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#I think I did that bc I was tired and feeling snacky
cinnamoncat23 · 3 years
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Oh no I just remembered that I ate ice cream and drank a little thing of milk yesterday. Wish me luck ig
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shapeshiftinterest · 4 years
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This Could Be Us But You Playin': badgermao & shadow badgermao (CH 3)
Mao and Shadow Mao return to see that the HQ has been trashed
Adorabat explains
sidenote: she doesn’t know what the Badgerclops’ were talking about, just that BC was choking on some toast
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This Could Be Us But You Playin' (also on ao3)
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4
Both Maos dropped their grocery bags in shock, eyes widening. 
Mao held his head in disbelief as Shadow Mao lifted a hand to where their mouth would be and let out a silent gasp.
The living room, office, and probably the kitchen, were all a mess. Papers were scattered everywhere and a good half of the furniture was overturned. 
The living room table was split in half, random memorabilia still on fire. Burnt toast was everywhere, on the floor, the walls, even the ceiling. And was that- 
“SOFIA!!“ Mao cried, rushing over to the rafters. “Don’t worry, we’ll get you down from there!“
While Mao was freaking out over the couch, Shadow Mao sprinted towards the kitchen. 
His boyfriend was doing a hand stand while Badgerclops sat backwards in a chair and drew his portrait... in ketchup. Shadow Mao looked past them to see Adorabat T-posing on the kitchen table.
But where was- 
*thump*
The sound brought his attention to their adopted deputy, stuck head first in a box of cookies and struggling to get out.
“BADGERCLOPS WHERE ARE YOU?!“ Mao shouted from the living room. 
“UH, I’M KINDA BUSY HERE MAO” he scoffed, continuing to smear ketchup on the canvas. “Some people just don’t appreciate my creative ways, y’kno?“
“DROP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND HELP ME WITH SOFIA!!!“
“NO WAY MAN, DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO PAINT SOMEONE DOING A HANDSTAND?!?!“
Shadow Mao shook his head at them before trying to get Shadowbat unstuck, gently tugging the box off their head and wiping the crumbs off.
They blinked and ‘squee’ed at their guardian, the bat’s eyes turning into happy slits as they rubbed the top of their head against his chin in thanks.
Shadow Mao set them on the table next to Adorabat, who was now shoving pieces of toast in her mouth and offering a few slices to her new table buddy.
Mao had also moved to the kitchen and was now in a shouting match with Badgerclops while Shadowclops buttered another piece of toast and watched.
They noticed their shorter companion walking over and handed them a slice with some jam on it, shoving the other 3 pieces into their ‘mouth’ and leaning against the counter.
The cat shade crunched half of it and tossed the rest back to their companion, who snapped it up mid air, before quick stepping behind Mao and putting a hand on their shoulder.
Mao paused, looking over his shoulder at red eyes. He glared for a bit and sighed, pinching the bridge between his eyes. 
“Alright, just. Everyone into the living room. Badgerclops, could you please help me get Sofia down from the rafters.”
                      -after getting sofia down and putting out the fires-
The Maos stood in front of the broken coffee table, arms crossed as they looked at their deputies.
“Can any of you tell us what happened to HQ while we were gone?“ 
The deputies shared a look but stayed silent.
Mao glowered, foot tapping impatiently. Shadow Mao picked up a piece of toast and waved it at Shadowclops. ‘What’s up with all the burnt toast??’ they signed.
Shadowbat rubbed the back of their neck with one of their wings. 
Mao looked off to the side, “Fine, you leave me no choice, but to withhold the snacks we brought for you until further notice.“ 
Four sets of eyes snapped to attention.
Badgerclops gasped, “You wouldn’t dare!”
“Oh, but I would. And the longer you say nothing the colder they’ll get.”
‘You monsters!’ Shadowbat signed.
Shadowclops put a hand to his forehead, feeling faint.
“Wait!“ Adorabat called out, just as the Maos were going upstairs. “We’ll tell you.“
“Adorabat what are you doing?“ Badgerclops whispered.
“It has to be done! I wanna know what they got us.“
He made a slightly troubled face before conceding.
Adorabat took in a breath “It started like this.“
                                 -a few minutes after the Maos left-
Badgerclops walked into the living room, an Adorabat on each shoulder. Shadowclops looked up from their borrowed Switch but kept pushing buttons rapid fire.
“Sup shadow me, wanna join us and mess around with the toaster while the Mao’s are gone? We’re gonna see how much bread it takes to built a fort out of toast.“
Shadowclops nodded eagerly, saving their game and tossing the Switch onto the couch.
                                   -an ungodly amount of toast later-
“It’s so beautiful.” Badgerclops choked out, wiping a tear from his eye. 
Shadowclops put a hand on his shoulder and handed him a napkin, glowing with pride at the toaster fort they’d made in the living room around the couch. 
All four deputies were decked out in their own toast outfits, personally decorated with different colored jams.
“Badgerclops, we should take a picture to show Mao Mao!“ Adorabat said, tugging on his belt.
“Good idea 'dorabat.“ Badgerclops pet his toolbelt pockets. “Now where did I...?“
Shadowbat swooped over them, dropping the phone into his hands.
“Oh sweet, thanks lil dude.“
They gave him a thumbs up from their perch on Shadowclops’ shoulder.
“Ok everybody, say, ’deputies!’“
“DEPUTIIIIEEESSS!!!“
*click!*
‘Send that one to me.‘ Shadowclops signed.
“Fo’ sho my guy, fo’ sho.“
It wasn’t long until the four were tag team playing against each other. 
Badgerclops fell back against the back of the couch, careful not to knock his toast crown against the top of the fort as he passed his controller to Adorabat.
Shadowclops sat on the opposite end, decked out in similar toast duds. The two watched as their smaller deputies duked it out on screen. 
He leaned over, catching the other’s attention. “Hey so like, what’s up with you and Shadow Mao?“
Shadowclops turned his head and tilted it. ‘What do you mean?’
“I dunno like,” Badgerclops covered his mouth, whispering “why d’y’all smooch so much? Are you heroes with benefits or something?”
He jokingly wiggled his eyebrows at the other and broke off one of his shoulder armor toasts, biting through half of it before reaching for the peanut butter jar.
Shadowclops snickered, signing something that made Badgerclops’ face burn. Most likely due to choking on his toast, but also from embarrassment.
‘Are you ok?‘ Shadowbat signed, their head popping over the edge of the fort to look at him with concern, miniature toast crown slipping a little.
“Y- *hHrGk* yeah,” Badgerclops hacked, giving the Adorabats a thumbs up “never better!“
Shadowclops thwacked him on the back as he continued to wheeze. 
“Thanks man.”
‘no problem :).‘
Absentmindedly he shoved his other shoulder toast into his mouth. Anything to get his mind off of Shadowclops signing ‘dude, we’re lovers, lol’. 
Sure, he’d thought about it a few times when he was alone, or when he and Mao’d had a soft moment together.
And yeah, maybe they made out before when they’d been on the road *cough* and in his art and some of his dreams *cough*. But officially?
Badgerclops’ brow furrowed and he crossed his arms. Officially they were partners, co- heroes. They were best buds protecting Pure Heart Valley along with Adorabat.
He glanced back at Shadowclops, Shadowbat was splitting part of their crown and giving him half. He wondered what it would be like to have that kind of relationship with his Mao.
“Whoops!“
Adorabat’s controller clattered as it hit the floor, skidding under the couch and breaking Badgerclops out of his thoughts.
“Sorry! Could one a y’all get that for me?“
“Oh yeah, sure.“ 
He blindly searched for the controller with this robo arm, something thunking against it. “I think I got- oh no. GET OUTTA THE WAY!!“
Badgerclops’ arm started to spark, flipping through different modes before settling on the blaster setting. 
“Nonononono. SHADOWCLOPS, SAVE SOFIA- AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!“ he yelled, arm rapid fire blasting through the toast fort and parts of HQ.
Badgerclops rushed out of the fort, tripping on the living room table and breaking it in two, a wayward beam taking out part of the ceiling.
His shadow version managed to yeet Sofia into the rafters a little farther in.
Shadowbat was frantically trying to remember where the fire extinguisher was and just kept breaking thing she thought it would be in. 
Meanwhile the strength of the blasts had forced Badgerclops into the kitchen, where he and Adorabat were hitting his robo arm in an attempt to dislodge the magnet stuck inside. 
Adorabat gave up once the toaster exploded, poking at the base of the prosthetic the way she’d seen Mao do before. 
After a few tries the rogue arm sent out a strong blast, catapulting itself through one of the closed windows and into the forest.
All of them were breathing heavily, Badgerclops went to get his spare arm while the other three put out some of the more immediate fires.
Tired, and still a little on fire, they sat at the kitchen table. 
“So it’s agreed? We don’t tell either of the Mao’s what happened here.“ Adorabat said, wings folded in front of her.
                                                 -present time-
“And that’s what happened!“
“Wait, so you’re telling us, that Badgerclops’ arm got a magnet stuck in it and is still blasting stuff in the forest?“
The deputies looked at each other. “Yes.”
Shadow Mao sighed rubbing his temples before looking at Mao and shrugging. 
‘We’ll deal with it later, groceries first.‘
“We’ve decided that because of the damage done to HQ, the four of you will NOT be getting your snackies,“ he paused “... until you clean this mess up and deactivate that arm.“
The deputies deflated. “And to motivate you to get the job done quickly,” Shadow Mao poured the contents of the bag into a bowl 
“tadaaa!! mini cobbler filled beignets, specially made from Muffins’ bakery.” Mao said with a flourish.
“OOOOOOHHHHH!!!“ The deputies leapt out of their seats, rushing to different parts of the room and getting started.
The Maos nodded at each other and Mao made his way to the kitchen, not noticing Shadow Mao sneak 2 of the treats to his shade deputies.
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