Guro Challenge #23: Nosebleed
#19 of 33 Day Guro Challenge
"Oh, I say, m'dear! Are you quite alright?"
"Why wouldn't I be?"
Clecky put a claw to his nosetip, and said "Your snout, Grath, it's bleeding. Did you bump it, wot?"
"Oh, that!" Grath's paw came away from her whiskers with blood on it. "It's nothing, really."
"I wouldn't call that much blood nothing, it's on your tunic," Clecky said, offering a pawkerchief. "Does that happen a lot? I know some beasts get that."
"Um, it's not happened before." Grath shifted her footpaws, and mumbled "I'm fine, really."
"Well, can't blame a chap for worryin' when you leave the room unharmed and come back with a spouting snoutbleed..." Clecky's brow furrowed.
"What?"
"Where'd your feller go? Inbar, isn't that his name? He left with you. Didn't he help you?"
"It wasn't bleeding till he left. Sometimes it takes a moment to start." Clecky's brow furrowed, and Grath hurriedly added "No, no, it's not like that, he didn't...!"
"Ah, good. Sorry to doubt him, I just worried for a mo' there. I don't know him very well yet, and I know you can look after yourself, but... well, I know you've had hard times and I feared the worst. Foolish of me, if he tried anything you'd know better than I how to stop him, wot!" He lightly thumped her back, and noticed what the blood had distracted him from. "Your fur's damp - had a good swim?"
Grath dabbed at her nose again and turned to make sure her awkward smile was hidden, remembering wrestling in the water, finally letting Inbar hold her down, his kisses moving from her ears to her snout and finally his teeth latching on and holding as if he'd never let her go. Clecky would probably understand if she explained, but she had no desire to be the one to enlighten him; she settled for saying "Yes."