Radiance Chapter 11: Acceptance.
When Seven and Visa finally reemerged from the pool cave they found everyone grinning at them as they entered the main cave, well except for Wisp but Seven could actually feel her grin through her expressionless metallic face.
"Crap you know don't you?" he said and Ven's grin reached critical mass to the point where it looked like his lips were going to retract over his skull and peel his skin off like a fucking banana.
"Kinda hard not to with the noises you were making my beloved sister make, but hey let me be the first to congratulate you for being brave enough to take that step, not everyone can love a claw especially a crazy tail like my sister, but I'm proud of you, you really stepped up and it's obvious you make her happy so you got my blessing, but just a warning here if you ever break her heart you won't have to worry about her because there will be no place on this earth you'll be able to hide from me," Ven said the smile never leaving his face despite his chilling words.
Visa went from outraged at being called a crazy tail again to surprised to happy at her brother's words, "S-So none of you are weirded out by this?" she asked and all of them even Gregory shook their heads, infact it was the timid young human that answered.
"Life is too short and harsh enough as it is, if you make each other happy then that's good enough for me, you are both good people, I've already seen that in the very short time I've known you, you stepped up and saved me, protected me and even let me come with you, despite my presence being nothing but a hassle for you so that for me speaks volumes, both you and Ven have already shown me that not all claws are vicious animals, but people just like me, so why shouldn't you have the same feelings as me? And if Seven makes you happy and you make Seven happy then who in this world has any right to tell you it's wrong? Because the way I see it, love is never wrong, at the end of the day it's about the only good thing we have left and it comes in all shapes and sizes" Gregory said surprising them all.
Ven put his long arm around the slender human's shoulder and gently and playfully shook him, "Well said this man, you see this sister? It looks like that human of yous is a good human magnet, in all our lives we've never met good humans before, now we've met two err three in the space of days" Ven said catching Wisp shooting him a glance mid-way through that sentence.
Visa nodded her large head then taking a deep breath wrapped her long arms around Seven in a very tight bear-like hug, "This here is my human, he is mine, he belongs to me, I claim him as my mate for life and I will never let anyone hurt or touch him ever again, I will guard him and love him till the end of my days, I will be his alpha and death will follow on swift claws to any who would try to hurt or steal my male from me, this I swear before all of you" Visa said and Ven looked amazed.
"Wow kid the oath of the alpha claw, that's a lot to live up to, you really must have touched her heart in all the right ways if she's willing to make that pledge, well then all you have to do now is accept and you have a claw for life," Ven said looking between them.
Seven's heart went into overdrive as he turned in Visa's arms and looked up at the expectant and hopeful claw female, but as his eyes met hers he knew that he'd already accepted despite the words not leaving his lips yet, "I accept Visa, I am yours and no-one else's" he said and Visa let out a squeal that was very un-claw like as she hoisted him off his feet and smashed her lips to his.
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"See? What did I tell you? Claw love is the best love, you find the right big strong handsome claw boy to love you and you'll never fear again" Ven said shaking Gregory's shoulder as he watched the happy couple basically sucking each other's face's off.
"Yeah, I think your right there Ven, love is love no matter what shape it takes," Gregory said in a kinda dreamy thoughtful voice, it was literally only then that Ven noticed that he'd absent-mindedly coiled his tail around Gregory's hips and Gregory was absent-mindedly stroking the tip of it like he was petting a cat or something, Ven smiled to himself, could two miracles really be possible to the same group?
He really hoped so.
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As Visa and Seven sat down to eat Visa insisted on Seven sitting in her lap, which made him look rather small and it would be obvious to anyone that he was embarrassed by it, but he still did it because he could see it would make Visa happy, she he perched himself on her huge thighs and she pulled him back against her belly with one large hand before settling in to eat her bowl of stew that Wisp and Ven had made for them.
To his utter surprise Visa looked so very proud with him sat there, plus given how genuinely happy for them everyone seemed he rather swiftly relaxed and just ate his stew enjoying the comfort of his living seat.
Wisp had sat down next to them as Gregory and Ven were on the other bed and we deep in conversation, Gregory was telling Ven all about his life both before and during his enslavement and the big claw seemed utterly enthralled by the slender human man, Seven was beginning to suspect that his interest was maybe a little deeper than he just found him interesting.
"Thank you for the food Wisp, it is delicious" Visa said happily as she finished her second bowl, she really did have a rather healthy appetite, but then given her size Seven wasn't surprised, he just hoped as her man he wasn't expected to go out and hunt for her all the time now or that could be quite a mission.
"Thanks, Ven helped quite a lot, for some reason I rather like cooking despite not being able to you know to eat or taste anything myself, but he lets me know when I got things just right" Wisp replied and Visa nodded in agreement.
"My brother did always have an eye for a choice cut of meat when he saw it," she said.
"You know I really am glad you two got together, you both deserve to be happy you know, plus it a kinda selfish way it kinda gives me hope too you know?" Wisp said and both Seven and Visa cocked their heads at her sensing a kind of vulnerability shining through the metal exterior.