She had that adventurous spirit like his mom.
Guy thought this as Eep was going on about the day she had had. He decided to hunt the only way he knew how, making traps. Eep loved the thrill of the chase. Although she enjoyed making traps to have a break, other days she was out running around and chasing animals.
Her arm gestures were ecstatic, stretching her arms up over her head, trying to emphasize just how tall this creature was. He wanted to wrap his arms around her, draw her in close, and rub his nose against hers.
Guy's parents had been real touchy feely sort of people. He never understood it, being as young as he was. But sometimes he remembered the way his parents would hold each other, nip at each other playfully and say sweet nothings. It made him smile, and whenever Eep showed him affection he wondered if it was possible to ever love someone as much as his parents loved each other.
He thought it was definitely possible.
With Eep anything was.
Suddenly she stopped speaking, and his eyes focused on her, as if he was regaining consciousness again.
"You aren't listening." She said flatly, her expression changing to one of disbelief.
He pulled his knees to his chest and began pulling at the green earth beneath them. "No. I was listenin'." He insisted.
"No you weren't." Eep said, side glancing at him. She watched his actions while her breathing was erratic from the story she had been telling him, she was out of breath. What a waste of breath. She thought to herself.
"You were telling me about your hunt. You get so animated with your hands, I can't tell whether to look at your movements or listen." He said defensively with one of his signature smiles.
Eep groaned, pulling her hair over her face. "Maybe that's why you have eyes and ears? To do both." She suggested. Guy knocked his shoulder against hers lightly. "Come on." He said, getting up.
Knitting her eyebrows together, Eep stood and began following him, "Where are we going? " She asked. When he didn't answer fast enough she asked again.
"Relax, tiger." He said. "You'll see soon enough." Eep had half a mind to push him, or carry him back home, but the use of the nickname he had given her, always seemed to calm her down, and make her more bashful than ever.
"Alright then!" She said. Somewhere along their way to the place Guy was taking her, their hands found each other. Eep could never pin point exactly how or when her fingers would lace through his, they're hands were magnetic- they just stuck.
They stopped at a tree. It was average size, the bark was a deep red-brown, and the leaves at the top were dark green. It looked normal to her. She looked up at Guy, a confused expression covering her face. "Uhhh…." Eep stepped forward and began climbing the tree.
Guy playfully rolled his eyes, and watched as his little tiger swung from branch to branch. "So…" Eep said as she hung from a branch with just her hands, preparing to jump back to the ground.
"We didn't come here for no reason. Trust me. We are here on important business." He insisted. Guy hadn't even brought Belt, he wanted this to be a special moment between him and Eep.
"Get down from there! I have something to show you, Eep." He teased as she dropped from the branch, and landed to the floor, her knees bent. She was just amazing.
He went closer to the tree and let out a breath. "I've been working on this for a while." He explained. Eep nodded, coming over to stand beside him.
"I wanted something to commemorate… well, us." He said with a smile. "We've been together for a while now and well…" Guy rubbed the back of his neck a smile creeping over his features, but not his lopsided grin, a nervous smile. He was always so good with words, but they seemed to fumble and get all messed up when he tried to tell her his feelings, he was better at showing them. Leaning in he was about to rub his nose against hers, a sign of affection the two had come up with, but Eep blocked him. His face was blocked with her small hand. "What?" He asked in mock amusement.
"You can't get me all excited by what you have to show me and not show it to me!" She exclaimed, moving her hand out to motion to the tree. "Show me! Why are we here? Please don't tell me you took me all the way out here just to-"
Guy shook his head with a smile and put his finger to her lips to silence her. A big leaf that had been covering some of the bark of the tree he removed it and Eep pressed her palm against the bark. She began to trace the grooves in the tree. "They're letters, the beginning of each of our names. E and G." He said softly putting his hand over hers as she traced the letters. She turned to face him and she jumped on him, taking them both to the ground.
Eep started giggling, "I love it." She said happily. "I can't even begin to tell you how much I love it." She threw her arms around him. Guy wrapped an arm around her and tried to sit up, but Eep was much stronger and heavier than him. She rolled off of him so she was laying on the ground beside him then got up and pulled him up as well. She placed her hands on his shoulders and pulled him down to her height so she could rub her nose against hers.
"Nope," He said shaking his head. Guy leaned down and stole a quick kiss from her lips. Feeling her soft lips against his made him feel like he was on fire. He had begun to think that her lips were the softest part of her. Her body had scars (which she had a story for each one) and her hands and feet were calloused, but he still loved each and every inch of her, so much. Each and every blemish made her her.
It made her Eep.
His beautiful tiger.
Eep smiled against his lips and broke their small embrace. "Come on, let's head home. I want to show everyone this tree!" She broke out into a light jog, and Guy began to follow after her.
If Grug saw this tree…
A/N: If they know how to count, I'm going to assume they know some letters! And out of all of them Guy is probably the one to know the alphabet anyways. ;) Hope you enjoyed this!