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“It's that time of the year again.” Froggy clenched his teeth in annoyance. As he woke up from his bed to look at the calendar, it was the beginning of summer. He hated this part of his biology as his body would start becoming hypersensitive to touch and sounds. In any case his body was getting ready to repopulate and it bothers froggy so much as his sex life shouldn't be active like this, he still felt humanity despite being half frog. But what choice did froggy have?
“luckily l’m the only frogman so this will pass EZ.” Froggy had no worries about this, besides he was the only frog species in the grox civilization so no villagers or a certain skeleton will even notice this if l act like it doesn’t exist.
So, Froggy took a shower and got ready to go into the mines and collect diamonds and emeralds to pay his taxes. Luckily in this particular cave he went, there was no one there and he was able to concentrate without anyone noticing his behavior. Froggy went home with 2 stacks of diamonds and 2 sets of emeralds. Very lucky considering how many villagers actively mined to serve their leader grox.
Froggy didn't have the best idea of grox knowing that he enslaved everyone and had to show it off everyday. Especially when giving grox your hard earned money in front of him, yuck. Froggy had shivers down his spine from that, why was he thinking of grox out of all people?? Froggy knew he needed to quickly leave the cave and head straight home.
After a week of this nonsensical repeated cycle, Froggy started to feel changes within himself. He started to feel warmer in himself as he went mining.
“Why does it feel so hot in here?” Froggy felt like he was sweating through his clothes.
“I think it's just you.” One villager said
“Yeah, that's totally why.” Froggy sarcastically said to himself, avoiding that comment completely. He was almost done finishing his money for his taxes to finally go home. But meeting grox himself to turn it in was annoying. Froggy didn't want to deal with that at this time, always calling him his ‘favorite”, But what could he do besides tax evasion.
Froggy smiled a little on that thought, but he needed a home to live so he completely abandoned that thought and went home. And immediately went to take a cold shower for the night.
Morning came and froggy woke up and got ready to pay his taxes only to wait in a long line just to give them to grox. “How does this usually take..” he grumbled standing impatiently with his arms crossed.
“Dad!! This usually takes hours to process everyone's taxes! It's always so boring” baby villager said behind froggy with his #1 clothes.
‘OH! Baby villager where have you been? What are you doing here?” Froggy asked curiously to keep himself company.
“OH you know dad, just challenging people in a 1v1 just to always win and get their money to pay my freaking taxes because l'm the goat!!” Baby villager was proud of his triumph and his way of paying taxes. He was making gun noises along with making gun signs to demonstrate.
“ohh, yeah that makes sense.” Froggy knows this is normal to baby villager as he trusts him to not get himself killed. But either way they kept each other company as they had nothing else to do but wait.
An hour of his and baby villager was struggling to stand even though their turn was almost coming up. Baby villager was exhausted and he wanted this to end more than ever.
“Dad, could you carry me until we're next in line? My legs are exhausted from standing in this stupid line.” Baby villager said feeling exhausted from standing impatiently with the sun on the line.
Froggy honestly didn't want anyone touching him right now, his body was reacting to the heat. Feeling tense all around him, but baby villager has kept him company from making this wait boring. So he agreed to help baby villager out.
“Sure, hop on my shoulder baby villager” as he grabbed him and put baby villager on his shoulder. As baby villager was adjusting, Froggy felt like he was shifting the sensation around him, and being sweaty wasn't helping.
Froggy accidentally let out a shuddered breath, luckily it was quiet. But baby villager was the only one closest to froggy and heard it.
“Dad, are you alright? Your whole body just shook for a moment.” He asked with quietness in his voice.
“Yeah, l'm alright baby villager. Just tired of his fucking line now.” In a non charismatic way towards the entrance of grox's castle.
Now it was finally froggy’s turn to go to grox to turn his taxes in, sadly the guards allow one villager at a time. So, Froggy had to put baby villager down, at first he was whining.
“Baby villager, you gotta let me go for a second, it’ll be quick and then we have the day to ourselves.” Froggy’s shoulder was getting sore either way from letting baby villager sit on his shoulder, he needed a break anytime now.
“Okay dad, let’s get this stupid tax season over with l want to see dumb villager and homeless then.” Baby villager let out a small sigh and watched froggy walk inside the castle.
Grox was bored dealing with all sorts of villagers calling him their lord, savior, god, whatever praise he’s heard about a billion days on repeat. But there’s one villager that Grox always looks forward to seeing and listening to hear him speak. Although his praise to Grox wasn’t the best as the others, Grox always let it slide. This villager was Froggy with his long green hair, handsome black eyes that leave a spark of hope, and a sexy body to live in. Call it a crush but Froggy is beautiful to admire.
But, with Froggy currently being a slave and Grox being a god of villagers, it would ruin this reputation and status. But Grox makes so many events in his civilization for a chance to see froggy, he doesn't care about all those villagers just only froggy to appear.
As Grox sees Froggy in his throne room, he can't help but feel warmer seeing froggy, obviously for tax season.
“YO, froggy, my favorite villager! Do you meet this week’s quota for tax season?” Grox let out a small smile.
“Yes, ‘lord’ grox here's fourteen stacks of diamonds and emeralds like you wanted.” Froggy was obviously annoyed with Grox but he walked close to Grox to turn the money in.
As froggy started to hand the money, grox couldn't help but smirk at Froggy seeing him give him money. But then there’s a small sweetness in the room for some reason, it was weird this smell wasn't here earlier with other people but Froggy.
Grox took another sniff, it was strong and it smelled like the fresh air, lily pads, and the salt water. It was comforting and wasn't overwhelming like it was all blended in lightly it made Grox feel calm and relaxed for a second. But then his brain registered something before his consciousness could.
“Froggy…Froggy.. Froggy..” In a long soothing voice it made Grox flinch slightly and his cheeks were flushed. He was shocked at what just happened, there was nothing normal about that. He had to ask Froggy what that was, but he needed to be subtle about it.
“Ayo Frogman, do you smell a small sweetness in this room?” Grox let out a small chuckle to make sure it wasn't suspicious of asking this question.
Froggy had finished turning in the money when he just became silent and took a step away with that question. He just knew what this was about, it was his heat, it was reacting to grox out of all people in this civilization.
Grox looked at Froggy and his silence had answered his question that Froggy knows something about it and confirmed that this is coming from Froggy himself.
“Froggy, you know something about this, could you tell me what this is?” Grox walked a bit closer to Froggy with a curious smile and was greeted with that calming scent again.
Froggy took another step back from Grox letting out a quiet “no..” looking around to the guards hoping they didn't hear a rejection from their leader.
“Goodbye Grox.” Froggy turned around and started walking away quickly to avoid the surprised look on Grox's face, he knew leaving Grox wasn’t the best idea for his life but he didn't need this conversation with Grox out of all people as he walked home.
Grox was pacing around his room confused, furious, and curious about froggy with now wanting to stay away from him. Is there something going on with froggy? Does froggy need help? There were now a million predications in Grox’s mind but none of them fit.
Grox had started smirking once he sprouted an idea, he was gonna need to ease up froggy to have a private chat with Froggy, And he knows just how to do it.