[The head pat earns Komaeda a look -- not a dirty one, just a very I know what you're doing! one, but it's allowed to happen with a little dog squint, which really should tell you all you need to know. It would not be permitted from just anybody, and some would lose their hands in the attempt.
He gets it...he understands it isn't demeaning. Like when Ryou was a manticore...so, it's permitted. Like a good boy, he listens to what's ahead with his ears forward, attentive...until that last bit, which makes his heart feel like it's about to burst.
Say anything about that pining little whine and that remaining hand may be in danger after all.]
-- that's to say, [he corrects, terribly aware of the noise he just made,] I'm honored!
[It would have been more of an authentic wolf pack experience with more and more experienced werewolves...but Komaeda chose him.
It's very hard not to jump up and lick. No one is putting this restriction on Atem but Atem, and the effort to keep himself behaved is partly responsible for that whine. But he is determined to retain his self control.]
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He gets it...he understands it isn't demeaning. Like when Ryou was a manticore...so, it's permitted. Like a good boy, he listens to what's ahead with his ears forward, attentive...until that last bit, which makes his heart feel like it's about to burst.
Say anything about that pining little whine and that remaining hand may be in danger after all.]
-- that's to say, [he corrects, terribly aware of the noise he just made,] I'm honored!
[It would have been more of an authentic wolf pack experience with more and more experienced werewolves...but Komaeda chose him.
It's very hard not to jump up and lick. No one is putting this restriction on Atem but Atem, and the effort to keep himself behaved is partly responsible for that whine. But he is determined to retain his self control.]