oh? a visitor? how curious... i shall tell you that you've sailed past the shores of zee's dreamland. i'm totoro and i manage the dreams around here. i watch over her as she sleeps and murmur into her ears the possibilities of what if zayne said this or what if xavier/valko did that. ≽ܫ≼
want me to tell you more about the dreamer? her name is zee. 19, she/her, desi, infp-t, she dreams a lot and i make sure all of it ends up here. 𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𓋼𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊
you can wander freely in the dreamland, just follow the rules first. remember, the soot sprites are watching you. 🌷
now that you know who she is. let's dive into her dreams together, shall we? ..... ao3
most recent dreams:
two worlds (valko x reader, 0.6k, hurt/comfort) jealous of another dog (valko x reader, 0.3k, fluff) scared widdle meimei (caleb x reader, fluff, 0.4k) one macaron (zayne x reader, fluff, crack, 0.3k) hangry (zayne x reader, fluff, 0.4k)
oh and one more thing. free 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩. if you're not actively against genocide, we don't share the same dreamland. dni. totoro doesn't like you.
credits: line divider by @uzmacchiato , totoro divider by @pixopix , flower divider by @/diviniyae, pics from pinterest
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synopsis.⠀after a horrid meeting at work, you find xavier asleep at your desk. he's... unusually clingy.
tags.⠀sfw, fluff, crack kinda, pre-relationship xavmc, gn!reader, reader's already a little annoyed for comedic effect, idrk i wrote this on a whim :C. short & not proofread!
“That’s correct, miss. This month’s attacks have been greatly reduced thanks to our—”
One more word from this meeting and your head will explode. No, in fact, implode. That would be less of a mess to clean up. It’s a shame you’re all by yourself there. Apparently, they specifically needed you, showing you off as a trophy for all you’ve managed to accomplish recently. There was no way out.
You wanted Tara to be there, at the very least. Nudging your shoulder every now and then, cracking some random joke-remark while the higher ups would be discussing over serious stuff… anything but this. Her presence would help with lighting up the mood instead of having to deal with the fact that two of your supervisors are standing there, admiring you as if you’re a statue made out of authentic gold.
Thankfully for you, it ends quickly, which makes you walk back towards your desk, exiting the meeting room. It feels like your head is made out of nothing but putty, melting down on your body as you sluggishly try to find your way back. Not only this, but paperwork’s happily anticipating you back there. Another headache perfectly awaiting your arrival. Wonderful.
Slowly pulling yourself together, you open the door leading to your office. That’s where you see a white-haired man, in his hunter uniform, in your chair, his head on your desk, in… what?
“Xavier?” Your voice reaches his ears, his fingers coiling ever so slightly around the edges of your desk. His closed eyes twitch a little, before groggily opening themselves up, still squinting, to take a good look at you and at his surroundings. He seemed as if he didn’t understand why he was even there.
“Mmh?” He lets out a soft murmur, slooowly raising his head from the desk. This way, you can get a better look at your work partner and neighbor who just so happened to fall asleep right where you should be sitting at. You perk your eyebrows up in response to his mumbling, asking for answers.
Xavier doesn’t speak, however. That prompts you to break the silence once more.
“Are you… alright? What’re you doing here?”
It’s not long before his eyes fully open to look directly into yours. “Just hanging out.”
Hanging out?! Is he being serious right now…?
“At… at my desk?” Rhetorical tone drips out of your throat.
“Yes.” He answers casually, as if this is a normal, day-to-day occurance. Still a little perplexed by the situation, you approach him and signal towards the stack of papers on your desk. You motion towards them, indirectly letting him know that you still have work to do. And that he’s in the way.
While he does pick up what you’ve been gesturing, Xavier doesn’t exactly let go of interrogating you as if you were the one who he caught red-handed. “Is your meeting over?”
“Uh, yes…” You furrow your eyebrows a little, responding to his question. Obviously it would have ended, you’re standing right in front of him. “Why? Did you want to talk to me about something? Are you alright?”
It’s the second time you’ve asked this. You do know Xavier to be a bit of an oddball, but this seemed a little out of your area of expertise. Luckily for you, he finally stands up—a little silly due to you intrerrupting his very nice nap in your ‘abode’—and eyes you up and down, like a confused puppy. You’re still completely lost.
“Yeah, I’m fine. I was just… waiting for you.”
And the reasoning you did not know of. Still, your brain feels way too heavy to carry on your shoulders to actually try to understand this man. You just got out of an awkward situation, just to enter in yet another one. Sighing, a little heavier than you would have liked, you sat back down on your chair, your hands sluggishly grasping the paperwork to slide it in front of your face.
Xavier is still there.
You wait a little longer, too occupied to mind him, engrossed and utterly engulfed in that ugly stack of sheets, carefully sorting everything and going over the same lines written there—
Xavier is still there.
—to make sure that you’re absolutely doing everything well for the Association. After all, as you’ve noticed today, you were the grand trophy of your workplace, no? You just had to continue to—
Xavier is still there.
…Well.
“Why are you still here.” The way you phrased it didn’t even sound like it’s meant to be a question. You painfully tore your eyes away from that blinding white, meeting his calm blue eyes. As if that didn’t infuriate you further.
“Sorry. Should I go?”
The way he phrased it didn’t sound like a genuine question, either. Just a little more pathetic, so to speak.
“Ah— I mean, uh, I don’t mind.” You reply, almost instantly. The way his eyes were practically begging you to let him hang around you for a while longer made your heart melt. You can’t just whisk him away, especially when he’s been acting so… odd.
Gathering your thoughts together (amongst the stack of paper which has now been reduced in height a little), you gesture towards Xavier that he can come a little closer if he wishes to. Maybe, if he’s a little closer to you, you’d be able to press him further as to why he’s so insistent on staying.
It’s fun, if you’re honest.
Taking this opportunity, you let him lean a little closer. You poke his cheek, grabbing his attention. Pulling the exact move as he usually does: engage, then fall silent before the other. Your question remains unspoken in your eyes, which seem to stare him up as if your gaze could easily pierce right through him. That same odd feeling lingering in the air between you two.
“I’m… I’m sorry.”
There he goes! He’s finally talking to you, as awkward as your situation still might be, he’s at least saying something.
“For what?” You press on, even though you already know what he’s sorry for. You just want to squeeze out answers out of him, that’s all.
“For invading your desk. I only wanted to find you, but then sleep washed over me, and… your desk was the nearest station.”
His knee accidentally touches yours, making you jump a little. It wakes you from whatever daze you were in, letting out an exasperated breath.
“You have such a way with words.”
a/n.⠀haven't posted in like... a month... hdhfdh i'm sorry. this is a little sloppy because i kind of lost interest in lads recently given everything,, </3 instead i've been super into indie visual novels! who cares!!!!!!!! oh oh also, check out xavier's birthday bang where i'll be featured in as well ^^ keep an eye out! until then, i might go on a short hiatus on here ;;
taglist.⠀feel free to ask to be (un)tagged in future works~⠀@hirayalia @naomiarai @thinkingofzayne @lariivcx @wetforsylus @snowypi @gravitationalbluberry @valkyrhii <3
dad!valko who picks up your daughter by the neck of her fluffy onesie with his bare teeth, like how a wolf picks up it’s pup. he’d walk around the house with her like that, swinging around in the air and giggling as she gets a front row view of her dad’s laptop screen and this week’s Eoncore tech report…that is, until you freak out and force valko to put her in a carrier.
dad!valko who’s not super great at buying baby clothes for your baby girl. he keeps on coming back with sleepers that spell ‘PUPPY PRINCESS’ in big pink font, socks with grippy paw prints on it’s feet, sweatpants with a polyester tail…least to say, you’ve taken over buying the clothes for now. but you keep the little wolf onesie with wolf ears on it’s hood, because seeing your baby match your husband is too cute.
dad!valko who sleeps curled around you and your daughter, tail wrapping around the both of you, the same way he’d slept practically circled around you when you were pregnant. the baby practically disappears against him. you have to peel away from his muscular arms if you want to get up in the middle of the night. even if you’re being careful, his eyes would snap open and pepper you with questions of ‘where are you going?’ before following after you dutifully to sit outside the bathroom to wait for you (or hold your hand through the door). it comes from a place of love, promise.
dad!valko who is aghast when his toddler daughter refuses a home-made chocolate cake for her second birthday. instead, she points to the picture of a cream cheese frosted slice of carrot cake with wide pleading eyes, her tail swishing behind her in the exact same way her father’s did when he wanted something from you.
“aw, but sweetie, don’t you want a yummy milk chocolate gateu—“
“no!”
“ow, ow! okay, okay fine, carrot cake it is, now let go of daddy’s ears—“
dad!valko who likes to go on woodland hikes with you and your baby. you used to have to put one of those dog walking leashes on him so he doesn’t get too excited and break off to chase a deer or a squirrel. but now, you’ve got to put one on your daughter too (who recently started walking) so she doesn’t run after him. like father like daughter. sigh.
dad!valko who likes to tickle your daughter’s teeny nose with his fingers to hear her laugh, and tickle her toes with the fluff of his tail. she’s the cutest thing he’s ever set his eyes upon. the sweetest, though albeit a bit toothless smile he’s ever seen. every time she beams up at him, valko’s heart clenches. every time her little paws find his, he can’t help but to squeeze up next to you, give you those eyes, and ask…
“awwww, babe, do you think we should make our little pup another little brother or sister?”
sypnosis: valko x reader! valko has gone missing. but it seems that he might not have left completely…angst warning
*Missed Call from [Valko]*
*Missed Call from [Valko]*
*Missed Call from [Valko]*
You finally picked up on the third ring.
“Hello? Valko? Are you alright—?”
“Hello? Hello? Helloooooooo? I can’t hear youuuu— just kidding. If you’re hearing this, I can’t come to the phone right now! Leave a message, and I’ll be right back.”
“Dammit!” You slammed down the phone at a speed that almost cracked the screen.
Valko hadn’t called you for days. Highly unusual for him, as he usually called you and messaged you every other minute when he had to go away for more than 48 hours. He wasn’t sure how long he was going away for this time, he had sheepishly explained to you. Some company…what was it? Origami fold? Wanted his cooperation and required his full presence.
He didn’t tell you what they wanted him for. Valko just told you that he had to go, he had no choice.
But he promised he’d be back.
He didn’t call you on the first day. Neither on the second. Or on the third, the fourth…it was strange, not having your big, strong wolf around. But he had assured you, so you chose to believe it, that he’d come back soon. In his wallowing absence, you curled up in his room, which you’ve yet had the chance to decorate for him. Valko hasn’t moved in long enough into your home for you to start yet.
You stared at the three missed calls piled up in your inbox. If only you hadn’t fallen asleep so quickly, maybe you would have been able to pick up.
You dialed him again, and again, and again.
The fifth day became the sixth, and still, nothing. You started leaving voicemails instead of hanging up.
“Heyy, don’t make me worry over nothing, Val. Call me back soon, okay?”
“I hope everything’s okay. Come back home soon!”
“I miss you Valko. I wish you’d just come home now.”
“I wish you’d never left.”
“I wish I’d never known you existed in the first place!”
You didn’t mean that. You were just upset, because called and complained to that stupid company, but they hadn’t given you back a single nod or reply.
So Valko must have given you the wrong company name! Right? Ah, that klutz, that beautiful idiot, always mixing up his words when he was nervous about something. Haha. There must be no such thing as Origami fold, only Info—
On the eighth night you called his sister. She didn’t know either. You tried everyone else in their pack. Nothing.
After the ninth night, you stood in the middle of Valko's undecorated room, surrounded by the boxes you'd never unpacked for him, and you squeezed the phone so hard that your hand ached.
“Sorry, I think our brother has—“
You didn’t dare believe it.
“—disappeared.”
Valko would never do such a thing.
“Maybe you should check…”
You don't remember hanging up. You don't remember the drive, or whose car you took, or how you ended up here, in the clearing you and Valko used to disappear to on nights when the moon was full. How wonderful those nights were, rolling around together in the grass, Valko kissing you, nuzzling your neck, which would always inevitably lead into the two of you coupling right there, under the moonlight filtering through the trees.
Now, clouds were dragging slowly off the moon's face like a shroud being pulled back from something it would rather not show you. Like the magician’s veil being ripped off for a big finale, to reveal that what had disappeared, hadn’t gone after all.
You had come here hoping foolishly, desperately, that if you came back to this ridge where you met, he might be here after all. That he might come loping out of the tree line the way he always had, tongue lolling, tail held high, delighted with himself for scaring you.
He didn't come.
Because by then, it was too late.
Your wolf was already gone.
Tears dampened the grass below your palms, your nails digging into the dirt as you watched the clouds dissapate from the sky, revealing the moon’s pale face in full.
Once upon a time, you had called Valko your moon, your man.
And once upon a time he had called you the sun. The most radiant star he has, and will ever set his eyes upon. The force he wakes up to, the light he bathes in.
Yet…
More tears fell. And Valko didn’t materialise in front of you as you thought he might, meeting you again like he once did under the full moon.
Was he ever going to come back? It scared you to not know.
At least he hadn’t left you alone.
You had told his sister about it when you called her to ask where Valko might be. After all, you had to tell someone about the plus-pink sign on the pregnancy test, didn’t you?
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I dont imagine you’ll receive this letter but i miss you bbg ☹️, please come back as soon as you feel better i miss sending nonsense in each other’s inbox. Ill blow up infolds building if it helps make you feel better
Love, gigi
dear triple g,
why the fuck would you imagine i won't recieve this letter? did you declare me died? 😭... good thing is i am back feeling so much better but i still need you to blow up infolds building please! btw i missed you so much 🥹💚
it's been 800 years. jellyfish are walking naked. something something sharks. I MISS YOU BABYGIRLLLLLL
oh misty my love... it's been 800 years, jellyfishes are walking naked, sea turtles climb trees, sharks are eating grass for free and YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I HAVE MISSED YOU!!
you left right as i came back. are we doomed lovers cursed to forever miss each other?! 🥀 (feel better soon!)
i felt so bad... you just came back from your hiatus and i had missed you so much, was so looking forward to your fics. but then ughh it got too overwhelming, too much information at once and my brain just couldn't process all of it. but i'm back now with a fresh mind!! we're not doomed, we were always meant to find each other at the end of the day. nothing can keep us apart muahhhh love 😚
going on a tiny break (ik ik i take more breaks than i post here and i'm sorry about that). things aren't great irl and being online isn't helping much either. i'm still optimistic about val's return but at this point i'm just exhausted. i can't bring myself to look at any other li's fics or art, or even write myself, it just hurts. and i know this is probably very pathetic of me which is exactly why i need to step away for a bit cause this whole situation is messing with my head more than i'd like to admit.
going on a tiny break (ik ik i take more breaks than i post here and i'm sorry about that). things aren't great irl and being online isn't helping much either. i'm still optimistic about val's return but at this point i'm just exhausted. i can't bring myself to look at any other li's fics or art, or even write myself, it just hurts. and i know this is probably very pathetic of me which is exactly why i need to step away for a bit cause this whole situation is messing with my head more than i'd like to admit.
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Someone on discord explained the removal of the "coming soon"
THIS!!
I've told a few people this already. "Coming soon" was always just a placeholder for the next LI's icon. If they had already added Valko's, then removed it, they likely just never added "coming soon" back.
Keep in mind, NOTHING ELSE pertaining to Valko or his storyline has been removed from the game. The texts are intact. The WU chapter is intact. The lily of the valley picture in the desk feature is still there.
Valko's YouTube videos still exist. All of his content on X still exists. His theme song is still out. He still appears on the TikTok gaming page of LADS's account.
Valko is everywhere. They haven't made any attempt to clean the slate.
GOOOOOOD MORNING VALKO CREW! Typing this from my desk at work as I train a new employee LOL I might be employed but I still have to clock in for my shift at the bullshit factory.
AM Report 7/7/2026
As of 8:30AM CDT:
LADS following count: Instagram 916k, X 656.1k, TikTok 887.7k, YouTube 324k
Petitions: 232.3k and and 93.7k
JP petition: 7.9k
The cover of Tameless Territory was changed—it's no longer Valko. BEFORE YOU START TWEAKING!! None of the LI's theme songs have them as the cover. Infold could have just as easily deleted the song, but they didn't. Don't see this as a bad thing!
Tameless Territory is up to over 800k streams on Spotify! And it's their top song on Apple Music
We've surpassed 3.5 million posts on X, and we're still trending eight days in!
An official post from RedNote states that they announced new measures against online abuse (doxxing, personal attacks, harassment, etc). 27,435 pieces of online abuse-related content were blocked. 5,171 posts were removed. Action has been taken against 532 accounts. Not all of these are in relation to #bringvalkoback, but I'd wager that a good portion of them are. See post here.
Valko will have TWO billboards in Time Square on July 9th, courtesy of Fangirl Fetes!
Strobe lights were spotted in one of the offices in the Infold HQ building. Y'all celebrating something or..? See post here.
CN fans are feeling optimistic! The Weibo supertopic is almost entirely positive posts, and our overseas sisters are encouraging us to remain hopeful
One user on X posted a screenshot of her LADS game. "Download resources for upcoming storyline in advance? Approximately 2806.5M in total." So...SOMETHING is coming.
Infold got caught lurking in the Weibo again. They ARE watching us, even if they haven't said shit in a MF WEEK.
Copium of the day: Infold implemented an update AFTER Valko's cancellation announcement (the raccoon plush). After said update, the "coming soon" graphic was not removed. If they planned on sticking to the announcement, surely they would've gotten rid of it.
MISINFORMATION!
There are some posts circulating that say LADS is not on the map for Bilibili World. They are simply in a different venue. As far as we know, they are still participating in the event.
Important!
DO NOT interact with CN players on RedNote or Weibo. They are trying to use sinophobia as a new tactic. If you post on either site, do so respectfully and kindly. Do not respond to hateful comments.
DO NOT post on RedNote or Weibo on until it is July 8th in Beijing. At the time of this post, it is 9:30PM.
If you are not currently boycotting, remember that July 9th is Blackout Day. If nothing else, DO NOT LOG IN on July 9th.
CN players' protest is different than ours. They need to raise the rating in their app stores, and we need to continue to lower ours. Both sides need to emphasize that LADS helps international players appreciate Chinese culture.
Remember!
DO NOT LOG IN! We're still trying to affect their DAU metric.
Not sure when to expect a statement from Infold. They'll be inactive on the 7th, and Bilibili World starts on July 10th and ends on the 12th. LADS will be participating in it. We may not hear anything concrete until the 13th. Fingers crossed for the 8th.
Keep fighting! Antis worked for seven days to get Valko's release cancelled. We have to continue to make noise in order to be louder than them. Many companies will wait out protests for a few days to see if they fizzle out.
Don't lose hope! We're making a HUGE impact!
Please remember that this boycott is not just about Valko. The CN fans deserve an apology for the 731 incident, global fans deserve recognition, we need more MC customization options for darker skin tones—there are a lot of issues involved.
Take care of yourselves. Take breaks, eat, drink water, and get plenty of rest. We're in this together <3
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You knew that. He had told you that he had to leave because staying with you during his full transformation in the supermoon might get dangerous.
You had been telling yourself this over and over again ever since he left. You knew his safety is guaranteed as long as he's with his pack but it still didn't stop you from crying about it at two in the morning, curled in bed with his t-shirt held tightly against your chest.
You didn't notice the balcony window opening. You only know he's back when a familiar warmth settles behind you, followed by a familiar chin nuzzling into your neck.
“You’ve been crying all night?”
And then you're turning, grabbing fistfuls of his shirt, pressing your face into his neck, kissing his jaw, his cheek, the corner of his mouth and crying harder all while smearing the wet mess of your nose on his face, which was not a very cutesy combination but you were past caring about all that.
"Easy there, princess. I just came back and it looks like you're trying to drown me in your snot."
You snort and immediately wish you hadn't, given the current state of your nose. You hit him, wiping your nose with the back of your hand. "Shut up, i hate you. I was so scared you'd get hurt or that you'd never come back to me because... because you realised how different i am from you.”
You feel stupid saying that out loud but you were actually scared, scared that his transformation would make him realise just how disparate their two worlds are, and how convenient it is for him to stay away from your kinds.
He turns your face to look at him. "I will always come back to you because I love you." He says, wiping the tears from your eyes, his lips meeting yours in soft feathery kisses. "No matter how much distance the world tries to put between us. No matter what forces decide we don't belong in the same story, I will find my way back to you. Every single time."
His words overwhelm you completely. The intensity of it all makes your body give out, your face falling back into his chest as you cry for an entirely different reason now, hands fisting tighter in his shirt like you can physically keep him here. His arms come around you, holding you like he can't bear the thought of a world where the two of you aren't together.
By the time you pull back to look at him, your eyes are dry, every tear spent until your heart is satiated and only then you notice the scratches along his jaw, the dried blood at his temple you had just been kissing.
"Val, you're hurt-"
"It'll heal, princess. I just need some time.”
"You're weakened right now, it'll take longer, you could get infected and spread rabies to me."
He looks genuinely offended at that. "That's foul. I'm not a dog."
You shrug. "You bite me all the time."
"You steal and sniff my clothes all the time," he says, pointing at the t-shirt still clutched in your hands, "but that doesn't make you a perverted thief, or does it?”
A triumphant smile spreads across his face. But you can't let him win.
"Who's the good boy?" you say instead. "Who wants belly rubs?"
"Me! Me-" His ears pop out, tail wagging before he's even finished the sentence. Then he catches your expression and stops, sitting very still and attempting to look like none of that just happened.
You raise a teasing eyebrow and he pouts, thoroughly defeated.
"Come on, puppy." You're already moving for the first aid kit. He follows, dropping onto the edge of the couch, and despite the pout, his ears are still slightly raised and his tail still wagging hopefully for belly rubs.
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fluff! valko being a cutie and letting his guard down whenever he's around you, i love him hehe
you sit next to valko in his office, watching as he reads a report. he sits with one hand in his fluffy hair, with the other hand turning over the paper.
you hear a knock on his door as the person lets themselves in with valko's permission. “sir, apologies for interrupting. i have more reports for you to read.”
“thank you, please just leave it on my desk.” he says, gesturing with his head on where to leave the reports.
you notice as his hand that was previously in his hair is now over his stomach. the person leaves, and his hand now dangles by his side.
another knock on the door. “apologies, sir. i know your assistant handed you reports but these reports also need your attention.”
“thank you, you can leave those on my desk.” he smiles, his hand now back protecting his stomach.
the receptionist leaves, and your boyfriend leans back in his chair, his arm supporting his head on the headrest.
“valko?” you ask.
“yes, peach?” he lifts his head, his full attention on you.
“why do you keep covering your stomach whenever someone comes in?” you tilt your head, your eyes flicking to his stomach.
“hm.” he replies, placing the stack of papers down. “what do you know about dogs and showing their stomach?”
“that they only show their stomach whenever they are feeling submissive?” you raise an eyebrow.
“yes, that is one option.” he scans your face, waiting for you to mention the other option. “do you know the other reason why?”
you shake your head.
“it means i feel safe with you, peach. i can allow myself to feel vulnerable with you.” your face softens.
“come here, you big puppy.” you bring your arms out, and he pulls your chair towards him as he inhales your comforting scent.
You knew that. He had told you that he had to leave because staying with you during his full transformation in the supermoon might get dangerous.
You had been telling yourself this over and over again ever since he left. You knew his safety is guaranteed as long as he's with his pack but it still didn't stop you from crying about it at two in the morning, curled in bed with his t-shirt held tightly against your chest.
You didn't notice the balcony window opening. You only know he's back when a familiar warmth settles behind you, followed by a familiar chin nuzzling into your neck.
“You’ve been crying all night?”
And then you're turning, grabbing fistfuls of his shirt, pressing your face into his neck, kissing his jaw, his cheek, the corner of his mouth and crying harder all while smearing the wet mess of your nose on his face, which was not a very cutesy combination but you were past caring about all that.
"Easy there, princess. I just came back and it looks like you're trying to drown me in your snot."
You snort and immediately wish you hadn't, given the current state of your nose. You hit him, wiping your nose with the back of your hand. "Shut up, i hate you. I was so scared you'd get hurt or that you'd never come back to me because... because you realised how different i am from you.”
You feel stupid saying that out loud but you were actually scared, scared that his transformation would make him realise just how disparate their two worlds are, and how convenient it is for him to stay away from your kinds.
He turns your face to look at him. "I will always come back to you because I love you." He says, wiping the tears from your eyes, his lips meeting yours in soft feathery kisses. "No matter how much distance the world tries to put between us. No matter what forces decide we don't belong in the same story, I will find my way back to you. Every single time."
His words overwhelm you completely. The intensity of it all makes your body give out, your face falling back into his chest as you cry for an entirely different reason now, hands fisting tighter in his shirt like you can physically keep him here. His arms come around you, holding you like he can't bear the thought of a world where the two of you aren't together.
By the time you pull back to look at him, your eyes are dry, every tear spent until your heart is satiated and only then you notice the scratches along his jaw, the dried blood at his temple you had just been kissing.
"Val, you're hurt-"
"It'll heal, princess. I just need some time.”
"You're weakened right now, it'll take longer, you could get infected and spread rabies to me."
He looks genuinely offended at that. "That's foul. I'm not a dog."
You shrug. "You bite me all the time."
"You steal and sniff my clothes all the time," he says, pointing at the t-shirt still clutched in your hands, "but that doesn't make you a perverted thief, or does it?”
A triumphant smile spreads across his face. But you can't let him win.
"Who's the good boy?" you say instead. "Who wants belly rubs?"
"Me! Me-" His ears pop out, tail wagging before he's even finished the sentence. Then he catches your expression and stops, sitting very still and attempting to look like none of that just happened.
You raise a teasing eyebrow and he pouts, thoroughly defeated.
"Come on, puppy." You're already moving for the first aid kit. He follows, dropping onto the edge of the couch, and despite the pout, his ears are still slightly raised and his tail still wagging hopefully for belly rubs.
