animal ears

?Early in the morning, he felt that something was biting his ear. Cole opened his eyes in a daze, and happened to meet two bulging amber eyes and a furry tiger face. The little tiger stared at the sleepy Cole groaned.

"It turned out to be Norman." Cole rubbed his eyes, remembering taking care of Norman last night, and fell asleep on his stomach because he was too tired.

At some point, Norman turned into a beast, a little brown tiger.

"Aww-"

The little tiger yelled again, and Cole lowered his head to check Norman's injury, and asked softly, "Does it hurt anywhere?"

"Ooooooooooo..."

Norman stretched out his paws and pulled Cole closer. Since the beast can't speak, Cole didn't understand what Norman meant, so he leaned towards him.Smelling Cole's scent, Norman moved over, and put his head close to Cole's neck, his soft paws curled up into a ball.

very warm.

Cole didn't feel uncomfortable, on the contrary, he liked the feeling of being squeezed into the arms of the little tiger. Looking at the cute tiger's face, he couldn't help but reached out and touched Norman's furry head.

"Wow~" Norman yelled again, his tail wagging slightly, as if he wasn't unhappy.

Not long after, Norman squinted his eyes and fell asleep again.

When Eli entered the door, he saw Cole and Norman hugging each other.

Noticing Eli coming in, Cole called out in a low voice, "Uncle Eli."

Cole stroked Norman's fur, and the little tiger cooed comfortably from his throat. Seeing this, Ali was a little surprised, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

"How is Norman doing now?" Although he is a troublesome son, Eli actually loves Norman very much.

"After turning into a beast, the wound healed a lot." Cole replied.

When the orcs are seriously injured, they will automatically turn into beasts to heal their injuries. Firstly, this can reduce consumption, and secondly, the wounds can heal faster.

Eli looked at Norman's injury, and at his own son who was lying in Cole's arms with a comfortable face, so he said to Cole: "He has such a serious injury, it may take several days before he can move. I'll be back to take care of her, so just ask Cole to keep an eye on him for me during the day, okay?"

"I will take good care of Norman." Cole nodded.

Seeing Cole's serious expression, Eli thought for a while before leaving, and asked in a low voice: "Cole...don't you blame Norman?"

"Eh?"

"This kid always bullies you." Ai Li showed a distressed expression.

Seemingly understanding what Eli wanted to say, Cole smiled, raised his head and said, "Norman has a good heart, I know it."

Although he was a bit naughty, Norman did this to apologize to himself, which shows that he is not bad in nature.

Smiling reassuringly, Ellie didn't say anything else, got some food for the two of them and went out to work. After Cole changed Norman's medicine, he looked at the little tiger in his arms and gently stroked its soft fur. , Feeling very soft in his heart, Cole whispered, "Norman, get well soon."

Sleeping Norman unconsciously licked Cole's finger.

Then Cole laughed.

While Norman was sleeping, Cole picked up Norman's tattered clothes, looked at them again and again, and then sewed them carefully.

Because I have done this kind of thing a lot before, I can still get started.

Before, he would always mend Tyson’s clothes silently. The mood full of secret joy is really sad when he thinks about it now. No matter how well he did, he didn’t know, maybe he knew, and it was taken for granted. He didn’t even look back. I took a look at myself.

Thinking about it, his nose was a little sore, and at this moment, a warm thing suddenly rubbed against him.

Norman lay on Cole's lap, yawned, cooed in his throat, his ears moved, and the tiger's paws lay softly on Cole.

This defenseless appearance made Cole feel better.

Suddenly the door was opened.

Cole turned his head and saw the person at the door. He was a little dazed, and after a while he calmed down and asked, "Tyson, why are you back?"

Norman was also woken up, opened his eyes, saw Tyson at the door, and yelled unhappily.

"Ow!"

Entering the room, Tyson put a package of things in his hand on the table, and said lightly: "This is the dried fruit that Podoka asked me to deliver, and I just took it back along the way."

Tyson looked over indifferently, so familiar, as if looking at a stranger.

His heart still hurt a little, but Cole tried his best to calm down his mood, nodded slightly and said, "Well, thank you."

"Awwhhh~~!" The neglected little tiger became even more unhappy, and kept biting Cole's sleeve with his teeth, trying to get attention.

Tyson looked at Norman silently, then glanced at Cole who was pale, turned around and walked out the door, sighing, "What a troublesome guy... Take good care of him."

"...well." Cole replied in a low voice.

Seeing Tyson leave, Cole's heart is very complicated, both bitter and sad.

It took a long time to notice Norman who was screaming beside him. Cole couldn't help reaching out and touching his head. Norman was a little angry at first, but seeing Cole's sudden sad expression, he didn't know what to do. After thinking about it, he had no choice but to rub his head against Cole's hand.

Why is Cole so sad?

Norman kept thinking.

Before, too, crying so sadly.

But Norman couldn't figure it out, and felt anxious and uncomfortable. If there was any way to prevent Cole from showing that expression, it would be great.

He wanted to see Cole smile.

He wanted to see Cole smile to himself.

This thought instantly occupied Norman's mind.

Suddenly, the little tiger seemed to realize something, shy for a while, trembled suddenly, turned around and pointed his butt at Cole.

"Norman?" Cole didn't understand Norman's behavior.

Why are you suddenly angry?

But Norman kept ignoring himself, so he had to give up.

In the evening, Ali came back to take care of Norman and let Cole go to rest. However, Norman, who suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and found that Cole was not around, howled desperately for some reason, and then dragged his injured body to go to Cole. In Cole's room, Eli had no choice but to take him there. Once in Cole's room, Norman threw himself into Cole's arms, rubbing his chubby head back and forth, and then calmed down.

Seeing his son who finally calmed down in Cole's arms, Eli couldn't help being a little annoyed.

... This brat!

Then Ali looked at Cole helplessly, and said, "This kid didn't sleep all night after arguing, so I had to bring him here..."

"Wow..." The little tiger called out in a low voice, his soft voice was pitiful and cute.

Cole stared at Norman, who was talking to him, and Eli who was in trouble, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, just leave it to me to take care of it, Uncle Eli, don't worry."

"But..." Eli glanced at his son's smug face, then collected himself, clenched his fists and said, "If Norman does anything bad, you must tell me!"

"bad thing?"

"Cough cough...Although it's not very likely at this age...cough cough, it's getting late, so I'll trouble you." Ai Li said to himself and went out after a while, leaving Cole in a daze. And Norman who haunts Cole.

Sure enough, Norman never made a fuss again, and slept obediently until dawn.

But in the next few days, he will follow Cole wherever he goes. Of course, Cole will hold him when he can't walk, but although Norman is just a little tiger, he is also very heavy, but he can't leave him alone. At home──I tried it once, but Norman howled all morning, attracting all the neighbors to think that something happened to Norman, and even alarmed the patriarch!

From then on, Cole had to take Norman with him everywhere.

In fact, to Cole, Norman is quiet and obedient except that he is a little heavier, so it doesn’t matter if he takes him with him, but there is one thing... Cole found that since he took Norman out, no one seems to be bullying him up?Although the little orcs were still whispering when they saw him, no one threw stones at him or made fun of him to his face.

Ah, except for one person.

Norman's good friend Ley.

"Ah, it's Ugly and Norman!" Ley walked over with a smile.

Norman suddenly let out a cry of dissatisfaction.

Ley raised his eyebrows and stared at Norman, spread his hands pretending to be helpless and said, "...Yes, yes, it's Cole." Then he grabbed Cole's hand, smiled at Cole and said, "Hello, Cole , I’m Ley, let’s be good friends from now on~”

"Eh?...You, hello."

Cole was very surprised when his hand was grabbed suddenly, but the other party didn't seem to have any malicious intentions.

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Ley immediately let go of Cole's hand, squinted his eyes, touched his chin and said with a wicked smile, "Hey, Cole, where are you going later?"

"I'm going to pick wild berries later," Cole said.

"That's it...hehe, I have nothing to do anyway, let's go together." Ley grinned.

"Wooooow!" Norman struggled suddenly, glaring at Ley as if he was about to bite, Cole quickly stopped him.

"Hahahahahahaha!" Ley suddenly laughed.

"Ley?"

Ley, who was about to burst into tears from laughing, looked at Norman and Cole, especially Norman who was furious. He knew that if he continued to tease Norman, he would explode, and it was time to stop, so he waved his hands and said, "Ah, I I suddenly remembered that I still have things to do later, so I won’t go with you.”

"Eh?"

"Be careful on the road!" Ley waved his hand, turned and left.

Cole was completely bewildered.

At this time, Norman turned his head, stared at Cole with those angry and pitiful eyes, and softly called out as if urging: "Wow~"

Then she rubbed her head against Cole coquettishly.

"..."

Don't know what's going on, but keep going.

Honest Cole thought about it, hugged the little tiger in his arms tighter, and headed towards the fruit forest. ?