"elio... you're not a poochyena anymore."
"(muffled) don't care..."

an AU in which arceus turns elio into a puppy. arceus is SICK of how this dude twiddles his thumbs at mesha instead of straight up confessing, so god took it upon himself to make shit happen! blam! with elio as a poochyena and under the care of mesha, he quickly grows antsy now that his affection for her is becoming unbearable. he HAS to confess, can't take this shit anymore... and that was the prerequisite. confessing. back to human he goes - err, humanoid? he still has his ears and tail. but that's no matter! at least he can say i love you now 🫠

(bro even evolves into a mightyena at some point for being a good and loyal guard dog... or rather, for biting everything in sight. they deserve the world together)

https://toyhou.se/24709008.mesha
https://toyhou.se/24709128.elio