The Arcana Oneshots

Walks~Inanna

A/n: dang no one has seen any of my familiar stories.....the heck? 😂

MURIEL POV. (1st person)

         Me and Inanna have been stuck inside my hut for days now. It's been raining, I don't mind but Inanna does and I wouldn't make her go outside in that. Today is the first day the rain has stopped. Me and Inanna are about to go out for a walk in the mud. Inanna loves the mud and I enjoy watching her.
        Me and Inanna are about to leave the hut when there is a knock at the door. I give a confused look to Inanna and mumble "who could that be?" I reach the old rickety door and slowly open it. The door creaks open and on the other side is MC! My face grows hot and a large blush takes over my skin. "W-what are y-you doing here?" "Oh well I planned on visiting a while ago but it was raining, now that it has finally stopped I figured I would stop by" they say with a blinding smile. I can't help but slightly smile in return. "Well me and Inanna we're going to take a walk.....if you want to join us" I mumble the last part and point next to me at Inanna. They look down just noticing Inanna is there, start petting her, and cooing sweet words directed at her. "Awe does Inanna want me to take a walk with her" they say in their "baby voice." Inanna barks once in return and MC laughs. "I'll take that as a yes, but does Muriel want me to come?" They ask while standing up and facing me once more. "I uhm....well....I wouldn't have a-asked you if I d-didn't want y-you to go" I say while my face flushes. They giggle at my reaction and start walking towards the woods, they yell back "well let's go then, I haven't walked in these woods in forever."
          We are about 8 minutes into the woods and Inanna and MC stop for almost everything. 'I can't say it's not adorable though' I think while slamming my palm on my face for the strange thoughts. "Oo look at the butterfly Muriel, it's so beautiful" they say while running up to the butterfly. The butterfly then lands on Inanna's nose which makes MC burst out laughing. My lips twitch upwards at the adorable sight, Inanna with a butterfly on her nose and MC rolling on the ground with laughter. "Okay let's get a move on now" I say while walking away from both Inanna and MC. Inanna bounds up to my side and MC yells "hold up" from behind us. I slow down my strides enough for MC to catch up to us.
          We all continue through the woods when we finally reach a river. Inanna runs into the river getting both MC and I covered in water. MC freezes when the water hits them. "It's so cold" they whisper as if to cold to even speak louder. Inanna continues to splash us as she plays in the water. MC backs away from Inanna with a small smile as if saying "I'm not mad just cold." "Sorry about her" I mumble. I even don't bother trying to stop Inanna anymore she loves the water way too much to stop.
         About an hour passes and we decide it is time to head back to the hut. Both Inanna and MC are tired and cold. Night is about to hit soon and the air is getting chillier. I look down to see Inanna happy trotting away. I then look up to MC to see them shaking most likely from the windy chill. I take off my large coat and place it on their smaller frame. The coat engulfs them and they look up to me and give me a grateful smile. "Thank you, maybe next time I should avoid being near Inanna and water" they giggle at the end of their statement. "It's fine" I mumble without stuttering for once.
          We reach me and Inanna's hut and MC turns to us and says "well it was fun but I gotta go now." They pat Inanna head and she barks happily in response. They hand me my coat and start walking away. They give me a small wave when they suddenly stop in their tracks and turn around to say "I had fun thanks for walking with me Muriel!" I quickly close the door to my hut and rub my hands over my face. 'Too adorable' I think to myself. Inanna head-buts my arm and I simply nod and say "let's go to bed then, we can walk again some other time."