should've asked already

Modesty’s eyes squinted with her smile as he declared her un-boring and asked what he might have to do to prove himself.  She looked aside for a moment, a thoughtful humm leaving  her still closed lips as if she were really thinking about it. The tip of her tail tapped playfully against the ground as she looked back to him, a challenge on her still smiling face. “Marry me.” She said simply, as though it should have been obvious all along.

She stretched her front legs languidly, toes curling as she made herself comfortable against Gil’s flank to see if he would answer or if her blunt proposal would leave him speechless.