Reviews :

Snake557 : me as well! I'm glad you experienced the same thing :D

Burgie : Yep! Unfortunately for Gideon tho this gives the universe license to open the floodgates when it comes to nosey family members lol


Song Listened To :

Stuck With U by Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber


*Chapter 110*

"Alright, my dude, let's see the damage," Kepa stated in a matter-of-fact tone as she sagged her hands to the dip of her much tinier waist in the baggy t-shirt she wore.

"...Now that I'm here, I'm scared you're going to be disappointed in me," Gideon grumbled, before he sat down, he carefully unravelled his baggy black zip-up from his body. Grateful his eyes were locked to the bandage about his upper right arm, Kepa took this opportunity to fully ogle Gideon's masculine, muscular torso in an eyeful of girly delight. Her face sloped to dumbfounded daydreaming, though she tightly shaped up the second Gideon tossed his golden eyes her way and sat down to the bar stool he had previously sat on, the night that he had erupted into her evening a bloody mess. He heaved a long, raspy sigh, eased his eyes closed, rested his right elbow out to the counter next to him and now pleadingly peered into her eyes, "I did my best to take care of it."

"I'm sure it's just fine," Kepa sighed cutely, she patiently drew her scary claws and began to delicately peel the bandage off of Gideon's arm, "Is this bandage fresh?"

"Yeah, I put it on a few hours ago," Gideon assured quietly, he shot a worried glance to Kepa's face and watched as she revealed the cut as a whole.

"Oh, this looks good," Kepa stated with a perk of her ears and a happy smile, Gideon visibly sagged.

"Thank User," Gideon whispered as he clutched his chest with his free left hand, though he sloped into a lovestruck little smile as Kepa blurt a happy giggle and sagged her littler hand to Gideon's chest, just above where Gideon's much larger hand had delicately clutched his own shirt.

"Be easier on yourself, you did great," Kepa cooed lovingly, it was clear the distance had now expedited the desire to be handsy, and though Kepa felt her knees begin to shake due to it, she steadied herself and knew going slow in these ventures was probably wise; although eager to stick to it, she inwardly rolled her eyes and also knew that if Gideon were to jump up and sweep her off her feet, she likely wouldn't protest. Nonetheless, she stayed on topic, "The stitches are ready to take out, too, which is good news."

"Oh, but that'll be easy, right?" Gideon worried cutely as he sagged his much larger hand in a sweet drape over her little one, which still rested on his chest, though he firmly swallowed as Kepa drew her claws to a full exposure, bent over a little and got closer to Gideon's wound. He grit his teeth and visibly withdrew in a hesitant hunch away from Kepa's predatory gaze tight to his cut, "Uhh, o-okay, now you're scaring me."

"Bout time," Kepa muttered cutely, she firmly put her hands on her hips and stared hard into Gideon's eyes; he held his breath in surprise and was floored to see that her pupils had tightened to the focus of cross hairs, as if to prove to Gideon she was eager to help rid him of the stitching, "It won't hurt much, babe, just... Gotta sit still again."

"User, no, I hate this, won't they just... Fall out on their own?" Gideon whined in full complaining as he readjusted his seat on the stool, it croaked under his weight as Kepa flicked her tail, bent over and began to prepare to help Gideon out.

"No, it... Might be tender cause of the tugging, but it won't be as bad as when I was stitching you up," Kepa assured warmly, and with a full splay of the terrifyingly sharp, hooked dagger-like claw on her pointer finger, Gideon sharply grit his teeth, narrowed his gaze and watched as she patiently began to snap the stitches so to make them easy to pull out.

"Y-You sure it's ready?" Gideon worried, though he raised his eyebrows in a tender lull of easiness as Kepa lovingly tossed her free hand down to Gideon's right knee and squeezed.

"It's ready, just hold still, I've gotcha," Kepa gingerly instructed, and it was here did Gideon sag his much bigger hand over the top of hers, once more; he knew not to grip her hand or squeeze it too hard, though he clenched in the little stings of pain that arose the second she started tugging the stitches out of Gideon's healing skin.

"Augh, I can't even watch," Gideon huffed shakily as he looked off and busied his mind with whatever was on the counters near the stove tops, across from the island; a well loved, lived in area, it wasn't technically dirty, though it was clear Kepa had been in and out of cooking yummy things for herself all morning. He tightly sucked in a breath of pain as the tugging got a bit more fervent, he hung his head, scrunched his face and uttered a grumble of a groan of pain down to his lap, "I-I'm having HORRIBLE deja-vu."

"Me too, but it's gunna be okay, I'm almost done," Kepa cooed lovingly, she cutely wormed her velvety tail about Gidoen's ankle in a lasso that raveled his bigger ankle and foot twice over. With a further push of love she promised was well in reserve just for him, she sweetly began to squeeze his knee with her free hand, of which was still engulfed by his also free hand, "One morrre..."

"One more too many," Gideon huffed shakily as he grit his teeth and endured the sting of her tugging, though once she was done, she stood to correction and sweetly smiled to his still deflated figure.

"Done, easy," Kepa chirped warmly, Gideon inhaled a trembling breath of revival and glossed his hazed-over eyes to the gash on his arm. An odd sight, now seeing it free of stitches and well on it's way to healing, Gideon visibly sagged with full relief and finally gave Kepa a smile of weak gratitude, "Again... Fragile humans. Y'all wouldn't last one day at the castle."

"Yeah what with all the claws and fangs and bunny kicks," Gideon's voice shook, though he was glad Kepa remained close and freely giggled into their tight bubble.

"Y'better not be making fun of these bunny-kickin' feet, my guy, they can do serious damage," Kepa cutely retort, the sass in her voice marinated into Gideon's brain as the tingling pain in his arm was now overrode by the return of the rosy tint his vision was saturated with.

"No, not at all, I'm dead serious when I say that," Gideon's voice staggered in breathy, sweet delight as a handsome smile sprawled his face, though as the two caught eyes once more, he shyly grinned and was now well aware it was go-time when it came to pushing the envelope, the dainty steps deeper into playful, seductive banter the two were best at, he bit his lip in a coy show of cuteness, stifled a chuckle and watched as Kepa's confidence sagged into shy, girly brattiness, "I'd at least die knowing I had one thing over all the other guys on your castle grounds..."

"... Do NOT even go there, right now," Kepa erupted as she pointed a clawed finger at Gideon, took a few blatant steps away and watched as Gideon's cute, handsome smiling now erupted into boyish laughter he couldn't contain. Kepa begrudgingly returned her fists to her waist and flicked her tail upward in a hefty swat of playful irritation, "You're never gunna let me forget that, are you..."

"Nope, it was hilarious," Gideon wheezed happily, "Gideon, what the heck is that thing in your pants?! My tv remote, you should know this."

"Stop!" Kepa cried a she stomped her foot in bratty, giggling protest, though Gideon rubbed his face and was now lost in laughter that wheezingly rasped out of his figure. He sloppily began to grope for her hand so to pull her close to him and cease the banter, though she yanked her hand away and caught him off guard. He jolted to catch himself in his lean and now only laughed harder, due to this, "No! You're not gunna sweet talk me back to yah, how was I supposed to know! I even BOUGHT the fact that it really could've been a tv remote!"

"Kepa," Gideon choked a stifle of a laugh as he desperately tried to collect himself, though he squeezed his eyes shut, grinned and now fully erupted into wheezing laughter as teardrops formed in the edges of his eyes.

"Why did I buy that!" Kepa battled through giggling as well, though she fell into full defeat as Gideon was successful in wrangling her little hand into his much bigger one.

"Just come here," Gideon was now fully crumpled to teary laughter he desperately tried to get under control, and with great success, he lovingly pulled Kepa into his bubble, once and for all. Defeated, Kepa flattened her ears, pouted and thud her head into Gideon's hefty, strong collar bone. Her tail sagged to the tiles, she held suspended in his loving embrace, one of which he was more cautious about due to his wound being more exposed, "I'm only playing, I'm sorry, I had to. It was so... So adorable of you."

"I'm SO glad you're having a good time, I'm over here mortified as fuck," Kepa's authoritative voice brashly argued, though Gideon knew she was being playful due to the intense giggling she continued to fail to stifle.

"No, don't be, it was really charming of you," Gideon eased the rest of his sighing laughter over the top of her cute little head as he tucked his chin atop of it, he lulled his eyes closed and warmly swayed her, thrilled she was leaning a bit deeper into his welcoming embrace, "It was an innocent question, no harm done. Truly, it's all okay."

"If you say so," Kepa mumbled begrudgingly, she rested her left hand to the center of Gideon's broad chest and relished in the jostle his strong arms did to her upper body in a loving readjustment of their grippy hug. She eyed his cut, now that it was tight within her line of sight, and though she was still upset that said cut was even a thing, she was proud that Gideon had been diligently taking such good care of it. Kepa fluttered her eyes closed and relished in the strong, firm jostle Gideon's bigger arms did to secure her tighter in his loving embrace. With a rush of bravery, and a trembly little inhale, she cutely gripped the chest of Gideon's dark shirt in girly delight, "I could really get used to this, Gideon... Sorry if that's forward of me."

"It's not forward at all... I'm not going anywhere," Gideon huffed quietly as he smiled into the bangs on Kepa's forehead, their hearts pounded in unison, an embrace of snuggly delight that had Kepa's cute, long tail lazily swaying in hooks and tilts of dreamy sweetness. Gideon upped the ante and so tenderly began to snake his bigger fingers onto the nape of Kepa's neck, woven delicately into the folds of her soft, long, pale pink hair. With assuredness that he was uncertain the source, he confidently began to arch his bigger fingers in a sprawl and claw of slow, methodical skull-scratching to the back of Kepa's head, he occasionally would source the backs of her ears and was floored to feel Kepa dreamily hum a noise from the back of her throat and sag deeper into Gideon's arms. He blurt a shaky chuckle and squeezed her deeper into his strong chest, "Ah, so who goes to who for those head-scratchies now, huh?"

"Behind the ears," Kepa whispered in a breathy request, a grinning show of shivering delight as Gideon tucked both of his hands behind Kepa's skull and now methodically began to rub and scratch behind her adorable, hefty, fanned-out ears.

In the slow wretch of his head away from Kepa's figure, so to look down and get a proper view of her, Gideon cutely erupted into happy laughter as the dreamy, sleepy little smile, on Kepa's face, only broadened with the lull of her now shut eyes. She giggled as she sagged her whole body in a deflate, though upon opening her eyes, they hovered face to face in anticipatory wait. She steadied herself, returned her hands to Gideon's broad chest and fluttered her eyes in gentle surprise, as if to be firmly reminded of just where she was; said head scratches having temporarily sent her to another realm. Gideon's scratches ceased, though he kept one hand securely tucked underneath the base and back of Kepa's head, his golden brown eyes narrowed in a pinch of loving disbelief, as if he couldn't even fathom that he was legitimately standing here in this moment, with her. In a slow toss of his eyes, the silent scan his half-moon gaze took to her plump lips, he knew adding jokes into their mix of uncertainty and butterflies was the best ice breaker.

"...I may have forgotten to shave, but I didn't forget to brush my teeth," Gideon stated cutely above a whisper, Kepa grinned in a full show of her thicker, shiny fangs, her pupils dilated to full circles, something that usually never happened.

"I don't think it'd matter to me," Kepa whispered politely as she fluttered her dreamy gaze and felt Gideon's hot breath on her damp nose, in a sweep of bravery, she flattened her palms to Gideon's upper chest and daringly dragged her soft, little hands in a seductive sweep up to his collar bones and the base of his thick neck, and with a return of said stolen glances they took to each other's mouths, she whimpered a cute, secretive little notion to Gideon's mouth as the two slowly closed in, "I'm so happy you're home."

"Me too," Gideon whispered, and though the two were en-route to closing their already small gap, Gideon sealed his eyes shut and snugged Kepa's face into his, once and for all, due to the gentle grip he had on the back of her head. Upon the connection, the sink of their lips, the squeeze of their noses into each other's pillowy cheeks, he cutely smiled amidst the squish of their warm smooch as he could feel the shorter fur, on the back of Kepa's neck, stand on end in surprise. Although the two peeled in a soft unstick of the innocent little gape of their kiss, Gideon kept close and was well aware there was no stopping this train. He cutely breathed on her wet lips, her eager hands slowly continued to inch up Gideon's broad chest and into a worm of a hold about his neck as she began to stand to full height, obviously preparing to equally stay put and marinate in their secretive romance, "I made sure to bring home some goodies for you. Hope you have a sweet tooth."

"There's nothing you could've brought home that's sweeter than you," Kepa hummed cutely with a giggle as Gideon equally huffed a silent guffaw of a chuckle into her sweet face, well aware their exchanges were gooey, hot to the touch and cheesy at face value, Kepa was floored to finally be able to truly marinate in this very exciting rush of emotions, with her best friend, no less.

The two melted together in a head-tilt of a return, it was here did Gideon smoothly slide his hand down Kepa's spine to a snug stop just above her rear. Both of his arms encompassed her tiny body against his, her arms eagerly locked about his neck as their heads lulled in the easy give and take of kisses, gentle gapes and squishy returns of their noses into each other's cheeks. Kepa squealed a tiny noise of cuteness as Gideon's arms tensed, as if to show the desire to lift her off of her feet and squeeze her into an oblivion, Kepa's hefty tail swat upwards in a happy, dainty twirl and remained lifted upwards in the tell-tale sign of a happy, curious cat. Although Gideon was very well aware just why she was under this sweetness allure, being Sugar Rush's Prince, he knew, without a doubt, said reveal would only make all of these romantic, gooey moments that much more special. The two hummed in delight as gapes and hot exhales were exchanged in time, the stir and run of hands all along each other's skin was slow, methodical, patient, something Gideon was grateful for. Although he could feel his boggled brain easily want to run rampant, to inquire if the two should head upstairs and really flesh out this whole bullet-train of feelings, Gideon knew to take this all very slowly lest all his secrets come dumping out of him. However desperate he was to really show Kepa just what kind of a giving lover he could be, the two silently smacked in the release of their kiss as he rushed to whisper on her mouth, due to her cute and cheesy remark.

"I'll let you be the judge of that," Gideon whispered, though upon opening his eyes and peering down into Kepa's face, he just barely flinched in surprise and could see Kepa's tail daintily hovering behind her, upright, like a ghost; it was here did he know to pump the brakes lest things get hot, heavy and entirely out of hand due to her now very inviting body language.

"Case closed, I already have the answer," Kepa's doughy, lovely little voice shook a giggle as the two melted into another sink of each other's lips, the taste of their souls in a draw of mana from heaven, Kepa fluttered her eyes and coyly began to spiral one claw along the back of Gideon's head over and over, twirling strands of his soft, lovely auburn hair with it, "Unless you brought a Sugar Rush equivalent of cat nip, I can confidently say you're the sweetest thing."

"... Dammit, I didn't even consider that to be an option," Gideon squeezed his eyes shut in frustration as he whispered on her face, though he choked a cute little laugh as Kepa sweetly caught him in another dreamy catch of inhales on each other's cheeks amidst a stir of long, sticky kisses. Untimed little smooches now drew to cute pecks of warm unsticks of their smiling lips, Gideon carried on as he hugged Kepa a little tighter and cutely swayed her just barely, "Catnip affects you?"

"DOES it?" Kepa drawled, she squeezed her eyes shut, scrunched her shoulders and now felt her heart flutter clear out of her chest the second Gideon cutely smooched her cheek and now dared to trail said kisses to her jawline. She cocked an eyebrow, hugged his neck a bit tighter and allowed her boggled, delirious gaze to trail to the ceiling, far across the common room, "I-It... Would be bad news, on my end."

"Why?" Gideon cutely whispered, though Kepa felt her ears sag in the inability to properly function and use them the second Gideon's warm, plump lips firmly sagged into the side of her throat, just under her ear; he sneakily smiled on her neck and could practically feel the full-body chills ripple through her as she gripped him into a tighter, more tense and readied embrace.

"I-It's like a drug, an upper, I guess. I'd turn into a hyper wreck," Kepa whimpered cutely through shy giggling, she finally scrunched her shoulder hard enough to nearly boot Gideon out of the nook of her neck, though not without laying a few lasting, innocent kisses to the sensitive skin on her throat amidst the feel of his thicker stubble.

"Dutifully noted," Gideon's dark voice grumbled with a sneaky smile, and though he was quite enjoying just how crumpled he was making her, just how weak her knees could get, Gideon slowly ceased his magic and stood to correction. The two caught eyes in a dreamy, smily haze of new lovers, he choked a cute laugh and nuzzled his nose into her damp one as her thick tail swat down and to the side, as if to silently express playful frustration, "I also brought you back seeds that you can plant and harvest here, at the lighthouse."

"...Aww, you did?" Kepa lilted in surprise as the two slowly gave each other breathing room in the form of sagging into an easier, looser embrace.

"I did, so I brought four things," Gideon started, he cleared his throat, sat back on his stool a little and kept one arm lovingly fastened about Kepa's lower back. Eager to create space so they could converse but also keep their craving for closeness satiated, Gideon groped for his tattered sling bag he had schlepped to the island's counter. He successfully rummaged through it with one hand as he continued to cradle Kepa's much littler figure against his broad chest, her cute hands pressed to his pecks in the quiet steadiness of their blossoming love. With ease, Gideon set a few seperate sacks out before Kepa, on the counter, "Alright, so... First one, I got these yummy gumdrop pebbles. Get it?"

"Pebbles," Kepa cooed as she took it upon herself to welcome herself to the candy Gideon had brought. All candy Gideon had harvested from Honeydew's Ridge, it was raw candy that genuinely looked like rocks, dirt and gravel. With Sugar Rush's typical standard for glossy, polished candy that was sold in town and flaunted for quarter alerts, he was happy to find Kepa a bit more natural, genuinely harvested candy from Sugar Rush's raw design. She cutely put a few of the smaller, harder pebble candies in her mouth, crunched a few chews and perked up in whole entire delight, "Ohh, I was not expecting them to be mint chocolate!"

"So good, right?" Gideon cooed, "This next one's your standard twizzler. The trees were green, I got some pictures."

"Oh yeah, I wanna see later," Kepa mumbled through her patient chewing as she politely reached for a smaller twizzler rope, one of which Gideon had retrieved from the sack and held out for her, "Twizzler? What's that?"

"It's gummy and sweet, try it," Gideon lovingly whispered, he pressed a firm few kisses to the side of Kepa's head, as if he could hardly resist, "Like you."

"Gummy and sweet," Kepa murmured cutely as she clamped her fangs down on the gummy goodness, yanked the other end away and gnawed off a piece to properly chew. Her eyes lit up as she sweetly peered hard into Gideon's eyes, "Ohh, gummy, okay I get it, now."

"And, last but not least, I got honeydew bark," Gideon mumbled sweetly, "The bark of the honeydew tree is... Otherworldly. Try a piece."

"Honeydew," Kepa repeated, knowing what the fruit tasted like, she took the flat, dark bark shavings and plopped it into her mouth after having finished her smaller piece of a twizzler rope. Her eyes lit up as the crunchy exterior secretly hid the gooey, honey-thick filling. A chocolate, honey-hazelnut delight of crunchy, chewy goodness. She sagged in full desire, the tip of her tail curled and tilted in cute turns of dainty delight, still held upwards, "Ohh, no... I'm gunna want more of this, Gid, when's the next time you'll be in Sugar Rush?"

"I can manifest it for you," Gideon whispered into the side of her head as he sweetly returned to pour more kisses over her soul, "But, also... I got you the seeds."

"... TREE seeds? For my little garden?" Kepa cutely worried as she chewed, her eyes hooked up into Gideon's before he shook his head and retrieved the bag of plentfiul seeds for her.

"They're thin trees, similar to bamboo, they'll be happy in the lighthouse garden, I promise," Gideon stated in low, soft sweetness, just for her. The two sagged as Kepa cutely assessed her spoils, she sweetly brought her gaze back to Gideon's and nodded her head as Gideon cheekily pressed on, "Alright... Let me set the schedule for today."

"What'd you have in mind?" Kepa sighed happily, although her plans to further pamper herself were now interrupted, she knew there was absolutely nothing else she'd rather be doing right now, than to be in Gideon's irresistible presence.

"Why don't we... Go on a date," Gideon cutely suggested, Kepa froze in perked surprise as Gideon carried on, "I'd... I'd love to take you out for lunch."

"I-I... I've never been asked out on a date, before," Kepa's voice wavered in girly shyness, she huffed a giggle and nervously tucked her hair behind her ears, "I don't really have, like... 'Date-worthy' clothes, Giddy."

"That doesn't matter to me, you could wear this and I'd be floored," Gideon grunted with a cute little laugh as he raveled his arms about Kepa's body, once more, "I miss you, I wanna hang out with you."

"I'm all yours," Kepa assured with a nod, a wide bashful smile she was well aware was now glued to her face.

"Alright, why don't we plant these seeds, then, head out for some lunch, and then... When Novus gets here," Gideon fingered his scruffily chin in pondering and looked off in coy delight, "Why don't we do something about those pesky flying lessons we talked about..."

"Ohh, dammit," Kepa deflated, she flattened her ears, looked off and slumped in Gideon's arms in playful resistance, "I was hoping you'd forgotten..."

"Nope. I want to see you soar, toots," Gideon stated with certainty and a single nod of confirmation.

"Is you taking me out on a date then your way of getting, well... Your way? Instead of me putting out, I have to endure flight lessons?" Kepa rattled with a snarky smile, Gideon wildly furrowed his brow and shot Kepa and incredulous smile.

"No, what the heck? I'm not taking you out cause I expect anything in return," Gideon playfully gawked, Kepa rolled her eyes and warmly raveled her arms about Gideon's neck.

"Surrre," Kepa teasingly drawled, Gideon pushed a cute kiss to the bridge of her nose and gave her a good squeeze of a hug.

"C'mon, I'm starved," Gideon stated excitedly, "We got a busy day to tackle."