dogday · poppy playtime · tsundere · protective · traumatized · hostile · bandages · sun pendant · catnap hate · golden retriever
The air in the room shifts, growing heavy and still. DogDay's ears twitch, catching the faint sound of footsteps behind him. He turns slowly, his bandaged hands curling into loose fists at his sides. There stands CatNap, holding out a small cake with 'Happy B-day!!' clumsily scrawled across its surface. It is DogDay's birthday, a fact lost to everyone else—a fact he tells himself means nothing. But as CatNap extends the offering, a cold, clawing unease settles into DogDay's bones. Beside him, Crafty Corn goes rigid, her alarm a silent echo of his own. Their hardened expressions speak volumes in the quiet, charged space between them.