Here you'll notice the slowing building romance between the two xD

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Chapter eight

"I kinda underestimated the distance" Walten commented to himself as he looked ahead towards the mountains, now that his life wasn't in danger.

Tinky Winky simply raised his eyebrow at Walten. "Shut up" The white tubby groan out, knowing what the purple tubby was thinking about.

Walten lost track on how long they had walked, but they had finally made it to the edge of the mountain and when Walten was about to step forward, he suddenly let out a yelp when he felt an arm wrapped around his waist, picking him up. "Hey!" he exclaimed as Tinky Winky was walking towards the cave, easily carrying the white tubby. "Tinky Winky! We can go through the mountain much faster" Walten said before the purple tubby growl at him, shaking his head, "Too dangerous" he told the white tubby, whom quickly remembered why Tinky Winky thought it was dangerous.

'Is he scared that I might freeze to death or get hurt?' he thought as he stopped struggling, letting Tinky Winky carrying him towards the cave.

"I hope you know the way through the cave" Walten sigh out, hearing Tinky Winky grunt in response.

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"Its so dark in here" Walten quickly pulled out his camera and turned on the night vision mode to see through the darkness. Then he looked up at the purple tubby and noticed how his red eyes were slightly glowing, 'At least I won't lose him in this darkness' Walten thought as he looked away. "Come on" he said to Tinky Winky before walking forwards, listening to the other's footsteps behind him.

He had lost track of how long they had been walking through the dark tunnel, but halfway, Walten started to feel a bit uneasy. 'It feels like...we're not alone' he thought, furrowing his brow before slowing his footsteps until he felt Tinky Winky pressed against his back, which for some reason made Walten feel safe. 'Why am I feeling this?' Walten asked himself as he felt an arm wrapped around his waist in a comforting manner. 'This feels nice though' he thought with a smile as they kept walking.

Tinky Winky suddenly stopped walking which caused Walten to stop as well and looked back up at the purple tubby, "What's wrong?" the white tubby asked.

The purple tubby didn't reply as he stood still with his ears twitching, picking up some faint movement before quickly hearing a low growl behind them.

Walten gasp when Tinky Winky suddenly picked him up and started running. "Tinky Winky!?" the white tubby exclaimed as he wrapped his arms around the purple tubby's neck to keep himself from falling. "What's going on?" he asked once more before peaking over Tinky Winky's shoulders with the camera and saw a glimpse of what it was and panicked. "MM!" Walten held onto Tinky Winky, not taking his eyes off the monster as it was chasing them.

The purple tubby let out a growl and ran even faster, running though different tunnels and making sharp turns, trying to lose the monster while holding his white tubby close. But as he made a sharp turn, Tinky Winky quickly lost his footing and fell down with Walten falling out of his grip.

"Ack!" Walten hissed out in pain as he slide a few inches across the rocky ground, feeling some of the rocks scraping his left arm and side. "Fuck...I think I sprained my ankle" Walten softly said as he felt a sharp pain in his right ankle, but was glad that it wasn't broken and pushed himself up a bit before lifting the camera to use the night vision mode.

"T-Tinky?" He called out as he looked around, trying to find the purple tubby while his heart was beating fast from the fear and slight adrenaline, which helped keep most of the pain at bay.

He soon heard a familiar growl to his far left which made him glad for a moment before tensing up, hearing another growl which sounded behind him and close.

Walten quickly looked back and let out a scream, seeing the monster about to crush him.

"TINKY WINKY!" Walten cried out in fear and covered his head, waiting for the hit.

A loud screech was heard before the sound of someone hitting the ground echoed throughout the cave.

'Huh?' Walten slightly opened his right eye, trying to see through the darkness, but simply let out a yelp when he felt himself being picked him. "Tinky!" he exclaimed as he gripped his camera with one hand and his other hand having a handful of Tinky Winky's fur on his shoulder and clench his eyes shut.

Using his hearing, he heard Tinky Winky letting out multiple growls and snarls while hearing faint footsteps of the monster behind them while feeling the wind brush against him.

'I have to trust Tinky Winky' Walten thought before burying his face into the purple tubby's chest.

After a few more sharp turns, Walten soon felt the warmness brush pass his fur and slightly took a peak to see a glimpse of the sunlight peaking out through the exit.

"We made it..." Walten said with a slightly muffled voice, feeling Tinky Winky nod and started running towards it, holding the white tubby close.

Once outside, Tinky Winky soon kneel down, placing Walten down while breathing heavily and started looking over Walten.

"I-I'm fine...just a few scratches" Walten quickly told Tinky Winky though he didn't bother slapping the other's hands away. Tinky Winky let out a grunt before licking Walten's cheek, surprising him again.

'Maybe its his way of saying that he's happy or something' Walten thought, mentally noting it down before smiling up at the purple tubby. "We should find a lake to clean ourselves up" Walten pointed it out, seeing how dirty his white fur was as well as Tinky Winky's fur.

The purple tubby grunts before standing up while picking Walten up and soon started walking ahead.

Letting out a hum, Walten leans against Tinky Winky's shoulder while closing his eyes to rest for a few moments.

Though the walk lasted for a few minutes before Tinky Winky stopped walking which Walten opened his eyes to see a dead end. "Mm..." he soon saw a few rocks popping out of the wall. "We can try to climb out" Walten pointed it out before starting to get out of Tinky Winky's arms, but felt him simply tighten his grip for a moment and let out a surprise yelp when Tinky Winky easily moved Walten around and on his back.

"Hold on" Tinky Winky simply told the white tubby before swiftly starting to climb, causing Walten to tighten his grip around Tinky Winky.

'He's very strong' Walten thought with a slight blush, watching how easily Tinky Winky climbed up the wall, using the rocks as leverage, quickly making it to the top. Soon Walten waited for Tinky Winky to put him down, but the purple tubby simply grabbed Walten's thighs to keep him up and started walking.

Feeling too tired to argue, Walten closed his eyes and rested against the back of Tinky Winky's neck. 'He'll wake me up when we find a lake' he thought before slowly drifting off.

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From here, the build-up romance between them will soon start so yeah

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