Spirit nearly panicked when Kaden started to strip. ”No-“ she started, but abandoned that and hustled him out of the stables before anyone else noticed him… and he didn’t shift in front of the horses. When the man pulled off his breeches, she sighed and turned, staring blankly at the stable wall. She would explain this to him after he shifted… though Morwen knew why he wanted to do that? Another ride? Really not needed. The stables were right next to the Frostfawn Arvinta, after all.
Only when he’d shifted and was lying down, did she turn around and speak to the Kelvic. He seemed to want her to ride him… great… ”Kaden…” she began, feeling a little guilty about not telling him before he’d bothered to strip and shift. ”My cousin’s over there. In the Frostfawn arvinta. Most of the moving we’ll be doing is inside…” To prove her point, she pointed a finger in the direction of another, larger, and much closer building. Her room was actually quite close to the exit, and her cousin’s was nearby hers… though he might be with one of his friends, or her uncle.
Once the shifting and dressing was dealt with, she led Kaden to one of the nearby entrances. She slipped through the door and into the Arvinta, holding it open so her bondmate and the three dogs could come through as well. The area was well lit with stormgems, which also provided well-needed warmth. She shivered once, but pulled off her jacket and slung it over her arm. After a moment of walking through one of the smaller halls, she paused, realizing that the Kelvic was probably wondering where they were.
”This is the Frostfawn Arvinta” she explained, turning around to face the big cat, with her arms spread wide. ”All the Frostfawns live here. It’s basically one big building, with a lot of rooms in it, coupled with common rooms where people sit, talk, and tell stories. It means that we can all have company, even when stuck inside during a snowstorm!” She smiled, remembering that something similar had happened right before she’d met Kaden for a second time. Their first meeting hadn’t really been a full out meeting, however, and she really thought of the start of their time together as starting on the 70th.
With a small wave of her hand, she turned, and continued for only a few more moments before reaching her Arvinta. She opened the door, and was immediately forced back as the three outside rushed to greet those inside… then the ones inside ran up to greet Spirit herself. It was a big mess of fur tails, and wagging, until the other puppy – the male one – darted forward at Kaden with a playful growl. Hopefully, her bondmate would recognize the wish to play during his time with Ticker… and not think that it was an actual challenge. Nor mind the chewing… as the furry creature had come up and was nibbling on one of the Kelvic’s boots.
The Frostfawn grinned widely and pulled the puppy back, before shooing the six dogs back into her Arvinta. ”I’ll come back” she reassured the small pack, before explaining to Kaden ”This is my room – we’ll leave Ticker here with the rest of the dogs, so he can have company… and not get in the way.” Through the door, it would be easy to see that said puppy was having a marvelous time scrabbling and rolling with his brother, and even trying to drag Fog into it too… who was busy (attempting) to sniff the new arrival.
”Cmon” she waved, before shutting the door on the scuffling dogs. She began down the hallway again, before quickly turning to another door. Both entrances had been around the same common room: a space full of seats, pillows, and… another cat. This one remarkably had a similar pelt to the Kelvic, tabby orange, though the faint stripes were white rather than black. It had long hair as well, and a grouchy expression as it watched the newcomers from it’s perch on a sofa. Spirit frowned at the creature for a moment, wondering if that was what Kaden was like when he was grumpy… then let it go and knocked on the door.
Within moments, it was pulled open by her cousin, who exclaimed loudly ”Spirit!” and wrapped her in a big hug. She’d seen him the day before, so he was mostly overreacting. The Vantha glanced up and showed a massive grin to Kaden. ”You! Her Kelvic friend – that tiger. Spirit’s talked about you a lot. Nice to see you back together, you make a nice pair. Whatcha doing here?” He was joking, but launched a playful punch at the younger girl’s shoulder. She scowled at the man, playfully, before realizing… she had to explain things.
Her jaw locked, wondering how she could go around this without getting stuff out the wrong way. ”Well… um…” she mumbled, trying to figure out how to put this. Her cousin frowned, confused at the lack of a response. ”Yessss…?” he asked, trying to prod his relative into speaking. ”Weeell… y’know Icewatch bears, and their bonding, right?” He nodded, lips still curled into a frown. ”It happens with all Kelvics, and, uh…” She stumbled on her words, but luckily her cousin got the message. ”Amazing!” He beamed up at Kaden too, before refocusing on the shorter person. ”But there’s another point here…?”
Spirit nodded. ”See, he sleeps outside – in the wastes. And that’s not good, of course, even being a tiger. He wanted to stay with me, so….” She twidled her fingers for a moment, before just getting to the point. ”He’sgoingtosleepinmyroomsoweneedhelpgettinganotherbed…there’snothingwrong…” she blurted, practically running out of breath during the sentence. She let out a huge sigh, and glanced up at the man with an apologetic expression.
Just like she’d expected… his grin simply widened. ”Really? Nothing…”
“No.”
“Sure?”
“Yes.” The man sighed with mock disappointment, before slipping out of his own room and shut the door. ”When father hears this…” he grinned, but the younger Frostfawn shook her head. ”We’ll explain that later. He’ll understand. Honestly… it’s nothing. Please… I don’t want people joking about it… “ she sighed quietly, rubbing her forehead.
OOCMerp. Long post. I’m leaving it here before I get too overboard >.>
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