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Nsheios

He stretched out against the cup as he heard Artius talking to his host, aka Sunrise. He was half asleep as he laid there, okay... I never knew a hoodie pocket could be so comfortable. He had been expecting Artius to bully him about his form but nope, Artius is instead trying to make him as comfortable as possible. 

He doesn't care much about being harrassed, they can suck it, but he still hides this form because it's vulnerable and dangerous for him to be in. Five minutes out and he already almost got punched, Artius however seemed to have no intention to hurt him in a weak state. Nsheios felt Artius rub his head gently and he let out soft purrs.

He's pretty sure Sunrise's body affected him, he's never just let someone touch him before, especially in this form. It made him a little angry, mostly at himself. "Are you sleepy in there?" he heard Artius ask him softly, Nsheios practically hugged the cup through the fabric and Artius said "Nsheios, I need to drink the tea" he pulled the cup away and Nsheios felt the warmth go away. 

He tried to grab it in a panic before giving up because he had no arms in this form, it sucks a lot, and he was stuck behind fabric anyway, well not stuck. He just doesn't want to leave its warmth, he felt cold again and he shuddered, Artius drank some of his tea and pressed the cup against him again. 

Wait, how did he make tea if water here is practically acid?

I have questions Artius.

"So" Artius said to Sunrise, "this is Nsheios" Nsheios ignored him and just stayed snuggled up in the cup and Sunrise said "uhh... it's hugging that cup very hard" "that's because it's warm, also, Nsheios is a he" "oh sorry" Sunrise said in a monotone voice. Nsheios felt Artius slide a rock into the pocket, Nsheios grabbed it quickly when he felt how warm it was and he felt Artius remove the cup. 

"There" he said "warm fire rock for the irritable parasitic slug I have in my hoodie pocket" Nsheios heard Artius pause for a long moment before muttering under his breath "what a weird sentence to say, and for it to make sense to- anyways, Sunrise" Nsheios stopped listening and just snuggled his face into the rock. 

Winter sucks, but I don't think I'm going to die. Artius might keep me alive, hopefully he will. Then I'll hopefully have a body so I can go around the place more safely and have my powers back, another upside to winter being gone is a lack of snuggles. 

He doesn't need snuggles, but it's been so long since he's had someone affectionately hold him... I'm touch starved aren't I? Damn it. I'll take the snuggles for now, but when winter ends I won't allow it anymore. Artius kept gently rubbing his head and Nsheios was kinda out of it at this point, "can I hold Nsheios?" Sunrise asked and Artius said followed by some nervous chuckles "probably not the best idea" Sunrise looked confused. 

"But why?" Sunrise asked "is he like your pet or something?" Artius stifled a wheeze and Nsheios hardly cared as Artius kept rubbing his head, "no, he's a person" Artius said quickly and Sunrise's rays perked towards him. 

"So... why can't I hold him?" Sunrise asked and Artius said "I don't think he'd like that very much, he's very fragile right now" Nsheios's purring got louder and Artius sighed "I think he's a little tired right now though... he's never purred before, much less like this, so maybe he won't care. So fine, you can hold him, just be gentle and don't put him on the floor" Nsheios felt Artius pull him out of the pocket. 

"What..?" Nsheios muttered sluggishly and he felt Artius gently put him in Sunrise's hands, he processed for a moment, Artius watched him as if expecting something, and that something happened. "They're kinda cute" Sunrise said as they gently pet him back and Nsheios stiffly lay there in his arms before struggling and trying to get out. 

"Ow, it bit me" Sunrise said with no emotion and Artius quickly took him back, Nsheios was pretty sure he traumatized Sunrise a lot if they reacted like that to being bit. "Well, I think that answers our question on if he will let you hold him or not" I'm sorry, did that soot brain just call me a it?

Like I'm some object. 

"Sorry, he" Sunrise apologized as he rubbed his hand where Nsheios had bitten it. Nsheios growled under his breath at Artius's attempts and Artius said to him softly "sorry" Nsheios turned over and Sunrise said "he seems to like you" Artius laughed "hell no, he doesn't like me" Sunrise narrowed his eyes at Artius "another bad word" Artius said "sorry, but I don't follow your uh... daycare rules." 

Nsheios felt him shrug "Nsheios doesn't like me, I don't think he's capable of liking anyone" Sunrise stared in confusion "but he was just purring and snuggling you" "correction, he was snuggling the cup and rock" Artius grunted and Sunrise shook his head "no... he was snuggling you AND the rock and cup" Artius paused at that and Sunrise pointed at him, Nsheios glared at the pointing "if he doesn't like you, then why would he let you pet his head like that? I dunno, he seems to like you. If he doesn't like you, then why isn't he fighting and trying to bite you like he did to me?" Artius stared ahead as he processed that. 

Nsheios processed that as well, hmm, wrong. He grunted in disappointment at Sunrise's stupidity and tried to go back into the pocket, Artius grabbed him and gently pulled him away from the pocket "is it just because of the cold or do you like affection?" he asked, this felt personal. "Cold, I need warmth" Nsheios said while glaring at him.

Artius gently put a hand on his head and pet it "do you like me?" he asked and Nsheios replied "no, but I don't think your stupid, if that works for you" Artius grunted "you sure? You think everyone is stupid" Nsheios rolled his four eyes "do you want me to bump you down to stupid?" "I'd prefer if you didn't" Artius muttered. 

Nsheios said "please let me into the pocket so I can sleep" Artius asked "how often do you sleep? Do you usually sleep this long and often?" "No" Nsheios muttered "I normally don't sleep this long" Sunrise piped up "I've been known to sleep all day!" that's... a worrying development. 

"Nsheios... maybe you should stop sleeping" Artius said nervously and Nsheios hissed in irritation "I'm tired though!" Artius sighed "the programming did do something to you, sorry bud" shit... he might actually be right. He stiffened and Artius pet his head with a gentle soft hand "okay, sleep if you want" Nsheios grunted and he felt Sunrise staring at him with a unnerving emotionless face.

"Can you stop staring?" he said to Sunrise nervously, he felt like he should get another body quickly because Sunrise didn't feel safe to be around. They seemed unhinged and maybe a little unpredictable, he'd prefer to be able to protect himself. Nsheios let Artius rub his head and Artius asked "wait, you have spikes in this form" Nsheios grunted "yes, I do" "why do you have spikes?" Nsheios laid there, his head leaned up against his arm. "Yeah..." he mumbled "I dunno" Artius stared at him before sighing "someones comfortable" Nsheios ignored him and Artius shrugged "I am quite warm-" "I'm telling you, that Nsheios fellow likes you" Sunrise said. 

Artius turned towards him as he said this and Nsheios saw him look back towards him, Nsheios growled "don't get any wrong ideas, I'm tired" "okay slug" Artius said, Nsheios glared now offended and Artius said "I mean, your a weird fuzzy slug" Nsheios felt Artius poke him gently "kinda adorable actually, hard to remember that you are incredibly dangerous when your acting like a cat" Nsheios glared even more offended than he was before. 

"I am not acting like a cat" he hissed and Artius just rubbed his back and said "says the one that was purring before, let me wrap you up in a tight blanket burrito now" Nsheios was very irritated at the description of him, 'acting like a cat', I'm not acting like a cat-!

I did purr. 

Artius grabbed the blanket and wrapped it around him into a tight burrito, "slug in a burrito" he said amused and Nsheios gave up trying to act tough and just relaxed in it. Fine, I'll take the burrito, just don't put me on the floor.

I don't like the floor, it's gross, rough, and cold. He leaned his head onto Artius's arm and Artius snuggled him close "your so small- aww, adorable little shit" he let out a soft "hmph" at that and Artius just rubbed his head gently, "please don't bite me though" Nsheios replied with "I'm not promising anything after what you just called me."