We Fight Together

Briar chuckled at the dramatic pout he gave her as she got up, giving him a mostly teasing, scolding look in return with a grin on her lips. As much as she would have loved to lay in bed all day with him she was certainly not going to be the reason he missed a patrol and she wasn't going to miss spending time with him either. When he mentioned how she could have stayed in bed as they moved out into the hall she brushed her side into his with a shake of her head. "Not a chance. Doing patrols together is our thing now," she insisted with a grin, giving him a kiss on his cheek. Even if he didn't really mention it, she could tell how much her being around him helped keep away the darkness from the loss he had just experienced. Just like he had done for her when she found out about her mother and brother, she would stick by his side as long as she could to help keep him on his feet and stable. She couldn't bare seeing the boy she loved hurt so not even the temptation of sleeping in would keep her from their patrol. "Besides, it's not like I'd sleep as well without you," she pointed out. She only really wanted to stay asleep because of how comfortable she was in his embrace.

As they walked around the parameter of the pack's lands, she would occasionally catch him looking at her and she would grin, brushing her side against his. She hated how often it was pain or strife that pulled them back together again, but she enjoyed every single second of it every time she was here. She had begun to realize that even though she did like being in the castle a lot and she generally really enjoyed Auster as a whole, it was really Artorias that made this place so special. If he wasn't here it would just be any old structure on any old piece of land. She wouldn't want to be in The Hallows in Artorias and his warm, handsome eyes weren't here. She gave him another glance when he asked what she might want to do today once they were done with their patrol, giving him a thoughtful hum. "Well, we'll need some breakfast for sure. Then maybe we can go back to..."

Her sentence trailed off when she noticed the change in his expression and she took a quick sniff of the air, noticing the odd scent that probably had him reacting like this. She nodded in agreement when he questioned if she caught the scent and listened as he explained that it was at least one of the saber cats and she remembered how they had been attacked by them before. She saw him seem to think of something before giving her a grin and then offered her the choice of hunting it down or not - citing the fact that he owed her a tag team fight after how he had acted during their fight with that massive dire wolf. A similar grin spread across her lips and she chuckled, leaning in to give him a peck on his lips. "Lets go hunt it down," she told him eagerly. She hadn't had a good fight since that dire wolf fight and that almost didn't count. Plus, she thought they could both use something to blow off a little steam and if they could stop another attack before it ever began that would all be a win in her book.

"Briar" | "Marigold"