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Whisper is sitting inside her tent, just outside of Spiral Hill. Until she received a text message. She turns her phone on to see it's from Tangle.
"Hey, Whisp. I was thinking... We've been together for a couple months. And known each other for even longer. But you haven't even met my parents yet or been to my house. So... I was wondering if you wanted to come by and hang out?" Whisper was shocked by the sudden quality of the message. Tangle had clearly been thinking about this for a while.
Whisper though, had been thinking about it for longer. She dreaded the day she would have to meet Tangle's parents. She really didn't wanna mess things up with Tangle's parents. Whisper had no experience with talking to parents, she had been an orphan longer than she could remember. So Mankind a good first impression with Tangle's parents was very important to her.
"Sure, what time?" Whisper responded as if she was not nervous as hell right now.
"Anytime really."
"Now?"
"Sure."
Whisper leaned back and sighed. This was NOT going to be easy. She doesn't know why she gave herself, Tangle and her parents so little time to prepare. But it was too late to change it now. She got up, and grabbed her trench coat, and put it on. She wondered whether to bring her wispon or not. On one hand, it's not a good first impression to bring a giant gun. But on the second hand. If her tent is raided while she's gone, the one of a kind wispon could be stolen. She decided explaining herself was a lot easier than replacing the gun that was made by a dead man.
Meanwhile with Tangle...
"Ugh!" Tangle collapsed back onto her bed, and dropped the phone beside her.
"Why did I say sure!? My room is a mess! I haven't even told Mom and Dad I invited her over yet!" Tangle turned around to let loose a small scream into here pillow.
Table swiftly got up and started cleaning get room. Throwing things into closets and draws. Her room had always been on the cluttered and messy side. But she would not let that slide for the first time Whisper would be seeing it.
Finally, after a few minutes. The room was now "presentable" as Tangle would put it in her mind. She smiled happily knowing she got it done in time. But they was this nagging feeling that she had forgotten somethi- Her parents... She forgot to tell her parents. Tangle quickly rushed down the stairs, panicking.
"Mom! Dad!" She called out, halfway down the stairs.
*Ding dong*
"I'll get it!" Tangle's Dad reached and opened the door.
"Heya!" Tangle's Dad said before even seeing who was at the door. His happy demeanor quickly changed to that of nervousness once seeing the wolf that shyly stood they and waved. The gun being a big red flag.
"Uhhh..." The adult lemur simply let out, unsure if he was in danger.
"H'lo..." Whisper nervously greeted him.
Before Tangle's Dad could respond Tangle pushed him aside.
"Whisper!" Tangle reached out her arms and embraced the wolf in a hug.
"Um... Tangle, who is this?" Tangle's Dad asked confused and skeptically.
"This is my girlfriend, Whisper. Remember I talked about her a few times?" Tangle reminded her Dad.
"How could I forget? You talk about her all the time," Tangle's Dad chuckled.
"Daaaad!" Tangle angrily said, embarrassed by her Father.
"What? It's true!" Tangle's Dad retorted.
"Whatever, that's not the point. I was coming down to tell you that Whisper was going to come over to meet you guys, and see the house for the first time," Tangle explained to her Dad.
"Oh, well maybe more of a heads up next time?" The older lemur chuckled.
"Sorry," Tangle apologized for the lack of time.
"Well, come in! Leave the uh... Gun... by the front door," He pointed at the shoe rack.
Whisper came in and put her wispon by the shoe rack, and her cloak on the coat rack. Of course letting her wisps out of the capsules before doing so. The wisps fly ahead and around the house.
The 3 walk into the living room. Tangle's Dad turns around to Whisper.
"Well, welcome to our home. My name is Ripple," He introduced himself to Whisper.
"Nice to meet you," Whisper responded, still very nervous, but trying to make it seem like she's not.
"Darling, we have a guest!" Ripple called out to his wife.
"Will they be staying for dinner?" The wife calls back.
Whisper nodes her head.
"Yep!" Ripple answers the voice coming from the kitchen.
"Dinner should be done in a few. Why don't you show Whisper around the house, Slinky? I need to chat with ya mom," Ripple suggested to Tangle. Much to Tangle's embarrassment coming from the fact Whisper just heard tables family Nick name. Whisper barely holding in a laugh.
"What do ya say, Whisp?" Tangle asked, trying to ignore her Father's endless embarrassing taunts.
"Sounds good to me," Whisper softly smiled.
"Alright! Let's start the tour!" Tangle excitedly smiled as she grabbed Whisper's hand and dragged her off.
Ripple glances over to the front door, staring at the wispon. He quickly gives a small frown. Then he walks over to the kitchen
"So, first impression?" The female lemur spoke.
"Seems shy. Also came here carrying a weird wispon. I don't know how I feel about that," Ripple somberly spoke.
"Hmm... Tangle told us she was apart of some team, and fought before and during the war. She's likely military," The female lemur reasoned.
"That gun isn't what the military uses. And Tangle likely and told us if she was military. What if she's militia, or a mercenary?" Ripple argued.
"Didn't she help Sonic and his friends a could times? I don't think She is apart of any ill intended groups," The female lemur responded.
"And what is Tangle not telling us? What is Whisper not telling her? She could be dangerous and be lying. She could get Tangle hurt. Whether it be on purpose or not," Ripple said, looking a bit uneasy.
"Why are you being line this? Tangle has proven herself to be able to take care of herself before. Need I remind you that she also fought alongside Sonic?" The female reminded Ripple, clearly growing tired of his superstition.
"This is different. This is the person she loves. That she wants to spend the rest of her life with. The can handle herself physically. But what if Whisper hurts her emotionally? What if she uses her, betrays her, or breaks her heart? I don't think table can handle that," Ripple vents to his wife.
"If that happens, it happens. We cannot know what the future entails until we get to there. And from what Tangle had told us. It seems like Whisper loves Tangle a whole lot. And will do whatever it takes to protect her," the female lemur puts it honestly to get husband.
"..." Ripple stares down at his shoes. "I guess you're right, Melody," Ripple looked up and smiled barely.
"I'm always right," Melody winked.
And now, with Tangle and Whisper...
"And that's my room tour done!" Tangle proudly admitted. Whisper clapped after she finished.
"So, wanna hang out till dinner is ready?" Tangle asked as she flopped onto her bed.
"Sure," Whisper replied, sitting down onto a bean bag.
Table giddily moved around her legs as she moved to the edge of her bed and got into her stomach and looked at Whisper.
"It's just so cool to have you in my room, in my house, where I live!" Tangle bashfully smiled.
"Mhm, it is. It's just... So weird, y'know?" Tangle nodded her head in response. "And I don't exactly think your Father trusts me..."
"What?! What're your taking about?" Tangle asked, very confused.
"It's my first time meeting him and I brought a wispon. And then he distracts us by having you show the house to me, so that he can talk to your Mom about the weird little wolf who brought a gun," Whisper told Tangle what was likely going on
"Oh... Please don't say such things! Even if that's what he's thinking. He'll change his mind. He always tries to act right, but he's a big softy on the inside," Tangle assured Whisper.
"Are you sure?" Whisper necessary asked
"I'm sure! Now c'mon, why don't you come in bed with me and snuggle?" Tangle laid down properly in her bed, making room for Whisper and patted the spot for Whisper.
"W-What? You mean like... Snuggling? In your bed? So close together?" Whisper asked embarrassed and flustered.
"Yeah! Of course!" Tangle smiled.
"What if one of your parents comes in?" Whisper asked worriedly
"So what? They see us together cuddling," Tangle said, confused on why this was worrying her.
"Its just... Awkward, y'know?" Whisper tried to explain. "Especially when its the FIRST time I'm meeting them."
"Faaaair point." Tangle put a finger to her chin to think. "But. Why should that stop us? They will understand."
"I- well..." Whisper failing to think of anything.
"Unless this is just you finding an excuse to not wanna get in my bed, awfully close to me, and give me hugs and kisses," Tangle taunted her Girlfriend.
"N-No! I wanna do all of those things..." Whisper's blood rushed to her cheeks as she blushed profusely.
"Then c'mere!" Tangle's tail reaches out and wraps around Whisper. Bringing her onto the bed, and under the blanket.
Tangle pulled Whisper tightly into a cuddle. Using her tail to wrap around Whisper, holding her gently.
Whisper almost immediately gave into the warmth of Tangle and her tail. Letting her body and worries melt away in Tangle's grasp. She nuzzled her face into the crook of Tangle's neck, her tail wagging and hitting the bed repeatedly under the blanket.
Tangle reaches and removes the hair tie that kept Whisper's pony tail up, releasing Whisper's hair. She gently ran her fingers through Whisper's hair.
"You're cute when you have your hair down, y'know?" Tangle softly spoke, still running her fingers through Whisper's hair. "But that's not saying a lot, since you're always cute."
"Mmm.." Whisper mumbled some sort of mixture of a thanks and pleased sound. Tangle letting out a small "heh" in response.
The two laid there for around 2 minutes. The only sounds being random mumbles and giggles. Until suddenly-
"I love you, y'know that?" Tangle said breaking the mostly wordless silence.
"Mhm, I love you too," Whisper giggled before giving Tangle a small pack on the lips. Which Tangle turned into a relaxed but prolonged kissed. Simply laying there, sharing their love with each other.
But of course.
"Hey girls, dinn-" Ripple came bursting through the door before quickly interview himself and covering his eyes. "I'msosorryIdidn'tknowI'llgiveyouguyssometimesorrybye!" Ripple very quickly apologized and left the room and closed the door.
Whisper and Tangle laid there (no longer kissing) in pure shock and embarrassment.
"I-I think we should go get dinner..." Tangle broke the asked silence.
"Yeah..." Whisper said back, face totally red.
Tangle and Whisper walk into the dining room and take a seat without saying anything. Still clearly embarrassed from what just happened. Ripple sitting across from them, clearly also still embarrassed.
"Alright everyone! Dinner's incoming!" Melody said, walking in and poured chili into everyone's bowls.
"Thank you, Ma!" Tangle's cheerfully said before chowing down on chili.
"Thank you, ma'am," Whisper quietly spoke.
"Oh, no need to be formal with me! You're family now, whether you like it or not! Just call me Melody," She kindly threatened Whisper.
Whisper only nodded in response. Thinking about the diamond cutters. The only people she had ever considered family in her life.
"Those wisps of yours really liked to help me cook," Melody smiled.
"They like to help others," Whisper said, taking a bite of chili.
"So, you have a job?" Ripple asked.
"Sorta. I go around and raid Eggman bases. Destroy his tech. I also go on missions for the Restoration. I'm a scout and sniper," Whisper said, avoiding the topic of the diamond cutters.
"Kind of dangerous, isn't it?" Ripple asked.
"Yes. But I'm trained, I know what I'm doing," Whisper responded.
"Trained? Aren't you a little young to be trained to the level you say you're?" Ripple pried deeper into the story. Much to Tangle and Melody's displeasure.
"Was in an anti-Eggman squad before the war. But that's over now..." Whisper looked down.
"Why? What happened?" Ripple asked, prying even further into Whisper's boundaries. Tangle frantically gestured for him to stop. Whisper continued to look down, but one of her ears twitched after he said that.
She slid her mask down onto her face, hiding behind the mask. "Gone..."
"Gone? Gone when?" Ripple asked, unaware of the several sigma Whisper was giving to stop asking, and that they were dead.
"Betrayed... Killed... By one of our own. Was told to stay back and watch. Keep them safe from afar. Was the only one who made it out..." Whisper said, her words becoming more and more muffled as she spoke. Until she let loose a hic, and then a sniff. And then tears. Trying her best to hold in her cries.
Whisper suddenly felt warmth all around her. Looking to see the entire lemur family, and wisps hugging her.
"I'M SO SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS OVERSTEPPING BOUNDARIES I'M SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR TEAM!!!" Ripple apologized profusely while shedding some tears.
"It's -sniff- okay. You didn't know," Whisper told him.
"NO, I SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER!" Ripple argued.
"It's okay, I'm fine. I just need some time to breath," Whisper said, despite the fact that it was a lot worse than she was letting on.
"Well, you just take your time and keep eating your chili when you're ready." Melody assured the wolf. As everyone exited the group hug.
Whisper took off her mask and wiped away the tears. Smiling at everyone at the table.
The rest of the dinner went pretty well. Eventually things came to a close and it was fine to go.
They said their goodbyes at the door, putting on her cloak and picking up her wispon. A hug for Tangle, and a wave for the adults. Whisper opened the door and-
BOOM! Lightning thundered. As heavy rain poured throughout the night. Heavy winds amongst the darkness.
"Wait! Are you sure you can make it home in this weather?" Melody concernedly asked.
"I can make it to my tent," Whisper assured her.
"Tent?! No, that just won't do!" Melody closed the door. "Please, stay the night. We can't just let you sleep in a tent in this weather!"
"But I-"
"No buts!" Melody interrupted.
"I can-"
"No cans, either!" Melody stayed persistent.
"Fine..." Whisper admitted defeat. "I'll sleep on the couch."
"Actually... Do you maybe wanna uh... Sleep with me tonight? It uh- Gets awfully cold at night here... W-We could y'know... Like- Warm each other up and- I'm going to stop taking now..." Tangle's face turned bright red, as she covered part of her face with her hand.
"O-Oh... Sounds lovely..." Whisper nervously responded.
Ripple and Melody watched the two awkwardly speak to each other.
Tangle and Whisper say goodnight to Tangle's parents, and head back to Tangle's room. They get ready for bed, and then get in. Cozily snuggling through the night. With the wisps scattered around the bed, joining in on the snuggles.
They continued to sleep throughout the night, peacefully. Until the morning soon arose.
The End.