the pookas

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The following day, Bella goes with Trouble, when he heads for the park.

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[megale]

"...Is that seriously a possible avenue of fighting the evil cult?"

[aeskhyne]

He snorts. "No."

[megale]

"Okay, 'cause, I don't actually know what I'm dealing with, here, Titania thinks I'm a security risk. Uh, I guess if my mom and dad knew what was going on and got past the whole pooka-cult-etcetera thing they would be like 'but sleeping around causes diseases'?"

[aeskhyne]

He shrugs. "I've been lucky so far. But yeah, that's true."

[megale]

"I do not really wish to have diseases."

[aeskhyne]

"Me neither. I'm careful-ish. I could be more careful if that'd help. —Uh, and I could quit hooking, that would probably help a lot."

[megale]

She blinks. "That was not on the list."

[aeskhyne]

"I haven't done it in a while, too busy being a pigeon, so I forgot. But not doing it because I'm too busy being a pigeon and not doing it on purpose are kind of different."

[megale]

"I guess. Do you even know you don't have anything now?"

[aeskhyne]

"...Not for sure, and I can't go to the doctor because in hiding and also pooka. So." He shrugs.

[megale]

"Oh, yeah, I guess that's a thing, isn't it."

[aeskhyne]

"Yep."

[megale]

"Oh well, in health class we did this entirely embarrassing section about, like, Alternatives."

[aeskhyne]

Trouble giggles. "Oooh, alternatives," he says, hugging her.

[megale]

Snuggles! Are those an alternative or their own thing? They are nice, anyway.

[aeskhyne]

Snuggles are awesome.

[megale]

So awesome! Kisses are also awesome.

[aeskhyne]

They are. They are that. Mmmmmm.

[megale]

Rhea is totally digging the romanced-by-a-paranormal-young-adult thing.

[aeskhyne]

Awesome. Because the paranormal young adult in question is totally digging Rhea.

[megale]

Snuggles. Does he like tummy rubs when he is not a cat?

[aeskhyne]

He does! Some tummy rubs give him happy snuggly feelings which he transmutes into happy snuggly faces and happy snuggly sounds.



Some tummy rubs, on the other hand, make him giggle helplessly.

[megale]

"Ticklish pooka."

[aeskhyne]

"Yep!" he says, still giggling, and he snuggles up and gives her a giggly kiss.

[megale]

Tickles. Less accidental tickles.