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After a long day of work, it took a toll on Cyno and he retreated the night from the Akademiya to Ganharva Ville. As planned, he would visit Tighnari and Collei for dinner.
They would dine together and it would lift Cyno's mood from all the workload he did. He would tell a few jokes and the fox and child would just give a deadpan look. Still, they wouldn't mind. This is their Cyno, a hard-working and caring man.
Collei bid her good nights to these two and retreated to her hut. That leaves Cyno and Tighnari catching up on times they missed.
"Collei's mood got better after our trip to Windblume."
"You noticed too? Well, she is growing up to be the person she wishes to be." Tighnari's tail wagged just thinking about it.
Cyno smiled to himself as approached his lover who is now writing the remaining logs he had left.
"Collei made good progress on her academics, her scores improved and her reading got better. She read to me one chapter of a novel with almost no stuttering."
"That's good to hear. Seems like you made progress too." He reached for his lover's ears, usually, Tighnari gets alerted by a sudden action but for Cyno he never minded. He started slowly stroking it.
"Me? What progress?"
"Your smell is different, and you're balancing your work and personal time."
"Oh." Tighnari never realized that until Cyno points that out now. Cyno chuckled to himself as he started petting his ears. They are so soft.
"Mhmm... that feels nice..." Tighnari melted on Cyno's touches, slowly leaning in for more.
Noises can be heard. It made Cyno alerted by the sound, he stopped what he was doing but only made the sound grow louder.
The sound... is it coming from...
"Why did you stop?"
"Are you making these sounds?"
Tighnari got flustered “I-It part of my fox trait! We chatter and get chirpy from affections...!"
Cute... he thought. Curiosity kills him. What other noises can he make? The more he thinks about it, the more he wants to know.
"Do you want me to keep going?"
Tighnari hesitated at first but slowly nodded. As he has his consent, he continues stroking his ears, now he starts purring which is another surprise to Cyno— a figure that felines purrs— intrigued by his discovery. He slowly moved his fingers to the fluff in his inner ear and the chirpy grew louder. Tighnari wrapped his arms around his neck. As a cue, Cyno lifted him off his chair and held him close, taking him to their bed. The fox spilt on the bed, and Cyno saw the full view of his lover.
Tighnari's cheeks are tinted pink, pupils blown from affection, and his tail wagging crazily. Cyno drinks up the sight of his beloved. He resembles actual fennec foxes he had seen in the desert. Sometimes when he is lucky, he gives them a belly rub, of course, he won't give one to Tighnari— he would feel very embarrassed. Instead, Cyno crawled on top of him, his lips against his. Their kisses were gentle, neither wanted to startle the other. When Tighnari pulled away, Cyno held him close and kissed him again. They kept kissing repeatedly.
Cyno slid his hands to the fennec's ears and gave them another good rub, it made Tighnari gasp between the kiss but not in a bad way. He can feel his chest rumbling a purr.
"You smell nice, and your hair is very soft" Cyno whispered before pulling away, littering kisses from his cheeks down to his neck.
"Yours too," Tighnari responded and brushed his silky white hair through his fingers. "You smell like padisarahs..."
Cyno chuckled to himself, pressed his nose between his neck and shoulder, mumbling to his skin "Really? I wonder why,"
"No idea" Tighnari decided to humour him as Cyno nipped his neck and ruffled his tail.
Silence fell between them aside from Cyno littering Tighnari's neck with nips and kisses. When Cyno looks up, he can see the Forest Watcher's eyelids falling heavy. Usually, Tighnari would be a bit squirmy but if Cyno had to guess all the rubbing affections and sounds he let out tired him.
"Cy... I feel eepy..." he whispered tiredly
Cute he repeated to himself, Cyno hummed and lay next to him covering them both with a warm blanket.
"Let's be eepy together then." He teased.
Tighnari pressed his lips to his then held Cyno's head close to his chest.