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 Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:28 pm
It had not gone so well.
Not well at all.
Least for him.
He had hunted on his own for a while as he and Ruffian had been apart during his.. absence, it was what he kept telling himself, though he knew it was his fault for all of it. BUt know as things were coming back together, he wished to have some activities involve them both again. Hunting, for one, he thought would be simpler, take some stress off from him.
Nope.
Not one bit.
She was faster, more agile, seemed to read the movements and know where the herds were traveling. He had not caught anything, he hadn't even gotten close to their ankles, Ruffian, on the other hand, looked as if born of champions, part cheetah, part avian, outrunning him and overpowering those prey beasts that fell into her path on the savannah.
As he walked with a gruff expression and a frown on his face, nothing clutched in claw nor fang, he knew he would not live this down.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:42 pm
Ruffian was dragging home a meal for the two of them, carrying it confidently, even if it was a bit heavy. Scouting was her passion, but hunting kept her other muscles and skills up, and she always enjoyed a good hunt. She felt a biiiit bad for her mate, but really, shouldn't he be better than this?
"Grrph," she grunted as they neared their cave. It still sorta felt empty, but not as much with Daemon back. She had pounced the idea of more cubs on him, and he seemed a little taken aback by it. So she tried to be patient, teasing him like she always did.
She dropped the carcass of the young wildebeast, grinning wildly at her white mate.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:47 pm
He glanced at er as she held her prize, their prize technically. But she had captured it, he had just, been too slow. He had muscle, he had strength, but had his speed truly failed him that much? Daemon couldn't fathom the idea of aging, no, he and Ruffian would be young forever, but they had had a family, their children had grown older, probably had had children of their own. He tensed at the idea.
No, they were in his prime, he was convinced.
They were.
Yes.
As she settled the carcass down, he took a step back, sat down and waved a paw in front of it, "it is yours after all, I was too-" he could see the grin on her face, "slow."
How could he keep up with cubs?
He could.
When Ruffian mentioned them he was unsure. But now the idea ate at him.
"Going to grin at me all day?" he said with a pouty frown, frown all gruff none the less.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:04 pm
"Yes," she said, laughing. It was too easy to taunt her mate, and he was nice enough to not get too catty back at him. It was too easy for the two of them to bicker, but it was so simple to ease into a comfortable poking challenge as well.
"I guess I'll let you eat. I can't eat all of this, or I'll get too fat!" And she never wanted that. Ruffian was always proud of her fit body, and she wasn't going to let a good meal push her to overeat.
"If the two of us can't eat it all, I'm sure there's someone we can hand off the rest of it to. What do you think?" she asked, smiling at him.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:20 pm
"Yes, well, ladies first," he said with a scowl of his eyebrows, albeit jokingly. At her mention of getting fat from eating, he grinned and held in a chuckle at the statement. She had gotten rather...round, when with cubs. And she wanted them again. "No fond of the idea? Thought you were, in a manner," he said with a coy look upon his face.
With her words, he pretended to ponder, tap a paw to his chin, grin at her again, "oh, I can think of someone, or a few someones, perhaps," but he shrugged his shoulders as if to dismiss the idea, trying to bait ehr, although he had clearly lost it all during the hunt.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:28 pm
"I'll be first, more because I'm the one that brought it down," she chuckled, dipping her head down to being eating a bit. Besides, he wasn't done talking yet, and she could listen to....him.
"Brat," she said with her mouth full of lunch. "You were a little shy, so I decided to work on my girlish figure." She swayed her hips a bit, feeling a little mischievous herself before she dipped down to take another bite.
After swallowing that bite, her ears swiveled upwards. "Wait, who?" She really had no idea who he was talking about, since he had already decided to taunt her about how fat she had gotten with their first litter.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:31 pm
He made a face as if taken aback with a ghastly look with her calling him such a name. But he quickly succumbed to the grin crawling at his maw and smirked at her, standing, coming closer to where she was, where she ate, and took some, his share, though in small bites (o portions, depending on how you viewed his size of jaw) to make sure she got what she wished.
"Oh, well, I don't think this would stay good until then, if you wanted them to arrive still, of course, unless you changed your mind, what with, watching your figure and all, not that I mind," he said with a croon, taking another morsel or meat, eyes watching her intently.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:42 pm
"Oh psh!" She reached out and shoved his shoulder with her paw, though she didn't put much effort into it. To be honest, after that catch and haul, she was fairly tired. Ruffian was looking forward to a full stomach and good nap, with or without Daemon, mattering on how tired he was. "I thought you didn't want any! Now you're getting all wishy washy on me!"
Hmph. Men. She'd never, ever understand them. Especially her mate. She picked away at the carcass, not quite mad, but certainly a little bit frustrated. One day perhaps he'd just agree with her....that'd make everything so much easier!
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:45 pm
"Make it so darn hard to know what yer thinking sometimes, can't take a little teasing yourself hmm? Least I don't do it with my paws," he said with his tongue sticking from his mouth. He took a little more meat and took a step back, licking at his paws, lips, trying to clean the red from his white fur. It was always a hassle. But deep down he told himself he had to look well for her, keep her interested. He loved her, but it didn't have him think he could be any less of a lion for her in strength or appearance if he could help it.
He smiled at her though, genuinely, eyes softened, and he witheld a yawn itching in his throat.
Daemonw as just getting used to the idea of cubs again, he hoped she just understood that.
Soon, he wanted to tell her.
But he had to be ready.
They both had to be ready.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:53 pm
"Pft, you wish you could do it with your paws, slow poke!" She laughed as he was busy washing his white coat. She always thought it was so silly that he worried so much about his appearance. Didn't he realize that she was happy with him? Hell, she waited for his slow butt to come back, that was proof enough.
Oh well.
She gobbled up more food, starting to feel a little satisfied with her meal. Hopefully he'd be full enough to not want to chase her, since she did just say he was slow...
"Who should we give the rest of our meal to?" she asked him, wondering if he had anyone in mind, other than 'future' cubs, the moron.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:58 pm
"Oh, don't tempt me," he said looking to her, tail flicking. her let his paws touch the ground, ready to try and give chase to her if she tried. He may be bigger than her, but perhaps she'd feel a bit slower, as he was evidently, after the meal. He grinned though, shook her head a bit, some falling into view of his eyes.
Least he was clean.
He didn't think Ruffian would let him live down having his fur turn pink...
He went to open his mouth to say the children, or say one of their children's names, but he stopped himself, looked to the grasslands, to an area where he knew young ones gathered.
"We could bring it to the hill there," he motioned with his head, "some of the young play around there," not that he ahd been watching recently.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:03 pm
"Wow, A good idea, coming from you!" Ruffian stuck her tongue out a bit before nosing the carcass. "Sounds smart, it'll give them something to mess around with and munch on if they're bored. Help me haul it up there?" She blinked at him a few times.
"Then maybe a little snuggle time in the cave? A full stomach makes me kind of sleepy..." Maybe putting on a little feminine charms could put him into a good mood. Moreso than more playful teasing. Daemon was pretty easy to push around, but he was so enjoyable to be around. One day she might tell him again face to face, but neither one of them were really good about being honest about their love for one another.
Somehow, it worked for the two of them.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:07 pm
"Well you know, sometime's I have a good one now and then, must rub off of you," he said with a wink and a purr. He moved to pick up the carcass, his side touching hers just slightly so before grasping it within his mouth and beginning to drag it towards the new destination.
It wasn't far, and he brought it there and came back fairly quickly, for a slow poke. He'd never live it down, he figured.
Might as well mentally get used to it.
"Can't get too sleepy," he said walking to her again, crouching down, grinning, looking like a cub just wanting to play a game. Their game of cat and mouse might be strange to others, but it was how they were.
"If you do you'll be an easy target, don't you think?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:11 pm
"Oooh." She had a good view of watching her man work. Even if he had been a little slow in their hunting earlier, there was no slacking off in how strong he was. That was always enjoyable to watch, and relish in the fact that all that strength was her's, in a round-about way.
"Hey, don't you want an easy target after letting all your other ones slip through your paws earlier?" she purred, pushing away at his face with a laugh before bouncing off into their cave.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:13 pm
He grinned at her and let a croon come from him, no need for words, and as she touched his face and tried to make her escape he went after her. Daemon might have been slow during the hunt, but she wasn't going to get away that easily.
Easy target or not.
He loved her.
And it went unsaid, but knew that this life was his to live for her.
Even if the sky got a little Ruff sometimes.
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