chapter 23. My Tail.

                                    

                                          
Time skip. The next day brought to you by kernel Sanders. 
Ranboo's pov*
I woke up on the couch, it was comfy and I didn't want to move, I wanted to go back to sleep. I felt movement behind me and the feeling of being hugged tighter. I closed my eyes out of comfort and quietly hummed. "Good morning boo, how are you feeling today? Any better?" He asked.
I pretended to be asleep as I rolled over and gripped onto his waist. I pulled him closer to me and nuzzled my face and head into the crook of his neck. "Awww.. I love him so much.." He whispered. 
My heart skipped a beat.. "No way he meant it like that.. Did he?" He said it as if he meant it in not a friend way. He lightly placed small kisses in my hair and gently rubbed circles on my back.
I felt something weird... Something swaying across the floor... My tail! Without 'waking up' I tried to hide my tail again but it wouldn't work. Instead it slid under the blanket and wrapped around his legs pulling him closer. He giggled as if he already knew I had one.
"Aww his tail came out again." He whispered. He slid his hand up the back of my hoodie and continued to rub my back while lightly dragging his nails across my skin. It was so comfortable, I let out a squeak of comfort and held him tighter.
He quietly giggled and I felt tiny kisses on the tip of the fluff on my tail. My tail has a mind of its own when I'm very comfortable like this so I didn't even feel it move. 
I 'woke up' and stared at him. "Good morning." He said smiling. I smiled back. "You have a very cute tail." He said. "Yeah sorry about that I'll hide it give me a second." I said trying to get up. "No! I like it, I don't mind it at all." He said trying to keep me from getting up.
"Uhm.. Ok?" I said. I sat up and he sat up and he sat up as well accidentally sitting on my tail. "Ow!" I said. He quickly got up and I pulled my tail closer to me. "Oh I'm sorry are you ok?" He asked sitting next to me. I nodded and he pet the little black and white fluff that was on the tip of my tail.
I subconsciously moved it to where it wrapped around his waist. "Sorry!" I said as I moved it back to me. "Sometimes it has a mind of its own so I'm sorry." I apologized. "Don't be sorry! I know it's done that before. Plus I've seen your tail before today or last night." He said. I nodded. 
"I don't really like my tail that much.." I said as one looked down. He looked at me confused. "Why? I think it makes you unique, I think it's pretty. I like the like the fluff it has." He complemented.
I know he doesn't mean that but it feels nice.. "Thanks I guess.. I appreciate that." I said smiling faintly. He smiled and hugged me. I hugged back and wrapped my tail around his leg to keep him there. I never liked my tail, when I was a kid I had it out all the time and I would get made fun of and everyone would pull and step on it.
And it hurt a lot. I would also sometimes trip over it but I still liked my tail. I still do a little bit but I'm insecure about it now. That's why hide it all the time now. So if he actually like than ok, I'm happy. But if he doesn't I don't really care I've delt with it my whole life. 
I unwrapped his leg and let go of him. I caught him staring at my tail, I sighed. ''You wanna hold it don't you?" I asked. He nodded and I flapped it in his lap. He pet it and looked at me.
"How long have you known that you had one?" He asked. "Since I was five, I had it unbidden all the time but everyone would step and pull on it so I taught myself how to hide it." I said. 
"Did it hurt when you learned how to hide it?" He asked. "Not really it was a sharp pinch but it was more uncomfortable that painful." I explained. He looked looked down. "I'm sorry for people hurting you.." He said. I guided his gaze back up to me. "Don't be sorry for things that happen in the past." I said. 
But he looked back down. "I know but it just feels right to say that you didn't deserve that. You can have your tail out around me, I promise I won't judge." He promised. 
"Oh I know that but you won't want it out because it gets annoying.. Very, annoying." I said. "I don't see how it could get annoying, I think it's cute! It reminds me of a cat." He said. "Tubbo I swear to God if you call me catboo I'm gonna kill you." I said. "God dammit how did you know?" I laughed at his response. "Because I know you!"
"Whatever! But I promise you won't have to worry about your tail around me!" He said. I wrapped it around his waist and pulled him close to me as I hugged him. "Thank you." "No problem boss man!"