mylittlelogs | 4th Mass

Teddie technically didn't have a room, every room was Teddie's room. Or so he told himself, that's what he gets when he sleeps in the closest. There would be no closet sleeping at the moment however, because even if he was quiet and hiding from the scrolls, he was not hiding very well when it came to plain sight.

He was, in fact, under a bed, his backside sticking out and his legs laid flat. If he heard the tapping on the glass, he says nothing. Instead he only seems to...vibrate. Or jiggle. He's doing something distracting enough to keep him from responding.

Kyouko looked at him for a moment, trying to decide what he was doing. Then she eased open the window and landed inside.

Now that she looked around, she realized it didn't look like Teddie necessarily lived here at all. No visible jerky, for one.

He was definitely making noises, though, which she hadn't been able to hear from outside. It sounded like... was that sobbing?

There was definitely sobbing filling up the room, although it stops the moment Teddie hears he's not alone. Of course he hears that and not the tapping. Or, if we're going by bear logic, the scent of Kyouko flying in may have grabbed his attention better than any sound. As if on cue, Teddie tries to scramble from out of under the bed, only to smash his head against it.

"Gah-OW!!"

Even in his sadness, he's as elegant as always.

"Hey..."

Kyouko crouches down, worrying over his head. "Y'okay?" Her brow wrinkles with concern.

He manages to pull himself out without incident, surprisingly wearing a smile on his face despite the crying only moments ago and the tears in his eyes. He's delighted to see Kyouko came for him, he knew she would.

"I'm okay! You could say I got a thick head."

Teddie even knocks on it a few times to prove his point, flinching a little when he realizes he's hitting a sore spot. Thick head indeed.

Kyouko brushes at the spot on his head with her wing. "Yer still a bear, tha's gonna hurt eventually."

She looks directly in his eyes. "Talk ta me. I wanna help." The most inelegant way possible of saying "what's wrong", possibly, but still an effective one.

It is an effective one, Teddie always liked Kyouko's bluntness. It made her easy to understand, no confusing words or riddle games to mess with his head. He rubs his eyes with one swift motion of his arm and sniffles for good measure.

"I guess I never thought one day my friend might be the devil."

"Ya knew her before?"

Kyouko hadn't known this. "She always seemed like a jerk ta me." She's a little uncomfortable talking about this if Teddie and Lucifer were friends before, but she's better off being honest, right? "... When I came back from the Pale Pony, she heard about Jappleack bein' taken, an'... she laughed. More or less. Said it was a good thing."

She glances out the window. Now that she and half the Agency have antagonized her, she's a little skittish. "... Yer sayin' ya were on good terms with her?"

Teddie's not surprised to hear that, especially after what just happened. Some people are just good at hiding their nastiness, he's learned that back in Inaba.

"I thought we were."

An aching feeling sits in his gut, it never occurred to him that he should be careful about the friends he makes. Does this mean he needs to be wary of any other possible two-faced monsters whenever he meets someone? That doesn't seem like a fun way to live, Teddie's not sure he could handle it.

It's never easy. Kyouko's been tricked before, all of the magical girls in her world have. But Teddie's openness and his optimism... those are some of the best parts of him. She wants to protect him, but she doesn't want him to be hurt by his own ignorance, either.

She does the only thing she can think to do, and carefully puts her forelegs and wings around him in a hug. "I'm sorry." Maybe there isn't an easy way to stop the pain from happening, but if Teddie surrounds himself with friends, maybe they (and Kyouko as well) can help blunt it.

His immediate response when he feels her legs around him is to grab onto her and press his head against her body, nuzzling against it for comfort.

"I'll be okay." Which was true, Teddie didn't feel nearly as bad as he did before after having a good cry about it. Talking to Kyouko and letting out his feelings certainly helped. Maybe this was also a part of maturity, bouncing back when things seem dark.

"It is...a little scary, though. I dunno how the heck she knew I was a Shadow without me saying anything! I didn't know people could figure that out on their own..."

And that was a public message, too... Who knows how many people know now. Teddie liked to keep check of who and who didn't know about his unsavory origins, it made it easier to make sure no one went around spreading it.

Kyouko shook her head. "I wouldn'ta known. D'ya think she knew ya before?" It's the only solution she can think of.

He seems to be recovering a little, at least, but since contact seems to help, she nuzzles him gently back. Despite her talk with Jappleack earlier, the point stands: she hates seeing him hurting.

"I...I don't think so," he presses his head against her more. "I would've remembered meeting someone for sure."

He pauses as he thinks something over, unsure if it's something he should even talk about. It only takes a few seconds of mulling before he finally decides to go through with it. It's Kyouko, he can tell her anything.

"She did say something kinda weird, though. She said I was 'one of his'. I dunno who the heck 'he' is, Shadows come from humans... I wonder if she knows the human I came from."

This surprises Kyouko. "Ya think?" Finding out where Teddie comes from... that would be a big deal.

"Teddie, if ya really wanna know, we can try ta find out. I could ask her, for one. An' I can be awfully persuasive. It jus'... might be a little harder, here.

"But even if ya never find out, it doesn' matter, ya know?" Hugging him tightly. "Yer still Teddie. Ya've got me an' the Agency an' all yer friends here. That jerk's just one pony. Yer so much better 'n' braver than her. She's not worth you."

Kyouko's words lift his spirits higher than he thought would be possible for today. She's just so good to him, he'll have to find a way to show his appreciation when all of this planet nonsense is taken care of. Maybe on that seal hunting date...

"Kyo-chan..." his voice is soft for that small moment before he finds himself wiping his eyes again, nodding hard in agreement. "Right! You're right. A part of me still wants to find out, I thought I solved the mystery of Teddie a long time ago, but...I won't be sad if I don't get an answer. I'm... really happy with where I'm at."

"Yeah." She laughs a little. "Jus'... if ya decide to go lookin', I'll come. Don' go off by yerself like I did, okay? I'm an idiot, ya don' wanna follow my example."

Of course she's good to him. He's the best thing that's happened to her in a while. She pulls out some fudge she brought from Bon Bon's and hands it over. Fudge never hurts.

O-Oh, fudge makes a world of difference. Teddie's eyes widen as he snatches the treat from her hooves and chows down like he hasn't eaten in weeks. Crying? Who was crying? There was no crying here.

"I'm gonna get soooo fat at this rate."

People should bring him more snacks whenever he's sad, he can see a good deal rising from this. When his mouth is no longer filled with chocolaty deliciousness, he begins to lick his paws for any tasty residue.

"...Thanks, Kyo-chan. I really love you."

Food makes her feel better, too. "I love ya too, Teds. Yer really special ta me, okay?" She leans back against the bed, one hoof on his paw, the other one holding some of the fudge while she eats. "I just wanna be here for ya, tha's all."

Snacking on fudge with someone you adore in your friend's room was probably not what Teddie imagined he'd do today. That's just how life is, unpredictable and impulsive. It was one of his favorite things about life, it made things interesting. Maybe he could make things interesting, too.

"You know what we should totally do?"

Kyouko was licking her own hoof clean when she looked over at Teddie. "Hm?"

Something about the look in his eyes makes her grin. "What? C'mon, what?"

Teddie's response comes in the form of him lifting himself against her face and kissing her mouth, a stupid smile on his face. The idea obviously came from watching Minato on the beach, now having seen the proper way to kiss a pony, it only seemed right to try it out sometime. And what better time than when both of them are eating sweets and probably taste like the chocolate they just ate? He clearly thinks he's a genius romantic right now, nobody say that Teddie is shy.

Kyouko makes a small noise of surprise, and for a moment she's startled enough that she doesn't really move.

Then her brain catches up with what's happening and she wraps her forelegs around him to pull him closer. If they're gonna kiss, might as well kiss right.

Teddie had no doubts that he was a hot stud and that his first smooch would be a huge success. Still...feeling her forelegs pull him in only strengthens what he already knew. His smile can only get bigger, or at least as big as it can get with his lips on hers. His paws reach up and hold her face, gently clinging on with soft little paw pads brushing against her.

To think this started as one of the worst days, only to become one of the best.

Kyouko kisses him for as long as she can before she has to come up for air, but she doesn't pull away that much at all. She kind of sits with her legs still around him, the look on her face half dazed and half grinning.

"Well, tha's all right," she mutters to him quietly. "Wanna try it again?"

All right?

All right?

Here Teddie thought he was the most suave and romantic bear in the history of bears, and all she can say was it was all right?! Teddie is stunned, his mouth open in a silent scream. Kyouko, you are so cruel sometimes.

Kyouko laughs awkwardly a little at his look. "I mean... I liked it, Teds." She leans in and... judging his expression carefully... slowly kisses him again. He does taste like chocolate, which is not a bad thing at all in her mind.

It's a little weird not only kissing a bear but kissing him with a pony mouth, but they're somehow managing to make it work. The important point is that it's Teddie and she loves him. He's not at all a bad kisser (even if they're both a little inexperienced).

Oh, right, a joke. He can do jokes. It's not like this is one of the most important moments of his life or anything. Haha... ha...

He'd answer back, but before he can he finds himself on the receiving end of a kiss this time around, perfectly happy with the situation. What's better than one smooch but two smooches, right? Oh, if only Yosuke were here... He'd rub this in his face forever...

Grabbing her once again, Teddie can't help but get a little experimental and switches back and forth from kissing to licking. He agrees, kissing a pony with a bear mouth is weird, which is why he waited so long in the first place. Animals back home lick all the time to show affection, if he could find a right combination of the two...

Well, he ends up kind of licking Kyouko's face. Kyouko screws up her face as he does remove the last vestiges of fudge on it, but eventually she licks at him back. "Wait, wait... le's try, uh... maybe both at once?"

She goes to kiss him again, but also lets her tongue slip out of her mouth at the same time. She ends up meeting their tongues together, and then... er, pushes on his with hers a little bit? ~~Kissing is weird, what do~~

He follows her lead as best he can, determination on his face. There's nothing wrong with a mutual semi-lick, but nothing about this really cries 'kissing' to him.

"This would be a lot easier with human mouths..."

It's like they were made for it or something. Minato made it look so easy, when did interspecies relationships get so complicated? It didn't help that Teddie's teeth were sharp and made for tearing apart flesh. Maybe sticking something fleshy like a tongue in there isn't a good idea...

"Ow!" She withdraws her tongue to find it bleeding a little. Probably rubbing her own blood on Teddie isn't a good idea. When did it go wrong?

(Oh, right, probably when she stuck her tongue into the carnivore's mouth.)

"Damn, how come we gotta eat two dif'rnt kindsa food?" She dabs at her tongue to see if it'll stop bleeding.

The sight of blood causes Teddie to throw both paws over his mouth. That...that only happened because of him...

"Did...did I hurt you?!"

He's absolutely horrified. The last thing he'd EVER want to do is hurt her. Especially when trying to show affection...

"No, uh... it wasn' yer fault, it was my tongue..."

The blood's already slowing down. Kyouko heals quickly. But she's worried she already messed this up. "... Sorry."

Trying to calm himself down, he puts on a smile for her. He's still scared, especially after all the Shadow talk earlier, but it's...fine. He's sure it is.

"Whaaaat? You don't have to be sorry. We'll just...try better next time."

This will call for some research, he's sure of it. He'll do absolutely everything in his power to find a way to make this work.

"Yeah... we can't be the first bear and pony ta hook up, can we?"

She drapes a wing around him. "Thanks, Teds. I mean it. I love ya an' I don' want anythin' ta happen ta ya." She kisses the top of his head -- thankfully, without any blood.

"An' I'm gonna stick around here a little if yer okay with that. Partly ta make sure Lucifer doesn' show up. Partly cause I like hangin' out with ya."

Leaning against her, he rubs his mouth one more time, unsure of himself. It's always been his dream to smooch a girl and to have to backfire like that...because of how he is rather than something he did...and yet, Kyouko's still here saying that she loves him. That's really all that should matter and he blows away his worries with a small sigh.

"Woohoo~! Are you kidding?! Do you know how long I've been hopin' you'd say something like that?!"

Granted, during better circumstances, but there's no way he wouldn't be okay with this.

He hugged her and confessed his love when she was bleeding and smelling much worse than now. It's the least she can do.

"Well, now I said it. An' I'll be outside mostly so I don' need a bed or anythin'. Wanna be ready if the jerk shows up."

Sometimes love goes beyond smell and how much you may or may not be rotting.

"Well, if you ever need a bed, you're always welcome to Chateau Teddie~"

Which is, of course, one whole closest.

"Hey, could I ask you a huuuuuge favor?"

Kyouko nods in thanks. "Yeah, of course."

"If she does come by, I wanna talk to her first. Then you can fight as much as you want! I just ...need to know who 'he' is."

Teddie would be satisfied with just a name, something to go off of.

Kyouko nods again. "Tha's why we need ta find her, right? I'll hold her down if I can an' come get ya. But ya gotta be careful, okay? I don' wanna stick aroun' ta protect ya an' then have ya get injured when ya try ta ask her things." Not that she'd mind sticking around anyway. Most important part was the second part of that sentence, really.

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