Hermitcraft x Reader

Ren - Drabble - The Coat

Contains: Dog Hybrid!Ren, Canine Hybrid!Reader, No Established Relationship, Fluff, A Little Flirting, Self Conscious Reader (over hybrid features)
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Sometimes living around other hermits was less than ideal.
By which you mean the amount of times you've had surprise visits from your neighbours. And you have a lot of neighbours.

For most their spontaneous drop ins aren't an issue, it isn't an issue when you do it to them.
The only problem is when you have something to hide things.. well they don't go too well.
Like right now.

With a "One minute!" you find yourself rushing around, trying to one, make yourself presentable and two, make sure that everything you want to hide is hidden.
Those things being your ears and your tail.

Your identity as a hybrid is a well kept secret, so secret in fact you're the only one that knows.
It's not like you would be alone, there are many hybrids of many different creatures between your friends, it's just you're not necessarily the biggest fan of your canine attributes. 

In a hurry to answer the door you pull on your long coat, making sure the hood is up.
It's the one you always wear as it covers everything you want to hide between its length and its hood.

You head to where an unknown guest is waiting, slightly out of breath.
You grab the door handle, opening pushing it down and opening the door with a surprising force that almost knocks you off your feet.

Luckily for you a hand grabs yours and pulls you back up, "We haven't even known each other that long baby, you're already falling for me." 
You feel your cheeks heat up, the man before you one you're getting to know more and more. 

The more you think about it the more you realise you would have been blushing even if you hadn't fallen, it's not like he isn't attractive after all.
Anyone would blush if they were in your situation. Right?

You internally shake off your feelings, directing a small smile Ren.
"Thanks for catching me, what were you wanting?" He smiles back at you, leaning against your door frame with his arms folded across his chest.
Something you really try and distract your mind from but he just looks so good.

"I was wondering if you wanted to come with me on a little trip is all, just you, me and all the stars in the sky." He winks, causing you to blush once again.
"Are you inviting me end busting?" Ren nods, "I'd love to go." 

"That settles it then, are you ready to go now?" He asks. 
"Yeah." 
"Are you sure, you seemed in quite the hurry before you opened the door." Ren smirks, a twinkle in his eye as he looks you over.

As he does something catches his eye, you can see the cogs turning as he thinks deeply for a moment.

"Is everything okay?" You ask him. 
"Yeah, I just don't think I've ever seen your ears before." 
Panic.

You reach up, feeling that your hood isn't there.
It isn't over your ears.
He can see them.
You reach back and pull your hood up over your head, which gains a very confused look from Ren.

"You're a hybrid." Ren states. 
You reach for him as quickly as you reached for your hood, pulling him into your house and slamming the door once he's in. 
"Shh." 
"What?" 

"I don't want anyone to know." Ren is taken aback by this, his eyebrows furrowed. 
"Why not?" He asks, clearly curious after learning something new about you.

"No one has ever known, I've always kept it a secret. I don't want anyone to think of me any different because of it." You drop your head to look at the floor, not wanting to maintain eye contact any longer.

You hear Ren approach you, carefully reaching out.
You don't stop him as he lowers you hood once again, and with a little help from you he takes your coat off entirely.

"Why would you hide yourself?" He asks, "your ears, your tail. They're beautiful baby, you're beautiful. You shouldn't have to hide away under a coat." 
"Like I say, I don't want anyone to think of me differently." 

Ren lets out a breath which sounds almost like a laugh.
"No one's going to think of you any differently. I have ears and a tail as well and no one treats me any different." He lifts your head with his hand, catching your gaze.

"What if they do?" 
"They won't, I can promise you that. Even if they did, I'd be here to stick up for you. Me and you, we gotta stick together now. I hope you know that." his voice is playful, tail wagging behind him. 

"Yeah yeah, anyway. Can we go end busting now?" You ask, your own tail beginning to move of its own accord as you get more and more excited.
"We sure can, but the coat stays here." Ren states, hanging the garment up.

"If the coat stays here I get the first elytra." You say, watching as Ren smirks.
"Then it's yours, lets go." 

Ren opens the door, waiting for you to exit the house before he does, just to make sure you don't grab the coat on the way out.
You roll your eyes at him as he closes your door.

It feels strange to be out and about with no coat on, you can't remember the last time you did this.
What you do know is that it feels amazing, and thanks to Ren you don't think you'll ever go back to hiding your hybrid features.