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Erm these two girl failures of women confession to each other for Valentines day.
WD listened to the familiar taps of Ripley's shoes on the ground as they tried to carefully solder a piece of metal together. they were taking a break from the new item Ripley had given them. Wonderous Coal was its name. it was purple and it glowed faintly, it had no noticeable temperature when held but it had this almost magical feel to it. it was very volatile though. One wrong touch or put in hot and cold temperatures could break apart and explode. if she tried using more magic then the coal gave it would explode. After the 5th explosion WD called it a night and decided to work on it again when she was in a better headspace for it.
She turned her solder off, carefully placing it down and inspecting her work. it looked a little too heavy handed in some parts so it'll have to get touched up.
"WD Im hungryyy wanna go with me to get dinner?"
ears perked up and WD looked back at Ripley a faint familiar warmth to her cheeks. "sure! I mean- um sure. we can get dinner together." "great! let's go!" WD yipped as Ripley grabbed her hand not even caring she was in her gloves and welder apron. WD only had a few seconds with her free hand to toss her helmet onto her bed stumbling as the other walked with almost a hop to her steps clearly happy to get out of the house for a bit.
WD stumbled slightly from the jog that Ripley had forced them in, boots too heavy for something so simple like this. WD would've liked to at least freshen up or maybe wear something more appropriate for dinner but it didn't seem to matter for Ripley.
"Do you have any idea what you want for dinner?" "huh? oh yeah! we're going to the cafe again! I heard Baker is making a shrimp pasta tonight! I dunno why but he told me to bring you with me. It's apparently a special meal in the house! free food WD!" "oh, that sounds nice."
WD ears flicked in thought, this wasn't a meal Baker usually made. He mostly did bagels and pastries. surely there was an ulterior move on this. thinking of it, she had seen the way Baker would give her a sneaky smile whenever with Ripley- oh God he was setting them up wasn't he?
Squeezing through the tight alley then into the known place there were more people than normal. considering it was valentines day, she wasn't surprised. There were red heart streamers hanging from the ceiling and some more heart shaped or red like food items in cheer of the holiday. WD hadn't even noticed Ripley was holding her hand while she was looking at the streamers, only noticing when she looked down feeling Ripley's hand squeeze hers when the other saw Baker.
"Baker! were here!" "oh that's wonderful, come with me, I got a place for my good ol friends on mine" the bear smiled and WD felt her face warm up in that familiar way seeing how Ripley bounced on her feet then dragged WD with her following the bear to struggled to even get around his cramped bakery, opening a door to a more quieter room that had a few chairs and some soft lighting from candles. "Considering how loud it is in the main, I'm sure the two of you want a quieter place to eat in" "thank you Baker! you're really treating us today!" "No need to thank me. consider it a thanks for supporting my business quite lavishly over the years" A nice wording to say 'wow you guys can't cook' WD thought.
"So while Baker is getting the food, what are your plans for Valentine's?" Ripley sat down on the opposite side of WD, the candle light making her skin glow and the fire in her eyes made it hard for WD to look away. teeth shown as Ripley spoke, a slight lean inwards clearly interested into what the other is to say. "oh um... I dunno, I don't really have anyone-" "Can I be yours?" Ripley stood up, chair pushed away and she bent over the table in a way that was not fair on how attractive it was. a blue button up rolled around her elbows and that way her weight shifted to her other foot. "i- I mean. only if you want to..." Ripley looked down at the table, that small time of confidence simmered into bashfulness for such an upfront task. WD felt her face heat up more, hands growing that familiar dampness as she wiped them on her pants. "i- um" WD's voice squeaked for a second, not ready for what she wanted before getting interrupted by the door opening.
WD and Ripley looked over, Ripley taking that moment to sit back down and WD fiddled with her welder apron. Baker gave a quick apology for interrupting them as he sat their meal down with two wine glasses next to the plates. before setting a red wine bottle onto the table for them. Ripley eyes widen with a smile thanking Baker clapping her hands close to her chest. WD thanked him too, giving him a nervous smile. Baker only smiled back and left the room again.
"woww this looks so pretty!" Ripley spoke hands figuring what to touch first, distracted by the food from WD's answer. "I um, yeah it looks really good. how- how about I pour us the wine?" WD asked, starting to get up from her seat. "sure! thank you WD." WD heard the other speak as they moved away so they could pour the drink.
Taking the bottle into her hand, noticing it still had its red wax seal, taking a nail to carve it away from the cork then took a second to try and pull it off. WD breathed in muscles flexing in her arms as she rested the bottle on her thigh to pull the cork. breathing out as she tugged, it didn't moved so she took her nails digging into the cork again not noticing the way Ripley's eyes traveled down her body to watch the muscles in her hand flex around the bottles top and the other keeping the bottle stable as they took a another tug. WD laughed nervously as they felt the cork move taking the chance to tug harder.
A sharp gasp as the wine spilt over her hand from the rim, dripping down her oil stained hands and without thought WD raised her hand to quickly lick the droplets, the other hand holding the bottle up letting the cork fall onto the ground, in which Ripley kicked to under her foot to collect later watching WD look at her, a blush spreading on her face as she took her hand away licking her lips then her teeth, canines flashing into Ripley's vision as the bottle was set down. "oops. at least it didn't stain anything worse" Ripley heard the other spoke and weirdly, the way WD looked and sounded was so addicting. she wanted to hear her talk more. or maybe even just pour that wine onto her so she could have an excuse to see the muscles hidden in her clothes- okay she needed to calm down.
WD took a wine glass, filling Ripley's first, tilted to the side so there were less bubbles to form. setting it down onto her side then pouring herself a drink. She then settled it onto the table, sitting down again mindful of her tail and smiled at Ripley who was still looking at her, playing with her neck tie. "its kinda getting a touch warm in here" WD heard her speak as they unraveled the tie setting it onto her lap. The way her fingers deftly pulled it off like it was a simple task made WD wonder what else Ripley was good at tying. "Oh you could say that... I should probably take my apron off." WD looked down,realizing she was basically still in work clothes. she pulled the strap over her head then untied the straps in the back putting it next to her chair.
Ripley watched WD take her apron off, and looked at the way WD moved to get it off. noticing she was wearing a simple faded orange shirt that got moved up as they stretched up and leaned to the side to put it on the ground. Ripley was totally not seeing the patch of fur that traveled down from her navel. nope- and totally didn't see that WD had muscles that she hadn't seen yet. totally not.
"sorry- but um. yea, I think you could umm... be my one.. tonight" WD spoke looking down now that everything was settled. "really?" "yea-" "Great! I always wanted to ask you before but I got super nervous. You would like to say no and like quite being my friend-""wait what- wait- you meant like, actually? like actually us together?" "oh God forget that I even asked oh my God I'm sorry I think i'll take this as my leave-" "no! -um I- no. stay, I want you here. I um... I want you. I like it a lot. I was scared too." "you? scared?" "wuh- yes! I'm very scared to confess and you would boot me out of your life!" "Boot you?! I would never! I wouldnt even hurt you! I like you too much too!" "oh gods- how long have you wanted to be mine?"
In turn it was WD's turn to see Ripley blush instead of her this time, the red traveled across her face and Ripley looked down clearly embarrassed to even say. "yunno.... maybe like.... years... ago...." "Years???? How Long??? We have only known each other for a few years?!" "well.... yuuno how we um... you were looking for a job and I found you..." "yes? I was outside all day trying to find a job, I was hold the inventors application like- wait." "yea..." 'You liked me when you first saw me and got me a job with the inventor?" "yes."
WD's mouth was agape as Ripley covered her face with her hands. all these years, WD just thought Ripley considered her a friend, not a crush. not to mention for years? WD doesn't even think she could have lasted that long without saying something. "I- we need to make up for lost times. lets- let's have dinner then we're gonna ugh we're gonna go watch a movie or something. "" Sure! I also um.. have something for you WD...""you do- I'm sorry I didn't do anything planned for you-"" it's okay! you can treat me later tonight in bed" WD blushed as Ripley handed over a small box. WD looked at her as she nodded and she carefully took it. it was the size of her hand and weighed almost nothing. taking a claw she slipped it into the crack, popping the box open and she gasped.
it was a simple ring, with a purple familiar rock inside. the coal Ripley was talking about. "put it on." WD nodded taking the ring and placing it onto her ring finger on her right hand. "tap the purple part" tapping the wondrous coal, the familiar smell of jasmine, citrus, mint, and euclips filled WD's nose. and She noticed the way the coal glowed, mimicking a heart beat pattern. "its connected to my heartbeat. I wanted to like- have you a way to know I'm okay if I'm gone ever in the future. you can tap it whenever and i'll glow up to my heartbeat's rhythm" now to mention it, it did seem fast. "i- thank you seriously. you need to show me how to make this, I want to make you one too" "really?" "really. seriously. I- we need to do this. thank you Ripley."
After a few hours drinking and eating the meal, sharing some fond memories and confessions, they finally said they walked home, holding hands and WD leaning onto Ripley, finding the warmth nice. Her stomach was full and she felt nice knowing they were together finally. They decided to skip the movie and just go home. As soon as they got home Ripley was kicking her boots off and unbuttoning her shirt. WD took the same action, slipping her boots off and socks, moving to her clothes pile on her bed to find a shirt and pants for bedtime. tossing some to Ripley who momentarily screamed in shock before grabbing them and tugging the clothes over her body. WD went to the bathroom to change her clothes, taking the time to also calm down from the night before leaving to hop into bed. Letting Ripley pull her into her chest and head rested over hers.
"I'm glad today existed." "Me too." WD hummed, closing her eyes, tail wagging momentarily before she settled and breathed in Ripley's scent and let herself fall asleep to Ripley's hand rubbing her shoulder blades.