What did you say?

"Forgive me, but could you please say that again?"

She glares at him, but he smiles back, unabashed. "You heard me the first time," she grumbles.

He takes her claw in his. "One could never tire of hearing those words, beloved."

"Well," she says, looking down at their joined hands. He leans forward, eager for her words. Then she looks up, and with a smirk, pushes him in to the river.

"That's what you get for being greedy, Rover," she tells him as he surfaces, sputtering. Then she sashays off, another I love you held firmly behind closed, smiling lips.


A/N: 100 words; written for the prompt 'What did you say?'.