Surprise?

*Anais* · 12-08-2015, 12:34 AM

Walk | Talk | Think

Her gaze had ducked again, staring at the squirrel she held between her forepaws as the big blue wolf walked over to her and wrapped himself around her much smaller frame. She let him cocoon her within his embrace, welcomed his warmth and consideration as she leaned slightly into him, and suddenly found her face staring full into his. To put his head in her lap, he had settled his upon her outstretched paws holding the squirrel, and Anais suddenly smiled with a nervous little chuckle as his teasing expression stared back up into hers.

With her paws pinned, she could not fidget, and she tried to keep them still beneath him. Her play at pretending everything was fine had of course been seen through, though as always Glacier's patience prevented him from poking or prodding to find out what was on her mind. He let her take her time, let her bring it up in her own way, and instead of wheedling only reassured her with a kiss that he could be her greatest confidant if she wanted to tell him. Her ears turned, pinned, in a guilty sort of look as she fleetingly cast a look his way, but she knew he spoke truth. And she would tell him. She must.

Hastily she drew in a breath, hurrying to clarify, "It's nothing bothering me." No, it was not a bother, exactly, just... Her brow knit as she tried to find the right words to explain, and eventually she spoke again. "It's just...I went and talked with my sister today." Anais was stalling. She knew it, but at the same time it felt easier to start from the beginning, to walk him through the story that had been playing again and again through her mind before he had arrived. "It was really nice, I hadn't gotten good quality time with her since we got here." There was, again, that touch of guilt that accompanied the thought, but she reminded herself again of her story.

Right, her story. She breathed once, softly, then proceeded. "Anyway, she was really happy to see me, said she'd still been studying up on healing and stuff. But she noticed something. Something different." Her ears folded again, her gaze averting itself as she shifted a little against Glacier's side. "I guess she would know, being a healer and all. It was just a little something, about the way I smelled." She rambled, tiptoeing around the subject as she willed herself to come right out and say it. He'll be fine, just tell him!

Art by Dancing Crows

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