This story relates to the image linked here-https://www.furaffinity.net/view/51621088/
Warning-Involves a lot of paw stuff
Fourteen pages long with 7,412 words
Hope y'all enjoy

Although it is optional to understand this story, I recommend reading the previous stories of this series.

About a month has passed since I had my big BBQ party and things have been going well for me recently. My job has been fun and sustainable for me, I still keep in touch with my friends whom I have met along the way, and I’ve sharpened a lot of my skills that I have wanted to, mainly combat and cooking. However today I wanted to see how far with my cooking skills I really could go and make a signature dish of my own. One of my favorite dishes to make has always been spaghetti so I wanted to put some sort of spin on that. I got out a notebook to start brainstorming some ideas. I tried to think of putting it with any meat source but most of that has already been done. I could make my own sauce but that could take a lot of trial and error. Suddenly it hit me. Another kind of food I would usually eat was Spanish food, so what if I was able to put a Spanish twist on my favorite dish? People usually put parmesan cheese on pasta. Another cheese that is very similar to parmesan is cotija cheese. What if I mixed some cotija cheese into the dough of the spaghetti? Now we’re getting somewhere. Not only that but I could use a sauce that is similar to what would go on Spanish rice. This would be an experiment, but worth a shot. I write all the ingredients that I was going to need to make this on a list and put it on the fridge with a magnet for later.

I would need to head to the shop to get these ingredients, but I still have to go to work today so I go get in the shower to get ready for that. After that, I quickly dry off and get my uniform to get dressed. I throw on my clothes and put on a belt around my waist. I then go get on my wheelie and head over to work. Once I get there I am greeted by my manager and sent out to deliver an order immediately. I mean I like driving around anyways so I’m not complaining. As soon as I get to the house, I notice that it already looks familiar. I get off my wheelie, walk up to the door, and ring the doorbell. As soon as the door opens I realize why it was familiar. It was the customer that I pretty much delivered to every single shift at work. They looked somewhat like a goldish robot with a telescope lens for what I could only assume is an eye. They also have a purple hat on backward, red shoes, and only one hand.

I started with my usual spiel of things “Hi, I’ve got an order for Gim.”

“Yep, that would be me. You of all people should know that by now.” Gim remarks while leaning up against the doorframe.

“Yea I know, just wanted to make sure. Although I’m not complaining, why do you order so much from us anyways?”

“Well for one I like your food, and for two as you can see I only have one hand which makes fast food the most convenient thing for me to eat.”

“Ah yea I guess that would make sense then. You seem like a pretty cool person, wanna trade star phone numbers so we can talk later.”

“Mmmm I don’t know, I don’t give my star phone number to random people…eh sure what the heck, here ya go.”

“Thanks, well I hope that you enjoy your food, and I’ll talk to you soon, have a great day.”

“Thanks, you two, see ya.”


I hop right back on my wheelie knowing I’ve still got a long day of work ahead, but now I was ready for it. Not much else interesting happened during my shift. I had to deliver an order to King Dedede again, not much of a surprise though. Although I did pay Poppy Bros Jr. a quick visit and said hello to them before I headed back out. Other than that though, I finished out my shift without anything much else of interest. At around 11:30 Am I say farewell to my managers and coworkers, but before I’m about to head out the door, one of my coworkers comes up to me and asks me if I can take their night shift in about 5 days. I knew I wouldn’t have much to do that day anyways so I told them yes, and they thanked me. After that, I head out the door and go back to hop on my wheelie.

When I arrive home I park my wheelie in the driveway and head inside. It was about noon when I got home, so I decided to change out of my uniform, into something more comfortable, so I could go on my walk for the day. Before I went on my walk though I grabbed my shopping list off of the fridge. Knowing I still had lessons with Blade Knight today, I didn’t really wanna walk that far away, so I decided to go to the store again so I could get the ingredients that I was looking for. Once I got there I greeted Magolor again and showed him my list of ingredients and asked him if he had everything. He said he had everything I needed besides flour. Since I was the only person currently there, he was happy to show me where everything I needed was. Once I got everything I went up to his register and he rang me up. It was about 35 gem apples if I remember so I gave it to him.

I was about to head out the door before he stopped me and told me there was another way I could get the flour I needed. Near the top of Sacred Square, there is a supposedly infinitely growing wheat supply. He said it was a decent while away from here, about a 30 min walk. Shouldn’t be too hard I thought, however, that thought was immediately shut down when Magalor told me that it was currently being guarded and hoarded by someone which is why he is having trouble getting any flour to his store. I told him thanks for the info and to have a great day. Then I returned home to put the ingredients I already had away.

When I got home it was about 12:30 Pm. I planned to get that wheat today since I didn’t have work tomorrow and I could start trying to experiment with this dish that I wanted to make. However, I wanted to go there after my lesson with blade knight today. Since that was pretty much going to be my walk for the day, I decided just to play some games on my computer until I had to go to lessons today. About an hour later I turned my computer back off and prepared my backpack with stuff I was gonna need for the trip today. I put a water bottle in there, a couple of snacks, my gale blade, and my gale helmet that I recently bought for a situation like this, and finally some medical equipment just in case something goes arye. After I get everything prepared I started my walk over to Blade Knight's place to get there just a bit early. If something was at the top of the sacred square then I was gonna need all the training and equipment that I could get.

When I finally got to Blade Knight's place, I decided that I probably shouldn’t tell them about where I was going today, so I kept it to myself. I maybe could have used his help if someone was guarding the wheat, but I didn’t want to be the reason they got injured or worse. I said hello to them as I walked up, and they were just sitting there waiting for me. They didn’t respond immediately, which got me slightly worried about them.

When I was just about right next to them, I said “Hey are you alright?”

They seemed to almost jump out of their seat at my words but calmed down since they knew it was my voice.

They say “You know better than to startle me like that. You should remember what happened last time you did that.”

“Sorry, with all that armor you always keep on, it’s kinda hard to tell if you’re sleeping or not.”

“Well, I’m assuming it’s about that time if you’re already here, so let’s get to training I guess.”

After that, we began our normal training routine, but nothing interesting happened. Once we finished our training I told Blade Knight that I would see them later and to have a great day. Although I’m usually not that formal with friends, something compelled me to say that with the dangers that could be coming today. It was only about 4:00 Pm at this time and there was still a lot of daylight left, so before I went on my long journey, I decided I should rest for a little bit to make sure that I have the energy. With that in mind, I go back to the river, put my backpack on the ground next to me, and lay down next to the river. I didn’t want to leave too late so I set a timer for 30 mins and slowly let the lids of my eyes drift down.

As my mind is floating in a void of darkness, thoughts about dreams start to fill it. Firstly, how are dreams even formed? I’ve always thought that it might be from what you are thinking right before you fall asleep because your mind is what controls the dream, but every time I have tried that, the dream has always ended up being something random that I never even thought about, so that doesn’t seem to be the case. Secondly, why can we rarely remember our dreams as soon as we wake up? Is it because it’s something that we were never meant to see, or is it that our mind just can’t remember something that didn’t happen to us or in the real world in general? Why do dreams even exist in the first place? To keep us entertained during the night, I don’t know.

Before I could go any further down that rabbit hole than I should, my phone alarm goes off and pulls me back from the void back into reality. I open up my eyes and see that it is already 4:40 Pm. I knew that I needed to get going so I jumped up, put my phone in my bag, and started my long journey toward Sacred Square. As much as I might have wanted to just ride my wheelie there I knew I still had to get my daily walk-in for the day somehow. Nothing much of interest happened on my walk, but that always just gives me time to self-reflect on my life anyways, so I didn’t mind that. 20 mins or so later I finally made it to the bottom of this place, however, my journey was far from over, as I still had to climb to the top.

Although I had passed multiple people coming up the mountain, nobody seemed to be hostile, so I started to think that maybe there wasn’t someone guarding the wheat that I needed after all. At first, I had a pretty easy time getting up this place because it had a lot of small stairs, however as I got further and further up, the stairs were becoming even higher and higher. I was starting to think that I was underprepared for this journey and that I should go back home and better prepare myself. But I had already come this far and who’s to say when I would have free time again? Eventually, I was becoming sore from all the climbing that I had been doing, so I decided to sit down and rest for a little bit. Although the ground was not comfortable in the slightest due to it being rock, I didn’t have anywhere else to sit, so this would have to do. I sit down on a ledge and close my eyes.

I sat there for what felt like 10 mins before I felt like I could get up again. As I get up I slowly turn around, and in the blink of an eye, I see a giant wood hammer hurtling straight toward me. I slide to the left as fast as I can dodge, but the hammer ricochets off my helmet, knocking me back too close to the ledge for comfort. As I recover from the blow, I look up to see a giant monkey in a purple shirt and ripped jeans in the air soaring through the sky, grabbing its hammer, and suddenly plummeting towards me with it. I quickly roll out of the way as I hear a loud crash behind me. I quickly turn to face the giant monkey with my sword now in hand. Immediately I can feel the rumbles of them rushing right at me at full force. They have their hammer fully raised ready to swing it right down on me at a moment's notice. I had to take this fight carefully, as a hit from that hammer to my sword would most definitely snap my blade and one hit from that hammer would be enough to knock me unconscious. Knowing this I was gonna have to be as evasive as I could and strike when possible because although they might have power, I have a lot more speed than them.

So with this in mind, as soon as they brought their hammer right above my head, I quickly rolled to my right and attempted to slash the side of them, but I was too far out of range. They saw the opening of my whiff and swung their hammer horizontally toward my direction. I knew that dodging to the sides was out of the option, so without thinking I backflip into the air leaving myself vulnerable. I look down to see them jumping toward me while thrusting the tip of their hammer toward me. I was in free fall so the only thing I could do was brace myself with my sword. Our weapons collided causing a massive clang that could be heard from at least a mile away. I got sent flying back through the air, but I was able to land on stable ground. I looked at my sword worried that it might have broken, luckily since it was not a full swing from the hammer, my sword was relatively ok. If I wanted to land a hit on them, I was gonna have to dodge closer towards him, which could be very risky, but the more times I miss, the more opportunities that I am vulnerable so it’s my best option. Before I could think anymore, they were sprinting right towards me, with their hammer at full potential. Before they can even swing the hammer down on me, I slide right over to near their left and swing the sword as hard as I can. I can hear them let out a small grunt as I slide past and flip around to face them. After just a moment they turn around to face me with a wide grin on their face that says Is that all you got? Although my sword didn’t seem to do much, it did not mean I was going to give up.

Now that I was confident I could hit him, I decided it was time to go on the offensive. I rush towards the giant figure as they raise their hammer. When I get in range to where they can hit me, I leap up to the left in anticipation of them swinging their hammer. They swung their hammer down and I knew I had read them like a book. While still in reach, I quickly slash my sword right at their arm, and it was a direct hit. I quickly landed and turned around to not give them an opening on me. However, my last hit on them seemed to tick them off as before I knew it they were already right in front of me, ready to launch me right off this place. They swing their hammer at me from my left, so I quickly jump over it and slide over to their right leg. I swing with my full might and get in another slash while retreating to a safe position. They seemed to be in a bit of pain from that one and were only getting angrier by the minute. It seemed that I was getting somewhere with this and I couldn’t let up now. Instead of them rushing me as I thought they would, they backed away from me instead. I knew they were probably up to something, so I also backed up and prepared myself for the worst. Suddenly as if almost out of thin air, they chuck 3 big coconuts right at me. I swiftly move out of the way of them thinking nothing of it. Then out of nowhere ‘Bang’. I looked behind me to see that the ground that was there was now no more. Those weren't just any regular coconuts, they were bombs.

This startles me a little bit, but it doesn’t throw me off from my objective. I look back at the monkey to see them with the same smug grin as before. I had to approach them carefully because if one of those coconuts landed on me, I would get knocked out instantly or worse. With that in mind I start making my way toward him at blistering speeds. They chuck a couple more coconuts at me which I quickly sidestep to avoid each one of them. When I am almost within reach of them, they chuck one more coconut right at me. I debated in my head whether to hit the coconut with my sword and possibly send it back, but that could also cause it to explode on me in the process. I decide to leap over the coconut instead. Before they have a chance to throw another coconut at me while I am vulnerable, I speedily thrust my sword down toward their left arm. I swing with full force at the arm, and then quickly bound back off the arm to a safe position.

They seemed rightfully pissed off at this point as they were jumping and stomping about. It seemed that I was close to ending this which gave me even more determination than before. Before I knew it though, the monkey was swinging his hammer at full force, spinning around in circles as if they were competing in the hammer throw at the Olympics. They were heading rapidly in my direction and I knew I had to get out of there quickly. There was no way I would be able to hit them like this, so all I could do is run and hope that they tire out. I sprinted as fast as I could away from that crazy monkey hoping that they would get dizzy at least sometime soon. My wishes came true thankfully as they had finally stopped spinning. I turn to face them and run toward them before they get a chance to recover and get back up. I stop and charge all my power into one final attack that at the least would be able to knock them out. I swing my sword as fast as I can while spinning around for more power, and then I jump up and hit them multiple times in the head while spinning. With my final hit of the spin, I hit myself back to a safe position. They were still standing after all of that, so I stay on guard. However, they take a step to try and approach me and then collapse. It seemed as if this fight was finally over.

I breathe a sigh of relief and sit down. I was exhausted after all of that, but I was glad it was finally over. I sit there for a few mins to regather my strength and then I get back up. I walk back over to them to see what condition they are in. They didn’t seem to be doing too well as I was able to bruise them pretty well. Although they were the ones who tried to hurt me in the first place, I still felt bad for them, because although I will defend myself if I have to, I never like to hurt people, it just feels wrong to me. A quote that I have always gone by in life is “Always help people, even if they’ve done you wrong” and if someone ever asked me if I think the worst person can change, I would say yes, if they truly wanted to. With this in mind, although it might come back to bite me, I get my medical supplies out of my backpack and care to all the spots that I had hit on the unconscious monkey. I helped them the best I could with what I had and they seemed to be in a lot better condition than they were before. I even decided to leave them with some of the snacks I had packed.

Not knowing how much longer they would be unconscious though, I knew that I should get going, plus it was only getting later by the minute. I continued my climb up the mountain and not shortly after, I finally found the wheat I was looking for. I use my sword to cut the stalks of the wheat and to my amazement, it grows back almost instantly. I cut off only as much as I would need for about one pot of pasta. I take my phone out of my bag to quickly check what time it is and find out that it’s already 6:00 Pm. It was pretty dark at this point and I knew it was time I high-tail it home. So I gracefully, but rapidly make my way back down Sacred Square and start to sprint back to my home. I make it back home about 20 mins later and walk right up to the door. As soon as I get inside, I really wanted to start making the dish, but I was truly exhausted after everything that happened today, so as soon as I get inside, I flop face-first right down on my bed and drifted off into sleep. There was always tomorrow since I didn’t have any work anyways.

The next morning I woke up at around 8:00 Am. Although I was a little bit sore from yesterday, I oddly had a lot of energy to get things done today. I wanted to try and finish making this recipe of mine before I had training today, to hopefully get Blade Knight to try it and give me feedback on it. So I quickly eat breakfast and am motivated to get started, I clean the counter just to be sanitary and all. Then I retrieve the ingredients that I bought yesterday at Magalor’s shop, as well as the wheat from my backpack, and place it all on the counter. Firstly I grab the wheat along with a mortar and pestle. I grind up all the wheat I have into as much flour as I can make. Then I take about 2 cups of the flour, form it into a pile on the counter, and make a well in the middle of it. I put the rest of the flour into a jar so that I could use it for later. I then put 1 tablespoon of olive oil, half of a teaspoon of salt, 3 beaten eggs, and a ⅓ of a cup of Cotija cheese in the well. I then start to knead the dough until everything has been thoroughly combined. I then roll out the dough and cut it into 3 separate pieces. I then roll those out further and using my knife, I start to cut the dough into thin long strands. When I finished that, I put the pasta dough into lightly salted boiling water to cook. While that was cooking I decided to start on the sauce. I add in sofrito, tomato sauce, chicken broth, black beans, potatoes, and little slices of vienna sausage. Then when the pasta was done cooking, I drained the water and added the sauce to the pasta. Then I let it cool for a bit and I was done.

When I got a chance to take a bite of the pasta. I thought it was ok. It was not the best thing in the world, but I was just glad I finally made something of my own. I finished eating and decided to pack the rest of the pasta I made into a couple of containers I could give to other people later and see what they thought of the dish. I then put the rest of my ingredients into my fridge and cabinets for later dishes. After I was finished it was about 11:00 Am at this point. I didn’t have much to do until today's lessons, so I just sat down to watch some stuff on my phone. I must have lost track of time though because before I knew it, it was already about 1:30 Pm. I decided to quickly freshen up before I head out to Blade Knights place today and by the time I’m done, it was 1:40 Pm. Not wanting to be late I quickly grabbed my backpack and put one of the containers of pasta that I made earlier into it. I walked out of my house, locked the door, and started on my way.

Not much later I made it to Blade Knight's place. I decided to not say anything about what happened yesterday until after our training today. However, as the training went on it got harder and harder to hide how sore my body was. As I made quick swift movements I let out slight grunts from the pain I was trying my best to ignore. Eventually, they started to catch onto the fact that something was off with me today. About halfway through our training, they told me to stop and so I did. They invite me to sit down at a table with them for a bit. We both sit down in silence for a minute before we both say anything to each other.

Although they probably already knew something was off I decided to ask “Hey, any particular reason we are taking a break?”

“You seem to be in pain with almost any movement that you make. Are you doing ok?”

Now if there is one thing to know about me, it is that I am a terrible liar in certain situations. Because of this, I decided just to tell them now instead. “Welp it’s a long story…” I said. I recall everything that happened yesterday to them as they stared at me the entire time. When I finish I just look at Blade Knight waiting for them to respond.

After a little, they decide to say. “Why did you go by yourself?”

“I didn’t think anyone would be up, and if there was, I was confident that I could have fought them if ne-”

“Even still you should not have gone by yourself. You could've been severely injured or worse.”

“I know that, I just didn’t want to bother anyone to go with me, and if they did, I’d feel really bad if they got hurt knowing I probably could have done it myself.”

“It’s good that you’re looking out for others like that, however, you also need to learn to look out for your own well-being. You could've even asked me and I would have gone with you.”

“I know that, it’s just hard to do that all the time, but I will work on it.”

“I also don’t understand why you went and helped them after they tried to kill you. If it were me I would’ve just left them there.”

“An eye for an eye and the world goes blind. I couldn’t have left them there in that condition knowing I had done that to them. I never really want to hurt people, I only wanna use the skills you teach me for self-defense and nothing more.”

“Well that’s very noble of you, however, how do you know that they won’t just go and try to hurt more people, and it’s all because of you.”

“I’ve thought about that before, the thing is I don’t know. I can’t know for sure with anyone. However I just hope by showing them an act of kindness in their most vulnerable moment, will make them have a change of heart for the better,”

“Hmm, I guess that makes sense. Well if you want to, we can end early today so that you can do your best to recover.”

“That sounds great, thanks. Oh hey, by the way, this is for you. Although I think it could have been better, I want other opinions on how my dish tastes, so I hope you enjoy it.” I say while giving them one of the containers of pasta I had.

“Thanks, you didn’t have to. I’m not very hungry right now, but since you went through all that trouble, I’ll have it for dinner and let you know what I think of it tomorrow.”

“Ok, thanks. Welp, I guess I’ll get heading home now so I can rest for a bit, although I do plan on going on another walk today. Would you care to join me after you eat?”

“I have things that I need to get done, but sometime in the future I promise I’ll go with you.”

“Alright, that’s fine. Welp, I’ll see you tomorrow then.”

“Ok, see you then.”

After saying that, I made my way home. Although I still needed to go on a walk today to go see how the monkey in Sacred Square is holding up, as well as giving them a container of pasta as another sort of apology. I arrive home a little bit later and set a 1-hour timer on my starphone as I hop right into bed to take a quick nap. As much as I expected to see something as I drifted into sleep, I only saw complete darkness. Suddenly after a bit, an image starts to play in my head. It seems that I am in a house sitting next to someone on a couch. I couldn’t gather much as the image did not stay for long. Soon before I even knew it though, my alarm was already ringing, it was 5:00 Pm. As much as I wanted to stay in bed a little bit longer, I knew I was gonna have to get going sooner than later before the bright sun had fully faded away. I quickly reheat the pasta container a little bit, so it wasn’t too cold to eat. I then grab my bookbag with all my stuff in it and head out the front door and right back towards Sacred Square.

Once I make it to Sacred Square, I take the same route that I had gone up yesterday expecting to arrive where I had been attacked yesterday. Surprisingly when I arrived there, however, there was no one to be found. I confirmed that it was where the fight took place yesterday by finding a bunch of divots in the ground. At least it was good to know that they were able to get up and out of here, although I had hoped that I would still be able to find them here. I look around the place to see if they are hiding somewhere, but no luck. I was about to turn back and start heading back down when suddenly, I heard a loud crash behind me and turned around to face what it was. There I saw them, the same monkey with the giant hammer from yesterday. Suddenly they rush at me with their hammer raised. I expected some sort of retaliation like this so I quickly moved out of the way. They let their hammer crash down on where I was previously.

To try and de-escalate the situation from where it got to yesterday, I decided to play it cool and say “Hey, that's no way to greet a friend.”

Without any hesitation though they start to head with their hammer right at me again while yelling “You’re no friend of mine!”

I quickly move out of the way again as they bring their hammer down and say to them calmly “Just calm down, I’m unarmed and don’t want to hurt you, I just wanna talk.”

They lunged at me with their hammer again while yelling, “Well I do want to hurt you, you're not talking your way out of this!”

I roll out of the way and say “C'mon I don’t want a repeat of what happened yesterday, please let’s just stop.”

They rush at me and yell “It won’t be like yesterday, because you’ll be the one going home in bandages this time.”

I slide out of the way once again, except this time, when they bring their hammer down, they fall on one knee and let out a grunt. I approach them slowly and say “Hey are you ok? Do you need help?”

Before I can get closer, they swing their hammer very slowly at me and tell me “Get away, I don’t need your help.”

I decided to say “Look, I know that you and I are still really sore from what happened yesterday, and believe me, I don’t want to hurt you again. so please, let’s just quit this and talk it out.”

They attempt to regain their strength and get back up a couple of times, but to no avail. Finally, they say “Alright fine, but you better not pull any funny business.”

“Good and don’t worry, I won’t,” I say as I approach them and sit down next to them. I then say “So how are you holding up?”

“What’s it to you?” They say through gritted teeth.

“Hey I just wanna make sure that you are alright, you weren’t exactly in the best condition yesterday.”

“Yea all thanks to you.”

“Look I’m sorry about that, I was only protecting myself. I truly don’t like to hurt people if I don’t have to, hence why I bandaged you up and left you with some snacks.”

They murmured something under their breath, but I couldn’t understand what they said. It went silent for a bit, so I decided to ask “Speaking of, why did you attack me yesterday?”

“Because you were on my property, what else was I meant to do?”

“What do you mean your property, this is a public place is it not?

“Of course not, this is where I live. The lower parts of the mountain are available to the public, how could you not tell that with having to climb this far?”

I should have known to not trust Magalor, they were just trying to use me to do their dirty work. I decided to say “Oh. That makes a lot more sense. Shoot I’m extremely sorry then. My local store had run out of wheat and the shopkeeper told me I could find an infinite supply up here. They weren’t wrong however they did neglect to tell me the fact that it was private property.”

“You still shouldn’t have taken something that was mine to begin with.”

“I know that, I should've known something was off when you went to attack me.”

“Why did you even need the wheat anyway?”

“Oh, I was getting to that,” I say as I start to reach into my bag for the pasta dish and a plastic fork.

“Hey, you better not be trying anything.”

“Relax, don’t worry. Here we go, this is for you. It’s a dish of my own, I don’t have a name for it yet, but I needed the wheat to make fresh pasta for it. I hope you enjoy it, it’s the least I could do for taking your wheat.”

“And how do I even know that I can trust that this dish isn’t poisoned or drugged in some way?”

“I swear on my life that it’s not, I’ve already hurt you enough, and I wouldn’t want to hurt you more. So please enjoy.”

They take the container and fork from my hand. They open up the container and take a bite. I was nervous awaiting what they thought of the dish. After they swallow the bite, they say “Well at least I know my wheat went towards a good dish.”

“Oh, thanks I’m glad you enjoyed it.”

As they kept munching away on the dish I gave them, I decided to try and make casual conversation with them.

“So, besides tending to your wheat, what else do you do for fun?”

“Not much, sometimes I go on walks, my favorite spot to go is a jungle over in Green Grounds.”

“Oh nice, maybe if you’re not busy someday in the future, we could both head over there for a walk, I usually take walks daily.”

“Hmmm maybe, I’d have to think about it. Another thing that I also like to do a lot is boxing. I take up a lot of matches over at Dededes Castle to make myself some gem apples to spend.”

“Oh lord, I couldn't even imagine anyone having the guts to even get in the boxing ring with you.”

“I mean you already seemed to fair with me quite well in a fight.”

“Yea, but that's because there were weapons involved. I wouldn’t be able to leave a scratch on you with these hands. Speaking of, have you ever even lost a match before?”

“Well, there has been one person. They go by the name of Karate Joe. They are one of the top fighters on Popstar, so it makes sense.”

“Oh, I haven’t heard of them, hopefully, I can meet them one day soon. Do you think you’d be able to take me to see them?”

“Possibly, although I know they are pretty busy most of the time, so I’d have to see.”

“Ok thanks.”

“No problem.”

They finish up the spaghetti in one more bite and then put the container down. They say “You know, that pasta was good and all, but you're gonna have to do something better if you really want me to forgive you.”

“Oh ok, what else can I-”

“Lick my feet.”

I was a bit taken aback and blushed a bit. “Ex-excuse me?”

“You heard me, I want my feet licked.”

“Uhhh, you sure there isn’t anything else I could do.”

“Well I suppose I am a bit busy, if you wanted to, you could fill in for me in one of my boxing ma-“

“Never mind, I think I’ll take the latter!”

“Hehe, that's what I thought. Now then…”

They swing themselves around to face directly toward me, with their giant purple stompers caked with dust and little pebbles.

“Get to it.”

Although I wasn’t very fond of how demanding they were about it, I wasn’t just gonna let this golden opportunity pass itself up. Hesitating a little, I slowly reach toward the 5 toes of the light purple paws. I rub my hand right into the stubby toes, bits of dust and pebbles falling off of them as I do so. I let my hands rest there for a bit, before moving them gently through the light folds of the fluid feet. I sluggishly trace my hands down towards the insoles of the towering peets, moving any dust and pebbles either to the ground or to the sides. I continue to remove some of the dust and pebbles from the creamy surface of the giant insoles. After a little bit, I start shifting my hands down toward the big bulbous balls of the pawbs. I squeeze deep into pillow-like pads to lightly caress them into releasing more dust and pebbles off of them.

“What’s taking you so long, these feet won’t lick themselves y’know.”

“Relax, I was just getting there.”

I back away a bit so I can flip myself over and put my head right before the immense digits that were still slightly covered with bits of dust and some smaller pebbles. I open my mouth to allow my tongue to drape itself over the bottom of my mouth. I inch my head closer to the massive purple beans to finally let my tongue just taste what it was like. Tastes of dirt, stone, and dust all flood my mouth at the same time. With almost no hesitation afterward, I start to slather each and every one of the toes with all of my salivae, making sure to get into each pocket between the toes that also taste somewhat like cheese. I left no spot untouched because I wanted to make sure it was perfect. Every movement I made with my tongue seemed to make them jump and jitter almost every time like they were truly enjoying it. Gradually, but surely, I started to slink my tongue back down toward the silky surfaces of the monster-sized insoles, catching any of the leftover dust and pebbles in my path. I sample all of the wrinkles, making sure to slither my tongue deep into them, to get out all the dust and pebbles. I couldn’t begin to describe how much joy this was bringing me as I finally wriggle my tongue down to the balls of the fat stompers. At this point, I’m practically salivating at just the mere sight of them. I glide around the outsides of both of them first, leaving a shiny trail in my path. I make my toward the insides of them while taking care to pick up the remaining bits of dust and stones. I slither my way over to the arched and curved middles of the balls getting the final bits of everything. I back away to look them in the face. They were just smiling away, not even blushing.

“You know, you seemed to enjoy that a lot more than what you were letting on at first,” They say.

“Well yea, I do like it, I just was taken aback by how demanding you were off it.”

“I never would have known if I didn’t try it right?”

“Er…yea I guess you’re right. Hey, I never did get your name by the way.”

“Oh, it’s Bonkers.”

“What’s bonkers?”

“No that's my name, Bonkers.”

“Oh! Got it.”

It was getting a bit dark at this point and I knew that I needed to start heading home. So I say “Well it was nice getting to make up with you what had happened here, but it’s getting somewhat late, so I should be best going soon. Before I do though, is it possible I could buy some wheat off of you, so I don’t go accidentally stealing it again?”

“Oh yea sure, here you can honestly just have some, I think you’ve earned it,” Bonkers says while giving me two bundles of wheat.

“Oh, thanks. Do you also want to trade Starphone numbers, y’know so we can keep in touch?”

“Sure, here you go.”

We trade numbers and I bid them farewell as I climb back down the mountain to finally head home for the night. I was really glad that I was able to make up with them, although it took a little bit of extra convincing, I was not complaining. After about a 20 min walk back home I was still sore and tired at this point, so I just decided to go to bed earlier today. I wonder what the days to come would bring for me as I drifted into a nice deep slumber.