Day one: How to romance your boyfriend

“Good point” Mortis agreed, it did seem that every koi wolf he had met had a love for water. Not that he had met too many of course. The banter was a good distraction until they made it out of the bramble cliff-side. It was harrowing and horrible, and he wasn’t certain he could ever bring himself to take that path again.

Then they left the cliff behind them, and there was freedom of open spaces. Thank goodness for flat plains! Through he cursed how weak-kneed he had let his fear bring him. He was just grateful now to be racing towards the Bifrost on swift paws. His wings spread out on either side of him as he let out a whoop into the wind. His feathers created drag around him, slowing him, but he didn’t care.

They hit the land bridge at a similar time, and Mortis grabbed Hika with a wing as they came to a stop. Determined to put behind him his fears on the cliff, he turned to Hika. wishing to remember not his fear - but Hika’s steadying strength. ‘Welcome, Hika, to your holiday. I thought we could end tonight in Wildberry Grove, you ready?”


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