Second times the charm?

The winter had finally bled away to spring and in truth Octave felt a little guilty. He hadn't had much chance to teach Kite as they'd originally promised. Their focus had been on helping to nurse the man back to health and that meant mostly making sure he was getting fed and slowly upping how much he'd eat until he could stomach a full meal and making sure the small man got a full night's sleep and that his coat was growing in. When they'd chosen to give the man an herb they'd make a point to teach it's name to Kite and what it was used for but that hadn't been common...

And now, well the pretense for keeping Kite within the pack had melted away. Still he owed the small man at least one lesson and he figured it was probably a good idea to help him make sure he didn't make the same mistake that had gotten him into trouble in the first place, at the very least he could help make sure the man was equipped to handle himself once he was gone...

Octave gently nosed at the sleeping form of the small man, they'd shared a den the whole season, at Kite's request, and he was already starting to dread the loss of the small warm bundle at his side. He hummed gently as he sought to rouse the bobtailed man, he hadn't spoke allowed to Kite since the night he'd found the man but he'd managed to work up the courage to hum for him, sometimes it was songs he himself remembered and sometimes it was just tunes he came up within the moment. Noko had left the den earlier in the morning to fetch the main ingredient he had in mind for today's experiment, they'd discussed it the night before. Noko had given him a look he'd come to recognize over the season, it was the face she made that meant he ought to just voice his opinions... not that it was really easy for him but he knew Noko who could help out, but only with his go-ahead. But Octave was nothing if not a nervous wolf, that much was obvious and despite his desire to ask Kite to stay, he wasn't willing to put his own desires above anyone else's.

WC: 389/1500

Octave & Noko