[center][h2][color=black]Edward Carter[/color][/h2][/center]
[indent]Edward smiled back at Coralia. "I don't really like large bodies of water. It's a . . . personal thing." The oceans the Eldritch swam in were vastly different to the one's that existed here, but they were close enough that they still made him uncomfortable; it was like being in enemy territory even when he knew logically that he wasn't. It wasn't a crippling fear, but it still made him uneasy - the kind of feeling like when you [i]swear[/i] you did badly on a test, but the teacher for whatever reason was delaying the result and you were just anxiously waiting for bad news that took forever to come.

Well, Coralia herself was a nice girl, so he didn't really care all that much.

Then there was Hinako - definitely a fox, this one, he thought, chuckling quietly. He [i]still[/i] didn't think cutesy gestures suited her - but then again, he was starting to realize that maybe it wasn't so much that he thought that it looked bad on her, but on anyone that looked her age in general. 

"You shouldn't use comic books for reference," he replied jokingly to her, at which point he decided that, hey, since she offered, he may as well take her up on it. He [i]definitely[/i] did not know she was just teasing.

While Hinako was still talking to Coralia, he reached up for her ears, and rubbed the tips between his thumbs gently, and before Hinoka could react, switched over to her tails and stroked them, starting from the base and working his way slowly to the tips, savoring the warmth and absurdly soft feeling of them. He ran the fur through his fingers, and was rewarded by a pleasant tickling sensation that only fur as soft as hers could give. 

Lost as he was in the delight, he was almost unaware as his hands made his way through each tail, as though he had gone on complete autopilot. He now understood why some people were engrossed around dogs or cats; if anything else, falling asleep while hugging a pillow as soft and warm and fluffy as this could send someone straight to nirvana.

"Woah, they really are warm and fluffy," he muttered to himself, slightly lost in the euphoric feeling that was petting a [i]kemonomimi[/i].[/indent]

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