Diving off the deep end
Yurei
08-20-2020, 09:30 AM
The days that followed after his fight with the bear he had fallen into a comfortable routine with Yurei. It seemed like they spent every spare moment together, only parting ways when she needed to tend to her duties as a healer and he needed to go hunting to add to the pack's food stores. Whenever there was times when she wanted to go out to collect herbs and he didn't need to hunt he started to go along with her and helped her carry herbs back home. It made him happy to just be with her no matter what they were doing. The longer they spent together the more sure he became that he wanted this to be a part of his life forever. As long as he was around her he was able to stay more calm than when he was by himself. She gave him the perfect distraction and kept him from dwelling too much on himself. He refused to put Yurei through the "ceremony" that his father had put his mother through to make her part of their family. It just didn't sit well with him and he never wanted to intentionally hurt her in anyway - even if his mother had agreed to it at the time. However, he still wanted to do something as a show of how he felt, some kind of gift or action to prove how he was feeling. A few days prior while he was out hunting he just happened to spot a silver glimmer sticking out of the dirt and when he stopped to uncover it he found exactly what he needed. It felt like a sign from fate that he was making the right decision. He had cleaned up the piece of jewelry and brought it back to their room, hiding it from her under a hide he had gathered so that it would be a surprise. On one particularly clear, lovely spring day, he brought Yurei to the deck of the ship where they had first met, leading her to a spot that looked over the vast, empty plain of the tundra with the pine trees lining the horizon in the distance. The sun had just began to set so the sky was lit up with vibrant oranges, purples, and reds. The stage was set perfectly and now he simply had to hope his confidence carried through to actually ask what was on his heart. He brought her over to the railing and nodded for her to sit. "Wait here... I'll be right back," he told her, giving her cheek an affectionate lick before turning away to go back to their room to retrieve his gift. When he came back he was holding a silver bracelet carefully between his teeth. It was a solid silver bangle that was inlayed with vibrant green peridot stones that were shaped like leaves. In between each stone was engravings that looked like vines to connect each leaf of peridot into a continuous vine. He placed the bracelet between them as he settled onto his haunches. He was nervous and excited all at once and everything he had planned to say suddenly either left his head or felt inadequate for what he wanted to do. He chuckled softly at himself and his ears flicked uncertainly. "Yurei, I... I can't promise that I will always be the best wolf for you. I'm broken and dangerous with problems that I don't think I can ever cure. I don't deserve to have you... but I want you to be mine so badly. The only thing I can promise is that I will do everything in my power to protect you and love you to the end of my days... You make me believe that I can be better. When I'm around you I feel so much more calm and I can actually hear my own thoughts. You're like the medicine I never knew I needed." He tipped his head down to gently nudge the bracelet toward her before he let his eyes meet up with hers again and he added. "Yurei, if you'll have me... I want to make you a part of my family. I want you to be mine forever. My family had a way of doing this... my father did this to my mother to make her part of our blood, but I don't want to do that to you. I don't want to leave a scar on you to prove that you're mine. Instead... I'd like this bracelet to be a sign of that. I want this to be a sign to everyone that you are mine and are a part of our Praetor lineage." He paused for a moment, letting her absorb what he had said and giving her a moment to decide on her own if this was something she wanted. He didn't want to pressure her in any way no matter how much she wanted her to agree. This was her decision to make. He waited anxiously for her choice and quietly hoped that he hadn't misread how she felt toward him all this time. |
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