Page 106 of Nails
Bear reached out and gave Nails’ foot a gentle shake.“Hey, lover boy.Time to get up.”
Nails groaned softly and burrowed deeper into the panda.He then shifted slightly and pressed his lips against the panda’s fur and kissed it.Loudly.
Joker fell to his knees, he was laughing so hard.“Holy shit!He’s kissing it!”
“God, you’re so soft,” Nails mumbled, nuzzling the panda.”
“Bro,” Aussie choked out, “he really thinks it’s her.”
Bear was holding back tears of laughter.He shook Nails harder.
“Nails!Wake up!You’re late for your cuddle deployment, Operation Fluff & Stuff.”
Nails let out a deep sigh in his sleep.Every muscle in his body was relaxed as he snuggled against Riley’s back.His face was buried in her hair, and his arm wrapped protectively around her soft body.
“God, you’re so soft,” he mumbled.
He shifted slightly, his lips brushing the top of her head.
A soft smile tugged at his mouth.Riley was perfect.
Suddenly, something tugged at his foot.Gentle at first, then firmer.He shifted, groaning, “Five more minutes,” thinking Riley was messing with him.The tug came again, but harder this time.His brow furrowed.Wait, how could that be Riley tugging my foot, if my arms are wrapped around her?
Suddenly, a loud burst of laughter echoed in the room, followed by Joker’s voice.
“Aww, look at him.He’s cuddling it again.”
Huh?
Nails cracked open his eyes, which were still a little fuzzy from sleep.He blinked a few times, confused by the overwhelming amount of black and white fur in his face.
What the fuck?
He then lifted his head slowly, only to see the glassy, emotionless eyes of a giant stuffed panda staring at him.
He recoiled like he’d been electrocuted.He bolted upright, his arm flailing as he spat fur out of his mouth, like a cat choking on a hairball.
“What the fuck!”he shouted, as the room erupted into laughter.
Nails looked around only to find the entire team in his room, and they were all laughing, even Jay Bird, who barely cracked a smile.
He then looked at the lifeless stuffed animal lying next to him, in the spot where Riley should have been.
“What are you all doing in here?”He asked, still a bit confused about what was going on.Where was Riley?
“Bro…” Joker wheezed, doubling over.“You were making out with a stuffed bear!”
Nails scrunched his eyebrows together.“No, I wasn’t.”
“You were,” Snow said, laughing.
“You kissed it,” Playboy chimed in.
“You were straight-up whispering sweet nothings to a bear,” Aussie said, wiping tears from his eyes.
Duke leaned against the wall as he put his phone away.“You looked so content.Like the happiest man alive spooning Patty, the Panda.”
Nails looked down at the bear and then pushed it off the bed like it was cursed.
