Chapter 15 Cuteness

I still needed more time to heal, so I connected with the grass, but I was too far away to make a connection with the other grass. I might even be too far for the trees.

"DAN!!" A familiar voice screamed, bringing me out of my thoughts, and I could hear the sounds of someone struggling through the snow.

Suddenly, Melody came into view and burst from one of the snowbanks wearing her cute fluffy parka and her long brown hair trailing behind her. She was very short, but the oversized jacket hid a large part of her charming personality that always served to distract me.

"Are you okay?!" Melody cried with tears pouring down her face.

Along with being adorable with a small irresistible body, Melody tended to wear her heart on her sleeve. I no longer even considered it overreacting; this was just Melody.

"I am fine, cuteness. Just don't jump me yet! Come sit with me, and I will try to explain as my body puts itself back together."

Melody blinked away her tears and plopped herself down beside me, but she was putting her hands under my shirt before I could speak. I wasn't sure what she was up to, but I wasn't going to complain.

"What happened to your body?! You are like one of the muscly guys now! I just came over last week; how did this happen?! I mean, I like it, and if we were back at your house, I would," Melody started to say, but her hands slipped into my pants, and her eyes went big.

"Many things have happened in the last twenty-four hours," I said with a grin, then I softly groaned in pleasure as Melody worked her hands over my now swollen shaft in my pants.

"This feels bigger! Are you sure you are the same Dan?!" Melody asked in confusion, but I didn't really want to explain how that happened.

As much as this seemed like fun, Melody was not someone I would try to have fun with her this close to people who could hear. She tended to get very excited and loud when we were alone, to the point that my neighbors would pound on the wall.

"Beautiful, can we save this fun for later?" I asked, and Melody pulled her hand out of my pants.

"You had better. I want to devour every inch of this new body you have," Melody said in a quiet, seductive voice and then looked at the bulge in my pants, licking her lips.

[Oh, now this is what I call interesting! The rest of them are popsicles compared to this burning hot taco! For this, I will teach you the ways of Evolution!]

[Mammal Evolutionary Enhancements learned!]

I hardly heard Orphus as I stared into Melody's pretty blue-green eyes, but the skill shaped me back. Looks like this guy was a pervert after all, but there really wasn't much I could do about him.

"All right, I think that I am feeling good enough to walk. Let's go see about some of that tea," I said as I slowly got up.

I still hadn't explained anything yet, but maybe it would be better to tell them all at once. I was starting to get tired of repeating this, but I guess this was part of trying to help people.

"Are you sure that you are okay to walk?" Melody asked as I straightened up, but I felt great after having my body smashed into the ground.

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"I am good now that I know you are safe. Here," I said and then scooped Melody up off the ground and continued saying, "You are too cute to be walking, and I was worried about you."

It was true, not that I didn't love each of the girls, but Melody was different from the other two, and we interacted differently. I had honestly thought that she was going to be the one that stayed, but it looks like I was not the one driving my fate.

"We are okay, but nothing works. We are still warm with the stove, but grandpa can't cut wood, and I am not really built for it. We still have food, but no way to get more," Melody explained, nuzzling into my chest as I walked through the very deep snow.

"Don't worry about it. I am here to bring you guys to my place," I said with a grin as we got closer to the house, but Melody looked up at me from my arms.

"How are we going to fit into your tiny little place, no offense," Melody said, and I laughed.

"No, I grew a tree, and now we are all going to live inside of it. The end of the world happened overnight, and now I am the only one fighting to stop it," I said as I stopped at the front door of her grandparents' little white house.

It had only two bedrooms, an open kitchen living room, and a single bathroom. I had been here many times to pick up Melody in a taxi, so her grandparents didn't have to drive her back in.

"I am not really sure what to say to that. You're completely serious, and you would never tell me something like this as a joke cause you know that it would worry me, right?" Melody asked, and I nodded my head and then turned so she could see the impact gouge mark my body had left.

"I just made that mark with my body; this is no joke. I was just thrown from the university by a tree. Honestly, at this point, I wish I could say that I was joking, but I'm not. I don't want to scare you, babe, but the world has gone to hell in a handbasket, but," I said, and then paused as I smiled down at her.

"You're going to keep me safe," Melody finished, and I nodded, leaning down to kiss her.

"I promise, the best I can," I said after we pulled apart.