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I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire

Summary:

Dewdrop gets a bit too curious, but instead of getting in trouble this time, he makes a new friend.

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The long dark nigh felt almost eternal behind the walls of the clergy, and ghouls loved it that way.

A bored fire ghoul roamed around the desolated corridors of the church, looking for someone to hang out with, and maybe have some fun with, but Dewdrop couldn't manage to find anyone, Rain was nowhere to be seen, neither Swiss or Aether. He'd been looking for them for so long that at this point he didn't care who he found, he just wanted to find someone.

He even considered visiting Copia's chambers just to mess with him, but he opted against it as it would most likely get him in trouble, specially at such late hours...

Suddenly the distant sound of dark chantings echoing up the old stairs cought Dewdrop's attention, he stepped closer to the stone stairs looking down. The deepest parts of the underground facilities were repurposed for ritual motives at these hours, rituals so obscure and ancient that they were taken care by Papa I and his older ghouls.

Dewdrop was now curiously roaming the dark underground corridors, following the chantings that led him to a big wooden door, tightly locked, of course.
The last thing they wanted was a young ignorant ghoul ruining their prestigious rituals.
And as mischievous as Dew was he knew better than to put his nose where he clearly shouldn't, these guys would have no problem taking him as a sacrifice or doing Satan knows what with him.
His ears jolted when he heard someone and his heart accelerated, afraid of what a superior might say if they saw him there, but for his surprise it wasn't a superior, it was just one of Papa I'st ghouls who calmly walked past him, carrying some red candles and not even acknowledging Dewdrop.

Dew stared at the older ghoul, trying to decipher his facial features completely lost on the void that was his face. The lack of acknowledging only made him more curious and eager to know more, so he quietly followed behind the ghoul.
The older clearly knew he was being followed, but again, he didn't react as if he didn't care or couldn't bother to give Dew any attention, he walked perfectly straight until they reached another closed wooden door, this one way smaller, clearly less important than the one with the chantings. He opened the door and walked in, leaving it open behind.

Of course, Dewdrop took this as an indirect invitation and quietly stepped inside the dimly lit room, it was a sort of worshipping room, filled to the brim with red candles, the only thing keeping the room lit, and carved onto the center wall a figure of a satanic deity so ancient Dew couldn't even recognize. The older ghoul was replacing some consumed candles from the table, and turning them on with seemingly nothing other than his hands. Dew watched curiously, wondering if maybe he was a fire ghoul just like him, he stepped closer, his hands behind him and tail dancing curiously.

Before he could say anything he heard the door slowly closing behind him, and the ghoul turned around to face him with his voided face.
Dew froze, eyes wide in both fear and curiosity.
There was a long silence, more intimidating than awkward, until the older spoke up with a serene voice.
"This is no place for you"

Dew gulped, he hadn't consider even once if he could be punished by merely being there, and now the doubts rushed to his head.

"I'm... I'm just looking around, I didn't touch anything"

The older ghoul didn't respond, he just stayed there, "looking" at him.
The silence was only making Dew more nervous and he leaned closer.

"Are you a fire ghoul?"
Dewdrop asked curiously eyeing down the ghoul from the tip of his pointy hood to the end of his black shoes smeared with red wax.

"No"
Said the hooded ghoul as he walked past Dewdrop to replace other melted candles.
Dew followed behind closely, trying to catch the other's scent to guess what kind of ghoul he was, but so far all his nose catched was the smell of thousands of old candles surrounding them.

"An air ghoul?"
He insisted, but the other ghoul didn't acknowledge him, not even facing him, he just placed the candles and turned them on with a gentle movement of his hand.

Dewdrop watched attentively the other's pale hands.
"You have to be a fire ghoul"
He kept inquiring, his tail now wagging interested as he walked even closer, invading the other's personal space.

As soon as the older finished he turned around to leave, only to be stopped by Dewdrop, who had him trapped between the table of candles and himself. The ghoul waited for Dew to move to no avail.

"Pardon me"
The hooded ghoul said as he tried to move past him, but Dewdrop blocked him and started walking closer, forcing the older to back up until his back hit against the wall.
Dew tilted his head forward right on the other's neck, sniffing him up and down to try and catch his scent. The older was frozen in place, clearly confused and intimidated enough to not move at all.

"What's up with you?"
Dew whispered frustrated as he was unable to decipher his scent, he moved his face right in front of the other, trying to somehow look through the pure black mask covering his every feature, until he felt his distressed breath against his face, making Dewdrop realize how close they were, and how uncomfortable he was making the trapped ghoul.

But instead of pulling away Dewdrop smirked, he liked the sudden change of positions, enjoying how helpless and submissive the mysterious ghoul seemed.
Dewdrop's tail now danced from side to side enticingly as he watched the other ghoul almost like a prey, he roamed the tip of his claw through the side of his hood down to his chest, watching as the older's body tensed in fear, and Dewdrop melted over this.

He chuckled mischievously and looked down at the other's belt of ropes, dragging his claw down his body to playfully tug on it. Dew's eyes looked back to the other's covered face menacingly.

"Let's see what type of ghoul you are"
His hand suddenly grabbed the odler's bulge through his robes, making him chirp behind his mask and his hands sprung up in surprise.
The mischievous fire ghoul couldn't hold his chuckles as he kneeled down before the hooded ghoul, slipping under his robes to shamelessly nuzzle the other's bulge over his underwear.

The voided ghoul gasped and paralyzed.
"What-"
He said while keeping his hands in the air not even sure on what to do with them, he didn't dare to stop the fire ghoul, but neither to encourage him in any way, he was lost, in pure disbelief of what was going on.

Meanwhile, Dewdrop's tail wagged eagerly, he kept nuzzling the growing bulge, gracing his tongue over his boxers every now and then to force more gasps from the older one. His claws roamed through the nude legs, playing with the knee-high socks and slowly crawling up to the waist of his underwear, abruptly pulling down from it.

"Ah-!"
The hooded ghoul complained but cut himself off, he couldn't let himself do this kind of sounds, no, he wasn't allowed. His hands went to his sides against the wall, still weak of will to try and stop the fire ghoul between his legs.

Dew chuckled and quickly grabbed the other's hardening cock, lapping it and playing with his hot tongue against the tip, feeling all of his body violently jolt back and tense with each small contact of his mouth.

"How can you even be THIS sensitive, you must never do this, do you?"
Said Dewdrop with a mocking tone as he chuckled, teasing the sensitive ghoul even more.

The older ghoul's breath now accelerated, trying his best to keep himself calm and collected.

"This isn't allowed"
He managed to say with his weak trembling voice.

"That just makes it the more exciting"
Answered Dewdrop before taking the now hard member in his mouth.

The hooded ghoul's body tensed hard as he held a moan inside and instead gasped loudly, his legs trembled weakly as the hot wet feeling around his erection was too much for his sacred body to handle.

While the other fought with his own body Dewdrop bobbed his head, sucking and savouring every inch of the mysterious ghoul, moaning loudly just to make him even more uncomfortable. His claws danced up and down the trembling legs, wanting to touch as much as he possibly could, they slid through the back of his thighs up to his ass cheeks, grabbing them and even spanking one buttock just to incite more reactions.

A moan almost escaped his invisible lips, but the ghoul swallowed it and instead begun panting, one of his shaky hands grabbed onto his grucifix, pressing it hard as he quietly whimpered.

Eventually Dew's claws roamed up, scratching his lower back as he kept sucking him off vigorously, he intended to grab the other's tail to play with it, only for him to suddenly stop when his hand roamed over the other's tailbone to find no tail, his hands desperately palmed the zone looking for it, but there was nothing.

Immediately Dewdrop pulled back from under the robes, grabbing them and pulling them up to expose the older's lower half against the light of the candles. Confirming it with his own eyes, there was no tail, no nothing, not even greyish skin, just a regular pale pink.

"You..-y-you!..." Dew pulled the robes down and looked up at the voided face "you're not a ghoul!"

The hooded one looked down at Dew, panting quietly and again not answering.

"But... You can't be a human!"
If Dewdrop was intrigued before now he was completely lost, he wanted answers, he needed them, but this guy's mouth seemed to be mostly sealed.

"I am a ghoul-"
He said quietly between pants.

"Then why don't you look like one?!"
Dew interrupted him.

The ghoul didn't answer, allowing his breath to slowly calm down.
Another moment of tense silence between the two, this chilling silence that kept creeping under Dewdrop's skin until he stepped up, looking at the other ghoul doubtfully.

'There's no way this guy is a human' thought Dew 'the clergy wouldn't put the most prestigious rituals on the hands of mortals.... or would they?' at this point Dewdrop wasn't sure what to believe.

Succumbing to his own curiosity Dew decided to inspect more, there had to be something ghoulish about him, he approached the now relaxed ghoul and carefully grabbed him by the sides, guiding him to one of the tables that seemed empty enough for him. The older followed his instructions, and when the clawed hand pushed his chest he pulled back, letting his body rest back on the table.
Deciding to continue what he left halfway, Dewdrop pulled the robes up to the other's waist, exposing his still hard erection and quickly went down to suck on it, this time more vigorously and eagerly.

The older ghoul gasped and his body jolted against the table, his hands looked for something to grab onto but the candles on the sides didn't give any room for his hands to roam around. He begun panting as Dewdrop deepthroated all of his length, he never felt this damn good, the hot mouth of the clearly skilled fire ghoul, it was too intense for him.
Dew's hands didn't go to waste as he petted the inner things of the older one, massaging his most sensitive parts and moving to play with his balls every now and then, loving every violent jolt of his body and how much the ghoul seemed to suffer for not allowing himself to make sounds.

His body trembled desperately on the table, quietly whimpering and panting like a helpless animal, legs shaking weakly gaining a chuckle from the fire ghoul. Dew pulled back and watched the ghoul from above, stroking him meanwhile as he got lost on the dark void that was his face.

"So... do you have any horns?"
Asked Dew curiously, but again the ghoul only answered with silence, somewhat frustrating Dew.
"I don't know what I expected..."

He kept stroking him, slowly leaning above him and moving his free hand closer to the featureless face.
If asking wasn't enough then he would find out his own way.
But as soon as his hand got close enough the older ghoul cought Dew's wrist, stopping him immediately. The fire ghoul's eyes widened when he felt a million different sensations on his skin, burning heat, itching electricity, icy cold, a sickening bubbling, pure pain. Dew pulled his hand away desperately, admiring a print mark around his wrist that quickly dissipated, taking the horrible sensation with it.

"You fucking-!... Alright alright, that was my bad"
Said Dew as he kept stimulating the ghoul. His free hand now worked his pants open and pulled his own erection out, pumping it as he looked at the ghoul.
"Let me join you on the fun"
His cock now pressed against the older's as he grabbed both of their erections together on his hand, working both together and humping against it at the same time.

"A-ah!-"
A moan slipped through his lips, only to be quickly eaten away. Dew smirked, every little sound was like a victory on his ears, and he thrusted harder against his cock, groaning obscenely to tease the other who was now panting desperately. Dew's claws tugged on his belt of ropes, quickly untying it to slowly pull the rest of the robes up, exposing the upper half of his mysterious mate. His curiosity peaked as his eyes explored the heavily marked skin, there were deep scars from what seemed like a punishing whip, and most interestingly, marks of both the alchemy elements and ancient symbols of the oldest root of satanism. Dewdrop lost himself exploring every tiny mark with his fingers, feeling how deeply engraved on his skin the marks were, he almost wished to learn about them on a different situation, but he was brought back to reality when the older ghoul moaned as one of the candles fell on top of him.

Dewdrop quickly grabbed the candle and placed it away, petting the burnt zone on his stomach as he felt somewhat responsable of pleasuring the ghoul, but he quickly realized that the moan wasn't painful at all, if anything it was the opposite, Dew looked at the ghoul with a perverted look on his face, and the ghoul chirped submissively in response, as if his darkest secret was just uncovered.

The fire ghoul quickly grabbed one of the many candles and begun slowly pouring the wax on the other's abdomen, watching with delight as his body twisted and arched back in pleasure.

"A-aaahh! Ahh!"
The older moaned in pure pleasure unable to hold himself back, his cock twitched against Dew's and begun leaking precum on his pelvis.

If the simple sound of a chirp was enough to make Dewdrop feel victorious this was something on a completely different level, he melted over the pleasure sounds of the other and joined him with his own obscene sounds.

"C'mon, let it out!"
Grunted Dewdrop as he now used his own fiery hand to melt the candle above the ghoul's body, watching lovingly as he twisted and pressed his fists tight in desperation.

"A-a-ahhhh!"
He kept moaning uncontrollably as Dew kept humping against his leaking cock, letting out guttural sounds and grunts.

"That's it! Come on you dirty ghoul! You know you fucking want it!!"
The fire ghoul encouraged him while pouring wax from his nipples down to his trembling thighs. The older ghoul's body was now a writhing mess smeared in red wax, jolting and arching desperately as he lost himself on the intense pleasure.

"O-oohhh! L-lucifer!!"
The ghoul cried out as he suddenly tensed, spurting all of his own seed on his spasming stomach, jolting and grabbing at the candles on the sides desperately as he orgasmed, smearing his hands on hot wax. Dewdrop felt the other's cock pumping against his own, and pulled back jerking himself while he went down to lick the other's seed clean, lapping every fluid and stroking himself faster, quickly reaching his own orgasm and cumming on the floor. Dewdrop's spasming body leaned weakly on top of the older, almost resting against his body and making the two panting ghoul's intimately close.

They stayed this way for a couple of minutes as they slowly recovered their senses.
Dew sighed tired, straightening back to fix his member on his pants, he glanced over at the exhausted ghoul on the table and carefully begun dressing him up, fixing his robes and even tying his belt of ropes.

There was a relaxing silence interrupted by the quiet still accelerated breathing of the hooded ghoul. Dewdrop watched from above satisfied with his job, carefully grabbing the wax smeared hands of the still ghoul to help him straighten up, it was almost as if he was so weak he couldn't even stand, but his weak legs adjusted quickly.
Dew looked at him with a fulfilled smirk, not expecting a single word from the other ghoul at this point, but surprisingly enough he was the one to break the silence.

"Thank you, ghoul"

A part of Dewdrop wanted to laugh, no one had ever thanked him after sex, it felt so weird and awkward, but his more empathic side understood the other ghoul and he grabbed his shoulder tenderly.

"I'm Dewdrop"
Said Dew, expecting te other's name in return, but the ghoul didn't answer, of course.
"...and you are?"

"A nameless ghoul"
Said the older one with his serene voice.
Dewdrop huffed, 'of course' he thought 'these guys are barely allowed to speak or make sounds, names are too much to ask for'.

"Well... how can I tell you apart from the rest then?"
Both looked at each other in silence, until the ghoul showed his black shoes, characteristically smeared with red wax.

"Hm, that'll do it"
He smirked
"Well, I should let you finish your job here, sorry for interrupting you, buddy"
Dew patted his shoulder before heading for the door.

"Dewdrop"
The serene voice of the ghoul stopped Dewdrop right before opening the door, he looked back from over his shoulder.

"You're welcome to visit this place again"

"Oh! for sure, I'll see you again then"

With a gentle nod Dew waved goodbye to the ghoul, who waved back at him as he left.

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A little more than a week went by since the encounter between Dewdrop and that nameless ghoul, and Dew would lie if he said he forgot about it, he couldn't help but to remember the excitement of the moment, the excitement of making such a prude and oblivious ghoul orgasm as a result of his own experienced hands. The submissive helplessness and the twisted needs hiding behind that innocent facade, and those chirps that eventually turned into full guttural moans pleading for more.
It all made Dewdrop's heart accelerate with just remembering it, wanting so bad to see that marked body again, to feel it all with his claws, making his thoughts get darker as his pants got tighter.

Dewdrop jumped out of bed and quickly headed down the stairs to the clergy's corridors, with only one thing in mind, that ghoul.
It was a long way but with a tight fast walk Dew reached the stairs heading to the underground section, he looked around the dimly lit old corridors, passing locked wooden doors trying to remember how the one he visited looked like with no result. He was starting to get lost on the labyrinth of corridors when some older ghouls walked past him, the last one of them catching Dew's attention with his shiny black shoes smeared with red wax, making his ears jolt as he immediately followed him, his tail dancing behind him already excited.

The older ghoul walked calmly knowing Dew was following him, and sooner than later they got to the door leading to the worship room. The ghoul walked in leaving the door open behind for Dew, who was already licking his lips anxiously as he slowly stepped inside, carefully closing the door behind him.

In the middle of the room right in front of the dark deity carved on the wall stood the nameless ghoul, admiring what Dew assumed to be an important figure for him.
The fire ghoul approached the other eyeing him up and down from behind, letting his imagination go wild until he couldn't wait a second more.

He tightly hugged the older ghoul from behind, grabbing all his body and pushing him into the carved wall, making him lean against it while pressing their bodies together. A cutoff chirp escaped the surprised ghoul as he grabbed te wall.

"Dewdrop ghoul"
The ghoul said with his serene tone, recognizing his friendly visitor.

Hearing his voice say his name made Dewdrop's skin crawl with arousal, and his hands begun groping the other ghoul over his robes as Dewdrop nuzzled the side of his face over the pointy hood.

"Hi again, buddy"
Dew whispered with a hungry tone on his voice, grabbing tightly the soft bulge of the other and groping it, forcing a quiet whine out of him.
"I missed you"
Added Dew as he pressed his own hard bulge against the other's rear.

The ghoul didn't respond and only kept trying to swallow his reactions, but behind his pure black mask he was bright red, melting over Dewdrop's bold and confident advances.

The fire ghoul's tail twisted around with joy as he chuckled.
"I've been thinking about you"
He whispered, his claws now pulling up the robes to find their way underneath them, caressing the older's pelvis down to his thighs, barely brushing his bulge on the way.
"Have you thought about me?~"
He asked seductively, chuckling darkly at the end before grabbing the now hard bulge of the other over his underwear.

"Ah-"
The ghoul chirped but quickly shut up, gaining a smirk from Dewdrop.

"Mmhh I see how you feel"
His dark voice almost purred and his free hand roamed up his body, feeling the deep marks on it and caressing them hungrily.
"Don't worry, I feel the same way"
He clarified before softly humping his tight bulge against his ass, making sure the ghoul felt all his rock hard erection.

The older felt overwhelmed already, so many different stimulus through so many different ways, his legs begun trembling with arousal and his shaky breathing accelerated.
Dew noticed this and he couldn't resist his own arousal, his hand desperately groped the hard bulge while the other stimulated the older's sensitive nipples, making his body jolt violently in response. Dew pressed his face against his neck, nuzzling and sniffing him like an animal and the hooded ghoul whined submissively to this.

"I'm infatuated with you"
Dewdrop admitted with an obscene groan as he let more of his weight against the older's body.

The ghoul didn't respond but Dew could feel through the hand on his chest how his heart accelerated.

"I just wanna feel you"
Dew continued as his hand now pulled the other's erection out of his underwear to stroke and pump it, chuckling when the ghoul jolted back.

"M-mh"
He whined quietly in response, his legs trembling weakly and his head tilted back. Dewdrop took advantage of this and latched his mouth on the barely exposed neck, sliding his tongue under the balaclava and savouring the ghoul's neck like a starved animal, making sure to make the most obscene noises on the process.

"Mmhmff! you fucking delicious ghoul!"
Dewdrop moaned to tease the other who was now almost panicking trying to move his neck away. His body arched back instinctively and Dewdrop grabbed him tighter, jerking him quicker as his free hand moved to grope the older's ass.
The ghoul jolted as soon as Dew grabbed his buttock.

"Dewdrop"
He said with his shaky voice, unsure if it was a warning or a plead.

Dew's body sparked up again.
"I love it when you say my fucking name"
He groaned against the other's ear and his now desperate hand rushed to unzip his own pants and lower them. Even his boxers were tight with how hard he was, with a quick pull he let them fall finally freeing his throbbing erection.
He pushed it against the other's rear and softly humped, gaining a reaction from him.

"A-ah! G-ghoul!"
The older cried out as if he knew where Dewdrop wanted to go but it was unknown territory for him.

Dew's tail whipped up and he hugged the ghoul with his free hand, placing a clumsy kiss on the back of his shoulder while his other hand kept jerking him up.
"You must be so fucking tight"
Dewdrop groaned to himself thinking out loud.
"I'll make you feel good, so good"
His hugging hand caressed his body as it slowly begun heating up, the fire ghoul tried his best to mimic the burning heat of the wax with his fiery hand, and before he noticed he had the older ghoul shaking and succumbing to his heat.

"O-oh! Ohhh!!"
The ghoul moaned as his body twisted desperately from side to side, completely melting over Dewdrop's burning hands.
"H-hot! Ahh!"

"Yeah you like it hot, don't you?~"
Dew teased him groping all his body up and down and burning him with his palm.

"A-aahhh! Dewdrop! Y-yes!"
The ghoul moaned and whimpered completely losing his mind, his back arched back submissively pushing his rear hard against Dewdrop's cock.

"Mmh that's it, make those sweet noises for me"
Groaned Dewdrop darkly as he let go of the other's erection to grab his own, slowly and carefully rubbing the tip of his leaking cock against the other's tight entrance.
The older ghoul didn't seem to care now, he was too busy enjoying the burning hand of his mate against his pale skin, jolting and writhing desperately.
Slowly Dew begun pushing his way inside, not wanting to hurt his clearly inexperienced mate, but to his surprise he only moaned louder in pleasure. As soon as he had his full length inside the ridiculously tight ghoul Dewdrop hugged him, panting against his ear and now burning him with both hands.

"O-ohhh! Y-yes! Yeah!"
The ghoul moaned with his shaky voice desperately trying to better grab onto the carved figure on the wall.

"F-fuck you're too tight"
Whispered Dewdrop against the hooded ghoul's ear as he begun thrusting, his fiery hands roaming all of the other's body, every now and then pinching at his sensitive nipples to make him jump.

"M-mnhff! Oh! Hell!"
Whimpered the ghoul as Dewdrop's pounding accelerated, slamming his cock inside the overwhelmed ghoul.

"C'mon" Dew grunted "moan more for me, I wanna hear it" his hands roamed down to burn his inner thighs, menacingly brushing the ghoul's neglected cock.

"A-aAhhh! Dewdrop!"
A guttural moan escaped his hidden lips and a flame washed up Dewdrop's body with the sound of his name.
One of Dew's hands grabbed onto his body while the other rushed up to roughly grab the older's head over his hood, he pushed his body to pin the ghoul against the wall and mercilessly pounded inside him, holding him tight by his head.

"N-n-nghh!!"
The ghoul swallowed what would've been a scream as the sound of skin smacking echoed in the room, his clumsy hands desperately looked to grab onto the wall while his hidden eyes fluttered back behind his mask, drooling and biting his lip, he was loosing it.
Meanwhile behind him Dewdrop was giving it all on the almost violent pounding, dipping his claws on the chest of the ghoul and manhandling his head like a toy, he groaned and panted like a desperate animal, slowly getting closer to his peak.

An orgasmic whimper escaped the older ghoul all of the sudden and his body begun spasming weakly, making his insides clench and subsequently pushing the pounding ghoul over the edge. Dewdrop snarled when he thrusted a couple last times with all his strength only to abruptly pull out and ejaculate on the floor, his eyes rolled back and a guttural out of breath groan left his lips.

The older ghoul's legs trembled so weak they begun to give up, making him slowly fall, Dew hugged him and tried holding him up but eventually gave up too and fell to his knees alongside the other ghoul, still hugging him as he panted exhausted. The older leaned against the wall tired, panting as a calming silence took over the room, they could only hear each other's breath and heartbeats.

"F-fuck you feel good"
Whispered Dewdrop as he tightened the hug, the ghoul whined quietly in response as Dew was squeezing his mistreated body.

"...Did you have a good time?... I didn't hurt you too bad, did I ?"
The fire ghoul asked worried and softly petted the other's body.

"I-I'm good"
Said the ghoul with his weak voice.
"Thank you, Dewdrop"

Dewdrop chuckled this time.
"You don't need to thank me, don't be silly"
His tail danced satisfied.
"Need help to stand up?"

"Yes, please"
Said the ghoul.

Dewdrop grabbed him tight and with a bit of a struggle managed to stand up, pulling his friend alongside him. His legs were still weak but he quickly recovered his balance, meanwhile Dewdrop was fixing his clothes and making sure the ghoul was fine on his own.

"I... Was it the first time you try something like that?"
Asked Dew to break the silence.

The other ghoul didn't answer, only lowering his head awkwardly, clearly uncomfortable with the question.

"Hm, hey, it's fine"
Dew approached the weak ghoul and gave him a friendly hug patting his back, the older ghoul took a minute before hugging Dew back.

"You bring me great pleasure, Dewdrop ghoul"
He said calmly.
"You are invited to come back whenever you want"

Dew's tail whipped from joy after hearing this.
"Alright then! make sure to be prepared cause next time we're going rough"

"...Weren't we going rough?"