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- Caine having cuteness aggression for you has its pros and cons. (mostly cons) There can be times where you appreciate his affection towards you, but DAMN is it rough.
- Since Caine has cuteness aggression for you, you would probably be his (dear he say) favorite. But don’t get me wrong, he loves all of his little prize-winning contestants! You just so happen to be the most appealing one! No matter how laid-back, shy, jolly, grouchy you are. Just expect Caine to always be there.
- When you first came into the circus, you became to target of his interest. He wanted to know everything about you if you would let him. And when you did, he almost short-circuited from excitement.
- As Caine got to know you better, the more attached he became. Everyday he had wanted to hang out with you. And you would spend your day talking with each other. Then, the two of you became more comfortable around each other. First, it started out as a confusing feeling for him. Caine couldn’t understand why he had wanted to just squeeze you until your eyes popped out. He could never! You were his prized possession after all!
- He kept it to himself, trying to figure out his weird behavior of his. (He tried talking to Bubble about it, never again. He was no help…)
- You soon noticed how distant he was, and questioned about it to him. Caine caved, he knew he could talk to you about things.
(Imma write a little snippet of it, cuz that’s what I do in my headcannons.)
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“I just— I don’t know!” He rambled, floating back in forth in your digital room. Gloved hands gripping on the bottom of his jaw like everything in the world was wrong with him. “One second I want to hang out with you, and the next second I just want to bite your head off!—But in a affectionate way, of course!” Caine explained, sort of expressing his feelings by almost wrangling your neck with his hands.
Caine then backed up in a quick motion, now hugging his body as he looked almost mortified with himself. “Is there something wrong with my programming? Am I experiencing what you guys go through—SICKNESS?!?” Before he had a chance to fully go out of it. Caine heard you let out a laugh, making him freeze and look at you. Why were you laughing? Why WOULD you be laughing at the fact he wanted to hurt you?
After letting out a good laugh, you explained what he was feeling. The words ‘cuteness aggression’ didn’t really help him. But when you explained that humans would feel this way for cute animals and things. Caine was sort of amazed to know that he was feeling of what humans would feel. And when you had told him that it was completely normal, he had sort went quiet in thought. “So… This is a totally normal feeling and not something that I should be completely concerned about?” He questioned once more time for a better understanding. And when you nodded your head at him, he stood there for a moment. “Andddd are you in any way uncomfortable?” Caine asked for your personal opinion about it. and when you shook your head at him, he let out a noise of understanding.
Then there was a pause, a long one. Then, Caine’s voice spoke up. “Okay explain this one more time—“
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- You had to explain it to him MANY more times. This new feeling of his was all sorts of confusing. Then you also had to explain it to him that this emotion was normal and that you understood him. Soon, he pretty much went to normal. If this new emotion was not going to harm him or you (hopefully), he didn’t have a thing to worry about!
- NOW here comes the hard part. dealing with Caine every time he had this emotion. You could NEVER know his next move. It’s impossible to even know what he would do next.
- You could be talking to him, then he would just hover over you with an intense look. Hell, you could be talking to anyone else. Then you notice their eyes widen behind you. You didn’t even have to guess who it was. (It was Caine hovering his straining hands over you with dilated yet terrifying eyes like he wanted to rip you to shreds.)
- And when you complimented his work, it was bad. (writing this part)
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After an adventure, you couldn’t help but be amazed (and relieved) on how smooth and relaxing this adventure was. So you wanted to give your compliments to the maker! Seeing Caine float near the exit portal of said adventure, you caught his attention.
“Hello, my little soft served scallop! What can I do for you?” Caine excitedly greeted you. You then complimented him adventure, to the storyline to the small details. You noticed how stars practically beamed in his eyes. “Oh my little award winning winner, I couldn’t just TEAR your little limbs APART with my TEETH—“ As he began to slowly began to float menacingly before you, he quickly caught himself. Now floating all flustered before you.
“Your helpful commentary is much appreciated!”
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- Yea there will be spurts of affectionate threatening here and there, but it just shows how much he appreciates ya!
- Then there are the times where you are hanging out with Caine. I think those would be the times where he lets loose a little.
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After a long day, you were hanging out with Caine in your room, talking away about what went on in the digital world. Laying in your plush bed as you stared up at the ceiling as you spoke. You were talking about your day, sort of excited when you were telling him about your hobbies and such. However, you felt something clamp down on you. Looking in that direction, you were shocked to see Caine giving you a soft affectionate bite.
After a moment of silence, Caine let go to peek over his teeth. Seeing you stare at him made him quickly let go and back away. You floating in the air and coughing into his fist. “Pardon me! So, as you were saying!” He awkwardly spoke.
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- Then there would be time when the two of you would hug. Caine would probably give you the most tightest hugs in the world. You would probably glitch out and accidentally get flinched somewhere else.
- But over all, Caine just can’t help himself when it comes to his cuteness aggression. Once he heard that it was a completely normal thing, it was green lights for him.