Nine swapped his bowl with Fern’s and carefully fed her a spoonful after blowing on it. While Fern could feed herself with passable ease, there was still steam wafting off the soup. The last time Fern tried blowing on food the way she’d seen grown-ups do, she blew it all into Gnarly’s face.
Fern slurped up the soup and said, “Mmmm!” the same way Nine had. He laughed and shook his head fondly at her antics. She loved copying people for the attention and he was helpless to her charms.
There was a series of thumping sounds so Nine glanced across the table. Mangey’s tails were wagging so fast Nine was surprised he hadn’t started flying yet. He was beaming so widely and brightly Nine almost wanted to squint.
“Wh-What?” he asked.
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From Sunburns and Soup by @reidluver aka the cutest fic EVAR! <333 Alternate version of the middle panel where Nine gets blinded by Mangey's overpowering sparkles (how I imagined it in my head while reading xD):