered cruelly, retorting, "You know nothing about love. Love is just a game, a stupid pastime!"
But Babicinel knew that wasn't true. Love was everything to her. Babicinel, wounded by the betrayal, cried incessantly and shouted that she would never believe in love again. As she said this, her deep sadness heavily affected her magic heart. It suffered greatly and eventually shattered into pieces, losing its vibrant pink color. Nothing remained but sharp, charred crystal fragments of what it once was. Before destroying itself, it emitted a huge explosion of pink light. Sadness and despair enveloped Babicinel... She screamed and cried for her magic heart until she almost choked.
Later, Babicinel was in her bed, unable to stop crying as she watched the destroyed fragments in her bag. Suddenly, her sister Cococinel entered the room. Cococinel was very worried and kept telling her, "He's just a boy, you'll meet another..."
Then, broken, Babicinel told her sister what had happened to the heart. She took out her bag and showed her the broken, rotten remains. Cococinel was horrified and devastated; looking at them, she said that they were now only fragments of putrid crystal that cut. Babicinel then said, "He didn't just give me my powers; he was my boyfriend, he wasn't just a magic amulet... he was a person, a living being... I remember how every day he encouraged me... now all that's left are the charred pieces of what he once was... I've lost everything."
Cococinel hugged her sister, saying through tears, "You haven't lost me, little sister, I will always be here for you..." A tear from Babicinel fell onto the pieces of the heart, and suddenly they began to turn pink again and glow. The magic heart came back to life and reconstructed itself. Babicinel ran to hug it and said, "I’m so sorry for what I said about love; of course it exists, it was in my sister and it was in you."
After that, their friends organized a party by the pond. Babicinel felt true happiness and understood that true love is also found in friendship and family. Reflecting, she said:
"I believe I have always been surrounded by people who love and care for me. Maybe I never had a boyfriend because I don’t really need one. The affection I receive from my friends and my sister is enough for me and makes me truly happy. I don’t belong to anyone. I know who I am and I know what I want."
