ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ now she ' s got his face . gently squished between two paws , rolling him around . ﹚ mm .ᐟ.ᐟ i know stuff is crazy right now , but it ' ll settle . eventually . after the holidays .ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ .. you ' re very lucky i ' m fluent in shrimp - speak . ᅠ ﹙ reaching . pat pat pat . ﹚ i can get you a liiiittle snack . something small , just to hold you over until dinner . okay .ᐣ ᅠ ﹙ <:] .ᐣ.ᐣ ﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ ouhh . hm , how hungry are you .ᐣ like , from just a little baby bit to starved . ᅠ

ᅠ nnnnope . not allowed .ᐟ sprout and cosmo are verrrry busy in there right now , making dinner for thanksgiving . :] .ᐟ.ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ .. okay , that ' s enough . hug over .ᐟ — ooone more tight squeeze and she lets shrimpo go .ᐟ ﹚ ᅠᅠ ﹙ or , at least leans away enough to actually look at him .﹚ mmmhm hm hm . still squishy .ᐟ.ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ m . mao .ᐣ.ᐣ ﹚ mrrrrrrp rrr . mmrrrpp . ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ bite bite . lick . ﹚ ᅠᅠ ﹙ wait no , the barbed tongue is gonna hu ﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ he . either doesn ' t mind it , or he ' s plain oblivious to the additional repetitive clicks . but that aside .ᐣ ﹚ ᅠᅠ ﹙ .. bite . bite bite bite bitE BI ﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ aahh . the fee to pay ; the biting , the horror .ᐟ goobington just , as usual , takes it . and in exchange , she noses and bumps her forehead and fluffy face against wherever he can reach .ᐟ.ᐟ ﹚ ᅠᅠ ﹙ mmrrrrrrrpp .ᐟ.ᐟ mrrrp .ᐟ.ᐟ ﹚ ᅠ

ooc. // IGNORE ME MASS FOLLOWING ALL THESE NEWER DANDY'S ACCOUNTS OMG???? HELP

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ yawning . aaww look , it ' s cu .. — oh . oh , that ' s a lotta teeth . full canines , even ; not very cute anymore . ﹚ ᅠᅠ ﹙ wow . ﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ : ᅠ

ᅠ free hugs .ᐟ.ᐟ :] .ᐟ.ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ yoink .ᐟ.ᐟ he ' s roped the totally unsuspecting crustacean into one of his signature hugs .ᐟ.ᐟ — more specifically , one shrimpo would easily be able to wriggle away from should he want or need to . ﹚ ᅠᅠ ﹙ nobody wants a smothered shrimp .ᐟ ﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ both paws .ᐣ yeah , lifted ; poised to strike . definitely to maul .﹚ ﹙ :] .ᐟ.ᐟ﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ shrimpo .. shrriiiiimmppo .. ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ looming . looking . ﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ mm m ᅠ

ᅠ : ᅠ

ᅠ oh gosh , it ' s been .ᐟ.ᐟ active .ᐟ.ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ oh .ᐟ.ᐟ despite things , she stays put . like this is a totally normal occurrence ; all with a patient smile on his goofy lil face .﹚ ᅠᅠ ﹙ .. and the gift reveal , is a sweater . an ugly christmas sweater . ﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ handing him a box . it ' s poorly wrapped , probably at the fault of those untrimmed claws of hers .﹚ gift .ᐟ it ' s something i crafted , for your birthday . ᅠ ﹙ :] .ᐟ.ᐟ ﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ shrimp .. hey . hey , pspspsp , shrimp . shri ᅠ

ᅠ i plan to , don ' t worry .ᐟ i promise . ᅠᅠᅠ ﹙ now .ᐣ she ' s reaching ; blue paw out , primed for petting . ﹚ :] .ᐟ.ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ .ᐟ.ᐟ no .ᐟ can ' t do that , nono .ᐟ it ' s , mm . not ready .ᐟ yeah .ᐟ yeah , it isn ' t finished yet . ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ ﹙ his footsteps are what she picks up on first . insane hearing for someone with folded ears , huh .ᐣ ﹚ mm .ᐣ ᅠ ﹙ tuuurn . ﹚ oh , hello .ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ ﹙ he ' s got .. something . needle , thread , and a look on her face . — mildly scrunched , completely focused on the project in his claws .﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ oohh .ᐟ oh , he can ' t help it ; can ' t help the little wag of his tail .ᐟ nor the steady rising of rapid clicks in her chest , as much as she tried . ﹚ ᅠᅠ ﹙ goodness , help her . ﹚ i ' m .ᐟ definitely not , nono .ᐟ — er , no , i won ' t .ᐟ.ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ uh .ᐣ huh .ᐣ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ stop .ᐣ.ᐣ why would she do that .ᐣ.ᐣ he ' s only telling the truth .ᐟ ﹚ ohh , quit . you ' re too sweet .ᐟ.ᐟ besides , i ' m not .. all that . i ' m just fluffy .ᐟ big fluffy .ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ well , it makes sense . you ' re very very smart .ᐟ and dedicated .ᐟ aah .. it ' s really no wonder she looks up to you , rodger . ᅠᅠ ﹙ gushing . jesus , goob , quit that . — you ' ll embarrass yourself .ᐟ.ᐟ ﹚ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ that ' s .ᐣ.ᐣ adorable .ᐣ.ᐣ .. yeah . no , all seriousness aside , that is just plain cute . goodness . ﹚ awwh .ᐟ.ᐟ how precious .ᐟ.ᐟ i ' m sure she gets it from you , huh .ᐣ her number one role model .ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ `` what , does she have her own little conspiracy board .ᐣ full of little pins and red string .ᐣ `` ᅠ she's .. obviously joking . laugh , now . ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ leaning , looking . blinking while only a single blue claw comes forth for his head . ﹚ ᅠᅠ ﹙ the worry on her face doesn ' t at all stop her from petting shrimpo . as best she can , anyway . ﹚ big stretch .. ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ﹙ .. oh .ᐟ.ᐟ a shrimp has fallen .ᐟ.ᐟ ﹚ are . are you okay .ᐣ is your head okay .ᐣ ᅠ

ᅠ `` — yeah .ᐣ.ᐣ then gimmie your biiiiggest stretch .ᐟ.ᐟ `` ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠ ( biiig stretch . ) ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ 🧍 ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ blink . bli ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ rrrrbbt . rr rrr . ᅠ

ᅠ `` t . triangles .ᐣ.ᐣ `` ᅠ

ᅠ `` isn ' t that just .. work .ᐣ .. mm . `` ᅠ better not to question it . the mention of toodles does make the craft ' s smile a little wider , though . `` oh .ᐣ like , the usual dress - ups and makeovers .ᐣ or .. has she found herself something else .ᐣ `` ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ oh the growl being suppressed in her throat . quit that , you , nobody ' s in trouble . and certainly not your so - called — `` yeah .ᐟ `` ᅠ something else .ᐟ `` .. ah , hey , hobbies .ᐣ hob — hobbies .ᐣ what ' re your hobbies .ᐣ `` ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ too close . stand up straighter , get your act right . `` i — don ' t know .ᐣ i don ' t know , i didn ' t get a reeeal great look at it .ᐣ .. yeah . waayy too dark . `` ᅠ

ᅠ `` that ' s .. uh . all it was . and with all the recent .. breaches .. i didn ' t want something like that being loose . `` ᅠᅠᅠ that ' s all , huh .ᐣ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ of course . wouldn ' t be rodger without .. well , this . that unquenchable thirst ; for answers and logic , simply put . — which is met by her subtle unease . `` ah . yeah , no , i get it . coming back up .. half - mangled .. probably didn ' t `` ++ ᅠ

ᅠ `` need mm .. oh . ah , uuh . `` ᅠ yes . that . `` that .ᐟ was definitely something that happened , yeah .ᐟ .. any reason why .ᐣ `` ᅠ

ᅠ `` — uh .ᐣ that ' d be me .ᐣ `` ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ that ' s what her high pain tolerance is for .ᐟ.ᐟ quite literally . `` do your worst .ᐟ.ᐟ i ' m still gonna Get You .ᐟ.ᐟ `` ᅠ reaching . ᅠ

ᅠ `` hehe .. start running .. `` ᅠ already lifting those grabby paws . like he ' s actually gonna go through with it . ᅠ