A little bird told me

"That guy?" He has to pause and think a bit about her question. "If you’re talking about the man chasing us, I don’t know." His hand lowers from his chest, confusion lighting his eyes a moment before it registers. "Oh. Do you mean…?" His cheeks light a light color in embarrassment as he clears his throat, rubbing his head as he chuckles lightly. "I, uh. I’d like to say that he’s my boyfriend, but. I don’t. Hahaha." He rubs his head again.

"Oh yeah~? Well why isn't he your boyfriend? Judging by the sounds from that shack, you two are reeeeal close." Oh yes. She'd forgotten to mention she had amplified hearing thanks to the bird genes in her. "But I really meant the guy chasing us."

"I’m sorry. I wish they hadn’t gotten burned." 

The sincerity in his voice is shocking even to him, but they were beautiful wings, a striking orange, much like the Davesprite he had known. She was beautiful in her own right, perhaps not one would consider as model material, but something to be marveled at, with soft cheeks and beautiful, wispy hair. Maybe he was imagining it, but did she have freckles?

She was definitely cute, at least, and she didn’t need to have her feathers singed off because he was stupid enough to bring her by a lava pit. His chin tips a bit and his eyes meet the shack again, another intake of breath. He pulls his hand away from her without realizing it and his fingers come up to grasp at the metal necklace through his clothes, the one that Karkat had given him, a slight blush on his features before his gaze smooths once more and he looks down.

She couldn't help giggling a little, trying to lighten the mood a bit, though it probably failed horribly. Oh well. It was the thought that counted after all.

When he started touching her wing she glanced back with a chirp and a warble, making a few other birdlike noises too. It felt good having her wings messed with, so long as the touch was gentle and no feathers were being pulled. She'd done enough of that to get the burnt flight feathers out so new ones could grow in.

Boy if she knew he was thinking she was attractive or pretty or any of those things she'd probably turn a new shade of red and peep at him. And yes, she does have freckles.

"Give me a moment to collect myself, man." He could just fall asleep here. He’d say that it’s safe here, that no, they couldn’t see them or take them or grab them here, but he knew that wasn’t true. He knew that the man probably could find them wherever they went. How far in the past in memories or however this shit went, could he go? Was there sanction anymore?

"I don’t know." Her question was a hard one, and his eyes float to the shack for a while, linger. It held such a deeper meaning to him that it almost revitalized why he was here, and why he wanted to live a much longer existence. She did, too. Every jumbled piece was slowly floating back together. 

"Alright fine... But I hope you don't mind me exploring here a little."

She really meant the immediate area. Devin was way too afraid to go too far from Dave's side, just looking around really, to see if there was anything useable as food or something in the grass. It'd been a while since she last ate, and after the recent excitement, she was hungry as hell.

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Remembering it, he almost wants to shiver, but withholds the urge to do so, smiling a bit down at her before nodding. “Yeah. We can go walk around or something.” He mumbles, thoughts settling and becoming less anxious, desperate, calm. No longer anxious or fearful.

"I'd like that. I mean I know you don't wanna stay in one spot, but I wanna relax, and... the only way I can do that is if we just stick to the trees. I've never been in a forest before anyway."

Giving his cheek a kiss, she hops off him and stands up, dusting herself off after hitting the ground and getting all dirty. The shoes were loose but she'd tied them tight enough to keep them on at least.

So here, let me love you, honey.

throws self into your lap and purrs and snuggles and cuddles like a good girl uwu*