Silly Nicknames
Day 2 of FluffySpring :)
“Blubber fish” “I am not!” he pouted, crossing his arms over his chest. “Shiny fish tackle” “Stop calling me ridiculous names” There was an exasperated sigh; you could swear you saw some bubbles dropping to the ground from where you were sitting at a kitchen counter. It was going on for hours now — the weirder and weirder pet names slipping into the late evening as you both were cleaning after dinner. “You started it!” “Did not” “Yes, you did! Calling me a clingy calamari, and Humuhumu— whatever that was” “A hilarious Humuhumunukunukuapua’a” he rolled his eyes, repeating, you could only hope, a cute fish name, so you can take it as a compliment, but you saw how he bit his lip, holding back a laugh. “That’s what I said.. Humuhumu…kumu” now it was your turn to pout, the name not rolling off your tongue as you would have expected or wanted. This was a serious pet-name-quarell! He repeated the name with a smirk. “It’s not my fault that you pursed your lips just like that lil fishie.” “You… you…” Your cheeks rounded, ears pink, you did not look like a fish! “You catfish! No! You silly, chubby orange cat, you!” There was a loud gasp, hand covering his mouth at the unspeakable atrocity you have just said “You take it back!” calling him a monstrosity like that, and chubby on top — sacrilegious. “Nu-uh”
There was a scratch of a chair on the floor, making you stop the laughter threatening to escape. The sight of his offended pouty face turning into a mischievous smirk made you slowly lower yourself onto the floor.
“You know, catfish are predators.”
Oh-oh.
“Come here, my little snack.”
Run.
