User blog:Redknight910/WWYD Manticore JOVA82

Prompt: Unexpected Confession

I look at her, the bane of my childhood, and a constant source of pain throughout my teenage years, and I actually feel sorry for her. I'm don't really like her, but I have to admit she's earned my respect for rescuing my family and throwing her own health to the wind to try and save me.

I reached out and put a hand on her arm in a place with no bandages. She tensed up for a moment, before looking at me and smiling. She slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep. I just sat there for a few minutes, before getting up. As I took my hand off of her arm she shuddered, murmuring about her love again before calming down.

I stepped out of the room, closing the door as the rest of my family came down the hallway. They spotted me and my brother rn up to me.

"Is she okay?" He asked, looking passed me into the room.

"Not really, but she seemed happy to see me."

"Not surprised, pramedics said she wouldn't leave without making sure you were safe." The nurse said as she reached the door. She grabbed the handle before there was a crash from inside. She threw the door open and looking over her shoulder I could see what had happened.

The manticore was on the floor, arm reaching to where I had been sitting, trying to get up. What really caught my attention though was her tail. The spined end of it was gone, as was a good portion of its length.

"Miss Aren, you need to lie down and rest. You'll just make yourself worse with things like this." The manticore growls as the nurse lifts her back into the bed.

"Not... without... without him." She looks at me near the door, along with everyone else.

"Look..." I don't know what to say, but I decide to help get her off the floor. "I don't know if I like you the way you like me, but you need to rest if you want to find out, okay?" As I lift her she looks at me, then smiles.

"Okay. When I get better, you're mine." I can't help but return the smile, hearing her talk like she always does. We get her back in bed, and I turn to leave, hearing her mutter something behind me. I assume it's just more random confessions, until the nurse get's my attention.

"Um, sir?" I turn back and she's staring at me. "Are you going to answer her?" I look back at the manticore, who shakes her head slightly.

"Are you... going to stay... until I'm better?" I look at her for a few seconds, before sighing.

"I'll be around town. Is that good enough?" She shakes her head.

"In here... once a week... at least." I give her a soft glare, before nodding.

"Fine." I turned back towards the door, only to see my family smiling at me. "What?"

"You're such a softie, bro." My little brother says, punching me in the shoulder

"Shut up." I punch him back, before my mother steps into the room.

"Thank you Molly. We're all very grateful for what you did for us." She uts a hand on her shoulder and kissed Molly on the forehead.

I... I was just... making sure... my love was safe. But I'm glad I got you all too." My mother smiles at her, then smooths her hair back.

"Now, get some rest, and you can be back to chasing my son in no time." Molly laughs, then groans.

"That's... not... great." She says with a chuckle. We left her to the nurse after that.

I kept my promise to see her weekly. Every time she was making clear progress, and she usually had a smile on her face when she saw me. After a month she was back to her old self, though she'd been more friendly than painful now. We were sitting outside the room, in a small garden area.

"So...." Molly was nervously fiddling with her gown, what was left of her tail twitching.

"What is it?" I asked, leaning back.

"Do you... do you actually like me?" She asked, looking over at me.

"You made my life hell for the whole of primary school, and made me all but paranoid throughout high school." She hung her head, and I put a hand on her shoulder. "But, you also saved my family, and risked your life to try and save me." Her ears reflexively perked up.

"So..." She was waiting for my response, and I let the silence stretch on for a few more seconds.

"So, I'll give it a cha-" I'm wrapped in fuzzy arms and mane before I can even finish talking.

"Thank you! I-I'll, um, well, I...." Her tail starts twitching around rapidly. "I had a plan for when I finally got you, but, um... it kind of doesn't work anymore...." I'm silently greatful for that.

"Well, how about this instead?" I ask as I pull my face out of her fluffy cleavage and kiss her on the lips. As I pull away I just see the blush on her face.

"That works too." She leans her head on my shoulder. "This works really well."