"STEEMPY!" Ren was shaking in front of me. It actually overwhelmed me, to see him look so happy to see me.

It was this moment where everything felt like it was going in slow-motion...

I gave him my usual, stupid smile~ Oooohhhh, I was smiling SO HARD...and my eyes were dripping wet.

I could finally smile again. I could FREAKING smile again, oh my gosh! I could feel myself trembling...HAPPY...SO HAPPY...I'M SO SO HAPPY that I was biting my lip...I'm not even sure if Ren understands how incredible it is to finally be able to do that yet again~

And then, I exploded--

REN!!!!!!!

I did it. I could finally speak again. Could finally YELL again! Gosh, gosh, gooossssshhhh, my lips moved when I wanted them to, my voice threw out of my wet Stimpy lips when I shouted...I felt so, so...jubilant, yeah, big happy word to mean that I'm very big on happy, about how I felt that I was able to do it again. I was too afraid to say anything this morning, for fear that I would be forever mute, and not communicate my heartfelt words to my sad, little doggy! 

And yes, I did indeed yell my boyfriend's name at the top of my lungs, probably waking up the entire neighborhood...and I'm sorry if I'm being mean, but I just DON'T CARE--

I was bouncing in place, oh so giddy to see good ol' Renny~

For a second, I wondered if I were dreaming? This felt too good to be true...I could see Ren feeling the same way, as I saw him go weak and wobbly in the knees, struggling to enter the living room, holding his chest. Awwww, his heart is pounding for me~!

Ren shut the door behind him, my chihuahua's luvly, lanky legs went all ultra-noodly...and he fell forward, right into me~!

"Eeeeeee!" I squealed.

That was when everything went into normal motion.

My darling doggy cuddled me with a passionate embrace--it was something we normally do...but it felt so extraordinary after such a long, long, LOOOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGGG time...

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH, I'M SO HAPPY I COULD PUKE! I COULD FINALLY GIVE OUT THE PASSION THAT WAS ALWAYS IN MY HEART! I CAN FINALLY RIGHT THE WRONGS AGAIN AND MAKE REN'S DARK HEART TURN ALL SHINY AND GOLD AND HEAVENLY AND PURE AND LUVING AND HANDSOME AND....ooooohhhhh Gooosssssshhhhhhhh, I was now in the middle of twirling my best friend around~

We were chuckling and laughing and smiling as we spun, looking into each other's eyes...we were both crying, but we weren't sad at all~ We were crying happy tears...finally, we could cry and laugh together, once more~

I put Ren down, and his eyes were just glued to me the whole time. He was giving me his absolute best puppyeyed doggyface ever known to man...or cat. Or kadoogan...wait, that was my last name. What's my last name, again?

"Haaaaaaaahhhhh~" Ren just sighed dreamily at me. I could see that LOOK in his eyes. He had it ever since we first made true, TRUE luv~

Finally, I spoke--

I was thinking all about you. The whole time~

My voice...ohhhhh, my tiny cat ears enjoyed hearing the tinge of love poured upon every word...I'm sorry, I just can't get over how I am normal, again!

"As have I."

We just sat and hugged for a moment longer. We didn't want to lose the opportunity for another round of mutual embracing~ I always luved feeling his skinny body sinking into my fat body...I enjoy being my widdle Renny's pillow~

Ren pulled back, then took something out--a bundle of flowers.

"For yoooouuuu~" the chihuahua batted his lashes to me, making me smile like an idiot~

Oh! Uh...why thank you, Ren! I said, taking the gift. Then I said--

You shouldn't have~

The chihuahua blinked. Uh-oh.

"...What?"

Oh..oh no...just when the day was going good...

I tried to speak to him, but I ended up stammering. I didn't know what to say, but I kept trying, and ended up saying--

I mean...just look at this place, Ren!

I spread my arms for extra emphasis, gesturing towards the giant jungle of flowers filling the room.

Say, now that I think of it, I've never seen flowers stay this healthy for so long...Ren had started buying them only a couple weeks ago...

Not to mention they all held that incredibly familiar smell of semen...mmmmmmmmmmpphhh, what a nice fragrance his testicular juice carried~

But then I remembered who was in front of me--it was Angry Ren, again.

Gulp.

"I...I don't understand," Ren replied, his eyes showing confusion and frustration. "I shower you with love...I did this for YOU...FOR WEEKS...MADE YOU COME BACK TO ME...and out of nowhere, you just say 'you shouldn't have?' Are you...ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, RIGHT NOW?!"

I've done wrong, I've done wrong, I've done wrong, I've done wrong...ohhhhhhhh...think, Stimpy, think. What exactly did you say to make him so mad, right now? ...Telling him that he gave me enough flowers, y-yeah...that was what it was.

Gulp.

I went ahead and did my best to defuze the situation--

N-now, Ren...I-I'm...I'm not kidding!

Gosssshhhhh I'm t-trembliiiinnnnnggg, ohhh noooo.....couldn't stop sweating! Might even s-slip from my own sweat....

"DON'T TAKE ME FOR A FOOL, STEEMPY!"

I'M NOT!

Did I just...s-s-scream that loud a-at him? Gosssshhh, Ren was making me go bonkers like h-him....

Ohhhhhhhhh....now I'm in my defensive position--my hands were in front of my idiotic face, and one foot raised up...and I couldn't stop s-s-sh..shaking it!

Okay, okay....j-just speak to Ren again. Maybe that'll w-work...right? Right, believe that it was right...okay, I spoke again--

I-I'm just appreciative of your prescence, that's all...I've always been...

Ren's jaw dropped.

Did it work?

Then he shook his head.

Gulp.

"No...no YOU WEREN'T. You LIAR! You JERK!" he started to sniffle. "D-do...do you know HOW MANY DAYS it's been? Me trying to reach YOU?! And you were RIGHT THERE, IN FRONTA ME?!"

His eyeballs were big and juicy, but not in the hungry way! In the sad, raging way!

"At first, it felt like you were all apathetic OUTTA NOWHERE, as if my love was so ABUNDANT, was so EXPLOSIVELY PASSIONATE, that it just made you UNCARING! Just SEECK to your stomach!

"You still gave me steaming hot, delicious dinners, but you weren't there. I climbed into bed with you, and I blink, and you already got off. I got on the couch next to you, turn my head, and you just slink off. When I got stressed, you weren't there...You weren't there," Ren's tiny self was trembling, I could see him ready to explode with the rage...it was making me shake EVEN MORE!

As I thought over what he told me, I told him--

Y...you're right!

He wasn't lying at all! I-it was all my fault! All my wrongdoing!

Something in me made me take a step forward...

Ren started approaching me...but I decided to step back.

Gulp.

"You weren't there...!" his feet were getting very plappy, now...he was stomping...!

"YOU WEREN'T THERE!" Ren's hands BALLED UP.

OKAY REN! YOU'RE RIGHT!

Oh my God, oh my God...I just SCREAMED at him again!

YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT!

Oh gosh, I did it again...I-I don't like this...I DON'T LIKE THIS AT ALL!

I kept backing up, and Ren repeated what I was doing--chanting words!

"You're weren't there...you're weren't there...you weren't there...!!"

Gulp.

Oh nooooo....I'm in the de facto situation--I'm...c..c-c-CORNERED, with Ren trapping me, l-leaving NO WAY OUT!

And then, something in me made me do the unexpected--I hurled myself forth, and we rolled on the ground, until we stopped, with me on top of him!

I held his arms down and said--

I WASN'T THERE, REN! I WASN'T THERE AT ALL! YOU'RE TELLING THE TRUTH!

Ren kept glaring at me, eyes glossy, mouth shaking, but his brow still looked mean. Then, his brow went all sad, his tiny torso was bouncy with sad breaths, and my lip shook.

I'M SORRY REN! "I'M SORRY STEEMPY!"

We both apologized so loud at the same time as we were hugging each other, nuzzling into each other, holding each other tight.

Suddenly--

"MWAH MWAH MWAH MWAH MWAH!"

Ren was pounding his lips on my chest, then he reared his head back and started to spill out his feelings--

"WHY DO I SCARE YOU? WHY CAN'T I ACT NORMAL?! I TRIED TO HURT YOU! YOU SWEET, LEETLE KITTY! I CAN'T HURT YOU! I DON'T WANT TO ANYMORE! I WANT TO JUST LOVE YOU! I LOOOVVVE YOU, MAN! WHY DID YOU MAKE ME GO THROUGH SO MUCH?! I'M SORRY FOR SCARING YOU, JUST NOW! I'M NOT A GOOD MAN, JUST A MEAN DOGGY...GOD, PLEEEAAAASEE LUV ME BAA-AHAA-AHAAA-AHAAAAACCCK!"

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww~....

My bottom lip jutted out, quivering. My blue schnoz started feeling very  mushy inside...and my eyes...m...m-my eyes...I couldn't see clearly, my vision's got all wiggly...b-because I was CRYING...!

"I can't," Ren said. "I can't, without you," I heard his voice squeak. "I can't...!" 

Ren eyes squinted sadly at me. 

Just when he looked at me, I started licking him. My drool pouring out of my chubby tastebuds, just like how my eyes drooled with tearful joy~

Every lick I swiped upon his head made him cry less and less. I could see him look away, still sad, but most definitely feelings better.

Ren actually kinda hated whenever I licked him anywhere but his family jewels, but this time...he was saying nothing.

Finally, I started scratching his ears. Ren then said to me--

"W...why did you stop?"

"You want another? I'll give you one more~"

SCCHHHLLLLLLUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPPPPPP, my tongue went~

Ren looked crabby. I think I went overboard with my last lap. But then, his cheeks went red.

He mumbled something.

I went--

Hmm?

"One more..."

Okay!

SSSCCCHHLPP.

"Another--"

SSCCHLP

"Another--"

SSCCHLLPP!

...SCHLP--SCCHLP-SCHULP-SLURP-SCHLURP-SCHRLP-SLLRRP-SLRRRPP--

"Ehehehehe...hahahahahaha!"

And then I started laughing, too--

Hahahahahahahaha!

We looked at each other for a teensy, tiny moment...then I had to let it out--

It's been so long since I could do all of what I did with you today, again! Gosh I...I LLLUUUUUV YOU! I'VE WANTED TO HUG YOU CLOSE, KISS YOUR NOSE N' SIT ON YOU! I'm SO SORRY REN! I'm so VERY, VERY, SORRY!

Ren's sad eyes met my own. I hated seeing him so blue, like my sad, snotty snoofer...but it felt so good that we're apologizing to each other.

"Me too, Steempy! ME TOO! I SHOULDN'T have MISSED OUT on VALENTINE'S DAY...!"

Then I went--

Huh?

I wiped my eyes, sniffling. What did he mean by that?

"I said...I shouldn't have missed out on Valentine's Day!" he repeated. "I forgotten all about it! I was out elsewhere for a job meeting, when I should've just called off on some bullshit emergency, my job be damned..."

Ohhhh...that was what he meant. P'shaw, no biggie! He needed to do it to pay the bills! There's always time for a man's work...just like how there's also always time for a man's love~

I reassured him with that good ol' Catdoogan love, and said soothingly--

Buddy...hey, look at me.

I turned his head so he could face me. Mmmmmphhhh, oh did I want to kiss him in the mouth so badly...but I knew that wasn't the time. I reassured him, teling him--

Don't you remember? EVERYDAY is Valentine's Day, silly~

I gave Ren's nose a lil' tap~ Awww, I like it when he wrinkles his red snoofer and gave it a little lick.

Anyway, I said more feel-good things to him--

We've ALWAYS loved each other, no matter what! I've made sure to give you dinners, give you your slippers, give you your space, give you my love, lotsa givey-giving-giver stuff!

Ren sniffled. "So...you mean to tell me...it WASN'T about missing Feburary the 14th?"

I shook my head--

Nope! Not at all.

"Then WHAT made you ACT so weird throughout all these months, huh? WHAT was the REASON?" Ren was yelled into my Stimpy's nostrils. I should let him breathe into my nose more often.

What was it he wanted to know...? Oh yeah--

Oh! I have it.

"You have it?" Ren asked, his eyes all big and surprised. "Okay...well can ya SHOW me the reason you HAVE, already?!"

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, I nodded. I pulled out a jar, with the lid sealed JUUUUUUST right, and inside was a bug crawling inside. It was frothing at the mouth, and it kept clanging its pincers against the glass. It was kinda cute, but I hated it. I still wanted to keep it, just to remind me of the time I had worked so hard to accomplish what needed to be done.

Ren obser-ruved the specimin in captivity for several silent seconds. He blinked.

"The fuck is this?"

I answered his question...with a question--

Well, uh...remember the flowers outside? 

"The ones right outside our doorstep?"

Mm-hmm. I looked it up in an encyclopsa-pedia, and they said that it was the infamous--

"Determination bug."

That's right, Ren! How did you use mind reading?

"Eediot," he murmured under his breath, smirking a bit. "Remember that nature show stint we used to do?"

I nodded. Then I waited, allowing Ren to tell me what he knew about the determination bug.

"...So could you tell me what you know about the determination bug?"

Of course! It's a bug that will make you determined. It bit me when I said 'I love you,' one morning.

"Oh yeah, that morneeng."

I shoulda known it bit me, it had that distinct feeling gripping onto you before settling down. So yeah, yeah, it helped me focus!

"Oh, by 'focusing' as in making me FEEL BAD about being SO MEAN to you all these years?!"

I shook my head--

Not at all. To be honest, it was kind of a great thing. Hear me out--I needed it to help me focus...for you, Ren.

The confused chihuahua looked at me for a moment, then gave me an irritable look. But I needed to explain to him first before we got to the silly slapping he does to me, so I did--

Listen, I love you very much, Ren. Ever since we first met, you were always the first thing that came to mind. The first thing that I think of when I wake up, pick my nose, go to the bathroom, take a shower, dry myself off, look in the mirror, make funny faces, brush my teeth, use my mouthwash, floss my teeth, check if my tongue is dirty--

"You're going off-topic. STAY ON TRACK, please."

Well anyway, this bug actually helped me to REEEEEAALLY focus on making something special for you, Ren! The good thing about this determination bug, is that it made me not watch TV so much, made sure to give you your dinners each and every single day, and of couse, even made me make your special thing!

Then I frowned, thinking of all the fresh, bad memories that were made because of it. I continued explaining-- 

The bad thing is...is that, over time, since my brainpower was focused on doing that special thing for you, I started to not do certain things too much. But I DIDN'T want to not do certain things too much that affected YOU, Ren! Really, it was very weird.

For a moment, I stared at the monstrous insect harmlessly attack the jar. It made me so...yucky inside when I looked at it, so I looked up at Ren to calm myself down.

I flapped my gums again--

When I had the bug bite me, and I looked at you, in my brain, I said 'Why hullo, Ren~!' But my mouth said 'Mm-hmm,' instead. When I saw you in bed, my brain said, 'Let's kiss up before we sleep, Ren~!' But instead, my body went into the bathroom to flush myself down into my secret lab, because my body told me having fun won't let me finish your special thing sooner. And I wanted to take the bug off because I didn't like how sad you were becoming, and it made me very sad that I couldn't do anything about it!

"...Would that explain the foot massage incident?"

Yes Ren, even that. I got a little bit of control of my body by the time you were giving me flowers. I had enough brainpower to look at your pretty flowers, and at your pretty face~ If only you had felt my chest during those moments~ And when it came for your foot massage, my body was doing it for a reason--

"What reason?"

I'll tell ya soon, honeybun~

I stuck my tongue out. Ohhhh, I couldn't wait to get to that, but I had to finish this--

But anyway, my brain was enjoying every single second of it, how I finally made you so happy to please your poor, tired feet, how you were pleasantly moaning from my massage~

Ren smiled back at me. "Oh, it felt AMAZING, Steempy~"

Thank you, Ren~ Giving you that masssge made me calm, I loved finally being contact with you again, how my hands comforted your soles and picked you up~ My brain at the time wished that, when I turned you over, I hugged you instead, and kissed you all over~ But the best I could do was give you a little pet before I massaged ya again~

I pet Ren on the head, and I watched him relax. Feeling good, I kept on explaining--

And then, although I was still happy, I also felt really sad, because I wanted to apologize to you, and I wanted to remain at that couch with you for the WHOLE night, but I knew I couldn't! I couldn't say what I wanted to say, I couldn't smile when I truly wanted to!

I then said the last of my explanations--

My body thought that my time with you was up, so then it ran away into the bathroom! You have to understand, Ren, I was put on 'time out' in my OWN body! And when you have the determination bug on you, your body wouldn't let you take it off until the most important task was finished! Thankfully, and finally, as soon as I was done making your special thing, the bug hopped off of me, I put it in the jar, and here I am! All back to normal~

...

So that's it, huh?

All that turmoil I went through...all the breakdowns, the soreness of my tear ducts, the beating brought upon my pumping heart...this entire thing had happened all because of that, huh?

That damn bug...

That FUCKING homewrecker.

PUTTT'pbt! I spat spitefully a glob of spittle onto the jar, letting it drip towards the bottom.

"Uh...I think you're supposed to do it inside, buddy," Stimpy said.

I wish the glare I bored into that tiny bitch would eviscerate it...I wish I could perform telepathy and split that hellspawn into pieces..I wish I had a magnifying glass and brought it over it as I aimed it toward the sunlight...I wish I could pinch my chihuahua teeth on it so hard I hear its miniscule guts pop out of its useless thorax...

I pointed a finger to the door, and instructed--

Get it outta here.

"But Ren--"

Daddy's talking. Now throw that shit out, this instant. Before I punch that fucking jar.

"Yessir."

Stimpy promptly opened the door, knelt to the ground, opened the jar, watched the manic bug crawl away, waving at it, giving it a melacholy smile. Oh brother....

"Byebye, determination bug! Thanks for helping me make Ren's present!"

Anyway, I gave my giant heell--the ENTIRE LOT--of flowers I bought for him one last look before chucking it out of the house.

Wait, present?

Wait...PRESENT?

Did I MISS something? I turned to Steempy--

You said you got a present for me?

"Yeah Ren," the tubby closed the front door. "Did you forget? Today's your BIRTHDAY!"

My jaw nearly smashed onto the floor.

Through my flabbergasted mind, I finally spoke up--

It...it is?

Steempy pulled out a colorful birthday whistle, blowing out the curling tongue of the toy with the loud "BLOOOOMM! BLOOOOUUM!" that oddly made me happy (and it still does), and then I found myself with a cone hat placed atop of my head, no doubt with the words "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" scrawled on it.

Then my pal began bouncing his booty against my tiny, scrawny cheeks. "Happy! Happy! JOY JOY JOY~!"

Damn...I mean, godDAMNNN.....Steempy hadn't flitered with me with his ass in since FOREVER...I brought my hand over to my own ass, rubbed my furry cheeks, and then finally dragged my Steempyfied fingers across my snoofer with a deep SSSNNNRRRRRF.

MMMMMMMMMMMPPHHHH...I slowly let a giant smirk run across my fucking face~

Through my hornyhigh, I said--

Ehehehe...it is my birthday, isn't it? Why...I'm such a fucking eediot; me, forgetting my own date of birth.

GODDDDD...I couldn't RESIST--I started sucking on my on fingers like I had barbecue sauce on them, suckling on them ONE-BY-ONE, in order to TRULY SAVOR the MOMENT, in order to seal that WONDERFUL flavor bounced onto my bum~

"That's okay, Ren! We all make mistakes! That's where I come in to help ya remember!" He elbowed me lightly, smirking at me as he bobbed his brow.

Ohhhhh Steempy...

I leaned my head against the cat's shoulder. I felt happy...but I also felt unworthy of this...although I shouldn't. Mixed emotions made me drop my head even lower, causing the hat slip off my dome.

Soon, I felt the heartwarming, stress-relieving comfort of Steempy's gloved hand carressing my head. I loooovvvvee it when he pets me~ I'm his beeg doggy, oh yes~ "There, there, buddy. It's okay, it's all over now. Stimpy's got you~" he held me even closer. "I'm sorry for making you sad. It was never my intention."

I didn't say anything, instead I faced Steempy, and slinked my forehead into the tubby's stomach fat, slowly nuzzling myself into that adorable dope~

He spoke up again. "Y'know what I noticed about you?" he started rubbing my back.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMPPPHHH, I moaned loudly. Wowwwww, were his hands making my heart melt for the first time in so long~...

I responded to his question--

...What?

"That you never gave up on me."

I looked up at him, enjoying his encouraging, loving words. As we caught each other's stares, it was at that moment I knew every single one of my efforts weren't in vain.

I started talking again--

Oh, Steempy. Giving up on you is like giving up on life! I'll never give up on you. Never ever-ever-ever!

I gave Steempy a hug right back, my bare hands feeling his soft, plush pussyfur~

Then, Steempy smooched me on the forehead, putting on his dopey smile afterward. "All better?" he asked.

I said--

To be honest, only a leetle bit better...but with you, the REAL YOU around...That could change~

Steempy went to bush the few hair strands on my head.