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[She's giggling again, curling her arm just a bit tighter around his.]

Oh no~ Should I massage it for you?

[Her free hand comes up to rub at the side of his cheek, as if that would actually help and isn't just because she wants to touch him.]

O-Oi!

[ He's laughing even as one side of his face gets pushed in. ]

Y-You just want to push my cheek in, don't you?

[ It's silly, childish, and just what he needs more of in his life. ]

Nope, I just wanted to touch you.

[She laughs, then gently lets go to lean up and press a kiss to his cheek instead.]

Did it work?

[ He took a breath and blushed. Jeez, this girl is too cute. ]

...Maybe.

[ Yes it did. His face muscles are still straining from smiling but he's forgotten about it because of that kiss. He might be egging her on for another.]

[Oh, she can tell it worked but she's happy to play along, leaning against him and peering up at him.]

Maybe? Do I need to do it again so you can be sure, then?

[Because she'll beckon with her free hand for him to lean in closer.]

[ Does she even really need to ask? She's just teasing at this point. He...kinda likes it.

He leans in with a feigned pout,m for another kiss. At this rate she could say jump and he'd already be in the air if she promised a kiss afterward. ]

[Well, that's good enough for her! Shiho pushes herself up on her toes and presses another soft kiss to his cheek, lingering a little so she can whisper to him.]

Better?

[ Why is she such a cute and irresistible little gremlin? Why ask if it's better when she already knows the answer? Of course he's better and happy!

He actually really embarrassed as well but his face is still smiling but he's trying so hard to hold it back, with no success. After realizing how goofy he looks he brings a hand up to hide his mouth.

Gosh, really. Why is she so cute??? He's not going to answer, she knows. ]

[He doesn't answer her question but she can certainly answer his! She grins up at him, fingers coming up to gently grasp the hand he has hiding his mouth.]

I was born this cute.

[ While that was a fact that was previously established, her timing still sent his mind careening into a spiral of happiness, admiration, and embarrassment.

In other words, moe.

He was shot through the heart, and she's to blame. ]

...My face is all better.

[ So please don't pull down his hand and expose his goofy smile. ]

[Her grin becomes a giggle and her fingers curl a little around his hand, thumb stroking gently at the back before she lets go.]

Well, if you say it is. Then as your cute girlfriend, I believe you.

[Besides, she can see his goofy smile just fine with her psychometry.]

[ He quickly rub his mouth when she lets go because clearly treating a goofy smile and embarrassment like ketchup on your face is the right thing to do. ]

I'm grateful.

[ He's still trying to get a grasp of the extent of her powers so the fact she already saw the dumb smile escapes him. ]

Oh yeah! There's should be a petting zoo near the end of this trail. Do you want to check it out for a bit?

[ Misdirection, always works. But psychic girlfriend. Eh, he'll figure it out eventually. ]

[Luckily for him this misdirection actually works because 1) she likes him and 2) she likes petting cute animals.

Though she'll still smile mischievously at him, leaning in because she isn't fooled for even a moment.]

Sure, that sounds like fun.

[ Please let him have this, his face still feels hot. ]

Alright then.

[ He's never gone there but he's soared above it enough times to see the critters there. Although the keepers always got alerted whenever he flew by, as they should when they have small prey animals out in an open space and a bird of prey comes along.

He found great amusement in that. ]

[She'll let him have this because while she isn't fooled, she also finds his bashfulness just adorable.

Shiho has also never been to said petting zoo but she can probably find it with her psychometry. Or, you know, purposefully get lost with him on the way so she could spend more time with him, that's fine too.]

You'll ruin your dinner. [Don't eat small prey animals, please.]

I'm not going to eat petting zoo animals!

[ Honest. He's not that bad. ]

I honestly didn't even know it was there. I just swooped by, thought to poke around and then the next thing I knew there were a bunch of zoo keepers looking in my direction. One of them even had a net!

[ That was rude. ]

Honestly if anything they need to compensate me! I mean - [ He moved away for just a moment and jumped towards the railing nearby, but as he did his body turned lack like a shadow and in less than a second had become smaller, fuzzier, and distinctly avian. An eagle owl landed on the railing and turned to her with and spoke directly into her head. ] - what's scary about an owl just perching like this???

[ Yes, what is frightening about a bird of prey perched high above rabbits, puppies, kittens, and other small defenseless creatures? ]

So it was just an accident, then. We should definitely make them compensate you.

[Really though he shouldn't ask her because she's actually really biased??

Shiho hums cheerfully in reply to him pretty much admitting to scaring small defenseless creatures as an owl. But it's fine (??) she thinks it's cute. Hearing his voice in her mind makes her raise an eyebrow at him as she walks closer to the fluffy owl on the railing, tilting her head like she's thinking very deeply about this.]

...Nothing's scary about you at all.

[She says, smiling brightly.]

Right?

[ He's glad she understands and he's about to puff out his crest with pride before his eyes open as he realized- ]

Wait a minute, what do you mean "nothing"? I can be plenty scary.

[ Not really. He's the fluffiest of all the bird of preys and can be practically domesticated. Japan has cafes dedicated to show how adorable and goofy owls are so, he looks about as intimidating as cat. ]

[Yeah, he's too fluffy but she knows better than to say something to hurt his feelings. Even if he is too fluffy and she's definitely seen the same kind of bird at owl cafes.]

Well, you've never been scary to me, right?

[Walking until she's standing in front of him, she smiles:] So why would I be scared?

[ He blinks, literally, owlishly. ]

You make a good a point.

[ He leaps off the railing and quickly turns back to normal, smiling before taking her hand and the real reason for his transformation revealed. He just wanted to see how she'd react. His power is unusual even by the standards of his strange and twisted world and most who saw it had mixed reactions. Some were amazed, some were disgusted, and some shouted 'demon scum' and proceed to try and shoot him down or trap him with a box.

Her reaction though, made him smile and say a quiet 'thank you' in his heart. ]

[Shiho knows two others with the ability to transform. (Or rather with the ability to trick the eye with their powers.) To her it's perfectly normal and he transformed into a cute owl besides?

Though if she ever figured out who called him 'demon scum' or were disgusted, she intended to be very angry about it. To him though, she curls close and smiles up at him in turn, her expression softening a little at that quiet thank you.]

I always make good points.

I'll make sure to remember that.

[ And he'll probably defend those people because sadly, they would most likely have appropriate reason to. His world was not a happy one but everything had a reason, but he won't let those thoughts trouble him. He'll just hold her hand tightly and kiss her knuckles gently. ]

Now, let's go harass some zoo keepers!

[ He won't actually do that(today) though he does like giving them a bit of a scare.

The petting zoo is a humble establishment, a fairly large open space where furry animals of all kinds are free to roam, a waist high fence to make sure said critters are corralled, and a one storey office to the side with a what looks like a caution sign that reads 'If spotted report to the nearest keeper' with a picture of Sam's owl form perched on a branch. ]

[He can be there to defend them, that’s fine. But she’s also going to be there and make them sorry because she couldn’t let something like that slide, not ever again no matter what their reason. For now though, she’s just going to smile warmly at him as he kisses her knuckles so gently. Really, she’s weak to him and she wouldn’t have it any other way.]

Yeah!

[Those poor zoo keepers.

All Shiho is really going to do though is pet cute animals. But when she sees the sign, she’ll still nudge him a little with a mischievous smile.]

That’s a pretty good picture, isn’t it?

[ He has questions, like when did they take this picture? Why did he feel like old western outlaw? And more importantly, why did he look like a vertically place bread loaf with googly-eyes??? ]

Honestly, couldn't they have gotten a more flattering picture?

[ He's going to come back one day and stick around until they get a better picture of him. ]

My bird form is quiet photogenic, if I do say so myself.

[Shiho really does laugh this time which prompts more than one of the zoo keepers to turn around and look at them. But she hides it by looking for all the world like she only has eyes for the one she’s with, leaning in, pointing out a rabbit but in reality whispering to him:]

...We could break in later and switch it out, I bet.

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