#cupxftrouble

"What-" Mugman slightly jumped as he was caught off guard. He gave his brother a quick glance then, sighing in relief, picked up the book he dropped due to his surprise and playfully hit Cuphead on the head with it."Don't try to scare your 'favorite brother' like that!" He said, trying and failing to sound offended. "I was doin' fine until you showed up," he paused with a smirk, "Now I'm doin' great!"He lightly chuckled and then gave his brother a suspicious look. "Are you planning something or are you just in a good mood, oh dear brother?"

After spending the whole day on Isle Two, the brothers found themselves heading home in the dark. Not something Mugman would have typically let happen, but this time, he’d been too distracted by all the fun he’d been having. He’d hoped that with the full moon, he’d be able to find his way back with the light from that, but a heavy cloud cover made the whole forest pitch black, except for all the terrifying shadows the trees still somehow managed to cast throughout the forest. Mugman was shaking and holding onto Cuphead’s head with something of a death grip as he tentatively moved around.

“  Well  golly !  I  ain’t  ever  seen  you  before !  ”   The  angel  chirped,  tilting  her  head.   “  What’s  your  name ?  Oh— !  Are  you  a  new  toon  ‘round  here ?  I  didn’t  hear  Joey  mention  there’d  be  anyone  new,  but  maybe  I  just  missed  the  memo ...  ”   She  paused.   “  O—  Oh,  whoops  ...  I’m  rambling  ...  Sorry !  ”

“Cuphead, calm down! I’m coming!!” Mugman got down on one knee and grabbed Cuphead’s arm and side. “What’s got you so panicked, Cup?” Mug started to pull him up, but he was real stuck in there. “Wow, okay, ugh! You’re really stuck in the floor, aren’t you?”

“Oh no, not lava!!” Mugman teased, playing along for now. He loved playing with his little brother like this.

The brothers had been exploring the ruins of Rugged Ridge as planned. However, on the way up, a sudden rock slide tumbled down upon them, pelting them with rocks and pebbles from above. The moment Mugman caught sight of some rather large rocks, he rushed over to his little brother, wrapped him into a protective hug, then pushed Cuphead to his knees shielding him from the rocks with his body, covering his handle with his left hand. 

Well, that suddenly changed when a Dragon Hunter suddenly threw a francisca at Grim’s side. The axe slashed Grim right in the side, leaving a large gash where the weapon jut out from the dragon’s flesh. Grim roared in pain, and turned to face the hunter, who seemed to be more than ready to battle. “N-n-n-now wait j-j-j-just a minute! Is th-th-th-there something that you--” Grim was cut off when the Dragon Hunter pulled out a crossbow, and attempted to shoot him right in the eyes and blind him, but Grim managed to quickly dodge.

“I don’t know if you read the book... but... If you actually gave it to me, tryin’ to ask for forgiveness then I want you to know that I have never really blamed you for anythin’,” Mugman said with a soft smile, “And it still counts if you just broke somethin’ or got into trouble. Okay?”