A Date with the Feral Fae

Minx was actually still puzzled by what a date actually was. But Zef had said he wanted to take her out and show her around town, and she thought that sounded interesting. It was certainly something she had never done before. She had always wondered what was in these human stores. She wanted to see a restaurant, where Zef said you gave them little pieces of paper and they brought you food. And she wanted to see the grocery store, where Zef said candy came from. And the store where they had warm clothes that weren't wet. And - well she wanted to see all the stores, because they were new. "I don't want to see alllll the stores!" she exclaimed, excited.

One store in particular caught her eye. It had a big juicy-looking rabbit on its sign and said something about pets. Food and petting were two of Minx's favourite things. She pointed at the sign and asked, "Is that one of those restaurants you were talking about? And they give you pets too?"

"Oh so it's like a farm store then?" she asked. That made sense. She guessed that people in this city would have to get animals from somewhere, if they didn't have a farm of their own. Plus it was an island. Though she did wonder how the store got all the animals onto the island. She also wondred why they would also have petting. But she decided she didn't really want to start her own farm; she preferred hunting her prey. Although, if they could plant a sugar stick tree, that would be cool.

In fact, she had to ask, "Zef, do they have trees in stores? Where do they get all their sugar sticks and candies from? Can we get seeds?" She would file away his reply in her head. She had a pretty good memory when it came to food.

When they stopped at the toy store, Minx tilted her head, puzzled. Those animals were very still, and they looked odd. She couldn't smeel them from out here, but their eyes looked dead. Glancing in, she saw what looked like mini versions of those car things that people rode around in. That seemed cool, maybe she could get one and ride around in it in mink form and catch all the squirrels.

The fae nodded excitedly, "No! Let's not go in!" And headed for the door.

Minx tilted her head curiously as she sniffed at the colourful animals. Most of them did not look that real up close and some were downright hideous. Even the ones that did look semi-realistic just smelled off. It was a little confusing at first to see an animal that just smelled like a pillow. The fae leaned into Zef's arms as he embraced her and shook her head.

Although she had no desire to eat the fake animals, some of them did look very plushy. And most of them were at least the size of her mink form, if not much larger. It might be fun to buy one to cuddle when Zef wasn't around. And then she saw the perfect stuffed animal and broke into giggles. She tried pointing at it, but she was giggling too hard to keep her hand steady. "Zef," she squeaked, "Look!"


The toy that had caused Minx's giggling fit was almost two feet tall and covered in ridiculous fluffy feathers. Yes, it was an ostrich. "That's just... It's too... We need to... Ohh can I get it please?" The fae realised that this ostrich was not edible, but the idea of carrying it around was just too perfect, and it did look really soft too. Her tail was still twitching with amusement as she turned to look at the other stuff in the toy store.

Minx eagerly cuddled into the fluffy ostrich. This would be so fun to run around with and keep warm with in mink form. Maybe she could even taunt the real ostrich with it. Ah! The things she could do... The fae's tail twitched a bit as she plotted. She was a little distracted until Zef kissed her. She returned the kiss with enthusiasm. The girl enjoyed kissing and had no human qualms about being public with her displays of affection. And the fae could be very affectionate.

Zef had been smart to start off by bribing her with food and warmth. She had started to grow fond of the boy. She probably wouldn't even understand what a girlfriend exactly was, but she did have a simple animal loyalty to the one who fed her and gave her cuddles. Minx was a very physical creature. The fae also liked that the boy encouraged her mischevious side, it made him not boring. She was still a wild creature, for sure, but like a wild creature, she wouldn't be caught by just anybody.

She didn't say all this to Zefran, of course, but she did smile at him and answer with another deep kiss, a happy squeak, and a nod. She didn't feel like replying verbally at the moment when all she'd do is lie anyways.

Minx leant into the boy as they walked and pointed towards the cars that had caught her eye earlier. "Can we look over there?"

Minx furrowed her face at the red car Zef had handed to her, "Oh! You have to push them?" She was disappointed. The fae had hoped they were like smaller versions of people cars she had seen. She could ride around in one and... well she wasn't sure what she would do... but she was sure she could pester that annoying policeman like crazy! Maybe ride into a herd of chickens or squirt ketchup at ALL the squirrels.

None of that mattered, though, since she obviously couldn't ride around in this dinky thing. She handed it back to Zef with a squeak. "Is there anything else interesting here?" It still seemed like a pretty interesting store, at least potentially. She hoped it wouldn't all be disappointing.