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Well, then. Nikukyuu!

Does this mean… I got his consent?

Due to the happiness of so, I fell into a daze. And so, I nonchalantly took ahold of Sensan's hand and shakes my hand with his.

Thus, I then realized. The fluffy hand… There was a paw pad hidden within the green fur.

Paw pad… Yes, paw pad…

The squishy texture made me speechless. Surprised and stiffened, Sensan's smoothly distanced from mine.

Aaaaa, the paw pad….

Whilst feeling reluctant to part. Disheartened and after shrugging my shoulders down, Sensan's voluminous tail softly brushed against my waist. It then went up on my lap as it is.

"You can touch it, Rhonya"

To those words, my thought process stopped.

"You want to touch it right? I remembered your gaze from when we first met. Ryuse too said that you were looking at his tail, and even you were curious about Chise's tail too right?"

So I was busted then…

My cheeks flushed.

Sensan did not looked displeased, in fact, he looked like he's enjoying it.

But…. If he said so himself that I can fluff it, then I will gratefully touch it!

"T-then… Pardon me"

With a different nervousness from before, my hand and voice trembled. Carefully and timidly I held out my right hand.

From my fingers, I felt the soft green fur. Resolved, I plunged my hand amidst the tail.

I knew it, it has a very velvety texture. While slowly patting it, I enjoy the texture throughout my hand.

"…What a wonderful fur"

"Thanks"

Whilst paying attention to not drown too much into the pleasure, I continued patting the tail.

Aaa, mofumofu.

Unstoppable once you start to pat it, I continued smoothing through the silky tail.

Soon after, Sensan asked as if he had given up.

"Can it touch yours too?" Looking towards him, he was staring at my hair.

A touching session. If so, I can freely continue touching his tail. If it's the braided part of my hair, I do not mind it being touched.

Giving a nod of affirmation, the puffy green furred hand stretched out and touched my braided hair. I continued enjoying the tail. But the next moment, I stiffened in astonishment.

*rub rub

….The green jackal.. was rubbing my right cheek. The soft fur touching my face made me slightly ticklish.

"…Wh what, are you doing? Sensan"

"Frolicking"

…I see.

Sensan continued rubbing over my face.

I felt my own face turning hot. He's just frolicking, frolicking. Whilst I persuaded myself like so, Sensan is in case of the opposite s.e.x…. And this is kind of embarra.s.sing…

"Umm, is this something friends do with each other?"

"Un, we frequently do this" Sensan plainly answered.

"Humans don't do this?"

"Well, not particularly…"

"I see.. I didn't knew.. You hate it?"

"No, please, continue if you want to"

Although there is still the slight feeling of embarra.s.sment, if this is proof of how Demis express their friends.h.i.+p then I would like to accept it.

Skins.h.i.+p with the mofumofu that I yearned for.

How I wish to embrace it, and I even thought of plunging my face into the fluffy hand. Even rubs are most welcome.

Summoning my courage, I rubbed my cheek against Sensan's (probably the hand) with my own will.

….Mofumofu… So soft..

"Do you, commonly frolic around like this?" (Rhonya)

"Sometimes. Chise often badger us to do it. You never know he will eventually badger you to do it someday?"

"…It looks extreme so I would like to decline it"

"It's extreme, I tell you. So much that it turns annoying. I'll warn him about it**"

I can somehow imagine it. Since Chise-san's body is quite large, it can be scary. And his hands look hard, and if you would let me choose, please let me brush him.

Ah, but… I do want to try frolicking with s.h.i.+ze-san, the black lion. That dignified mane, how I wish to plunge my face into it.

"Does s.h.i.+ze-san.. that.. frolic too?"

"Yeah he does"

"His mane.. that.. Is it fine to touch it?"

"…. You want to frolic with Boss?"

Full of antic.i.p.ation as I nodded, Sensan then distanced himself. Then, he tilted his head, and put his hand on his chin and went into thought.

"If it's the mane, he will get mad. The last time Chise ruffled it, he got thoroughly scolded"

"Eh, is that so…"

But, I guessed so. A mane is a lion's pride. So then it's impossible to fluff it.

….What a shock.

Sensan continued on after I shrugged my shoulders down.

"Un. If you touched it, I'm sure he would bite off your head and get ripped apart"

"H-his anger is that bad!?"

A dream within another dream then***… It looks impossible to frolic with s.h.i.+ze-san.

Hanging down my head in disappointment, Sensan's tail shaked around.

As I realized it and looked upward, Sensan had a very mischievous smile on his face.

"….Perharps, you were joking?"

"Pff.. Why don't you try asking him if you could touch it then? The boss kind of fond you, so maybe he would allow it" His shoulders shaking, Sensan held back on laughing.

It seems I was played with.

"Then, are you not interested in frolicking with Ryuse?" (Sena)

I tilted my head to Sensan's sudden question.

"Ryuse-san? …Doesn't he dislike me?"

"Ah, you mean what happened the other day? That's just him in a bad mood, I think Ryuse is fond of you too. Ryuse doesn't hate people who accepts the fact when they find out he's a Demi. Not like the ones who approaches him when he's in his human form and turns around immediately after knowing he's a Demi. But even after you knew that we were Demis, you still accepted us as your proper customers. He may look hard to understand, but I think Ryuse wants you to pay more attention to him"

….Which means, there is a chance that I will be able to freely touch Ruse-san's tail?

A cat who wants your attention, that is too cute!

While agonizing in my heart, Sensan slightly whispered.

"To us, you are precious…"

"Eh?" As I tried to inquire about his statement, but Sensan then leaned on my shoulder and closed his eyes. He then repeatedly rubbed his face against my shoulder and let out a deep breath.

"You smell sweet…" While saying so, Sensan's nose was sniffing around

"You always have the scent of sweet things and plants… My favorite scents.."

Sensan's cold nose touched the side of my neck, which was ticklish.

"…Rhonya, you touched me the last time right?"

My heart skipped a beat to his words.

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Sorry sorry another cliffhanger… please take a short breather before the next part.

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In the text, they use じゃれあい [meaning:play, flirt, frolic].. So i went with frolicking but, if you guys feel there's a better term for it please do let me know :3

**釘をさす (lit:stick the nail) : it means to warn/remind someone beforehand to ensure that they do not to a certain action.

***夢のまた夢 (lit:dream amidst another dream) : it means that something even more unattainable is stacked on top of another unattainable thing. hence, dream on stacked on a dream.

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