Kankri ==

You plopped down on the sofa and looked around at your tidy hive, feeling bored and drained like you usually did at the end of the day. You had come to the conclusion that your life was stale, it was no longer filled with new events or anything exciting. Although, the only thing that fueled your day was your interest in almost anything from a knowledgeable point of view. You were intrigued by facts that no one else bothered to learn about, or things that they simply overlooked.

You sat up a bit at the sound of your phone going off, at first you decided to ignore it, but after a couple seconds of a mental battle you unlocked your phone and checked your messages.

It was Porrim. Her message consisted of the usual request to spend time with you.

-Hey Kankri, there's a sale at the comic book store tomorrow, if you want to come with me.

Well, you couldn't resist the comic book store, your interest in cultures on earth seemed to fuel your addiction for what is most commonly known as Manga. Porrim said that I was most likely an otaku, but I refused to accept the fact that I was addicted to something as unbearably simple as a comic book.

You agreed to go, and put down your phone and went to bed since it was already one in the morning. You slid your boxers off and happily cuddled into the fluffy comforter on your bed. You went to sleep fast, you must've been tired.

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You met Porrim at the comic book store that was far away from your house like everything else was. You hated the city.

"Hey Kankri, I'm going to go look around in the back of the store, if you need me I'll be there."

You started to lecture her about how dangerous it is to be alone in the city, then you realized that you were in a comic book store filled with people mostly interested in the obvious comic books you stupid slut.

"Never mind," you said as you waved her off and got a few manga's randomly off the shelf.

You weren't really reading them because you liked them, at least you hoped that wasn't the reason you couldn't stop buying them. You sat down at one of the café-like tables they had sitting at the front of the store. You started to flip to a random page in the comic book at the top of your stack. You had collected 5 from the shelf and as you were looking through the second one you felt as if someone was watching you.

After a few minutes of this eerie feeling you started to look around to see if anyone was actually staring at you. To your surprise you had discovered that another troll like yourself was the culprit of your sixth sense going off. As expected, he had looked away and hid his face in the book he was holding when he saw you looking at him. He had two scars above his right eye and large angular horns poking out from the top of the book. You noticed instantly that he was aquatic. You felt yourself get a bit excited, for you were currently doing deep research in aquatic trolls like him, you assumed he was male because of his masculine features that nobody could deny.

There was something strange about him, after a few seconds of pondering you finally realized that it was his style, and his slicked back hair. You thought he looked like a total jerk that jumped straight out of the 1950's. He was wearing a black leather jacket that you thought fit his appearance, black boots that some might consider goth, skinny jeans and a white shirt with something on it that you couldn't make out because of the table.

You realized that he no longer was acting shy, and he was now looking at you with white eyes. You felt intimidated when you saw his clearly emotionless expression, however there was a very slight amount of purple blush on his cheeks. You looked away and thought nothing of the whole thing and went back to looking at your manga's.

You were starting to forget about the encounter until you saw him start to walk over to you out of the corner of your eye. You started to get nervous when he sat down at the same table as you. He said nothing and reopened the book that he was looking at. You started to relax until you heard him close his book abruptly, his foot was bouncing as if he was impatient.

"I don't even like manga…" his voice was smooth just like you expected, he lowered his head when he spoke.

"Then why are you here?" You looked up from your book, a bit confused.

He had an unlit cigarette at the corner of his mouth, he paused and thought for a bit.

"I work across the street at the tattoo parlor. I've seen you come here often and I thought you were a cutie, so I decided to try and find a way to talk to you."

You noticed he blushed a bit harder as he said this. Maybe he wasn't so much of a jerk as you thought. You turned back to your book, you didn't want him to see your candy red cheeks. You didn't want him to know what blood color you had… you were scared he might hurt you or call you a freak like everyone else that first finds out.

He must've seen the worry in my eyes. He reached for your book and ripped it out your grasp before you could do anything about it. He had to have known what your blood color was. At first he looked surprised but then smiled softly as if to say it was okay. You pulled your red turtle neck up over your nose in hopes of hiding most of your face.

"You look cute like that," he said as if was nothing. "My name is Cronus…" He smiled weakly. You couldn't help but realize that he actually wanted to get to know you.

"I'm Kankri…"

He nodded and looked up a bit as if he was tossing your name around in his head, testing it out.

"Kankri, I really love that name," You saw him smile at you, you couldn't help but notice the small glimpses of sadness you were seeing in his eyes every now and then. He looked at his watch. "I have to go soon, chief…" You listened to him sigh as if the thought of him leaving was disastrous to him, you felt pity for him. He just met you after all, and he seemed to already be flushed for you. You watched him curiously as he searched his messenger bag for something. He pulled out a notebook and a pen and scribbled down something and handed you the paper.

"Don't look at it until I leave," He said as he left the comic book store without turning back once to look at you.

You examined the paper to find his number written neatly at the top. You smiled softly, his handwriting was nice, even though it was just numbers.

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Awhile after he left the store you just lost interest in the manga's you had picked up, and told Porrim you were headed back home.

On the way home you couldn't help but think about Cronus. You weren't flushed for him yet, as you weren't so easily swept off your feet. He did however interest you enough to the point that you decided to text him later that afternoon.

-Hey.. Cronus, its Kankri…

-Hey Kankri, it's a little late, I would expect you to be in bed.

-I always stay up this late, I like the night time better. Why are you up?

-Don't worry about it, just having some anxiety over some personal stuff… Hey, you think maybe we could go on a date…?

You thought for a moment, your life was boring anyway. On the other hand, you hated being touched and you know how easily upset you can get. You decide that was something for him to worry about if he was really getting flushed for you.

-Sure, that's okay with me

You looked down at your phone, it took him more than 15 minutes to respond this time.

-Hey… sorry for the late response. And… really? Wow! Thanks, I'll text you tomorrow with details If that's okay..

-Also, Just wanted to say goodnight, and I'll just tell you now instead of tomorrow. Was wondering if Saturday is okay.

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You woke up the next morning to Cronus's text. You texted him back saying that Saturday was fine.

The next couple of days went by slow for some reason. You gave Cronus your address on Friday and told him that you two should make plans when he got there.

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It was finally Saturday. For some reason you were excited to see Cronus again, even if you two knew almost nothing about each other. You heard a knock at the door, you were in the middle of cooking breakfast so you hastily opened the door and ran back to the stove before something had the chance to burn.

You didn't notice how tired Cronus looked until you went into the dining room and saw him staring off into space.

"Cronus…?"

He seemed to snap back to reality at your voice. He smiled, his tired look almost going away completely.

"Want some breakfast?" You asked before going back into the kitchen.

"No thank you, I already had breakfast," he smiled softly and blushed a bit, you noticed that he was still wearing the leather jacket from yesterday, just different pants and a different shirt.

"Where do you want to go today anyway?"

"Anywhere is fine as long as I get to go on that date with you…"

"Well, I am currently researching aquatic trolls, I'd like to have our date here if it's fine with you. I'd like to take a look at your anatomy, if you don't mind"

"S-Sure, that's f-fine," Cronus was starting to look nervous despite the confident personality that you could already tell he had.

You decided that his reaction was nothing to worry about. After eating breakfast you pulled out your research journal where you kept your notes of your current points of study. In total you had 11, counting the one you had in your hands.

"Ready Cronus?"

He nodded, seeming like he was back to his normal attitude.

You started to examine the fins located on the sides of his face where a land troll's ears would be, you took note of the coloring and how they connected to the rest of his head. You took a look at his gills that were on the sides of his neck, since he wasn't underwater he was breathing normally. Instead you also took note of the color and anatomy of them. You stopped writing for a second as you noticed that his cheeks were a deep purple. He was blushing

You felt yourself start to blush as well and hid your face in the long neck of the red sweater that you always seemed to wear. You felt a hand on your cheek, you cast your gaze up to see Cronus looking at you with a look that no one had ever given you before. You could see the love in his eyes that burned brightly for you. How could he have gotten so attached to you so quickly?

You opened your mouth a bit but before you could speak he had his face in your neck, he pulled the sweater down from your face as he nuzzled into your skin.

You felt your heart skip a beat, you didn't like being touched. You didn't even really like romance, but this time felt different. So far you were okay with Cronus making contact with your skin. This was the first time you had ever felt this way before, and it caught you off guard.

"You're really cute, chief…" His voice was muffled from being buried in your neck.

You had come to the conclusion that he had a knack for calling people "chief" to you it felt like a nickname he must've used often.

You blushed at his words and stayed quiet, you took this opportunity to examine the fins on his face more, but you got distracted when you remembered how different his horns were than yours. You placed both your hands on them and you felt his body stiffen up.

In the moment you had forgotten that horns usually can have erotic feeling in them, as they are not made of bone like you would find in animals on earth.

You could feel heat quickly rushing into his cheeks.

"Cronus I'm sorry, I… forgot that you had feeling there for a moment…"

He didn't say anything. It was almost as if that was the first time he had gotten touched, and you felt a bit embarrassed.

"It's okay Kankri… I've just never been touched before is all…" He smiled softly and I could feel him eyeing my lips, "I've never been kissed either," he laughed softly after he finished confessing to me.

You looked into his eyes, "You haven't?" You were having a hard time believing what he was saying because of how he acted and looked.

He put a hand nervously on the back of his neck, "Never… I guess if I think about it, I've been alone most of my life."

You started to feel bad for him, but an idea popped up in your head. "I know you don't know me that well Cronus, but I think I want to change that… I get lonely too, even though I have friends it can get really boring here in this hive all by myself. I'm actually celibacy, but I think that my old ways of living is getting a bit too… lonely for me."

Cronus smiled at this and hugged you tight, you could tell that your words made him happy.

"Hey Kankri," I saw him blush hard as his eyes kept locked on my lips. "You think we could—"

You didn't let him finish his sentence, and you kissed him softly, it was just a peck but you could already feel your face heating up. You stiffened up when he gently grabbed your chin, for a few seconds he looked into your eyes. You felt him lean in and kiss you again, this time it lasted longer and it felt deeper, you felt him pull away from your lips.

"S-sorry chief, I just really like your lips or some reason," you watched as he took his jacket off.

He must've been really flushed for you because his arms were a light shade of violet. It seemed that his blush had spread from his cheeks to his arms. You were still wearing the candy red sweater that you always did. It was getting incredibly hot, and you tugged a bit at the turtle neck. Cronus must've noticed that you were getting overheated in your sweater, because he quickly pulled it off of you before you could protest.

Your face turned completely red as you looked down at your lap, you could feel your bulge twitching a bit, but thankfully you were wearing thick jeans. You dared not to look at Cronus, but you could feel your heart beating hard in your chest almost as if it was trying to break out of your ribcage.

"Kankri… You said you don't know much about me. Well, I own a tattoo shop and I write songs and play guitar when I get lonely or bored, I don't have many close friends and my family is back on our home world. Its okay that I don't know much about you, I guess I just fell hard for you when I wasn't looking. I don't want to sound like a creeper chief, but sometimes I watched you read from my tattoo shop… I guess there was something different about you." Cronus placed his head on your chest, listening to your heart.

You didn't have anything to say, you just laid a hand gently on one of his horns, his body stiffened up in response to this. You hadn't forgotten what would happen when you touched them this time and he looked up at you, a bit confused.

"Kankri—"

"I know," you watched as his blush spread over his face and the bridge of his nose. After a while of being shirtless, you felt comfortable around him.

"Cronus, will you be my matesprit?"