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 Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:07 pm
The vixen noticed the scanning eyes of her mate and smiled. She'd checked him for missing fur last night, but hadn't bothered to check herself. She was so used to being on her own... it made her heart happy to have someone looking after her, someone who loved her and cared about her... Champagne couldn't help but smile.
"Whichever one of those loud mouth doesn't have the sense to shut up!" She giggled, and bounced out of the cave. Ah, life is good today!
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:46 pm
He watched her bounce out, following close behind. He paused to stretch, cracking his limbs as he did so. When he was finished he glanced over at her, nudged her, and pointed his nose towards the west.
"I smell rabbit." He said, wondering if perhaps she was sick of catching rabbit. They still needed to gather decorations for the tribe, having almost grabbed some before his....episode.
Perhaps he could help her vine new vines and attack flowers to them, afterall, he was good at making things.
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:18 pm
Champagne frowned. She'd wanted to bite into a birdy to get back for waking her up, but rabbit had more meat on it... But that one little birdy was looking at her from a dangerously low branch. "Hold on, I got a score to settle..." She dropped to her belly, skittered closer to the bird who was watching her closely, wiggled her butt out of silliness and sprung! The bird fluttered and flew, but the vixen bounced off the branch where the bird had sat and caught it mid-air. "HA!" She landed smoothly, feathers hanging from her lips, and smiled sweetly at Tenma. "Got it."
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:43 pm
As she lunged and claimed the bird for her own Tenma had to keep his limbs still, tempted to go and make sure she landed on the branch or on him, worried after last night she would land awkwardly and hurt herself worse. Instead, she chirped out and smiled, his tail flicking to the side, and then the other in thought.
"Feathers." Always one to prefer speaking less then most foxes. "We can pluck it and use its feathers." He moved closer to Champagne, glancing at the birds colors. It could be nice if he wove it into vines and draped it around the tribes rocks.
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:09 pm
The vixens eyes sparkled. Of course! These feathers would be so pretty back at camp, and Tenma was the master of making things! She dropped to the ground and laid the bird on the grass. "You've always got such an eye for these things!" She gushed, smiling brightly at her mate.
A rustle nearby made her ears flick. Oops, she'd forgotten Tenma found a rabbit. "I can pluck this if you want to go after that bunny?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:15 pm
"Right." He nodded at her words, heading off to find the bunny. Was he really good at what he did? He was a gatherer, he had to be good at finding things. Either way, he was good before he joined, and was proud of his ability, if just a little. It made making people gifts easier, because he could make them himself.
When he came back he had the rabbit hanging from his jaws, dropping it down for her and glanced at her progress, brushing up beside her and resting his head against her shoulder.
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:50 pm
She had the bird almost completely bare of feathers by the time Tenma came back with the rabbit, though some of the feathers were... less than perfect. Champagne wasn't too awful good at being delicate with these sorts of things... It took her 8 times to make Tenma's bracelet for Christmas, after all! When she saw her mate coming back, she scrambled to hide the broken and tattered feathers before he could see them, which didn't leave many left to decorate with...
"U-uhm... I'll go get more birds!" Blushing deeply, she scrambled up a tree to stalk.
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:15 pm
He spotted her blush and the broken feathers before she could hide them, watching her scramble off. Slowly, he put two and two together, approached her, and pulled her against him, resting his neck against her shoulder.
"I do not want you to get more." He said into her ear. "To me anything you do is perfect. I will use all the feathers, even the ones you don't like. They are perfect." He smiled at her, kissing her cheek.
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:23 pm
"But but but..." She kneaded the ground under her front paws. "Mmmm... If you think they'll be ok..." How could the vixen argue when he was kissing her cheek so cutely like that? Champagne giggled and snuggled against Tenma, just seconds before her stomach rumbled. Oh yeah.
"Mmmm love? Should we use the rabbit pelt too?" She figured she'd throw that out there before it got tore up from being breakfast.
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:10 pm
When she spoke he realized she was right, they could use the rabbit hide. Nodding and giving her a small nuzzle he went to the rabbit, slitting a cut into its neck and then down its middle, tearing off the skin of the rabbit slowly, carefully to not rip it. When he was finished he set it aside, noting he'd have to wash it thoroughly, and stepped back.
Oh. He once more returned to the rabbit and tore off a leg, setting it aside. "Amy likes legs." He said quietly. "And hooves. She's been having a tough time lately."
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:28 pm
Oh. Champagne tucked that info away for future use, like the next time she got to take down a deer. Hey, she may not be a hunter, but if the pattern of getting misplaced kept going she'd need to become one eventually! She might even misplace herself on purpose. Amy... Such a brave girl. Champagne didn't think she could keep going if she lost her sight, even as bubbly as she was. "I'll have to keep that in mind, then~"
Pausing for a second, Champagne coaxed herself to finish plucking the bird, setting the bare snack aside and unraveled a string from her tail bow to tie the feathers together for the trip back.
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:39 pm
As she moved about he watched her. The dream was bugging him slightly. Did he want children, now? The answer was yes, but where they ready for that?
She was tying the materials as he thoughts, his paw reaching out to stop hers gently, firmly looking into her eyes. He had to ask.
"Can we have children?" He asked. "I know we have not been together long, but I feel it is right. I want to give you everything."
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:13 pm
WHAT?!? Champagne's eyes got so wide one might fear they would pop out of her skull. She tried to speak but ended up choking and sputtering and laughing. Talk about out of the blue! But that was Tenma, that was her love, right to the point and not sugar coating a thing. And truth be told, she'd been thinking of kits herself, ever since her own dream.
Her own dream. It was time to come clean.
Clearing her throat she tried to speak again. "Tenma... something I haven't told you... That night, that first night you wandered, during the snow storm, I had a dream... A dream about me, about you, about six little kits that were the spitting image of us. We were so happy..." She had been looking at thier touching paws, but now she raised her eyes to meet his and smiled. "I want us to be that happy, Tenma~"
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:36 pm
At her rather random response he wondered if he had pressed to far, about to apologize. She was quiet then, and then suddenly she spoke. His tail wagged once, eyes widening briefly.
They had similar dreams? Not only that, but she wanted kids...too? Did this mean they could? He already knew Kithara would be elated to hear their new decision, possibly even tackle the two, though she was a lot calmer and more mature these days. Well, there was always Yavie, that was for sure. Nitya would love to chew on his ear a bit.
He smirked slightly, nudging her cheek. "Thank you. I want a family that looks like you, sparkles~"
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:43 pm
Champagne blushed and smiled, tail wagging at hearing her pet name, but shook her head at his comment. "No, I want a family that looks like you! You know I've always admired your coat~" She leaned in and kissed him before he could argue, her heart all fluttery inside. Her dream would come true, the good part of it... No, their dreams would come true.
In the back of her mind, Champagne knew they really needed to get back to the tribe, help with decoration, let her elder and his sister in on their decision, but all the vixen could think about was names for her kits. His kits. Their kits.
Their sparkly, artistic pelted kits~
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