Ferocious II A MewGulf AU

Chapter 33 : Own Pace

CHAPTER 33 : OWN PACE

The sun rose as its rays passed through the venetian blinds, illuminating the whole room.

The sleeping figure on the bed stirred in his sleep as the sunlight hit his face directly.

Immediately regretting after the first wave of pain ran through his spine.

He groaned in pain as he halted his actions, afraid of another wave hitting him.

And that’s when he realized, gray walls, gray curtains, gray sheets and the overwhelming scent of alpha hit his nose.

And as if on cue, a click of the lock was heard and the door to the bathroom opened.

Revealing Mew clad in nothing but his gray sweatpants. 

Yep, everything is gray. You can now conclude that Mew loves gray so much.

“You’re awake..” Mew greets with a small smile as he approached the bed.

“Oh my god…” Gulf apologetically says as he caught sight of the bandage wrapped around Mew’s torso reaching his shoulders and hips.

Tears were immediately brimming his eyes as he slowly lifted his hand to rest on Mew’s arm which was outstretched trying to reach out to him.

“Hey.. shush now. I’m okay..” Mew tries to coax him as he gently sat on the bed, refraining from doing any rash movements to avoid showing pain to Gulf who is basically on the verge of crying.

“Y-you have bandages all over..” Gulf emits as he traced the bandage wrapped on the other.

“Don’t worry about me, okay? It’s nothing serious” Mew attempts again.

Gulf has been asleep for two days, nothing serious. More like he was too drained out of using too much of his ability in his full potential and add the injuries he’s currently suffering from the beating he experienced. And in those two days, Mew recovered faster than expected.

Thanks to the antidote Gun gave him that seemed to heal other injuries as well.

“You should worry more about yourself.. I’m okay..” Mew says as he opened his arms.

“But.. but..”

“Come now..” Mew says as he slowly pulled Gulf towards him, making sure that no injury was being touched.

Gulf was kind of reluctant at first, but Mew took his hand and made him touch the bandages.

“See? You won’t hurt me” Mew says and with that Gulf secured himself in the arms of his mate.

Keeping his head placed on the crook of Mew’s neck as his arms were gently wrapped around Mew’s waist.

“I thought I lost you..” Gulf whispers in between sniffles.

“You were so brave back there” Mew says as he placed a chaste kiss on the other’s ear.

“I’m so proud of you.. “ Mew adds.

Causing Gulf to bawl his eyes out.

And Mew didn’t bother stopping him, he just allowed him to do so while rubbing an assuring hand on the other’s back.

“I heard you..” Gulf whispers once he calmed down.

“Hmmm?”

“Y-you said you l-loved me..” Gulf whispers in a small voice, almost inaudible.

“I do.. I do love you” Mew whispers, no reluctance evident in his voice.

“W-won’t you ask me if I love you too?” Gulf asks, pulling back to take a glance on the other’s face.

“No.”

“W-why?” Gulf thought this conversation was going down hill.

“Because I want you to say it when you’re ready. On your own pace. I will give you all the time that you need, by now I’m already contented with the fact that you know I love you.” Mew whispers as he booped the other’s nose before smiling at him.

And Gulf couldn’t help but cry again at the affection Mew was giving him.

In his mind, his thoughts were rushing.

‘So this is what being loved feels like..’

Out of instinct, he moved himself.

Enduring the wave of pain as he sat himself on Mew’s lap.

Trying to get closer as possible to his mate.

And Mew found himself smiling fondly at the action.

He took the duvet that fell from Gulf’s shoulders and pulled it upwards placing it securely on the other’s shoulders to cover up his back.

“Who knew my tamer would be you” Mew smiled to himself.

“You’re warm…” Gulf said as he snuggled deeper into Mew while the duvet was wrapped around him as well.

Mew’s heart was swelling in fondness.

“Hey love?”

“Hmmm?” Gulf hummed, hiding the fact that he liked being called like that.

“Wanna have breakfast?” Mew asked.

“Noooo. This. Just this for today” Gulf says referring to the cuddling session they were having at the moment.

“Cheesy~ but you need food” Mew says drawing patterns on the other’s hips.

“Let’s save it for lunch instead” Gulf replies, dreading the thought of getting up and momentarily stopping this moment.

“Okay then, I like this better anyway” Mew says as he adjusted himself and leaned backwards on the head board.

“Thank you for protecting me.. even sacrificed your life just to save me” Gulf whispers, muffled.

“I’d rather die than be mateless my whole life” Mew says.

Gulf giggles at that.

“Want to sleep some more?” Mew asked as he noticed the heaviness of Gulf’s voice.

But the other didn’t respond.

Mew silently pulled back just a little, only to see

Gulf already dozing off in his arms.

Bare skin touching, bandages on both their bodies, warm duvet wrapped around them and it wasn’t the most ideal moment,

But they wouldn’t ask more, because the content in this specific moment was overwhelming. 

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The story is nearing its end! 😸