[PRP] Life with you. (Tharsirion and Hanyuu)

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Tharsirion walked through the trees picking and choosing his way as he went. The claws on his back feet gripped the soil as he walked. On his back was a bundle of grasses he'd collected for bedding. he was returning to the home he'd made with Hanyuu.

Of all the mares in all the world, he'd never dreamed the one who'd steal his heart would be such a sweet, quiet and some times nervous mare. As a foal he'd been raised to accept that he'd be just another male in the flock's stock of stallions. He'd been prepared to be some one's pet or just another breeder like the rest. That was till he found his true fate. Leaving the only home he'd ever known had been the start of a new life. It had opened the door to a new life. One which he'd rejected at first but soon came to relax into. He'd stopped looking over his shoulder like a fugitive and had relaxed only to settle into a blissful peace. One that was only added too since his meeting Hanyuu. she was nothing like the females he'd been brought up around in fact she'd have likely been thought weak among them. It captivated him. Made him wish to be stronger for her and protect her.

Yellow orbs blinked a few times as he continued on, lost in thought and nearing his home. It wasn't much, just an outcropping of stone for shelter it had a wind break that shielded them from gusts that would bite through the bone and a stone that served as a roof. He'd often thought about working the earth to dig further and make it into a cave. However, he'd wondered just what was holding up the stone slab over top and if removing earth might disturb it.  

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As he drew closer, the echos of Hanyuu's voice drew him from his thoughts. She must have noticed his absence. Smiling inwardly, he picked up his pace, the bangle on his leg bobbing and jiggling as he trotted. "Hanyuu!" He called out, hoping to ease her mind of any worry. "Hanyuu I've returned with fresh bedding."

He trotted into their 'camp' the gifts from his mother gleaming in the sunlight that filtered through the trees. "Hanyuu?" Looking around, he noticed the basket outside of their little hovel and slowed his progression to calmly walk into the shelter. "How now Hanyuu? What brings you to hide in here?" Gently, he shook off the bundle from his back and made his way to greet her tenderly.

Upon reaching her, he nudged his muzzle under her chin and bumped it gently to raise her face from her sulking state. "Come now dear, no need to sulk. I've returned." His voice was soft and deep a baritone that was silken and smooth as if velvet could be a tone rather than a soft material. Her odd yellow eyes gleamed at her from above. "Oh Hanyuu, did I worry you so much?" He gave a frown. "Forgive me my dear. I had hoped to have been back before you returned. I wanted to surprise you with the clean up." He nodded indicating the bare floor of which she was now hunkered on and the bundle of fresh grass he'd brought in.

Giving her cheek a nuzzle, he walked around and slumped to the floor beside her. He was at a loss for words. She gentle and worrisome she was. He'd caused her a great deal of grief he was sure. He was mentally rolling through his own mind how he could have avoided putting her through such distress. He supposed he could have waited, but that would have spoiled the surprise.

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Giving a nod of his head, he rose and stood beside her. "I had hoped to have had everything finished upon your return, But it would seem that you returned sooner than expected." Reaching out his head once more, he gave a nuzzle behind her ear. "I did not mean to make you fret nor to miss me my dear. Know that you hold my heart. Should I be carried away and drawn across the land.. Be certain of one thing my timid mate. I will return to you, even should the abyss bar my way."

He set to work loosening the bundle of grass so that they could scatter it on the ground for their bed. "it would seem that you've been as busy as I have." He smiled wide at the prospect of a treat after the 'house' keeping was finished. "What sorts of treats?" He had a feeling she'd been dabbling in Rue's garden or something along the lines. "Mint?" Ge gave her a cheeky sort of look with the jest. Though mint would be fine for a treat, he was hoping more for something like pecans or apples. And with pecans moons yet to be ready, apples seemed to be the more likely of the two.

Once the bundle was free, he collected a bit in his mouth and took it to where they slept,dropping and arranging it on the floor before nothing to get some more. "It's not much.. just the first collection of grass.. I had meant to bring more but a bundle fell in the trip. We could go and look for it together, or perhaps even collect the rest side by side if you like." He paused and waited for her reply, looking to her with those all too large yellow orbs that seemed so alien to this world.

"If you like, I could fetch more whilst you scatter this load about, my dear." His voice was tender. He didn't want her to feel slighted in the least as he made up possibilities. "Or, perhaps you would rather join me to gather more and we could scatter it all once we have enough?" It was a logical idea. Why make more work for them if they could just gather a bunch at a time and then scatter the bedding about when the gathering was finished?

"I think that perhaps I like the sound of less trips. And with you there, we can do double the work and help each other get their burden settled before we return home. If you brought us apples, we could put the basket in the stream and let them chill in the water while we are out. That way when we return, we can have a cool, refreshing treat after our work is done." His ears perked at her as he spoke, leaning his neck out once more to lovingly n** and lip at her where he could reach.

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[lysia_nyteblade]

Once she'd returned with the basket in tow, he made his way at her beckoning so that he might see what it was she'd brought home. "Berries and nuts and grass." A wide grin spread across his maw. "A bounty such as this is much to be desired." He was praising her greatly for the deed well done. He'd had a while to learn that she was always seeking praise from him for the simplest things and at first it had seemed strange, nearly reminding him of how his own station growing up had made his seek the approval of his mother and the older mares when he was showing them something he'd done himself. It had melted his heart much to know that two worlds so far apart were not unlike one another.

It had taken him a long time to learn to fend for himself rather than to be protected by another but for Hanyuu he'd become stronger. Less the liability to her safe keeping that he'd seen himself as for so long. "Nutritious enough to last a good while." His smile reached his eyes once more showing a gentleness meant only for her. "Shall we treat ourselves now or find a nice place to gather and treat then?" It was a decent question but some times having her help him make decisions made him more sure that he would not move from a docile pampered thing to a tyrant who demanded much of those around him. Power corrupts and if all the decisions were left to him he might let it go to his head. Humbling himself he thought it was a safer bet than simply taking charge all the time. After all, mate ships were more about teamwork weren't they?

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