This man had most certainly caught your heart at this point, you catched yourself occasionally giving him little glances (which thankfully the smug bastard didn't see), you even began wanting to cuddle up with him, you knew that it was a bit weird as he felt a little TOO out of your league if you were going to be completely and utterly honest. It was quite a foreign feeling to you, you really never necessarily expressed your love via physical touch, the only physical affection you really gave to show your love was like a simple pat on the back and maybe a little hand on the shoulder from time to time but that's really where it stopped at. In no way, shape or form, have you ever really desired to have a cuddle buddy, but of course, because homesickness kicked you hard, you desired, hell, yearned for a cuddle buddy even. You knew this was going to happen since you were teleported into twisted wonderland without magic or anything really. Luckily, this lazy little idiot got quite buddy buddy with you despite him saying that he never thought he would've gotten so buddy buddy with someone like you, so you went to go ask him.

Though it was a bit embarrassing to tell this prideful bastard about your touch starvation that rooted deeply in your homesickness, it surprisingly.. didn't take much convincing for him? If you told your past self that you'll be cuddling with a lion beastman you always wanted to cuddle with and pet, you would probably not believe yourself, and rightfully so. What was this guy thinking accepting your request that easily? But hey, you weren't complaining, not at all.

You and Leona were laying in the usual place he slept in the botanical garden, and honestly? It felt nice. Not awkward at all shockingly. You expected it to be awkward but i guess you were wrong... Still, it was still surprising he even agreed to this in the first place and was just cuddling with you so casually while sleeping. But what didn't surprise you was how warm and comforting he felt. You expected that fully.