Laying down on my stomach right on top of him my face is completely in front of his. I'm so close to his face that I can feel his breath from here.
…
'Is… is that blueberry?'
Somehow, I'm able to remember what a blueberry smells like.
If his breath smells like blueberries…
…
I wonder if it also tastes like blueberries.
I'm barely able to restrain myself from acting on this thought. I don't want to go too fast. I still have to assure him about not being scared of him.
"I like the way your fur feels…" I whisper as I carefully bring my paw to the side of his face. Slowly I start rubbing his cheek, feeling his fur.
As I do this, I can see Inv open and close his mouth as if he wants to say something but can't find the right words. Seeing his cuteness, I let out a small laugh.
"I like how vibrant your skin is…" I say as I trace one of my fingers down his neck. Wherever my finger moves to, the area around it turns a bright pink.
"And who cares what your arm looks like?" After running my finger down his neck, I move my paw down across his arm. Feeling his arm, it feels like millions of tiny centipede legs are running across my paw. I can also feel how sturdy his arm is…
Slowly moving my paw across his arm, I reach his paw and wrap my fingers around his paw.
"As long as I can hold your paw… then that's all that matters to me" I look into his eyes as I say this. I can see many vibrant colors swirling around in his eyes that I find myself lost in them for a second.
As I'm lost looking into his eyes I can feel something squeeze my paw which snaps me out of my trance. Looking slightly to the side I can see Inv's paw wrapped around my own. Feeling Inv's paw holding mine I can feel how careful he is… as if he's holding his strength back from hurting me…
"See? Why would I be scared of you if I can hold your paw like this? As your partner I would like every part about you…" I can feel a smile slowly creep on my face as I say this. Feeling him hold my paw in return makes me feel bolder to keep going.
"R-r u weally wilin tu b my patner?" Before I can make any further advances, I hear Inv say this to me in a shaky voice.
"Of course I am! Only if you want to be my partner…" I say to Inv while squeezing his paw tighter. Part of me is scared that he might actually say no to this. I know he asked if I wanted to be mates with him but what if he changed his mind?
'I know this is Inv I'm talking about here but knowing my shit luck he might actually reject me!'
Not getting an answer right away deepens this worry.
'I-I don't think I've done anything wrong??? He hasn't rejected my advances or voiced any complaints…'
Before I can think any further about this, I can see something forming underneath Inv's eyes. It looks like… blue dye?
'Wait a sec… no… is… is he about to cry?!'
Right after thinking this thought, I can feel Inv's paw unwrap from mine. Feeling this my heart instantly sinks as millions of thoughts shoot through my mind.
Was I pushing myself too hard on him? What if this entire time he hasn't said anything about my advances because he didn't know how to?! A-am I really about to get rejected?!
'No! I don't want to be alone again!'
I start moving my face away from his and start to sit up so I can start apologizing to Inv. But midway through sitting up I'm stopped as I feel something push me back down. My head lands right onto the side of Inv's neck. I feel a little flustered by the sudden closeness but mostly confused. Before I can question what's going on any further…
"Yesh! I-i will be yur pardner!!!" Inv cries out. Right after hearing this I can hear Inv crying, practically wailing right above my head. I finally realize what pulled me back down was Inv's arms. I can feel both of his arms wrapped tightly behind my back. It's as if 2 bars of steel have wrapped around me. I don't think I would be able to move back even if I wanted to at this point… but of course I won't.
Moving my arms I wrap them around Inv as best as I can. Not being able to fully wrap them around Inv makes me realize even further how much bigger Inv is compared to me.
Hugging Inv back I slowly start to feel relieved. In fact, I start feeling immense joy! Not being rejected by Inv and wanting to be partners with me is the best thing that's happened to me ever since waking up in this world! I know I made up the whole partner thing at first but I'm slowly starting to take it seriously.
While thinking this I can feel wet droplets of what I assume is Inv's tears hitting the top of my head. Strangely enough they feel very cold? I ignore this and push my head even closer into Inv's neck. When I do this, I can feel Inv squeeze me a little tighter in his embrace but it's not to the point where it would hurt me.
In return I squeeze Inv back as tight as I can. Feeling how sturdy, his body is I don't think I could hurt him at all even if I used all my strength…
I stay quiet as I let Inv cry to his heart's content. I suppose being by yourself for so long you would have many… suppressed emotions… but I honestly have no more tears to cry… I've already done that enough for thousands of cycles...
All I can feel now is happiness that I finally found someone to be with… not alone in this world anymore…