Hunting for a way home - Shalnark x Reader

Chapter 35 - We are, Off on an adventure!

Arc Three

"Are we there yet?"

It took everything in you to hide the smile that wanted to form at the words you had spoken at this point countless times as you caught the slight tightening of Shalnarks hands around the wheel. Shalnark was such a positive and overall happy guy. Nothing ever seemed to dim his mood or get under his skin. Sure in the past there were times you'd seen him irked.

But you couldn't resist a part of you that wanted.. No NEEDED to test the limits and push. How far could you push him until that patience wore thin and he broke? Just because you had decided to go with him on this little 'adventure' didn't mean you'd forgiven him.

"I swear if I didn't know any better, I'd say your memory is worse than Shizuku's." His tone was light and airy and you turned to look at him. He quickly turned his head so he could face you with a playful smirk on his face. Internally you sighed, he must have figured out what you were doing but that didn't mean you were going to stop.

Turning your head to look in the back you saw Aster lounged out staring out the window. Shalnark had said the car he had in mind wouldn't do, considering he wasn't expecting your plus one to be a dog that could pass for a pony.

So in turn you were both forced to steal an SUV that had seats you could knock down so she had plenty of room to move around in. A part of you longed for her to get bigger, another part of you dreaded it. Short of stealing a semi one day she'd become very difficult to transport. But that was something that you could worry about another day.

Looking out the window and being faced with nothing but endless tree's you decided to kick up the dramatics. "When are you going to feed me?" Turning your head to face his that was now focused on the road you tried widening your eyes and adding with a little pout. "Don't you know I'm starving?"

Without saying anything he popped open the center console and pulled out a bag of beef jerky and handed it over to you. You had only just opened the bag, the air filling with the smell of jerky when a long muzzle shot forward before you could so much as get a hand inside devouring the jerky inside. Hastily you pulled the bag free of Aster's muzzle, quickly angling your body so she couldn't reach the bag again.

Spreading the bag wide you let out a mournful cry. "YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!" Snapping your head to the side you didn't catch Shalnarks lips clamped together containing a laugh or his shoulders shaking. You just stared accusingly at your hound in the back seat.

"YOU DIDN'T EVEN LEAVE ME A SINGLE PIECE! I SWEAR YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A GREEDY PIG NOT A DOG!" All you heard was a huff from Aster and saw her head looking back out the window unbothered. Before a roar of laughter came from the driver's seat beside you.

When you snapped your head to the side you noticed Shalnark must have taken his foot off the gas because the SUV began to slow down as his shoulders shook laughing harder than you'd ever heard him do so before. The man actually looked like he might have tears in his eyes.

If you weren't so annoyed you might have actually enjoyed the sound of his laughing but right now all you wanted to do was punch him. Crossing your arms you looked out the window. He had stopped laughing by now and had begun to pick up speed again.

"We are about 10 minutes out from the city. I'll make sure I get you some food." You could still hear the amusement in his voice and couldn't help but be thankful though at the fact he planned on stopping.

"Also-" You felt his attention on you and you looked over curious. When he caught your eye he smirked before turning his attention back to the road. "You're going to have to try harder, if you're trying to get under my skin."