but understanding

Etna gulped, her tail twitching as she seemed to buckle down, her fists clenching tightly as she swallowed whatever she was going to say. Turning to me she tried to act haughty, trying to present herself as an irritated demon overlord whose servants were pushing it a bit to far. However, in her eyes was a fear, a unshakable terror that something would change...that we would not be us, "I...I guess we can." I leaned in closer, kissing Etna softly, wrapping my arms around her and pulling her close, "Etna...are you worried about me falling for Abby?" Etna winced, turning away from me in a silent form of acknowledgment.

I pulled Etna up into my lap, cradling her in my arms with a sigh, "Etna, you're my one and only Beauty Queen. My lovely dark goddess, why would I want to give that up?" Etna's face steadily turned more and more red, a blush working across her face as her tail twitched in happiness. "Even if you did find something interesting in that Prinny," Etna tensed up and I soothed her with a stroke of her hair, "not saying that you will, but if you did, you're still mine, and last time I checked I never lent my things away without getting something in return." Etna giggled quietly, nuzzling into me with a happy purr, "Alright John alright, you win...you evil, sweet, disgustingly incredible man."

I chuckled and pulled Etna close, kissing her a few times before breaking away, my nose resting against hers as I asked the tentative question, "So...how do we tell them?" Etna shivered and looked away, her voice quiet and tense as she spoke, "I guess...like we did last time, line them up and tell them right off the bat what is going down." "Do you think they'll get it?" I asked, breaking away from our face to face contact as Etna sighed, "I just hope they stop being so fucking creepy...it's weirding me out."

Soon enough we had all three of the Prinnies in attendance, Bea with her new up beat personality smiling at us, Cammie smiling but seeming distracted by something we couldn't see, an Abby who simply stood and looked at the floor, not paying attention to us at all. "Alright you three," Etna said, still holding my hand for emotional support, "We have something we want to say." Slowly all of them, even Abby focused on us, confusion in their gazes as I spoke, "We've decided...to give you rewards for your recent service."