Her joke was enough to draw the smallest chuckle from him, the last thing that he thought was going to happen in this meeting. Nipping at her cheek teasingly he whispered, ”We can party all night, and sleep the day away in the summer sun, and we’ll never have to grow old.” It was similar to a story that his aunt @Amondi had told him as a child, of a land in the clouds where pups could go and they would never grow older and they could fly like birds. If only this place were real and he could take Vanadis there, it seemed like a reasonable solution to their problems.
But they weren’t going to run away, and they both knew it.
He listened to everything that she had to say, quietly just taking it all in. In the end there was nothing more he could say than, ”I understand, and I will do what I can to make you as comfortable as possible.” He knew he was putting a lot of strain on himself, and their young relationship, as well as his friendship with Clover. But, somehow Vanadis made it all seem worth it, no matter how hard it got.
As soon as she stopped speaking, almost before she finished speaking Viorel was shaking his head hard. Stepping forward now he draped his head over her shoulders and pulled her close, ”No. I don’t want to ‘step back’ from you, or slow down, or not call you my girlfriend. I really like you Archer, and I’m not proud of this mess I’ve made, but I’m really fucking proud to be with you.” Snuggling his chin deeper down into his fur he murmured, ”I’m all in this for as long as you’ll have me. I can’t promise I will be perfect, this is my first time in anything real. But I can promise you I’m going to try as hard as I can, everyday.” Then he was silent, waiting for her response.