220 Vol. 4 pt. 23 Patch 4.0: Ferrets and Dogs (2/2)
”Ya might want to – back!” Tabitha shouts as the tree falls.
Fenrir grabs Tabitha by the back of her shirt and Cassiel by her hips, jumping out of the way with both of them in tow as the tree falls onto where they were just standing.
With Cassiel to his side, looking cuddled up next to him, Tabitha is lying down on his chest and glaring at him.
”Oi, dog boy,” Tabitha says.
”Y-yeah?” Fenrir asks, unsure why she looks so pissed off.
”What's with this cheesy cliché?”
”It's – it's not like I wanted you to land on me this way. I was just trying to get you out of the way.”
”Ya sure about that, or do I need to hit ya with my hammer? Maybe there's a few screws loose in your head there makin' ya think that you can just pull underage-lookin' girls onto you.”
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”You can get off of me at any time now, you know.”
”I know, but I'm tryin' to decide if I need to smack you or not.”
”I vote for not.”
Tabitha narrows her eyes and furrows her brows, but then laughs and gives his chest a few, hearty smacks. ”Thanks for the save, wolf boy.”
”No problem, shortie.”
Tabitha gets up off of him which allows Fenrir to turn his attention to Cassiel. He looked over and saw that she was fine, but doesn't know why she's been so quiet. ”You alright?” he asks her, keeping his voice low since her head is right next to his.
”Ye-yeah, thanks,” Cassiel answers.
”You sure?”
She nods her head against and says, ”Just… that – that was…. it was, you know, nice.”
”You mean you think your totally awesome boyfriend is hot for saving you from a falling tree?”
”I did until you ruined it.”
”Am I at least a little bit awesome?”
Cassiel sighs and kisses his cheek. ”That's all.”
”Good enough.”
”Hey! Everybody alright?” Oleander shouts, running over with his boyfriend and the group's canines.
”Yeah, we're fine,” Fenrir says as he helps Cassiel get up.
”Oi, I just thought of a problem,” Tabitha says. ”How the heck are we supposed to take this thing back?”
”You're only just now thinking of that?”
”Don't worry about when I thought of it. All that matters is that I did think of it.”
Fenrir notices Cassiel still standing close to him and slightly blushing even if he did supposedly ruin the mood, so he wraps one hand around her to rest on her waist so that he can pull her close against his side.
Naturally, this causes her to blush brighter than before and part her lips as if she wants to ask him what he's doing, but she gives in to the romantic gesture and leans against his side. Plus, she really, really likes this.
Tabitha looks behind her, sees the lovey-dovey couple standing together, and sighs. ”It's tough bein' the only single gal around,” she says.
”You've got Aza…. wait, where is she?” Fenrir asks.
”Huh. No idea. Fox, ya bring her over?” Tabitha asks Shogun.
Shogun looks up at her, tilts his head, and then shakes it.
Meanwhile, back on The Shoebill, Azalabulia is standing around moping. ”They – they forgot about me!” she whines to herself. Looking overboard, she contemplates jumping into the water and swimming like Fenrir did, but she knows she could never bring herself to do that. ”I – I wish I knew how to swim.” While she may not be able to go and join the others in the forest, at least she has her little tentacle companion to play with that she got from the dungeon.
That is, until it slips out from her hands and falls into the water.
Azalabulia stares down at the water with a shocked expression.
Then she somehow slips and falls over the railing.