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 Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:37 am
 Time had passed and things had changed. The weather was getting cold and it was the time where the kirin would be gathering food and finding a safe place to stay for the winter months. Leaves were falling and with all the animals getting ready for the cold, there was not much food or foliage left to forage.
Alia, luckily, had prepared early. With nothing important to do all day, she'd gathered grasses for her padded nest and collected many nuts early on. The fruit would have trouble keeping through the winter, but she did her best. She'd pawed out a small hole in the ground, right outside of her den, where perishable foods would keep cold as long as possible.
The weather was not the only thing that changed for her. Her young friend and possible suitor, Porfirio, had literally grown up in front of her eyes. She'd helped him, guided him as well as she could, and he stayed with her. When he'd finally gotten to be full grown Alia had begun to set a slight distance between them.
At least she tried.
He was young, though he was an adult, and she felt it would only be natural for him to go out into the world and meet others. But he seemed stuck on the idea of her. She didn't really understand, and while Alia did care for him (though her pride kept her from really admitting it) she'd run away from him somewhat.
So here she was, enjoying the brisk air while she did the last of her foraging for winter. Her den had moved for the winter so she was not really expecting to see any familiar faces.
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:03 am
 Porfirio had grown up thoroughly attached to Alia not as a mother or a sister but as HIS mare, and his alone. He'd been irritated as she'd moved off, distancing himself from her when he really liked her. Sure, he'd get more mares as he went along, but Alia was the first and most important. She was his most important mare he'd ever have. And he was not about to let Alia go off and get swept off her hooves by some other stallion.
It had taken a few weeks, but he'd finally tracked her down to her den. He had arrived late last night and slept in his morning, so by the time he woke up, she was gone and he was mad at himself for having slept so late. Oh well. He was definitely anxious to see her and stay with her this time, and he had no intention of letting her leave him again.
Alia was, in short, going to have the surprise of her life to see him on her doorstep, and there was almost no way they'd miss each other, as he was standing in the doorway to her den.
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:41 pm
Alia had managed to find a branch, just high enough that she had to rear up, full of leaves she planned on using to line her bedding. She headed back to her den, branch in her teeth, as Duncan rode her back with his cheeks stuffed full with nuts. The best part about that, of course, was that he was blissfully silent with his mouth full.
As she came through the trees and glanced at her home, there was Porfirio. She was surprised, but her own proud nature stopped her from appearing that way. She juggled the branch in her mouth slightly, clearly unable to speak, and walked up to him. Without a word she tilted her head and tried to move past into her winter home, in the process she wacked him in the side with the leafy part of the branch.
The glint in her eye revealed the action to be a tease. It was a playful, 'I am working here, get outta the way'. Regardless of the fact that she was keeping her distance, she was very happy to see him.
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Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:29 pm
Porfirio turned around to reprimand her, when he saw the twinkle in her eye. It took the fight out of him, leaving him a little testy, but somewhat playful, which was odd for him. "So this is where you sneaked off to. Why didn't you tell me?" He pointedly ignored the rikkchik he considered to be his miniature rival in Alia's heart, though he was sure Duncan had some things to say or do to him. Later, though, when Alia might be less prone to objecting.
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:56 am
"Do I have to run everything by you?" She, of course, had been the one who disappeared but she didn't like to have to explain herself to anyone. Still, a pang of guilt, just a small one, hit her in the chest.
She dropped the leafy branch down into her bedding and began to pull the leaves off with her teeth. She pushed them around with her nose until she was satisfied and then prepared to take the now bare stick outside. Duncan had jumped from her back and found himself a high rocky alcove in the cave where he could store his winter food.
"I was just concerned about having somewhere to sleep for the winter. It gets rather cold." She picked up the stick in her mouth and carried it back outside. She clearly was avoiding talking about the real reason she hadn't run it by him at all.
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Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:06 pm
Porfirio, not being the brightest of stallions, totally missed that she was hiding something from him. "Well, I still wanted to know where you went. You could have asked me to come with," he added a little petulantly. "I don't want you to go off far away and get swept off your hooves by someone else." Ooops. He'd said it. The real reason he was pissed at her absence. Well, it was only right that she should know of his displeasure and why he was displeased. She was his, after all, wasn't she?
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:59 am
Alia snorted but inside felt fuzzy at his sentiment. He was worried another male would be competition?
"Oh yes.. Look at them all waiting in line." She nodded to the blissfully quiet autumn surroundings. Alia felt bad though, somewhat, for distancing herself. Especially when he expressed his worry and fear, even if it was an inadvertent admission. She picked up the bare branch and walked outside of the cave, laying it across the hole she planned to keep fruit in.
When she stepped back inside she looked at the young stallion, proud and annoyed with her but also clearly worried about whatever imaginary competition he imagined there was. She acknowledged to herself how nice it was to have someone care enough about you to worry.
Alia stepped forward, walking up beside him and gently nuzzled his face. It would be one of her first obvious signs of physical affection with Porfirio and to her, a big step.
"I didn't mean to worry you. I am sorry." She hoped her rare apology would distract him from the lack of explanation into why she'd done it.
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