I am Hers, She is Mine

Azure · 05-19-2022, 05:59 PM

Azure's attention remained politely focused upon the upcoming ceremony, acknowledging his mate's playful whisper with the barest of eye-rolls in her direction. Of course she'd take the opportunity to quietly remind him of the fact that they hadn't yet planned a wedding, something he'd hoped he could push back long enough to become a distant memory as his parents somehow managed. Zee and Sirius had not had an official gathering of family and friends but still called each other husband and wife, why couldn't his fiancé be as understanding and low maintenance? His drive to give her the special day was dampened further by the presence here of his littermates, who he knew would not attend his own day like they had Briar's.

The train of thought was not pleasant but was conveniently placed on hold as the ceremony began. Azure did not miss Artorias' contemptuous stare and merely raised his chin and bore it, assuming that unlike 90% of the wolves he'd met in life, the man had one of many things against him. It wasn't as if Azure was innocent in all things, there was always a reason for a wolf to decide to dislike him. Regardless, he observed the ceremony with the respect it deserved, silently and with rapt attention, grounded by the weight of his mate against his side and doing his best to ignore his discomfort.

As the vows concluded and wolves began to filter out, Asla approached. His body responded first, his heart rate accelerating of fearful fondness for his favorite sister who had cut him out of her life. He'd fully expected her to have words meant for him, and as she leaned in to speak softly to Hanako, Azure's tattered ears twitched. Their bodies were near-touching and the dire wolf did not need to crane inwards to intercept the private conversation. How Asla had heard his mate's hushed words Azure could not discern, though he'd hunted with her enough in life to understand how she might have developed such acute hearing.

Forced to acknowledge the brewing situation, Azure's own fury began to grow. As Asla stepped away, as did Azure, holding out his mutated paw before her chest to try and break her smooth escape. "Your hypocrisy is showing, sister." He rumbled softly, his gaze roaming pointedly to where Indigo had followed. While Azure - unlike their father - had never judged the pair for what they did in their personal time, an insult to his chosen mate was an insult to him directly, and turnabout was fair play. He could defend Hanako's words for what they were - a playful redirection of her own insecurity - but he knew his sister long enough to know that the explanation would fall on deaf ears, and were better suited for Artorias and Briar directly should the comment get back to them.

The interaction took only a moment and Azure pulled back his paw before the interception could prove a scene. Placing his paw upon his mate's side, he pressured her forward firmly along with him, exiting on the other side of the aisle as far from his broken family as he could steer her.

-exit-

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I am Hers, She is Mine

Carpathius-Fatalis Wedding - Invitees only

Azure