Moonjou!!!!!!!!

"I don't really know how to tell you about my dream," Kinkajou started, voice full of confidence as she spoke, "But I can show it to you, if you're okay with that."

Moon's grip on their talons loosened then, eyes wide as her gaze flickered between Kinkajou and the pouch. Her mouth lay open as she tried and failed to find the words to respond with, only closing once she managed to lock eyes with her best friend. And perhaps inspired by the certainty she saw within them, she opened it again to give her answer.

"Yeah… yeah I am," another squeeze, "It's just… are you?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" Kinkajou giggled, "I'm the one who asked in the first place, of course I'm okay with it."

She couldn't quite tell what the expression Moon made at that meant. There was a ghost of a smile on her face, yet her eyes seemed to shimmer as she looked away. And it might have just been the lighting, but the scales along her snout seemed a little darker than usual.

"I know, I… I just don't want to pry into your mind like this."

"It's not really prying if I'm the one who let you in. And besides," she pulled the pouch over her head, letting it drop to the ground as she moved her talon to rest on Moon's cheek. "You know I don't mind, not if it's you."

Because you're different. Because I know you care.

Their eyes met again and now Kinkajou could see just how dark the scales on her face were, just how bright her smile shined as she nodded. She knew her own scales were more than a little pink at the sight. "I do," Moon whispered, moving her head to rest against Kinkajou's. "Of course I do, how could I not? You're… you're amazing Kinkajou. You make my life better just by being in it."

I just know something like this happened in their sleeping cave