Okay so fair warning! This is literally just a whole bunch of fluff. Like. I cut open the most adorable and giant teddy bear and stuffed all the fluff into this chapter. It's very indulgent and might be redundant but just... let me have this. Thanks.

Baxium sat on the ground in front of the couch as Mira sat with her legs over his shoulders and her arms around his head. Their empty food containers were gathered beside them on the floor and a random movie was playing on the television. Mira was completely enamored with Baxium's entire head and he laughed as she stroked his face.

"Are you having fun?" he asked, turning his head to look at her.

She smiled back at him and nodded. "Yes. Do you want me to stop?"

"No."

He leaned his head into her as she smooshed her face against his frill. She stared at his horns before noticing the one on his snout had a small piece missing. She reached out to touch it as she asked, "Have you always been missing a piece of your horn here?"

"Yeah."

"Huh, I never noticed it before."

"Oh." He gave a small nod as he watched her feel the small chunk missing from the front of his horn.

"Well, I mean you're so much taller than I am I don't think I coould even see it from down there," she reasoned. Baxium closed his eyes as her hands wandered up the side of his face and up to his frill. His head fell forward as she ran her fingers over each ridge from one side to another.

He hummed happily before bringing his own hands up to rub her back. As he tilted his head back again, Mira gently kissed the top of his head and hugged him once more. They sat like that for a good few minutes before the lock on the door clicked and Ashley walked in, clearly tired from her shift.

"Oh," she said when she looked at the happy couple cuddling in front of the couch. "Glad to see you back again, Bax."

He seemed a little disoriented as he waved to her. "Thanks."

"How was work?" Mira asked, her hands still on his frill as she sat up. Baxium placed his hands over hers and brought them back to his face.

"Fine, I'm just tired. I'm gonna shower and then go to bed," she said, giving Mira a wink as she disappeared down the hall. Mira felt her cheeks warm up, and then noticed Baxium's face was warm as well. She looked down to see him with his eyes closed again, wondering why he had moved her hands back to his face.

She hugged his face again, pressing her own against his frill. His hands found their way back to her back to feel her up and down once again.

"I like spending time like this," he told her as he squeezed her back in a strange backward hug. She smiled and squeezed his head in return.

"Me too."

They heard the shower start to run as Ashley had said, and Baxium took the opportunity to maneuver Mira around so she was sitting in his lap. She let out a yelp and held on to one of his arms as he swung her around a shoulder. When she was in his lap, she was facing him with her legs widely straddled around his. His hands rested on the small of her back and his snout was pressed against the tip of her small nose.

"Hi," she said as her hands rested on his upper arms.

He pulled away a little and smiled at her. "Hi."

"What're you doing?" she asked with a tilt of her head.

"I just wanted to get a better look at ya," he said. He brought a hand up to her face to stroke her cheek with his thumb. Mira's head leaned into his hand and she closed her eyes. His warm embrace made her feel so safe and comfortable that she could just fall asleep on him as she was.

As for Baxium, he wanted to hold her all night and would have been fine with her hands all over him if she wanted to continue. He smiled as she watched her rest her head in his hand with her eyes closed. Gently, he touched his face against hers and they sat together like that until the bathroom door opened and Ashley walked back to her room.

"Are you staying over, Bax?" she asked from the hallway without revealing herself.

Baxium looked at Mira for any sign of what he should say and she just shrugged. "Uh... I don't know yet."

"Okay, well no pressure from me one way or the other, I was just curious. Goodnight y'all," she said before disappearing into her room.

"Goodnight," they replied before looking back to one another and sharing a short, silent laugh. Mira rested her head on his chest as his arms wrapped around her and held her in place. His chin rested on her head and they sat like that for a while before Baxium's hands began running up and down her back again.

Mira felt shivers run up her spine when he began to use his claws. Her back arched and she lifted her head to look at him in playful protest. He smiled at her and was met with an unexpected kiss on the mouth. Once again, he pressed his snout against her nose and ran his claws up her back. And once again, Mira made a noise of playful protest as her hands slid to his chest and balled into fists.

"You like that?" he asked quietly, a little too close to her ear. Her face immediately heated up and she felt inclined to bury her face into his chest. He gave a light laugh and brought his claws up her back once more, to her neck, until finally cupping the back of her head as she rested against him. She gave a satisfied hum when he began gently scratching the back of her head.

Bax lowered his head to nuzzle against her neck, which she reacted to once again. Mira tried to squeeze her chin to her shoulder to guard her sensitive neck, but he was already in there and giving her ticklish affection. While buried in her neck, he began talking which only tickled her more.

"I'd kiss you here if I could, but we both know it wouldn't work out very well."

Mira gave a giggle as she pressed her cheek against his face, and he quickly returned the gesture by nuzzling against her. "I was thinking about something earlier," he said, not moving from where he was pressed against her cheek, his hands returned to the small of her back.

"Hm?" she questioned, her eyes closed as his voice resonated next to her ear.

Baxium wanted to bring up the idea of going further with her since he felt they were in an intimate setting and mood, when would be a better time? But when it came to bringing it up he got cold feet and had to resort to saying the first thing that came to mind before the silence got awkward.

"You."

Mira laughed, thankfully. "You were just thinking of me?" she asked as she pulled away to look at him.

"Yeah," he said with a shy nod. "You."

She smiled and kissed his snout. "You're so cute."

"I'm glad you think so," Baxium said. "Though the same could be said about you, among other things." He gave a sly smile as he rubbed her back again.

"Oh?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah," he started, seeing his chance. "I mean you're cute, you're beautiful, and dare I say... sexy," he finished with a smirk and a touch of his mouth to her forehead.

She felt her entire body heat up this time, but especially her cheeks. She hoped it wasn't clear how red she was from his words, but she didn't feel like complaining either.

"Oh shush," she said in an embarrassed tone, trying to hide her face.

"You gonna make me?" he asked with a challenging smirk.

Mira stared at him for a moment before glancing at the pillows on the seat behind him. "Can you give me one of those?"

To humor her, Baxium reached behind him and gave her one of the pillows. Mira thanked him before pressing the pillow against his snout and lifted herself from her knees to force him back a little.

He turned his head and started to laugh as she continued to try and suffocate him with the pillow- he knew she was just playing. In fact, he wanted to get a bit of play in, himself.

"Hey, you," he said as he grabbed her hip and started to tickle her sides. She pulled away with a cry and started wrigling in his arms as he continued to tickle her. When she made another attempt to get away, she went for the floor beside him, but miscalculated his actions as he followed after her and wound up on top of her instead.

"You messed up," he said through laughs, looking down at her as she stared back up at him.

"Oh no!" she said as she rolled back over to try and escape, but he held onto her hip as he brought his face down to her neck for more Triceraton kisses. She protested in her high pitched voice as she wriggled under his grasp.

"No!" she said through laughter and smiles. "Stop it!" She pushed against his face as his hand moved up to her shoulder. Feeling bold, Baxium gave a gentle bite to her neck before nuzzling her again.

"Hey," she said, more quiet but still in surprise. She closed her eyes as he nuzzled against her neck, not knowing what he was up to.

"Hm?" he asked as he stopped moving and rested his chin on her shoulder. "I'll stop if you want, sweetheart. I hope I didn't take that too far."

Mira collected herself and rolled back over to face him. She shook her head as if to say he didn't take it too far, and outstretched her arms to wrap around his thick neck. He accepted the embrace and rested his chin on her shoulder once again. "Good. I don't want to upset you."

"You haven't," she assured him.

He rolled over with her on top of him, to her surprise, but he just relaxed with his hands on her back. "Did you want me to stay tonight?"

"Do you want to stay?" she asked as she propped herself up on his chest with her elbows.

He smiled as his hand ran over her hair. "Wherever you are, I want to be."

She blushed at his words and just smiled as she dropped her head onto his chest in defeat. He was too cute for her. "Then you're welcome to stay."

His smile remained as his hands gently caressed her body. "Do you want me to?"

"Hmm," she thought for a moment. "If you think you'll be comfortable, but I don't want you to have to hang off my bed again."

"What'd I say before? I want to stay with you, but only if you want me to," he repeated.

His bluntness gave her pause as she was forced to give him a straight answer. "Yes." Her sheepishness made him smile. Maybe she did want to be with him, but she was just too shy to go with it.

"Then I'll stay," he said happily. There was no need to rush her into something that had no urgency to it. He simply kissed her once again in the only way he could and remained with her on the floor until she was ready to go to bed.

Baxium never thought he'd feel so comfortable in such a small bed.

Heart eyes, motherfucker.