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Post by Wolf on May 22, 2009 23:01:14 GMT -4
Friday blinked in surprise. "Well, right here with you Zombie, or else in the ring of flowers, also with you, looking at our newborn pups." She wiggled with joy at the thought, giving Zombie a lick. "Just knowing that they're ours and no one else's, that is a perfect place and a perfect time Zombie." A wide grin split her face in two as she tried to think of a question of her own. "Zombie?" She asked suddenly, timidly, "Do you think we're doing the right thing? Having pups and all. My heart tells me that it's right, but my head tells me that Violet is going to find a way to kick us out of the army when we get back." She gave a nervous laugh, wishing she could have the question back, that she hadn't asked it, but it was too late now.
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Post by Wolf on May 25, 2009 20:57:10 GMT -4
Zombie felt a leaping love in his heart when Friday said that she would be here if she could be anywhere in the world. Hope that plummited like a shot bird at her next question. Did he think this was right, their having pups? No, not in his head. In his head all he could think about was the heartbroken look on Violet's face, as she learned that Friday's first litter, perhaps her only litter, was with him. He knew Friday hated him because of his head, and he didn't blame her for it. He hated the way his head sometimes rolled off too, scaring the pups half to death and making Violet glare with those eyes that said he wouldn't be part of this army if he hadn't saved Wolf's life. But in his heart... He loved Friday, loved her more than he had ever loved anything in his life, and was imagining their pups playing tag with each other on a warm spring morning. But which was better, his heart or his head? "I don't know Friday." He said truthfully, ears drooping slightly. "I just don't know."
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Post by Wolf on May 25, 2009 20:57:52 GMT -4
Whatever answer she had expected from Zombie, this wasn't it. She had prepared tail wags and licks for if he said yes, and a lecture about love if he said no, but she had no reaction for this. "You don't know?" She repeated, echoing his words as though she were part parrot. Her tails came down as she thought, and, however much she tried to avoid it, she thought the exact same thing as he did. Violet was her mother, and she loved her dearly, but she loved Zombie too. The question in Friday's mind wasn't about her heart or her head, but about her mother or her mate. Which did she love more? Saying that she loved either one more was betraying the other. "All I know." She said softly. "Is that I love you Zombie, and... and this seems like the right thing to me, a beautiful thing. It shouldn't be tainted by thoughts of if it's right or wrong." Realizing that she had just said they shouldn't talk about what she had brought up, she added "I'm sorry for asking you."
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Post by Wolf on May 25, 2009 20:58:31 GMT -4
Zombie's tail wagged slowly, comfortingly. Even if it technically was her own fault, he didn't like to see her like this. "Friday?" He said, licking her gently on the ears. "I love you too, and no matter what Violet says, we'll think of some way for us and our pups to be accepted. We were meant to be together, and nothing should change that." His licks had turned gentle as he went on, until he was barely touching her ears with each lick.
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Post by Wolf on May 25, 2009 20:59:11 GMT -4
She smiled, and suddenly tackled him to the ground, licking him fiercely. "You're right Zombie." She said. "No matter what happens, we'll find a way, and if we don't, if we are kicked out of the army, well, then at least we will have each other, and our pups. I would rather have pups with you Zombie and not be in the army at all, then spend my whole life longing for them. Her eyes shone brightly, she had finally chosen which volpe was more important in her life, and she was right there, underneath her paws. She felt no sadness or remorse now that her decision had been made. All volpe pups outgrow their parents and make decisions for themselves eventually.
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Post by Wolf on May 25, 2009 21:00:32 GMT -4
Zombie let out a yelp of surprise and felt his head wobble as he landed on the soft grass, Friday looking down on him with a strange pride in her eyes, as though she was finally happy to have him as a mate. Well, she had been happy before, but there had always been that look in her eyes, no matter what she was saying, that spoke just as plainly saying that their love for each other was wrong. But now, now it was right. Now they could have pups without worrying about the future, because no matter what the future brought, they would face it together. "I change my answer." He said quietly, tails wagging fast. "This is the right thing, it will always be the right thing. The sun caught the skittle glued onto his forehead, somehow making the little candy sparkle like a gem. His lavendar eyes were bright with happiness, with the happiness that he too, had surpressed for so long. "I love you Friday." He whispered.
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Post by Wolf on May 25, 2009 21:14:28 GMT -4
Friday's tails thumped on the grass, emphasizing those four magic seeming words. "I love you too Zombie." She said, somehow managing to combine love and satisfaction into them. She was proud of herself for finally being able to throw off her mother's influence over her. Violet had always paid special attention to her, because she wasn't crazy like her brother and sister. She was the only normal pup she had. "You know mother didn't want me to be with you because she was afraid you would somehow corrupt me." She said with a laugh. "Raven and Thirteen would have done that if I had obeyed her and stayed with them." She said it in a joking tone, but she knew that she was right in that.
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Post by Wolf on May 25, 2009 21:15:42 GMT -4
"Corrupt you?" Zombie said with a blink and a shake of his head that almost sent it rolling. "Just because you're the thirteenth volpe pup ever born, on Friday the thirteenth doesn't mean anything Friday." With a quick thought, he added "Look at me, I'm a zombie with a skittle glued on my head." He gave a laugh at how absurd that sounded, but it was true, just like her strange coincedence with her brith and her number. "Neither one of us is corrupt, so we have no worries, right?"
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Post by Wolf on May 25, 2009 21:16:02 GMT -4
Friday licked him gently. "That's right." She said with a grin. "We'll proove everyone wrong. We won't go crazy, and that'll show mother not to judge a book by its cover, or a volpe by his appearence. At these seemingly magical words, she felt a deep love, deeper than anything she had ever experienced, raising in herself for Zombie. "It's time." She whispered, backing away from him and letting him get to his feet. She was willing to follow wherever he led her.
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Post by Wolf on May 25, 2009 21:16:32 GMT -4
The same love was raising in Zombie. It was time to finally do what they had come here for. "Follow me." He said gently, turning and leading her deeper into the meadow. He had a feeling that Friday should have picked out their mating spot, but it was a small thought, gone as soon as it had appeared. It didn't matter, only the place he was leading her mattered. Only Friday mattered, Friday, and their pups that they were soon to have.
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