“Oh-! Yes, of course I do. I know we just met and all, but… You’ve treated me a lot better than a lot of other people I’ve known.”
He grabbed the berries from her with a smile, and scooted a bit closer.
“I just really didn’t expect to meet someone like you today though…”
“I’m not scared of heights. Why would I be afraid when I’m so close to the sky? It’s what I’m named after…”
He chomped on the branch again and sighed.
“Of course I eat food, at least when it’s available. If it’s not… I can’t really afford to stop feeding it.”
Azure finished-
Replying to @FerretPokemon
at the other male.
❝︎ Least find some actual food, or cook something if you got anything on you. ❞
“Sorry, but I’ve gotta say no to that. I gotta stay on the ground here.”
His eyes looked over at a thick branch next to him, and without any hesitation he grabbed it and took a large bite out of it.
“I’ve gotta be continuously feeding *it.* If I’m not then that’s a surefire-
“Huh. I guess not, this place is pretty quiet.
Looks like it’s just us here now.”
He sat down onto the grass, and let out a sigh of relief. Shortly after the badger raised his cap up, and he was just as blushy as before.
“I-I guess I don’t really mind if you see me like this.”
“It should go away in a few minutes. Hopefully it also doesn’t end up leaking lava everywhere too…”
He let out an annoyed sigh and fell onto his back while putting his paws behind his hat.
“Best thing for me to do now is to just wait for it to go out. Not like it’s a good-
“…! No, n-nothing is wrong. I’m just not used to someone being so friendly to me.”
Of course, saying that only made him blush even more, and he only pulled the hat down further.
“But… Maybe that’s a good idea. I dunno if I want people to see me like this…”
Sniff, sniff.
“N-No, I’m not. It’s just something that happens when I wake up… Wish I could tell you why it happens though.”
He looked at his back, and right away noticed his blue flames were shooting out from there.
“Ugh, great. Gonna take awhile before /those/ go out.”
“Hm-? Oh… No you don’t! More of just not a lot of people have tried to help me out like this in the past. I don’t know if I give off weird vibes or anything, but…
Don’t worry about it.”
The way she made him put his arm around her shoulder… It made Azure start to blush a-
“Thanks… Let me just…”
He gently leaned towards her, as he picked up one of the leaves and chugged it down.
Sheesh, he was thirstier than he thought.
“Y-You know, you’re being pretty friendly to someone you just met… Not that I’m complaining anything.
I’m Azure.”
“J-Just a sec, you might wanna stand back-“
Azure held out his paw and raised up a a single finger.
“A-Ah… CHOO!!!!”
Such a sneeze caused his blue flames to spike up from his back, and char the area around him.
“…Whoops.
Sorry about that, I get all sneezy when I wake up-
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“Really, if it’s not too much trouble, I think going to be a minute…”
He grabbed onto the bark of the tree he was leaning against, and pulled himself up.
“All my muscles are so stiff after sleeping that long. Can’t believe I let this happen again…”






