[PRP] Um. (Xavier & Helmut)

[Enoh Love]

"Um?" She repeated in slow disbelief, before she sighed and continued to crawl on him, failing to get on his shoulders, but taking the consolation prize that was his back. Piggy back rides were just as good as anything, she supposed. The little wendigo rested her chin on his shoulder, turning her eyes to look at him.

"Did you wanna go sit down while you decide?"

kuuropii

 

[kuropeco]

Xavier let Helmut use him as a climbing post, mostly because by now he was entirely used to her antics. He felt quite comfortable with nestled against his back, and strangely, it was almost easier this way, because then he wasn't looking her directly in the face.

"Er," he said. "N-no, I'm fine."

There was a long pause.

"Erm," said Xavier tentatively. "Y...you know there's, erm...a d-dance coming up...right? Prom?"

enoh love

 

[Enoh Love]

"H'ok." She said, her jaw nudging into his shoulder as she lazily annunciated her agreement. Since he didn't want to sit down, she'd just have to wait until he decided whatever it was he wanted to do. Thankfully, it seemed, she didn't have to wait long…well, long for Xavier, anyway. She had already gone a little cross-eyed with very real boredom by the time he did pipe up; it didn't take long for her to lose interest in silence.

"Prom?" She repeated, as more of a gasping squawk than a normal tone. Prom. That word was about as exciting as it was terrifying.

kuuropii

 

[kuropeco]

Helmut was like a minipet that needed to be kept occupied, otherwise it got into things it shouldn't. Xavier twiddled his claws together nervously, head bowed so that his feathery hair fell around his face and hid it from view.

"Erm," he said, "Y...yes, prom, I, um..."

There was another pause. Then, spoken so fast the words all slurred together:

"Doyoumaybewannagowithme?"

enoh love

 

[Enoh Love]

While she should have expected this, the slurred and mashed together question surprised her. She stared at him, or rather where his face would have been, had his hair not provided an excellent cover. It took her a moment to piece together what she was being asked - even though she already spoke 'Xavier' enough to know - and once her understanding caught up to processing, she let out a shriek.

"YAH!" Tiny claws dug into his shoulders, shaking him despite being on his back. "YAH I'LL GO Yaaaaay prom YA---" Her excitement stopped abruptly, her whole body freezing, eyes wide, as a thought hit her. She melted only long enough to utter one absolutely horrified question:

"What if Hel's there?"

kuuropii

 

[kuropeco]

The shriek nearly deafened him, but Xavier was used to Helmut's yells by now. Her volume notwithstanding, he felt an enormous sense of relief that she had said yes, and felt very silly that he had ever thought she would say no (a tiny part of his mind still was laughing at him).

The look of horror on Xavier's own face matched the one on Helmut's.

"We - we'll just have to avoid her somehow," he said quickly, looking aghast. "We'll - we'll have to, erm, figure out a way to - to get around her being there!"

enoh love

 

[Enoh Love]

Helmut went silent as she did some very serious contemplating. Which was quite the feat because Helmut barely seriously contemplated anything beyond 'can i get to the cafeteria and back in time to not be late for class'.

"…D'you think camouflage would work?"

kuuropii

 

[kuropeco]

Xavier slowly tipped sideways until he was lying on the floor with Helmut still probably clinging to his back.

"W...what kind of camouflage?" he asked, idly twisting his claws together. "I don't want her to interrupt our..."

He choked on the word date, coughed, and wheezed out, "Our time."

enoh love

 

[Enoh Love]

Helmut was getting pretty good at navigating the Crumbling Ruins of Xavier. He started to topple and she adjusted herself on him as he went slowly, to prevent getting laid on or tumbling off. By the time he made it to the floor, Helmut was sprawled on his side, her feet hooked on his hip and her knees dangling on either side of him so they didn't touch the ground, and her hands gripping the sleeve of his jacket, which also doubled as a pillow. All in all, it looked like she was laying on her belly on a tree branch, except this branch was (mostly) alive and (somewhat) breathing.

"I dunno like…octopus colour change or sommat?" She mused, rubbing her face on his bicep and then trying to shake her little antlers free of his fluffy . When what he was saying once more registered with her, her efforts to free her antlers were greatly reduced. "Umm…y-yeah…that'd be…nice…" She stammered out, clutching his sleeve by her face so she could hide. "…cause last time…" Hel ruined everything. Everything, and it was awful and terrible and not nice…

kuuropii

 

[kuropeco]

Xavier was used to Helmut's antics by now, and did not feel weird in the slightest that she was now draped over him rather than leaving him be. His head pressed into the ground and feathers littered the space around him, fluttering freely.

His arm wiggled beneath her. "We will have a good time this time," said Xavier firmly, trying to crane his head to look at her, but not having much success considering their positions. "We will have a good time without Hel to interfere."

enoh love

 

[Enoh Love]

"Y-yeah!" She agreed with a nod. A nod that, thankfully, freed her antlers from his collar. "E-even if she did go, she wouldn't bother us twice, right?" Helmut decided, giving her friend way too much of the benefit of doubt. At that moment she slid off of Xavier, joining him on the floor on her side as well, looking at him with strangely wide droopy eyes.

"A-are you sure you wanna…um…go to the dance…with me?" She asked, quietly because they were half in the hallway, but also because she really didn't want him to hear her very nervous question.

kuuropii

 

[kuropeco]

He liked it this way better, because he could see Helmut's face.

"Yes," said Xavier, with more confidence than he actually felt. "Y-yes, she wouldn't bother us t-twice, that's just ridiculous."

There was a pause in which he stared back at Helmut, her voice very small, almost as small as Xavier's got when he was nervous or terrified. A red flush suffused his cheeks, and he squirmed a little, his hair falling over his face as he gave a vigorous, definite nod of his head.

"Y-yes," he said, and looped an arm around her thin shoulders. "Yes. I d-do, I definitely d-do."

enoh love

 

[Enoh Love]

She hoped he was right. That they were right. Maybe this time, for a little bit, they'd be saved from Hel. Fingers crossed.

Helmut, more than appeased by his answer, weaselled her way in closer to cuddle against his chest. She snuggled there for a moment, nuzzling her flushed face against him and enjoying the familiar feel of his warmth and the texture of his coats, until she finally spoke up again, in a continued tiny voice:

"Food now?"

kuuropii

 

[kuropeco]

He didn't feel comfortable being this close to anyone but Helmut, Xavier usually maintaining some semblance of personal space. But with Helmut came a certain amount of smooshing and cuddling, and he found he didn't mind it, so long as it was her.

Xavier had pressed his face into her floofy hair, feathers all around him.

"Yes," he mumbled. "Food."

He didn't quite move yet.

enoh love

 

[Enoh Love]

Helmut, who was a rather big fan of being as physically close to people as possible - especially when said person was warm. Xavier was worm, and sometimes he held her tightly and that just made it warmer, which was awesome. Plus, it was Xavier, which held a special place above, well, most of her friends. So when he just continued to cuddle with her, she let it slide. It was okay, because it was Xavier.

But a few seconds ticked by, and then she started squirming. It was light at first, just a little wiggle, but a few seconds after that she was weaselling her hands out from between them both, stretching them above her head. Little black claws wiggled menacingly in the air - probably unseen, laying as they were - as she repeated her whine:

"FooooOooood~?"

kuuropii

she has a one track mind and i am sorry