Shai and Motif would return triumphantly home from Imperium's borders. Well it was a rocky start and they still had a long way to go, at least the sisters where family once again and had started to lay the foundations for the return of their friendship. She was laughing and bumping shoulders with Shai as they walked back to Abaven territory, enjoying his company, and the day, and determined not to be brought down by anything. It was getting late when they crossed into Abaven territory and she turned to Shai. “We should find somewhere to watch the stars?” she mused, uncertain what his plans where for the night now that he had finished supporting her with Rhythm, he might want to part ways here and sleep but for some reason she wasn't quite ready for that yet, and who knows, perhaps he would rather spend more time with the Destruction girl. "Speech"

He was half surprised at how little talking he'd been expected to do while in the presence of Motif's sister. It seemed both of them only desired civility and a chance at being part of each other's lives again. He could easily see the spring in the chocolate woman's step and the weight that seemed to be lifted from her shoulders. She wsa bubbly and quite girlish as they made their way back and he couldn't help but to feel himself shift into the same playful mood. Her joy was infectious, and for once he wasn't going to be afraid to enjoy it. Eventually though the borders of Abaven were upon them. He didn't know if she wanted to go and sleep in her den after the eventful day or if she desired to keep his company for a bit longer. Before he could even ask her though the words slipped from her lips and she asked him to continue their visit. He'd grin widely as he watched her, the decorations at his tail jingling as it showed his pleased reaction. "I know just the place." His deep accented voice was hushed as he brushed past her, very much taking up her offer. He'd nip playfully at the scruff of her neck before attempting to pull ahead and lead her closer to the rapids. "Yoruban" "English"

She would watch him as she asked if you would watch the stars with her, and the grin that spread warmly across his muzzle told her that he would be happy to do so. So when he told her he knew just the place, she knew it was because it was something he truly wanted to do, and was not simply humoring her. “Perrfect” she purred pleasantly. He was already taking the lead to take her to this place, brushing past her so that his luxurious coat brushed against her own soft fur. But as he passed her face, he would surprise her with a playful nip to the back of her neck and she raised an eyebrow before fluttering her eyelids at him in joking play. Uncertain where his own thoughts where leading him she would obligingly follow his lead, flanking his right side and being sure to get in a good view of his luxurious tail, with its skillfully tied in ribbon and of course his fantastic rear end. She didn't speak or ask where he was taking her, knowing she would find out shortly. "Speech"

 

There wouldn't be much arguing with her, she obviously hadn't thought about where she wished to sit. Only one pleased word left her as he started to brush by, and his smile would flash as she fluttered her eyelashes and followed after him. Though as he thought the better idea might have been following her to where they might go. He'd look back over his shoulder as she drew more near his flank and caught her unabashed staring. He'd keep the revelation to himself as he focused on his search for the perfect star watching rock. It seemed like tonight really would be perfect, there wasn't a cloud in the sky and the whole of the milky way was was there for them to see. Wasting no time he'd scout out the rocks, finding on that the both of them could lounge on together. Not too big that she could sit far away from him but big enough that they were not falling off the sides. Shai found what he sought and led the way to its zenith. He'd turn slightly as he let himself lay on the relatively flat surface. He'd not hesitate in flopping on his back and showing off his white marked belly to the silver gilded she wolf he'd found his company in. "Is this adequate?" The question would come from a very much comfortable Shai. "Yoruban" "English"

He would glance over his shoulder at her and she would grin innocently back at him, she wouldn't apologize for her ways, he should know by now that it was who she was. Or at least, it was her way with him, the one man who had ever captured her attention as he had, the one man she was likely to ever love and had been willing to take things slowly, allow him to adjust to Abaven, and get to know him as he took to learning her language and her a few words in his. But, patience or not wouldn't stop her from her flirting, especially when he started it. Shai would find what he was looking for and she would watch as he pulled himself lithely onto the pale flat stone and easily flop onto his back, showing her his belly. She laughed at the over grown puppy and pulled herself onto the rock beside him. “I suppose it will do” she replied slyly as she placed herself on her belly beside him, curling her tail around his own and eyeing the luxurious soft fur on his exposed belly. It certainly looked like a luxurious place to lay her head. She eyed him for a moment, a mischievous smile on her face before deciding he was just asking for it lying like that, and placed her head on his belly, closer to his front paws where she could look down on his own face and grin that troublesome smile of hers. "Speech"

 

At one time Shai had desired only one woman, Gwena. They were going to be married and he was going to live out the rest of his days with her. The Shaye had come into his life and everything had changed. He would never give up his little girl for anything, and that truth was apparent in the woman he now lay with. As well where he was, Abaven was his home now. He was still getting used to his role within the pack, but enough time had passed that the tall brute has gotten used to his routines. He was much more at ease now, he'd found himself again. Shaye was a year old now, swiftly becoming an adult. He found he was still very much worried about her every day but as his gaze rested on Motif he couldn't continue thinking about their daughter. She brought herself up the stone with grace, his yellow gaze lingering on her form as she joined him. Her words teased him lightly before she curled beside him her gaze unmistakably eyeing his stomach. It was like he could watch the thought light up in her eyes, move to her trouble making grin, and then watch as she lowered her head to his belly. HIs grin would brighten as he watched her, their yellow eyes meeting. "You know, it'll be hard to see the stars from right there." He'd whisper softly to her, as he used his decorated paw to caress the soft fur behind her ears. "Yoruban" "English"

Motif couldn't help the mischievous flirting that always came her to like a second nature when she was in Shai's presence. It shouldn't surprise her that by now Shai could read that trouble in her eyes and see it dance across her lips with every grin. The larger wolf didn't protest as she used his belly as her own personal pillow, except to point out that she wouldn't be able to see the stars from there. She laughed and stilled for a moment as he used a paw to brush across her fur, before with another troublesome smile she shuffled her butt until her body was flipped over and her back was against the hard rock, and her skull rather then her muzzle was pressed into the soft fur of his belly. “Your right, but this works far better” she replied innocently, rewinding her tail about his decorated one and letting her eyes wonder upwards towards the sky. There was a beauty in this moment, lying her with Shai like they had no worries in the world. The sky was perfect, not a cloud in the sky and they shone with a silver brilliance, like they expected magic to happen this night. "Speech"

 

He liked flirting with Motif, he felt comfortable around her. Pretty much completely, he could let loose and enjoy himself. It felt good to know that she would eagerly play back, their banter coming naturally. They would share a perfect second before their joking continued and Motif's mischievous grin returned. He wouldn't be able to move before she had rearranged herself. She was no longer back to the stars, suddenly she too would be on her back, her soft belly facing upwards next to him as she found her gaze linked with the sky. She'd answer innocently as she softly entwined her tail with his own. He couldn't help but smile down at her, "As long as you're comfortable." He'd chuckle as he reached down to nip playfully at her ear. Now that they were in place and quite ready to watch the stars the last thing he wanted to do was that. He'd try to watch the stars for a while, but once he'd seen (and pointed out) a few shooting stars his attention would fizzle out. He couldn't help but bug the chocolatey woman at his side, nipping at her ears and poking at her softly with his toes. "Yoruban" "English"

Motif hadn't felt this carefree in a long while. Perhaps at last things would be going in a good direction for her. She had made up with rhy (somewhat) her and bass where good, shaye was learning healing and how to stand on her own two feet, and things felt good with shai. That he liked her company and the two could laugh together like this meant the world to her. Perhaps even if she and shai weren't together they could still look like a functioning family, take shaye to see the world and trips to the beach, even if she was growing up she would always be motifs baby, the girl had been so tiny just the other day, every every time she looked away from her she shrank once again in motifs memory to the little girl she had been. She missed the tiny size shai had been, wished motif had been better functioning for her babies littler days, and all the ones she had missed out on when shaye had been with her father. She had been such a perfect little creature ans motif wished she could dot on her all over again. She might have regretted being pregnant but she did not for a single heartbet regret knowing her perfect daughter.

Shai was restless and after pointing out a fee shooting stars that motif stretched a paw up towards he would otherwise keep his attention down to her earth - mainly on troubling her. She snorted and flicked her tail at the toes he tickled her with and and rubbed her head vigorously against his belly to escape the gentle nipping on her ears, through she enjoyed the attention. She swiped a paw down his belly and gave him a dangerous smile, after all there where precious goods down that way and her claws where sharp. Yet couldn't help nipping at the fore paws that dangled up heavenward with the way he was lying.

Had Motif brought her thoughts into words Shai would have agreed with any and all of her plans. No they might not have been 'together' but they were Shaye's parents and they did work together in raising her. Now that he was here he didn't want it any other way. He too remembered the young girl that had entered his life so suddenly, though he'd not been there for her first moments of life. What was such new parenthood like? How tiny had Shaye been on her day of birth? There were many moments that he'd missed, or that he'd experienced with out Motif. What would it be like to raise a pup together for real? Did Motif even want more children? There were a lot of unanswered questions, but they wouldn't occupy his mind like Motif's moon lit form did. She did her best to fend off his attacks, swiping at his paws with her tail and rubbing away the nips to her ears. He'd chuckle softly as he messed with her, noticing too late the twinkle in her eye as her paw drew dangerously close to his very much exposed groin area. Shai tried not to focus too closely on where her paws went as she fought back and nibbled at his toes. With a quick movement he'd shift himself again, lifting himself slightly as he settled over her. With his forepaws cradling her head and his hips over her own he'd adorn a wicked grin as he looked down at her. Playfully he'd reach down and nip at her cheeks, finding that he couldn't continue those motions for very long before they turned into eager kisses. "Yoruban" "English"

Two could play at that game, as he started to tease her she would easily give her own back, still shifting her head in the plush fur if his belly as she nibbled at his forepaws and teasingly threatened him in a way that caught him unawares. Despite their playing she wohldnt expect the changes that came over him as he shifted his body. There was no fear if her head hitting the rock as his paws cradled her head and his body shifted so that it was he who was above her. He had moved so skillfully and subtly she hadn't seen it coming until he was on top of her.

Her breath caught in suprise, and then his teeth where gently pulling at her cheek before that gesture was replaced with kisses. She rubbed her head against him like a happy cat, arching her head back to find his own exposed throat and kissing him theorem her tail would swipe behind her to find the beads at thr feather in his tail and gently play with those adornments as she moved her head up to find his own cheek. She would deny her excitement, or that she had been waiting for this for a long time - she had never stopped waiting, only grown more patient as she decided he was worth it - worth everything.

She didn't flinch or try to wriggle free as he trapped her beneath him, he couldn't help the grin that was plastered to his face as he did so either. He wouldn't miss the hiccup in the rhythm of her breath, the smile widening at the sound. He was barely even thinking about what he was doing, but he wouldn't be stopped by the she wolf beneath him either. She seemed to even encourage his affections as she rubbed against him, he could almost hear her purring like a delighted feline. She didn't hesitate in returning them either, as he kissed her he opened up the soft and vulnerable part of his neck to her. Shai would feel the gentle kisses and he realized at that moment he wanted her again. This time though he wanted her forever. "Motif," He'd only succeed in whispering her name at first, there was so much he wanted to say to her. She wasn't only the mother of his child, he knew she needed to be so much more than that. "Will you be mine?" He'd eventually whisper into her ear as he trained up her neck and closer to the sensitive appendage. "Yoruban" "English"

Shai would only gain courage by Motifs actions ans it soon became clearly that nothing was going to stop the two. Motif couldnt help but remember their first time, back on south alacritis, that moment had been surreal like she was under a spell, it had been the best night of her life by far. To do so again, here, it would be different and yet more perfect. Shai was no longer the most handsome stranger she had ever met, he was the father of her child, some one she had come to live without meaning to and someone she had decided to wait for, wait until he was ready so it wohld never again be about a one night sand but a perfect commitment for life.

Some how, magically, she was not the only one who thought of it this way, as his sift kisses drew a path towards her ear and he wohld whisper soft words there that almost killed her, for they where the words she had been waiting for. "Oh shai, I have been yours for longer then you know" she whispered back and showered him in kisses, starting from his ear and making her way to his lips. She wanted this moment to let for ever, this point in history she had been waiting her whole life for, even if she hadn't always known it.

She had been his first and he had every intention of her being his last as well, to make real the little family they had created. To commit themselves to one another and be the parents that Shaye deserved. Though Shaye was certainly far from his thoughts that night, Motif and her startling sunny gaze were all he could think about. He'd slowly found himself, and he'd found himself with her. His life held no meaning save for Motif and Shaye, and tonight he wanted to show that truth to this she wolf who stole his heart and he hadn't even realized. Motif wouldn't waste time in reply as she told him something he hadn't expected. She had only been biding her time until he could come around and see that he was meant to be with her. How long had she been waiting for him? Waiting to hear those simple words that meant so much for them and their family. Motif wouldn't reign in her eager kisses as she finished her words, Shai wouldn't hesitate to join her in showering her form with affection. His salmon tongue would lick every inch of her form that night, he was going to make sure of that. Smiling from ear to ear Shai didn't hesitate in moving further. He'd shift once more, subtly this time, he'd align his hips with hers before positioning himself eagerly. "I love you Mo," He'd whisper once more as he waited for her permission before continuing and bringing them together as one again. -fade- "Yoruban" "English"

To be a family, a real one with shai and their daughter was all she had wanted for a while now. And here he was, giving her exactly that and once again her time with him would feel surreal, feel like a perfect dream. She would not only have no complaints but would be eager as he positioned himself. There was no doubt that she was giving him permission as she nipped at his neck and rubbed her head against his cheek. He belonged to her, and her to him and that would be perfect symmetry in her world. She knew this night wohld change everything, poor shai might not even realise how much as motif decided she would sneak her possessions into his den, finalise their being together in more ways then just this massive step they had taken. They could all be together, the three of them even if shaye needed her own space and den it could be near by and they could live as a family, nothing else in the world sounded more perfect to the chocolate girl. "shai" she whispered softly to him in return, twisting her head to net his perfect eyes so she could grin lovingly at him, and for a while she would know nothing else but him

- fade

She didn't give any protest as they grew more intimate, this time it felt so much more right. He was giving himself to her this time and making everything more real. He wanted this relationship, he wanted to belong to her just as she belonged to him. He wanted the family that they had created, and more than anything he wanted to love the beautiful woman beneath him. Shai would do just that. He'd enjoy Motif more than he ever had before than night, and he'd lose himself in the pleasure that was her. At some point they'd fallen asleep. The early morning rays of sunlight awoke him, Motif was wrapped tightly in his embrace. They were no longer on the rock by the rapids, they'd made it underneath a tree in the softer grasses nearby. His groggy eyes opened as he blinked away the sleep softly, finding he wasn't ready to move and disturb the she wolf beside him. He'd nuzzle her softly, slowly realizing how sore his body was. His legs still screamed at him even with out moving. Obviously he'd pushed himself further than he'd thought. Quietly he'd kiss Motif's soft fur, and he stopped to wonder at the blessing that was waking up next to her. "Yoruban" "English"

The night had taken an unexpected turn, and the she wolf had not one single regret. She would wake as something nudged against her and without opening her eyes would groan and stretch out legs that twitched with the exercise. She let out a soft, content noise before her lids did flutter opento be met with the sight if shai, ans another content sigh would shift through her as she realised it was he she sapped warmth from and cuddled next to. She grinned up at him, one lazy paw twitching and moving up to touch his face before dropping down to the earth again and she wohld wiggle to put herself more tightly against him. She didn't think she ever wanted to move again, not even the winter chill could break through their connection, the warmth she felt radiating from his silky soft coat.

"Morning sexy" she said in a slurred, early morning voice, as reasons to get up also came to her. She wanted to move her things to shai's den, she wanted to tell shaye, hell, she wanted to tell the world. Through she supposed she also aught to find out if any of these things where in shai's list as well, if they where things he wanted now. "So what's the plan for today?" She asked softly.

He received a tired groan as sleep started to leave her and her body stretched from her previously unconscious position. She'd bring a smile to his face with her cute movements as she sighed and finally offered her soft yellow gaze. The decorated man couldn't help his loving gaze as she grinned up at him and returned his gentle affections. The chill of the morning was barely noticed as she snuggled closer to him, they'd share their warmth and not even bat an eye at the cold. She was not the only one that didn't want to move, his muscles protested with him already and he knew the rest of the day would be even more difficult. "Morning sexy," He'd chuckle briefly before pulling her closer and nuzzling his features into the soft fur of her neck. She'd ask softly what they might do today. "Well, all I had in mind was loving you some more." He'd confess as he kissed her unabashedly. "Yoruban" "English"

The loving looks and smiles she received from shai warmed her from her toes to her ears as she basked in the love. His reply for the day made her chuckle softly and she bumped her nose against his "silly man" she teased happily. She might have even debated his words for a moment with a wicked smile on her lips, but she had other plans for their day. She drew a way a little and looked out at the surrounding lands, at the trees they had moved to and some unknown point in their busy night and the rock shai had chosen for them to stargaze upon. If this was what she thought it was, she wanted to share the news with shaye, she wanted to share it with bass and maybe even rhythm. She looked shai in his sunny, fantastic eyes and whispered "I love you" and wondered, hoped, that everything said last night had been the truth, not a dream not spur of the moment, but words that would change their lives.

His answer brought a gentle chuckle along with some affections and a soft word. He'd give her an innocent smile as her mischievous grin spread over her features. For a moment he thought he might have broken through, maybe she really would let him love her for the rest of the day. He could ignore the protest in his legs, she looked away briefly before turning back to him. Bright twin suns searched his own as she said three tiny words that made him melt in the winter wonderland around them. His grin would widen and he couldn't help but take her back into his embrace. "I love you, Motif." He'd kiss her with all the emotion that had been building over the last year. She was the only one he wanted. "Yoruban" "English"