When I saw Him I Knew

Making It Official

The walk felt even shorter going back. The carnival was dying down but there were still some open booths. "You wanna?" he asked, pointing to a booth. I nodded. The booth contained so many sweets and cakes. "Whatcha want babe?" he asked me. "I'm going to get a whole cake, because why not," I said. The bear beast-man behind the booth gave me the cake on a plate and asked if we wanted anything else. "I'll get the same thing to please," Tom said. The bear beast-man nodded. He gave him the cake on a plate as well. "Thanks," I said. The bear beast-man nodded again. We walked with our cakes and walked into the ocean forgetting that we had our clothes on. "Welp shit," Tom said laughing. "Might as well go with it," I said sitting down. "You got that right," Tom said sitting next to me. I snuggled up to him resting my head on his shoulder. "I love you," I said. He rested his head on mine and said; "I love you more babe." I smiled as I bit a chunk out of the cake. "Wow, that's really good," I said, taking another bite. "Really?" Tom asked skeptically. "I didn't know that," he said, showing me his empty plate. "Wait, how the fuck?" I asked, amazed. "What can I say babe, I eat fast," he said laughing. I laughed with him as I took another bite. "You want some?" I asked him to offer the plate. "Give me what you don't want, i'll eat the whole cake if you offer it to me like that," he said smiling. I laughed a bit. "You would, wouldn't you?" I asked rhetorically. When I ate half of the cake I gave Tom the other half and watched him consume it. "Babe, be careful you're going to choke," I said concernedly. "I'm all good," He said, swallowing. I shook my head. "It amazes me how you can do that," I said resting my head on his shoulder. He laughed a bit. a few minutes later i shivered and he said that we should get going. "I don't want you to get a cold babe," He said, holding me tightly. I smiled holding onto him. He's just so warm, and soft. "Uh, hey babe, can i ask you to do something?" I asked. "Anything," he said. "I was wondering, if you would put your mark on me," I said nervously. "Mark?" he asked confused. I gestured him to follow me and he did. "Here," I said unsheathing my katana, pointing the handle towards him. He grabbed the handle and said; "Alright, what now?" I didn't respond i just took off my shirt. "Front or back," I asked. He looked at me confused. "What, do you want me to do exactly?" he asked concerned. "This might sound crazy but, it's a family tradition, whenever someone gets married, their partner makes a mark on the front or the back of the swordsman, if you don't want to, it's fine," I said. "It is kinda weird i gotta admit, but for you babe, i'll do it," he said looking at the sword. "Thank you," i said. "And i'll do it from the back," he said. I nodded turning around so that my back would face him. "Babe, is this gonna hurt?" he asked nervously. "Only for a second, then the wound will heal and scar in a few seconds," I said calmly. "Alright, here comes," Tom said as I heard the sword swing through the air. I let out a cry as the steel cut open my back twice and I dropped to my knees. "Oh shit babe!" Tom cried out running to my side. "Im... alright..." I said as I felt my back wound starting to close. "How does it look?" I asked. "It's closed up already, just have a scar the shape of an X," he said, holding me close. "Thank you for doing this," I said as I slowly got up. He nodded as he picked me up. "There's no way I'm letting you walk home after what I just did to you, the least you could is let me carry you home," he said sadly. I nodded as I held onto him tighter. I heard him pick up my katana and slide it back into its sheath, then put it into the velvet sack. "Thank you for getting that," I said softly. "Of course babe," he said holding me close to him rubbing my back. "I love you," I said smiling and I felt my tail wag. "I love you more babe," Tom said kissing me. When we detached we saw that his tail was wagging too. I smiled when I saw that. I then rested my head on his shoulder, too tired to say anything else. And he carried me all the way home while I slept in his arms.