He loves me, he loves me not, Mist & Vert

[Echos]

He looked down, the flowers would be dying soon, but specs of colour still surrounded him. He had asked Mist to follow him here for a reason. It was a neutral land, thus there were no threats of pack members or pack related matters,w hich Vert didn't care for. No, they were alone. And, the meadow happened to still look beautiful, blooming with all the colour it could still hold.

He looked to the sky, it was beginning to take on different hues too, for sunset was nearing. Vert just smiled, regardless of the fact a new friend had just asked him to be his mate, which in turn was causing a struggling inside his mind, he was happy. This place comforted him, making it easier to, well, be himself.

[Cheese Sandwhich]

Mist soon came up behind Vert, the cream colored fae studying him intently. The femme curved to the side, and came up next to him. Mist looked at him for a moment, and opened her maw to speak, but no words escaped.

Mist knew they were in Fahuji Meadows now. As a pup sometimes she would come here, and she could see the places where she used to run and play with her sister, Dusk. She always thought it was a pity she went over to the dark alliance.

[Echos]

It's all so sudden, yet, I am drawn to her...But staying in one place, my mind tells me it;s not right-unheard of! Yet, I wish to stay... He looked at her once more, then at the sky again, and, not looking at her he spoke. "What if, what if I was your mate? What would happen then?" He wanted to know what she thought would happen in the future, what she was willing and wanted to do.

He wanted to know her more, but first, first this question, then maybe, there would be a pause before he asked anymore. Or maybe he'd just ask more and more and morte-no, that wouldn't be right. He should relieve her of all the suspense and such that she had inside, just waiting for his reply...waiting for him to say yes, but would he? He hadn't officially, not yet..

[Cheese Sandwhich]

Mist opened her cream maw to speak. You'd help me with the pack, pack rankings, and other such things. After awhile, there would probably be pups. she told him, nodding slightly. The fae closed her maw and looked at him for a moment.

Her tail flickered endlessly, like a candle's flame. It didn't go out for awhile. She stood in the grass, then sat on her haunches a few moments later. Mist's tail soon curled around her side.

[Echos]

The feeling bubbled up from the inside and he pounced, literally. He leapt onto her with an expression of glee and sent them both rolling, one over the other, across the field in a very playful, pupish manner. Yes, yes, yes. That's what he yearned to scream out, yes, he did want to be her mate, but running a pack scared him. He would be challenged, and loose...probably. What if another male came and took Mist away from him? It could be done? Not saying he was stronger than Mist, no, Mist could probably beat him at a fight anyday...But if the male was stronger than both...

He gulped, to himself, as thoughts of that manner circled his mind. He would...think about it more, yes. Vert was a coward deep inside, and he wasn't willing to say anything, not yet. No, more thinking. Maybe, He thought as they tumbled away, This game will take Mist's mind off it...

[Cheese Sandwhich]

Mist felt the brute knock her over and they started rolling down a hill. The cream fae chuckled, a grin coming onto her face. She forgot all about what she asked Vert, and she looked very puppyish. Mist soon rolled out from under him, and ran off about four yards. Catch me if you can! she barked, before turning around.

Mist turned around quickly and darted very quickly over to a tree, she hid behind it for a moment. The femme then raced off, only stopping when she reached a small pond. She dipped her maw into the cool water, and sipped it.

[Echos]

He sprang at her from behind, plunging both of them into the water. She was so pretty how could he be refusing her...No, she had picked him for the inside and he would do the same for her. Hed leaped awazy and shook himslef quickly, getting as dry as he could in the few secodns he had to spare. His coat now damp he raced out farther into the field and stopped when one special flower was before him.

It was yellow, just beginning to wilt so the tips were a wrinkly brown but Vert still fancied it. He carefully nibbled at the lower part of the stem and removed it as gently as he possibly could, leaving the roots in so it might grow again after winter. Then he, slowly, walked back to Mist and held it out to her using his jaws. "For you," He whispered through his teeth.

[Cheese Sandwhich]

Mist now had a small smile coming onto her face. Thank you. she told him, and licked his cheek in a thank you. She gently took the flower, and trotted over to a rock. The cream fae gently laid the flower down on it. She decided she would get it as they left. Mist chuckled slightly.

Mist went back over to Vert. He was a handsome brute, but she chose him from the inside. She nuzzled his neck, before she looked up into his eyes, seeing what he said.

[Echos]

"Mist, I'll tell you it straight-out," He finally said witha small sigh, "I want to be your mate, I really do! I want it more than anything else in the world...But i'm struggling..I don't know how to..." Another sigha s past memories danced in his head. "I'm afraid, I'm afraid to help you in the pack, I'm just plain afraid of packs." He paused to look at her eyes, what did she think of him? Probably that she had chosen the wrong male.

"I was kicked out because of a shift in leaders. I'm afraid to loose myself-to loose you to someone else who comes alone and challenges me...challenges you...I'm afraid of everything, everything that could happen...I'm sorry."

[Cheese Sandwhich]

Mist soothlingly nuzzled the brute. Vert, if someone challenges myself or your position, all you have to do is walk away. I would come with you. There are more important things than ranks. she told him, licking his cheek. He was a sweet brute, but she knew he would get worried easily. No matter. She had decided.

Do I like him still? I think so.... she thought, confused slightly. She decided she did, from getting a funny feeling in her stomach everytime Mist looked at him.

[Echos]

He shook his head. "Would you really? No, that's not right. I don't want you to walk away...That, that wouldn't be right..I would hurt youIt would be like stealing everything you own from you." He was hitting himself on the inside. You have to be stronger! Take a risk! D'ya think anyone else on the palnet will ever like you...No? That's right, no! She's even having second doubts your blowing it! You're so stupid!'

Vert looked away, why him? Why couldn't he be naturally strong. He had already said he'd stay for winter...but...now it was stay or leave. And Mist was loosing her faithin him..he was hopeless. Just plain hopeless.

[Cheese Sandwhich]

I don’t think that passenger seat
Has ever looked this good to me
He tells me about his night
And I count the colors in his eyes
He’ll never fall in love he swears
As he runs his fingers through his hair
I’m laughing cause I hope he's wrong
I don't think it ever crossed his mind
He tells a joke I fake a smile
That I know all his favorite songs
And..

[chorus:]
I could tell you his favorite color's green
He loves to argue, born on the seventeenth
His sister's beautiful, he has his father’s eyes
And if you asked me if I love him,
I’d lie

He looks around the room
Innocently overlooks the truth
Shouldn’t a light go on?
Doesn’t he know that I’ve had him memorized for so long?
He sees everything black and white
Never let nobody see him cry
I don’t let nobody see me wishing he was mine

("I'd Lie" by Taylor Swift)

Mist chuckled slightly, and studied the brute. Stubborn brute, he was. She found it amusing somewhat. That wouldn't bother me, Vert. Or you can be beta male, if you'd rather. the cream fae told him, then closed her maw.

Would you like to return to Nirone Pack? New members might come along sometime. Mist said, smiling at him. She stood up, and her tail flickered. The femme's left front leg lifted, like a Pointer dog in anticipation. Now was his time to say 'yes' or 'no'.

[Echos]

He looked away and took a deep breath. If he was beta would that be rejecxting her? Gosh, he wanted her badly, he could understand, just a bit, why the breeding obsessed males were so like that. He looked away, warm hues were dabbed here and there in the trees. The rustled slightly, a kind of music that almost lured him back to wandering..She shook his head, a small one to himself. It was time to be strong, he had to grow up.

"If you will still have me I will be your mate. I will be alpha with you to, if you still want me. It's time that I stopped being such a baby, I can't keep running, I'll loose to much," He looked at her eyes, making clear eye connectact but his next words came out ina whisper despite of that, "I'd loose you."

[Cheese Sandwhich]

Mist studied him, her honey colored eyes deep in concentration. I'd love for you to be my mate. she said, licking his cheek. Let's return to the packlands, shall we? the cream colored fae told her new mate. The femme stood and her tail still flickered.

A small breeze went by, and gently ruffled her cream fur. The femme nuzzled his neck, grinning at him for a moment before she spoke. Catch me if you can! she said, sprinting back towards the Nirone pack border.

[Echos]

He ran after her and joined her at her side. He felt complete and this amde him happy. This moment...It was perfect, running, but not away finally to something. Home. It still shoke hima bit but with Mist at his side, he felt he could do anything, fly even.

He broke out into a ran, excitement filling him. He wanted to reach Nirone soon, to survey it. He wanted to know the ladn. His land-no, their land. It was Mist's first and it always would be. Even after it was all gone it would still be Mist's, she had carved her name into it...

[Cheese Sandwhich]

OOC: I'll make a new post, at Nirone Pack.