With a great STRONG hug and a pounce from me to you

[bestestfurrend]

Who: Nepeta Leijon and Equius Zahhak
Where: Equius & Gamzee's hive
When: During the thought bubble curse
Style:Prose
Status: CLOSED

Nepeta looked down at the shattered bottle in her grasp and never looked happier to have broken something. She'd thought it best to test out the strength potion before actually carry out her plan to STRONG pounce her moirail and get actual real hugs from him. She trusted Gamzee when he said that the potions worked! But knowing how devastated Equius would be if he hurt her by mistake meant she had to be extra careful with this no matter what.

Her thought bubble was going crazy above her head as she sneaked up to where her moirail currently was, using all her skills as a predator for once to make sure he didn't hear her, instead of the silly playful sneaking she did when she wanted to alert him before a pounce. Dancing diamond signs and abstract flashes of bright colour illuminated her current state of mind as she finally crouched a few feet behind him, took a deep breath and POUNCED...

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[stayb100ponyboy]

"Nepeta, what are you do... ing..." Equius picks his face up off the ground, getting his hands underneath him and propping himself up, and it occurs to him just how tightly his moirail is hugging him. He can actually feel it, the way she's compressing his ribs and squeezing the breath out of him.

"Did you... did Lily give you a STRENGTHENING potion?" Oh please let that be it, please please please...

[bestestfurrend]

"It's one of hers, yes! But Gamzee gave it to me! It was a present, so that we could hug each other properly! Oh, he's the bestest! Hug meeee, please!!! I've wanted you to forever!" And she'd never actually said so before because it would only have made him feel bad, but now he can!

[stayb100ponyboy]

Equius has the best matesprit, the best moirail, and the best human sister ever.

He rolls over and flings his arms around Nepeta, holding her as tight as he can, squeezing her against his broad chest and burying his face against her shoulder.

[bestestfurrend]

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeee" she squealed when he finally grabbed her, completely unable to express her feelings any other way, breathlessly happy as for the first time ever her moirail hugged her, squeezing her close to him without either of them having to worry about someone getting hurt. She clung and nuzzled and laughed and was sure that she'd never been happier.

[stayb100ponyboy]

And when he'd had one of these potions with Gamzee, Equius had been very careful, still moving slowly and gently. Now that he knows they work, though, he's almost aggressive in his cuddling, holding her tightly and touching her feverishly, like he's trying to make up for lost time.

[bestestfurrend]

"You're hugging me, you're really really hugging me, this is the best thing ever, Equius!!! Hug me more, lots and lots more, hugs furever..." She devolved into making many tiny happy kitten squeaks and noises as he cuddled her, her face bright with happiness, astonished at how fiercely her usual oh so careful moirail was cuddling her, and absolutely delighted by it. They had so much time to make up for.

this is my only appropriate icon for his levels of happiness right now

[stayb100ponyboy]

Equius laughs, a pure, booming sound, even more rare than his smiles, and continues with the cuddling. He doesn't even notice when Darkleer (the chocobo, not the ancestor) comes barrelling over and leaps on them with a joyous qweh, trying to join in on the excitement.

it is adorable ;~;!

[bestestfurrend]

The sound had her head jerking up away from all the nuzzling she was doing, narrowly avoiding a collision with Equius’ jaw, and she regarded him with bright, bubbling-over delight. He was laughing! Just like she and Gamzee had hoped he would, it was such a very rare thing for him to do – but all the more wonderful to hear for it, and Nepeta thought that this must be very as close to one of Gamzee's miracles as anything could possibly be. Who could notice being leapt onto by a chocobo at that moment? Not her. She could only drink in the sound of his laughter and join in with her own.

[stayb100ponyboy]

"How long ago did you drink the potion? How long do we have?"

Equius doesn't stop cuddling to ask this, but manages to stop laughing long enough. He barely even notices the chocobo either, too caught up in the sound of his moirail's laughter and joy to care about his poorly behaved bird.

[bestestfurrend]

"Right before I pounced on you! So it's only been a few minutes, we have ages." Not that entire sweeps would have been nearly enough, but after a lifetime of only being able to give hugs to her darling moirail and never receive them, even this one hour was a gift she knew she'd carry with her forever. Her laughter quietened down only so that she could concentrate on hugging him with a fierce determination, nothing having ever felt as right as her moirail's arms holding her did right now.

[stayb100ponyboy]

"Okay."

Equius sits up abruptly, dumping Darkleer off them with an enraged squawk, his arms still tight around Nepeta. If they're going to cuddle, they should do it somewhere more comfortable than the dirt in his backyard.

"Do you have a pile back at your hive?"

[bestestfurrend]

Sorry, did Equius say something? Nepeta was busy squealing again at him actually carrying her as opposed to her having to dangle off of him. She papped her face so vigorously against his it was surprising she didn't give herself a nosebleed - actually it was probably only the strength potion that was preventing it from happening.

"...what? Oh yes! Yup yup yup I do, I have lots of them all over the place there!!"

[stayb100ponyboy]

It wouldn't be the first time she's given herself a nosebleed nuzzling him, but he's really glad that she didn't this time.

"Then let's go!"

Equius holds her tight against him and runs for her hive, leaping fences and charging through empty backyards. When he gets there, he skids to a halt by her front door, practically dancing around in anticipation. He's pretty sure if he tried to open it right now, he'd crush it into splinters.

[bestestfurrend]

Usually she'd be laughing happily at the two of them travelling together like that, but she was far too busy snuggling him to within an inch of his life. Her moirail, hers hers hers and she could finally hug him the way he deserved and be hugged in return, and really, even if they'd remained there in his backyard nothing could dampen her joy right now.

She only looked up from all the cuddling when she felt him stopping, and completely forgetting that the only reason she was able to hold him this way was the strength potion, she reached down to grab the handle and shove the door open - whoops, so much for not crushing it to splinters.

"Uhmmm...oops? I'll fix it later, it doesn't matter! Let's go in, there's a nice new pile in my respiteblock!"

[stayb100ponyboy]

Normally, Equius would fuss a lot more over the broken door, but for once, someone else broke it.

"I'll fix that for you later."

He hurries through the hive to Nepeta's respiteblock, easily finding the big, squashy pile of yarn and plushies and whatever other soft things she's scrounged up. Unceremoniously, he drops right into it, sending some plushes sailing into the air, and immediately resumes cuddling.

[bestestfurrend]

"It's not impurrtant, don't worry about it!"

There go those plushies, flying every which way, but the pile was big enough that they were still resting on a lovely soft heap of things, perfect for some STRONG cuddling.

"Equius, Equius, hold my hands!!" She was trying to lace their fingers together, eager for some pale handholding action.

[stayb100ponyboy]

Equius puts his hands up, intertwining his thick, scarred fingers with her slender, tiny ones, and gives her hands a tentative squeeze. Even knowing how talented Lily is and how well her potions work, Nepeta still just seems unbelievable breakable.

[bestestfurrend]

Nepeta squeezed back, perfectly fine and unhurt, lifting their hands to her face for her to nuzzle against them and kissing at Equius's fingers before tugging him closer to her again. She completely utterly trusted that he wouldn't hurt her and it was obvious in just how freely and happily she pressed herself against him to be hugged again. "I don't want this to efur efur end, Equius! I'm so happy!"

[stayb100ponyboy]

"This is amazing," he agrees, a little surprised that she's actually able to tug him close, but not complaining. Never complaining.

"I don't want it to end either." He cuddles her tighter. "We'll have to ask Lily for more of these potions."

[bestestfurrend]

"Yes, yes, we have to! We'd be able to hug all the time!" she declared, punctuating each emphasized word with another hug or cuddle or STRONG pap to his face. "You could pick me up whenever you wanted!!"

The thought of it was too much for her to take and once again she devolved into random senseless squeals of joy as her moirail cuddled her so STRONGLY, but without hurting her at all.