could you?

Kuso was sitting in a tree humming quietly, spotting Austin heading towards the forest and smiling.

He stares at him, staying on his branch, being practically out of sight. "Hello~" He says.

"No hello back?~ Oh how rude of you- and here I though humans had basic manners..." He says, sitting up a bit causing the leaves to rustle.

"Hi- So why are you here dear human? what's your name?" He asks curiously.

"Get away? From what?" He stood and hopped to another tree, walking across the branches.

"Alright don't tell me then, My name's Kuso by the way." he says finally hopping from his tree, still being hidden by shadow.

"That's a very nice name." He says kicking at some leaves on the ground, debating if he should step out into the light.

"I'm not so sure about that, i'm scared I might frighten you." He says.

"Alright then." He says as he steps out into the light.

"I live here of course!" He says, his top pair of arms clasping their hands together excited to finally have a guest that wasn't terrified of his appearance.

"Not often enough and few are nice enough to let leave alive-" (it's fine)

"That'd be just wonderful! If you'd come and visit more i'd be the happiest spider in the world!" He smiles happily.

"Okay! I'll see you tomorrow, but i'll probably be further in the woods."

Kuso was sitting in a web hammock between two trees sitting up when he saw Austin "Oh dear, what happened to you darling?" He asks.

He observed him "You're lying- but it's okay if you don't wanna tell me." He stood up and walked over, his top pair of arms setting hands on Austin's face inspecting his black eye.

He removed his hands "Oh i'm sorry-" He says seeing his uncomfortable expression.

"Of course!" He says, his top row of eyes blinking followed soon after his bottom row.

"Oh- That...that explains a few things."

"Oh dear don't worry I figured that out the second I saw you, but honestly if your family is acting like this due to who you are why not leave?"

"Well you do now! You could stay out here with me- though it'd probably be a bit rough for a human out here there's an old shack somewhere out here."

"Well if they do....i'll handle it." He says.

"But what if you don't...? Don't you at least have a friend that could hide you from them or something?"

"Why not? You're so amazing"

"Well you shouldn't disagree, Because you're amazing." He says, placing his hands on his cheeks once again.

He stared back before blinking realizing they'd both been staring for a bit, his cheeks suddenly flushing red "U-uhm..."

"Well then I suppose you should get going...actually how far from here do you live? If you're close enough to the woods I may be able to visit myself."

"Hm...that's not too awfully far." He says.

"But I wanna, I wanna be able to see you more often...It's very boring out here ya know." He pouts.

He smiled "thanks! what would be good times to stop by?"

no because i ship them just as much lol) "Alright, I'll probably be there mainly at night. I sleep most of the day so i'll probably miss that time gap before I wake up."

metoo) "Mhm!" He nods "Or if you don't think it'd matter much I could stop by when it gets later into the night, I really wanna see your place."

He smiled, gently ruffling Austin's hair "Then i'll be there..."

Kuso arrives just before midnight, knocking on the window gently with a smile.

"Alright, Sorry it took me so long dear. An annoying group of people decided to show up in an attempt to catch me on camera...It's as if they think i'm some sort of amazing unique creature" He says as he climbs in, stretching a bit.

He smiled more, a light blush spreading over his cheeks. "Yes please, i'd love to know more about where you live. Seeing as I live outside i'm not allowed in many houses very often."

"Okay, do you have any siblings or anything I should worry about?" He asks, following him closely.

"You know I have quite a few things i'd like to say to this family of yours, and they aren't very nice things either" He says crossing his bottom row of arms.

He huffs "This is why I wish you'd stay with me, I'd treat you with all the love and respect you deserve ya know." He says, one of his hands reaching to mess with Austin's hair a bit.

"Well if you run away this time you'll have a personal body guard to protect you...Won't you at least think about running away with me? We could even stay somewhere else besides the woods I have other friends who'd be glad to help." He says, gently placing his free hand on Austin's cheek.

He rubbed his cheek with his thumb gently "You have to trust me dear..I'll protect you I promise, You really think I'd keep asking if I planned on breaking my promise?"

He frowned seeing the tears, wiping them away "Well...please think about it, I know they may have betrayed your trust but don't let that affect your trust in me darling...To think such a beautiful person has sustained so much hurt kills me inside, all I want to do is help."

"No it's fine dear, you can cry all you like or do whatever it is you want to do..."

yeah it's my sin/rp/just more mature in general acc)) "Be with you..." He answers quickly and without hesitation "And your favorite thing to do?"

"Anytime you're around is my favorite." He answers, very gently playing with Austin's hair.

"Hm...did I scare you at all when we first met?"

He giggled a bit, continuing to play with his hair. "Well when I first saw you, I was so nervous...Though I seemed pretty straight forward I was so worried you wouldn't come back. A lot of people never do."

"Green, what's yours?"

"Those are very pretty colors, Could we go back and sit in your room please?"

He smiled, waiting for him to lead the way back.

He followed, sitting by him quietly. "So- do your parents or siblings ever even come down here?" He asks, quietly laying back on the bed, not being used to laying on beds or anything soft in general.

"Because I wondering if it'd fine for me stay until morning? I don't get to lay on beds very often..."

of course! if you don't mind i also like really super wanna draw Austin too- *GASP* omg idea: we could totally collab for a drawing with both of them!)) "That's fine...When do you planning on going to sleep? You must have been up a while waiting for me."

*excited noises*)) "Well let me know when you wanna let go and i'll move so you can..." He says, his bottom row of eyes closing a bit.

oop- welp uhm i've never done one but most times one of us will draw half of the drawing and save the file for the other person to finish the other half) He yawned, despite being basically nocturnal, feeling tired from the comfy feeling of the bed.

I could go ahead and draw the first half if you want so all you have to do is finish it uwu) His top row of eyes closed soon after his bottom row did, letting out a soft trill like purr of comfort as he snuggled himself into Austin's covers.

mkay Owo) Kuso didn't wake up fully, being cuddled into the blanket only opening his top row of eyes a bit at the noise.

Kuso woke up fully, his bottom row of eyes opening as he realized what was going on sitting up.

Kuso was in a small panic, the first thing he did was look to Austin making sure he was okay. He didn't say anything to her just giving her a good stare as he studied her and the rest of the family, slowly scooting back on the bed gently grabbing Austin's arm to bring him with him.

Kuso realized they were running, smiling and quickly picking Austin up with his top row of arms to make getting out the window easier. His bottom row of eyes glancing back at the house as he made his way towards the woods quickly.

Kuso was smiling and giggling happily as he ran through the woods, going pretty deep into a much more heavily wooded area filled with lots of trees and plants. He only stopped when his legs were getting tired.

"Could you even carry me?" He asks with a bright smile as he panted tiredly "I-i think we went far enough anyways...This is actually pretty close to that friend I mentioned last night anyways."

Hey- so for the collab who'd be drawing who, like do you wanna draw Kuso or Austin?) "You know what? I actually think it's a bit farther M-maybe you could carry me after all..." He says, blushing a tiny bit.

yeah of course) Kuso smiles, leaning on Austin "Wow, you're stronger than I thought" He giggles.

"I dunno, I have a friend through here but they aren't too fond of people so we don't have to go find them if you don't want to."

He smiled a bit more "Well then they'll probably be towards the river, it's not to far from here." he says

Kuso stayed close to him as they made their way there, enjoying being carried. as they approached the river, web hammocks became a frequent sight along with the sound of crunching leaves alerting them to somebody else's presence.

"Oh don't worry if they see you with me it'll be- FINE!" He suddenly yelped when a much taller boy suddenly leaned over his shoulder "Why're you here again? You better not be asking me for food...Or maybe you're dropping some off?" The person says taking notice of Austin "It's awfully skinny isn't it?" He says, gently poking Austin's side.

"He's not food stupid he's my friends and I need your help hiding him..." Kuso says, gently grabbing Austin's hand. The boy removed his hand "Oh, that's a disappointment...If that's the case fine- I'm Trill, sorry I thought you were food." He says extending his hand, which he only had two of, towards Austin.

"You picked up quite the cutey here Kuso~" He says, shaking Austin's hand. Earning a glare from Kuso "Back off, You eat half the people you find and I'm keeping this one alive" He says, Trill rolling his, many many, eyes in annoyance.

Kuso looked at Austin realizing they'd made him uncomfortable, moving to hold his hand "Sorry-" He says.

He squeezed his hand gently "A-anyways...We have to hide him, do you know a safe place?" Kuso asks looking at Trill before glancing at Austin again. "Up there is a waterfall with a cave by it, nobody can even find it unless they know it's there or that old shack closer to the beginning of the woods. But those are all the spots that aren't mine. Outside of that you'd have to find another human to help." He answers with a shrug.

He looked at Austin with a worried expression "Hey hey are you okay?" He placed a hand on his cheek gently, Trill shuffling back a bit feeling like it was best he stayed out of this.

Trill very slowly scooted away leaving them be. Kuso grew more worried, his bottom hands grabbing his hands gently as he placed his other on his cheek as well "Hey, calm down...just breath okay?"

Kuso was beginning to internally panic as well, trying to keep his cool on the outside. "Just- here focus on me and only me...Don't think about anything else until you feeling like you can breath again okay?"

He gently rubbed his cheek with his thumb, staying as calm as he could to hopefully help Austin calm down. "See you're doing a good job just keep doing what you're doing..."

"No no it's okay hun, I'm just glad you calmed down...I was a bit worried."

"Don't apologize for nearly having a panic attack, it's fine...and hey now I know what can help." He says, continuing to rub his cheek before moving his other hand to play with his hair.

He blushed lightly "and i'll continue to care about you forever..." He says.

He'd noticed the leaning in, causing him to blush more before leaning in just a tiny bit himself.

He would continue to lean in a small bit.

He leaned in more before just sighing "Screw it-" he muttered before leaning in more filling the gap between them and pressing his lips to Austin's.

lmao same tho-) Kuso smiled into the kiss feeling Austin kiss back.

Kuso glanced in the direction of the rustling, blushing as well.

Kuso stared, studying them and pulling Austin a bit closer with his bottom pair of eyes.

arms*

"Kuso...Okay is it just me or are people no longer scared of things with more than two eyes?" He says, feeling like it'd been too long since a human had actually been frightened by him. He kept Austin close as Trill watched from a tree, hanging down from a branch to make himself visible.

"Not really human...? Care to explain a bit? I'm intrigued." Kuso says, Trill letting go of his branch to make his way over, being curious as well.

"Cool!" Trill spoke up before Kuso was even able to give an opinion.