a little one shot on the great smiling critters space riders au created by none other than the one and only @onyxonline
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Catnap's aroace panic...
The riders returned after an amazing totally not hideous mission with yet another one of the poor victims of the prototype cult,
She was a poor mid aged grizzly bear, she was hysterical half an hour ago, until bobby sedated her, the bear felt sympathy towards the lady.
Later on , when they arrived, bobby and crafty took the lady to get started with her therapy, whilst bubba and piggy went to fill in some reports about the mission, the only ones left were the field riders aka dogday, catnap, kicken , and hoppy,
They decided upon going to the eating area , one might call it the cafeteria, as they sat down on one of the tables after they ordered their meal , hoppy spoke.
" man, that was a mission alright!, I am exhausted! " She sighed, kicken then replied
" yeah , so much for it being an investigation mission... " came out the strained voice of kicken , as he placed his forehead on the table , just hoping to rest.
Dogday just giggled at his teammate's antics,
" oh come on guys , it wasn't all that bad !, other than almost getting our heads blasted , or falling of that cliff and getting stuck in the quick sand , it was smooth! " His friends gave him either a 'seriously?' face or ' WTF? ' face, he then laughed nervously while rubbing his arm, then he sighed,
" alright, maybe you're right , it was a total bust, but we still succeeded in it! " He smiled, putting his hands on his hips, his friends sighed fondly while shaking their heads with a small smile on their faces all together,
" our meal seems to be taking a while... " hoppy raised an eyebrow while glancing over to the counter.
" yeah ... , they seem busy too , no wonder it's taking time " kicken turned his head to side to look at the staff , head's still on the table ,
// I'll go check it out // signed catnap as he walked over to crowed ,
Turns it wasn't a crowd waiting for their meal , it was some staff and riders watching , as a rider was flirting with the staff, so catnap made his way over and shooed everyone away, and he then tapped the rider on his shoulder and sigined,
// could you please stop flirting with the staff ?, some of us are waiting for their food.. //
he didn't wait for the rider to answer as he turned to the staff and nodded them t to continue their work , and they quickly did,
but the rider didn't leave him, and did the one thing he shouldn't have.
" well if you were just jealous you could've said so , .. darling ~ " he then took nap's hand and kissed it,
Catnap's hair stood up and he froze, a look of pure horror replaced his calm features, and the rider thought it was a sign that he was right in what he said and proceeded to continue his flirtting
" so I was right then!, but who am I to turn down such a gorgeous face like yours ~ " the rider purred seductively, then he placed his other hand on the cat's waist,
Meanwhile the other three were chatting as they waited for catnap to come back, dogday ,fortunately glanced to check on his bestie and saw what was happening, he quickly got the attention of the other two, and pointed at the scene, kicken then whistled and said,
" looks like naps, finally got himself someone ! " He chuckled, hoppy chuckled alongside him, dogday smiled but felt something was wrong, the three forgot their cat friend was aroace at the moment, as they watched the show from afar ,
Catnap felt a shiver go up his spine, as the rider looked at him , he forgot how to sign and felt as if his throat was clogged!, he quickly looked over to his friends and judging by their expressions they saw his distress ,
As catnap looked towards them , they knew that he wasn't by any means enjoying it one bit, and suddenly the realization hit them like a wall of bricks , they remembered he was aroace and what he's having right there is an aroace panic,
' oh shit !.. ' they thought at the same time and looked at eachother as they looked back at catnap , they saw the rider leaning in for a kiss !?!,
That was the last straw and catnap did what he was supposed to do the very first time the rider touched him,
He screamed, a scream full of absolute terror, and he quickly pushed himself away from the rider and yelled,
" WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU !?!! , STAY AWAY FROM ME !! , AND DON'T TOUCH ME AGAIN !! " Catnap yelled at the rider and let out a venomous hiss, and quickly walked away to his friends ,
They were looking at him with a worried look as he sat down and hugged himself,
" are you ok naps? " Dogday asked softly, he wanted to place his hand on his bestie's shoulder but he could clearly see that catnap doesn't want to be touched,
// just great.. // he signed shakily and rubbed his arms
" where's bobby when you need her ?" Kicken sighed heavily ,
" hey it's ok ! , we can beat that asshole for ya ! " Hoppy said as she cracked her knuckles,
' no leave him be ' catnap whispered, knowing his hands are still shaking , his friends heard the crack in his voice and looked at eachother trying to figure out what to do,
" it's ok to be scared catnap!, all of us have our own kinds of panic, take me for an example, I had a bi panic a couple of times !" Dogday said trying to make his friend feel better ,
" yeah!, what he said!, and besides you have us as your friends! " Kicken beamed , as he pointed at himself in (us) part,
" we will be there for you !, we'll always have you back ! " Hoppy smiled widely,
As the three said that they quickly warped catnap in a hug , and he smiled , grateful to have friends like them,
' thanks guys, you're the best ' he whispered instead of signing not because he was shaking, but because his friends were hugging him,
As they were hugging the rest of the gang came, and first one to speak was bobby,
" awwww, this is so adorable! " She smiled and went in to join the group hug too followed by crafty and piggy then bubba,
As they parted bubba asked,
" what was the hugging all about?? " He asked curious,
" oh , it was just a friendly group hug " dogday replied, as he knew this is something catnap decides to share,
Finally their meal arrived and they ate and laughed and chatted until it was time to go
|The end|
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"The first step is always the hardest, I’ve heard. I know there’s no way I could have taken it without her. Of course, my problem wasn’t magically solved. She’s an amazing little magician, but no one is that good. Yet…she showed me a way to get out of the hole I was in…showed me that it was possible to be okay when I thought I had lost everything. In reality, I hadn’t…but in the process of this, I was throwing everything away from her. I knew I needed to get better. Initially, it wasn’t for myself. I didn’t feel like I deserved it. It was for her…and somewhere along the way…I realized that I did deserve to get better. It took a lot of time and support. I am better now.
Even so…it shouldn’t have been her responsibility. Only 8 years old and she was both so mature and so innocent. She knew too much about the world, about how harsh it could be…and yet she still held onto her childlike light. She shouldn’t have been put in the position to be the parent. That was my job. But she would run in with her glow and help me see the way. I needed to show her that the world didn’t need to be so harsh, the same way she had already done for me. I couldn’t do that in the state I was in. I knew I had fallen too far when she cried because of me. I vowed from that moment to never let myself be the reason she felt pain or sadness.
I love her. She loves me…and one day, her love allowed me to love myself again. She truly is my sunshine."
I wanted to give an explanation for why he's addicted to grape juice rather than alcohol / wine. I get that it's supposed to be a joke about him being addicted to grape juice because the way that it's talked about in the game, it's very much alcohol-coded. But I like to think of it as literal.
This goes sort of the same way my beanie comic did. This takes place after it, as shown by him putting on the beanie to try and quell his panic attack. I also wrote a monologue, as the beanie post was captioned with something from the game itself. I wanted this to feel similar.
The beanie post focused on colour and light, whereas this one is purely on the light.
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