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 Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:04 am
Daemon stretched his legs, how long had it been now since Ruffian's attack, how long had it been since he told her he loved her, and she had yet to say anything about it anyway, how long? Too long, least thats what his mind told him. He was musing today, trying to figure things out, what to do, how to move forward, but how could he if who he loved didn't feel the same, and was merely playing with his head?
It was hot out today, a tiny pool of water nestled amongst the ground next to the landmark that he'd always remember, the single round stone nestled beside a -now-dried up bush. His ice eyes falling over it, tracing his paw over it, he remembered when he did the same when he was a cub, before he left here, before he left, and after he lost his mother.
His sister's grave...he'd always remember, he would.
"Guess I'm too rough huh? Would you have thought the same of your brother?" he asked the air, to no one present, sighing he turned his eyes away. If she had lived, if his mother had lived, perhaps he would've never gone, but then...he would've never met Ruffian.
How long had it been?
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:16 am
Ruffian's memories of her attack were hazy, but she didn't forget what happened after the attack. Some of the memories made her uncomfortable, and so she had been spending time away from Daemon. Though she felt like she was much more relaxed around him, some things still made her stomache flip a bit. Love? But....but...
She clawed at a reason to shove it away, but really, why? She was all she had left in the world, and why not? She knew her family would love it if she let herself go, but there was the memories also of her homeland and people getting slaughtered by their enemies. Would that ever happen here? She never wanted to go through that again, or especially let cubs see what she had seen.
She shook the thoughts away like water droplets, letting them settle in the back of her mind for another day. For now, she kept wandering, looking for her companion. She noticed that he hadn't left a carcass around, and figured that he probably hadn't yet eaten today. Males, how the hell did they take care of themselves?
So here she was, looking for him with quite a plump hare dangling out of her mouth. It was the best she could catch in such short notice.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:24 am
His stomach turned and her scrunched his nose at himself in protest. So what if he hadn't gone to get anything for himself yet? His mind was too preoccupied trying to figure out why Ruffian had been so distant...his assumptions and contemplating led him to believe that she doesn't want to be around him...that he's too much, that she doesn't feel the same for him as he does for her.
"Damn..."
He flicked his ears and traced his white paw over it again, as if trying to search for answers in the ripples of the stone made from rainfall over time. How long had it been, really? Tie seemed to elude him, or ensnare him whenever somehting good, or bad happened.
"I Thought I did it right, guess not, too bad you weren't here to tell me what girls like eh?" he said with a chuckle, he could still see her, white like their mother, bright eyes too...
How long had it really been?
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:35 am
Aaah, there he was.
"You!" She managed to say while keeping the hare still in her mouth. She slowly made her way over to him, not trying to keep herself very quiet. Her black body stuck out sorely next to his white coat, and she lowered her head, her bit off fluff that grew on the top of her head brushing down to cover the white star that adorned her face.
She dropped the hare to the left of him, so he would have to get up to really want it. With her mouth free, she was ready to bother him anew. "What're you up to? I doubt you ate today, so here." She motioned to the hare before continuing. "Why do you look so down?" Ruffian had been here before, and knew what it was, but she was one that didn't remorse much over those lost.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:41 am
Daemon ears flicked and he turned his head to have his ice blue hues settle upon the sleek black form of Ruffian, with..something in her mouth. She approached so fast it seemed she was by him in no time, a hare was in her mouth, now that he could see, it was hard to distinguish it between herself and where the hare started. Flicking his tail he watched her, didn't utter a word, just...watched her.
"Thanks..." was all he could muster, seeing her did thing to him, good and bad, made him feel great, but then a constant gnawing of wonder hit him...if she felt the same. "Asking what ifs, nothing too interesting," he said rather quickly, his voice rough as he stood and sat back down by the hare, not a few feet from her.
"Just thinking if I've done anything wrong..." it was a question to her, he hoped she would know, and then he uttered not another word, but started ripping away at the hare, his stomach rolling in thanks for the meal.
Had he done somehting wrong?
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:01 pm
"Wrong?" the lioness echoed, a bit irritated. It was evident that she wasn't too thrilled with him just running off like that, but then she had to tell herself, she did that too. "Well, when you just...poofed this morning I didn't know what to think, alright?" A bit of stress was peeking through her words. She looked away from Daemon for a moment, hoping that he'd pick up the next exchange of words. He didn't really answer her questions, and it did bother her a little bit....
Her tail flicked behind her as she peeked back over at him, but quickly looked away again. No way was she going to let him catch her peeking at him, nope! She was a bit worried about him, since he seemed to quiet and out of it. Even though they weren't always the best, she did enjoy their little fights every once in a while...sometimes it felt like that was the only way she could really tell him bluntly about things.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:05 pm
Daemon looked up at her, done with the hare right as she started to speak, he pushed the remains away from him with a paw, eaten all he could take from the small creature, and just watched, just listened, and he raised a brow. She was mad at him for poofing for one morning? She did it all the time! Didn't know what to think? What exactly did that mean? Women, so confusing! Why couldn't she just say what he wanted to hear her say?
Or would that be too easy?
"What do you mean by you didn't know what to think Ruffian?" his rough voice totally addressing her, no looking away, no turning away, he wanted to know, wanted to now why she asked herself that question, wanted to know if there was any hope of them being together.
Any hope.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:20 pm
Ugh, what was he doing? Was he trying to just rile her up or something? Her brown eyes darted back at him, though half of her body was still turned away from him. She didn't take the time to settle herself comfortably to face him, instead she just snapped at him right then and there, her tail lashing once behind her.
"Because you don't really do that," she said harshly, trying to hide the bit of hurt behind it. "And it...scared me." She balked in the middle of her speech, and wanted to kick herself for doing so. Fool! Now he would snatch that pause right up and read into it, and drive it out of her. Ugh.
Quick, cover it up more. "And you always eat in the morning, but I didn't see any carcass left when I woke up. Unusual, I think, for you." She was assuming miles and miles worth of things, but she didn't care. She would assume all she wanted to at this point, especially with a huff.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:26 pm
" Well then I apologize... just," he then turned his face away from hers, an expression of uncertainty on his face, "I've been thinking alright? Trying to figure out some things...and it seems I can never find an answer..." his voice had a tone of harshness and roughness that was unusual for his normal tone. True, he was uncertain and annoyed, she ran off all the time...he wondered if her being worried was a good or a bad thing.
"I'm sorry is cared you just..." his eyes then fell back to try and reach hers, "I don't know what to do now Ruffian, I don't," he stood up, shook his mane and then sighed, swiping a paw against the ground, "I told you...the other night and you haven't said anything about it, and...you've been gone a lot, I don't want to pestre you I just...don't know what to do anymore Ruffian, alright?"
He was at a loss...really, he was.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:41 pm
Fine. This was it. She couldn't take it anymore. She straightened herself out, facing him strongly, even pulling herself back up on all fours just to put a point across. Her tail was still behind her, but her brows furrowed, glaring at the white male.
"Fine, you know what? I was scared, alright? I haven't heard that word since my mother died and I lost contact with my brother. It scared me, to think that someone thinks that highly of me! I'm just a rogue that left her homelands out of fear, living in a land that's hard for me to still situate myself in, I get attacked and nearly die, and in the same night you confess to me!"
She breethed in deeply, trying to keep herself from shaking. Urrrg. Well, it was all out there now. And...and...
"...and I was trying to figure out how to tell you...the same thing....really..."
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:46 pm
Daemon took a step back, and raised his right paw off the ground, closed an eye halfway then opened as if wincing from her words, liked being smacked but without the physical hurt. He scared her by...telling her that he loved her? His eyes softened, ears falling back a bit in surprise, he didn't mean to scare her...he told there that night because...if heaven forbid, she had slipped away that night, he wanted her to know.
"It wasn't the best time I know I just...I didn't want anything else to happen beyond that moment, without you knowing," it was true, he just...wanted her to know.
He took a step closer to her, about a mere foot from her, though he wondered if he should press further or..stay back. She was in a weird place, he admitted it, but, didn't she realize it was foreign to himself as well? They were there together nearly starting from scratch, and he'd stay with her, he would.
"Just tell me...do you feel the same way?"
She could even say yes or no to be frank he just...he needed to know.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:57 pm
Ruffian's frustration ebbed, though not all of it had abandoned her. He still didn't get it, did he? She crouched down a little, her muscles tense as she watched him carefully. She was a bit nervous that he had stepped so closely to her, but she didn't back up, not yet. If he made another move then, yes she would.
"Well, you're a fool for not realizing what I've already said." she said, a bit coldly. "If you haven't guessed it by now, then I don't know when you're supposed to figure it out. Yes, yes Daemon, I do."
She said the words, almost the three, but her frustration was making her words sound a bit harsh. Then again, Ruffian was one that was a bit harsh with everything, even cute little cubs that she nearly drowned on accident.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:54 pm
Daemon winced at her words, watched her closely with ice blue eyes, then a smile graced his features, his muscles were calm and not tense anymore, and he flicked his tail once, "Alright, alright, I'm sorry," he pushed too much he thought, and he didn't mean it. He just wanted to know, he hoped she understood that.
He wanted to take a step forward, but watched her crouched down, and he smirked playfully, and mimicked her, crouching down, just watching, tail flicking every now and then. "Thank you," he was glad he now knew, now, he didn't have to worry.
"Want to head back? Getting pretty late, race you there...if I win, I get your side," he said huskily, grinning, his rough voice trying to coax her into the race.
Racing back would be fun...least he thought so in his mind.
Though he might let her win.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:05 pm
"Hmph!" Was he making fun of her? Men! She would never, ever understand them. She shook her head, giving off a laugh before turning to him, peeking over her shoulder just a little bit as she seemed to motion away from him. She kept herself a bit calm, gave him a wink...
...and with another smile she bolted off towards their home, hoping to beat him. She didn't know if she really would, but she didn't want to waste the time in looking back to see if he was following her or not. She let the wind whip around her, the grasses try to grab her and slow her down, the startled smaller beasts that lived in the grasses running away from her. A full out run felt nice, and besides, if she won, she could totally rub it in Daemon's face.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:10 pm
Daemon tilted his head at her, and then made a grunt type noise of surprise when she bolted off, that wasn't fair! They didn't even say go! While he was musing over this, she was getting closer. Damn! Daemon took off as fast as he could, though he admitted his muscles were tense and tight and ached a bit as he pushed himself, he nearly caught up to Ruffian now...
Only a few more feet away just a few more and...
Before Ruffian put a paw in the den's entrance Daemon tried jumping in, but he saw as he was in mid air, she was already within the den's entrance, least from what he could tell, so she had won but..he just kept going. He fell on his side and skidded back into the den, hitting a wall with a thump.
She had won, and he got a nasty bump, though while he was on his back, he laughed out loud.
He lost, but it was fun...
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