Naga Boyfriend: Oscar 2 (special preview)

The sound of rain wakes you from a deep slumber. Shuffling away the blankets you sit up in bed to see that dawn has become overcast by thick rain clouds. You rub your eyes and check your phone for the time, seeing you’ve woken earlier than usual. As you stir, Oscar’s tail begins to move, coiling up around your leg.

“It’s cold,” Oscar grumbles.

“It’s raining out,” you answer. Setting your phone back down your crawl back under the blankets and snuggle up to Oscar’s back. He sighs and relaxes back into the bed. “Supposed to be stormy all day.”

“Is that why you woke up?” He mumbles sleepily.

“Kind of.” You kiss his bare shoulder and the tip of his tail tightens around your ankle. “It’s still really early, go back to sleep.”

Due to quarantine and the library closing for the unforeseeable future, Oscar invited you to come move in with him. So far, things have been okay. You had stocked up on groceries a while ago, and had been nesting together quite comfortably. Oscar had been teaching from home, and you had been helping him put together his online class packets. Thanks to his connections, you were able to hold story readings for his students on the weekends. Still, somedays felt quite like the struggle. Oscar wasn’t used to not teaching in person, he was used to being hands-on with his students and being able to help them immediately. A lot of the students, too, were having a hard time learning from home.

Now that it was colder out, Oscar had a noticeable lack of energy. He was always cold, so he had pulled out his massive collection of blankets, sweaters, and gloves. He’d also started to wrap around you at night to seek out warmth. Which wasn’t so bad, you actually kind of enjoyed it.

“I can get up and go make us that new tea I ordered,” you tell him.

“Mmm, not now. Stay here a bit.” He clutches your hand tight. “I’m cozy.”

You kiss his shoulder again. “It is nice this morning, even with the rain.” You snuggle up close to his back, placing your knees just below his rear. “Any big plans for today?”

“I have some tests to go over, but that’s all.” He turns his head back. “What about you?”

“I was thinking about going to the grocery store to pick up a few things. But with the rain I may just wait it out. It was nothing important we needed anyways.”

He squeezes your hand. “What did I tell you about your little trips out?”

“I know,” you huff. “But we do need more broth and stock.” You rest your chin upon his shoulder. “I also was trying to find your a birthday gift.”

Oscar chuckles. “I told you not to worry about that.”

You smile and kiss his ear. “It’s your birthday, I can’t just ignore it. And now that we can’t do anything, see anyone, or go anywhere, I just wanted to have something special for you on the big day.”