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Chapter 16: Snowy's Reaction

10:00 am the next day…

"Hm…" I sighed, my eyes still closed. I REALLY didn't want to get up now. I had such a good dream. Something about how I had made another friend, this one a wolf girl. 'Eh, just a dream.' I thought.

After a second, I began to feel as though someone was watching me. I tried to dismiss it as nothing, but I couldn't shake this feeling. Then, I felt something touch my arm. I say touch, but it was more like barely grazed my arm. 'What was that?' I thought.

Slowly, I opened my eyes. For a second, all I could see was bit of white and brown. Then my eyes adjusted. I nearly shouted out in surprise, but I bit my tongue. Good thing too, or else I would have shouted so loud the heavens would hear.

Looking down at me, a wolf girl was looking down right in my face. I was confused and surprised for a second, but then everything that had happened yesterday came back to me.

"S-Snowy? What are you doing?" I asked, surprised.

"Waiting until you woke up." she replied. She was on all fours, her face very close to mine. Her tail starts wagging happily now that I was awake.

"W-well, can you let me get up now?" I asked, a bit uncomfortable with her so close to my face. She looked the smallest bit downtrodden, but she did get off of me, and waited for me to get dressed.

The second I stepped out of the bathroom, Snowy, who was sitting on the bed, jumped up and walked over to me. "Master, I'm hungry. When's breakfast?"

"Let's go find out." I said, going to the door. Just as I thought, Susie was behind the counter, making bacon and eggs.

"Morning Susie!" I said. She turned and smiled at me.

"Good morning Cameron." Susie said warmly. "Good morning to you as well Snowy."

"Already told her your new name, eh?" I asked Snowy. The wolf girl smiled, blushing a little.

"Anyway, is breakfast ready? I'm starving." I asked, my stomach growling lightly for emphasis.

"Yep, grab a seat." Susie said, placing the food on the counter and moving to a chair. Me and Snowy followed suit.

About half way into the meal, I looked over and saw Snowy picking at her eggs and biscuit. 'Oh right, I guess she never really had much of anything but meat with her pack.' I realized.

"Just try it Snowy. It's good stuff, I promise." I told her. She looked at me, and poked her eggs one more time with her fork before taking a bite. I guess she thought it was pretty good, because she stopped picking at it so she could actually eat.

"Told ya." I said. "Meat isn't the only good food out there." She replied with a small smile.

About two or three minutes, our plates were clean. I sat back for a second, saying, "Delicious as always Susie. I really gotta start making it up to you for a change."

Susie grinned at me. "I look forward to that." she said.

Cleanup was much faster than normal, mostly due to us having another helper. Snowy only got distracted once, by the plate Susie placed the bacon on. She almost tried to start licking it clean, but I caught her. Embarrassed, she put the plate in the sink and continued to clean up.

After we had finished, the three of us debated on what we should do today. We had several ideas, but after a while, we just decided to relax in the living room and have everyone get to know each other a little better. Mostly, this was for Snowy to get more info on us, and for me and Susie to get more info on her.

But I realized quickly that we didn't have enough chairs to fit everyone. So I went and dragged a chair over from the counter, just until I got around to making one for Snowy.

"Here Snowy, I got you a chair." I said, putting it next to mine and Susie's. I sat down, and so did Susie. Snowy, however, looked at the chair, and I guess she didn't want to sit in it, because she turned right around and asked if she could sit with me instead.

"Oh, ummm…" I said, caught off guard by this. I glanced over at Susie, who shrugged. After a second of thinking, I said, "I guess… if you want to." Snowy instantly sat down next to me. 'She's very… forward about what she wants, huh?' I thought.

I tried to relax, but Snowy wasn't making it very easy, as she started to hug me, and forced me to pay attention to her. I was getting a bit unnerved by her, umm… 'forwardness', I guess is the word. The fact that Susie was right there in front of me, seeing all of this, made everything ten times worse.

"Umm… Snowy?" I said, trying to say something to get back on track. She looked up at me. "We came in here to ask each other questions, right?"

"Oh, right!" she said, releasing me finally. "I just kinda… got carried away. Sorry…"

"It's fine." I said, glancing at Susie. Again, she just shrugged.

"So, what did you two want to know about me?" Snowy asked.

"Well, for starters, before you met us, what did you really do?" I asked.

Snowy glanced around a little bit, as if afraid to answer. "Umm… the pack doesn't like when I talk about what goes on there…"

"You're not a part of that pack anymore, are you?" Susie asked. But we both realized that that was a bad question, as Snowy started to tear up again. "Oh no, I did it again…" Susie said.

"Shh… hey, it's okay…" I said, quickly trying to comfort poor Snowy. Thankfully, she quickly regained herself.

"I'm… I'm fine. I know you meant nothing by it, Susie." she said. Susie said nothing, she just looked a bit sad that she made Snowy upset.

"A-anyway, I… really didn't have much to do. I was kinda that person that helps out where it's needed. But, I was… er, am, a clutz. I ended up most of the time messing up a simple job or something… I trip over almost everything, I get distracted easily… I hate that part of me. I don't want to be a clutz."

Me and Susie just blinked at Snowy. But she wasn't done yet. "I mean, it was bad enough when I was just a pup, but now, I'm almost an adult. And yet, at sixteen, I'm still getting distracted by a passing butterfly. It's… embarrassing. I… why can't I grow up…"

Snowy started to sniffle at this point. I gently wrapped an arm around her, saying, "Hey, shh… don't cry…"

After two minutes, Snowy regained herself again. "I'm… sorry… I've been too much of a crybaby these days…" she said. Her ears were drooping down again.

'Man, I'm getting nowhere with this…' I thought. However, I did learn a few things. For one, she said she is sixteen, same as me and Susie. Meaning she must age like a human, not a wolf. Wolves live shorter lives than most creatures, I think. So if she aged by wolf years, she would be lucky to still be here today.

Second, she doesn't have much self confidence, probably as a result of her upbringing. Maybe living here will help her through all of that.

And finally, she doesn't like her pack too much, but she still respects them. I guess I could understand that.

I didn't want to put pressure on Snowy anymore. I looked over at Susie, and could see she was thinking the same thing. "I think now, Snowy, you should start asking us questions. For now at least." I said softly.

Snowy blinked once, then thought for a moment on what she wanted to ask. I wondered who her first question would be targeted at.

"Well, for starters, um… how do you two, a slime and a human, get along so well?" she asked.

'No beating around the bush here, just straight to the point.' I said, thinking that that was a bad starting question. 'Do we tell her?'

I glanced over at Susie, she was probably wondering the same things as well. 'Maybe… maybe if I don't talk about us being a couple, she won't question it. I just hope Susie will roll with me on this.' I thought.

"Well, it's a kinda long story. See, while I was out traveling, Susie found me almost dead next to a river, after I just crossed a massive desert." I started. Snowy was listening with intense concentration. Susie looked up at me, and I tried to convey my idea to her with my eyes.

"So then Susie took me in, and nursed me back to normal. I wanted to repay her, so I kinda just help out around here." I said. 'Short, simple, and to the point.' I thought. All of what I said was true, and I didn't bring up the couple part of our relationship.

"But… I thought slimes and humans didn't get along… I thought all monsters hated humans…" Snowy said slowly.

This time, Susie jumped in. "Not all of them do. Yes, a lot of monsters out there do. But there are some who believe that humans and monsters can get along. Like us. Whether or not that will happen… we just have to see."

Snowy nodded to herself at that. I flashed Susie a quick thumbs up. She smiled at me.

"Okay, but, why were you cross a desert in the first place Master?" Snowy asked me. She knew she had instantly asked a touchy subject, as I visibly tensed up about that. I knew instantly I couldn't tell her out of the blue why.

So I gave her the same excuse I had giving Susie when she asked that question. "Just traveling." I said. But Snowy wasn't convinced.

"Really?" she said, her voice curious.

"Yeah, just traveling." I replied, trying to close the subject. But Snowy wasn't about to let this go that easy.

"Are you lying to me Master?" she asked.

"No, why would I lie to you?" I denied.

"I feel you're leaving out something. Something I should know."

"I was traveling, trying to find somewhere to live. That's all."

"You say that, but I feel there's still more to the story."

"Why would you think that?"

"Why are you trying to dodge my questions?"

I looked over and saw Susie, her head turning as if me and Snowy were in a tennis match. 'Okay, this is getting out of hand. I need to get out of this somehow. The last thing I want to do is talk about my relationship with Susie, or worse, talk about what my life was like before.' I thought.

"Snowy, I'm not trying to dodge your questions. I just…" I started, but then Snowy did something. Her eyes looked like they grew even larger, and her face… her face changed to one of desperate pleading.

"Masterrrr… please tell me…" she said, her voice quivering. Her bottom lip trembled, and I swore tears were forming in the corners of her eyes. I couldn't help but say, "Aww… I mean… sigh… okay, fine… I'll… I'll tell."

Gently, Snowy hugged me. I glanced over at Susie again. Seems like she had gotten hit with the look as well. 'What was that? She just looks at me, and suddenly I can't say no? What the hell?' I thought.

When Snowy pulled away, I saw her eyes had returned to normal. "What… what was that?" I asked.

Snowy simply giggled. "I like to call it the 'Puppy Dog Eyes.' I've had it ever since I was young. That enough explaining for you?" she said.

'Of course. She has to have something to help her get exactly what she wants.' I thought sarcastically.

"Well… guess I have no choice…" I said, glancing over at Susie. The look on her eyes asked me, 'Are you sure you want to tell her?' I nodded, though somewhat reluctantly. She grimaced, before getting up, saying she needed to do something. She went outside, but not before giving me one last worried look.

"What was that about?" Snowy asked. I sighed, before reaching for my bag.

"I think she doesn't want to hear the story twice. Once was more than enough for her." I said.

"What do you mean?" Snowy asked. Instead, I once again reach in my bag and grab the photo.

About 20 to 30 minutes of talking, some tears, and a few hugs later…

"Well, there you have it… see why I didn't want to tell you now?" I said, my voice shaking again. I had started to tear up again, but this time I was able to hold it back, and not bust out crying like I had with Susie.

Snowy was in complete shock. Here she was, upset that her clan had abandoned her, and now, the one person that took pity on her, revealed the whole story. My family had died years ago. I had carried so much pain and grief for years, and I had been as strong as I could. By myself. Alone.

"I… I don't know… what to say… other than… I'm so sorry… I made you tell me that…" Snowy said softly. I looked at her. She wasn't about to cry or anything, but she looked… ashamed. I guess she felt guilty for making me relive the past again.

"I… don't worry about it. I probably would have told you some other time anyway. Just… thank you for listening Snowy. I appreciate it." I said. Snowy looked up at me again.

"You… you appreciate me listening?" she asked.

I nodded, saying, "Of course I do. Why wouldn't I?" She thought on that for a second, before wrapping her arms around me again. After a second, I hugged her as well. For a good while, neither of us said anything, we just gently hug.

We pulled apart, and just then, Susie knocked and opened the door. Stepping in, she looked over at us. I said, "Perfect timing Susie. Just finished wrapping up my story." She said nothing, but walked over to me.

"Are you okay? I mean, you just relived your entire past again…" she asked, concerned.

"Yeah, I'm… I'm fine. To be honest… I feel… better. I feel… like I'm not living back then anymore. Like I can… move on." I said, and it was true. I felt so much better, like I was grounded more in the present. Maybe now, I would finally be able to move on. All from just telling these two about it.

"You sure you're okay?" Susie asked one more time. I nodded, and she seemed to relax, if only a little. "Okay… okay, if you say so."

She hugs me, and I embrace her back. For a moment, nothing else matters. I'm feel… happy. There was no other words to describe it. I was finally, once and for all, in a place that would feel like home. And now I had two people who would be right there next to me.

I try to pull away, but she stops me for a second. She stares into my eyes. I gaze back, the room melting away from my vision. Another few seconds pass and we kiss. No matter how many times it happens, I always treasure these moments with Susie. It makes me feel… safe. Happy. Loved.

After a bit, we pull apart. I just stare into her eyes. She does the same thing. For a second, nothing could ruin this.

That's when reality gave us a slap to the face.

I had totally forgotten about Snowy, who was sitting right in front of us. But then, I realize our mistake. My eyes widen as I slowly look down and right. Susie looks confused at first, but she realized what was happening as well. For a moment, the three of us just stare at each other. Snowy looks shocked, Susie looks embarrassed, and I'm a mixture of the two.

Then Snowy speaks. "W-w-what? W-what did you two…" she started, but can't finish her thoughts.

"Ummm… I… well… see…" I start stammering. Susie says nothing, but she looks embarrassed as all hell.

"Y-you two… k-k-k-kissed!?" Snowy asked, still trying to figure out what is going on.

'Busted.' was my only thought at that point. I nodded, not meeting Snowy's eyes. Susie nodded as well. For a moment, no one spoke.

Then, I decided I better get talking. "Um… Snowy, you see… um… ugh, I was afraid of this…" The next few minutes were getting her up to speed on me and Susie, who joined in after I started explaining. We left out only one detail: that night a while back. There was no chance I would talk about that with anyone, other than Susie.

"So… is that why you stayed here? Because… you two love each other?" Snowy asked slowly. Susie and I both nodded. For a moment, Snowy didn't say anything. She just let the news sink in.

"Are you going to be okay Snowy?" I asked. She looked up, and after another second of thinking, gave me a small smile.

"Yeah… I'll be fine. Because…" she paused, before walking over to me and hugging me. "... no matter what, you'll still be my master to me." I was surprised by this, but eventually, I hugged her back. Susie smiled at us, before kissing me on the cheek.

'Whew… that could have been bad. Well, all's well that ends well, I guess. For now.' I was thinking.

One week later…

When I had first lived here, it was always a weird feeling. I was in a new place, living a life I really never thought to be possible. But now, this house felt just as homey as my old one had been. Plus, those two… those two make everything better.

Snowy did take a while to get used to our lifestyle. Apparently, she never had the choice to make decisions for herself. She always had to be told what to do, when to do it, and how. Do this, don't do that, never try this… it was maddening to me. Something as simple as always getting up at a certain time was, at this point, crazy to me.

But she soon got used to it. Soon, she was almost like us manners-wise, and she was very curious about almost everything. Susie and I did set some small guidelines, like not touching Susie's medical supplies, but really, we gave her a lot of freedom, something that was very strange to her at first.

But she did always have one detail that never changed. She always wanted to be close to me. No matter what it was, where it was, or when, she wanted to be by my side. While this was a bit hard to get used to, I eventually came to accept it.

If there is one thing she doesn't like more than anything, it's being separated from me. The one time it happened, I went off on a mining trip. I had told Susie I would be gone for about two hours, but forgot about Snowy, who had been in her room at the time, taking a nap. Two hours later, I came back, and the SECOND the door closed, I turned and saw Snowy running full speed at me, jumping when she was five blocks away. The next thing I knew, I was on the ground, Snowy hugging me, saying over and over how much she missed me and such. It took a good five minutes to get her off me, so I could sit down in a chair.

So from that point on, I made sure to tell her if was going somewhere. Most of the time, she asked to come along, and I did accept it most of the time.

She always said to me that I was her role model. That she trusted me above all others. That she'd do anything for me. And I mean ANYTHING. I told her to get me the pickaxe at the mine entrance, partly because I left my spare pick there, and partly because I didn't believe her, but she bolted over and was back in six minutes, pickaxe in hand.

Of course, she always wanted to be around me so I could give her attention. She is great at getting attention, and getting what she wants. One time, she wanted to cuddle with me. I said I couldn't at the because I was a bit tired, but she gave me the 'Puppy Dog Eyes' again, which ultimately ended up in us spending half an hour cuddling together. If Susie hadn't called out that it was dinnertime, I willing to say that Snowy would have kept on cuddling until it was time for bed.

All and all, Snowy is definitely a good friend. She's kind, smart, but still very tough. A fact that was proven earlier today.

It was a cold day today, and a light fog was rolling through the air. I was getting ready for another mining trip. We needed a few more ores, so I stepped up again and volunteered to go get more.

While I was grabbing some bread and such to keep me going, Snowy walked over to me. "Hey Master, what are you doing?" she asked.

I replied, "Getting food ready for a mining trip." Snowy's eyes lit up at that.

"Can I come again?" she asked excitedly.

"Sure, I don't see why not. Just tell Susie beforehand. We leave in… oh, five, ten minutes or so." I replied. Snowy bolted, probably to tell Susie and then get ready.

Five minutes later, Snowy was ready to go. She yelled, "Come on Master! Let's go!"

"Hold on! One more thing!" I said, before grabbing my weapons belt. I went upstair and found Susie, looking around one of the rooms again. "We're going Susie. See ya in about thirty minutes or so." I said.

She walked over to me, saw I had everything, and said, "Come back to me safe, okay?" I nodded, before giving her a kiss on the cheek.

Soon, me and Snowy were almost at the mine entrance. She didn't have a sword on her, but she didn't need one. Her nails were more than enough to help, and I think she had some sharp teeth as well. She'd be fine.

We reached the entrance and descended downward. Snowy was running around happily, glad to be with me. I couldn't help but smile at the cute display before me.

But the mood didn't stay like that forever.

About ten minutes after we entered, we came to a split in the road. I was thinking carefully about this. We had only seen a couple monsters, a few zombies and a creeper, but I still needed to be alert.

And then, I heard it. A rattle. I tensed up. "You heard that too, right?" I asked.

"Yes, which way…?" Snowy started. I think she was going to ask which way did it come from, but her question was answered quickly.

Out of nowhere, a group of skeletons approached from the right. Then, another group came out of the left. 'That's… woah… seven of them…' I thought.

One made their clackity sound. I didn't understand it, but the other skeleton's stood at the ready.

"Okay, so seven of them versus a human and a wolf girl. Them odds alright with you?" I said in a whisper to Snowy.

She looked at me, worried. "I don't know… I've fought a lot of skeletons before, but not this many with only two people."

I would have said more, but then, one fired. The arrow flew right at me. I didn't have a chance to block it at it hit me in the shoulder. If I hadn't been wearing iron armor, the arrow would have done a lot more damage. As it was, it still hurt like hell, so I instantly knew it pierced my shoulder.

I put my hand to it, and when I pull the arrow out, the point of it is covered in blood. I got slightly dizzy, I was kinda okay seeing blood, just not my blood. That was different.

"Cheap shot." I said, trying to tune out the pain. But when I looked over, Snowy was breathing very heavy. She was looking at where the arrow had hit, and when she saw blood, she lost it. She turned back to the skeletons, and charged them so fast, none of them had time to react.

Of course, I didn't just STAND there, I ran after her, slicing and stabbing. But Snowy... she was something, alright. Her entire demeanor seemed to have changed. Her eyes were a deep, crimson, and she didn't seem like she was going to stop until all of these things were dead.

"This is what you get for hurting my master!" she yelled loudly, slashing one and biting at another a second later.

Within two minutes, all the skeletons were reduced to bones, arrows, and a decent bow. They never stood a chance. I sat down on a block against the wall, and began cleaning the wound I had as best as I could. Snowy returned to me, eyes turning back to the normal color, but very concerned.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah… I'll be fine." I said, panting a little from the fight. Another three minutes, and with Snowy's help, managed to make a temporary bandage for it until Susie could properly fix it.

"I think we need to head back now. This will be fine for a while, but we gotta get it checked over by Susie." I said. Snowy nodded, and after we gathered up everything, we headed back home, this time, thankfully, without any monster interruptions.

"Why did you jump into battle like that?" I asked her on the way.

Snowy replied, without a shadow of a doubt, "Because… because I can't stand to see you in pain. If something hurts you, I'll take it on, no matter what it is. Because you're… special to me. You're my master after all."

What she said was on my mind for the rest of the trip. 'Hm… she'll protect me from anything? She is almost loyal to a fault. She'll be getting something for this. I don't know if I could have taken on all of those without her.' I thought.

When we got home, my shoulder was the first thing Susie noticed. "What happened!?" she cried out when I walked in.

Me and Snowy explained what happened, and Susie calmed down a little. She grabbed her supplies and began to fully examine the wound.

Turns out, a wounded shoulder would soon be the least of my worries…

Annnnd, there we go! You guys liking how long the chapters are? I make them this long just so you guys have some good stuff to read.

Anyway, thank you all for reading this chapter! It's still awesome to know that the random stuff I think up and type, you guys really enjoy it. You all are the best!

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