Experimental Love

Chapter 2

     I woke up feeling warm and safe. I was laying on something soft. That's strange. I open my eyes to see darkness. Where am I? Suddenly memories of last night come rushing back to me and I leap up. I let out a yelp as I hit my head on the roof of the cave. The man below me stirred and their eyes slowly opened. His eyes let out soft light, filling the cave with a golden orange glow. It's was strangely beautiful.
      "You ok?" He asked quietly and I nodded. "Good, my name's John. You are?" 
      "I'm... Ex-Experiment 103." I said hoarsely. He frowned, narrowing his eyes in the slightest. 
      "You're real name. Did they ever call you something that wasn't a number?" he asked. I paused for a moment thinking back on my past. Truth be told I didn't remember much. All the years here seemed to blur together but I did remember one thing.
      "A-Arlo..." I muttered quietly, "They... once c-called me, Arlo..." I said and he nodded.
      "Cute, I like it," he said and I felt my face heat up. "Now come here." He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer to his chest. I nuzzled his chest and my tail starts wagging a bit. I heard him chuckled and felt him kiss my forehead. The warmth coming off his body wasn't anything like I ever felt before. I was about to fall asleep when my stomach growled loudly. I heard him huff. "Hungry?" He asked and I nodded shyly. He propped himself up on his elbows and I rolled off him. He laughed and I blushed looking down. "I'll go find something to eat." He said and crawled out of the cave. I watched him leave as I sat, crouched in the small cave. I could still feel the warmth of his body on the ground. I lay down closing my eyes while waiting for him to return. Suddenly the most wonderful smell hit my nose and I crawled out of the cave. I saw John dragging a strange creature behind him. It was rather large with weird sticks coming out of its head and it was dripping blood from the gash on its throat. Out of pure instinct, I leaped forwards and bit into the creature. John dropped it surprised and watched as I tore into its soft meat. It tasted better than anything I've ever eaten before. My tail was wagging like crazy as I ate. Once I was full I sat back and looked at the corpse. I had eaten through the torso and most of the chest from the creature. My face and chest were covered in blood as well as my hands. Or would they be considered paws? I still had fingers and stuff so I assume they would still be considered hands. I looked up at John, who was laughing. "Damn you eat a lot!" He came over and crouched in front of me. He started licking the blood off my face and I could feel myself blushing. He pressed his lips against my own and I quickly melted into the kiss. Knowing what it was this time. He pulled away smiling.
       "Why do you... do th-that?" I asked quietly and he smiled.
       "Because I like you, you're cute, and you taste good." He said with a purr. I'm not sure why but these words make me really happy. I liked it when he called me cute. He kissed me again, quickly this time, before standing up and pulling me up with him. "Now we should get you cleaned up." He grabbed my hand and started pulling me along. I walked beside him, still holding his hand. My tail was wagging as we walked, I don't know why. He leads me to what looked like a huge puddle. I tilted my head.
      "Wh-What's this?" I asked looking up at him.
      "Oh you really don't know anything..." He muttered quietly, but I still heard him. "It's called a pond, it's basically a really big and really deep puddle." He responded. So I was right, it is like a puddle. "You go in it and wash the blood off your clothes." He was right. My once white shirt was soaked with blood. My pants were also white but most of the bottom had been ripped because of how weirdly my legs were shaped. He leads me into the water. I gasped, it was really cold. I heard him hiss quietly, I don't think he liked the cold either. "You're not gonna like this." I heard him say and I turned to face him.
      "What?" I asked. My voice was slowly getting better. He came over and slid his hands under my shirt. He pulled my shirt off and I shivered. The water was really cold now. I wrapped my arms around him and he sighed.
      "I know, I know, it's cold I'm sorry, but you being covered in blood will attract some unwanted attention." He said before starting to wash the blood out of my shirt. I watched him, my arms still wrapped around his waist. He was wearing a black shirt with white pants like mine, his were ripped too. I wonder what they did to him to make him like this. Did they inject him with something like they did me? "Ok Arlo, we can get out now." He said and I followed him out of the water. I shook the water out of my fur and sighed. He gestured for me to follow him and I did. We walked through the woods, I still didn't have my shirt and every breeze made me shutter. I kept close to him, the heat radiating off him was nice. Finally, we stopped and he started breaking sticks off the trees. He arranged them in a sort of pile in front of me. The sticks suddenly burst into flames and I jumped. I was shocked but intrigued by the glowing red and orange light in front of me. "Arlo, don't touch it." I heard John say. I looked at him as if to ask why and he sighed. "It will burn you if you touch it. It will hurt." He said and I sighed. He came over and kissed my head before closing his eyes. He paused for a moment before frowning. "I wonder..." He closed his eyes and shadows swirled around him. The shadows came off him and wrapped around me. I yelped in surprise. My body felt weird and tingly, I shuttered and whimpered. I closed my eyes and whined again. I felt something soft and warm wrapped around my body and I opened my eyes. Instead of the ripped white clothes, I had before I had soft black clothes. I had short pants on instead of ripped ones. My shirt was warm and fit tightly around my torso. I looked up at him and he smiled. "There, that's better," he said and nuzzled my head. He sat down next to me and wrapped his arm around me. I subconsciously leaned into his side, closing my eyes and relaxing against him. He started humming a song, I didn't know what song but it was pretty. I got dark and I looked up. Huge black clouds covered the sky and John stiffened, "It's gonna rain soon." He said and grabbed my arm. He dragged me up and we started running as huge drops of water fell from the sky. I yelped as one hit my head. It was cold and wet and I hated it. He leads me through the forest back to the cave. We crawled inside and curled up in the very back of the cave. I closed my eyes and buried my face into his chest as if trying to hide from the so-called rain. I felt him wrap his arms around me. It was so nice. Then there was a loud crack and I jumped. I howled in fear and he tightened his grip on me and started shushing me. He pressed his forehead against mine and stared into my eyes. I found myself getting lost in his eyes. They were just so mesmerizing. I felt myself starting to relax looking into those golden orbs. The small X pupils completely focused on me. He gently placed his hand on my cheek and pressed his lips against mine. I closed my eyes returning the pressure. He pulled me forwards and secured his arms around my waist. I wrapped my arms around his neck. He pulled away and smiled. "Rest now love, you need sleep." I smiled and closed my eyes and rested my head against his shoulder. I closed my eyes and relaxed against him. I felt him move and shift me so I was laying with my back against his chest and his face in my hair. He had his arms around my waist and I hummed content. I felt my body getting heavy and I fell asleep, wrapped in his arms. 

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