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 Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:11 pm
Early morning. It was Ruffian's favourite time. Even if she was up until late hours in the night, she couldn't help but get herself up in the cold, misty mornings to enjoy them. Memories of a land far away flooded her mind when she enjoyed the moist air, and so she would sit outside her den, enjoying the sunrise.
This morning she was sitting out there, as per normal. She had slept alright durning the night, though since things were a bit cozier in the den, every once in a while a sudden movement would jar her awake. It was probably just the transition of actually....well, not literally, but really seriously living with another as more then just a friend. It was odd....but also kind of nice.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:23 pm
Daemon stretched his legs and pawed around blindly as his eyes were still closed, not wanting to admit it was time to get up, but also wondering where his mate...well, where Ruffian had gone. They weren't mates yet, technically so, but the thoughts of parenthood were flooding his mind as of late, and his dreams.
His dreams were full of cubs, his and Ruffian's both of theirs, together.
Rolling over onto his stomach h stretched with a yawn and stepped outside to see Ruffian peering out towards the sunrise, and he smiled Not saying a word he padded close to her and sat beside her, his tail crossing hers, "How'd you sleep?" was the only thing he could say...besides if she wanted cubs.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:34 pm
"Alright," she mentioed, lingering at the horizon before glancing over to Daemon. She flushed a bit and looked away, giving her cheeks time to cool off. Man, she was getting foolish! All these girlish feelings just...filling her up. It frusterated her a bit, but a bit piece of her was actually enjoying them.
"I just wanted to enjoy the morning," she commented, letting her eyes linger on Daemon's large paws before glancing back up to his eyes. "How...about you?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:39 pm
Daemon smiled and did not prod or try to look in Ruffian's face when she turned away, these feelings were new for him as well, seeing her like this, even in the dim morning light, she looked so beautiful...how could he have been so lucky to meet he? Wow, he really was getting mushy now.
Flicking his tail he smiled, watched the sun rise, "Guess it was just time for me to get up, restless night for me, least with my dreams," his voice held no joking tone, his dreams were full of smiles and happiness, and cubs.
Cubs...a family.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:03 pm
Ruffian's brown eyes looked at him, filled with a bit of concern. She glanced off though, as if to not care too much. She couldn't dump all of her old ways, no matter how hard she tried. "Really? You're eating alright....right?"
Stupid questions, but she didn't know what else to ask, she flicked her tail, away from Daemon's for a moment, and then back again, so her tail was ontop. She was settling into this, and it was feeling good. Finally. Now if Siri would just get off of her mind when she spent time alone with Daemon....
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:46 am
"Yea, I'm eating fine, restless though in this case good dreams," he said with a chuckle, watching her, feeling her tail pull back and hen lay atop his own. He could have cracked a joke just then if he wanted but he figured now was not the right time to do such a thing. "You know, like it you have a dream where you are really happy, so you keep waking up, wondering it it would be true and stuff?" he wasn't very good at explaining dreams now was he?
He stopped speaking then, wondered how to ask her the question, or talk about it, hmm, how could he say something without scaring her off? "What're your thoughts on cubs?" oop, dumb question, could he take it back, pretend like he never said anything?
Nope, too late...
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:57 am
Ruffian was pleasantly listening to Daemon, curious as to what he was thinking, but not daring to ask just what it was. She really didn't have a clue, but decided that it was better to not ask. If you didn't know, then it really couldn't hurt you, right?
Her ears flicked to lay on her head, though, when she heard Daemon's next words. What was with the cubs issue? First Siri, and now Daemon himself. Was it something that was...required when you felt this way, when you were in love?
"Did Siri talk to you?" she replied, fighting a question with another question.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:02 am
"Siri?" Daemon asked, turning so he could face her, he raised a brow ad had a confused expression about him, "No, I haven't seen her since I taught her t swim...why?" Flicking his tail he watched her and then was curious, had Siri said something to Ruffian about cubs or something? What did females talk to each other about anyway? Hmmm.
"But no, I haven't seen her lately, why?" did Ruffian not like cubs? At that thought he frowned internally, hanging around with Inari and Siri made i easy for him to picture himself a father...
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:09 am
Obviously he hadn't seen her yet, and she grew a bit flustered. Whoops! She withdrew her tail and let it settle next to her side, her body a bit more tense then it was a couple moments ago.
"I told Siri that we were doing....well, and she instantly asked about cubs. Figured that she might plant that idea in her head, especially since she volunteered to babysit them!" Oh wow, it was all kind of fast, and she just felt like she needed a moment to gather her thoughts....and to sort out Daemon's mind, apparently.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:03 pm
"Oh, I see, alright," Siri automatically asked about cubs? That wasn't good, maybe it had turned Ruffian away form the idea, or maybe she wasn't keen on the idea of cubs already. I made him worry a bit, he did want a family, he wanted to be a father, a good father, since he never knew his own. "Babysit?" he asked, flicking his tail. He felt hers move away from his and it was upsetting, but he tried to push it from mind.
He wouldn't want to have Siri watch cubs when they were so little, that was th time for cubs and parents to bond together and become closer.
"So...do you...like the idea of having cubs or...?"
He was really bad at this.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:23 pm
Ruffian was stunned. "Daemon!" She couldn't help but give him a little jolt, amazed that he was so forward. This morning wasn't one of her better ones, but she wasn't going to just snap at his face and walk off. She couldn't do that any more, not that they were...well, almost-technically-but-not mates.
"Isn't it a little soon?" Her cheeks flushed a bit again at the idea of the, but she didn't turn to hide it either. "I mean...don't you want to spend a little time together before? They'll like...maul us like little bugs." Really crappy comparison, but that's what popped in her head, and she just went with it.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:28 pm
he gave a chuckled and winced slightly from her nudge for exaggeration purposes, putting up his paws as if in defense he said "Sorry, sorry! Its just, thats what my dreams have in them, cubs, a family, our family.." it was too soon, too, too soon. Damn, he should've waited longer, though he had been waiting for the chance to have a mate, a family, and be a father for so long now.
"Yes of course, spending time together, just us, its wonderful Ruffian, don't get m wrong, please?" he asked with big blue eyes, hoping to calm her down a bit. "They won't maul us, we could teach them right, has it crossed your mind though, ever, what it'd be like to be a mother, have a family? When I was young, I only had my mother, and that was for a short while...I've always wanted a family of my own, to stay with, protect, provide for...its just, something wondrous I've always dreamed of, but never really had... if that makes any sense," he said with chuckle.
Any sense at all.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:22 pm
"No Daemon, not totally," she retorted, trying to get herself to calm down. She wasn't as mad as he seemed to act like, though she could understand why she was so worried. "I know these lands are safe, Daemon, but I thought my homeland was safe too, until we were invaded." She shivered, just remembering how much closer the Firekin lands were when she wandered out in that direction. She hoped to never meet another one in her life time.
"Plus I could never match up to my own mother..." Her comment drifted off as she remember bits of her mother that she loved; she idolized her. Perfect in every way, and even when they had lost her father, her mother had stayed strong for her children. Could Ruffian ever really match up to that?
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:34 pm
Invaded? He gave her a concerned look, and he didn't totally understand, but perhaps he wasn't meant to, It happened in her past, and past's were hard to deal with and face head on, he knew that all too well. He moved himself so he could face her a bit more, showing that he would listen intently if she wanted talk, he'd always listen if she ever wanted him to.
He wanted to tell her he would protect her, love her, protect any family they had, but how could he make that promise when he had already failed once before? he wished he knew of a god of goddess that lived here and was strong and mighty, able to defend all those here...but he didn't.
"You'd be a wonderful mother Ruffian, you would...really."
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:51 pm
"Daemon....no," she pushed him back lightly and gave him a stern look, though it wasn't as stern as she wished it to be. She couldn't help it, not with all these sad emotions running through her. She tried to be strong, but it wasn't much getting anwhere at the moment. "Wait. I must ask you a question. Did you ever hear...ever learn about the wars between the Motoujamii and the Umande'mfuni?"
She hoped this would go well, she did feel like she should tell him where she came from. "They had gone back past the ages of our ancestors, or so my mother told me. There was a peace agreement, or something of the like, in the most recent of years, but," she shallowed, a lump in her throat developing. "The Motoujamii broke it, invaded our lands in the middle of the night, and nearly killed everyone. I escaped with my mother and brother, but I never saw my father again."
"I was devestated, along with my brother, but my mother was strong. She guided us away to safe lands where we lived in the dark. She kept us fed, safe, happy...she was amazing, even after loosing her mate. I was with her until her last breath, but Daemon..." she choked for a moment before continuing, "I don't think I can be that strong. I may act strong, but it's more from a fear of everything then anything...."
Her eyes fell to her paws on the dewy wet grass until they blurred, moisture filling them until she couldn't see. She blinked back the tears, her tail wrapping more tightly around her as she did her best not to cry. Crying was the last thing she wanted to do, especially in front of Daemon. She had not cried since her mother died, and she feared taht if she started, she would not be able to stop.
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