You came back to me

He looked at Hika as the other man seemed rendered speechless for a moment. A measure of anxiety bleeding into Morts vains. He laid himself bare before Hika, confessed the truths in his hearts. He knew Hika liked him, but did he want this? This commitment? He let out an explosive breath when Hika assured him what he wanted. "Oh... good. Good." Mortis said, shifting his weight from paw to paw, and offering Hika a shy smile. "Do you..." he stopped biting back the words. No, no. This wasn't the way to go about it. He would take Hika away again. Maybe not that far this time. He would ask him what was in his heart then, and not a moment before. He was sure they wouldn't want to look back and remembering them both stinky and recovering and weak as the day Mortis asked him.

"... er, want to have that bath now, then?" He said, bringing his sentence to a different conclusion. "Come on, mushroom breath" he teased softly, reaching a paw down to offer it and his shoulder to Hika. "Lias been checking in on you every day, I'll ask her to fix you up some breakfast" he suggested as he pulled Hika to his feet. He expected his friend to be unsteady, and offered all of himself as support to the other wolf. All of himself. That was what Hika owned now.