#I saw the little snippit that the Emptober blog made and RAN

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Emptober Day 23: Tooth

The demi-god stuffed a scrap of cloth from the banner shop to the empty space where a tooth once was, trying to stop the blood and not worry his papa. He'd done it! He got his loose tooth out all by himself! He was brave, just like the sheriff! He was so proud of himself. And surely, papa would be proud of him too! He just had to go and show him!

He took the baby tooth in his hand, keeping the cloth to the gap and running outside to find Sausage.

Said parent was talking to Scott, the two were laughing about something. Something about wood? Hermes didn't quite get it, but it sounded similar to the notes he'd be sent to either parent's house with.

"Well, thank you very much for your wood. Maybe you could come by and strip it for me." Scott teased, leaning against the shulker box a little. Sausage laughed.

"You never know, maybe I'll find the time. I'm pretty busy, but for you, I think I can-"

"Papa! Scott!" Hermes chirped, causing Scott to go bright red once he'd realized that the child had been there.

"Oh- ! Hello, little sunspot!" He smiled nonetheless, a bit confused at the current state of him.

"Hi!" Hermes would've given them a usual toothy grin, but it seemed he was missing a vital part of that. "I lost a tooth!"

Sausage gave a proud smile as Hermes held up the little tooth, ruffling up his hair a little. "Well, look at that! How'd that happen, mijo?"

"Pulled it out." Hermes took the piece of cloth from his mouth to show the blood stain. "See? It was bleeding a lot. And I hit my head on the wall when it came out. But I pulled it out all by myself!"

"Well, congratulations, little sunspot." Scott fished through his pockets briefly, before handing Hermes a glittering blue gemstone. "I think this kind of achievement deserves reward, don't you Sausage?"

"Oh, absolutely. Now, what do we say, mijo?"

"Thank you scott!" Hermes looked down at the diamond in his hand with stars in his eyes. Scott smiled fondly.

"Of course, dear. Now, I'd better get going.. you two have a lovely day."

When the colorful man left, Sausage took Hermes to the clinic to properly clean him up. The two excitedly talked about this first lost tooth, and what he could possibly do with it.

"The tooth fairy sounds like auntie lizzie." He decided. "I'm just gonna keep it safe."

Sausage tried his best not to laugh, but nodded a little and kissed Hermes' forehead. "Alright, that's fine. I bet daddy's gonna be real excited when you show him tomorrow."

And Hermes was excited to show him. Sitting on the steps of the his home in Stratos, he sat on the chest and kicked his feet, holding onto the note he wrote all by himself. "look daddy, I lost a tooth!"