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Meeting Through Dreams

Day 8 leggo

Today we have borrower Mira starting dreams that should bring her to her perfect partner, but she doesn't exactly want that to happen...

Meeting Through Dreams

Mira groaned, her birthday had been a total disaster. The human she lived with was home and checking everything so she couldn’t get the fruit she wanted. Kaya wasn’t able to visit because of the recent storms. Then the human woman was talking about getting pets on the phone. Giant rat things from what the other person said. She didn’t want to meet ferrets. The only option was to move.

She collapsed onto her fabric pile. The worst part of all of this were the dreams that would start tonight. She wasn’t interested in some fated perfect partner even if it was usually right. There were too many stories of people who were fated to be with someone on the other side of the city. A place that she could barely reach unless Kaya chose to help. They would, but she didn’t want that. There was so much pressure for the relationships to work.

Mira looked around her small home. There was so much she had planned. The fabrics that she collected for the walls. Piles of things she could put together into something interesting. All of it would be left behind when she moved. It was more painful this time; this was the first place she thought might become a home. Leaving home was meant to make it easier, to ease the concern everyone had about forest predators. Now she was tempted to have Kaya help her go back. A place where she wasn’t constantly worried she would have to leave in the dead of night.

Mira closed her eyes, imagining the home she almost made. Some tables of things she’d been planning to steal. Fabrics hanging on the walls instead of the dreary insulation and brick. Anything she wanted to keep. The image stayed until she fell into a deep sleep.

Mira’s eyes opened to the exact place she imagined. She ran a hand over the fabrics, a perfect replication of the ones in her mind. It was just a dream. Not just any dream, the dream, and she already hated it. None of this would be there when she woke up. The worst part of it all, someone else would be privy to the wishes she hid in her heart. She slipped out of the room to a world too real for her.

All around were towering chairs and tables humans used. It was likely the other person lived among humans too. That would make things easier, at least they’d understand the life she leads. Mira wandered around in the large empty space. If no one showed up she’d take it as a blessing.

“Hey!” a masculine voice shouted. She bit back a sigh. She looked around trying to find a way to avoid the person. She’d rather not meet them directly. Unfortunately it was too late.

A man with black hair and piercing blue eyes ran up from behind one of the chair legs. He was taller than her, an average build. He had pale skin, although there was a tint that made her doubt his living in a human house. Mira turned away from him, she had more important things to do. Like figuring out where this man was supposed to live so she could make sure she never went near him.

As she walked away his steps easily reached her. Something about them was off. Almost too heavy. It had to just be this stupid dream. Dreams had never stuck with her in her waking life. Plenty of things were going to be different that she’d never once considered. She pointedly ignored the steps closing in behind her and continued on her path. She’d learn what she needed and move on. Just like always.

“Hey,” he said as he grabbed her shoulder. “Do you know what’s going on? All of this looks weird.”

“What do you mean?” she asked. Mira bit her tongue as soon as the words left her. She didn’t want to interact with him. If he knew her voice he could know her, although her hair color made that easy enough to accomplish. “This should be normal to you.”

“I mean, I guess I recognize some stuff, but it looks nothing like where I live.” The carefree smile on his face annoyed her. She sighed, there was no point in ignoring it then. This world must have been built on mostly her knowledge. She’d heard of that before, but it was rare. It usually meant one person’s dream world was stronger than the other’s. A sign that often made people separate.

“This is the dream world.” That was all he should need to know. Mira started to walk away again. This man would just get in her way.

“What do you mean the dream world?” He ran up next to her, he was taller. A lot taller, maybe a full inch. That only made her more annoyed.

“Don’t you know anything?” She glared up at him, but he just looked confused. It actually hurt her to see it. She knew sometimes no one knew about the dreams, but it would mean he’d been on his own for a long time. It would mean his parents were gone. “It’s the world where you’re supposed to meet your perfect partner. I guess humans killed your parents before they told you about it?”

“Humans killed them…” The man tilted his head and his brow furrowed.

That told her enough. As sad as it was, there was no reason to hang around. No one in her area had been seen or hurt by humans in a long time. He’d have to be somewhere far from her. Far enough she could end this once he’d recovered from the memories she’d forced to the front.

Mira left him to think. She just had to be sure. Eventually she’d find one of the trees he probably lived in and know where he was from. Then they could be done with this and both go back to their normal lives. His weirdly heavy steps followed her. She tried to stop herself from grinding her teeth.

“What?!” she shouted. He’d already followed her for a while without saying anything. She spun around, honestly shocked to see his eyes bright. She just brought up what killed his parents, how was he happy?

“Uh… well I still don’t get it, but humans didn’t kill my parents,” he laughed. How could he laugh? He didn’t know anything about this and he was just laughing. “I’m Corus, nice to meet you.”

Mira turned away. She wasn’t interested in this anymore. She had to find a sign of who and where this man was so she could make sure they never met. The strange footsteps caught up to her and he kept pace. The idea to start sprinting grew tempting.

“Ok, not getting your name that’s fine,” he said. She glared at him, but kept walking. “Well why did you think humans would kill my parents? I mean you said it like you aren’t human yourself.”

“Oh nature preserve me, you’re one of those aren’t you?” she sighed. This made everything worse. He’d probably avoid accepting they didn’t work until she admitted humans weren’t bad.

“One of who?”

“One of the borrowers who think humans aren’t that bad.” She stormed forward letting him jog to keep up. She was sick of this. “Let me guess next you’re going to tell me how just because they’re bigger than us doesn’t mean we aren’t the same?”

“I, uh-”

“Oh and that I should just give them a chance, humans won’t hurt us. Of course they won’t, they won’t keep us as toys or pets either. Or sell us to whoever pays the most.”

“You… you really think all humans would do that?”

“Please, I know the borrowers like you love to pretend humans would treat us as equals.” She walked up to a table leg that had some handholds in it. One deep breath and she started climbing. “I’ve been caught more than once. The human I live with now is planning to either get pest control or weird furry snake things to try and catch the ‘mouse’ in her walls.”

“Did you try to let her know that you’re a person? That you aren’t a mouse?”

Mira stayed quiet and focused on climbing for a few minutes. Sure it definitely wouldn’t end badly for her to go reveal herself and all of their kind to a human that she’s watched happily kill bugs and small animals. It would just be a death sentence. Of course the universe would think someone like this belongs with her.

“You haven’t, have you? Why don’t you at least try?” he called. That pissed her off. She turned back, the ground wasn’t too far. Jumping, she rolled to protect herself then stood and glared at Corus. Stomping up to him she pressed a finger into his chest, he was sturdier than she expected.

“Right I should go walk up and say ‘Hi I live in your walls and take things from you to survive please don’t kill me or tell anyone about me!’ That would totally work,” she seethed. Corus looked away from her. “Oh or better yet, I’ll just walk right under her foot so she can kill me first!”

Corus didn’t say anything and Mira took the chance to walk away. His steps never sounded behind her. It wasn’t long before she was opening her eyes and staring at her empty walls. Hopefully tonight her dream would be empty, or at least someone easier to deal with.

That day she snuck out while the human she lived with ranted on the phone. She was always talking about the man who lived next door. The house Mira would visit next. The things her current human said made her nervous about that house. A history of anger issues, broken walls, things like that. She’d probably have to move again before long.

She managed to gather some crumbs of food the woman missed. This human had grown too cautious. She would need to focus on gathering tools and making her current food last. Maybe a month before she’d move, a month of ever changing dreams she hoped. In an attempt to avoid Corus she stayed later than usual breaking into boxes that the human had secured. Mira had enough experience to break through mouse protections when given enough time. Today she had time.

Hours later she meandered into her home. Just as empty and lonely. She dropped her full bag on the floor and fell into her fabrics. If he was an outdoor borrower he should be awake during the day, she should have a peaceful rest now. Closing her eyes she wondered if the next person would at least show her something interesting.

“Hey!” Mira jumped as she heard Corus’s voice next to her. Snapping her eyes open she found the man standing over her, a worried look on his face. “I was worried you wouldn’t show up. I mean, I don’t really know how these dreams work, but I figured you were supposed to come back.”

“Ugh,” she groaned as she sat up. “Why are you still asleep? Aren’t you an outdoor borrower, you should be out getting supplies this early in the day.”

“Oh, uh… I go out at night?” The question at the end made her curious. How would she know what he does? It didn’t matter somehow she’d get him to go away. She’d make the universe leave her on her own, just like she wanted.

“Whatever.”

Mira started on her trek through the dreamscape. There was no telling what strange thing she’d find now. Maybe a sign of where this human loving borrower was from. His steps followed her, still weirdly heavy. It had to be from how sturdy he felt when she poked him. Everyone she grew up with had a light build, almost like a bird.

“I think we got off on the wrong foot yesterday,” he said. Mira rolled her eyes. “Like I said, I’m Corus. I’m pretty new to this whole dream thing we have here, but I would like to get to know you.”

“Why?” she growled. This was the part that she was dreading. The thing everyone talked about. The two would be able to have kids, it was what the others had been excited about her dreams to reveal. The ways her strange looks could contribute to the next generation. It was her job to keep their kind alive. It was her duty. She hated it.

“Well, you seem interesting and kind of beautiful if I’m being honest. The way you climbed that table leg was pretty amazing and-” She turned around and stopped just before hitting his face.

“One more false flattery to get me to like you and I will hit you.” The smile he gave her actually made her heart pound.

“I wasn’t lying, but I will stop. I just… think you’d be fun to talk to.”

“Well we talked there you go. Leave me alone.”

Mira spun on her heel. This match of hers was insane so all she could do was hope this place was secretly interesting. She walked up to a table and started to climb. It was nice, free climbing like this. There were never safe times like this in the real world. She’d need her hook for the speed. She was pulled from her thoughts by a loud crash below her.

Mira looked down to find Corus lying on his back. His eyes were blown wide. As much as she knew nothing here could kill her, a fall like that would still hurt. She climbed down and crouched over him, staring into his eyes.

“You make that look easy,” he said. Another eye roll, of course it was easy.

“Because it is easy. Not my fault you’re out of practice.”

“Can you teach me?”

Mira studied him for a moment, “Climb halfway on your own and I’ll teach you how to climb like me.”

“Deal!”

Corus jumped to his feet startling her. She barely caught herself from falling backwards. He gave her a smirk, but immediately started trying to climb. He could barely make it off the ground before he was struggling. She felt bad for him. Climbing was important for most borrowers. Even ones that had heavier bones. He fell a lot that night, but he did make it halfway.

“I did it!” he cheered. Mira watched as he looked down, seeing the exact moment his grip loosened. He plummeted like a stone to the ground she stood on. It shook the world like a human falling more than a borrower. Another strange effect of dreams. Making their world notice them.

“Fine, tomorrow I’ll help you learn how to climb. Even someone built like you should know the basics,” she sighed. He groaned for a bit before giving her a glare. It wasn’t real, she could already see the smile.

“What do you mean built like me? I mean I do work out, but...” He even wiggled his eyebrows. She had to bite back a laugh at his actions.

Mira crouched and poked his chest. “You’re firmer. It’s the best way to say it. Like you have heavier bones. It would make climbing more of a struggle.”

Corus reached out and grabbed her arm. A part of her panicked, she didn’t want that. He let go quickly, putting the same hand across his eyes. “I guess you’re right. You feel like a bird.”

Mira stood and walked away before he could do more. Before he could make her pulse race again. Maybe Corus wasn’t all that bad. He’d move on though and so would she. She would never trust humans and he’d likely bring it up again soon. They wouldn’t work.

“Mira,” Kaya’s voice echoed in her mind. Corus faded almost instantly as she blinked away the dream meeting reality again. She was a little sad to see it end. “Sorry I couldn’t come by on your birthday!”

“Kaya?” Mira asked. She rubbed her eyes, finding them walking into her empty home. They had something behind their back. “You know it’s fine. All that was special about the day was that the dreams might start….” She narrowed her eyes. “What are you hiding?”

They looked surprised for a second before pulling a strange object from behind them. It was small enough they could hold it in two hands and made of metal. On it was an image of a butterfly with wings the color of Mira’s hair. She had no words to explain how looking at it felt. Butterflies were always special to her, their freedom was something to envy.

“I found it on my way back and I thought of you. It would be perfect to put on a wall here,” they whispered. Mira nodded, but a slam from the human of the house reminded her what was happening soon.

“Hang on to it for me?” Mira smiled, Kaya’s face dropped. They knew what it meant when she said that.

“You’re moving again? It’s only been a few months here.”

“This human was more observant, I’ll try the house next door this time. It’s a human man living alone. All the others said those are the best to borrow from.”

“You could come back…”

Mira shook her head, that wasn’t an option. “Kaya we both know that won’t work. My hair puts too much risk on everyone if I’m outside. I made the choice to leave and I’m standing by it. Let’s just talk about something else, ok?”

Kaya frowned, but Mira could see them bouncing on their feet. Something happened that they wanted to talk about. Something exciting, but somehow not enough to make their way here in the middle of the night. She waited, crossing her arms and egging them on. Finally they relented, setting the metal butterfly down.

“Fine!” they sighed. She smirked.

Kaya sat on the fabric bed Mira hadn’t left yet. They leaned their head on her shoulder for a few minutes. The two of them took in the period of silence. It wasn’t often that the human wasn’t making some crazy noise. Kaya wrapped their arms around one of Mira’s. Times like this were the ones that made Mira actually consider returning.

“My dreams started,” they finally whispered. Mira smiled, Kaya wanted their dreams. To find a partner that would love who they were. A long time ago the two talked about if they dreamt of each other. The plan had always been to take Kaya’s squirrel and run. Escape the expectations it would place on them. Together they could have children and neither wanted the life that would lock them in.

“Sounds like good news then?” she asked. Kaya’s weight against her grew followed by the slightest of nods. “What are they like?”

“He’s weird. His name is Zeke and he had no idea about the dreams. He didn’t recognize anything around us either, it was mostly from me I think. His hair was a reddish color. I think he’s a mole borrower.”

“What’s that?”

“According to some of the scout records there were other types of borrowers before. Ones that only lived on the ground and if they wanted to go higher they used stairs like humans. The ones around us left generations ago. Everyone thinks they died out.”

“I guess that’s what he is too…” Mira spoke without thinking. Kaya jumped up, absolutely vibrating while staring into her eyes.

“Wait! Does that mean your dreams started too?”

Mira fell back on the fabric, Kaya falling back with her. The two sat in the silence until she finally spoke up. Letting them know about Corus and what the dreams had been. Kaya shared their own experiences. A world made of only wood and trees that towered more than the ones they grew up under. Apparently the large blocks of wood were from Zeke’s memories. That made Mira wonder what was from Corus in their dream.

The two shared stories the entire day. The human woman started to slam things and make noise prompting Kaya to leave. Mira was left alone in the hole she almost considered a home. It had been promising at first. A distracted human woman with plenty of things easy to break into. If only the woman hadn’t been so terrified, spiteful might be the better term, towards small creatures. Then this could have worked. Mira fell asleep to loud bangs and muffled shouts of ‘that damn mouse was back’.

The shaking world pulled Mira awake. The place she started was exactly where she’d left earlier. A quick swivel of her head revealed Corus slowly standing while rubbing his back. It dawned on her that the world shakes because he saw it that way. His falls were tremendous and world shattering for someone who never tried to climb before. She started to wish she had her hook, the aid would be an easier way to teach him.

Corus looked around, stopping with his eyes on her. He started to run towards her the second she moved. The only person that was ever excited to see her was Kaya, Corus was a nice change. He had his arms out, pausing just before reaching her. It made her smile how the sturdy borrower shifted to awkwardly hold his arms at his sides instead.

“Mira,” he smiled. Once he knew how to climb this set up would be gone. He’d go back to pushing humans and she’d eventually threaten him if he didn’t accept they wouldn’t work. When he moved to point at her she grew defensive. “What’s that? A fishing hook?”

Mira jumped and looked at her hip. There was her hook, pristine like when she found it on her first trip outside with her father. She pulled it from its place beside her, inspecting it and finding none of the nicks it had received over the years. “It’s my hook…”

“You have a hook? What for?” Normally the question would annoy her, but she was lost in the quality. There was no sign of the human who almost caught her with a mouse trap or the one who tried to step on her. The strange bend from the time a human managed to slam a door as she was trying to climb the door frame. None of the horrors she faced existed here…

“It’s for climbing.” Her voice echoed in the silence. It was wrong, but somehow felt right. She was safe here. There was no need to be afraid right now. “It would be easier to learn on this…”

“Is something wrong?” His voice was soft and kind. A hand on her shoulder that didn’t make her angry. A kind feeling spread from him. The hook in her hands flashed for a second, showing the truth of reality. Tears almost fell from her eyes.

“It’s perfect, like when I found it. Nothing that the humans have done shows on it here. Like they never existed… like we’re safe.”

Corus pulled her against him. The strange solid build of his was comforting. She was starting not to hate these dreams. To hate the man tied to her. Maybe she could accept this. He leaned his head against her shoulder, “You’ll always be safe with me. I won’t let anything hurt you, even other humans.”

She pushed him away. That phrasing reminded her why this would never work. He thought they were humans, that those giants would see borrowers the same way. She walked over to the table he’d been climbing, spun her hook, and threw it to the top. A few tugs and she knew it was sturdy. A much better way to teach him.

“Let’s just get to climbing,” she said.

Corus didn’t say anything else. He walked right up to her rope, holding it between two hands. Instead of climbing he stared at it with awe. She didn’t say anything for a few minutes, opting to clear her throat to remind him. He looked at her with a faint blush before holding it in a way that she thought was for climbing.

“That’s completely wrong,” she said. Mira took the rope from him, holding it how she was taught. Hands about one grip apart and the excess between her legs. “Use your core to climb, don’t rely on your arms.”

Mira climbed a few steps up before jumping down. Corus had shining eyes as he stared at her. Ignoring the way her heart skipped she forced the rope in his hands. It took a few tries to get him to understand the way to hold it. His climbing form would slip after a bit. It was actually a fun experience.

When Mira woke up to her empty room she was lonely. The hook left in the corner was painful to look at. She wanted to miss all the things that had happened. Forget them and only remember the night with Corus. That wasn’t something she could do. She spent the day in the walls, closing up paths and gathering water. She would need to be ready to leave as soon as possible.

The next few nights were the same. Teaching Corus the best forms and watching him struggle. He was improving and the bright smile sent her way was making her melt. A few times her cheeks even grew warm. She liked these dreams. It made the reality of her situation bearable. She wouldn’t mind these being all she ever had with him too, in fact she’d prefer it.

One night it changed. He was able to climb all the way on the rope. She followed up quickly, getting pulled into another hug. Her whole body felt warm under his touch. A warmth she quickly realized she liked. When he let go she had no idea what to say. He sat on the edge of the table and she joined him.

“Mira,” he said. She hummed in response. “Is this really what you see all the time? It’s amazing.”

“I’ve seen something better,” she smiled.

No one ever believed her about this. He looked at her with bright eyes. After what happened with the hook she decided to see if she could do it again. A wish for this view to be what she remembered from the top of a tree. In seconds her memory painted the world. A beautiful thing she never thought she’d see again.

“Where is this?”

The awe in his voice matched the awe she felt. That day she felt huge. The human houses were small to her, she couldn’t even see her home. It had taken over a day, but she made it to the top of a tree. Something she was always told she made up, something she would never regret.

“The top of a tree, I managed to climb it once,” she smiled.

“How?” Corus was staring at her with amazement. Not only did he believe her, he was seeing what she saw. Something no borrower could ever create or understand. Something that made humans and animals feel like they weren’t a threat.

“My colony had these sharp bits of metal. I stole some and some fabric we’d collected. I wrapped it around my hands and feet with the metal sticking out.”

As she spoke the image around them changed. A much younger version of herself sitting in the tall grass. A cloak hiding the lavender color of her hair. The cloak was too big for her back then. The younger her proudly made her climbing gear. Standing with pride as she started her climb. The ones on her feet attached near her toes. The younger Mira sticking the metal into bark and starting her climb.

“It took a long time, maybe more than a day. I rested on branches as I reached them.” The image changed to her climbing and hiding among branches. “I was going to prove I could do it. That I could avoid any predators that might see me too. I’ve never forgotten the feeling when I made it. For just a little while I thought… I thought the world was made for us too.”

“It is made for you. For both of us. You don’t have to climb a tree to see that. Not every human would hurt you or trap you if they saw you.”

Mira climbed to her feet. The moment had passed and she was done with this. Quickly grabbing her hook she started to wrap it up to place it back on her hip. Corus would never stop having faith in humans, she needed this to stop. All her life she never wanted this and now… now she had someone she almost wanted to meet who thought humans were worth it.

“Mira why won’t you even consider-”

“Consider what!” She turned as she shouted, her hook changing to the damaged version she knew. “That I wasn’t almost crushed in a door that bent my hook!? That I wasn’t almost crushed by a mouse trap, with this being all that saved me. That a human didn’t try to step on me once.”

“None of them knew what you were! They all thought you were some random animal if you only told them-”

“If I told them and they still didn't kill me then what? They try to protect me.” She spat the words, storming forward in her anger. Corus backed away as she neared him. Her body was on fire, her heart racing. The fear that he never learned was strong in her heart. “Then they trap me ‘for my own good’. Keep me caged or in a box where I can do nothing for myself anymore. I have to rely on them taking care of me and choosing to let me have things. Rely on a human’s whims to keep me alive!”

Another step towards him caused a change. He fell when he stepped back. She ran forward in fear as he plummeted towards the ground. On her knees she saw him slam into the ground. A crater formed around him with cracks in the ground leading out for dozens of feet. The world shook the worst she’d ever felt. Mira was thrown from the perch she had. All she could do was close her eyes and brace for impact.

The ground didn’t meet her. Instead she landed in something that felt like a hand. She opened her eyes to see Corus staring at her, his arms beneath her. The feeling of a hand faded as soon as she saw him. He pulled her close to his chest. She could hear his racing heart as loudly as her own. His face was coming closer. Just before he reached her she was back in reality.

That day she was nervous. All her trips had her taking extra precautions. Ones that she wouldn’t normally use. The feeling of a hand beneath her body. She knew it well. There were more times she’d been grabbed than she’d like to admit. Although this time it actually felt… safe. She stayed out well into the next day grabbing even crumbs that she thought could be useful.

There were a number of times she paused and watched the human woman. Steps that were heavy and shook the world if they came close. A sneer if she noticed any trace of Mira’s existence. This human would certainly kill her, but she’d met one that wanted to trap her too. Honestly she had no idea which fate was worse.

Eventually she returned home. She collapsed into her fabrics to stare at the ‘ceiling’. The emptiness of the walls that she lived in. Corus wouldn’t be there this time, she knew it. It had been long enough for him to sleep and wake up. She had gone almost a week without sleep before. Two days was nothing. Slowly she closed her eyes hoping to wake up from a dreamless sleep. The world would realize she belonged alone.

Mira’s next feeling was someone petting her head. It wasn’t Kaya. The hand felt wrong. She opened her eyes, squeaking when she met Corus’s blue eyes. He was smiling softly at her. She tried to squirm away, but he grabbed her arm. His grip was strong enough she felt nervous trying to escape it. Like he’d break her… like a human had grabbed her.

“Mira, please… I’m sorry,” he whispered. She released the tension in her body slightly. “I get it, I went too far. I won’t try to change your mind about humans. I just… don’t want to stop seeing you.”

“What if I never want to meet you?” she asked. Her voice came out quietly, but still managed to echo in their shared dream. Corus let her arm go and returned to petting her head. Every inch of her wanted to run, but the smallest part wanted his answer. Hoped it would be one that let this continue.

“Then we never meet.”

Mira turned away from him, “I don’t believe you.”

“Mira. You’re beautiful, smart, independent, funny, honestly I’d list things forever, but I’m pretty sure you’d hit me.” That made her smile, he wasn’t exactly wrong. She’d already threatened it once. “If we never meet I don’t care. I just want this to keep going. I want to keep knowing you. To learn about all the things you’ve seen in your life.”

“I… think I’d be ok with that.”

Corus pulled her into a tight hug. The firm body around her was reassuring. She didn’t believe that he would be happy with this forever. Someday he’d push for more. If he took the leap she’d let it happen, but only if they agreed not to stay near humans. She wouldn’t risk his hope getting him killed or trapped. A part of her didn’t want to see it shattered.

The entire night they sat together like that. Just Corus holding her tightly. She enjoyed hearing his heart, something about it was different. Louder. So much of what made him strange made her happy too. By the time she woke up she was starting to miss the feeling of his arms. That night she’d let him know she was moving the next one, it wouldn’t be good for him to worry.

“Mira!” Kaya’s voice made her jump. She quickly stood and grabbed one of her bags, just in case. They ran in with a smile and she relaxed immediately. “Zeke and I are meeting!”

“What?” she gasped. A smile spread on her face as she pulled Kaya into a hug. They wanted this and she wanted it for them. “That’s amazing! When?”

“Tomorrow night. I showed him the park where I met my squirrel and he recognized it. He lives nearby. We picked the tree where my squirrel lived to meet. It’s going to be late so no humans will be around just in case.”

Mira smiled and did everything she could to hide her worry. Kaya wouldn’t be able to help her move. That should be fine, they never helped before. Something this time made her think they should. She couldn’t explain it. Maybe she was just more interested in making sure she’d survive.

“Go, that’s a two day trip even with your squirrel. You can’t be late. Bring him to meet me ok?” she grinned. Kaya nodded and ran from her home. She waited a few minutes before heading out to get the last of the supplies she would need.

That day was harder. The human was wandering around doing more than normal. It made her nervous. It seemed like it would be useful to hold off her move until Kaya came back. Just a few days wouldn’t make a change. The furry snakes weren’t arriving yet. A ringing phone gave her the chance to steal some of the paper towels the woman had left out for once.

“Oh that’s great to hear! My new babies will be here the day after tomorrow!” the human woman shouted. Mira paled. She didn’t have a choice left.

The rest of the day Mira ran between her paths. She was closing them and making sure to fill them so those snake things couldn’t use them. She wouldn’t risk those things escaping if this woman loved them. The sun was rising by the time she collapsed in her fabrics. She’d wake up just before sunset and gather the last of her things. For now she could try to enjoy her dreams.

As soon as her eyes closed she was opening them again. Corus was there smiling at her. She slowly sat up before offering her own smile. Things started a bit normally. Today he tried free climbing again, he fell a lot. On one of his later falls she decided to lie down next to him and stare at the sky. It was empty like the one she always saw.

“I wish I could see the stars more,” she whispered. In seconds the sky changed, stars like she’d never seen them covered it. She sat up on her elbows to look at Corus. “Did you do that?”

“I was practicing while I waited for you this time,” he grinned. Her heart skipped. “I want to show you things I see like you show me.”

Mira fell back and stared at the strange sky. “I’m moving tonight. I won’t be asleep for at least two days. Maybe more.”

“Where are you moving? Can you show me?” A part of her didn’t want to. If she did he could find her, but at the same time these stars proved he couldn’t be close by.

“I’ll try.” She tried to picture the two human houses. The one she was leaving and the one she was aiming for. Corus sat up when the houses finished forming. “I’m going from the white one to the blue one.”

“I live near you.” His voice was quiet. She sat up to look at him, fear in her heart.

“Are you going to look for me?” He shook his head. “Thank you. I’d probably run if you did.”

“You’d get away no problem. I still can’t climb like you. Maybe I’d set a trap for you.” He laughed and she laughed along.

“It would have to be a good trap.”

“Only the best would have a chance to catch you. I can already tell.” He stared warmly at her. She felt her body heat up. “Maybe I’ll give it a shot.”

“If it’s good enough I might stick around to talk to you.” A smirk played on her lips. Corus looked excited, he might actually try. The thought didn’t terrify her like she thought it would. “I’m nervous about this move.”

“Why?” Corus scooted closer, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. Mira leaned against him, he was the only one she told about her nerves. The only one safe to tell.

“The woman I live with talks about the man who lives in the house I’m going to.” The dreams responded to her. The human woman she knew and a shadowy figure of the man she’d begun to imagine. She saw his legs once and that was all that was defined in the dream. “She says he replaced an older couple. That the couple would talk about him. He breaks things and gets angry. If he finds me…”

“Maybe he’s not the type of human to hurt someone for no reason.” Corus’s arm around her tightened. A part of her wanted to be angry, but this wasn’t like before. He sounded different, like he needed her to believe him. “Maybe this human lives there because he got his anger under control and the couple were proud of him.”

“It almost sounds like you know him. Do you already live in his walls?” She laughed because that had to be wrong. If he was there she wouldn’t know what to do.

“No, I don’t live in his walls.”

Something was wrong. She couldn’t explain it. The way he spoke about this human and how he answered. It all made something in her scared, scared that he had something important she should know. Something he hadn’t told her, that he purposely hid from her. She’d worry about that later, for now she knew it was time to wake up. To pack and start on her move.

“I have to go,” she muttered. He put a hand on her cheek and turned her to face him. He leaned his forehead against her.

“I’ll be sleeping in case you need me. Tell me if you’re in trouble. I’ll find you, I promise. I already promised you’d be safe if I was around you,” he said. The conviction in his voice added to her fear.

“I promise.”

Corus leaned closer once the whisper left her. He pressed his lips against hers. The kiss was sweet and warm. Something that made her feel like she was at the top of the tree again. Her entire body burned and she didn’t want it to end. Mira closed her eyes, but that ended the dream. She was left cold and alone. That didn’t matter, she was used to being alone. Now she had to move.

Mira packed the blanket her parents gave her first. The food she gathered went in the bag with that. Her hook was set on her hip and the water she collected on the other side. She took one last look around, noticing Kaya had left the metal butterfly. Mira knew it was stupid to take it. She had to travel light and Kaya would stop here first. She couldn’t just ignore it though. She grabbed one of the fabrics she planned to abandon. Wrapped the butterfly with it then tied it around her waist.

With one last look at her barren home she ducked out. She kicked out the supports from her home leading to the rest of the house. If and when Kaya came back there would be no risk from the furry snakes. She went to the entrance she had to the outside world. There she waited until the sun set. Once it was low she pulled the hood of her cloak over her head and dipped outside.

Once outside Mira watched for the moon to rise over the trees. She planned her route while waiting. There were two dangerous positions she had to worry about. The empty patch of grass from the woman’s home to a bush. Then the bush to the man’s house. The bush would be the easy part. Mira took a deep breath, each section would have dangers of course. The emptiness was the worst. Predators and humans would see her.

The moon peeked over the trees and she ran. At this time humans were scarce. The woman didn’t go out and the predators didn’t like the houses. She just had to make it to the bush. It felt like hours she spent running to reach her goal, the real time was hard to determine. All she knew was when the moon had passed the highest point in the sky she was at the bush. Mira smiled, the easy part was reached.

Ducking under low leaves she entered the darkness of the bush. She rushed forward, itching to return to her dreams. She wanted an answer to what Corus hid. The safety each night was promising. Most importantly the warmth of knowing there was someone beside her. Someone she showed her worst to and still wanted more of her. She wanted to show her home, her friends, her life and learn about him.

Those thoughts died as she knocked a branch. She backed away, but something caught her. She tried to pull away and failed. Her whole body was stuck. She managed to slip off her pack, but that didn’t free her arm. She looked around and saw the danger she was in. A spider’s web. Fear surged through her, she tried to grab her hook, but the fabric holding the butterfly had locked it against her back… against the web. Each twitch she made told the spider she was there. She wouldn’t survive tonight. She did the only thing she could think of, try to sleep and see Corus one last time.

“Mira? Are you ok? Why are you here!?” his worried voice made tears fall from her eyes. He wrapped his arms around her. The frantic and loud beat of his heart was reassuring. She knew death would be next to her when she woke up.

“Corus… I think this is the last time you’ll see me,” she cried. His strangely sturdy arms tightened. It made her cry more. “I-I got caught in a web. I can’t reach my hook because of something I wrapped around my waist. I can’t get away. It’ll find me by morning.”

Corus pulled back and held her face between his hands. A focused look, determined and promising, met her. “Show me where you are. I’ll find you. A spider isn’t going to kill you.”

She shook her head, “Corus it’ll kill you too. I can’t do that to you. I… Can’t we stay like this until I’m gone.”

“Mira. I’m begging you to trust me. I will save you, show me where you are.”

Mira closed her eyes, angry he wouldn’t give her this. At the same time he’d see she was dead by the time he arrived. She focused on the bush between the houses. She opened her eyes as the dream changed. Corus pulled her against him again, petting her head like before. It made her cry, honestly and truly cry. She was terrified that she’d die and so would Corus by trying to save her.

“I see the houses, but where are you Mira?” he asked. Stern, serious, and nothing like she knew. It almost echoed like a human’s. She didn’t want him to die, but the hope he’d succeed won. Corus had pressed her face to his chest, she couldn’t see the change. His heartbeat told her he knew. “The bush? I see it. I can see you.”

Corus pulled her from his hold and cupped her face in his hands. The blue eyes she had started to love looked terrified. It wasn’t a fear she knew. He brought her close and kissed her. It was deep, hungry, and final. He was afraid of this ending, but it didn’t seem like he expected death to be why.

“I’ll save you, just wait for me.”

That was all she heard before she was thrust back into her cruel reality. The spider had finally noticed her. She saw the massive fanged creature’s eyes assessing her. Corus would be too late. No borrower could reach her in time. To make matters worse the steps of a human started to shake the web. Mira gave up her fake acceptance and started to struggle. She’d rather die to a spider than in the hand of a human.

That determination didn’t matter. The spider grew cautious because of the steps. She wasn’t a meal worth it. The human steps didn’t stop until a shadow covered what little light entered through the bush leaves. Now Corus would find the remains of a web and destroyed bush because of a human. He might even try to find her in one of the houses. He would die or be trapped all because of her.

The bush above her was pulled apart. She struggled desperately to pull herself free. She grabbed her stuck arm, but the web beneath it caught her hand. She wasn’t making this any better. The spider retreated as the bush continued to be destroyed.

Finally a shadowed figure sat above her. It felt like the dream she created of the man from the house. How did he even know she was here? Had Corus sold her out? Was that the secret she could see in his eyes? Did he live as this man’s pet?!

Hands descended into the bush. She tried again to get herself free, but the human hands surrounded her. Fingers curled around her until she was trapped in towering trunks of flesh. Despite her struggles the human pulled her free in an instant. Mira wasn’t the type to give up, biting at the skin around her. Anything to get free.

The hand was lifted up and up and up until it pressed her against a chest. It felt familiar somehow. Kind of like Corus, the loud heartbeat beneath the skin reminded her of him too. She’d never forgive him for selling her out. What if Kaya met the same fate? Zeke might be just as bad. Mira forced her tears back. Betrayal stung, but she would never let a human see her cry.

“I made it,” the human whispered. The voice was loud, masculine, and familiar. So familiar she couldn’t stop the gasp that escaped her. The efforts she put out to escape dwindled. She wasn’t sold out… she gave the human exactly where she was. “Please tell me I didn’t hurt you and that’s why you stopped fighting me.”

Mira wouldn’t give the human an answer. No humans deserved anything from her, least of all the one who tricked her. The hand around her shifted so she was trapped against a palm and his chest. All she could do was wait. The human would drop her in a cage under the guise of kindness. Claiming to love her or something and keep her safe.

The slamming door made her jump. He hadn’t spoken since he changed his hold. She hated the racing heartbeat. The warmth around her. How it made her remember that single time she felt a palm around her in the dream… and how she liked it. If she hadn’t brought the butterfly she would have walked into a trap. It would have been better that way, she’d have escape routes prepared then.

“I might as well show you the trap I left before you run,” his voice shook through her bones. In a way it felt nice, relaxing, but she couldn’t allow that. She couldn’t let those nights in the dream paint her reality. This was a human and she… she was trapped.

The fingers around her returned to press her against the palm. She bit at them halfheartedly. Her teeth weren’t sharp enough to damage human skin. If she’d left the butterfly her hook would be free, she could fight. The hand flew through the air and she was let out. It took a few precious seconds to regain her balance. The seconds the human needed to trap her with his arms and crouch down to face her.

Mira was body to face with the massive being now. Blue eyes, black hair, pale skin, and all the things that she knew meant the borrower from her dreams. The things that meant Corus. It was horrible. She’d sold herself to a human. In fear and panic she gave in, told him her exact location, and now she was trapped. She reached to the fabric she tied, letting the butterfly fall and pulling free her hook. She brandished it the way she was taught, prepared for his hand to come back.

“I guess my secret’s out now,” he laughed. It was an awkward and loud sound. It made her glare at him, she wanted to stomp up and yell at him. This was something he should have said in the beginning. That should have never happened anyway. This was how borrowers met their perfect partner. It couldn’t be a human. The universe made a mistake for her, she was just begging it hadn’t done the same to Kaya. “So like the first night. Right I get it. I still mean it, we don’t have to ever see each other again Mira.”

“Oh so you’ll do me the kindness and kill me right now?” she sneered. Corus actually recoiled at the venom in her voice. She wasn’t expecting it either. He sighed, his breath washing over her. It made her shiver, he was built differently because he was human.

“Of course not.” The massive eyes closed, she could see subtle changes. He was annoyed. Angry even. She’d see the anger she was worried about. “I know what you think about humans. What you think about me. I don’t care, I wouldn’t have gone near you if you weren’t in danger Mira. I do want to know you, show you things I think you haven’t seen before. I’ll walk away as soon as I show you that trap we joked about.”

“Do you even need it? You win I can’t get away from a human. Go ahead lock me in a cage for my protection, whatever it is you plan to do to me. I’ll-”

“Mira!”

Corus’s voice was loud. It almost hurt her ears. She stumbled back, dropping her hook. She wasn’t expecting that. He was a human. She had to be careful or she’d die. If he trapped her or something she could get away. Corus stared at her, deflating quickly. He let out another sigh that managed to knock her off her feet. She was terrified.

“I’m sorry. I just… Mira look, please,” Corus pointed to the right. She was terrified to refuse, turning to see a pile of food. “I spent one of the days you weren’t around exploring. I got as much as I could together.”

Corus moved the food away and she saw something completely unexpected. A small room that even had a ceiling. Inside were the fabrics she had imagined hanging. A leaf that he must have pulled from a tree outside. A small bed and a table. A pile of thumbtacks and other bobbles she’d collected before. All things in her room from the dream. All things she was planning to abandon.

Almost on autopilot she walked even closer. There she could see the ceiling. The stars she didn’t recognize were on it. They were glowing just a little. It was breathtaking.

“What…?” she whispered. Corus moved to stand. She was forced to stare up at the tall human, the form that terrified her. The fear had started to fade away as his warm eyes followed her. The same eyes that watched her climb. The eyes that were terrified to lose her, but wanted to save her. The eyes… the eyes that she was horrified to never see again.

“I had been putting it together for a while. Honestly I thought you weren’t real, but if I was wrong and we ever met I wanted you to have a room here. When you told me you were moving here I did something else too.”

She watched the human walk over to one of the cabinets. With a strength that no borrower could ever have he moved it back, only a little. Now she could see a crudely formed entrance to the wall, one that would quickly be filled to avoid suspicion. It made her smile.

“I made an entrance, or I tried. I don’t think it looks as good as the ones in that dream world,” he smiled at her. He was treating her like a person. Just the day before she’d woken up so cold and alone. A human was here offering her something she never imagined. A promise of safety and love. A promise that she was starting to hope Kaya shared. “I’ll leave now. Do what you have to. I guess, I’ll see you in our dreams. If you’ll keep going, I don’t know what makes them work. I hope you’ll still be there.”

Mira watched him turn. Felt the heavy step of the human. The familiar step. It was the first time he walked away from her. She hated it.

“Wait!” she called. All the instincts she had told her to stop. All the things she experienced were screaming in her mind. Yet she walked forward and met those hopeful eyes. She wanted to feel the palm holding her when she wasn’t afraid. Play with his hair, hear his heartbeat. Feel a kiss from those giant lips against her small body. The universe might not have been wrong. “Where does my room go?”

Corus smiled, “I thought maybe my room. There’s other places if you’d rather not be that close.”

“Let’s start there… if that’s ok?” The beaming smile melted away the ice of fear that coated her. Corus wanted to learn about her world, he wasn’t a dangerous human. He was right, they weren’t all bad.

He walked closer to her and carefully lifted her room from the counter. It made her heart pound in a way she didn’t fully understand. There was a moment of hesitation before he set a hand down next to her. He had an idea of how small it felt, he knew what she’d thought. He already wanted to be better. She climbed on, feeling safe in the palm.

As he walked she spoke up, “You don’t happen to know a human named Zeke with reddish hair do you?”

“My best friend’s name is that. I’m pretty sure his hair would be considered red too,” he smiled. The walk to his room was short, he was rushing. He set the room down next to his massive bed. His hand was moved next to his heart as he sat down. “Why do you ask?”

“I think you should contact him… Something tells me you two have something in common you didn’t know.”

Corus raised her to his eyes and gave her a suspicious look. She made a face, she wouldn’t say more now. Suddenly his eyes changed, a hungry look that made her shiver. He moved his hand across from his lips and brought her within a twitch. She touched his lips hoping that told him enough.

It was more than enough for him. He rushed forward pressing her fragile body against his warm, sturdy palm. His lips were plush and soft. The kiss was delicate and hungry. She kissed back and it only made him press harder against her. She couldn’t breathe and she didn’t care. A human held her, loved her, and was kissing her. The fear and bitterness she held was torn away by his actions. Tomorrow she might change, but tonight he saved her and she probably loved him.

Corus pulled away, warm loving eyes staring at her. She felt her body heat up under his gaze. Instead of setting her down he moved to lie on his bed. She was placed on his pillow with one of his massive palms pressing on her like a blanket. She stared at him, unsure what to do.

“Just for tonight,” he whispered. Each word made her shiver as it ran through her bones. “Can I be selfish and hold you here? Tomorrow and every day after will be your choice.”

Mira made a move she never thought she would. Gently she kissed a spot she knew she’d bitten before, then nipped it again. She laughed when he jumped, she wasn’t sure if he jumped because he saw or felt her.

“I’ll let you tonight, but I might want it tomorrow too,” she smiled. Corus leaned forward and rested his forehead against her. “I’m glad you didn’t give up on me.”

“I won’t ever give up on you. Even if tomorrow you decide to leave and hate me. I’ll keep waiting in those dreams for you to give me a chance there at least.”

“Even if I leave… I wouldn’t want our dreams to end.”

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Forgotten Pasts

day 10 Ancient.

Today we have an ancient being trapped for who knows how long and two explorers who come along... maybe finding him.

Forgotten Pasts

Corus tried to stretch. He could barely move before touching the walls again. This prison was small and cruel. If it were his choice he’d be deep in a stupor. His brother had called to him and forced his consciousness back to awareness. He hated that it happened, but knowing that the bond was still there made it worth the numbing emptiness. Zeke could have left him. Gone home and been bound to another being of destruction. All his prior cages were big enough for Zeke to visit. Not this time. They left barely enough room for him. He just had to wait for the mortals to need him again, he’d be free and they’d both make sure he was never trapped like this again.

He forced himself to focus on the words that woke him up. To put the struggles of his cage away. The first thing said to him in a century, “Someone’s here.”

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“Ok maybe you were right about this,” Kaya said as they walked out of the houses they found on the wall. Mira had walked away to look around while they were inside.

“I told you. Any danger would be one we could handle. The best archeologist and the best cave diver weren’t going to fail now,” she smirked. Ash kicked up around her feet as she walked. Kaya wouldn’t be able to walk on their own during this. The ash would make them sick.

Mira left the flashlight’s glow behind her as she wandered. It was easier to see in the dark for her than in the light. Kaya needed it though. Rootlings had terrible night vision, but Mira was better than even other humans. It was why she had been able to visit more places than anyone else.

She stared up at the ceiling. It was so high even she couldn’t see the end. Mira pulled her zipline gun from her hip and aimed. The anchor would reach the ceiling and she’d send one of her glow sticks up. She pulled the trigger, watching as it flew up and up and up. It could go over a hundred feet, nothing should be this high. Especially when the entrance was maybe a foot taller than her.

As soon as it started to fall she panicked. “Kaya!”

“What?” they called. Mira flinched, missing the anchor as it fell. The heavy object landed with an echoing crack as soon as it hit the ground. The coughing told her that Kaya had come running. Mira took a long stride to scoop them up and away from the ancient ash. “What did you do?”

“Kaya, the ceiling is over a hundred feet tall. There’s something off. We… we need to stay close. I don’t think going in the walls is a good idea.”

Kaya’s folded arms fell to their side. They stood on her palm and looked back towards the ancient homes. She could feel their reluctance, fingers digging into her skin. A sigh joining the feeling. She watched them nod and made her way over to retrieve the flashlight. She brought her hand with them to her chest, the shoulder felt dangerous right now.

Mira grabbed the flashlight and clipped it on her shoulder, a guiding light for her and Kaya. Although she’d see more without it. She went right back to where her anchor fell, crouching and blowing away the ash. Once clear she set Kaya down, fixed the flashlight angle, and grabbed the anchor to add it back to the gun.

“Mira…” they whispered. She grunted. “This thing, it’s the old script. Back before we used human languages. I’m pretty sure it’s a name.”

“What?” she holstered her zipline gun and leaned forward. Kaya shooed her back. If she hovered they would lose their light.

“Look, it’s too big for a house or something similar. Too big for a grave marker too. It… it almost looks like a human wrote it.”

“That’s impossible. Humans didn’t even know Rootlings were sapient back then.”

“Look at it!”

Mira reached down for it, contact with it caused her to shiver. A strange feeling entered her heart, almost like she knew this. As if it belonged to her. Curling her fingers around it cemented that feeling. Kaya gave her a strange look, but in her mind she knew this was hers. She pulled it from the ground, carefully wrapping it in protective cloth and dropping it in her pocket.

“I guess we found our proof then?” she tried to sound happy. It was what they wanted. Proof this is where Rootlings had been. Where some had died, possibly because of humans.

“We can’t stop now!” Kaya’s conviction made her nervous. She didn’t like this place. Instead of answering Mira pulled out her zipline gun and replaced the anchor. The new one had a spot for Kaya to clip a carabiner.

“We won’t stop, but be ready to reach the loaded anchor and escape.”

“We won’t need that.”

“Kaya, this place is wrong. I… I need to keep going, but I need you safe too. Can’t put my favorite sibling at risk.”

“I’m your only sibling.”

“Doesn’t change anything, so promise? We’ve done this before. This time you won’t be relying on a flimsy set up. I got the actual Rootling clippable ones.”

“Fine.”

Mira holstered the gun again and set a hand down for Kaya. She moved them to her shoulder and stood to her full height. Something was going to happen today, she just hoped it left them alive at the end.

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Corus clutched his heart. Something had hit his binding. He couldn’t place it, but… it was the spirit who summoned him. She’d come back. It meant he could go free. All she had to do was find him. She’d seen them trap him like this. She would know where to look. For the first time in centuries he reached out to his brother. A single phrase pushed with all his strength through the seals. “This one.”

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Mira walked in silence for at least an hour. A few times Kaya would notice something. A relic of a bygone past that was swiftly tucked away for further study. There were more markings of the old script, much smaller than what she’d cracked. Kaya could even translate the others. The one they found first was different for some reason.

“Mira, I want to study this area. There’s so many residences,” Kaya said. Before she answered there was a click of the carabiner releasing. She held a hand up, moving to what looked to be the center of a town.

Mira crouched, lowering Kaya to the ground. “Did you bring a mask? I might have one in my pack from the last time. The ash is thicker down here.”

“Don’t worry. I got it.”

Mira watched Kaya walk off into the darkness. She started to set the flashlight down, angled towards the houses for Kaya. A chuckle escaped her as their little light came from behind a house. She shut her own off, taking the chance to see what stood out in the darkness. It felt heavy in her hand as she stood.

No stalactites, no stalagmites, nothing to show any passing of time. It seemed like the place was frozen after the fire. Maybe even before it. She took a step away from the soft light and closer to the darkness. Staring into the emptiness seemed like nothing else would or could ever exist. She could walk and walk and walk without ever finding the end.

A feeling started to pull at her heart. She took one step, then another, then a few more. Something wanted her in that emptiness. She could disappear, just like the stories. There was a burning against her chest, where she put the thing they found earlier. For a moment the darkness terrified her. She quickly hit the flashlight, illuminating the end of the cave…

“What the…?” she whispered.

She walked to the edge and ran a hand across the smooth stone that hadn’t been there. It wasn’t like this before. She knew that… Mira’s eyes went wide as she spun around. Kaya’s light was moving, they were safe. Mira tightened her hold on the flashlight, quickly sweeping the ground. A glint caught her eye.

She stepped cautiously over. The feeling of the darkness weighing on her mind terrified her. If she lost the flashlight she might actually be lost to it. Each step brought her closer to some strange reflective surface. It was small enough she could hold it in one hand. So small that even Kaya wouldn’t be too comfortable in it.

When she aimed the flashlight away it blended into the darkness. The hairs on the back of her neck rose and a shiver ran down her spine. This was wrong. It didn’t belong. It shouldn’t exist. She grabbed the strange object as soon as it was in reach. It made her feel wrong… Shaking her head, she set the flashlight on her shoulder and rushed back to Kaya.

She didn’t have to say a word. They felt her steps and met her back in the town center. She knelt in front of them, holding the egg-like object. Kaya ran up to it, but for some reason Mira didn’t want them to touch it. She pulled it away just as their hand would have made contact. Kaya looked hurt by her action. An action she couldn’t explain.

“Mira? What is that? It almost looks like one of those rocks that you break open for a geode,” Kaya said. She shook her head, and they reached out again. She couldn’t let them touch it. She… she had to protect this-this whatever it was. She had to… to do something. “Mira? Mira talk to me! We… I-I think we found enough we should go!”

Mira shook her head. She didn’t want to leave yet. Kaya… she needed Kaya safe. She shot her hand out, curling her fingers around them. Kaya yelped, they never yelped when it was her. She just… she needed them safe and on her shoulder was safe. She didn’t give them a chance to ask before dropping them on her shoulder and climbing to her feet.

“Mira! What the heck!? What’s wrong with you?” they shouted. She heard the carabiner click. They were safe. Perfectly safe.

The spot on her chest burned again. She brought the egg thing close to her face before reaching for the carefully wrapped plaque. As if she’d done it a hundred times she pulled it free and set it against the object. Kaya was talking, but she couldn’t hear them. It was the right thing to do. She held the egg and slab of writing at arm’s length.

The cloth burned away, but her fingers stayed safe. The long forgotten script glowed with an eerie black light. A blue and red mixed together slowly filling in what must have been letters. As each filled she could hear a voice in her mind, one that sounded like her own, chanting a name again and again.

As the red and blue reached the final marking, Mira’s mouth moved. “Corus.”

A flash of the black light shot out from the egg thing. It knocked out the light of her flashlight. The feeling that pulled her towards the darkness, the feeling that nearly swallowed her, reappeared. She finally moved her hand that had once held the nameplate and used it to press Kaya to her neck. Their fingers dug into her skin, she curled her fingers around them to keep them safe.

The energy from the egg didn’t stop. She almost wanted this to be some weird energized geode from the past. As the light finally started to fade and she was able to breathe, she noticed the feeling of the egg thing was gone. Instead she felt a weight she knew almost too well. The weight of a Rootling.

It took a few more seconds for it to end, for her other arm to move. As her eyes adjusted she found a small man in her hand. He didn’t look the same as Rootlings. His ears weren’t tapered, and there was no sign of leaves in his hair. It made her worried. If he wasn’t a Rootling what was he, and how did he get here?

The small man groaned. Mira pulled her hand from Kaya to add another beneath the man. Kaya gasped, the carabiner clicked, but they didn’t climb down. Mira felt them climbing around her neck. She knew what they were doing, the click shot a bright light onto her hands. A light that was enough to make the man open his light blue eyes.

“Are you alright?” Mira whispered. The man glared at her as soon as she spoke. A part of her wanted to let him go and run. The way he stared at her, the too human traits on him. It all made it hard to stay calm. “I… where did you come from? Were you inside that egg thing?”

“Who are you?” the man asked. His voice was commanding and almost painful to hear. It didn’t fit the size he was.

“I think I get an answer first. You are sitting in my hand.”

The little man climbed to his feet and looked around. “I suppose that is true and that merely adds to the problem. Tell me now. Where is the woman who freed me? I know very well it can’t have been you.”

Mira narrowed her eyes. She curled her hand into a fist around the man, other Rootlings panicked when she did this. He just glared at her again. Suddenly she hoped he couldn’t see Kaya there was something wrong. She shifted her head to use her hair to hide the flashlight. She wanted the advantage here.

Mira brought him close to her face and stared at him. He was a bit cute, pale skin and a solid build. The lack of concern that she was holding him in a fist was weirdly reassuring. Kaya was the only other Rootling to trust her like this. Except this wasn’t trust, it was something else. It was like… like he knew he could get free in no time.

“I suggest you return to your previous hold.”

“Or what?”

“Or my brother will be quite angry when he arrives. His patience will only go so far for your kind human.”

“I don’t think I’m scared of a rootling or his brother.” A bluff through and through. Rootlings had magic, they could be terrifying. Except she was the kind of human they hated. The kind immune to it.

“Humans do fit all the stories don’t they? Not a single doubt that you’re right. Maybe I’ll make you regret it on my own for handling me like this. I need to find the one who freed me and you are halting that.”

“It was you though,” Kaya whispered.

Mira tried not to show a reaction. The man had caught on to something with her. He grinned, she almost wanted to keep this dance going. Who would actually succeed in the bluff contest they had going? Unfortunately Kaya was her bigger concern. This wasn’t a normal Rootling and Kaya was already smaller than him. She couldn’t do this.

“Whatever. I got what I wanted from this.”

She had every intention of walking away. Setting Corus down and leaving. The first successful expedition here. He was probably just another adventurer who chose to explore. When he realized she wasn’t a grave robbing human he might even let her give him and his brother a lift out. Except she couldn’t move. The grin on his face faltered. If she didn’t know better she’d say he looked worried.

A blinding light filled the cave. There was no remnant of the darkness that once tried to devour her. The ash even began to clear out around her. A clean, well lit city surrounded her. Kaya pressed themself against her neck, whatever froze her didn’t touch them.

“I warned you,” Corus’s voice was morose. It made a pit form in her stomach.

Mira blinked and a man at least two feet taller than her appeared. She was relieved for whatever had frozen her then, there’s no way she wouldn’t have jumped and thrown Kaya. He glared at her, green eyes burning. His look filled her with the same feeling as the darkness she almost walked into. Something told her this was the brother.

The man held his hand out to her. As much as she fought it her fingers started to loosen. All her bravado fell as finger by finger she let him go. Her voice wouldn’t work anymore. All she wanted was to beg the new man to make this stop. Not to let her drop Corus. There was nothing that would ever make her actually hurt someone so small.

Corus didn’t even look bothered. He was completely fine falling to what could very well be his death. The last finger holding him to her palm moved and he… stayed where he was. The new man reached out and grabbed Corus. The man cupped his hands in front of his face and all his anger fell away.

“Corus,” the man whispered.

“Hey Zeke,” Corus said. Tears fell from the strange man’s eyes. Mira felt the muscles in her body relax, she could move.

“I was starting to think you’d never get out.”

“Thanks for not giving up. They would have found someone else to bind to you.”

“As if I’d walk away from my brother.” Mira tried to take a step away, but both sets of eyes were locked on her immediately. “Do not leave that spot.”

Mira tried and failed to ignore the order. Her feet had been glued to the floor. The eyes left her and she tried to roll her shoulder without knocking Kaya off. Words would draw attention. Kaya might even draw their attention. A small hand tapped three times against her neck. They knew what she wanted. As soon as their small weight was on her arm she felt like crying. They knew, all she had to do was watch for the two monsters in front of her for their attention.

“Did the human hurt you? I can deal with her,” the other man, Zeke, said. Mira tried not to start panicking at that. What would dealing with her mean?

“I thought I was supposed to be the one causing chaos and destruction,” Corus laughed. Mira tried to hide her fear. Corus looked at her, the gaze making her heart race. This man could somehow see straight through her. “She didn’t hurt me. It seemed more like she didn’t trust me. I don’t think we need to be worried about her.”

“I haven’t forgiven the humans for what they did. To you or them…”

“...How long has it been? Where is she? It was her who let me out. I know it was.”

“Corus… It’s been more than a few centuries. She… she died not long after you were sealed away. I found her body on my first trip away from you. She didn’t die alone, both of us failed.”

“But… but I felt her. It… it had to be her. She can’t be gone. We… it was going to work. We were… We did it Zeke… Both of us there’s no way they can be gone…”

Mira felt a tap on her leg. Kaya was ready. The two in front of her had entered a silence that made her nervous. None of this was going to end well for her. As long as Kaya got out she wouldn’t care. They’d make sure this place was locked away. That her death would keep others safe.

Zeke closed his eyes and she moved. A quick tug to free the zipline gun. A half turn of her body, aim at the entrance. Her only goal was to get Kaya as far away as possible. Then she fired. The noise of the anchor firing felt deafening. There was no way the two hadn’t heard. She just needed to hope they’d ignore it.

Unfortunately both she and Kaya had no luck. Her body froze up painfully this time. The anchor froze in the air. This was her idea, her plan, and now they’d both die. Zeke walked by her, depositing Corus on her like she was a table. His look only made her angry. Pity wouldn’t save her sibling.

“I hate you,” she whispered. She hadn’t expected her voice to work. Corus looked hurt. Good. She had to use her voice while she could. “I don’t care what you do to me, just let them go. I convinced them to come here. Pushed us forward. Opened your stupid fucking egg.”

“You let me out?” he whispered. She couldn’t move, but it was clear he didn’t expect an answer. He walked up her arm to her shoulder and set a tiny hand against her face. If she could move she’d grab him in a tight fist. Anything to get Kaya away.

“It’s ok, you’re safe now,” Zeke’s voice drew her eyes from Corus. The look on his face was different than when he took Corus close. Almost loving. She stared in fear as he lifted Kaya from the anchor. Their carabiner didn’t do anything to stop him. He carried them back over in a loose fist. They were shaking, that was always the worst way for them to be carried.

“Please,” her voice croaked. Corus’s fingers dug into her skin. “Don’t hold them like that. They get scared. Please…”

Zeke actually looked shocked at her. He changed his hold to a flat palm with the other hand around like a railing. Mira felt tears fall from her eyes. At least he listened. The hand on her face disappeared. She felt somehow cold without it. Like it was a promise that things would work out.

Zeke stood in front of her. He felt bigger this time, as if he could crush her under his foot. She swallowed all her words as he stared at her. Corus’s feet left a burning trail down her arm as he walked away. There was a part of her that didn’t want him to be gone. Zeke set his hand with Kaya near Corus.

“Are you hurt?” Corus asked. He held a hand out to them, but they shied away. Mira just wanted them to get out of this. It was her idea, her fault.

“Why won’t you let us go?” they whimpered. Mira felt more tears trail down her face.

“I am doing what we were summoned for; keep humans from trapping you again.”

“They aren’t-” Mira tried to argue, but the glowing eyes from Zeke stopped her voice again. This shouldn’t be possible.

“S-summoned? How did we summon you?”

“Zeke, you said it had been a long time?” The man who honestly felt like he grew each second nodded. She wanted Kaya away from him. Safe with her. “Then… was the method lost? They can’t have you transcribe my name anymore? Bind us both?”

Mira closed her eyes and tried to think of something to say. It wasn’t as if these two would let her talk. Corus almost seemed to follow Zeke’s actions blindly. It would possibly get Kaya out if she could talk to him without the man taller than her around. A feeling of a burning warmth ran down her spine. She snapped her eyes open, this time seeing Corus with a glow all over his body.

The burn flowed through all of her body. A strange sensation that made her muscles relax as it moved. Slowly she moved the arm Corus stood on. She left her hand flat next to Kaya, the burning had only grown more intense. They scrambled off Zeke’s hand, jumping the inch of space she hadn’t filled yet.

As soon as Kaya was on her hand she sped up. Corus didn’t flinch at all at her speed, despite standing on her forearm. Kaya grabbed her clothes as soon as they were close enough. They climbed faster than she moved her arm. She followed their path up to her shoulder with her other hand. Corus kept glowing long after Kaya had hidden themself with her hair.

“You let me out?” he asked. Zeke’s eyes widened as Corus stared up at her. “Not the one on your shoulder?”

“It was me…” Mira was tempted to use whatever Corus was doing to free herself. Run and get Kaya out. They’d hunt her down, but she didn’t care.

“Then that ancient contract worked in the end. I wonder… Zeke, if they’re together and this is her then the other must be your bound… right?”

Zeke actually looked away. The feeling of his form continuing to tower over her fell away. He nodded, a sheepish almost sweet movement. Wind blew near her, moving the hair Kaya had hidden with to reveal them. “I felt it as soon as I saw them… I thought, you truly haven’t been trapped by this human?”

“We’re siblings!” Kaya’s anger bled out. They were always angry at anyone who questioned them. Some people thought Mira was using them, others thought they paid Mira off. Neither would ever be true. “Humans aren’t bad, they haven’t been bad for centuries.”

“Humans and Rootlings live together, they have since the fires. The fires that brought us here to find the history that was lost back then.”

Corus moved on her arm again. He walked closer, staring at her in a way that made her heart flutter. There was something with him that made her want to believe he wasn’t some monster about to kill them. That he’d let them both go home, give the two a chance to pretend none of this ever happened.

“Humans invaded, they had knowledge of the people here,” Corus explained. The fire burning in her body faded, but she could still move. Zeke had given her freedom. “They knew what I was and trapped me. Only one person could set me free, but she had been taken.”

“She died trying to get back here, at least that’s what I assumed when I finally went to seek her out,” Zeke added. “She died with her closest friend beside her. The two had been the only ones who showed either of us kindness.”

“Most treated me like a tool. They treated Zeke like a monster because he tends to be human sized. It didn’t help that he could get bigger. We wanted to stay together so we made sure it would happen. If they died by any means they’d come back.”

“You two would be who had come back.”

“What?” Mira’s voice was quiet.

“No… that was supposed to be a myth,” Kaya’s words shocked her more than the other two. “A being of chaos and destruction, bound to a girl of lavenders. A being of order and control, bound to one who was at once both and neither…”

“What the hell? Are you trying to insinuate that after the threats and fear you just put us through we’re some ancient lovers of yours or something!?”

Zeke knelt in front of her, bowing his head. Corus jumped from her arm. He landed gracefully on Zeke’s shoulder, taking his own bow in turn. Kaya stood on her shoulder, grabbing the hair that had finally returned to hide them. She could feel the way they shuffled to look at the two.

“What now?” they whispered. Mira gave the smallest shrug she could. They stumbled a bit from her movement. She had no idea what to do now.

“The contract holding me has been broken. You have freed me now as you had many times in an ancient past. I beg that you give me a chance to prove my love for you… To give me a chance to show I am not a danger to you or those you deem worthy,” Corus’s words filled Mira with a flame again. She wanted to say yes.

“If you my small love will give me a chance,” Mira could feel Kaya’s body freezing as Zeke started to speak. “I would like a chance to show I am safe for you. That I will not use my power against you or those who you trust.” He lifted his head, giving Mira a look. “Human or otherwise.”

“We humbly request to stay by your sides.” The two spoke in unison. The words sent a fire down Mira’s spine that made her fall to her knees. Kaya was an ice cube on her shoulder, hanging on only because of the precautions they always took.

All of this was insane. She and Corus were basically threatening each other. Zeke probably wanted to kill her. Kaya was terrified of both the men they faced. Yet she could tell that saying no would rip out a piece of her essence. A life of pain and misery, only changed by Kaya being there for her. She brought her hand up to them, if they said no she said no. That would be it.

“We have that extra room,” they muttered. Mira couldn’t stop herself from laughing. The dry stains of her terror induced tears forgotten. After all of this they were taking ancient embodiments of order and chaos home.

“I guess we did what we came here for then,” she said as she quieted her laughter. “The long abandoned history is right in front of us. I’d be a failure of a search and rescue cave diver to leave them behind.”

“I don’t think I’d be able to be the best archeologist if I let living relics walk off on their own.”

“Does that mean…” Corus started, hope in his voice.

“You’ll let us stay with you?” Zeke finished the question, his own voice filled with relief.

Mira stood up and grabbed Kaya. The carabiner clicked before she pulled them away. She held them to her chest and faced potential monsters. Everything could fall apart. They could use whatever power they hold to destroy everything.

“Come on, we ignored some places Kaya wanted to look at on the way in. All of us can go home after that.”

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Ty for the ask. Here's a link to the list.

I'm annoyed at the fact the text is black. I use dark mode and this is awful. Tumblr is mean though.

Moving Houses

Mira had been running back and forth for the last few hours. Corus had been watching from his desk the whole time. He offered to help, but she wouldn’t accept any. He couldn’t stop himself from chuckling when he heard her shouting from below his bed. They were both too stubborn.

“Don’t laugh,” Mira huffed as she tugged her latest bundle behind her. “This stuff is heavy.”

“I’m not laughing, I swear,” he smiled. She glared up at him. He bent over to try and grab the small bag, but a single shake of her head made him stop. “Why can’t I help again?”

“Because I can move my things on my own without your help.”

He sat up with a sigh. He couldn’t believe she’d even decided to move into the house at this point. She pulled the heavy bundle across the floor. It was almost funny to see her pulling so much behind her each time. It didn’t seem like she’d have so many things. She tried to force it through the door, but it was too big for that.

“How do you have so much stuff?” he asked. She grumbled, ignoring his question.

Corus pouted a bit before standing up. Mira didn’t even look at him. He put a bit more weight than normal in his steps as he moved around his room. She groaned as he stopped a bit away and looked at her. She stared up at him with an annoyed face. He just tried to smile with an innocent look, he knew she didn’t buy it.

Once she turned back around he let himself fall to his knees. She squealed as it made her bounce, but landed on her feet. Her small angry face was turned to look at him again, but he couldn’t stop smiling. He wasn’t done yet, they both knew it. She pushed her hair behind her ears and turned back to the bundle.

Corus leaned forward, his shadow seemed to absorb her. It was amazing how easily she hid in any hint of shadow. Pale skin and bright lavender hair that never seemed to stand out anymore. He grinned when he heard her stifled laugh. It was nice to have moments like this again, to be trusted by her.

Corus started to lower himself, he was curious about what she’d been doing. She’d already added so much to the house. He held himself up on his forearms and leaned forward to see into the windows. One room seemed filled with fabric, his best guess was a sewing room. The other had bits of wood and nails. There was a bit of fabric as a curtain stopping him from seeing anything more.

“Can you just lay on the ground already?” Mira sighed. Corus laughed and finally let himself fall. She stumbled, falling off her feet. He stopped laughing and quickly wrapped his fingers around her.

“Sorry,” he whispered. She just shoved at his fingers until he moved them. He stared at her, noticing for the first time how worn out she appeared. She stood up with a slight sway. “You should take a break. You look like you’re about to pass out.”

“That bag might have been heavier than I thought…” He smiled. She wouldn’t look in his eyes, but pushed herself more fully onto his palm.

“What was in it that made it so heavy?” The bright red on Mira’s face made him laugh. She curled up against his fingers. Burying her face to hide from him. Corus brought his hand closer to his face.

“...some metal Zeke gave me, bits of wood, flower petals, some tools I need most of the time…” His eyes went wide. Reaching forward with his other hand, he pinched the bundle she hadn’t quite fit in the door. Lifting it made him gasp. “No! Now I won’t be able to drag it inside!”

“Mira… you’re amazing. This is heavier than you and Kaya combined.” He stared at her with wide eyes. He knew she was strong, but this was a different level. She just crossed her arms, pouting about him touching it. He brought her just below his lips. “How about we watch a movie for a bit?”

He felt her shiver as he spoke. He gently pressed a kiss to her. Most of her was hidden by him then. He never stopped feeling amazed by how much trust she had in him. Slowly he sat up keeping her pressed into his palm. Her lips pressed into his and made him smile. He pulled away, seeing her smiling widely.

“I think I can put off moving things for a little while,” she said. He stood up and walked out to his couch. He grabbed the remote and fell back. He held his hand near his neck. She climbed off and curled up on him. “...will you help with what I have left?”

“Sure, I’ll help you with anything I can.”

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Valentine's Surprise

honestly wrote this last minute. My sense of time is utterly horrible and realized valentine's was today... yesterday :D.

Human Corus has a big surprise for his tiny girlfriend Mira

Valentine's Surprise

Mira stared at the vent, considering for the hundredth time going to spy on Corus. He asked her not to, but it had been all day she’d been stuck in his room. He was doing something important in the rest of the house he didn’t want her to see. Normally it was fine, but her curiosity kept burning. It made it almost impossible to do anything else.

Another ten minutes passed before she gave in. She started her climb from the window of the house set up in Corus’s room. She could get a better angle on the desk corner here. She started climbing immediately, except the human of the house knew her too well. Not even halfway to the top and the door of the room opened loudly. She looked over to see Corus staring at her, he didn’t even have to seek her out.

Mira decided to ignore him and keep climbing. Of course the man decided to put his full weight in the steps he took to approach her. They both knew she wouldn’t fall, but it would hamper her progress. He put more weight into the step that had him standing right in front of her. Her rope swung in the air. She glared at the human who had a casual smirk as he stared at her.

“I’m impressed,” he said. She huffed and resumed her climbing. The warmth of a hand below her did make her smile to herself a little. “I thought for sure I’d come in here and find you hanging from the vent trying to get back before me.”

“Maybe I did beat you and I was getting back to my house,” she said. Mira glanced up at him, her heart skipped a beat at the shock that switched to a warm smile. His hand was still just below her, but he let her continue her climb. He knew to wait for her to let him grab her.

“I guess that would just prove how amazing you are.” His hand touched her feet, a silent question. For a few seconds she considered refusing. The warm look on his face certainly made it harder.

“I’m even more amazing for ignoring all the noise you made today and only deciding to climb on top of your desk just before you came in.”

Corus laughed. Mira took that chance to slide down her rope, settling into the open palm. His laugh made her bounce a bit, but she easily freed her hook. It landed next to her. The laughing did set it off course when she pulled it back. Thankfully the human just grinned, trying to hold back more laughter as she wound the rope back up.

“Well, I’m finally done and ready to show you what I’ve been doing,” he whispered. His hand was brought up to rest in front of his eyes. It was times like this she could almost forget the danger he could pose. The danger he made a point to work against. “Would you come with me? Maybe without the hook?”

Mira grabbed her gear and stared at it. Corus wouldn’t leave her trapped, he added ways for her to get around in most places. Still she always brought the hook with her. A line of defense along with an escape. She looked up at the human she loved, he looked nervous. He probably thought she’d get annoyed at the request. Mira just smiled and pulled the rope from her waist.

“Hold me near my open window, I’ll put it inside,” she said. The hand moved quickly, he was lucky she never got motion sick with him. Once near her window she climbed to the edge of his fingers. He tilted his hand knocking her off and into the house. “Hey!”

Before she could make more of a complaint, he offered something clearly wrapped by Kaya to her. She shot him a glare, but took the package anyway. He shifted, dropping his weight to the ground. His eye took up her view as he stared at her.

“Change into that first? I’ll be changing too,” he whispered. She looked down at the package with a small smile.

“Five minutes,” she said.

“Perfect.”

Corus moved carefully now. His steps left almost no sign of his movement once he walked off. She closed the blinds of her window and stared at the carefully wrapped package. Mira ran her hands over it, feeling the soft fabric beneath. She tugged at the careful wrapping Kaya had done for him. They were the only one who could avoid that tape Corus and Zeke used. Once she pulled the wrapping free she gasped.

Pulling it up she found a dark purple almost black dress. As she held it in front of her, shoes her size fell to the floor. Ones she’d seen in the movies Corus liked to watch sometimes. A deep black with a bit sticking out at the back to make her look taller. She quickly changed into the dress, awed at how perfectly it fit her. The fabric wasn’t like the costumes Corus and Zeke got for her and Kaya. This was soft, like what Corus usually wore.

Mira spun in the dress, the skirt flaring around her . There was a kind of weight at the ends so it didn’t fly up as high as she expected. She admired the weight, it would help if she decided to climb while wearing it. The weight was light enough she wouldn’t face any struggles. Far off she heard a door opening, Corus was on his way back. She slipped the strange shoes on, she was pretty sure humans called them heels.

She stumbled on the first few steps. These things were hard to balance in. She still managed to get to the window and throw the blinds open. Corus was wearing a suit, at least she thought it was a suit. That’s what they called it in the movies where humans dressed like him. He kept his lighter steps as he came to kneel in front of her. The offered hand felt different somehow.

Mira pulled herself up on the fingers closest to her. His other hand came close, giving her another option for balance. She gratefully accepted it, stepping forward until she reached the center of the hand. He lifted his hand up while she was standing until she was even with his eyes.

“You’re beautiful,” he whispered. Mira felt her cheeks redden. She looked away, but Corus didn’t appear to expect an answer. He stood up to his full height, for once not pulling her against his chest. “Close your eyes for me?”

“O-ok,” she said. She slid her eyes closed. Something about tonight was different, special somehow. It made her heart start racing.

Mira paid close attention to the movements of the human holding her. The subtle way he tensed his hand as he walked. The way he kept his steps light, but now and then added more weight to make her bounce. She could hear the faint beating of his heart and the massive lungs breathing near her. Sometimes she felt she could lose herself in just hearing him. Knowing the gargantuan being near her was alive and would do anything to keep her safe.

Her eyes almost slipped open when his hand started to move. One of his fingers covered her face gently. He knew her well. She chuckled as he held her face. He added the littlest bit of pressure which only made her laugh more. A click echoed above her. She heard it a few more times before Corus seemed content with whatever caused the noise.

“Keep them closed a little longer ok?” he asked. She nodded. The finger blocking her vision was gone, but she kept her eyes closed.

She felt something moving around her, but nothing made her feel in danger. If anything, knowing Corus was doing something helped her feel safer. After everything he’d done for her and her home she trusted him. He never stopped trying to improve, to be someone safe for her. He never lashed out anymore. That person who could hurt her by accident felt like a phantom of a bleak past.

“Ok… open your eyes,” he whispered. His breath blew past her and made her shiver.

Slowly, Mira opened her eyes. The first thing she noticed was how dark the room still was. The flickering of a light above her drew her attention, long white candles were sitting on the table. A dark red cloth covered the wood she would normally be standing on. She noticed a large silver dome near the two of them. Corus reached out and carefully lifted it from the table. Mira gasped at what had been hidden.

A small table decorated in a similar way to the one she stood on. The long white candles flickering with fake light she’d grown to know well. A dish that had food on it that actually looked like the meals Corus ate except for her size. She was so focused on the things sized to her, she almost missed the human size dish next to it. One of Corus’s hands flew over her again carefully pulling the chair out from the table that existed just for her.

Mira looked up at him, overwhelmed by the love she met in his eyes. She walked forward, constantly looking back up at the human. He just kept a soft smile on his face. She sat down in the chair he held out, jumping as he pushed it back towards the table. She looked at the dish, at the human sized dish, then back at the human staring at her.

“What’s all this for?” she whispered. Corus leaned forward until he was right next to her. His breath washed over her, a minty smell blew past her.

“I wanted to give you a romantic, candlelit Valentine’s day dinner,” he murmured. He made his voice deeper than normal. The tone sent a shiver down her spine. “I want to take any chance I can to show how much I love you. My life’s only gotten better since I met you, like you were a light that finally woke me up. Things like this are the least I can do.”

Mira let his breath wash over her for a few seconds. The words slowly settled in her heart. She didn’t know what Valentine’s was exactly, or if there was something she could do for him. Those words meant so much to her, he was just as important to her life. If she hadn’t met him, hadn’t had bad luck, she’d be lost and alone. There was one small thing she could do, stepping out of her seat and approaching the massive lips. She leaned forward, planting a chaste kiss against the sensitive skin. The human shivering from her touch always made her smile.

“I don’t know exactly what Valentine’s is,” she started, keeping her hands on the lips to keep him quiet, “but I love you, and I love this… You aren’t the only one whose life changed. I can never explain just how different things would be without you in my life. Thank you, my unbelievable human.”

A hand wrapped around her pulling her close. Corus pressed his own lips against her. The intensity was the only remnant of who she’d watched when he moved in. She loved it, the careful pressure deepening the kiss he gave her. She placed her own small kisses on the lips around her. It felt like hours before he pulled away. She stared up at the greedy eyes and loving smile of the human who held her. The only human who she’d trust blindly with her life.

“Happy Valentine’s day,” he breathed, “I love you, my little miracle.”

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Nightmares

Day 3 of gt july is panic and that gets a bit of streamer au!!

Nightmares

Mira struggled in the grip of a giant she thought she’d never see again. She couldn’t remember how this happened, but their glare was enough to terrify her. She wanted to go home, she needed help. They just smiled as her struggles started to die down. She couldn’t break their hold, not without a weapon or some help.

“Aww finally losing your fire, little doll?” they crooned. She flinched at the words. She opened her mouth to speak, but the fingers around her tightened and squeezed the breath from her. “Don’t you dare talk back to me this time. No one is going to save you. Not when your dumb friend handed you to me himself.”

“What?” she squeaked out. The fingers tightened again, she was sure her bones were about to break.

“What was his name again? Corus? He told me all about how he got you away from the ones who’d save you just to give you to me. Did you really think a giant would marry someone like you? A little human who can barely look in his eyes?”

She felt tears roll down her face. Of course Corus didn’t want to actually marry her. It was all to get her trapped again. She felt her heart start racing when he appeared in the room. Corus looked at her with disdain. She felt her heart breaking as he walked up close enough to see her clearly.

“Stop playing around and get rid of it already,” Corus said, his voice cold. That ignited something in her heart, she squeezed her eyes shut before getting ready to scream.

“Let go of me you damned monsters!” she screamed.

The feeling of the fingers squeezing her disappeared. She was on something soft and a warmth radiated from nearby. She slipped her eyes open a new bout of panic taking over when she found Corus staring at her. She started to scramble back desperate to get away. His eyes widened and a hand blocked the path behind her. She started to struggle breathing.

“Woah woah, calm down deep breaths. In,” he said. He took in his own deep breath pulling her hair forward. He let his breath out and blew the hair back in response. “And out.”

She couldn’t breathe. She couldn’t even think. He was there and his breath kept washing over her. Spots started to coat her vision, she had to get away. She started to sob as she tried to get a breath. Her head was spinning.

“Ok not working, how about… can you tell me five things you can see?” She shook her head, she couldn’t breathe or speak. “Please, just try.”

“I…” she wheezed. His eyes were pleading with her. “I see your eyes… th-the pillow… your shirt… your arm… a-and your hands.”

“Good, good. How about four things you can touch?” She nodded and was able to get the smallest breath more.

“The pillow case, my shirt, my hair… your hand.”

“Three things you can hear?”

“My heartbeat, your breathing, the birds outside.”

“Two things you can smell?” She smiled a little bit.

“Your morning breath and the body wash you use.” He laughed a bit before looking serious again.

“One thing you can taste?”

“...oranges, my mouth tastes like oranges.”

“Great, did that help at all?”

“I can breathe again…a bit.” He nodded before pulling his hand from behind her. She was able to calm down more now that he wasn’t touching her anymore. She backed away a little more, guilt grabbing her heart when he looked hurt.

“It was a pretty bad one this time then?” She nodded, he sighed and it made her shiver. “Do you want to talk about it?”

“You’ll hate me if I do…” She wasn’t sure he’d hear her, but he moved his face just a bit closer. She hugged herself tightly, terrified of what he could do rather than would do.

“I wouldn’t hate you even if you left me for being a giant. You can tell me Mira.” His voice was quiet too, it was almost reassuring. She nodded, closing her eyes again.

“They had me again… they were crushing me in their grip. I couldn’t believe my bones weren’t broken yet. Then they…” She trailed off, she couldn’t say it to him. She didn’t want to lose him even if she just saw that cold face staring at her.

“What did they do, Mira?” She started crying as she tried to force the words out.

“They told me you.. That you just wanted to get me away from everyone and would never want to marry someone like me. A human like me. Then you were there and just looked at me like I was trash and asked why they hadn’t…” She started sobbing and had to try and calm herself. “Why they hadn’t crushed me yet…”

Mira heard the fabric shifting as Corus moved. She curled in on herself, sure he’d be grabbing her to get rid of her. He kept trying and she kept thinking he’d just kill her or get rid of her eventually. She felt as his weight left the bed and tried to act stoic. She can’t be upset when he gets tired of being seen as a monster. She heard him moving more, she hoped he wouldn’t grab her tightly.

Warmth radiated off the hands approaching her. She tensed at the sound of his weight hitting the ground. She relaxed a bit as a finger touched her, tensing more than before as she felt another on her side. He pinched her gently before lifting her to a sitting position. She had her eyes closed still, but he put a finger under her chin and held her face up. She knew he wanted her to see him. She felt his sigh and peeked open her eyes before he spoke.

“Mira,” he whispered. He had a smile before coming closer. He was everything around her. “I would never let that happen. If you were in danger like that I’d do whatever it takes to save you from it.”

She leaned her head into his finger. He wrapped his hand around her and lifted her off the pillow. Her heart was racing, all the possibilities running through her mind. He brought her up to his face and slowly placed a kiss on her. She gasped, a blush spreading over her face. He didn’t give her a chance to say anything pulling her down to his chest and over his heart. This sound was relaxing more than she could ever admit.

“How about I make some breakfast? You said you liked the way I make french toast,” he asked.

“You just want french toast, I can barely eat any of it,” she laughed. Corus laughed too, walking off with her held tightly against him. He was the only person who could calm her so easily, and it was just one more thing to make her love him.

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being caught standing under mistletoe

ty anon! Still working on these and got to have some fun with assassin mira and corus. Admittedly it's because i liked this idea, but Mira wouldn't be this insane lol

Caught under the Mistletoe

Mira was working out what she’d need for her next job. It was always annoying to be hired around the holidays. Usually someone hiring her now wasn’t worth the money they spent. This time was different, she’d actually follow through. She didn’t plan to take the money either.

“Mira, come here!” Corus called. She sighed, a small smile making its way on her face. She shook her head, but stepped away from the mirror to go find the small man. “Hurry up!”

“I’m coming,” she said.

She walked into the living room. All around were decorations Corus had asked to put around the house. He’d found the movies of someone who didn’t know the spirit of Christmas and fell in love with the bright lights. It felt weird, she never celebrated any part of the holiday season. Her family hadn’t been interested in the season when she was growing up either.

It had been getting steadily harder to find him. He was practicing for if she let him help on her jobs. She started with the tree, he’d been climbing it a lot. Despite moving the ornaments he’d spent most of the time hiding behind, she didn’t find him. She moved to the shelf that had different figures and just about anything that was sold for the holiday season. He wasn’t hiding behind anything there either. She narrowed her eyes as she looked up to the ceiling. He’d been using the decorations to explore higher up.

“There you are,” she sighed. He was standing on some of the exposed wood. She admittedly preferred having things to grab if someone attacked her for maneuverability. Of course Corus made use of them once it was easier for him to climb up. Mira walked over to stand below him, she could just see the smirk on his small face. “What are you doing?”

“This.”

Corus jumped off the wood and Mira felt her heart freeze. She jumped as she reached up to catch him. Clasping her hands around his small body she landed in a crouch holding him to her chest. She hadn’t been that scared since she fought Crimson, since he threatened Kaya and the others. Mira slowly opened her hands to stare at the small man who terrified her.

“What the hell were you thinking?!” she shouted. He didn’t even flinch at her voice. He just smiled up at her, as if he wanted this. He pointed up. As reluctant as she was, Mira stared up and found the bit of fishing line hanging down. She followed it up to the wood he’d jumped from and found a small bundle of mistletoe. “Mistletoe?”

“All those movies keep talking about being caught standing under the mistletoe, I figured that wouldn’t work for us so being caught under the mistletoe would work,” he laughed. Mira sighed and pressed her forehead against him.

“You nearly killed yourself to get a kiss under the mistletoe? How did you even get any?”

“I won’t reveal my collaborator.”

“It was Kaya then.” He did have access to her card to buy things online. It usually required her to get the packages though. Zeke had access too, she left one at Kaya’s once he started to stay there more often. Although Kaya and Zeke were annoyed that she did that.

“I will never reveal them!” She started laughing, he had to stop watching so many movies. “Besides, I didn’t almost die. I had the fishing line tied around my waist and released it once you grabbed me. I even tested it!”

“You’re absolutely insane. So many things could go wrong with that. You could have been hurt from the fishing line too. And all for mistletoe.”

“Does that mean I don’t get a kiss?”

Mira narrowed her eyes at him. She stood up straight and held him in front of her face. As much as she worried about him, it was too much effort not to be rewarded. She just wanted to be a little mean. Slowly she brought him closer, until he was right in front of her lips. Then she kissed him, pressing against his face rather than part of his torso like normal. She heard the muffled shock from him, but didn’t let up. She knew just how to kiss him where he couldn’t really kiss her back.

He relaxed after a few seconds and she smiled. She pulled back at that point, holding in a laugh once she saw his face. It had slipped her mind she’d put on lipstick when testing out disguises. He had bright pink all over his face. It didn’t help that his expression was dreamy alongside it. When he sent a grin up at her she finally lost it and started to laugh.

“What’s so funny?” he pouted. Mira brought a finger up to her lips and wiped off the lipstick on it. She showed him, laughing more when he realized what it meant. He wiped his face off on his shirt, but it didn’t help much.

“We should probably get you cleaned up,” she smiled. Corus made a face that promised a new idea was brewing in his little head.

“Or… we can see if there’s enough of that stuff to cover me completely?”

Mira just laughed before pulling him close, ready for her own kiss under the mistletoe.

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Mira and Corus Meet Rewrite

day 15 redraw. Gonna redo the meetup for the first ocs I posted about!!

Mira and Corus Meet Rewrite

Mira had been having terrible luck lately. The mushrooms outside of the human house seemed to be preferred by animals lately. She needed to preserve the food she did have, which meant salt. That meant getting it from the salt shaker the human left on the table. She had never had trouble grabbing the table with her hook before, but her bad luck was clearly following her. It took more tries than she’d ever considered normal to get it steady.

She climbed up, the hook seemed unstable. She climbed onto the table and pressed her hook down a bit more. It looked stuck enough, she watched it for a bit before moving on. It was best to leave it out for a quick getaway. She was about halfway to the salt shaker when she thought to look back and check. The hook was sliding off the table. She tried to run back, tripping in her haste and watching it fall to the ground so far below. She bit back a groan when the thumping of footsteps sounded.

She pushed herself up and hid by the salt and pepper shakers. This human left the table mostly empty except for them. She reached to pull her hood down and nearly screamed. She'd forgotten it today of all days. She tried to use the shadows of the large items to cover her more. She knew her lavender hair would draw his attention. She bit her lip when she saw the giant walk into the room. He had barely come close and already towered over her.

“What’s that?”

She flinched, his voice was loud and too close for comfort. She poked her head out from her hiding place expecting to find his eyes locked on her. Instead she watched as he moved closer to the ground. He must have seen her hook, she wouldn’t be getting that back now. She bit her lip as the human barely disappeared from her view only to stand up to his full height. She shivered, she didn’t want this monster to find her.

She hid back behind the salt as he started to turn. She had to hope he’d just sit down and play with her hook before leaving. Humans did that sometimes, at least the ones here before did. She screamed as her hiding place was pulled away. She turned and stared up and up until she met the blue eyes that focused on her. She didn’t have time to think, dashing towards the edge of the table. She could try and shimmy down a table leg, if that failed she could hopefully limp away or would be too far gone to notice anything the human did.

Corus panicked when the little woman started to run. He didn’t want her to try jumping off. He reached out an arm and cut her off. She slammed into his palm and his mind froze. That was real, she was real. He thought this might just be a hallucination from lack of sleep. Instead there really was a person smaller than his fingers on his table. She really did just run into his hand. He started looking between her and his palm, only then realizing how he towered over her.

“Hi?” he tried. He crouched as he spoke, hoping to try and make her feel a little calmer. “I’m Corus, do you need help?”

He didn’t know the best things to say. Meeting new people was hard enough, this one was smaller than his fingers. She kept her wide eyes locked on him, they were pink. She could be like the fairies from stories, maybe he just cursed himself offering his name. He started to fidget with the fishing hook he picked up when he walked in. The little woman’s gaze shifted to it and the fear seemed to grow. He didn’t fish, so maybe it was hers. He ignored the way she tensed as he brought his hand close.

“Is this yours?”

The human’s voice was still too loud. Mira almost covered her ears to try and block him out. He brought her hook close and just held it there. She grabbed it and switched to a defensive position. She wouldn’t be held in a human hand again. Humans were clumsy and didn’t care about the strength they used, this one broke walls around the house. She just needed a way out. The human moved the hand blocking her path and she ran again.

The first edge she reached she stabbed with her hook. She threw the rope over the edge and started to slide down it as fast as she could. There was a sudden drop, she looked up expecting cruel blue eyes to be watching her. She didn’t see anything, but the hook falling from its perch. It slipped again and she yelped involuntarily. She tried to climb down, to beat the fall. Her luck continued to fail her as she entered a free fall.

There was a sharp tug on the rope before she stopped falling. She looked up, terrified of the face she’d see above her. The human hand held her hook higher than the table. She looked down, trying to judge the distance she’d fall if she just let go then. She would do it if she could make her limbs move.

“Wait!” he shouted. She winced, he was still too loud. “Sorry.” Quieter, better. “Just don’t jump. I’ll lower this to the floor so you can get off safely. I’ll give this back once you’re there.”

She nodded, she didn’t have much of a choice. It wasn’t his hands and she wasn’t getting trapped by an injury. She heard him sigh, but he did start moving her closer to the floor. She watched as her freedom was coming closer. Once she knew she’d land safely, she let go and took off. She didn’t have entrances this low, but she had hiding places. She heard as he moved and ducked into the first spot she found. It was a tight fit even for her, but she wouldn’t be grabbable.

She hugged herself as the earth shaking footsteps started. She wouldn’t be out in the open for this monster. She started to get bounced with each step. One of his feet landed just next to her hiding place. She barely covered a scream. It would be so easy for her to be out there and him to miss her. She bit her hand to keep her scream quiet when one of his knees hit the ground. She tried to ready herself to dive out and run if she needed to.

“I don’t know where you went, but I’ll leave the fishing hook right uh right here, on the ground,” he spoke. He was a bit sad that the little woman ran off without a word. He was trying to believe she was just scared because he was so much bigger and not because of his temper. She probably hadn’t been here long if she was still here. He placed the hook down and stood back to his full height. He tried to think about what it must look like to her when he stood. “I’ll be around so just let me know if you need anything.”

Mira held her breath as the human walked away. She wouldn’t just trust his words. She knew how to tell if he was still in the room, but she just needed time. She dove out once the steps were far enough she could reach a new hiding place before he came back. She actually stopped and stared as he kept walking away without looking back. Once he was out of sight she threw her hook up to the counter and made her way home. She had to think about things.

She ducked into her entrance behind the cabinet and nearly collapsed. The adrenaline from her close call dying out. She had to get home at least. Each step felt like it took everything she had. Once she got home she collapsed into her bed and pulled the blanket her parents gave her close. The only thing she had from home and the only reassurance she had she survived. She fell into a fitful sleep, nightmares of her past mixing with the truth of her present.

She woke up exhausted, but had things to do. She grabbed her cloak and hook, leaving her bag behind. Today she was just observing the human, finding out the risk she caused for her kind. She’d do what it took to get rid of it, even if it took her own life. She made it to her kitchen entrance, almost screaming when he was standing right in front of her. She pulled back, relieved he had been focusing elsewhere.

“This could work,” he said. She watched as he moved faster than his size would suggest. He pulled out a bunch of things from the drawer in front of him. He always tossed things in there, especially a rough paper she took more of than she probably should have. He grabbed some of that paper before moving to the table where she’d unfortunately met him. She wanted to know what he was doing, but from here all she saw was his back. She moved quickly and quietly to the sink. It was the easiest place to stay hidden and she could see the table a lot more clearly.

Corus wanted to show the little woman she could keep living here. After staring at the wall near his tools drawer he finally got an idea. He’d noticed the table edges had scuff marks and added some lacquer, that probably was why her hook fell. He started using the sandpaper to try and get back to the wood beneath his changes. He wished he could ask her to come test it, but making sure it was less likely he’d find her hurt was worth it. He was thinking of adding some nails to the edge of the table too. That way the hook had a solid spot to catch.

Mira watched as the human used the rough paper on the table. He took extra time on each of the edges. She knew it was useful to make wood smoother. She fixed up her home with it. She shouldn’t let that distract her. She had to stay alert, she should just go home. Watching him work was weirdly calming. It felt like he wasn’t the violent person she’d seen for so long. She felt her eyes growing heavy, the cool metal enticing her. His casual grunts as he worked were almost soothing. She promised herself she’d only rest for a few minutes.

Corus sat back, happy with his work. It took about two hours, but he’d done it. He went to clean up and froze when he found the little woman curled up near his sink. He could think of a million reasons she was out here, most leaving him hopeful. She might be curious about him too. She probably fell asleep watching him work, it wasn’t an exciting task. This was good though, he could have her make sure his work on the table would help her stay safe.

He pulled up a chair planning to just wait for her to wake up. He hesitated when he noticed her small body shaking. If he held his breath and leaned close he could barely hear the chattering of teeth. He couldn’t leave her like this. He went off to find a blanket she could use until she woke up. It only took a few minutes, he half expected she’d be gone when he came back. There was a sense of relief that she hadn’t disappeared. He still thought he made her up. He set the blanket down over her and rested his own head on his arms in front of her. Hopefully they could talk when she woke up.

Mira was warm and a gentle breeze was passing over her. She didn’t remember that from when she fell asleep, but she liked it. She couldn’t quite place the smell on the wind, but it was making it better. She felt calm for the first time since this new human had shown up. She sat up with eyes wide, she’d fallen asleep near the sink she shouldn’t be warm. In front of her was the human she was watching, the soap she hid behind gone.

She started to panic when she realized the breeze was his breath. She stood, pausing as the cloth fell off her. He had given her a blanket and that didn’t match what she knew of him. She stared at his serene face, she could almost forget the way he’d lashed out before. The close calls she’s had. Shaking away the thought she started to leave. She cursed herself as she tripped over the cloth and knocked into something. She turned back to face him, watching his eyes open and lock on her.

“Hey, did you sleep well?” he asked. She felt like that was some sick joke. The best plan would be refusing to speak and running away. She knew she wasn’t in a position to argue, but her luck had already gone bad.

“How could I sleep well with a literal giant a few inches from me?” she sneered. The human jumped and she tensed for the anger he’d shown in the past. He would be mad at her and lash out. She would break even easier than the walls.

“I guess I hadn’t thought of that.” He almost sounded remorseful. Mira wouldn’t fall for his trick. Humans would lie and cheat, that's their nature. The elderly couple did it to each other and this one lied to the lady who came to the door a lot. She wouldn’t fall for anything.

“I’ll be leaving then.” She started walking off. She wanted to appear confident, hoping he wouldn’t try to grab her. Running into his hand yesterday was more than enough. She wasn’t willing to dwell on the feeling of his flesh.

“Wait, please.” She kept walking. The longer he played kind, the better chance of escape she had. The shadow of his hand over her made her heart race, she couldn’t run just yet. “I sanded down the table and added some nails to the edges. Your fish hook shouldn’t fall again. Would you want to test it while I’m here just in case? Also, uh could I maybe know your name?”

She kept walking away. She glanced at the table, it did look different. He had just let her sleep too. He had plenty of chances until now to be what she expected and he hadn’t. She couldn’t just forget that night in the walls of his room. He had almost killed her and he never would have known. Her family would never have known what happened to her either. He was too dangerous to be near, she had to remember that. The entrance was close just a dash and she’d be safe. She wouldn’t use this one anymore, but she had a choice to make. She knew she was making the wrong one, but she didn’t care at that moment.

“Mira,” she said. Her voice cracked, her fear was coming through. She cleared her throat and inched away from the human who had leaned closer when she spoke. “My name is Mira.”

She disappeared once the words were said. She wasn’t risking him getting any closer. She leaned heavily against the wall and slid down to the floor. She waited for him to do something. He knew her name now, legends of a time where humans would use that flew through her mind. Legends have to start from something. She opened a door by giving her name, fear made her want to slam it shut. Curiosity had her wondering if he’d step through.

“Mira,” Corus whispered to himself. It seemed almost too normal. He was expecting her to be named something he couldn’t picture for a person. He smiled, he wanted this to mean she’d talk to him again. He walked away, pausing to look around his cabinet. He couldn’t see anywhere she could have gone, it was amazing. She was amazing. He wondered where else she had hidden openings.

He walked into his room and looked around. He almost wanted to see if he could find one here. He lost his focus looking at the discolored part of his wall. Zeke had left it like that after he lost his temper again. A way to help him try to stop lashing out. That night itself was normal, he got angry, punched the wall, got mad at himself and contacted Zeke. Something felt like it was sitting at the edge of his mind.

He could faintly remember staring up at the hole in the wall from his bed. He’d been mad that he lost his temper again. Glaring at the damage he caused and swearing he’d get better. There was something there that night though. A hint of color he thought he imagined. A bright pink and lavender that was gone as quickly as it appeared. He wrote it off before, the colors didn’t make sense. Now he could picture the face of the woman from his walls. The woman who was terrified and seemed unwilling to come near him.

“Fuck,” he breathed.

He had no way to know how close he’d come that night. Any night or day since then either. How many times had she just barely avoided a death sentence? His home was littered with signs of times he lost his temper and lashed out. Impulse control had been something he lacked for a long time. Coupled with a temper and now knowing about her he felt sick. He ran back to his kitchen nearly falling as he slid around a corner. He started knocking on the wall desperate to find out he was wrong.

“Mira, I hope you can hear me!” he tried. He was louder than he ever was here. He was terrified of what he might have done to her. “You’ve been here since I moved in, right? I’m sorry if I ever came close to hurting you when I lost my temper! I’ve never been great at handling it and I can only imagine how scared I’ve made you. I would never hurt you, I don’t want to ever hurt you. I’d like to be friends if possible, maybe just roommates or something?”

Mira’s whole body tensed when the knocking started. She knew it wouldn’t be so easy as getting to just go home. When he started apologizing for how close he came to hurting her it almost made her laugh. An apology didn’t take away the nights she spent terrified. It didn’t make the times she survived by pure luck go away.

He knew she was alive, he knew she could speak and think like he did. She was going to keep making her bad decisions. She slipped out of her entrance and stared up at the looming figure. She had to ignore the innate fear brought on by his looming shadow. She pushed away the way the hopeful look in his eyes made her feel.

“You think an apology makes up for you nearly killing me?” she asked. Her voice was cold and steady. She hadn’t heard herself like this before. “Do you have any idea how terrifying it is to wonder if this time getting food will get you killed? Other humans have caught me and I was let go, maybe with a few bruises. Every time you came close I knew that I’d probably die. You could ‘lose your temper’ and take it out on me. You’re more reckless than the child I’d been seen by. I wouldn’t be able to stop you. If I was slower, less careful, I’d be dead and it would be because of you.”

Mira kept her glare locked on the human’s eyes. She wouldn’t let fear make her seem weak at this point. Achingly slowly he crouched down until his eyes were level with her. She had to fight everything in her that screamed to back away. She didn’t speak out like this, not at home or when she was sent away, she wouldn’t look weak now that she did. He looked hurt and she did feel a little guilty. She didn’t do anything with the feeling building instead staring into his eyes and waiting. He sighed and looked away, as if he couldn’t face her.

“You’re right,” his voice was quiet and almost hoarse. “An apology doesn’t change what happened. I… I would like a chance to show you I can change. That I won’t hurt you and you can trust me… I…”

Mira wasn’t willing to pretend a large violent human wasn’t terrifying. He’d broken so many things that, to her, were nearly indestructible. At the same time he stopped her from jumping to what would have been her death. He saved her from a fall and didn’t try to find her when she hid. He kept from grabbing her and kept offering small promises that she would be safe. She was living here because of humans… She’d make another risky choice and see if maybe she’d been wrong about him all this time.

“I’m leaving. I’ll be gone from here by tomorrow. I won’t ever come back here, just forget everything about me,” she directed. She turned to leave. She’d watch and see what he did. If he changed, good, if he didn’t she’d still be safe until she could get together a warning for anyone who comes here and move on.

“Is there anything I can do to help?” he asked. His guilt was eating through him. He knew he might hurt someone with how his temper got. The idea that he almost killed someone and he’d never have known was worse. He wanted to at least help her get somewhere safe after leaving.

“No.”

She disappeared behind the cabinet before he could try anything else. She moved in where she’d be out of reach and waited. She heard the sound of footsteps and waited for them to fade. She ran home and grabbed her bag. She’d stock up on what she could and just watch for a while. If he changed then she’d stay for good. If he found her again she’d make something up until she got away.

Corus sighed as he sat on his bed. He just made someone terrified enough that she’s leaving her home. He shouldn’t have taken the chance to move here after his grandparents were put in a care facility. He stared at the discolored part of his wall, guilt eating at him. He couldn’t stop her from leaving, but he’d make sure anyone else like her would feel safe around here. He started ordering some stress balls to keep all over the house. He ordered some books to his tablet on handling anger, too. He had to make things work this time.

Mira spied on the human for over a month. He was playing with strange items and mumbling to himself more often. His outbursts still happened, but he wasn’t breaking the wall or the doors anymore. It was an improvement at least. She had to rely on supplies from outside to stay hidden. If the mushrooms and herbs near the house hadn’t been picked clean by something she’d be fine. The colder weather would keep her struggling outdoors at all.

She moved slowly as she left the vent in the human’s room. He was in there more often than before. It worked for her. She stopped home and checked her supplies. She’d seen him scrutinizing things, it was too much of a risk to take directly from him at this point. She grabbed her coat and dumped out her bag. She needed to get some food from outside, especially before the snow the television predicted for tomorrow.

She pushed the exterior panel out of its place. She took a quick look around before sliding out and pushing the panel back in place. There was even less than the last time she’d been outside. She knew it would be a bad winter for her at this rate. She sighed, choosing to check the far edges of the house. She had been lucky in the past, but her track record with luck was running thin.

She might have to move despite the weather. At least for the winter. She could take a test trip towards the other home nearby, see how the trip would go. Although she seemed to remember the older couple complaining about animals nearby. The neighbor had something they called rats, but knew that wasn’t the right term. She grimaced, starting to look around for anything she could take.

Her luck was continuing to turn south. It was light out, her cloak wouldn’t hide her here. A human was nearby, she only saw their feet before a scream sounded. It was so loud, humans were always so loud, she had to cover her ears. Something slammed down on her while she was frozen from the shout. She just barely avoided getting her leg caught under the thing. She stared at the roof, the hoods of her jacket and cloak falling off. She ran to an edge, ceramic… It was one of the flower holders the older couple kept.

“Oh, Corus, perfect timing!” the human yelled. She recognized the voice of the neighbor always pushing for him to place traps. She grimaced, this might actually be where she dies. “I was taking a look at the old pots and found something scurrying around. I caught it, I remembered you said you try not to hurt the small things please come deal with it!”

“I’ll take care of it, you can head home with the others. I wanted to keep a few anyway. No reason to be here when I have to lift the pot up, right?” he said.

She felt the footsteps rocking through her as the one who trapped her left. The human she didn’t want near her again continued to approach. She felt the footsteps stop and had a moment of hope that both humans would leave her be. Instead a new heavier impact knocked her off her feet. She pushed herself up to stare above her, fear freezing her in place. She knew humans were dangerous, she knew she was at risk living like this. Any luck she had left was gone and she’d have to finally face humans who knew she was alive and scared.

Corus sighed as he placed his hands on the flower pot. Of course now is when his ‘helpful’ neighbor decided to look at the stuff he said she could have. He was getting sick of her neighborly kindness. She killed most of the mushrooms and herbs around the back of the house his grandparents always kept. They said something about helping the wingless. He never quite got it. He made sure he blocked the view his neighbor could have, he wouldn’t risk her learning about little people if it was someone like Mira.

“Hey, I’m lifting the flower pot now,” he mumbled. He slowly lifted it up so the opening was away from his house. He was waiting to feel stupid as a mouse or something scurried away from him. He didn’t expect to meet terrified pink eyes staring up at him. She was here, did that mean something happened? He hoped she had lied, he’d prefer she didn’t come back because she was in trouble.

They both stared for a minute before he remembered his neighbor was still watching. He cupped his hands around her, the yelp made him feel worse doing this. He carefully pushed her onto his hand. The way she shook made him feel like a monster. He had to cover her with his other hand so his neighbor would think he just found an injured animal. He had to climb up to his feet, the way she moved in his hands had him feeling awful.

“Looks like it’s injured,” he called out. He felt Mira flinch and pulled his hands closer. He wished he could tell her she’s still safe, that he’s making sure she’s not in worse danger. “I have a cage inside to keep it in until it’s healed.”

Corus hated how her shaking got worse. She probably thought he was actually going to trap her in a cage. He would need to get a fence or something to keep the woman out of his yard. He tried not to be obvious as he rushed inside, he was worried she might actually be hurt. In the worst case she could be in shock. He tried to hold her a bit more firmly so there was no chance of making a broken limb worse. He’d just set her on his bed and go from there.

Mira started shaking as the human spoke. She had two thoughts fighting for the focus of her mind. He was nice before, he hadn’t grabbed her until now, it could be him trying to convince the other human she was just a mouse. Unfortunately the winning thought was that he was keeping her. He let her go once and he wouldn’t risk her leaving again. She tried to go limp, but when the warm digits tightened she tensed and started shaking again. They were longer than she was tall. She was barely anything to him.

She gasped as light flooded her vision. She waited for the harsh feeling of the floor of a cage. Instead she landed on a soft surface. She never expected to wind up here. She pressed down on the soft surface, human beds were softer than she imagined. She couldn’t bring herself to face the eyes burning her skin. She didn’t want to see the greedy look of having captured something he could keep.

“Did I hurt you when I picked you up? Did the flower pot hurt you?” he asked, his voice was quiet. She slowly looked up at his eyes. She felt like she could swim in the blue looking over her. “Are you all right?”

She didn’t trust she could make her voice work. She stared at him, he seemed genuinely worried. He was nicer than most of the people she knew before she came here. Every time he found her, he helped her or let her go. The couple before him would grab her and put her away thinking she was just a forgotten toy. He’d been so violent and yet now he was kind and careful. Those hands were the first human hands that didn’t bruise her or squeeze her.

“Why do you keep helping me?” she asked. Her voice was weak. She couldn’t understand and she knew she should be silent. She should wait for the human to decide how to treat her and move on. A part of her wanted him to be as kind as he was acting.

“Well, you’re a person and I tend to help people when I can,” he answered. He sounded confused, but she kept her eyes locked on him. He looked away from her. “At first I was curious, I couldn’t believe someone like you existed. Smaller than even my fingers… Then I realized you had probably seen me getting angry and I honestly tried to ignore it. I just wanted to know what you were and who you were. Then when you told me your name I remembered seeing a flash of color pretty close to when I moved in… I realized I’d probably come close to hurting you or worse.”

“So it’s guilt.” She could work with that. It was a lot easier to work with than pity. She could make him leave her alone with guilt.

“No, I’m helping because you’re a person. I mean I do feel guilty about what I did, but that’s not why I’m helping you. I figured you probably lived here before me, I don’t want you scared of your own home. You don’t have to leave.”

She let the words sink in. He just wanted to help another person. That felt nice, being seen as someone equal. Even at home she was always in trouble, only Kaya was there to help her. Even her parents had their limits. He could be lying though. He had a curiosity and he could try to make her answer questions. She wouldn’t let her know about her home and she couldn’t say much about herself. She wasn’t sure he’d accept that, but she couldn’t move and risk someone running into him trying to find her in an emergency.

“What do you want from me if I stay?” she asked. She stared into his eyes, there was a light in them that made her feel weird. A good weird.

“Nothing, I guess… I mean I can’t make you talk to me,” he started, but she made a face. “Ok, I can make you do things, but I wouldn’t. I’d like to be friends if possible, roommates at least so you don’t have to sneak around. I’m guessing you do plenty around the house for your share of the bills.” He winked at her, that good weird feeling grew.

“What if I say pretend I don’t exist unless it’s an emergency?”

“I do that.”

“If I don’t say that, how would you ‘get to know’ me?”

“Maybe meals together sometimes. Talking now and then, I could show you anything you’re curious about. No matter what you choose you don’t have to sneak around, and if I don’t have something you need you can just ask me about it.”

“I can try for meals now and then, and maybe we can talk sometimes. I can change my mind at any time, deal?”

“Deal,” he smiled. She flinched when his hand came close, but he just held a finger out to her. She lifted an arm slowly and placed a hand against the digit. She couldn’t believe the way his finger could encompass her hand. He brought his thumb close and covered her hand and arm. He moved his fingers up and down slightly before letting her go. She pulled her hand to her face and stared at it. She wasn’t hurt.

She looked up at him, his face was full of awe. She couldn’t hold back her laughter at how goofy his face was. He blushed when she started laughing only to join with her soon. She was feeling lighter than she had in years. She hadn’t spoken to someone in so long and now this was the direction of her life. She had a voice in her mind telling her how wrong it was, but being alone was getting harder. If it went bad she was the only one in danger, the way she was supposed to be.

“Do you want to try dinner tonight?” he asked. She hadn’t had a good meal in a while. She hadn’t eaten with anyone in years. She could get supplies tomorrow, maybe even try the not sneaking around idea.

“I’ll meet you in the kitchen,” she smirked. He gave her a look, but got up and left. She was shocked he didn’t try to change her mind. She climbed down the sheet on the bed to the floor. She reached the lower entrance that she never got around to sealing up. This was the start of something. The voice in her head telling her of all the dangers was starting to quiet down too.

#gt #giant/tiny #g/t #giant tiny #g/t writing #gt writing #gianttiny #g/t community #gt community #gtjuly #GTJuly2022 #day 15 redraw #OC:Mira #OC:Corus

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awkwardgtace · 2 years

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Dancing in the rain ... Rrr Corus and Mira I feel like is them

I'll be honest i immediately thought of Corus showing Mira singing in the rain and her getting obsessed. That's the video and song she keeps thinking about lol. This also takes place after Corus and Mira have gotten back to normal from their one argument.

Dancing In The Rain

Hey Mira, can you come out here?” Corus called. Thunder crashed as if to punctuate his request.

It was the first time since she said the rain looked fun he asked her to leave the walls. A part of her wanted to say no, but she didn’t want to be alone with her thoughts during a storm. She grabbed her hook and made her way out to the kitchen counter. He had a big smile on his face as he watched her walk out. He set his hand down next to her and she gave him a look. He had already switched to pleading eyes spurring her onto his palm. He pulled his hand close and hid her against his chest.

“I have a surprise,” he hummed.

She made a face, but didn’t ask. She just focused on his heartbeat, shocked when the rain seemed to get louder. She grabbed his shirt tightly, there’s no way he would just have them go out in the rain… would he? Even on a table it would be a lot with it pelting down on her. He started to pull his hand from his chest, the chill in the air made her shiver. He tilted his palm and had her land on the table they used while Zeke built the fence.

Mira looked around at the weird shelter he dropped her under. She didn’t need it under the umbrella attached to the table. He smirked and pulled the umbrella closed. Her eyes went wide as she covered her head to avoid the pouring rain. It took a few seconds, but the water that started falling wasn’t overwhelming like she expected. It felt like she thought the rain from the video would feel.

She looked up and saw Corus soaked and smiling. She didn’t understand. He pulled out his phone and placed it next to her. Music started to play quietly. It was the song from the video. He crouched down meeting her eyes from the shelter.

“What is this?” she asked. His eyes sparkled as he stood back up to his full height. She was kind of enjoying the way the rain felt in her shelter.

“You’re surprise. You said it looked fun out in the rain, well let’s have fun.”

She started laughing when Corus joined the lyrics of the song. He was offkey and she knew it was on purpose. He started to dance around and in only a second she started to follow him. The music played from movies she’d watched with him and they each sang along horribly. It was as fun as she thought it would be. She closed her eyes and just danced around her personal storm.

“You look like you could be part of the rain,” Corus whispered. She looked out at where his voice came from. At some point he stopped dancing and just started watching her. “I feel like the clouds will clear and you could just disappear as the water dries again.”

“Well,” she started. She stepped out, careful of the large drops falling outside her shelter. She placed her hands on his face. “I guess you’ll just have to make sure to come out here each time there’s a storm and catch me again.”

Corus placed a hand around her. She leaned into the warm touch. His hands were callused from all the things he’d done through the years. She’d seen him change and learn to control the fire that burns when he’s angry. At this point they felt safe to her, nothing could change that. He wrapped his fingers around her and pressed her against his nose. She sighed, the warmth seeping into her bones. She hadn’t realized how cold it was.

“You know I’d just follow the storms if I could see you again.” She laughed and pressed herself against him. He tightened his hold on her slightly. She could see the drops hitting his face and hand. She was starting to love the rain.

“We should go inside… Can we do this again?”

“Mira, if I get to see you like that again, I’d just turn on the hose for your own private storms.”

#gt community #awkwardanswers #gt #giant/tiny #g/t #giant tiny #g/t writing #gt writing #g/t community #g/t fluff #gt fluff #OC:Mira #OC:Corus

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awkwardgtace · 1 year

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58.

so at first i got two of these asking for the same number and it looked the same. So I wasn't sure what to do or if they were the same. I finally thought of one with Assassin Mira and borrower Corus :D Prompt List

Work Prep

Mira had to finish researching the methods her latest client wanted. They weren’t exactly kind. Usually she’d refuse, but she could slip a quick death in. She just needed to pick the one she would fake having used. It wasn’t hard to fool her clients. She was lucky Zeke was with Kaya and Corus was distracted. This wouldn’t go over well with either of them.

It was easy to lose herself to this. The research was mindless, often adapting things she’d been trained to do. The worst was when she had to learn something new. The things she found would be hard to stomach for anyone else. She wanted to be done before Corus got curious. Before Kaya came back with Zeke. Before they could remember just what her job was.

“Oh my god…”

Corus’s voice made her blood run cold. She turned to see him, he looked almost as pale as when she’d first met him. She slammed the laptop closed and brought her hands around him. She expected him to shy away, but he leaned against her fingers. She wrapped them around him and lifted his small form off the table.

“You look like you’re about to pass out,” she whispered. Corus hugged her fingers, she pulled him close to her chest. “Why were you watching me work?”

Mira cupped her hand to her chest, pulling her fingers from around Corus. He shuffled in her hold to lean against her heart. She always found it a bit funny how easily she let him near her weak spots. In the past she was positive she’d never trust someone like this, but now she would never stop holding him close.

“I thought if I learned too I could try to help more,” Corus said. She grimaced, ever since the night he snuck along he’d tried to offer his help. She wouldn't deny someone as small as him would make a number of things easier, but she wouldn’t risk him. It wasn’t uncommon for someone to have another person like her around to keep an eye out for dangers.

Mira made her way out of her room to rest on the couch. She didn’t want to keep him near the computer, she had no idea how long he’d been watching. She curled her fingers around him again. A soft groan escaped his small frame. She pulled him up to her neck and let him go right next to her. She shivered as he moved to get comfortable.

“I’ve told you before that I’m not bringing you along,” she sighed.

That apparently made him upset. He started to climb up next to her. He set his small hands on her skin to balance as walked. Eventually she turned her head to face him. His hand was set on the tip of her nose right as she moved. He still looked sick, but he was serious as he stared into her eyes.

“I can help you! You said I was helpful that time by accident, so imagine how helpful I can be on purpose,” he insisted. She brought her hand up and pressed him against her face. She felt him push against her, pulling her hand back and laughing when he stumbled. He started laughing with her.

“Look even if you help you’re not going to be killing anyone,” she said as she ran a finger down his back. “I’m the only one who’s going to have blood on their hands.”

Corus marched up to her and set both his hands on her nose. He lifted himself up, it made Mira wince. He climbed up to sit on top of her cheek and stare down into her eye. She was tempted to reach up and grab him. To make him sit between her eyes rather than staring down while her head was on its side.

“When I help I’ll help with all of it,” he whispered. He leaned forward until his face was blurred in her vision. “If you’re staining your hands I’ll stain mine.”

Mira brought a hand up over him. He didn’t even move as the shadow of her hand covered him. She slid her fingers around his waist and pulled him off her face. She set him down in front of her lips and moved her hand to trap him. Slowly she leaned forward and pressed her lips against him.

“If you help, we’ll see what help I need,” she mumbled. He shivered and she knew at least the conversation was done. “Let’s just relax for now, you still look pale.”

“I’m always pale,” he mumbled, but still relaxed against her. She kissed him once he’d gone limp getting a squeak from the small man.

#awkwardanswers #oc:mira #oc:corus #humanMira #gt #giant/tiny #g/t #giant tiny #g/t writing #gt writing #gianttiny #gt community #g/t community

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awkwardgtace · 11 months

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Here for the prompts, was wondering if you had anything for these

🌠 If they could have one wish immediately granted with no conditions, what would they ask for? (for Allesia, Ash, Delphia)

👋 Do they have any habitual gestures? Any gestures that they specifically avoid? (Melody and Kyrie)

🎃 What would they dress as for Halloween/a costume party? (you choose!)

Thank you!! Took a bit to get the time to answer but finally able to <3

Ask Game

🌠 If they could have one wish immediately granted with no conditions, what would they ask for?

Ash: To understand the perspective they tend not to share with Alessia and Delphia.

Delphia: To spend just a day the same as her partners so she could show how much she loves them.

Alessia: That she and those she cares about were all the same size. She would give anything to be able to have no disparities between each other.

👋 Do they have any habitual gestures? Any gestures that they specifically avoid?

Melody: She is constantly doing like stretches with her hands. Like stretching her fingers out and slowly curling them in, cracking knuckles, stretching her fingers as far back as they can safely go. A lot of just limbering them cause she tends to keep her hands in a typing/mouse grip pretty often. Melody avoids holding her arms near her stomach, she doesn't want to remind people about her weight.

Kyrie: He's almost always tilting his head to the side. Any thought or question and he's tilted. Melody finds it cute. He avoids copying Melody's hand movements usually. He worries that it'll make her nervous. He tends to do them without thinking when he wants to hold her though.

🎃 What would they dress as for Halloween/a costume party?

Mira and Corus: They would 100% do a couple costume of the characters from Haven.

#awkwardanswers #oc:mira #oc:corus #oc:kyrie #oc:melody #oc:ash #oc:seer/delphia #oc:Alessia

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awkwardgtace · 2 years

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Building Friendship

day 10 friendship. so that creature story gets a follow up of kaya and mira building their friendship

Building Friendship

Kaya had made their decision. Today they were going to touch Mira’s fur. Corus and Zeke were out, they wanted to go look at the stores nearby. It was almost unbelievable how much they had set up for humans to live with alongside the giant beings here. They even had special fabric to make it harder for humans to get hurt. It was pretty amazing.

Kaya climbed up the ladder Mira attached to the table. Her tail was resting on it and twitching. Mira’s fur seemed to shift sometimes, getting fluffier. They wanted to touch it so badly, but didn’t want her upset. They knew she was changing her habits for the three of them. Kaya noticed when her steps started to cause more tremors. It was right after Zeke said it was weird how silent she moved.

They made it face to face with the giant woman’s tail. Kaya took a deep breath and started to reach forward. Corus said that her ears felt softer than any cat he’d pet. They had been watching her tail for a while, she didn’t move it much. They finally pressed a hand to the soft fur. It was almost indescribably soft. They wanted to just lay against it.

Sadly they didn’t have a chance to admire it for long. Mira’s tail whipped and sent them flying. They let out a scream, even if they’d survive this would hurt. They squeezed their eyes shut as the ground seemed to approach them. They landed on something warm and soft instead.

“Are you ok?” Mira asked. Kaya opened their eyes and let out the breath they were holding. Mira caught them just before the ground. They had to try and calm their heart.

“Yeah, I am… thanks,” they smiled. Mira offered her own small smile back before returning to where she’d been resting. “You really are like a cat…”

Mira made a face as she set Kaya down. They were near her head as she settled back in. Mira had her arms under her head, but her ears were pricked up. Kaya felt like there was something they were missing. They wanted to get to know her more, she seemed on edge around them. It made sense, their meeting was pretty rough.

“Can I ask something?” she whispered. Kaya smiled.

“Of course!” Kaya’s voice was louder than they meant it to be. Mira’s ears twitched in response before laying back against her head.

“What’s a cat?” Kaya’s eyes widened. They started laughing, she was basically part cat and didn’t know what it was. The pout on her face made Kaya feel a bit guilty. “I don’t know most human animals… I never heard of cats before, but you keep calling me one.”

“Cats are animals we keep as pets. They have soft fur sometimes and hunt small animals…” Mira’s face dropped. Kaya couldn’t understand why being called a cat would make her sad though. “The way you move your tail makes me think of big cats, like lions and leopards. Although your fur color is different than any I’ve ever seen.”

“Oh…” Mira turned her head into her arms. They wanted to get her to look at them. Kaya thought she’d like hearing about cats since she asked. “In the future you shouldn’t go by my tail. I have less control of that, my ears are safer.”

Kaya nodded. They thought Mira would lift her head again, but she kept it down. They went a bit closer to her. Now would be the best chance to touch her ears, but something was wrong. It seemed like hearing what a cat was made her upset. They reached forward, past her ears, and touched her head. She stiffened under their small hand.

“What are you doing?” she whispered. If they were her size they wouldn’t have heard her. They started to pet her head, they did it for Corus when he was upset too.

“You seemed upset, I usually do this to my friends when they’re upset,” they explained. Mira jumped up looking at them with slightly red eyes. They weren’t wrong, she’d been holding something in while her head was hidden.

“What do you mean friends? Aren’t I like a cat? Dangerous to you?” Her voice broke and Kaya felt like an idiot. Of course hearing they hunt small animals would sound like she’s dangerous. They felt their own eyes growing wet.

“I like cats… besides you aren’t dangerous. I just told you what they’re like…”

They paused thinking again about the night they met her. Mira chasing them like prey and tearing the head off that weird creature. They shivered at the memory of that thing’s eyes. Mira pulled away from them. Sitting up straight and looking away.

“You know, even though you three said you wanted to stay with me, they're still building a place in the human district. You don’t have to stay here… I’m not going to do anything if you leave,” she murmured. Kaya’s eyes widened, they didn’t want to leave.

“Do you want us to leave?” they asked.

Mira didn’t look at them, but shook her head. It helped them relax. They climbed down from the perch she put them on. They weren’t good at it, but walked over to Mira and placed a hand on her leg. It was weird to see the difference in their size up close. They seemed like something insignificant next to her like this.

“It’s ok if you want to though. I mean, I guess I am a cat and being a… small thing near that is probably terrifying. I’m used to being seen as scary,” she laughed. Kaya hated that laugh from her. They leaned against her before sliding down to take a seat.

“It wasn’t exactly the same, but no one liked us back in our old town. We ran because they were planning to use us as scapegoats for something that caused a lot of trouble. It was a close community and I’d moved for work. Zeke and Corus had been on their own for a long time. I don’t really know why….” they said.

They half expected Mira to decide that meant they had to go back. One of her hands came close and fingers surrounded them. Mira’s claws were pressing into their skin, but didn’t break it. They were brought up to her face before she opened her hand to leave them sitting in the open. She leaned forward and pressed her nose against their chest.

“I’m sorry that was why you had to leave,” she murmured. Her voice this close made Kaya’s chest rumble. They hugged her nose, this was nice. It was weirdly fun to be held by someone so carefully. “I’m sure there are other places if you want to go back to humans. We can get a lot farther than you would on your own.”

“Nope, I want to stay here. I want to be friends… if you want to be at least,” they said. Mira started to purr like that night they met. Kaya laughed as the purr started to make them shake. “Is that a yes?”

“Oh!” She pulled them back, the purr still rumbling from her chest. “Sorry… I don’t usually purr like this.”

“I think it’s fun. I kind of like knowing someone who’s a giant cat.” They laughed and smiled as the purring grew louder. Mira smiled at them, those fangs should be terrifying, but she felt like an overgrown kitten. “Wait, do you actually need to sleep as much as a cat does?!”

“I mean, I only need normal amounts of sleep, I just don't usually have other things to do…”

“Looks like I have an excuse to wake you up more often!” Mira nuzzled against them again.

“Hey guys we’re back!” Corus called out. Mira pulled Kaya down to her chest and looked over at the two humans entering the home. They dragged a cloth bag behind them. “We found what we were looking for! Mira, can you come take a look at this?”

Kaya looked up at her and patted her hand. They saw her ears relax before she stood and walked over to them. She got on her knees and set Kaya down next to the others. She reached for the bag as the other two stepped away. She lifted the bag and Kaya gave them a curious look. They had smirks on their faces. Mira opened the bag and once she smelled it her pupils blew wide.

“She really is a cat!” Zeke shouted. Corus was laughing. Kaya was worried and walked towards her. They got closer to her, but she started shifting. The lavender fur was covering the pale skin. “Mira?”

She reached out to grab the three humans in her furry fingers. Kaya stared up at those wide eyes, the pink was almost impossible to see. She brought them close to her face. They had a bit of fear as she brought them closer. Until finally she held them against her cheek and started to purr. All three humans started laughing.

“Did you two get catnip?” Kaya asked as Mira brought them over to the spot she’d been resting earlier. She curled up, placing the three near her heart.

“I thought she might like it, I kind of like this reaction,” Corus smiled. He buried his head against her chest. The purring grew louder and Kaya pressed into the fur too. Zeke held them as he got comfortable. This would be a fun friendship.

#gt #giant/tiny #g/t #giant tiny #g/t writing #gt writing #gianttiny #g/t community #gt community #gtjuly #GTJuly2022 #day 10 friendship #OC:Mira #OC:Kaya #OC:Corus #OC:Zeke #need an actual au name maybe

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awkwardgtace · 1 year

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For the battery ask game, my phones at 86% and oc is up to u :3

work was super busy so i'm finally getting to answer this ask! ask list is here

86%. What is your characters educational background if they have one? Did they choose to go to college/university after graduation? What is their major?

sooo most of my characters in their default aus have pretty much no education lol. I will give you an answer from a few that do have it in their original stories Mikhail: He went to private school until he started living with his aunt, it was public school after that. He went to a prestigious college (good grades cause he didn't like going out because of his shifting) and got two degrees in anthropology and folklore. He is incredibly respected in his field enough that he's managed to keep any research into the tiny people mythos to a minimum

Melody: She went to public school her whole life and went to an in state college for Computer Science. Originally she was going to drop out, but then her siren blood kicked in so it was a good back up for a career.

Corus: He went to private schools most of his life, but a public high school. He went to college because his parents pushed for it and wound up majoring in cyber security. He's now a network engineer who gets to work from home most of the time, but now and then he has to go into the office

#awkwardanswers #oc:melody #oc:mik/mikhail #oc:corus #i have others i could do #both in their og universes and aus

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awkwardgtace · 2 years

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Morning Surprises

day 19 same size. Assassin Mira wakes up to someone impossible on top of her

Morning Surprises

Mira woke up to a heavy feeling on top of her. She knew it well, a person bigger than her was there. She had a million ideas run through her head, but the first was Corus. Zeke wasn’t here, he’d gone to Kaya’s. She couldn’t feel the small man on her chest, and her hands were free. She took a deep breath and heard a groan near her ears. She didn’t have much time before this person acted.

She slowly slid her arms up until she had herself positioned just right. The person on top of her was on their back, a strange choice for her line of work. She snapped her eyes open and shoved the person off her. She jumped up and pushed them down, twisting their arms behind their back. She held their arms together firmly with one hand and pulled a dagger from beneath her bed. She leaned forward and held the dagger to their throat.

“Who are you and how did you find me?” she growled. The form beneath her felt oddly familiar, but she couldn’t place it. The hair just below the strangers broad shoulders was cut unevenly. They started to struggle, but she pricked their neck with her blade. “Tell me now and what you did with the small man that was with me.”

“Mira? I-is that you? You sound a lot quieter, can you let me up?” the stranger asked. The voice made her pause, it sounded like Corus. It couldn’t be him though, he’s small enough to hold in one hand. She pressed their arms down into their back.

“I’m not playing around, if you tell me where he is and who sent you I’ll give you a quick death.”

“Mira, it’s me, it’s Corus! Please don’t.”

She wasn’t happy this person was playing games. They must have bugged her home. She stood up and kicked them off her bed. She grabbed a gun off the top of the cabinet and kicked a pillow onto their chest. She stepped off, glaring at the person on the ground. They looked identical to the small man currently missing. She wasn’t foolish, she knew the way disguises could go. She straddled them as they tried to get up, they almost seemed confused while they moved.

“I won't ask you again, what did you do with Corus? You’ve been watching me long enough to think you’d succeed like this. Where is he?” she growled. The stranger's eyes widened as she aimed the gun at them. They tried to struggle, she was actually impressed by their strength. She knew how to combat a stronger opponent, she’s had to for her life. “One more move and I’ll shoot you now.”

“Mira, wait!” they shouted. She almost faltered hearing her name in that voice, but it couldn’t be him. “It’s really me, I don’t know what’s going on. You met me and Zeke because one of us stole a needle you laced with poison. I know we never said it, but I took it from you. I’d been getting a bit more brazen to try and prove to Zeke you were leaving things out on purpose!”

“You have until the count of three. One…”

“Y-you didn’t know how to deal with us right after and started to avoid us. I kept trying to be near you and eventually you gave in! I sleep on your chest or in your hand when you’re home.”

“Two.” She cocked the gun, she’d avoided using them after the two borrowers moved in. Corus wasn’t here and neither was Zeke. She gripped the pillow in one hand, she knew how to handle this.

“You’re Lavender. A master assassin. You knew we were here for a while, you never told us exactly how long.” She narrowed her eyes, some of that was information anyone who’d found her could learn. Especially if they managed to sneak in and take Corus while she slept. They probably drugged her.

“Three.” She moved the pillow in front of the gun.

“Wait! Wait! The first time we kissed was after I followed along on a mission because I snuck in a bag you were taking. You had some weird stuff on your lips that covered me in cherry goo and I said you shouldn’t clean me off until we were done!”

Mira let her arm fall to her side. There was no way to know that unless it was really him. Even if her home was bugged there was no way to know which car she’d go to after that night. She stood up and moved away from him… from Corus. She emptied the gun and set it aside, he could hurt himself now. He didn’t know how to use it. She turned and watched as he climbed to his feet.

He was taller than her by a lot. She looked up at him, taking in all the details she couldn’t usually make out on his face. She would have killed him. She almost killed him. She was seconds from pulling the trigger. She stared at her hands, she was shaking. She was even more dangerous than when he was a few inches tall.

She jumped when large hands covered her own. She tried to pull away, but he held her firmly. He held both her hands in one hand before placing one under her chin. He made her look up and he was smiling at her. She couldn’t understand how he’d smile at her after that. She didn’t know what to do.

“Did you know, I wondered if I’d be taller than you if I was a human? I guess I wondered if you’d be shorter than me as a borrower too,” he laughed. She tugged away again, but he was stronger than her. She couldn’t outmatch in raw strength, and that kept her hands firmly in his grip.

“How… why are you human? This doesn’t make sense. I-I…” she tried. She couldn’t figure it out. He finally let her hands go and pulled her tightly into a hug. He rested his head on hers and she tried to push away.

“I don’t know and I don’t care. It was kind of cool seeing how you’d act if a random human did break in. At least I’d know what to expect now.” He pressed his hand against the back of her head. It felt weird having someone human holding her. It was almost nice having someone like this, but this wasn’t Corus either.

“I… I almost killed you.” She didn’t even know how loud to be now. The arms around her tightened and he started to pet her head. “I… this proves how unsafe I am for you.”

“You almost killed someone who was suddenly in the legendary assassin’s home and might have taken someone you cared about.”

She shook her head and tried to squirm away. He didn’t let her, holding her tighter. For the first time she got a good look at the clothes he wore. They had such perfect stitches, but the cloth felt strange. She felt bad even touching it, her hands were drenched in blood. If he was human for good he could be free of the dark world she exists in.

“Mira, I don’t know what’s going through your head, but I really want to just see your face right now. I’m pretty sure if I let go you’re going to run away though. Will you please stay?” he whispered. His whispering voice sounded odd. His voice felt deeper and louder even then. He didn’t sound like her Corus, but it was him. She nodded against his chest.

He slowly pulled his arms away. She hugged herself as she stepped back and looked up into his eyes. It felt impossible to see him like this. He just stared at her without a word. She started to shuffle on her feet, someone looking at her never felt so weird. She wanted to disappear, she almost thought it would be better if she’d woken up small. When he smiled it made her heart skip a beat.

He leaned forward and pressed his forehead against hers. She widened her eyes as he just kept staring at her. Slowly he moved closer, a look in his eyes she’d grown to know well. She froze, she hadn’t expected him to act like this. She kept her eyes locked on his as he finally pressed his lips onto hers. Her mind completely blanked as they kissed. It felt different from her times kissing him while he was a few inches tall. When they finally parted she couldn’t speak.

“Yeah, that was better than I imagined,” he sighed. She shivered as his breath washed over her. “Mira, I kind of like looking down at you. You’re almost cuter than when I’m my real height.”

“O-oh,” she mumbled. Somehow thinking he liked her better like this hurt. He might be small again and not like her anymore. He placed his hands on her cheeks and kept her facing him before she even tried to look away.

“Hey, I said almost. I love looking up at you and having you be everything in my world. Stop thinking whatever you’re thinking.”

“Corus… I-” He pressed a finger to her lips, silencing her. She didn’t know quite how to feel about him being able to do that. Although she usually just kept an eye on him when they spoke so he didn’t have to try to speak over her.

“Stop, I don’t know why this happened or how long. Can we just do human things for a day? I want to be with you like a human could.” She didn’t have a good answer, it should be no. They should be finding out what happened and being careful about it, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it. She just nodded and he hugged her again. His chest was so much bigger than she would have thought.

“I guess we should get you more human looking clothes first.” He pulled away and made a face at her. She smiled as he folded his arms over his chest.

“What are my usual clothes not good enough to be out doing human things?”

“Nope, they’re strange. They don’t look right, the cloth is weird. Come on, I’ll take you to a mall. We’ll get you some clothes there, at least a few outfits. If you go back to your normal size after then we can use them to make more clothes for you and Zeke.”

“Fine, but I get to treat you like I’ve seen boyfriends do in movies.” She laughed at him, he made it sound like some huge promise. She realized it might be to him, he never could before. She nodded, his smile was blinding.

Mira took him to a mall closer than she usually went to. It was safest to stay close in case he changed back. She dragged him into the first store and started to search for clothes he’d blend in with. He was enamored by everything he saw. It was like she got to see a simple clothes store for the first time again. She knew how to avoid curious employees which let him explore things he’d never seen.

She picked out simple clothes, but he was drawn to shirts with designs he could never make on his own. She laughed when he came out of the dressing room in an orange Hawaiian shirt and bright blue shorts. It took more convincing than she would have liked to make him give up on wearing them right away. Eventually he wore a shirt with the design of some rock band she heard of a few times and plain jeans.

Mira took him back to the car quickly to drop off the things they’d bought. Their day would be here mostly, but she didn’t want to carry clothes around for hours. She almost missed the way he jumped as people walked by them. He may be human sized, but he wasn’t a human. She had to remember that today, she had to let him have fun and ignore her fears.

“It’ll be too bad about these when I get small again,” Corus mumbled as they walked back inside. He didn’t see the appeal to the jeans Mira picked out, but he liked the shirt.

“Didn’t you ask me not to think about things like that? Just enjoy today,” she smiled at him. Looking down at her smile had him going insane. It was his Mira, but it wasn’t at the same time. He loved her, but he missed having her being his entire world. He still smiled and nodded.

She brought him around to a lot of strange places he knew were stores. She showed him toys that he’d seen in shows and movies. They looked wrong to him. Some were almost funny when he considered how big they’d be to him normally. Mira kept asking for places he wanted to see, but he didn’t think of this ever happening. He couldn’t think of any until they finally passed a pet store. Humans always liked animals like that, he couldn’t see why.

Mira noticed his interest and brought him over, asking to see the kittens up for adoption. The human in the store let him into a place that seemed like a death trap for his real size. He sat down like he was instructed and small furry animals were placed near him. Seeing a cat from this size made the fear feel almost pointless. They were cute and the little claws didn’t do much. He’d almost lost himself when a toy about his real size was thrown in and one of the kittens pounced.

“Look at that man,” a human whispered. He wasn’t sure if they were loud or his hearing was sensitive, but he didn’t like the way they sounded. “He’d be perfect for one of my kids. Do you think that girl is with him?”

“Of course not, probably just a sister. She’s one of those strange children born with the odd colors, a man like that wouldn’t be with her. Probably makes the family struggle because of her ‘uniqueness’,” another human answered. He narrowed his eyes and looked up at Mira who had just leaned on the wall near him.

“Hey Mira,” he said as he climbed to his feet. She started to say something, but he stopped her with a kiss. He couldn’t believe how different it was this time. She tasted like lavenders and it made him smile. He heard the two other humans scoff, but he didn’t care.

“Sir, if you’re done with the kittens I’ll need you to leave,” the working human said. He just nodded and climbed over the wall. Mira and the other human widened their eyes. Mira acted fast and grabbed his hand pulling him from the store. She was laughing as they ran.

“You almost blew it, humans usually let them open the gate for us to get out,” she smiled. He didn’t care, he loved how happy she looked.

Mira brought him to somewhere called a food court. He didn’t get what that meant, but it was probably a place for food. He was starting to get hungry. She stood in the middle of a crowded place for a few minutes looking around. He didn’t know why she did, but he didn’t like it. Humans kept walking by and a lot were looking at him in ways he hated. He only wanted Mira to look at him like that.

“Corus, what’s something you always wanted to try eating?” she asked. He didn’t have an answer, he didn’t know human foods well. He did remember one thing she had a few times, it smelled good and he kind of wanted to try it.

“You brought home something in a white bag once. You didn’t eat all of it, and we took some. It had a lot of stuff on it, there was also the stuff in plastic containers you used to bring home. You were more careful with them, but I was wondering what they were,” he answered. She nodded and looked around for a bit before seeming to make a decision. She brought him to a table and had him sit in a chair.

“I’ll be right back, trust me ok?” He nodded, he’d always trust her. Even if he was suddenly normal again she’d find him and keep him safe. He knew it.

Mira disappeared into the mass of humans and he watched them. It was weird to see how normal it all looked at this size. It was like the colonies he was told about before going off on his own. People living together and thriving. He didn’t know how to feel with everything anymore. He wanted to be his normal size, but Mira was having fun. She might prefer him like this.

“Is this seat taken?” someone asked. He looked up to find a woman with brown hair and blue eyes like his own looking over him. There was a seat open next to him so it should be fine for her to take it. He shook his head at her. “Oh good, I was worried someone like you already had a girlfriend.”

The stranger sat across from him and he frowned. He didn’t know how to make humans leave. She started talking, but he couldn’t get himself to answer. It wasn’t easy to face a human he didn’t know directly. He just kept thinking about if he suddenly went back to normal. She said something about leaving with him and he shook his head frantically. He jumped when something landed on the table in front of him.

“I’ll be back in a second,” Mira murmured and rushed off.

“Ugh, was that your sister? She’s one of those freaks. I feel so bad for you, I guess you got the good genes in the family,” the stranger said. He glared at her.

“You’re the second person today to call her a freak, I don’t get it. What makes her a freak?” he asked. The human just blinked at him before laughing.

“Are you kidding me? She has that weird hair. Not to mention those eyes. Those people are freaks. There’s always something wrong with them.”

“Leave, now.” He glared at the stranger. She looked shocked that he got upset, she tried to reach over and grab his hand.

“Hey, I’ll be nice if she’s your sister don-”

“I’m here with her. I’m in love with her. She isn’t my sister. Now leave.”

He didn’t pay attention as she said something more. The stranger did leave at least. He looked around and found Mira. She was carrying another of those tray things she’d already dropped by him. It was amazing watching as she seemed to dance around people. She finally reached him and he didn’t have words. She set the tray down, but looked a bit confused.

“Didn’t you want to talk to that person?” she asked. He grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to sit next to him.

“Not at all. I didn’t know how to make her leave at first,” he sighed. He leaned against her, the closest he could get to what he wanted. He wanted to rest on her chest and have her heartbeat pounding beneath him.

“We should eat before it gets cold. I got some of everything so you can try a bunch of food.” He smiled and laughed. She was always focused on something he couldn’t pinpoint.

“Whatever you say. You know I’m used to cold food.” She grabbed something wrapped up and handed it to him.

“That’s why you have to try this now, in case you go back…”

He forced his smile to stay as he took what she gave him. He kept saying when and she said if, he didn’t know what to make of it. He tried to push the doubt growing in his chest away as he followed her instructions to unwrap the food. It was weird to see it small like this. He got distracted just looking at it and the other things she bought.

After a bit she nudged him to try it. He did what she said and couldn’t believe how different it was. He’d had the pieces before, Mira gave them plenty, but this was different. He almost couldn’t believe how different the taste was. Mira grabbed something and held it out to him. She smiled as he tried that and was blown away. He wanted to find a way to have this stuff when he was normal sized.

It took them a while, but eventually the two ate everything Mira had bought. She said they didn’t have to, but Corus wasn’t going to waste the chance to have human meals like this. She got up to get rid of things and sat across from him when she came back. He looked at her and kept wondering what she thought about him like this. If she wanted him to stay like this, to live like this.

Corus reached over and grabbed her hand. She tilted her head, but followed what he wanted. He lifted it up and had her hand flat, but up in the air. He looked it over, coming to terms with how small her hands seemed at that moment. He fit in them, she could hide him in her grip usually. He placed one of his against hers. His fingers were longer and palm wider. He’d be terrifying to see at his normal height. He almost wished she’d gotten smaller, it would be easier to know what she wanted then.

“Your hands are bigger than mine,” she whispered. He nodded, he didn’t have any kind of goal with this. He just wanted to see how he looked to her. “It’s weird isn’t it? Seeing things like this…”

“Yeah…” She slid her fingers between his and held his hand. It seemed like she was worried about something. “What’s wrong?”

“Aren’t you curious? Why they keep making those comments about me?” He shook his head. He gripped her hand tighter, it didn’t matter to him.

“No, it doesn’t change anything. I don’t care. I can be pretty positive that I wouldn’t care if I was born a human too.” She smiled at him, it felt different than the ones he saw all day. He didn’t want to see the others anymore, just this one. He leaned forward and pulled her hand making her lean forward too. “I think I’ve had enough of other humans. Can we go home?”

She kept that smile he liked more and nodded. Mira stood and tried to pull her hand free. Corus kept his grip on her and smirked when she looked up at him. Her face turned red and she brought him through the stupidly large building. There were more whispers about her, each time he tried to hold her hand a bit tighter.

They were almost out when he heard more insults and finally had enough. He stopped for a second forcing Mira to follow. She looked at him confused but he was sick of these humans. They all kept acting like Mira was something bad, she was amazing. She knew what he was and still wanted to be with him. He bent and swiped her legs out from under her. He caught her back with his other arm.

“Corus what are you doing?!” she shouted. He laughed and held her closer. If he got stuck this big he wouldn’t mind if he could do more things like this.

“Making the humans stop thinking anything but the truth about us,” he grinned. She was bright red before he leaned down and kissed her again. He heard one of the ones insulting her complaining, but he didn’t care. Nothing would take him from Mira.

He carried her outside, only putting her down when he had to admit he didn’t know where the car was. He would have wandered around until she told him he found it if she let him. Instead she just shook her head and gently grabbed his hand. Feeling her small hand in his was a strangely bright sensation this time. She dragged him to the car and the two got in.

She drove them home and it felt almost wrong. He was still human, she still seemed to prefer it. He didn’t know what to do when he went back to normal. He didn’t want to lose her. He grabbed the bags of clothes she bought for him before she could. She looked almost hurt in some way, but he had to be imagining that. Inside he left the bags off to the side.

Corus dragged her to the couch and pulled her down with him. He just wanted to be with her until they had to figure out what was next. Mira seemed reluctant, but did sit and lay against him. It was nice having her with him like this. He did almost want to keep her like this, never share her with anyone else. He pulled her closer, he wished he knew how much longer he’d have like this.

“Corus…” she whispered. He pressed his head on the top of hers. He never would have realized how small she was without this. He almost wanted to be bigger to protect her. “Do you… do you want to stay here if you stay human?”

“Where else would I go?” he laughed. He didn’t know what was in her head, but he didn’t have many options even if he left. He couldn’t lose her.

“I have some favors I can call in. I could set you up somewhere that you and Zeke would be fine on your own. Doubly so if this happened to him too. You don’t have to stay here.” She never knew how obvious she was to him. He pulled away to face her. Corus gently placed his hands on her shoulders and started to push her down. She let him until he was hovering over her, staring at the face he loved. He wanted to see all the details he couldn’t as a human. The little marks she didn’t know she had.

“I would only do that if I could stay with you.” Her eyes went wide, but she looked away.

“No, it would be better for you to leave and forget about me. Those people today weren’t wrong I’m not… I’m good at my job because of what makes me look like this. I can just perceive more than normal people. It’s why I knew where you two were… and why I grabbed the gun this morning, I knew no one your size was close enough to hear it…”

“Explains why you can always find us.” He laughed and leaned closer to her. He could almost see the details he was missing. “How different do I look to you now?”

“I see more, little details I couldn’t make out.” She reached a hand up and cupped his cheek. He leaned into the feeling. “It’s things I notice on everyone else, but I never did on you. Little lines from laughing that haven’t become obvious. The details paint a history, pain and fear plus joy. I can’t explain it amazingly, no one like me can. We just see through people, that's how others say it. It’s why I make sure about all my targets, I can sort of tell when there’s more.”

“I don’t mind you seeing through me.” He leaned forward until his forehead was against hers. He could tell she wanted to run, but he wouldn’t let her. “Mira, would you hate me if I said I miss being my real size? That I miss seeing details like that on you”

He shifted his head down to rest his ear over her heart. He could hear as the beat started to pick up. He didn’t make her heart race like this in his real size. He wanted to know what she thought, did she want a human? He wouldn’t hate her for it, he got an idea of how small he was when he looked at her hand. He slipped an arm beneath her and pulled her against him.

“Would you hate me if I said I miss it too?” she whispered. Corus froze, slowly shifting his head up to look at her. Pink eyes shining with tears about to fall. He couldn’t believe this was another way they were the same. She took a shuddering breath and looked away from him. “You were the first person who I couldn’t read. It was easy enough to predict how to act for everyone, but not you. I… I like not reading you.”

He buried his face in her chest and started laughing. All day he worried she would hate him for not wanting to stay human. He felt like an idiot, they were perfect for each other as they were. He pushed himself up, letting her fall to the couch again. He hovered over her, one of the few things he could see being human was good for. He kind of liked how she seemed small to him.

Corus leaned forward and smirked. Mira gasped before closing her eyes. He liked doing this, some human size things he wouldn’t mind keeping. He started another kiss, gently at first. Slowly he managed to open her lips. It felt like his whole body was on fire as they kissed. The fire was replaced by an ice running through his veins. He couldn’t even pull away before it happened.

He felt as his body started to change. It felt like time slowed as his arms started pulling away from her. He didn’t want to lose this moment, shifting his hands as it happened. He felt the way his spot straddling her became more difficult to keep. He didn’t know how to avoid this ending until her hands found his sides. She was helping him, he had no idea how to make sure they didn’t stop.

As he started to find himself on top of her he slid forward. It was painstakingly slow, but her hands brought him closer. As his lips got smaller he thought for sure she’d make him stop, tell him to be safe. Instead he was brought closer to her face as each inch he lost brought him back to normal. Eventually he got smaller faster and she lost her grip on him. He fell on her chest, he could hear the sound of wind going through her lungs. She started laughing.

“I wonder if we just have some bad luck with kissing,” she laughed. The way he bounced on her chest made him smile. He laughed too, crawling across her chest to lay on her heart. “What are you doing?”

“Shh,” he complained. He made it where he wanted and curled up on top of her heart. He just listened for a bit before sighing. “I was missing this all day. I love hearing your heart.”

Hands bigger than him came and rested over his form. He loved her hands holding him close, the way the sound echoed in the little cave she made for him. He curled up even smaller and reached up to touch her fingers. Her heart started to race again, he wanted to find more ways to do that like this. She started laughing again and her hands pressed down to keep him still.

“Your clothes changed with you, I guess you have jeans now,” she giggled. She curled her fingers around him. She missed this, holding him close and having him safe. She thought he’d leave her, that he would realize that was smarter. This was the best outcome she could hope for. He started to laugh after he squirmed under her hands. She’d have to see what happened to his real clothes too. She hoped today had been real.

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Dangerous Storms

day 18 thunderstorm. More Creature stuff. Thunderstorms in the giant town are dangerous for humans, but Corus wants to see one.

Dangerous Storms

Corus was wandering around the giant town. He saw some humans while he walked, but they were rushing somewhere. He didn’t mind, the ones he spoke to always mentioned how Mira was a monster. It seemed like even though she saved them they didn’t care. He sighed as he turned the corner around another giant store.

“There you are,” Mira said. He looked for her and found her on a roof high above him. She jumped down and he smiled. She was so light on her feet he didn’t even feel it when she landed. She reached out and cupped her hand around him. “We need to get inside, a thunderstorm is coming. It’s too dangerous for you out here.”

“Weren’t you at a hunter meeting until later? Also what’s so dangerous about a storm?” he asked. He nodded up at her and she closed her fingers around him. She didn’t just grab them anymore.

“We called it early when we got the alert for the storm. It’s stronger than what humans experience in their towns. We collect the wind for power and it lessens it so the humans past here don’t get hurt.”

She picked him up off the walkway for humans and cupped him near her chest. He liked when she held him there, hearing her heart felt nice. He almost just let her carry him off back to their house. He patted her hands to get her attention focused on him. He had so many things he wanted to know about her.

“Does the rain bother you? Cats usually hate water,” he said. She laughed, the sound made him smile. Kaya told him that she didn’t know what cats were at first. She definitely acts like one though.

“No, I like the feeling of it on my fur. I have a place I usually go in the rain to watch it,” she sighed. Her fingers tensed slightly. He slid his arms free and placed his hands on her finger.

“Can we go see it? Watch the rain there?”

“That’s too dangerous.”

Her fingers tightened around him. He knew if it was anyone else he’d be scared, but not with Mira. He wanted to see the rain she loved. He wanted to learn about the things he didn’t know from her life. Corus was desperate to find a way to stand on even ground with her. She may not see it, but he’d noticed how other giants look at her. He wanted to be the one to have her look at him like that.

“You’d keep me safe, we should go to the spot you watch it!” he tried. She looked down at him and pulled her hand away from her chest. He desperately wanted to know what she thought of him, if he even had a chance with her. She started shaking her head.

“No, I don’t… well maybe,” she said. He dug his fingers into her skin, he wanted to do this so badly. “I might have… no forget it we should just get home where you’ll be safe.”

“No, what were you thinking?” He wanted to be someone she could do what she liked with. He wouldn’t let his size dictate what he’d do with her, even if he knew she wasn’t lying about the danger.

“Well…I can control how my fur grows. My clothes are loose because I can grow the fur beneath them. I could… No this is stupid. Corus I’m not risking your life on a maybe.” Her face looked a bit red, he had a weird feeling in his chest from it. He almost begged for it to be what he was thinking.

“No, please at least this once can I see the storm? Please?” Her eyes were almost glistening and he couldn’t help but wonder if she just saw him as something to protect. That hearing him ask like this wasn’t hearing a man ask, but a child. She looked away with her cheeks reddening more.

“Well, when I grow my fur under my clothes they’re a lot tighter and… I could keep you against my chest between my fur and shirt. The wind wouldn’t be able to blow you away and you’d be safe…”

“Let’s do it!”

“A-are you sure?”

“Yeah, I really want to see the rain.”

He didn’t say he wanted to see it because she liked it. She pulled him close to her again and started to pick up speed. It wasn’t long before she hopped from the ground onto the roof of some of the buildings. His stomach dropped as she moved. It wasn’t a smooth ride for him when she did this. He grabbed her shirt, trying to avoid the vertigo from hitting him too hard.

“It won’t be long, I know Kaya said they feel sick when I move like this,” she whispered. He grimaced, he never wanted her to know that. He wanted to seem able to handle everything she did.

“That’s just them. I’m fine,” he said. Mira sighed, she obviously didn’t believe him.

He tried to see more as she stalked across the rooftops. It was unbelievable how high they were. He couldn’t see a sign of where she’d possibly be going. She hopped off a roof and landed with the lightest sound. He finally saw a tree, bigger than any of the buildings he was still trying to wrap his head around. She approached it and finally pulled him from against her again.

“Ok, we’re here,” she said. “My fur is different when it grows like this. It’s denser. If it’s not comfortable just tell me, I have enough time to get us home.”

She set him down on the ground and placed both her hands around him. He watched as the fur started to fill in the loose cloth of her shirt. He had been curious why all her clothes were baggy on her. The fur did look different, the lavender color was darker too. She looked even more like a cat as she did this. Even her body shape seemed to change. He fell off his feet as he watched, it wasn’t like the other times she changed around him.

She let out a quiet meow and he smiled. He patted her hand to try and reassure her, he hadn’t noticed them become pawlike. Her fur felt odd, but nice. He almost thought it was like a chinchilla’s. He pressed his hand against her fur more, but it was different still. He couldn’t explain what it felt like. Soon the paw around him moved to hold him tightly.

He was surrounded by the odd feeling fur. She was holding him tighter than before, it was when he realized the wind had picked up. She brought him up to her chest and he stared at the tight cloth. She brought him close and pressed him into her fur. She slid him down until he was half beneath her shirt. She pulled her paw away and waited. He felt like he was on a cloud.

“Your fur is softer like this,” he murmured.

He laughed as the purring started, it didn’t rumble through him like usual. She stretched a bit and he was pressed against the fur. It wasn’t bad being pressed against her like this. She curled up on the ground, resting her head on her arms. She left just enough space so he could see the storm with her. Her purring didn’t die down as they sat there. Thunder started, it was louder than her. He looked up and saw her ears twitching.

“You’re amazing Mira,” he whispered along with the thunder. The purring stopped and he had an inquisitive mewl sound around him. He looked down, avoiding seeing any of her properly. “You’re amazing, that's all. You run around and save people even though they think you’re dangerous. You don’t realize how unbelievable you are.”

She growled a little and he smiled. He might have said it when he thought she couldn’t hear, but he didn’t care. Now was probably the only time he could say it. He knew he was smaller than her hand and she had no reason to see him how he wanted. She was beautiful, kind, and ferocious. She’d fight to keep anyone safe and he knew it. He wished she could see him how he saw her.

There wasn’t time for Mira to shift and say anything. The storm was on top of them and raging. Corus understood the danger as the wind whipped past him. It was like a constant force pressing into him. Mira’s fur was keeping him safe. The wind pushed him deeper into the dense fur, but it felt safer than anywhere he’d ever been. The wind grew stronger and he was pressed even further back. He was deep enough he could touch her skin. He blushed realizing just where that skin he touched was.

“This is unbelievable,” he said. Mira moved her head to block the wind from him. He smiled as the fur regained the body beneath him. “I can see why you like to watch storms like this. It’s amazing.”

Mira pressed against him and started purring. He smiled and laughed at how she acted. He didn’t always get why she did certain things. She seemed more protective of him sometimes. It was like she thought he’d be hurt without her. She didn’t act that way with Zeke or Kaya, it was only him. He heard another blast of thunder before the downpour finally started. He felt her shiver as the water started to soak her fur. They sat in silence for a while, eventually he had to speak again.

“Mira, why are you so much more protective of me?” he asked. She made a noise, but the rain drowned out anything she could have done. “I’m not helpless, you don’t do it to Kaya or Zeke. What’s special about me?”

He almost screamed when the soft fur shifted. Mira was going back to normal, her skin the only thing he could feel after a few seconds. Slender fingers wrapped around him and she held him on the ground. He was soaked in an instant, but he didn’t care. He was staring up at a face that looked pained. She seemed on the verge of running away, if he wasn’t holding her there. He gripped the bit of her claws that were still overgrown.

“Why are you saying all of this when I can’t talk?” she cried. Her voice cracked and he felt his heart skip a beat. He wanted to know more, he was dying to have those eyes focus on him. “I need to stay shifted so you’re safe and you just keep going.”

“Because I don’t want you to tell me it’s because you think I’m something that needs to be protected,” he whispered.

“You are someone I need to protect, but that’s not it.” The wind whipped her hair around, he wanted to feel that instead of the fur. She always shifted around him, he couldn’t ever feel that normal hair.

“Then what am I? What are all of us? How do you see us Mira?”

“I…” He watched the way her eyes changed. He didn’t know what he was expecting out of this. He said too much, he always said too much. It got them here in the first place, and it would make him lose his chance to get close to Mira.

“Just… forget it Mira. I’m sorry I made you bring me out here, I’ll listen next time.” He watched the way she started shifting again. Her eyes seemed to flip back and forth. The hands clutching him were half paws.

“No… no you’re important. All three of you. I don’t know the words, it seems weird. It’s been way too little time, but family I guess. You’re different though…” The wind blew her hair in her face and covered her eyes. He could just see the red of her cheeks.

“So are you… When you went back to looking human that night I thought it was some kind of sick joke, someone as pretty as you being the one to kill me and my friends… my family.” She started shaking her head at him. It was like she thought he was lying.

“You look at me like the others do… You’re scared and I hate that you are. I want you not to and you always seemed better when I was shifted so I kept shifting. The look went away, but then you’d go out. I would get so scared that you’d leave and then I wouldn’t see you anymore.”

He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Mira was so convinced everyone was terrified of her she didn’t even realize how much others wanted her. She leaned forward, the wind finally dying down. Her hair finally fell limply around him. He reached out and grabbed the strands closest to him. It was as soft as it looked. He looked into her eyes and she seemed close to tears.

“Mira you’re an idiot. None of them that look at you like I do are scared of you,” he laughed. The fur on her hands grew and he wasn’t held by slender fingers anymore. The rain came down harder as another crash of thunder sounded. He pressed his hand deep into her fur until he could reach her skin. “You shift when you’re nervous or scared don’t you? It’s cute.”

He laughed as her eyes widened. He didn’t even get to see the blush before her face shifted to a feline looking structure. The fur puffed out over her clothes and her claws grew longer. She blocked him from the rain completely, the calmer wind too. He laughed again as a small whimper left her.

“I’m guessing you don’t get called cute often. You are though,” he said. She pressed her head down against her hands. Slowly the lavender fur showed her skin and her eyes looked like the other giants he’d seen. He smiled at her, the way she looked at him exactly what he wanted.

“You’re cuter than I am,” she whispered. He made a face before smirking at her.

“Normally I would argue about being called cute, but when it comes to you I think I’m happy to be cute.”

She smiled at him, the sharp fangs making him shiver. He was enamored by everything about her and he couldn’t think of losing her. Her lips were close enough he could touch them. He leaned forward and placed a kiss on the huge lips. He wanted to be with her and this was his chance. He’d try everything to at least be seen as an option. This was the best chance he had.

Corus was pushed back as soon as it happened. Softer skin with some ridges was against him. His back was pressed against the damp ground. He pulled the bit of her hair he held closer. He couldn’t breathe and he didn’t want it any other way. When Mira let him up he stared at her lips as she pulled away. He felt like he was burning where her lips had touched. She looked over him and he wanted to pull her closer so she’d kiss him again.

“I thought you’d never see me like this,” he sighed. She leaned closer and started purring. The slender fingers slid around him and lifted him off the ground.

“Why do you think I was so unsure about bringing you out here?” she whispered. “Do you really think I was only thinking about the danger when I said I could put you between my shirt and fur.”

“I think I love giant thunderstorms then.”

Corus was laughing as Mira shifted again. Her face stayed mostly normal, but her hands were coated in fur. She was bright red, but he didn’t care. He loved this part of her, loved her.

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Special Memories

day 29 trinkets. Mira shares something important from her past with Corus

Special Memories

Mira made her way out to where Corus was waiting. This was her idea and she shouldn’t back out. They were getting closer again and she wanted to trust him. She pulled her blanket closer as she walked out into his room. He was sitting on the floor waiting for her. She might regret this. Human hands could rip it so easily.

She bit her lip as she walked out from under the bed. She did hold the blanket behind her. Corus’s eyes locked on her immediately and he gave her a gentle smile. She smiled up at him, he could be gentle. He knew she was going to show him something, it was why he sat on the floor. Slowly he started to move to lay down on his stomach. Watching him move so close to her was intimidating.

She stared at his arms as he put all his weight on them. She could see the muscles beneath tensing as he did so. Behind her back she gripped her blanket tighter, those muscles could destroy it easily. She tensed as his weight hit the ground. He moved one arm to rest in front of his chest before laying his head on it. He reached out with the other and pressed a finger gently to her side.

“Hey,” he said. She leaned into the finger slightly. “I didn’t know where you’d come out so I figured I’d just sit until you came out. Is everything alright?”

“Yeah… this is fine,” she smiled. He moved the finger to gently hold her face up. He had a small smile on his huge face and she felt vulnerable. It was always weird to be so calm with a human. Especially Corus.

“You sure? I don’t know what’s up, but it’s alright to back out.” She shook her head, this was important to her. He had shown her important things and she wanted to show him hers. Of course she couldn’t destroy them like he could. She stepped back a bit to get a clearer view of his blue eyes.

“No, I want to show you something.”

She watched the huge eyes widen as his hand close to her pulled away. It took months before she showed him an entrance he didn’t find on his own, she still had her hidden ones. Mira showing him something wasn’t simple. His calm smile faltered as he tried to hide his worry. It felt nice knowing he worried about it.

“I… I wanted to show you something important to me,” she started. Huge eyes widening had her nervous. She stepped forward and used one hand to tug at the fingers he’d curled up. Corus followed what she wanted and flattened his palm again.

Corus swallowed as Mira only seemed to get more nervous. He couldn’t fathom what her plan was at this point. She’s shown him entrances and dead nests of spiders. This time she was here, in his room, and clearly nervous. He tried to give her an encouraging smile, but he was nervous too. He wasn’t sure he wouldn’t freak out a little if she dropped something insane in his palm.

“Be careful ok?” she said. The look on her face seemed too serious. He didn’t know how to promise her in a way she’d trust it completely. He would just not have to freak out if it was something that he’d normally find a bit insane.

“I promise,” he whispered.

He could see the way she took a deep breath before leaning forward to press her forehead against his finger. He noticed something behind her like this, he couldn’t tell what it was exactly. She stood up and placed the object over his fingers. It was softer than anything he’d felt before. Carefully Mira unfolded what turned out to be an intricately decorated blanket.

Corus couldn’t believe what he was seeing. The design looked amazing. It seemed like pathways stretching all throughout the innards of a fallen tree. He felt his eyes go wide as he realized that’s exactly what it was. Mira’s home was embroidered into a blanket that was big to her. It covered some of his fingers, he was terrified to move and somehow tear it.

“It was all I had left after I was sent away,” Mira started to explain. She ran her hands over each aspect of the intricate design. “My mom snuck out to collect spider silk, we’d stopped doing that a long time ago. It was easier to use fabric grabbed on the larger trips. My dad helped to spin it and together they did this. They wanted to make sure I wouldn’t forget anything.”

“It’s amazing,” he breathed. He was terrified to take more than the smallest breath. He couldn’t risk doing anything to hurt this. Mira’s fingers moved like she was running through pathways, stopping off at one edge.

“This is where I lived. My parents, that was their house. We lived on the edge, it worked out in our favor.” She carefully moved a finger to another spot. Corus leaned forward, desperate to see the world Mira was remembering. “This was where most of our training was until our first outings. I spent a lot of time there making sure I’d be one of the top scouts.”

Her small fingers moved again, he could almost feel the shakiness of her hand. “Here is where I found some of the ways I would sneak out. No one could find all my escapes.” Another slow, but long movement to a far part of the blanket map. “I met Kaya here, well I’d technically met them before. This is where they were saying we’d be partners, they could live how they wanted since I wasn’t allowed to have children.”

Corus slowly moved his other hand and used his thumb to rub away tears. Mira was telling him her life, the life he thought he’d never learn about. She leaned into his thumb and he carefully wrapped his fingers around her small frame. She was so much stronger than she gave herself credit for. He ran his finger up and down her arm. She moved her hands again.

“This is where they took me, that first time,” her voice was quiet and he didn’t even try to think of something to say. She moved her hands quickly from the spot. “This is where they told me I could go back. I could be with them again. Where I realized I didn’t want to go back and stop seeing you…”

Corus tightened his hold on her and pulled both his hands closer. Carefully he placed a kiss on her face, covering so much of her. He loved her and her kindness. The strength she didn’t see. He leaned his forehead on the top of her head, staring at the blanket. Something so special, so amazing, and she shared it with him.

“Mira…,” he whispered. Mira shivered, his voice was so quiet. The deep tone still made her body tingle. She watched with an anxious feeling in her chest as he ran a thumb over the blanket. “This is amazing. I… I don’t know how to explain what I feel about you sharing all of this with me.”

Mira watched as he ran his thumb over it again and again. It was like he wanted to take in every detail. It was the closest he could come to seeing her home and she wanted to share it. This was her home, her life, and her past. After everything he should know it and he shared his with hers. He told her so many things, showed her even more, she trusted him just as much. She reached out and grabbed the blanket in two hands.

“It always smelled like home, they put preserved herbs in it,” she grabbed the blanket and looked up at him. This is one of the things she worried about. From how he was surrounding her she was pretty sure he couldn’t see her face. “If you hold it to your nose, I think you can smell it. The scents I grew up with.”

Mira pulled her hands away and watched. Spider’s silk was delicate and humans could destroy it. It could be destroyed in only moments. He brought it closer to his face and for a tense moment she thought it would be ruined. The thing they spent so much time making for her, destroyed because she let a human near it. Corus would never ruin it on purpose.

She held her breath as he brought it close to his nose. She saw the way his breath pulled it close to him. She leaned into the fingers still surrounding her. If it was ruined it was her own fault. She saw it fall back to his hand as he breathed out. He brought his hand back down to her vision, the blanket still looked perfect.

“I don’t think I can describe that smell, but somehow I know it would make me think of you,” he smiled. She stepped forward to grab the blanket in her hands, she expected to have a sound of hurt or pain. He just started to carefully slip it off his fingers. She stopped him before they were completely out from her treasure.

“You know I trust you, to be careful with it,” she whispered. He laughed a bit before squeezing her slightly. He pulled his hand away completely and moved so his eyes were directly in front of her again.

“I can’t understand why you’d ever trust me that much, but I don’t want to risk it. I can’t imagine how delicate that is, we’ll need to make sure it’s always taken care of.”

She stepped up and was centimeters from his lips. She stepped up on the tips of her toes to plant a kiss on his bottom lip. She felt the skin around her heat up and half expected a much fiercer response. He waited until she stepped away and had a look she’d grown to adore in his eyes.

“If you weren't holding the blanket…” She ran out from under his fingers and set the blanket down in the safety of a bag she’d stashed here a long time ago. She came back with her hands empty and that look in his eyes grew.

“I’m not anymore.” Corus wrapped his fingers around her and pulled her close. She was glad she shared the blanket with him.

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A Visit From The Queen

day 6 royalty got the queen of the demons to make an appearance

A Visit From The Queen

“Mira!” Kaya shouted busting into her home. Mira curled her fingers around Corus after he flinched.

“How many times have I told you not to yell like that? It bothers Zeke and Corus,” she sighed. Corus tapped her fingers and she smiled a bit. It was nice that he knew what she was finally feeling and that he felt the same.

“Mira, there’s no time. The queen of hell is coming!”

“What?” Mira’s voice was barely a whisper. The queen of hell coming to her was too much of a risk. She curled her fingers tighter around Corus, her human. She can’t lose him now.

“Shouldn’t it be a good thing that she’s coming? You said you want to be as strong as her, right?” Corus asked. She looked down at the small human in her grip. He wouldn’t understand, other humans might. She picked him up holding him in her palm in front of her eyes. She almost wanted to make him his true size, he might be able to hide.

“She’s the only one who can break contracts…” Mira wasn’t strong enough to fight her off. Ash was close, but they’d disappeared a long time ago. She bit her lip, the taste of her own blood almost sobering.

“What does that matter? Can’t we just stay without one?” Zeke asked. She smiled at the human hanging out of Kaya’s shirt. They should just add pockets to carry him around. Mira did, although none were chest pockets.

“That’s not what it means to break a contract for a soul already in hell…” Kaya plucked Zeke from his perch and held him in front of their own eyes. They had tears starting… Kaya had realized their feelings much earlier than Mira. “If another demon steals you from us, they can just torture you. Only we can actually eat your souls… the demon royals can take any soul they want.”

“Why is she coming, Kaya?” Mira started pacing. There had to be some way to handle this. They could try switching both to their true sizes and leaving them out of sight. Even she had trouble smelling Corus that small.

“She heard you were keeping a human. She knows you’re the most likely to take over next so she wants to see the human who caught your eye… and the one I kept too…” Kaya shivered. The queen was known for her cruelty. She had kept going long after her time as a pact demon just for the fun of it.

“She kept a human too, why should it matter that I am!?” Mira slammed her free hand on the table and a growl leaked out. Corus hugged the finger she held closest to him. She had to be angry for this, she couldn’t be afraid. Fear would ensure the queen achieved whatever her goal was.

“I don’t know… what do we do?” Kaya was fidgeting with Zeke. They tugged at his limbs and he looked relaxed. Mira didn’t want to lose this life she’d gained in hell or have it taken from Kaya.

She walked up to them and grabbed one of their hands. She flipped it over and set Corus down. She grabbed Zeke from Kaya’s other hand and dropped him there as well. Then she pushed the fingers down over the two humans. She looked up at them, a determined feeling in her that she didn’t expect.

“Go,” she ordered. “Now, go to the human world and keep them safe. As long as we’re alive they’ll be mostly solid. Just don’t lose them or get seen…” Kaya looked at her like she was insane. “Go!”

“I wouldn’t advise running, then I’ll just have to chase you down,” a loud commanding voice spoke.

It was too late. She was here. Mira grabbed Kaya and pulled them behind her as the queen’s hand gripped the top of her door. She pulled it up until she could step inside with a small duck. Ebony hair that seemed endless and eyes more red than blood stared down at them. Mira glared up at the queen. The whole place changed for her, the ceiling growing so the queen could stand tall. Mira was almost half her size, she had such a long way to go before reaching royal status.

“Lady Dabria,” Mira growled before offering a curt bow. She wouldn’t be foolish enough to get herself killed yet. She’d only reach that if Dabria intended to take her human.

“I hear you made an example of one of the others. They were stealing a human from you?” Dabria’s voice was laced with accusations. Mira knew they were trapped, she had one last option.

“Yes, he tried to steal what was mine.”

“You had Kaya involved too.” The queen raised an eyebrow and bent down so Mira could stare directly in her eyes. It was horrifying, a different level from every demon she’s met until now.

“I-I stepped in myself, your highness,” Kaya stuttered.

Mira turned to look at them, their hands were twitching. She closed her eyes before accepting she’d lost. She stepped away from the queen and took Corus from Kaya. They started to fidget with Zeke almost immediately. He offered Mira a thankful look, she desperately hoped he was right to be thankful. She turned back to face her queen who had returned to her full height. She was studying Mira’s every action.

“Give me the human,” she demanded. Fire burned in Mira’s veins. The worst part of the demon royalty, their orders were absolute. She tried desperately to fight it, she wanted to keep Corus safe. He was hers! He wanted to be with her and she didn’t want him gone.

“It’s ok Mira, you can give me to her,” Corus whispered. Mira looked down at him, the same warm smile he offered back in the human world. The smile he had when he realized she’d decided not to use his soul for power. The smile when she’d shown up and stopped his torture…

She looked up at the queen with a renewed fire. She knew what to do if Dabria planned to take Corus for herself. She stepped forward, a hand larger than her head came to rest in front of her. She gripped him just a bit tighter before raising her hands up. She slid him out of her hold and onto the palm that would make him disappear normal size. She started to understand the fear he had of humans seeing this. She looked up at Dabria, the queen was holding a curious gaze.

“So you do know of making him bigger… you’ve already done it?” Dabria asked. Her voice seemed filled with curiosity.

“He’s the size he is now by my choice,” Mira announced. She was ready for what she might have to do. “His natural form is roughly a few human inches.”

“I’m three inches, that’s tall for borrowers!” Corus shouted.

Mira felt her heart stop, he needs to learn to hold his tongue. Dabria laughed and lifted her hand up to her face. Mira wanted to fly up and follow, but she knew that wasn’t what her queen wanted. She saw a smile on the royal’s face and started to panic. She might decide to keep him, tie him to her. Mira couldn’t lose him. The queen’s gaze shifted to Kaya.

“Show me the other.”

Mira watched Kaya tighten her grip. Zeke yelped, but that wouldn’t stop anything. They stepped forward with tears streaming down their face. The hand holding Corus rested in front of them and Zeke was released. The two human sized borrowers quickly steadied each other as the palm was raised once more. She knew what was coming next, the fear would spread for miles.

“Show me the true size of them both.” Dabria said. Mira blinked away tears as she prepared for pain. It never came, she looked up and the queen was offering a soft look.

She grabbed Kaya’s hand to get their attention. She nodded once they looked at her and raised her hand to release the magic making Corus a human size. Kaya followed and together they retrieved the shared parts of their own souls. The fear was palpable the second it happened. She slowly looked up at the queen, her own fear starting to bleed through.

“So this is the size of the humans that the two most promising chose to keep,” the queen said.

Mira watched as fingers covered the palm. Another thing they didn’t get to mention to their humans… royals can kill souls. Nothing Mira or Kaya does short of devouring their humans will kill them. Dabria can choose to end it now. She stared, a cold feeling spreading over her. The hand bigger than her head moved down to rest in front of her again. The fingers unfolded and somehow she could see the two perfectly.

“You may retrieve them.”

Mira snapped her fingers and Corus grew. He scooped up the small form of Zeke before she grabbed him herself. She flattened her hand so Corus could set Zeke free. Kaya shoved their face centimeters from her hand before returning Zeke to human size. They grabbed him and stepped back from the queen and Mira.

The queen stared over the two of them in silence. Mira didn’t know what she was thinking. There was a moment of kindness that didn’t match the stories. She knew Corus’s soul was special, he managed to summon her. That wasn’t easy for most humans. The queen grabbed her face and held her steady. Mira had no choice, but to stare into the red eyes of the strongest demon in hell.

“You intend to replace me don’t you?” Mira couldn’t answer, but it wasn’t a secret. She knew her queen was aware of her ambitions. “Realize keeping a human like this will distract you. If you intend to keep one they need to receive a part of your soul to stay safe while you’re away. I advise you to consider your future if either of you keep those ones around.”

“Corus managed to summon me.” Mira knew she should stay silent, but Corus wasn’t just a random human she picked. He was so much more than that. “He shouldn’t have been able to, even if there was a bond. A soul this small shouldn’t have called anyone. His desire was more than enough to bring someone of my level. If you still took deals he might have called you. I don’t make mistakes in my choices. I will be the next queen and you’ll regret advising me against keeping him around.”

She felt small hands grab her fingers. Mira had made a mistake. The look she was given told her she would die any second. Instead the red eyes that drilled through her seemed to calm and the queen released her. Her queen even stepped back before offering a smile. Mira was terrified of that smile. The queen reached down again and her hand was placed atop Mira’s head. She squeezed her eyes shut.

“Let’s see what the future holds then,” Dabria said. She moved her hand back and forth before leaving. Mira fell to the ground, all her strength gone. Somehow they all survived.

Dabria left with a warm feeling in her chest. She did like the promise of Mira as the next queen. The little demon had the ambition to achieve it. A warrior like Kaya at her side would ensure a much calmer rule than her own. She’d be free to join the ranks of past royalty. It would be nice like that.

“Why did you do all of that?” a small voice called up to her. She paused and looked around the part of hell she was in. Once she was positive she was alone she reached up to her shoulder and pulled the small man from his hiding place. Stark white hair and green eyes watched her with open curiosity.

“She needs to be prepared if she intends to take my place. The previous royals carry on their power, they can still end a bond.” She held the small man to her chest and took off. She would fly straight to her castle rather than walking as she planned. She couldn’t risk someone seeing him like this.

“You could have been honest and just said that.” He fidgeted in her hand, resting against her heart.

“You’ve been here for long enough to know that isn’t true. I want her to replace me, but the others will make sure to target him. They would rather her partner with one of them or their kin. She needs to be ready to protect him.”

The two were silent as she returned to their home. She would have to wait and see. Hopefully the little demon could keep a human partner safe. It wasn’t easy for her and Vitus, Kaya would struggle a lot too. She’d be keeping an eye on them.

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