#ahit snippet

[witch-sweets]

Late night angst about The Prince struggling to feel comfortable as a ghost because being changed so much in such a short amount of time without any say in the matter probably isn't good for the now non existant brain and also just general numbness from lack of senses would take awhile to adapt to

I LOVE FUCKED UP TRAUMATIZED PRE-SNATCHER GHOST PRINCE I LOVE THINKING ABOUT THE SLOW MENTAL PROGRESSION INTO BECOMING THE EVIL SOUL STEALING GHOST WE SEE HIM AS I LOVE THINKING ABOUT HOW HE HAD TO ADAPT TO BEING DEAD AND HOW DIFFICULT IT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR HIM TO DO SO

I LOVE TORTURING THE NOODLE!1!1!1

[xx-blueboy-xx]

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Sooooo - I saw @nobodymitskigabriel post, and well, guess that means ai should play! I don't actually have a ahit ton of WIPs? Typically if I don't think I will finish something I don't start it. Just lives in my head forever. And, I 90% of the time write oneshots because I can't finish/commit to long works

1. Carve My Heart Out

2. Cupid's Bow

3. Gabriel's Guide to Sam Winchester

4. You Don't Have Far to Fall

5. The Man Who Cried Wolf

6. Man In The Mirror: Repentance

7. Rapture

8. Villainous

Do I - even *know* 8 people to tag? Regardless!! No pressure to anyone who I tagged!!

@e-mio @nexus-my-beloved @netripper @merge-conflict @mythrae-writes @seasononesam

[frickfracksnatchisback]

👀

(This is a small drabble I did exclusively for Discord! It’ll never be turning into a full-on fic, but I hope you MJ lovers enjoy ^^)

[ratcandy]

out of context snippets from my planning doc for Nothing Spectacular after it's gone through some massive revisions just now

[a-doodler-in-time]

In hindsight, Bonnie should've stayed put in the bus stop instead of chasing the tail of what seemed to be a black cat. But as the Subcon Snatcher stared into her soul(??? Is it doing that, it seemed surprised that she's here-), there was only one logical option for Bonnie.

She screamed.

And it screamed back. Maybe even higher.

@doodledrawsthings

Back at it again with "The Coffee Shop" AU, this time: starring Bonnie and the Snatcher! Well, they met once before as Bonnie and Luka but shhh she doesnt know

[bittybattybunny]

I think it's only fair There's gotta be some butterflies somewhere (wanna share?) 'Cause I like you but that's not enough So if you will Please fall in love with me

Let's write a story Be in my book You've got to join me on my page At least take a look

It was a toss up between doing a valentines thing for MGatLP or TLC so Gin flipped a coin so you get a noodle man

The lyrics are from dodie’s “would you be so kind” which I have been looping while I write the Chimera AU and work on commissions past two days

Hope y’all had a good valentine’s day regardless of status in the field!! Love ya friends, ya family, the weird goo under your bed you think used to be a sandwich!!!

[an-imagine-in-time]

Ideas for more/alternate challenges in the final chapter (Time's End) other than the Mustache Girl boss?

Rather than have a straight fight to Mustache Girl, Hat kid actually has to go through the different chapters each contained in their own act in Times End.

Mafia Town looks much the same as it did in Heating Up Mafia Town, but the Mafia influences are gone, with all the Mafia locked up in the chamber beneath the Geyser. Hat Kid has to find key codes and save them to complete the Act.

Batter of the Birds looks somehow like a mix of all three areas with Lava thrown in to the mix. Hat Kid needs to move between parts of the train, the studio, and the moon set, all while needing to keep moving with the band of owls following her.

Whatever parts of Subcon Forest aren’t under Lava are completely frozen over, and Hat Kid needs to sneak through the frozen forest to find Snatcher, like a full forest version of Vanessa’s manor. None of Snatcher’s minions appear, but the Dwellers help with hiding Hat Kid.

Alpine Skyline looks like if the Lava Cake exploded over everything, and involves a chase sequence with Mustache Girl herself, as she plants and grows the Illness Spreads flowers across the mountainside to slow Hat Kid down.

After all these are done, then it’s the gauntlet to Mustache Girl and the time pieces.

[mysteryman-17]

* HE-HE LLO THERE KID. * I [[See]] THAT YOU DESIRE A [[Fight me old man!!]]. * ...WELL, I SUPPOSE THERE'S [[Nothing better to do?]] ANYWAY! * WE'LL [[DIE]] UNTIL THE [[Stars came out]]!! * AND WHO [[Nose]]? MAYBE IT'LL DISTRACT M3 FROM MY [[PAIN]]!!

Time’s End is an AHIT/Undertale crossover AU of sorts, taking place in the aftermath of a timeline where you lose the final boss fight against Mustache Girl. You can find the write-up here! In addition, you can find the write-ups for the Neutral Endings and TimeWarp Route Requirements on Google Drive! The logo for Time's End was designed by @bittybattybunny. She's an incredible artist, be sure to check out their work here on Tumblr and over on Twitter!!

Moonjumper replaces Gaster. They used to be great friends with Badge Seller... until one fateful day. MJ was always looking for power, but on that day, they went too far: they smashed the giant Time Piece in Subcon Forest in an attempt to rewrite time to their advantage. As a safety measure after this, Badge Seller trapped them in the Horizon, a prison just outside of time and space, to prevent them from ever having a prominent grasp on the world ever again. MJ did, of course, manage to get out... sort of. They're just barely holding on to their existence. Glitchy as anything, their form phasing in and out of view, distorted speech... the works. MJ desires to finally get a proper foothold in this world once more, but needs Bow Kid’s help... help that they'll never get on the Pacifist and Neutral routes, as it requires Bow to do things that she'd normally never do.

Motifs:

Oh It's You + Your Contract Has Expired (modified)

The Badge Seller

"You're not supposed to be in the game!" (6:20 - 6:28)

That's right, folks. The Moonjumper tracks have FINALLY all been updated and will be properly ported over to the OST account!! Decided I didn't like the primary "hook dialogue" - for lack of a better word - that got established in the (now-renamed) BIG SHOT replacement, so I scoured YT and Tumblr for good potential Moonjumper memes to sample in its place. And what should I stumble across that works, but an old AHIT mod showcase video from Doodrun! The moment I heard the snippet I did, I knew immediately that it would work wonders, and with a double meaning to boot, given Moonjumper's origins in AHIT's development!! (Tho I did use mvsep.com to remove the background music for the purposes of splicing and mixing.) In addition to the obvious vocal changes, I finally modified and incorporated the proper main melody in here from the BIG SHOT, and also made some slight mixing alterations. Am very happy with how this turned out, and I hope you guys enjoy! :) (Also just as a refresher, seeing as it’s been a while since I talked about ol’ string bean here: I styled them after Spamton cause I could. I axed the Betrayed Undyne ending from Time's End due it not making much sense with Empress, and I figured that since this AU will never have a Deltarune counterpart, adding a lil smth based from it as the BU ending replacement would be fun to mess around with. So uhhhhhh ye there's your answer lmao.)

You can also listen to this track in high quality on the AU’s SoundCloud here!

[slushie5544]

"Here, let me take care of this.."

He trailed off with his sentence as he looked down at the rolled-up paper, upon unscrolling it the list continued on. Sure he had expected a few write-ups with sneaking in and even the broken glasses machine in the lobby. What he didn't expect was the seemingly neverending list of transgressions starting with

"-Assault on cactus 700 pons -Penguin Harassment 2,000 pons -Destruction of Property 9,000 pons"

His eyes wandered away from the paper to the little girl who was scratching the back her head and with her other hand clutching to the bottom hem of her bright yellow jacket. That once gleaming smile she gave earlier was replaced with a grimace as the child continued to refuse to look at her boots. He almost felt pity for the poor girl.

"Darling, what in the bright stars did you do here?"

Oh hey there, didn't see you there from down here! Uhh ok yeah this is just a thing.. they started out as a doodle of grooves trying to practice and then I also wanted to practice more human figures so might as well draw my favorite ahit human too🥺🥺🥺

Anywhos!!! This might end up being a snippet from my 'The Fall of a Star' Fic.. but it'd be nice if I get to it!

[lemonadesoda]

🤲🧐 and 🌞 for writer asks :)

🤲 Share a snippet of a wip

I almost had to say that I have no wips but lucky you, I'm still working on this one. You can guess what it's for.

🧐 Do I spend a lot of time researching for my fics?

NOPE I only do homework for original fic. I will idly look stuff up, and I did briefly dip into a rabbit hole on why plants are green when thinking about the plant life on Altimera, but that lasted an evening. I maybe did more research on previous fics that were on ffnet but that was before grad school LMAO. My ahit fics were just me going into a fugue state.

🌞 Do I have a preferred time of day I like to write?

Not really. My preferred time is whenever I am free, since I have not very much of that so I don't really pay attention to what time of day it is.

[asterofthedeepforest]

Hello tumblr and tumblr aHiT fandom, I'm aster and I draw almost nothin but vanessa and the prince/snatcher and my grubby lil trans headcanons abt them. this is just a small snippet of the stuff I make cuz trying to choose pics for a first post on here is daunting omg

[children-of-subcon]

This is a snippet from an old fic I wrote about that AHiT x OMORI AU I made a while back, if anyone remembers that lol. I highly doubt I’ll ever actually finish it or post it if I do, but these two paragraphs are one of my favorite pieces of writing I’ve ever done, haha!

For a little context these are from Vanessa’s POV, who takes the place of Sunny, and Clover(florist) takes Basil’s role :)

[frickfracksnatchisback]

You know what would be really heartbreaking...if MC got turned to ice by Vanessa and Snatcher found them. 😈

I like the way you think, Anon ;)

***

“This is not good, this is not good, THIS IS NOT GOOD-”

Snatcher tried his best to fly through the terrible snow storm. The wind lashed at him, covering him in bits of ice and snow. He had no clue how this happened. One minute, he had been dozing off in his comfy home, cuddled up with MC. And then the next minute, he immediately woke up to find his house completely covered in snow. But that’s not what had frightened him the most. MC had disappeared, and they had been no where to be found.

“Please be alright. Please, please, please-” Snatcher told himself, as he zoomed past the snow-covered trees and village. He had already checked the village anyways, and no one was there. No Dwellers, no minions, not even MC. The whole forest seemed empty, with not even Moonjumper’s part of the forest being safe from the storm. This only made him panic more, as he tried to look through every part of the now frozen forest. He was teleporting all around in a frenzy, trying to look for any signs of-

He froze as he went past the stone bridge, near the village.

“Oh…oh no.” Snatcherfound himself whispering, as he stared down the path. As he squinted his eyes to see through the snow, he noticed tracks leading down the path. The path that lead to her manor. The accursed manor that he swore he’d never visit again. But seeing those tracks, the very human tracks that looked all too familiar, influence him togo further. That, and a burning rage growing inside of him.

There was only person responsiblefor this.

In a flash, he teleported closeto the manor. And it was like the eye of the storm, as the snow only fell softly around the area. That didn’t mean that it wasn’t hard to see though, as the area was cloudy and almost foggy. Snatcher cursed under his breath, shivering but moving on forward.

“Hello? Is anyone there?”he called out, hugging himself for “warmth”. It didn’t help, but he kept on going towards the manor. He didn’t want to go inside, that would be a last resort. But if need be, he would, just in case he happened to see-

A figure in the distance caught Snatcher’s eye. It was hard for him to see them through the cold fog, but they looked human. He immediately recognized those features, thinking he knew exactly who it was.

“S-s-sweetheart?”Snatcher called to them, his teeth chattering. There was no reply, as they simply stood there. But coming closer, he quickly recognized their features. Their size, what they were wearing, it gave him a ray of hope. A small smile started to grow on his face.

It had to be them.

“Sweetheart! I’m here!”Snatcher teleporting over to them in a flash. And, without looking, embraced them into a giant hug. “Oh, thank the stars you’re alright! I thought I lost you…” he held them close to him, and they felt absolutely freezing to the touch. Instead of this being alarming to Snatcher, all he had in mind was concern. “Come on. Let’s get you somewhere safe before-”

Snatcher reached for their hand…which was cold as ice.

“My…love…?”

Because, to his horror, it was ice.

Snatcher brought his hand back, as he realized MC had been frozen solid. Their face was stuck in a terrified scream, and their pose in utter agony. One of their hands was outstretched, as if they had tried to stop whoever turned them into ice. After realizing this, Snatcher started to shiver again. But this time, out of fear.

“No…nonononono-”Snatcher quickly came closer to the statue, tears starting to fall down his face. He slowly brought his hands to their cheeks, touching the cold blue ice. Every part of him was in dread, as he could see his reflection in their forever-open eyes.

And…another person approaching him from behind.

“Why are you crying, my prince?~” Snatcher’s worst fears were confirmed, as he turned around to see her. Vanessa, who was giving him the evilest of smiles, was standing right behind him patiently. “Aren’t you glad I…‘took care of them’ just for you?” she giggled, as Snatcher stared at her in fear. And he said nothing, almost like he was just as frozen as MC. “Not to worry, my sweet prince. You won’t miss them, because they never truly loved you… Unlike me.”Vanessa told him, before reveling something she had hidden behind her back.

Old, rusty chains.

Snatcher tried to make a break for it, and failed. As Vanessa threw the chains at him, they seem to have a life on their own, as they clamped the cuffs onto his wrists and wrapped around his entire body.

“NO! NO PLEASE DON’T-”Snatcher called out, before being brought down to the ground. He struggled frantically in the snow, not being able to fly away. “STAY AWAY FROM ME!” he screamed in terror, being the most scared he had ever been as Vanessa approached him.

“Come with me, my prince!I’ll put you were you belong~” she called to him, tugging onthe chains to bring him even closer.

“NO! I DON’T WANT TO GO BACK, I DON’T-” Snatcher screamed as loud as he could, frantically struggling in his binds. He wept and desperately called for MC, as Vanessa was right in front of him and towered over his chained form. “LEAVE ME ALONE!” he tried using his fire magic, but it didn’t work, as Vanessa quickly leaned over him.

“Snatcher~” Vanessa managed to grasp his neck in her hold, despite his struggling.“Snatcher…” she kept saying his name over and over, her voice somehow becoming more distant the closer she got. She slowly opened her mouth, reveling a bright red light and rows upon rows of sharp teeth. “Sna…tcher…” to his horror, Vanessa’s-voice wasn’t her own anymore. It was MC’s, and their voice was coming from inside of Vanessa’s deadly maw.

And before he had time to escape, Vanessa went straight for his face.

***

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-”

“SNATCHER!”

The first thing that Snatcher did once he woke up was scream. He screamed loud and hard, until a familiar face begged for him to stop. MC has grabbed onto his arms, shaking him relentlessly. And this seemed to quiet him, with him shutting his mouth instantly. Snatcher stared at them blankly, panting while quickly realizing that he wasn’t at the manor. He was in his home, with no snow or ice to be seen anywhere.

“Snatcher, are you okay?!” MC ask him in a greatly worried voice. It looked like they had been crying for sometime now, as tears streaks were left on their cheeks. “You were having a nightmare…I-I didn’t know what else to do I-”

Before they could finish, Snatcher grabbed them and pulled them closer. 

He hugged them tightly, not wanting to let them go. He then burst into tears, burying his face into their shoulders as he wept uncontrollably. Luckily, MC wasn’t suffocating in his hold. It was incredibly uncomfortable for them, but he wasn’t letting go anytime soon. He almost wailed, blubbering about how he thought they were dead and that he was so, so sorry. But MC gave them support, patting his back and trying to soothe him back to sleep. They kept reassuring him,telling him that everything was alright. They were here, and they weren’t going anywhere. And although Snatcher wouldn’t even talk about the nightmare in the morning, he made sure he was going to thank MC very much for this.

And check the locks on the manor doors…just in case.

[packook]

I’m finally playing A Hat In Time after first seeing art of the characters over a year ago.  I’m so glad I’m loving the Conductor and Snatcher even more than when I was just seeing snippets of them on tumblr. I’m also glad I’m still seeing ahit fanart coming out even now so I’m not walking into a dead fandom luckily. 

[bittybattybunny]

okay i found this in my wips i doubt I’ll finish it can’t think if I posted it

this is how Connie and DJ met in TLC:

“Darling, if you keep it up like that the bar is going to be short on drinks. Save some liquor for the rest of us would you?” The imposing man tilted his sunglasses down as he sat near the scruffy blonde.

“Arre ya callin mee shawt?” he slurred, clearly having had more than his limit. He glared with violet eyes as he pointed his glass at DJ. The motion caused a bit of whiskey to spill onto the others pants.

“Fenrir. Darling. So help me.” He growled as he wiped the alcohol off of his fire engine red bell bottoms, “Sir, you have clearly had enough!”

The silver haired man sipped at a glass of water, holding a hand up, “You do you. Just don’t take too long, Amaris is waiting at home.” he laughed. He grinned, fangs out of his mouth, “Diana doesn’t like watching her over night.”

“Aww ya think yer some tough sheet aye?” the shorter man got off his chair jabbing at DJ’s chest, “With yer shirt alllll open and yer HEIGHT?!” he snapped.

“Fenrir, hold my coat.” Dj sighed standing up to his imposing full stature, “Darling this is only going to hurt you.” he laughed pulling his jacket off and cracking his knuckles.

“TRY MEH!” the Scotsman snarled, leaping at him and biting down hard on the others forearm.

“OI!” The larger man shouted, falling back against the bar with a loud thud. He tried to pull the other off of him but he sunk his teeth in hard, “What Are you some lamprey?!” he snapped as he managed to get him off with a solid punch to the face.

Hitting the floor, the other stood up, hair a fluffy nightmare as blood dripped from his nose. His hand went to his pocket producing a sharp knife, “Aye Am Conrad not Lamprey!” he slurred angrily jeering the knife at the stunned man.

“Oh Darling two can play that game.” he laughed pulling out his own knife, twirling the butterfly blade open he smirked with a large sharp grin ,”Come at me sweet heart~!”

[frickfracksnatchisback]

Say it with Flowers (Snatcher x MC)

Here we go lads! A cute, fluffy snippet of Snatcher confessing his love to his crush! (I was inspired by this ask, if anyone’s wondering) Basically, Snatcher is a dork and his crush is slightly oblivious to what he’s trying to do. Also, the crush will be referred to as “they/them” just so nobody gets confused!

Have fun! ;3

***

As Snatcher waited in one of the quieter parts of his forest, he was starting to become slightly impatient. He could feels himself becoming more and more nervous with every minute that went by. Occasionally, he’d summon a wristwatch to check the time or a hand mirror so he could make sure he still looked somewhat “presentable”. He’d adjust the tie he was wearing, or run his hand through his floof so it wasn’t messed up. But after doing that about five times in a row, he resorted to fidgeting. It was something he hated doing, but right now it was helping. All the while he thought to himself.

Why the heck was he doing this?

Because I told myself I was going to do it, Snatcher thought to himself. And it was true. He had been thinking of confessing to them for a while now. He’d just been putting it off till the last second. And if he didn’t do it soon, these strange emotions were going to drive him crazy. Might as well get this over with now, right? After all, he shouldn’t be afraid of something so...so…

Simple.

Snatcher snapped his fingers, a bouquet appearing in his hands. He turned the roses over to inspect them, carefully touching a few of the petals. He had (begrudgingly) taken Moonjumper’s advice, by getting something special for them. At first, he had just gotten some regular roses from a flower shop in Mafia Town. But then he remembered Moon’s words, “Get them something that shows you care!”. And the roses by themselves...they just didn’t seem like enough. So, he decided to use a bit of magic to make the roses seem a bit more “special”. After doing a bit of research, he use at least three spells that he knew they would be sure to love. One to make the roses glow, another to make them sparkle, and a final one to make sure they would never wilt or die. That showed he cared for them, right?

But as he looked over the magic roses in his hands, a cluster of beautiful reds and pinks, he wasn’t so sure about his chances. Would this really be enough? Would they even accept his confession? Because the last time he gifted someone flowers-

YOU TRAITOR! YOU LIED TO ME!

V-Vanessa, wait-

I HATE YOU! I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME!

I-I do love you! Just let me expl-

NEVER! GUARDS! TAKE HIM AWAY!

No! Vanessa, please! This is all just a misunderstanding! Vanessa?!

VANESSA! PLEASE! DON’T LEAVE ME DOWN HERE-

...It didn’t end too well. And while he didn’t expect them to come running at him with a knife (not like he could die again, anyways), there was still a lingering fear of rejection. After all, this was silly, right? Him of all people? Actually in love caring about someone? The all-powerful king of Subcon having a slight, teeny tiny, ever so minuscule crush on somebody? It was a ridiculous notion. And extremely ludicrous-sounding to them, no doubt. Perhaps...perhaps he should back out now. To save the trouble and embarrassment. It’s not like he was too late to change his mi-

“Hey, Snatcher!”

Snatcher let out a yelp of surprise and quickly hid the bouquet behind his back. He smiled nervously, as they walked into the clearing with him. They smiled cheerily at him, giving him a wave. And he smiled back at them, if not a little nervously. While he tried to look as calm and collected as he could on the outside, he was practically screaming on the inside.

They actually showed up, he thought to himself in disbelief. And I didn’t practice anything to say. I’m a complete idiot. I should have written it all down so I won’t mess this up. And...OH MY STARS, WHAT IF I DO MESS UP?! WHAT IF I DROP THE FLOWERS AS I’M GIVING IT TO THEM?! THEY WOULD HATE ME FOR THAT! THIS WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH-

He tried to shake away the worries in his mind and, instead, focused on greeting them.

“A-ah, hello! You arrived earlier than I thought you would...” Snatcher said, trying to put on a confident smile.

“Of course! You said it was important in the letter you sent me.” they replied back. Snatcher felt himself gulp.

The letter! Peck, he had forgotten all about that! Originally, he had thought about talking to them in person. But when that didn’t seem to work, due to his cowardice, he had thought about just leaving the flowers at their house. And when that seemed much too stalker-like, he had decided on a completely different approach. A letter, telling them to visit the quiet clearing in his forest for a “private matter”. At first, it seemed like a good idea. He even managed to convince himself to put his name on it, instead of just leaving it anonymous. But right now the regret was starting to set in.

“Uhhh, yes, It’s very serious, I’m afraid.” Snatcher mumbled out, feeling stupid and wanting so badly to bolt on this. But it was too late now, much to his dismay. Their face fell, looking rather worried at these words.

“Am I in trouble?” they asked, their head hanging low.

“W-what? No!” Snatcher assured them, waving a free hand in front of him. “I-I just...wanted to...” his voice trailed off, his face flushing bright yellow. But he stops there, not able to say the rest. They look at him, confused. Was he feeling alright? He normally wasn’t like this.

“Are you okay? Do you-”

“I’m fine.” Snatcher growled under his breath. They flinched a little at this, and Snatcher quickly noticed. “I-I’m sorry. I’m just...having trouble with this...” he decided to be honest. They liked it when he was honest, right? Now if only he could get the important part out.

“Oh...alright?” they said, feeling a bit more comfortable. They were still very confused though. Snatcher was acting so odd, not to mention flustered. It was actually kind of cute... But what was he so reluctant to say? “By the way, I like the tie! You look very nice!” they complimented him, thinking that would help. And it did, with Snatcher grinning shyly at them and blushing even more.

“Thank you...very much...” Snatcher said, before pulling said tie and clearing his throat. “W-well...I just noticed that...you’ve been visiting my forest quite a lot lately.” he stuttered, cursing at himself in his mind as he did. But nonetheless, they were listening to him patiently, so that helped a ton.

“Heh, what can I say? I have a thing for exploring haunted forests.” they joked, hoping to help Snatcher loosen up a bit. Snatcher did chuckle a bit, rubbing the back of his head.

“Heheheh, r-right. Speaking of that...” Snatcher felt his face growing hotter as he continued. “Whenever you happen to visit my home, to check on me or whatever-” he felt a slight twang of regret at that last part. How did he let that slip out?! Regardless, he tried to keep going. “I feel...I feel...” Snatcher felt himself getting stuck again, as he looked back at them.

They looked so pretty, beautiful, not to mention absolutely perfect. If he still had a heart or pulse, it would be thumping like crazy in his chest right now. He thought how much he liked having them around his forest, which was a new feeling. And they were always so nice to him every time the visited his home. But...how could he ever return those feelings? He was the worst at this sort of thing, considering he hadn’t done it in years. And he was not know for his “caring nature” towards anyone or anything for that matter. Panic started to set in, as Snatcher feared for everything to go horribly wrong.

Oh my stars, they are way out of my league! Why on earth would they say “Yes”?! What was I thinking?!

“You feel?...” they tried to help him along, waiting for him to get the words out.

But Snatcher felt like freezing on the spot. Maybe teleporting away to anywhere that wasn’t here. Or hiding in his home and never coming out. He felt weak and helpless, and he hated every second of it. Not to mention they were staring directly at him, which sapped all courage out of him. He felt like screaming, panicking, and running all at them same time. He gripped the roses behind his back tighter and tighter-

“This...this is so stupid.” Snatcher sighed in defeat, putting his face into his free hand. “I apologize, I must be wasting your time. I just can’t seem to-”

“No, it’s okay! You’re doing just fine.” they encouraged him. “I don’t mind spending extra time with you. It’s why I came here in the first place, silly!” they gave him a patient smile, making a heart with their hands at him. Snatcher could feel his whole face blushing, as his floof puffed up from being so flustered. He tried to hide his face from behind his claws, but it hardly helped since his face was glowing such a bright yellow.

Well...what the heck. What did he have to lose? Besides practically everything-

“I wanted to show you how much I lo-” Snatcher nearly let the “L” word slip out of his mouth, before hastily coughing over it. “I-I mean...really appreciate you!” he laughed nervously, a little louder than he would have liked. Their expression grew a bit surprised, which made Snatcher feel like he was sweating buckets. “S-so, I got you...th-these.” Snatcher slowly removed the bouquet from behind him. He held it out for them, shutting his eyes tight and shaking a little as he did.

“Snatcher...” he could hear their gasp of surprise. He could feel his nervousness growing with every step as them came closer. Now they were right in front of him, as he felt their hands on his. He flinched at bit as this, tightening his grip on the flowers. He braced himself, squeezing his eyes tighter and shaking like a leaf. He waited for the cruel laughter. For the mocking tone of heartless rejection. For the sound of the bouquet hitting the ground and getting crushed by their shoes. Or worse, for the cold unforgiving tone of disgust. With them promptly throwing the roses in his face and-

“Ha, seems like you beat me to it.”

“...what?” Snatcher opened his eyes in surprise and confusion. He was surprised to see that they were much closer to him than he thought. In fact, very close to him, and (sort of) holding hands with him. They stared down at the roses, the glowing spell illuminating their face, making their beauty even more radiant. Snatcher shut his mouth, fearing that he would ruin his perfect moment. If only he had a camera, or a tape recorder. He wished this moment could last forever.

“These are so beautiful.” they said as they looked up at Snatcher, which he was not prepared for. “I don’t think my gift will even compare...” they trail off, smiling sadly.

“A gift? For me?” Snatcher blurted out, before he could stop himself. Their eyes widened, and they turned their head away for a moment. That’s odd, Snatcher thought to himself. Is it just me or do they look...nervous?

“It’s not as good as yours, trust me.” they let go of his hands so they could look for it in their pockets. “I wanted to give it to you after we were done talking. I mean, before I knew you were going to…y’know, surprise me.” they mumbled, rummaging until they finally pulled it out. “Here. I’ll trade ya.” they half-smiled. Snatcher, still a bit in shock, exchanged his gift for theirs without saying anything. And after starting at them blankly, taking in the fact that they were enjoying his gift, he looked down at what was in his hands.

A small, light purple letter.

He opened it carefully, trying his best not to rip the envelope. He opened the flap, and took out a hand-made card. He took a moment to stare at it, dumbfounded, before opening it gently. He noticed how nice their cursive looked, written in red ink with small heart doodles scattered here and there. And then he began to read the message...

Dear Snatcher,

I’ve been wanting to say this for a long time

And I’ve been thinking about it ever since we met

You’re very special to me, and I wanted to ask you...

Snatcher felt his non-existent heart race as his eyes fell to the closing lines-

Would you like to be my SOUL-mate?

Much love, XOXO

Snatcher simply stared at the card, like his eyes were glued to it. He didn’t know what to say, he was at a complete loss for words.

“Do you like it?” they asked him, worried by the lack of response. Snatcher manage to tear his eyes away from the card to look down on them.

“Are you serious? This isn’t a joke?” Snatcher asked them, his voice flat and to the point. They shrunk back at this, afraid they did something wrong. Was he mad at them? Was the pun a little too much? Maybe they shouldn’t have added that in… But they slowly nodded back at him, holding the bouquet for comfort. Snatcher kept staring at them blankly, making them extremely nervous.

Then Snatcher started to laugh.

But it wasn’t a cruel laugh, or even his signature evil laugh. It was a laugh of delight and cheer, as he flashed a giant smile at them. Then, before they even saw it coming, Snatcher scooped them up off the ground and into his arms. They let out a surprised yelp as he spun himself around, floating higher up in the air before eventually sinking back down. Both of their gifts fell to the ground, but they landed just fine and weren’t even ruined. Which was good, considering that Snatcher was too busy holding them in his embrace.

“Hahaha, yes! Thank you so much!” Snatcher exclaimed, hugging them close. Joyous tears started to build up in his eyes, but he didn’t care. Because right now he felt like the happiest ghost alive! Not only did they accept his confession, but they felt the same way about him! And he wouldn’t trade that feeling for anything in the world. Not even all the souls on the planet could make him as happy as he was now.

“Snatcher...you’re squishing me...” they grunted, their face buried in Snatcher’s floof.

“Oh! Sorry!” Snatcher quickly apologized, letting them breath. “I just…I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy before.” he said softly, blushing. They looked back at him, once they got their bearings, and smiled at his cute flustered face.

“Good. You deserve to be happy.” they whispered as they went to gently hug him around his neck. They leaned in close, pressing their cheek against his. Snatcher was taken aback, before nuzzling them back with a dopey smile on his face. He sighed, closing his eyes and beginning to purr.

They both jumped at the sound, looking at each other. Snatcher felt like his face was burning, going entirely glowing yellow. They started to giggle at the sight, he was just too cute!

“So...you can purr?” they asked, putting a hand over their mouth to stifle their giggling.

“Sh-shut up.” Snatcher grumbled, his floof puffing up to the extreme. This just made them snicker more, before eventually letting it die down.

“Well, I think it’s cute, dork.” they added in that last part, before leaning back to plant a small kiss on Snatcher’s cheek.

“Ack! D-don’t do that!” Snatcher yelped in annoyance, trying to hide himself in all the fluff. But secretly, he enjoyed the smooch that they gave him. A little more than he would like to admit. They caught Snatcher’s attention again by fixing the tie around his neck. And he couldn’t help but smile, and sigh at them dreamily.

“Whatever you say, nerd.” they chuckled, tightening the tie before leaving it be. And the minute they were done, Snatcher brought them back into a hug. They were taken by surprise, before smiling and hugging him back. “I’m glad you told me, Snatcher.” they sighed, rubbing their face back into his soft fluff. Snatcher started to purr again, but he paid no mind to it. It was actually starting to become rather comforting with them around.

“Yeah, ditto.” Snatcher sighed back, holding them closer.

And as the moonlight lit up the dark forest around them, and the two held each other lovingly, he felt like this was the best moment in his afterlife. To think, that he would ever be able to love again. And for once, his loved one loved him back! Actual, real love for a person like him. It lit a spark in his non-existent heart that he had, surprisingly, missed being able to feel all these years...

He was starting to like this whole “affection” thing.