Mint Chip and Sometimes Friends

if i was very little i could live inside your tote bag and use your rumpled up receipts as blankets. have you thought about that

“Alright.” Lily nodded, before hearing a cacophony of shrill voices coming towards the room. “Guess the younger beans are coming back from recess.” She carefully made her way towards the bag. “It’ll be a few hours before pick-up, but I’d rather not risk getting caught up in the stampede…”

“…no, I haven’t. I mostly just go after snacks the big people leave behind and the M candies. I never thought about having an ‘apull’ or any other one of the helper’s food items before.” The only reason Lily wasn’t a ball of pudge was a) her childlike metabolism, and b) she did a lot of climbing. She pocketed her tooth and turned the apple around to eat the soft part.

“I mean, wouldn’t be against it…” Lily said, already making plans to find a fresh set of clothes to meet up with Mint with. “It’d be nice to get some variety in my diet.” Yeah, other than fruit snacks and snuck-in Twizzler bits.

She gave a small nod as she continued with her snack, “Then I shall ask. I sure it would be.” Mint wiped her knife on the napkin that held the apple. It seemed she was done for now. “So what’s it like over there on the other side there anyway? I don’t like going that far.”

“It’s really cool! I have this house I live in, and when the bigger kids are away, I throw movie nights!” Lily neglected to mention that she spends most of the movie nights watching the same movies that the caretaker puts on for all the kids that morning- and she’s already seen them dozens of times. “What about you? I mean, I haven’t been over here in a while, so I’d love to hear how you live.”

Lily nodded before looking down at her own clothes- threadbare, badly stitched, no footwear (not that she cared about the last part, but it would make the colder nights more bearable)… “…I might be crazy for asking this, but… can I head home with you tonight? It’s… actually pretty lonely being here at night…”

“…no, I haven’t. I mostly just go after snacks the big people leave behind and the M candies. I never thought about having an ‘apull’ or any other one of the helper’s food items before.” The only reason Lily wasn’t a ball of pudge was a) her childlike metabolism, and b) she did a lot of climbing. She pocketed her tooth and turned the apple around to eat the soft part.

“I mean, wouldn’t be against it…” Lily said, already making plans to find a fresh set of clothes to meet up with Mint with. “It’d be nice to get some variety in my diet.” Yeah, other than fruit snacks and snuck-in Twizzler bits.

She gave a small nod as she continued with her snack, “Then I shall ask. I sure it would be.” Mint wiped her knife on the napkin that held the apple. It seemed she was done for now. “So what’s it like over there on the other side there anyway? I don’t like going that far.”

“It’s really cool! I have this house I live in, and when the bigger kids are away, I throw movie nights!” Lily neglected to mention that she spends most of the movie nights watching the same movies that the caretaker puts on for all the kids that morning- and she’s already seen them dozens of times. “What about you? I mean, I haven’t been over here in a while, so I’d love to hear how you live.”

“…no, I haven’t. I mostly just go after snacks the big people leave behind and the M candies. I never thought about having an ‘apull’ or any other one of the helper’s food items before.” The only reason Lily wasn’t a ball of pudge was a) her childlike metabolism, and b) she did a lot of climbing. She pocketed her tooth and turned the apple around to eat the soft part.

“I mean, wouldn’t be against it…” Lily said, already making plans to find a fresh set of clothes to meet up with Mint with. “It’d be nice to get some variety in my diet.” Yeah, other than fruit snacks and snuck-in Twizzler bits.

She gave a small nod as she continued with her snack, “Then I shall ask. I sure it would be.” Mint wiped her knife on the napkin that held the apple. It seemed she was done for now. “So what’s it like over there on the other side there anyway? I don’t like going that far.”

“…no, I haven’t. I mostly just go after snacks the big people leave behind and the M candies. I never thought about having an ‘apull’ or any other one of the helper’s food items before.” The only reason Lily wasn’t a ball of pudge was a) her childlike metabolism, and b) she did a lot of climbing. She pocketed her tooth and turned the apple around to eat the soft part.

“MEEP!” Tigerlily immediately went limp, falling onto her side. It took a few seconds for her to realize who had spoken. “Waaait… you’re not a human!” Lily sat up and glared at the newcomer. “Give me a heart attack, why don’tcha!” She got to her feet and approached the older borrower, not perturbed by the knife. “Haven’t seen you around here before- what’s your name?” Lily then noticed the tail behind the stranger. “And how come you have a tail?”

“And I’m Tigerlily. I usually stay on the toybox side of the playroom, but whenever the caretaker brings those M candies, I sneak over and nab a few.” Lily watched the tail curl away, and a pang of envy went through her mind. It’d be a lot easier to free climb if she had a tail… “Anyway, you aren’t gonna try and bust me, are you? You were in the caretaker’s bag, after all…”

Tigerlily, huh? Her eyes wandered toward the bowl of candy briefly then back to Lily. She shrugged, putting down her “sword” arm. “No, as long as you’re good. I stay with them, and they know about me, so for all I know they already know about you too.” She started making her way back to her own snack, the apple. “That’s a lot of candy for a little one like you though, don’t make yourself sick.” She gave a small smirk of a smile.

Lily stuck her tongue out at Mint. “Rude! And I keep myself a secret from all the big people! For all they know, I’m just a doll.” She looked over at the candy, then back over at Mint. “…we can share, if you want. I only take a few anyway- nothing that’ll get me noticed.” Sure- the caretaker will think that one of the kids left dirty humanoid footprints on their desk.

Suuuure. Considering the way she went limp, she may have believed that, a little bit. It made no difference to her though. “If you say so. And no, no, I’m good. I’ll stay working on my fruit.” Sure it was just about the size she was, but it was certainly a little less messy. She cut herself a small chunk of fruit and gave her a nod, “You go ahead though. You can also have some of this if you’d like.” Mint offered.

Lily thought a bit. She had grown tired of having Goldfish for dinner… “Okay, I accept. Cut me off a piece.” She approached the apple tentatively- she still was uncertain if this was a trap that the caretaker had planned to evict her. “…where’d you get a knife anyway?”

“Sure thing.” She commented idly as she got to work on cutting another piece. “I got it from the daycare’s little kitchen, long before the caretaker found me. They didn’t make me put it back.” Who would try to anyway? At least not while Mint was awake. She passed Lily her piece of apple, “Here you go.”

“MEEP!” Tigerlily immediately went limp, falling onto her side. It took a few seconds for her to realize who had spoken. “Waaait… you’re not a human!” Lily sat up and glared at the newcomer. “Give me a heart attack, why don’tcha!” She got to her feet and approached the older borrower, not perturbed by the knife. “Haven’t seen you around here before- what’s your name?” Lily then noticed the tail behind the stranger. “And how come you have a tail?”

“And I’m Tigerlily. I usually stay on the toybox side of the playroom, but whenever the caretaker brings those M candies, I sneak over and nab a few.” Lily watched the tail curl away, and a pang of envy went through her mind. It’d be a lot easier to free climb if she had a tail… “Anyway, you aren’t gonna try and bust me, are you? You were in the caretaker’s bag, after all…”

Tigerlily, huh? Her eyes wandered toward the bowl of candy briefly then back to Lily. She shrugged, putting down her “sword” arm. “No, as long as you’re good. I stay with them, and they know about me, so for all I know they already know about you too.” She started making her way back to her own snack, the apple. “That’s a lot of candy for a little one like you though, don’t make yourself sick.” She gave a small smirk of a smile.

Lily stuck her tongue out at Mint. “Rude! And I keep myself a secret from all the big people! For all they know, I’m just a doll.” She looked over at the candy, then back over at Mint. “…we can share, if you want. I only take a few anyway- nothing that’ll get me noticed.” Sure- the caretaker will think that one of the kids left dirty humanoid footprints on their desk.

Suuuure. Considering the way she went limp, she may have believed that, a little bit. It made no difference to her though. “If you say so. And no, no, I’m good. I’ll stay working on my fruit.” Sure it was just about the size she was, but it was certainly a little less messy. She cut herself a small chunk of fruit and gave her a nod, “You go ahead though. You can also have some of this if you’d like.” Mint offered.