Chapter 403: Unexpected Reactions
When Jonas woke up, he heard a giggling sound first. After opening his eyes, he was surprised to find it was still in the predawn light. With Etaina standing over him and Elmo, giggling away.
Which was a cute sight to begin with, since she looked like she was maybe seven or eight in her human form. Though, beyond that, and her hair, she looked and behaved like any other kid that Jonas had known. Which merely annoyed Jonas.
Looking at Etaina, he couldn't tell what it was that she found so funny. She was looking at him and Elmo, though, Elmo had shifted his weight onto Jonas and Jonas could feel certain parts of Elmo pressing against him that he could imagine Etaina would find amusing, but those parts weren't visible from her angle, which left the mystery of what she was laughing at unsolved.
"What's funny?" Jonas asked quietly, not wanting to wake Elmo up.
Etaina pointed to her mouth, then to Elmo, making Jonas look at Elmo, and he noticed Elmo was drooling. Though, his mouth was also moving, like he was in the middle of a dream of some sort, but Jonas couldn't imagine what it was.
It wasn't clear what Elmo was exactly trying to say or do, but he could see why Etaina was so entertained. Although, he couldn't help but wish he had a camera to take a picture, or video, of that. While it likely would embarrass the crap out of Elmo, it certainly would be something that would be good for a laugh on days when he would be getting rather bored.
However, he didn't, and he doubted that Elmo would appreciate even Etaina getting a laugh out of him like that, so Jonas shook his head slightly as Etaina, who merely looked disappointed in response, but moved away as she continued to giggle about the sight.
When she was away, Jonas then gently shook Elmo awake. He wasn't sure what the best way to wake him up would be, especially given he wasn't sure if one could call what they had a relationship just yet. Only that they at least needed to talk about things. As if they didn't, then he's not sure he'd ever be able to figure out what exactly to call what they had right then.
Elmo, however, seemed like he had been soundly asleep. As such, he was rather resistant to waking up. Either that or that's how he usually was when he wasn't ready to wake up on his own. Although, Jonas couldn't recall if Elmo had been this hard to wake up when he'd had to wake Elmo up to take his turn on watch.