The next morning, Eddie woke up to the gentle nudging of something soft and slightly cold. He groaned in protest and batted it away from his face, only to have it return a few moments later petting his face.
“Eddie. Wake up. Need more chocolate.”
The human opened his eyes and sleepily stared at his bedside clock. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and lay back down. “It’s 7:00 in the morning, buddy. I think you’ll be okay for at least another hour.” He said while he closed his eyes again.
The tendril poked his side. “Get up. Hungry! We want food!”
Eddie sighed in annoyance and regretfully threw back the blankets and rose from his bed. “It’s always want, want, want with you, isn’t it? ‘We want food, Eddie, we want this or that.’ It gets to be a bit much sometimes, you know that?”
“We are not sorry for it.” Venom said defiantly. “Besides, you’re hungry, too.”
Eddie opened his mouth to say something snarky, when seemingly on cue his stomach growled. He closed his mouth and decided against it.
“Told you.” Venom said, sounding pleased that he had been on point. “You are starving like us.”
“Alright, fine. You win.” Eddie gave in and conceded defeat. “You’ll get your stupid chocolate.”
“Chocolate is not stupid, Eddie! It is delicious!” Venom argued pointlessly. “It is good for us!”
“It might be good for you, but it certainly is not good for me, especially with the amount that you eat.” Eddie said as he put on a clean set of clothes and grabbed his shoes to slip them onto his feet.
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