He watched as the Croods began devouring their meal, and he wasn't as scared or horrified as the first time. He actually liked it, had been expecting it. Guy offered a half smile as him and Belt watched in amusement.
His focus was first on Gran- she always ate as if she had not eaten a hundred years. Biting into the meat he wondered if she even had any teeth.
Then there was Ugga, probably the most delicate of them all, but still ate barbarically. Sandy was maybe the worst. Thunk wasn't too bad. Between Grug and Eep he couldn't decide who was more of a savage.
Yikes. Eep would kill him for saying that. Not for saying she was a savage, that would be a compliment, but for comparing her to her father. Of course their relationship was much better than before but they still had rough patches, here and there.
Grug was glaring at him. Guy offered a nervous smile and a small wave, but Grug continued to hold his gaze. Had he been staring at Eep again? Probably. He quickly looked off to the side and then looked down at Belt who had finished his meal.
"Story time!" Grug announced suddenly. Grug had gotten better at stories. They didn't always end in failure or death. He always left you hanging, as if you were on a cliff. Ugga had started calling them cliffhangers.
They all gathered and sat in a circle together. Thunk sat down, Douglas crawled into his lap as he always did. Every boy needs a pet, after all.
Chunky was snuggling up to Grug and he had to playfully shove him away as he tried to tell his story.
Ugga held Sandy in her lap while Gran sat there, not entirely paying attention as she watched Belt making her a drink she chuckled.
Guy joined Eep naturally. Her hands resting on her cheeks, her elbows in her lap as she listened to her father.
"There once was a very aggressive cat." Grug had begun picking up words from Guy's vocabulary. Big words angered him- but not when he knew what they meant.
"He was very angry and liked to scare whoever was in his way. He chased the unknown without getting to know them. Much like a very sheltered family." Grug recited. Chunky got bashful, the little insinuations that the story was about him were flattering but also embarrassing.
"He was angry and aggravated with nearly everything until a brave, young, warrior came to his aid." Grug said purposefully.
Guy looked at Eep and nudged her shoulder, then looked at Grug. "I didn't help out any cat." He said innocently.
Grug gave him a stern look, while Eep laughed. Her face angled so lovely and her smile was nothing he had ever seen or wanted to see before he had met her. He couldn't get enough of it. Grug was growing paranoid with Chunky, Guy, and Eep and decided to quickly wrap up his story.
"The two became best friends, and they were so close that the cat even began to eat the young warrior's enemies." He finished, emphasizing the eat part.
Guy let out a nervous laugh, "He isn't serious right?" He whispered to Eep. Eep shrugged, "For your sake, let's hope he isn't."
Then it was bedtime. The sun was down and the moon was visible again with all the stars. The fireflies were out too… that was what Thunk had called them because they looked like little flies that were on fire, although they didn't glow red like fire, they glowed yellow.
Laying down on the green grass, Eep loved the feel of it beneath her. Sandy slept on top of Ugga. Grug laid near Ugga. Thunk was sprawled out with Douglas curled on top of him. Chunky laid near Ugga and Grug. Gran was laying in a leaf made hammock that was tied between two trees.
Eep laid near her parents, but once Grug was asleep she would go lay beside Guy. He stayed awake until she came over it was something they had been doing for a while now.
Guy laid near Thunk, but often times had to roll away from him, because Thunk moved a lot in his sleep. He felt bad for Douglas who always had to readjust. Belt was in the arms of Sandy, who was very gentle with the Sloth surprisingly. The two had become very close friends.
She heard Grug's light snoring and took her chance to crawl over to where Guy was laying. He smirked as he watched her maneuver her way around their family so she could come lay beside him.
"Hey, Tiger." He teased as she finally reached him and she laid on her back. She laughed at the nickname he had given her. Then quickly covered her mouth, as to not wake anyone.
Guy let out a light laugh. Most mornings, Grug just assumed Eep had rolled around in her sleep. After being in the cave for so long and having hardly any space he figured she must have been taking advantage of her new space subconsciously.
Other mornings, Eep would awake and just go back to the spot everyone had thought she had fallen asleep in.
"Hey." Eep greeted, turning on her side to face him. "I think this is my favourite time of the day." She decided, looking at him.
"Yeah, and why is that?" He asked, a small smile touching his lips.
"We finally get to be alone. Or talk alone for a little bit." She laughed lightly.
"I like that too." He agreed. His hand reached out to take her smaller, calloused one against his softer hand. Both hands were rough, but of the two, Guy's were softer.
He rubbed the top of her hand with his thumb and looked up to meet her eyes. After he had rubbed her hand for a while, she laced her fingers through his.
"I never told you how glad I am that I met you." He admitted.
Eep smiled. "I kind of figured." She teased. "I'm glad I met you too."
With that she let out a sigh of content and closed her eyes. It had been a long day, but it was worth it to curl up near Guy at the end of it. She broke their laced fingers and turned on her side, so her back was facing Guy. Whenever Guy and Eep touched each other, nothing was done in hesitation. He reached out and wrapped his arm around her waist pulling Eep to his chest. Guy rested his chin atop her red hair and smiled softly.
A/N: Well, this was supposed to be a one shot, but after a great response to it, I couldn't leave you guys hanging. Especially after all your kind reviews, favourites, and follows. I hope you enjoyed it! I might post another one after this, and make this a fluffy series or something with just little one shots of Eep and Guy and their family or something.
Edit: Has been revised. I finished it around 2am, so there were a lot of spelling/grammar mistakes.
