Bittersweet Candy Bowl

131. Accountability Buddy, page posted 9/30/26

Page 19 of 46 (27 pages still to come!)

First chapter
Chapter start
Archive:
Next chapter
Latest page

Author commentary

Veronica: Jasmine annoyed that she did too good a job getting Abbey to stop trying to save everyone lol, you reap what you sow, kid!!!

C'mon, Abbey!! Go back to the thing you used to do! Just this once for old time’s sake!

Comments from Patreon

Comment ID #235212

Oop

justin ODell

Comment ID #235213

Oh gosh darn it

Joselyn Rivera

Comment ID #235214

Dammit Abbey, reverse some character growth

Fiver

Comment ID #235215

Well… so much for Abbey I guess,

At this rate, it’s either gonna be Jasmine, Lucy, or, ironically, Augustus reaching out.

PAM

Comment ID #235216

Bro of he jumps Abbeys gonna feel like shit

arjay

Comment ID #235217

I’m all for a Jasmine meddling arc

transopossum17

Comment ID #235218

Honestly looking out for your own mental health too is probably very good for Abbey, he’s got enough things on his plate mentally to work through, as much as Mike could probably use it right now.

Arctic

Comment ID #235219

Not going to lie, this is starting to get a little draining now. This kid is literally going to have to end up in hospital before anyone even thinks about stepping in and checking up on him. All of them are just reinforcing his deep-rooted fear that they don’t actually care for him or even like him.

Steven Marshall

Comment ID #235220

Abbey, no! You were the chosen one!

Ivan Perez

Comment ID #235221

Jasmine you still have a chance to turn things around

Crossbreeze

Comment ID #235222

Abbey noooooooooooooo

Sinna Burns / Sinnabunny

Comment ID #235223

“Can’t save everyone, right?” Is going to be a sentence he’ll regret saying isn’t it

Kiall Vun Myeret

Comment ID #235224

I don’t like the way everyone is acting like a million branches haven’t been extended to Mike/: what can anyone do?

Kauphy

Comment ID #235225

I agree. People have been trying to help him for a long time and he rebuked them each time. It feels bad, but, genuinely, what more can someone do?

Nev Ravenoak

Comment ID #235226

Like seriously!! To me, Mike literally doesnt want to be helped!

He’s doing his best to stay out of everyones way. Is it healthy for him to do? absolutely not, but seriously though what can anyone do if he will do WHATEVER it takes to stay out of reach from everyone while still managing to put up the “Golden Boy” facade and make people double guess if he’s even okay or not? In my opinion, Mike doesnt want anyone to “choose sides” so he’s cutting himself out of the picture PERIOD so all their friends can focus on Lucy so that things can be so called ‘back to normal’ for her.

Despite this, I do hope there will be a breakthrough at some point. This is all painful to watch.

esinololly

Comment ID #235227

As bad as it feels, I still think this is the correct thing for Abbey to do.

Nev Ravenoak

Comment ID #235228

Oh man, I feel for Abbey on this one. He senses Mike wants to be left alone, so he leaves him to it. Sometimes, you gotta focus on yourself. Even if he were to try and help Mike, the dude would do whatever he can to deflect it anyway! :(

esinololly