label chapter_10: #Confession scene black with fade play music 'audio/OST/appreciating_the_scenery.ogg' fadein 1.0 A "Hang on, lemme get my key…" "I awkwardly fish around for it in my pocket, hand weighed down by some cheap first aid stuff from the nearby liquor store." A "This stuff wasn’t nece-" F "Shut up." F "Open the door." "I finally managed to find my key wedged between my leg and wallet." "Fang takes the key from me and opens the door before I can think to throw it out the broken window nearby." "Welp. No turning back now." A "Welcome to Casa Del Shithole, occupancy a miserable weeb." scene room anon day with fade "Raptor Jesus threw me a bone at least." "There’s no dirty dishes stacked in the sink." "The trash is mostly empty save for a discarded box of cereal." "And my monitor is NOT displaying something Saturnia related." "The entrance isn’t big enough for both Fang and I, so I leave her supporting shoulder and limp my way to the twin-sized mattress on the floor." show anon neutral flip at aright with dissolve "It’s so tempting to just drop face-first like usual, but I don’t think I’d survive the shock of the fall." show fang neutral at sleft with dissolve F "...Nice place…?" A "You don’t have to stay. I just wanna curl up in bed and sleep my sorrows away." F "Anon it’s ten in the morning." A "And?" F "And you’re fucking hurt. At least let me try and patch you up." A "You do-" "Fang’s glare makes my mouth click shut." "Fang sets the bag of ice packs, icy hots, and sabre balm on my computer desk when something catches her eye." play music 'audio/OST/The Hunt for more (You)s.ogg' fadein 1.0 F "Is… Is that the phone roomba you bought a while back? You actually kept that thing?" "Fang is standing over the shoebox I’ve been using to hold my ‘pet’." "I’ve put in a few wooden blocks for it to bump around." A "Uhh, yeah. Can you go ahead and feed him for me?" F "...With this box of cornflakes?" A "Yeah… Two or three will do." F "...And you taped your railgun to the top of it." A "If you look close I gave him angry eyebrows too." F "Why?" A "Mom never let me have a pet. And he’s cute." F "He?" A "Don’t make fun of metal gear RAYmba or else he’ll shoot you." F "..." A "He’s armed with tiny angry marine munitions." F "..." "Fang crumples up some of the flakes and pours the crumbs into RAY’s box." "I can hear it happily ingesting breakfast from my bed." F "You are such a dweeb, Anon." "There’s no heat in her words." "Fang turns to me, the small tub of disgusting green stuff in hand." play music 'audio/OST/Fuck You I Like This Chick.ogg' fadein 1.0 F "Alright, let me see where you’re hurt Anon." "..." "No way in fuck." F "Now." "Shit. When did Fang learn the patented Mom Glare." F "Take off your shirt." A "Wait wha-" F "Take it off or I’ll cut it off with your knife." A "...Fine..." scene wounds01 with fade pause 2 scene black with fade "I step into my tiny shower stall and turn on the water." "The shower head sputters before it starts weakly spraying lukewarm water." scene wounds02 with fade "The temperature of the water doesn’t help the tension in my muscles or the bruises marring my skin." "I stretch around and see massive blotches of purple and black splattered across my torso." scene wounds03 "Each contusion is hot to the touch under my fingers and the pain is intense." scene wounds04 "The worst is across my chest where the bollard hit me." scene wounds05 "I eventually get finished examining my wicked wounds and step out of the bathroom. Fang is on her phone doing Raptor Jesus knows what." scene wounds06 "Fang then pats the bed" F "Come here" "I walk over and lie down on my stomach" scene wounds07 F "Jesus that's bad..." "I then felt a cold cream and soft touch on my back, along with a massive jolt of pain" A "FUCK!" F "Shit, sorry! Are you okay?" A "Yeah, just didn’t expect it to hurt that bad..." F "Just try to relax." "I sigh and try my hardest not to freak out when she touches me" "She eventually finds a sweet spot of pressure to apply. It still hurts a little, but it doesn’t cause me to wince." "Her hands are soft." "I find myself relaxing under Fang’s ministrations." F "Starting to feel better now?" "I nod." "My eyes feel heavy as the ointment begins to warm up, drawing away tension from my aching muscles." "I can make out a steady thumping on my bed" "My senses fade more until all I’m aware of is Fang’s fingers tracing circles over my sore back and the sound of thumping." "I wonder what that is." "Fang’s hands slow to a stop and eventually pull away, leaving me disappointed." "The bed shifts." F "Anon." "There’s something in her voice, but I can’t discern it." A "Hm?" F "I need to do the front." scene wounds08 "Oh." "Okay then. I roll over onto my back." scene wounds09 "And find myself face to beak with her." "Dangerously close." "I can feel her breath on my lips and I blush." "It never even occurred to me that I could apply the ointment on myself." "I want to look aside." "Turn my face away to hide the growing blush." "But I can’t." "I’m entranced looking into Fang’s warm amber eyes." "Millions of words flash through my head as I try to find something to say." "Fang is looking right back." "Eyes that seemed to glow with what little sunlight filling the room stared into mine." "I wonder…" stop music fadeout 1.0 "I hope…" "Do you like me, Fang?" scene wounds10 F "A-anon…" "I’m pulled out of my thoughts by her voice." "Fang’s blushing heavily too, now." "And her tail is positively hammering away at my bed." "Wait." "Oh fuck." "Did I?" A "I- um… w-was that… did I say-" F "Y-yeah…" A "Fffffffffff-" "My head sinks back into my pillow." A "-fffffffffffuck." "A snort escapes from Fang’s beak." scene wounds11 play music 'audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg' fadein 1.0 F "You’re such a fucking dweeb…" scene wounds12 "Her fingers brush lightly across the largest bruise on my chest, without ointment." F "You mutter from time to time. I didn’t start noticing til our… d-date…" "I groan aloud." "So the entire time…" F "Yeah… It’s uh… kinda cute…" A "Raptor Jesus on his cross of rock. So for months now-" F "I’ve known. And…" "Fang leans over me with her hand braced next to my head in support." F "I… like you too…" scene wounds10 "Fang’s hand moves back to my chest, resting just over my machine-gun beating heart." "Her head slowly descends toward mine." "And before we can start trying to figure out how Human-Dino tonsil hockey is played." "Fang’s weight begins to press down behind her hand." "Which is dead center of the most serious bruise on my chest." scene wounds14 A "FUCK!" F "Oh shit sorrysorrysorry-" A "Haaaah." scene wounds15 "I manage to catch my breath." A "I’m okay. Just… ow…" "My hand wraps around Fang’s." A "M-maybe uh… something else?" A "That won’t stress these." "I nod at the blemishes across my chest." F "Er… liiiiike…?" A "Liiike…Hug? Maybe? I don-" scene wounds16 "I’m cut off by Fang moving closer to me again." "Her arm shifts, moving from my chest to my shoulder." "Her wing drapes over both of us, becoming a soft and warm blanket of feathers." "And her head lands next to mine, sinking into our now shared pillow until I’m eye to eye with her." F "Cuddling it is." "I smile and nod." "Even if Fang is now laying atop my arm and I’m starting to lose feeling in it." "The feel of her warm body pressed against my side is definitely worth it." "And between that warmth and the plush wing-blanket, my eyes grow heavy again." "Fang’s already started to snore, right into my ear." "Ah, fuck it. I close my eyes and decide that sleeping with Fang is easily the best thing to happen to me." "Ah, there… we… gooo…" scene black with fade "Zzz" scene black with fade stop music fadeout 1.0 "..." return