Rusty Skies

Chapter 4 - the confession

Snappy twiddled with the fingers of his drill hand while watching Stormrage glide around on the frozen lake in-front of him as thin clouds of snow drifted down from the sky. It's been a strange week in this... 'otherrealm', meeting all these strange people from different universes but all stuck in the same fate, and experiencing a snowstorm in the middle of spring. But, nevertheless, it bought him closer to Stormrage. But now, his feelings for him were bursting through the seams, he can't keep it in any longer, he needed to tell him as soon as possible, since he heard that this place will inexplicably send people back to their home worlds just as suddenly as they came here. He quickly shook his head to try and rid the sense of urgency off his mind, he took in a deep breath and shouted "STORMY!!!". This made the shy glider stop dead in his tracks and almost slip and fall on the ice "woOAH-... Uh,.. w- what is it Snappy?..", "c'mere, I wanna tell ya somethin'!" Metalsnap replied while waving his hand in a friendly 'come' gesture. Stormrage approached the earthen dragon, curious, "what is it?..". Snappy took in another deep breath, it was now or never, "I-I-,.. uh- I love you!" He blurted out. Stormrage looked at him shocked, panicking, Metalsnap started talking faster "Imean,I'vehadacrushonyouforthelongesttimeandI'vehelditinforsolongandIfeltthatnowwastheappropriatetimetoconfesstoyou,ohandalsoIhopeyoudontmindhowfatIamplease...hehe..." he said, a small blush dusting his cheeks. Stormrage still stared at him, he was slowly covering his mouth with his hand as a gentle blush crept over his face, he then bolted over and hugged Metalsnap's leg "I- I love you too!..". Metalsnap's pupils shrank as his blush covered almost the entire front part of his face as he stood there in shock for what felt like an eternity, but was actually five seconds. He then joyously picked up Stormrage and hugged him close to his chest, he then burried his muzzle in the fur around Stormrage's neck, his fur was so... soft... Stormrage was flustered at first by being picked up by the gentle giant that is Metalsnap, but he quickly relaxed and rested his muzzle on top of Metalsnap's, gently planting a kiss right on top. Snappy responded with a gentle neck kiss of his own. After what felt like 30 minutes of bliss instead of 15 seconds, Metalsnap then held Stormrage in a bridal carry and continued to hold him close to his chest, looking down lovingly at him while Stormrage's arms were wrapped around his neck, "hehe,.. let's get back to to our shelter, Shal we? I don' wanna get frost nausea from stayin' out here for too long". Stormrage looked at him understandingly "of course darling~,.. as long as you're- happy and healthy...", Metalsnap chuckled lightheartedly and began his way back to the shelter he built. "Oh,.. and uh- by the way,.. I don't mind your extra weight... That just means there's more of you love~..." Stormrage suddenly said, grabbing Metalsnap's attention, "and besides,.. squimshieeeeesssss~!.." he said while suddenly grabbing Snappy's chubby cheek and squishing it. Snappy chuckled and purred, "heh, thanks mate, that really made me feel better about my weight!", Stormrage replied "aww,.. you're welcome...". Their cute chatter continued as they walked down the path to their shelter as snowflakes continued to float down from the clouds, landing gently on the mirrored surface of the frozen lake behind them