Hideaway Strath I promise I won't break it

Arlette was stunned for a moment. He... He loved her too? She felt her heart skip a beat. She never thought she would find love after Kaito but... here she was loving another man... and that man even loved her in return. The Arlette with all her scars and her self doubt. Her ears flopped back shyly. A big part of her confidence boost was because of Derg, the way he looked sometimes. It made her feel pretty. Wanted even with her scars. Where Kaito was sweet and kind, the things she felt around Derg were different, in a good way.

Her blood red eyes looked at him. Her heart beating faster to see him look up at her. She licked over the top of his head. The moment was so tender and intimate. "I love you too, Derg," she hummed back in return, so strange to stay it out loud, confidently so. Her heart jumped with joy. "I think the poppy seeds are going straight to your head," she chuckled. "You are talking nonsense," she teased about him calling her pretty. She then continued to lick over the top of his head with soft quick licks, soothing. "You should rest. Tomorrow you can tell me some more how much you like me," she hummed, tail trying to wag but it was squished.