Who's the dad?

*Naiche* · 06-09-2021, 10:01 PM

Naiche moved forward slowly and there she was, there they were. Before he could give Asla more than the slightest of glances his attention was turned to her belly where the two pups slept. Naiche moved forward slowly as if stepping on fine twigs instead of a solid den floor. He had spotted both pups and while they were both amazing in their own way of new life, there was no doubt which had his attention more. Naiche watched his child breathe and a tiny paw twitch. It was his. Naiche was a dad. That was his child.

Naiche’s tail twitched once as if testing this idea. There had been a lot of uncertainty before but as he watched the pup sleep the tail started to sway in a larger sweeping motion. Naiche was a dad and Arcturus was his child. “Arcturus,” Naiche whispered the name softly, “a star, a very bright one.” There was a small smile starting to grow. Naiche enjoyed looking at the stars himself and so felt it was a good name. His child would surely shine as well as that star did.

Pulling his gaze back enough he looked more at the pup that was clearly part of Asla and part of Mo. It was still part of Asla, sibling to his own child, and there was nothing wrong with Mo. Nothing wrong with Mo other than a bit of jealousy on Naiche’s part that he had to share Asla with the healer as if it wasn’t bad enough Naiche would never be equal to Indigo. Love was a crappy thing. Arcturus on the other hand was amazing.

After a minute of watching the pup and many thoughts, Naiche lay down so that his face was next to the sleeping pups. “They're beautiful,” finally glancing up at Asla’s face with an actual smile on his face. Such a rare expression for Naiche but the pup had brought it out. “I’m a dad.” It was a stupid comment in that Asla obviously knew that but it was just a statement Naiche had to make as if testing it out himself. Admittedly Naiche wanted to touch the boy to make it all the more real but he also didn’t want to wake it.

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