.R.a.i.n.

He teased her, brushing against her with his own fur but he pulled back and that left for a slightly confused Elli. He went on about something having to do with wanting to make sure she was okay with it and she gave him a comforting smile. She took a deep breathe, getting things off of her mind. "Ritsuka, I wouldn't be standing here if I didn't feel this way..." there was a slight pause. "I love you and would want nothing else in this world." The words were her final key words - the words she had been waiting to say perhaps her whole life. She had no idea who they would be to until she met the dashing young man back as a member of Tortuga.