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 Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:49 pm
Riddiq - Adona Benedicta
Vaako - Mogami
Adona
The sun rose steadily in the sky, but when it was just peeking over the horizon, Riddiq was already awake. His mother, asleep with the girls curled around her, barely stirred when Riddiq rose and shook his coat off. It was a new day, and early enough that Riddiq wanted to see how far he could get before he was called home by the dark of night. Yawning to shake him out of his sleepy fog, the gold eyed cub stepped lightly around his sisters and his mother, to avoid disrupting them. Managing that feet, he leaned over to give his mother a quick nuzzle and murmur, "I'll be back." before making a bee-line to the mouth of the den.
It wasn't that Riddiq had a plan. He often didn't, just liked wandering wherever his feet would take him. He would know when to stop, so planning ahead gave little to Riddiq's sense of calm. Squinting as the first rays of the day burned into his eyes, he looked left, then right, and stepped out of the den. Left, today. He turned and started to walk away from the den, muscles stretching as he picked up his pace to trot instead of walking. The burst of adrenaline would do good to wake the young cub.
Mogami
Vaako was a sound sleeper but this particular morning something was disrupting his unusually restless slumber. Dreams, strange and vivid as he’d never experienced them before were troubling the young cub so when his older brother silently moved towards the mouth of the den, Vaako’s eyes caught the brief dance of light and shadow caused by his brother’s body. The cub’s eyelids fluttered for an instant before he realized what was happening and – odd dreams forgotten in an instant - he immediately made a decision.
Riddiq might not have a plan but Vaako certainly did even if a rather basic one: follow Riddiq. Where did his brother run off to every timeg he left the den for the whole day? Was he planning on staying out until late again? Yes, he would follow his brother. It was easier said than done though. Just as he’d made his decision to dog his brother’s steps, Riddiq was already disappearing from view and Vaako knew from experience what happened when he lost sight of Riddiq for the briefest of moments. Vaako looked back for a second, wondering how his mother – and sisters, he supposed – would react if he pulled a Riddiq on them but the thought was more amusing than worrying and the little cub dropped to a silent crawl as he hurried to follow the shape of his big brother.
Adona
Riddiq didn't seem to know he was being followed. He trotted lightly, eyes forward, head lowered as he ran. His paws carried him lightly, leaving a trail but not a heavy one. He was awkward for a while, but by now, Riddiq had grown comfortable in his skin. He needed to be if he was going to be worth anything. If he wasn't comfortable, he couldn't fight properly, and if he couldn't fight to protect what was his, what was the point? Exactly.
Yawning a little as Riddiq ran, his golden eyes picked up the thing he'd been looking for. Another watering hole, this one smaller than the one the family usually used. He smirked when he saw it, and more importantly, the tree that was low enough for Riddiq to climb into and settle. He enjoyed this tree; its low hanging branches made a curtain of leaves. He could be comfortably alone and hard to find, here. He trotted past the water to the tree, claws digging into the bark as soon as he met it and dragging down sharply.
This was his tree, after all. He shook himself off, yawning, and looked around.
Mogami
Could this be The Day? The day Vaako would catch his brother distracted, unprepared? No. Knowing Riddiq he was probably just pretending not to notice he was being followed and he had something in store for Vaako. Yes, any minute now… Riddiq would disappear or turn around or do something completely unexpected. Any minute now.
Slightly paranoid thoughts aside, Vaako did notice how his older brother seemed to be moving towards a tree. Nothing else in the scenery caught his attention when he was solely focused on the shape of his older brother. His first thought was that his brother was going to climb it – and spot his little brother at once – and the cub instinctively dropped lower until his belly touched the ground. Vaako let out a long silent breath as he realized Riddiq was only marking the tree. A part of him desperately wanted to join Riddiq and boldly scratch the bark right in front of his older brother but mostly he just wondered what was so important about this particular tree and why Riddiq would walk all this way just to mark it as his own. It really made no sense.
He very stood still as his brother’s eyes scanned the grass where he was hiding.
Adona
As he stood in front of his tree, watching the grass, his golden eyes paused on Vaako. Through the grass, he couldn't see his brother, but Vaako was right: Riddiq had heard him follow him out of the den, and he knew his little brother was there hiding, like he couldn't possibly be seen. A small snort escaped in a huff of breath, and Riddiq turned, claws out as he jumped to the first branch. His claws snapped out and dug into the bark, pulling him up. And then to the second, slightly higher up. The third branch was his goal. There, he would be concealed by the leaves, and his brother would have to come out if he had any plans on doing anything other than stalking his brother.
Although, given it was Vaako, it was very likely that's what his little brother would do. No matter to Riddiq; he climbed onto the third and final branch, and settled in there, eyes looking around through the foliage to examine everything from this newly green-screened view.
Mogami
Light-colored eyes widened with wonder as Vaako watched his brother climb the tree with ease. It was no joke, he could actually do it. It didn’t look like it was one of his first times climbing it either. Just what did Riddiq do when he was alone, hone every single possible skill? Despite some mild envy, Vaako actually smiled a little but his amazement was short-lived. The cub’s heart sank as Riddiq disappeared from view, leaving him somewhat confused as to what to do next. If Riddiq knew his brother was following – and knowing Riddiq, he probably did – Vaako didn’t want to give him the satisfaction of surprising his younger brother in any possible way. Whether from speaking when Vaako least expected or downright dropping on his younger brother from above, Vaako would rather avoid the indignity of the many potentially embarrassing outcomes.
So he just came into view, slowly and deliberately, a somewhat defiant expression instantly forming as he looked up to (probably the wrong) branches. He could feel his brow lowering slowly over his eyes as he thought of something witty to say. Finding no words that could possibly match Riddiq’s usual retorts, the cub just sat down and kept his eyes on the branch where he thought his older brother was hiding.
Adona
Riddiq's eyes immediately caught the movement of his brother, and a slow smirk pulled its way on to his face. Clever Vaako, hiding to the left of his line of vision. He would've looked there eventually but not first. He could've caught him utterly unaware. Smart, Vaako. He thought to himself, though he didn't dare verbalize it and give away his position. He watched his brother closely, noticing the way he looked at the branch to the right of him. He smirked, amused. He thought he could see him through the trees, eh? Not likely.
It was clear Vaako didn't want Riddiq to startle him, but that was half the fun. And if Vaako thought he could play the waiting game longer than Riddiq, well... He had another thing coming. His tail twitched idly as he watched his brother, golden eyes gleaming behind the canopy of his hiding place. There was a reason this was his favorite tree, and this was one of them. Hiding in plain sight.
Now, to wait.
Mogami
He should’ve expected it really. Vaako waited, his expression slowly growing more annoyed as the deep voice refused to be heard. Tsk. Stupid Riddiq. He was probably laughing at him from his little hiding place… wherever that was. As the long strenuous seconds passed, Vaako could almost imagine a conversation between the two silent cubs, Vaako willing – or commanding? -his brother to show himself and Riddiq witty retorts blatantly denying the younger cub’s wishes. He could clearly hear Riddiq’s deep voice, a little rough though it probably would grow even rougher with age, mocking his little attempt at goading his older brother into view. He could even hear a chuckle or two. b*****d.
“Fine.” It was all Vaako said, one short frustrated word, before he stood up and walked towards the tree. It was all so still around him, just so eerily quiet that for an instant Vaako actually doubted his brother could be in those branches. The cub looked around half-expecting Riddiq to appear from behind his back but his gaze quickly returned to the previous higher position. No. He had to be up there... somewhere. Slowly, Vaako walked around the trunk, light-colored eyes searching for Riddiq’s concealed shape.
Adona
Riddiq's eyebrows quirked upward in amused surprise when Vaako finally got off his rump. He lasted longer than Riddiq gave him credit for, at any rate. He smirked a little as his brother came ever closer, and rose slowly, careful of the branch's swaying as his weight shifted. He steadied himself, sitting down slowly so he was sitting up on the branch instead of laying on it. A formidable appearance for when Vaako stuck his head beneath the canopy.
And ample opportunity to leap on him, if the mood struck.
He smirked a little, watching Vaako, until finally... "There you are." The low rumble growled from above him, golden eyes gleaming in amusement as he looked down at Vaako. He was good, Riddiq had to give him credit, but Riddiq wasn't an idiot. "Didn't expect you to wake up." He hadn't; though he'd noticed Vaako's dreaming to be, well... disruptive on occasion, generally Vaako slept til well after Riddiq had gone. It was Jakyra who typically followed after him.
Mogami
It was a slightly nightmarish vision, the one Vaako met as his eyes finally found his brother. The dark looming shape with golden eyes eyeing him intently from the higher position… well, some of Vaako’s nightmares bore some striking resemblances to this particular image. He gulped, probably not as discreetly as he’d wished but the cub just couldn’t help it.
“Maybe you’re not as quiet as you think.” he tried to keep his tone steady and detached but the cub’s expression still betrayed some obvious annoyance. Tired of craning his neck in order to see his brother, Vaako decided to join his brother up the tree.
He tried it only once. As his obvious inexperience brought the cub sliding down while desperately trying to scratch his way up, Vaako huffed. He tried to remember how Riddiq had done it but even if he was tempted to try again, the idea of failing again while his brother was watching was almost unbearable. He took one step back and eyed the trunk angrily as if it was the tree’s fault that Vaako wasn’t able to join his brother.
As the cub grew even more annoyed and frustrated, one slightly mischievous thought occurred to him. Riddiq had marked the tree. He wasn’t just sharpening his claws, this was his tree, right? There was a wide nasty smirk as Vaako looked up again and raised one paw as if he was about to mark it.
Adona
He lifted an eyebrow at Vaako's challenge, noticing the way the cub gulped. He smirked a little, claws digging into the branch beneath him more as a gesture of menace than one to balance himself. Two branches beneath him meant if he did fall, he could catch himself on one or the other. But it was unlikely. The branch was practically built for him; he'd settled on it enough to know just how to balance and not fall over.
"Maybe." He said simply, but it was clear in his tone he didn't believe it. He was quiet enough, he knew. Vaako probably hadn't slept well, and was half-awake when he left anyway. That annoyed him: what was Vaako dreaming of that disrupted his brother so much? But he didn't ask. If it was troubling enough, he felt Vaako would come to him about it. Otherwise, he would leave well enough alone.
He watched with a stone faced expression as his brother tried in vain to climb the tree. Smirking slowly, he opened his mouth to offer a tidbit of advice, something like don't climb my tree, idiot, but his comment was cut off as he watched Vaako raise a paw. His teeth bared.
"Go ahead, if you want that to be the last move you make before I rip you a new one." He snorted derisively, stretching languidly before laying back on the branch. He wasn't worried; what could Vaako do to his tree that he wouldn't do in return to Vaako?
Mogami
There was some surprise in Vaako’s eyes as his brother’s teeth glowed in the soft light. He honestly hadn’t expected Riddiq to care that much about what he did but he figured it was a matter of principle in this case. This really was his older brother’s tree and even though they were just cubs, it seemed his Riddiq wouldn’t take kindly to someone else laying their claws on it right in his face.
Vaako’s paw faltered just a little as he heard the threat but there was really no way out now -and it was his entire fault that all the exits seemed to have been cut short. He either stopped what he was doing which would make him look like a sissy or Vaako could do what he had planned and most likely regret it later. Pfff, he wasn’t afraid of a little pain. It’s not as if Riddiq would really hurt him (right…?) and at this point any interest he manage to pull from his brother was good.
“Is that so, brother?” If Riddiq really did like this stupid tree, Vaako wondered just how far he could push his older brother before he snapped at him – wait, did Riddiq snap? Vaako eyed the cub in the branch almost curiously before his claws slowly unsheathed and touched the bark. He kept his paw still though making no motion to scratch the trunk of Riddiq’s tree. “Are you saying that you’ll do to me whatever I do to the tree?”
Adona
Riddiq was watching him out of the corner of his eyes, but in his new position it seemed lazily, not with the attention that he was actually watching him with. His eyes caught every movement, every flinch, even the surprise in Vaako's eyes. The falter made him smirk, and given that his teeth were bared before, it only made them more visible in the sunlight filtering through the leaves.
His whole body seemed stretched out and relaxed on the branch, but he was waiting for the right minute to attack his brother. He still had a way out, of course, whether Vaako wanted to take it or not. He could just as easily leave his tree alone. If he chose to get hurt, that wasn't Riddiq's fault. It was Vaako's for being too proud to back down. He lifted an eyebrow at Vaako's question, snorting lightly.
"You heard me the first time, Vaako." He said evenly, a growl building up low in his chest. "Goin' deaf all of a sudden?" The jab was more to throw Vaako off than out of irritation, but have no doubt, Riddiq was irritated. First, Vaako had to follow after him, like Riddiq owed him some sort of outing. Just because he spent time with Jakyra, and he sat in the rain with Kofie, why did that mean he had to play nice with Vaako, too? It didn't. If anything, he should have filled his 'big brother' quota by now between the lot of them.
Mogami
Oh yes, Vaako had been annoyed after he found out Kofie had been chatting with their older brother in the rain. Jakyra was one thing, always following Riddiq around and pushing her presence on the golden-eyed cub but Kofie… well, Kofie didn’t have that connection with Riddiq. Actually, strangely enough, she seemed to have chosen to follow Vaako around and the cub had grown used to having his dark sister’s presence around him –. Between a brother who seemed so detached from the rest, a sister who favored him so obviously, and a mother who was absent for long periods of time, Kofie’s closeness was comforting really. Vaako didn’t like to think that he was possessive when it came to Kofie but the thought of his two siblings suddenly getting along brought a wave of feelings of uneasy jealousy (jealous for who, he wasn’t sure).
The siblings’ relationships, however, were the least of Vaako’s concerns at the moment. Despite his attempts at emulating his brother’s solemn nature, Vaako was just a cub and cubs liked to push their limits and test the patience of others. He had a feeling Riddiq was getting annoyed and that the tree really was important to him so, naturally, he just had to see how far he could push his luck.
“Oh? Just wanted to make sure.” His voice was lighter than usual and held an obvious wicked tone to it. Instead of marking the bark he hugged the trunk with two soft paws and proceeded to lick the trunk from top to bottom. As he looked up right after with a nasty smirk, the cub’s coat bristled, proof that he was expecting his brother to come down at any minute.
Adona
Riddiq anticipated Vaako doing something, because that's just what Vaako did. However he tried to mimic Riddiq (and he wasn't the only one; he caught Jak trying, too.) he was still just a cub. Riddiq was, too, though he outright refused to act like one. He had responsibilities, and he would handle them with the seriousness of a cub too grown up for his own good. It was in preparation for his future; he would need to hone his skills down as much as possible if he wanted to thrive in the dangerous wildlands.
Patience was one of many skills Riddiq spent honing, so it was nothing to watch his brother from atop the tree instead of jumping on his head and making off for the distance.
Riddiq watched his brother, making a face for a split second at his brother's actions. If Vaako thought for one minute that Riddiq was going to give him a bath, the little runt, he could go find their mother. He sat up slowly, balancing on the branch, and decided his brother really should learn to mind his manners. So, claws gripping the branch, muscles tensing in his legs... He shoved off of the third branch, diving right for Vaako's big head.
Mogami
Wow, Riddiq really did like this tree. Either that or Vaako was really getting on his older brother’s nerves which was surprisingly satisfying. He felt almost giddy now but Riddiq was standing up which meant one of a few things:
Scenario 1: Vaako would stay on the spot and get beat up. All would end rather quickly.
Scenario 2: Vaako could try to talk his way out of what was coming. It would be pointless and he’d get a beating anyway. It would also end very quickly.
Scenario 3: Mmm...
Even though sparring with brother was tempting, Vaako had learned from experience that the usual outcome was both painful and slightly humiliating. As Riddiq stood and the various scenarios crossed his mind, Vaako knew exactly what he wanted to do. When his brother jumped, Vaako immediately pushed the bark and jumped back. Honestly, jumping from that distance… was he trying to crush his brother’s bones or something? He wasn’t worried for Riddiq’s bones though, that overgrown half-mute cub could surely handle that and more.
“You’ll have to catch me fist, Riddiq.” Vaako assumed a defensive position for an instant before running off in the opposite direction. His movements were still awkward as with just about any cub that still hasn’t grown used to his own paws but Vaako hoped that he could prolong this unusual bit of fun for a bit longer at the very least.
Adona
Riddiq's eyes showed no surprise as his brother leapt away to avoid getting tackled head-on. He expected him to move, if he hadn't Riddiq would have been disappointed in his brother's lack of survival instincts. His claws dug into the bark, ripping away flakes of it as he pushed off the tree and landed hard. The jar of the impact made him cringe, but he straightened up, teeth bared at Vaako's blatant display against his tree.
A growl rose in his throat as he watched Vaako take off. He lifted an eyebrow, growling low, and briefly, his claws dug into the ground as if he were going to kick off from his spot and give chase after his brother. At the last minute, his mind seemed to click, and Riddiq snorted. "Why? Got what I want!" He managed to chase Vaako off of his tree, hadn't he? And without having to give his brother a good smack for his trouble. Yawning to himself, the cub shook off his tension and climbed up to the first branch again, settling in with a small smirk.
If Vaako thought he was going to get his way that easily, he had another thing coming.
Mogami
It figures. Vaako should’ve known better.
It really was too much to expect that Riddiq would stop being such a stupid serious face and actually cared about what Vaako did. Gods forbid that he might actually try to enjoy this brief interaction – not that they were playing of course – but moments like this, when the two male cubs were together and alone, were an odd rarity. But that obviously didn’t mean anything to his older brother.
It actually took a while for Vaako to realize that he wasn’t being followed. He caught his brother’s movement as he took his time to return to the stupid tree. The cub panted on the spot, watching his brother’s smirking shape. Stupid, stupid tree. And stupid, stupid Riddiq!
“Fine!” after a long, angry and, perhaps, hurt silence – and mirroring the beginning of the whole exchange – Vaako let out one frustrated word. He didn’t even try to play it cool this time and the cub’s ears dropped low as he kicked the ground with one irritated swing of his front paw. He’d show him! One of these days, Riddiq would come back and find his stupid precious tree scratched from top to bottom. One of these days!
He turned around slowly and made his way towards the den. He wouldn’t bother Riddiq anymore. ‘Cause that was obviously all that he was to his older brother.
Adona
Riddiq glanced up at his brother's yell, lifting an eyebrow. Had he expected anything different? Riddiq didn't give off the vibe of one who enjoyed those kinds of sports; Vaako should have known better. Still, as he watched from the confines of his tree, a tiny voice in his head pointed out that Riddiq was the oldest. He shouldn't have done that, he should have... played, with Vaako. However limited their interaction was, he didn't often have time alone with Vaako.
Clearly, there was something wrong with his brother.
Grumbling to himself about having a fourth sister to tend to, despite the guilty feeling in his chest for even thinking that, he slunk down from the tree and began padding after his brother quickly but quietly. When he was close enough to Vaako to do so, he leaned forward and bit at his tail. If Vaako wanted to play, fine. He'd cave. Just this once, anyway.
Mogami
He didn’t expect it. And not just because Riddiq had been deadly silent but because his older brother was the last creature Vaako had expected to find at the end of his tail. That hurt!
The angry growl that rose from his chest – still too cub-sounding for Vaako’s tastes – turned into a surprised half-hiss as the cub’s lungs slowly deflated. For a few moments, Vaako didn’t even know how to react to Riddiq’s sudden move. Was this punishment? Was it play? He raised one paw, tentatively at first but with growing confidence and tried to smack his brother in the head. He didn’t really expect to hit Riddiq but he really wanted to figure out what was going on now.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:56 pm
Adona
Riddiq, for whatever reason, took the hit to his head in stride. He reached out with one paw to shove at Vaako, leaping away from his brother. There was no reason to think this was play. If he could teach Vaako a thing or two, he wouldn't need to worry about him when they got older and he left Gintare's den. He'd begun to think of their den as more 'Gintare's' than his own. It just wasn't... home to him.
And if he could minimize the guilt of leaving his siblings to fend for themselves, Mkodi help him, he would.
"Come on, Vaako." He said in a low, even rumble. Instead of striking at his brother, though, it seemed Riddiq had changed his mind. He began to walk back to the tree. Eventually, climbing was a skill Vaako would need to learn. And Riddiq wasn't a lion who put things off until the next day if he could help it. If nothing else, it'd please Vaako enough to leave him nap in his tree in peace.
Although, Riddiq knew that Vaako would likely follow him right up the tree from then on. He was going to have to find a higher branch if Vaako managed to pick up climbing.
Mogami
Vaako didn’t really understand why Riddiq had allowed himself to be hit but he was secretly pleased that’d he’d gotten the rare chance to do it – and regretted not hitting his older brother just a little harder. As he was pushed, Vaako took a few steps back until he regained his balance and readied himself to swiftly pounce on Riddiq but his brother was already moving away.
He tilted his head as his brother told him to follow and quickly proceeded to do so, obviously surprised that his loner brother would say something so out of character. He did not have the slightest clue as to what Riddiq’s planned to do and so it became clear to the young cub this was also part of the game. He sprinted forward, and tried to grab his brother from behind. Though his steps were very quiet, the playful growl that suddenly rumbled in his throat contrasted rather ridiculously with said prudency.
Adona
Riddiq didn't expect Vaako to understand. To be honest, as much as he tried to rationalize it, he wasn't so sure himself. Vaako wasn't like Jakyra or Kofie or Svanhild. He didn't need constant reassurance. Hell, that was one of the perks in having a brother, not having to constantly tell him he did a good job. He assumed Vaako would recognize that on his own. The idea of Riddiq being wrong on this fact never entered the cub's mind.
Riddiq anticipated Vaako to do something stupid; attack him from behind, or say something that'd make him want to shut the cub up. He seemed to've gone with the first option. Riddiq grunted when the impact of Vaako hit him, and dropped down to the ground, growling low. He waited for a moment, biding his time and trying to time it just right, before suddenly throwing all of his weight upward in an attempt to throw Vaako off of him.
His balance, unfortunately, had not been braced to take a cub to the back, and whether or not he'd throw him off successfully was another problem entirely. But he had a backup plan. This is Riddiq, after all. Backup plans and last-minute changes were par for the course.
Mogami
For all the faith Riddiq seemed to put in Vaako’s ability to understand his actions, the blue-eyed cub most certainly hungered for every scrap of approval from his older brother, easily growing jealous of the attention he gave their sister – Jakyra in particular for obvious reasons - and feeling very much lacking when he didn’t receive time or similar praise from his gifted brother. It left the young cub feeling quite hollow at times which was why this bit of time together, so rare and bizarre, was like a healing balm to Vaako’s soul.
His heart was beating fast and he wasn’t fooling himself this time. For Vaako, this was most certainly “play” but he figured the usual roles were reversed and that the other cub was taking the interaction more like an exercise than anything else. Vaako didn’t really mind. He was more than satisfied with things as they were now, at this precise moment. He smiled as Riddiq didn’t struggle convulsively under his younger brother’s weight – most certainly bidding his time for the right moment – and Vaako couldn’t resist taking a little n** at his brother’s back. It backfired unfortunately because that was the exact moment Riddiq chose to make his move.
Riddiq’s body hit him right in his unprotected face and things turned a bit cloudy for an instant. Still, he did not let go though the cub couldn’t help but to slide to his brother’s side, which landed him in a very awkward position as he tried to use the momentum to pull his brother further back with him. He obviously wasn’t thinking too far or he would’ve realized that, should he succeed, he’d probably end up with his back against the ground and a slightly bigger cub on top of him.
Adona
Riddiq figured out exactly what Vaako planned by pulling him backwards. His golden eyes gleamed wickedly. Vaako wanted to try and pull him back? Okay. He went with it, letting his younger brother pull on him juuuust enough... And dropped right onto the younger cub with a grunt. That was painful. He was pretty sure he'd just taken Vaako's paw to his side. But if it hurt him, he could only imagine how Vaako felt.
Given their current positions, Riddiq... stretched out, and flopped even moreso onto his brother. He yawned loudly, making it clear he had no intentions of moving, and craned his head to look at Vaako. He lifted an eyebrow, gold eyes gleaming at his brother. "Give up, or what?" He growled, smirking a little. It was nice, sparring with his brother like this. Inasmuch as it was sparring, anyway. He often held himself back with Jakyra and the girls, for fear of injuring them in the process of teaching them something.
Vaako, though smaller than Riddiq, didn't need to be protected so thoroughly. He wasn't concerned with hurting Vaako. If he did, he was sure Vaako would take it like a lion.
Mogami
The flaw of his plan made suddenly and painfully obvious to Vaako, the cub couldn’t help but to whelp once as he was squished by his brother. Of course such a weak sound was quickly followed by an angry growl and the cub flailed under Riddiq as if his life depended on it. He looked up with a rather indignant expression as his older brother yawned and answered the question with attempts to n** at his brother.
It was hard to breathe under the weight of the golden-eyed cub – especially after all that flailing - but Vaako still found a bit of strength to resist a little longer. He tried bidding his time and trying to free his legs so he could land one good hit but realized moving was going to be a lot harder than he’d hoped. It quickly became obvious that he wasn’t going to be able to move his boulder of a brother from his current position.
“Fatso.” He whispered bitterly though the word quickly pulled a sly grin from the cub as if he’d somehow amused himself despite his best efforts to look furious.
Adona
Riddiq arched an eyebrow at the nipping and flailing, taking them in stride. He wouldn't last much longer under Riddiq's bulk. There was something to be said of being larger than his sibling. A few particularly deep bites managed to get a growl out of Riddiq, but beyond that, he just seemed content to lay around on Vaako and squish his little brother to death. Why not, right?
Being on top of Vaako, he heard the whispered jab, and let out a bark of laughter. "Bulk's good." He pointed out with a wry grin. "It's got you between a rock and a hard place, doesn't it." His eyes gleamed deviously at the comment, made mostly to remind Vaako of his place. "I'm not movin' until you cave, Vaako." As if that wasn't clear from the beginning, now it was a verbal warning.
He could certainly outlast Vaako's attempts at dislodging the boulder of a cub from the top of him. Riddiq just settled in to wait it out, rather smug given the circumstances. It always did good things for his ego to pin Vaako down and make fun of him. What were brothers for?
Mogami
Vaako’s grin grew wider when his brother laughed but it quickly turned into a vicious snarl when Riddiq spoke. Huffing and puffing, he pushed his back against the ground trying to dislodge his older brother but the effort was in vain. He grunted angrily with each attempt and was now visibly panting, mouth wide as he heaved shallow breathes that had a sharp sound to them like a whistle being blown in the depths of his lungs.
And then finally, when is tongue and throat felt so dry that he could barely breathe, when the strength to fill his lungs began to fail and when his muscles thoroughly refused to move any further, did Vaako finally give up. He resisted the urge to take one last bitter n** at Riddiq and finally relaxed a bit, leaning his head back while glaring at his brother.
“Fine!” he grunted with some difficulty. “You win.”
Adona
With a loud, pleased yawn, Riddiq got off of his brother. He eyed him with a tiny smirk, lifting an eyebrow. "You okay?" He rumbled, sitting next to Vaako. After all the straining and fighting to get Riddiq to move, he doubted he was capable of moving much, and Riddiq decided that wasn't so bad.
If nothing else, he could use a nap before Vaako undoubtedly began chewing on his ear again or something equally annoying. The older cub stretched out to lay next to Vaako, rolling onto his side so he could still keep an eye on his brother. "Watchin' you squirm around made me tired." The jibe was lighthearted. He wouldn't have expected it, but it was... kind of nice, having to spar with Vaako a bit.
If not tiring entirely. "Dunno about you, but I'm takin' a nap." He said after a minute, rolling onto his back and closing his eyes. Whether Vaako followed in suit or not didn't bother him; he didn't think Vaako'd be the one to kill him, at any rate.
Mogami
Vaako took one long, deep breath as his brother finally decided to move over but he barely changed his position.
“Of course!” he replied petulantly but he was clearly forcing himself not to pant to loudly. He hadn’t expected Riddiq to suddenly take a nap and immediately wondered if he was looking too weak and tired. The thought bothered him but not nearly enough to pull a reaction out of the exhausted cub.
“Fine, if that’s what you want.” Vaako said quietly, finally allowing his body to roll to the side as he pondered on something witty to say against Riddiq ‘s little jab. Unfortunately he was far too tired to come up with something on the spot and the pleasant weather of the peaceful morning was a rather nice lullaby to the tired cub.
“You know… ya no…” His speech was slurred and by the time he had closed his eyes, the cub was already fast asleep, one of his front paws slightly outstretched towards his older brother.
-FIN-
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