Spoon Suit Man: Part 23 (Lauren)

When we last left our hero, he was escorting the lovely Cassandra Captin home, leaving his resentful cousin and sidekick Ben to walk home alone in the rain. - Lauren

Two hours later Sven entered his apartment to find Ben eating popcorn and watching "America's Got Talent".


"No!" Ben shouted, spilling popcorn. "That guy was funny! Send him to the next round!"

Sven guiltily attempted to sneak past Ben. Unfortunately, the commercials came on and Ben's attention wavered from the screen.

"Sven, is that you?"

He rolled his eyes. "No, Ben. It's the big bad wolf."

"Sven, you left me alone at the theater! What kind of a friend are you? What kind of a cousin are you?"

"I'm a busy one."

"Too busy for me? Oh, I see. It's your girlfriend..."

 Sven sighed. "She's not my girlfriend."

"Then why were you taking her on a date?"

"I just... was. But she's not my girlfriend."

"That doesn't make any sense!"

"Look, you wouldn't understand. So just stop asking."

"Fine." Ben sniffed. "Don't tell me then. I'm only your sidekick after all."

"Ben, I didn't leave you at the theater on purpose - "

"You didn't remember me..."

"You weren't even supposed to be there!"

"Fine." Ben resorted to his favorite word. "Be that way. Fine."

 "Well, if that's the way you want to act..." said Sven.

"I'll act the way I want to act!"

"I didn't say you couldn't..."

"Oh yeah? Well fine."

Sven rolled his eyes and left the room. Ben could hear him getting ready for bed and talking to J.E.R.O.S.L.A.V. in the next room.

"He doesn't care about me," sniffed Ben, tossing popcorn into his mouth as the show came on again, "and that girl doesn't know how to sing."

Ten minutes later the show ended and all the lights in the house went off (courtesy of J.E.R.O.S.L.A.V.). Ben was almost asleep on the couch when Sven came in.

"Well, have you come to apologize?" said Ben sleepily.

"Ben, what are you doing on my couch? Don't you have your own apartment?"

"So you're not going to apologize?"

"Look, Ben, I'm sorry I left you at the theater. It was an accident.  Just please stop asking about Cassandra. It's kind of a personal matter and I don't really want to talk about it."

"Apology accepted," said Ben. "I won't ask anymore. I've got a secret girlfriend too, you know."

"You mean Nicole?"

"No. You don't know her."

"She's your girlfriend?"

"Well... not yet."

"Will you please get off my couch?"

"Oh, come on Sven - it's cold and wet outside! Just let me spend the night here."

Sven sighed. "Fine!"

So Ben slept on Sven's couch that night.


Join us next week when Sven buys Cocoa puffs, Ben dies his hair blue, and three villains concoct an evil plan in the newest installment of the Spoon Suit Man series: The New Spork City Masquerade Ball!


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