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 Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:40 pm
"I am sure, yes." He said, eyeing her. He didn't want her to leave, not right now. If she did he wondered if she would return to him, or an empty spot. He shook his head, beginning to nibble at his kill. "I'm fine. Really." He said, though technically he was lying. How do you explain something even yourself does not understand? And to someone else that probably wouldn't know what you were talking about? What was the point, in the first place?
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:52 pm
Champagne bit her lip, not convinced, but decided to let it drop. Keeping an eye on Tenma, she moved her teeth from her lip to her kill and began eating as well.
After a few minutes, the vixen shivered. The wind was starting to pick up... she hoped a blizzard wasn't coming. Still, they would need to find shelter soon... Her eyes swept the field they were in. Nope, no caves, no piles of rock, no fallen trees to huddle under. They'd either have to search around until they found something, or dig out a den -preferably under tree roots with the way the wind was blowing. Plus, a den out in this field would just get filled with snow. Champagne shivered again, and voiced her musings to Tenma.
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:42 pm
Tenma raised his head, hearing her speak. He nodded absently, standing and brushing snow off. He looked at the vixen, unsure what to do. He needed to protect her, right? Wasn't that what men do? Protect women? The grey male brushed himself off once more, jerking his head to the side.
"There's a cave nearby." He moved over to Champagne, nudging the vixen with his nose. "Come on, before the snow eats us alive."
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:20 pm
A slight blush came over the vixens cheeks when he nudged her, she didn't even try to hide it. "M'kay~" She mewled, getting up and following Tenma. Her eyes never left him for a second as they padded along. Just a while ago they were playing and laughing, and he was acting so much more comfortable... Suddenly, Champagne was worried. Did she do something wrong? Was it her fault he got so quiet?
"T-Tenma...?" She nosed his shoulder. "Did I do something wrong? I'm really sorry if I did..."
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:48 am
He shook his head, looking at her in surprise. "No, I'm worried, thats all." He mused, nuzzling her, wanting to see her smile again. "I'm a guy, I'm supposed to protect females. I'm worried that I won't be able to protect you. The snow is falling down really fast." He wanted to add his second worry, but held his tongue, shaking his head softly.
"I'm not the best at protecting people. I usually wander off instead of helping them.... I... probably am not suited for the family life or staying beside the person I love because of it. Just once I'd like to protect someone I care for."
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:46 pm
Champagne blushed. Not only was that the longest sentence she had heard from Tenma, but it was the sweetest too! One thing worried her, though, and that was the 'wandering off' part. But, she wanted to give this handsome fox the benefit of the doubt and shake it off, because right now he was with her and that's all she cared about.
"Aw, Tenma~" The vixen rubbed her whole side against him. "You're forgetting, you saved my life! How is that not protecting me?" Compared to that, protecting her from silly snow seemed, well, silly! "You jumped into the icy waters and drug my unconscious tail out, so I'd say you've done enough protecting to last for at least a week!" Champagne giggled, hoping the sound would loosen some of the tension she could still see in Tenma's eyes. "I don't care what you think you are or are not suited for, you're my hero~"
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:15 am
(( Did you want the last post before this roleplay's time-skip, or Yasashii?. Also, idea for second role-play. They are mates, and Champagne wakes up to Tenma "wandering" again, and she tries to stop him, and succeeds. Thus, breaking his little "curse" for good. ))
Tenma was quiet as she spoke, but really, was that shocking? He nodded absently, visibly relaxing enough to lower his shoulders and send her a smile. Champagne was so kind, and, he wasn't dumb. He had an idea of how she felt, judging by her blushes and such. He may be the youngest male of the family, but, he had seen his fathers act around one another, seen Yavie around her mate, and such. He knew when a vixen was starting to....
No.
He was going to leave her. He didn't want to, but he knew it in the bottom of his heart. She was to kind, to sweet for a male that would run off. She didn't need a life of chasing after him in the night. He smiled at her once he saw the cave, brushing a bit of snow out from behind her ear. He could be sweet a little longer, indulge himself a little, right?
"One day, you are going to find someone who will protect you everyday, and love you more than anyone else ever could." He said, smiling at her before heading inside the cave.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:50 pm
((yep, and sounds great!!!))
Wait... what? Sure, she felt butterflies when Tenma brushed the snow off of her, but those butterflies turned into hornets at his words. One day? What did that mean? He did say... Champagne felt sick. After all that had happened that day... was it only a day? It seemed like a long time to the vixen, that they had been together. But, they hadn't really been 'together', it was just, two foxes enjoying each others company. She knew this. She had thought, though... Mentally, Champagne shook her head. Of course he didn't want to stay with her. Heck, she scared him when they first met! She was too hyper for him, too... out there. He wanted someone calm, naturally. Naturally. She was a fool for thinking he could ever like her.
Blinking, Champagne realized she had stopped outside the cave and had been standing there throughout her whole mental debate. Smiling, trying to hide the wrenching feeling in her stomach, she slipped into the cave as well.
It was notably warmer in the cave, sheltered from wind and snow. Champagne struggled hard to think of a response, she knew her quietness had to worry Tenma... right? For a second, she felt angry. Why is he doing this? Why string her along? Why didn't he just let her drown if he only intended to leave her? But it just wasn't in the vixen to really stay mad for long. Within seconds she had calmed down again, and one hadn't been focusing on her eyes one would never have been the wiser.
"Yeah..." Champagne gave Tenma a soft smile. "One day... and one day you'll find someone for you, too..." Someone who you'll want to stick around for... Swallowing, the vixen stuffed down all her feelings for the male, so hopefully when he left her she wouldn't fall apart.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:03 pm
He grew quiet, head lowering. "No, I won't." He solemnly said, eyes flicking to look at the roof of the cave before he moved to the corner of it. "I won't find someone." He mused, lying down and flopping his head onto his paws. "But, thats the way it has to be. If I have a mate I would only bring them misery. So, despite how much I care for someone, in the end I have to let them go and live their life with someone else other than me." He paused, yawning quietly, a pain flickering behind his eyes for a second before he buried it.
"If you truly love someone, you must be able to let them go if all you are doing is hurting them. I have a "curse", though not literally. A condition is the proper term. Until it is gone I can never take a mate, because I would hurt them." Once again, a long lengthy pause. "I would never make the person I care for hurt because of my neglect. In the end, I would let them be with someone who would stay beside them."
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:17 pm
Well. That certainly put a tail spin on things. Now what on earth was a vixen to think? She had just decided he didn't want anything to do with her and she bottled up her emotions, and now... Now what? Did he mean... did he really like her? But was just afraid of hurting her? Or... was he just trying to be nice about brushing her off? Suddenly, Champagne felt really, really tired. Emotionally, mentally, physically tired.
After a deep, slow sigh, she looked over at the male and said the only thing that she could say without starting one of her chatterbox rants: "Tenma, you confuse me." Oh how she wanted to say more. She wanted to tell him that, in hypothetical terms in case he was trying to brush her off, that if she were his mate she wouldn't care about a 'curse', she wouldn't care if he hurt her if he didn't mean to, she wouldn't be miserable unless he left her to find someone else because there wouldn't be a someone else there would only be him and that would be all that mattered to her and whatever it was that was bothering him and whatever he meant by a 'curse' or 'condition' or whatever that they could work through it and that she loved him and she always wanted to be with him... Hypothetically, of course. But she didn't say any of this. She just looked at the dirt below her paws and tried not to cry.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:29 pm
He wanted to say she'd understand tomorrow morning, or the next, but he bit his tongue and closed his eyes. One eye opened, eyeing her before he clicked his tongue. "Sparkles." He called, moving his body slightly. "Come over here, you'll get cold if you sleep all the way over there."
He could indulge himself, just this very once. Just this brief, fleeting moment. He moved his tail, raising it just in case she did move closer. He wanted to say more to her, but what was the point? He could tell by the way she looked at the ground how she was feeling, and he could tell he had said something to upset her, but he wouldn't lie. Nor would he tell the entire truth. It was...scary to think she might judge him for what he did, or even accept him for it. If she accepted it she would live a life of loneliness. He would not be that to her.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:47 pm
A small blush came over her cheeks; she loved it when he called her 'Sparkles'. Almost too quickly, Champagne skittered across the cave and snuggled up as close to Tenma as she could, even laying her head on his paws. If he was going to leave her, she was going to get the most out of their last bit of time together. If he was going to leave her, what did it matter if she was too close, too snuggly, to loving? She wouldn't have the chance to be, soon.
As she lay pressed up against the males warm body, her body started to relax and her eyes started to close... No! No, she couldn't sleep. No matter how tired she was, she couldn't sleep. Tenma might not be there when she awoke, and stuffing down her feelings wouldn't do her a bit of good, she knew. So, no sleep. No closing her eyes, no giving in to the warm, bubbly feeling of his pelt against hers... no being lulled to sleep by the steady heartbeat she could hear so clearly... She couldn't sleep... but maybe she could close her eyes for just a second...
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:40 pm
Tenma smiled as she bounded over, resting his tail over her and his head on her neck, sighing softly. This was...nice. Cuddling. He wanted it to last forever. He wanted her to stay. Sure, she was loud as heck and really touchy, but if it was her it was okay. She had a charm, and honestly, he didn't want to lose that. But he had to. He was going to.
It hurt knowing he couldn't stop it.
His eyes closed, allowing himself to drift off to sleep beside her. Unlike her, trying to hold this memory, he wanted to remember the feeling of feeling safe enough to fall asleep next to someone. He wished he could wake up and smile at her, bring her food in bed, something, but... it wasn't that way.
"I'm sorry, Sparkles." He grumbled right before dozing off into sleep.
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:00 pm
Ever so faintly, she heard his voice, heard him call her 'Sparkles', heard him apologize, but she was too far under the influence of sleep to reply.
It was bright, really bright. Champagne wandered out of the cave and looked around. No snow? Where had the snow gone? And... she didn't remember this many trees... Turning, she saw the cave was no longer there, either, but Tenma was. "Tenma!" She chirped, bounding up to him and licking his... cheek? He tongue went right through him! Startled and creeped out, she waved a paw in front of his eyes... nothing. She tapped him on the nose, her paw went through, then he poofed. "Tenma?!?" Ok, now Champagne was really freaked. Suddenly, the world spun on her and she collapsed, a massive hole opening up under her. Screaming, she fell... and fell... and fell... until she landed in the softest grass she had ever felt. Birds chirped, flower petals drifted on the the breeze, and the cutest kits were playing all around her. They were colorful little things, and they looked sorta like... like her... and Tenma... With a start, the vixen realized they must be her kits! Tenma's, too! He was her mate! Oh, she was so happy, so very happy. Purring, Champagne rolled over in the grass as one little girl pounced on her, giggling, and played with her little babies for as long as the dream would allow her...
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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:53 am
(( Your post will be on the 6th page. ))
Tenma's eyes flicked open, glassed over and dim. He barely could think, barely could register what happened. The world around him was hazy, watery even, he felt like it was a dream. Shouldn't he know by now that it wasn't? That this was yet another "wandering"? Yet, he couldn't open his mouth, couldn't let out a small cry of warning to the vixen he had just been beside. For a second his world became vivid, because bright, and he looked over at Champagne. However the second he opened his mouth he was out again, and his legs dragged him away from her.
Before he knew it, he was gone, and the falling snow had filled his tracks by the time the sun rose. Before he knew it, he was awake, far, far away from his starting point. Before he knew it, he had lost the vixen he had wanted to stay beside forever.
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