Yo- I wanted to have this up by Halloween but since Oct. 31st is my wedding anniversary, I couldn't get it up and posted in time. The chap may be a bit on the short side, but at least it's an update.

So please let me wish everyone a late holiday and enjoy. ^^

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Dolurumon could endure many things, and in fact the wolf-like digimon had endured many things in his lifetime. But the quiet heart wrenching sobs of his mate was simply driving him- for lack of a better word- insane. He simply didn't know what to do.

The storm that Cutemon had picked up on earlier had already come and gone for the most part.

And while the cool rain didn't bother the two digimon, Saya was an entire matter completely. The poor pregnant human female had refused to stay as close to Dolurumon as possible in any attempt to stay warm and dry and was now totally wet. Her skin, her hair, and her clothing were soaked through and through, chilling the little female to the point where between her shivering and crying both digimon had no damn idea of what to do.

After what had happened earlier, Dolurumon knew that if he made any attempt to move closer to her, Saya would freak out on him and bolt.

And he couldn't honestly say that perhaps he couldn't really blame her if she did. However he had no wish to chase her through the forest and run her to ground like he would his normal prey. After all, it wasn't like he intended to eat her.

She was too small and scrawny looking for him to eat.

Though after the incident earlier she was probably thinking that he would inevitably do so. And again he couldn't really say that he blamed her since he had probably taken her punishment a tad too far.

Cutemon upon coming back from his little exploration earlier had scolded him for what he had done to Saya and during the storm had even tried to coax the girl into coming over and sitting with him so that she wouldn't get so wet or cold. But so far his coaxing had done nothing since the girl was still too damn busy crying.

Something that Cutemon kept periodically looking in his direction and glaring for.

Finally after what seemed like forever to the two digimon, Saya seemed to quiet down- at which point Cutemon moved away from him to check on her before announcing quietly, his tone somewhere between astonished and disbelief, "She's asleep."

Dolurumon made a low rumbling sound as he slowly stood up and moved over to where Saya was and settled himself on his side around her and let Cutemon tip the exhausted human over so that she was laying next to him instead of sitting in a position that could possibly cause her pain later on.

"How much longer until you digivolve?" Cutemon asked as he climbed onto Saya's lap and stretched out so that he was covering as much of her body as possible.

Sort of like a living furry, fluffy blanket.

Dolurumon was quiet as he considered his companion's words before calculating an accurate timeline for his digivolution before he bothered to reply, "Somewhere between a few hours and early tomorrow. Why?"

"I think she would find you less frightening and intimidating if you appeared a little more human to her." Cutemon commented as he made himself comfortable and began to close his dark eyes a little bit.

"Oh? You think so." Dolurumon said almost absently as he shifted one of his paws until Saya's head was resting on it as if it were a pillow while he curled his body around her and Cutemon just a little more for added warmth an then rested his head on his other paw and let out a nearly silent yawn, figuring that he should catch some sleep while he could since Cutemon was already snoring softly where he lay.

And especially since he would probably have to deal with a hysterical female later on once Saya finally awoke to discover how close he was to her.