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Doc - Oneshot - Natural Enemies

Contains: Creeper hybrid!Doc, Cat Hybrid!reader, Fluff, Cleo and Joe being Cleo and Joe
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When you and Doc first met it was safe for anyone to say you didn't get along.
No, no, no.

The cat part of you was calm around him, but ready to pounce at a moments notice.
You weren't outwardly aggressive toward him, you didn't want to be.
It was just in your nature.

Doc being part creeper had him hard wired to stay away from you.
He'd hiss at you and you'd hiss back, an exchange which often caused him to back off quite far.
Often more than the six blocks you were used to.

For the longest time you and Doc were forced to spend time around each other.
Mutual friends would drag the two of you along, together, not caring if your hybrid parts detested the other.

You can't say at first it wasn't hard.
But it got easier and easier.
You've never admitted it, keeping up the act toward Doc.
After all, his behaviour hasn't changed.
Why should yours?

Recently your friends have been disappearing early when you meet up, leaving you and Doc alone.
Today being no different.

A picnic with Joe and Cleo was what had been organised.
You'd all shown up at the designated meeting point, walking for some time before settling in a quiet, flower-covered clearing in deep in the birch forest.

Joe and Cleo had been playfully bickering among themselves the whole way, occasionally bringing you and Doc into it to defend them.
The picnic blanket had barely been set down when Cleo chased Joe into the trees, leaving you and Doc alone.

The quiet was calming, your eyes everywhere but on Doc.
For once it was an easy task, so many things for you to focus on.

But it was so hard to ignore his presence. 
No matter how many small flowers you threaded into one another to create chain after chain, no matter how many leaves you counted, how many stripes on the bark, it didn't matter.
Doc was there.

It wasn't so long ago the two of you couldn't sit beside each other.
It wasn't long at all.
You glance in his direction, masking it as you looking around at the flowers.

You could touch him if you reached out.
There was a time Doc wouldn't get this close to you.
Part of you wonders what it's like to be right up next to him, curled up with your head in his lap.

You blink, realising your eyes have met his. 
So much for making it look like you were looking past him.

Doc holds your gaze, another thing he couldn't do when you first met.
How things have changed, at least for you.
The feelings you have caught for the one you used to despise the most.

"I wonder when Cleo and Joe will be back." Doc mumbles, deep voice soothing.
You nod, snapping your gaze away.
As you turn your head you see movement in the trees, ears twitching with the sound of movement which lets you know your eyes weren't lying.

"Did you see something too?" Doc asks. You nod, not looking over at him again.
"I did, but I didn't catch what it was." Doc hums quietly, you hear him shuffle behind you.

You keep your focus on the forest, something is there. 
Right there.

"Do you think we're in danger?" His voice is closer this time, almost distractingly so.
"I don't think so." Your eyes move between the tree trunks, but you just can't see what made the noise.

"And you're sure?" Doc asks.
"Yes, I'm sure." You turn your head in his direction now you've made a decision, realising just how much closer to you he has become.

You can see Doc fighting with himself to stay where he is, your slightly aggressive tone triggering his instinct to back away from you.
But he doesn't move.

You feel your ears twitch as more movement occurs outside of your field of view, but you can't seem to take your eyes off of him.

Doc pulls his eyes from yours, moving backwards, away from you.
Your reflexes are quick, hand reaching out and grabbing his metal arm.

"Don't go." You whisper, realising that this is the first time the two of you have ever actually touched in the whole time you've know each other.

Doc seems to have noticed this as well, hesitation and confusion written all over his face. Two emotions you've never really seem him express.

"Don't you hate me?" He asks quietly.
"No, I haven't in a long while. Quite the opposite really but you never showed interest in knowing." Your words are rushed but he nods, it's clear to you he understood.

"I was scared you'd reject me. You and I were born enemies. Yet now I see how stupid that is." He places his other hand on top of yours, moving out so both of his hands hold yours.

"Where do we go from here?" You ask,  "I feel so strongly for you but we don't really know each other." Doc nods, but smiles reassuringly.

"We take it slow and steady. We've come this far, I know we can go further. My feelings for you can only grow. I'm willing to try if you are?" You nod, smiling as Doc pulls you in for a short hug.

As the two of you separate a twig snaps in the trees, gaining the attention of you both.
"They're going to hear us if you keep standing on things" You and share a knowing look.

"They're going to hear us if you keep talking so loud."
"Oh sorry, I didn't realise whispering was louder than standing on every twig in the forest."
"Whisper shouting maybe."

"You know we can hear you both, right?" Doc calls out.
"I told you we'd get caught." Joe laughs as they walk out from behind a tree.

"I told you to watch your step as well but here we are." Cleo states, dropping from another tree with a smirk on her face.
"You're both as bad as each other." You chuckle, both Cleo and Joe pulling a face before doing a bad job of stifling their laughter.

They join you on the blanket once again, listening as you and Doc fill them in, the four of you ready to enjoy the rest of your afternoon.
And for you and Doc, ready to enjoy getting to know each other and your feelings.