Hearts Intertwined By Fire

Musashi has a weird yet casual conversation with Nyarth as she cleans him.

She was careful with him as she gently rubbed the top of his head, spreading the soap throughout his soft fur in the process. He simply looked up at her, watching her movements with a curious glint.

She continued to brush down the sides of his face, gently cradling his sensitive whiskers in her fingers as she looked down into his curious eyes.

Then she paused in her movements, gently folding back his pricked ears with care. He shot her a quizzical look at this action but didn't say anything. In fact, none of them had said a word since she had begun to do this for him.

She then paused once more as she looked down at him, speaking for the first time in a while. "Close your eyes" she said softly, to which he simply blinked. She half expected him to ignore the comment but she knew that it was hard to keep his big me-owth shut for more than a few minutes. He had to let it out at some point.

"Huh? Why?" He didn't say anything else, but she could tell he was biting his own tongue to prevent more words from spilling out. He looked cute doing that.

She gave a soft laugh at his confusion. "Do you want this stuff in your eyes?" she questioned him.

He paused, a slight thoughtful look in his eyes. "What, does it stin' or somet'in'?" he asked. He was trying so hard not to continue to talk but she could see he was slowly losing that fight.

'It can but do you really want to risk it?" She knew he was a risk taker but even she knew that he wasn't reckless, most of the time. His eyes were sensitive like his tail and his charm. He would want to protect them.

She was right in that sense as he narrowed his eyes slightly in thought and then looked back up to her. He paused for a few moments before he gave a small nod of his head. "Alright" he said simply as he shut his eyes.

Smiling softly, she very gently drew her fingers over his shut eyes. taking note of the sensitivity of them as he began to tightly hold them shut. She was careful as she brought the soap around his fur, being sure to reach every crevice she could. He also knew to keep his mouth shut as well, mainly because he wasn't that stupid.

But she never saw him as stupid to begin with.