1/18/2025, 1:13 AM
Skill: Bulldozer
Down they went, a veritable wad of flying paws and tails and beaming, wide-open maws as the pair rolled toward the base of the hill. Alder couldn't remember the last time he'd had this much fun, though some part of him did worry about her relatively delicate frame compared to his. Still, he tried to be careful, shifting his weight as he rolled so that he stayed mostly on the outside of her - but -
With a final oof, they landed. Despite Alder's best efforts, he now lay sprawled across Solvi; without thinking, he turned his head to look at her - and nearly touched noses.
She was giggling, lips spread wide in a delighted grin that rivaled the sun. They remained this way for several moments while Alder wondered if he was mistaken for thinking he could feel the fluttering rhythm of her heart hammering in her chest beneath him. If anything, it was probably his that was threatening to burst out of his ribcage - it was so thunderous, the sound was nearly inside his head.
Thump. Thump. Thumpthumpthump. Thump.
Her warmth began to radiate between them, and a medical event was on the horizon.
Thankfully Solvi spoke.
She seemed rather nonplussed in comparison to the red wolf's increasing physical distress, breaking the tension between them as if nothing at all was amiss; he opened his mouth to answer, then closed it again as he struggled to compose himself.
Alder felt a wave of disappointed embarrassment come over him, and he realized that perhaps he was reading a little too hard into the moment.
Yeah, I'm fine,he said - then suddenly registered her labored breathing.
Oh, hells! I'm sorry!The wolf scrambled to get up, stumbling several times in his panic. What if he'd broken a rib? He would never forgive himself; not only could he have injured Solvi, but she was Dawnbreak's healer. How would he ever be able to show his face again?
Are you?Alder wheezed, circling her several times in the snow with his tail tucked between his legs. It might have looked quite comical, seeing such an enormous wolf willingly sending himself into a frenzy of apologies, crawling along the ground so low his belly left a trail through the white powder around them.
A whine escaped his throat and he crept closer to her, muzzle peering over the deep pit in which Solvi lay to observe her with an agonized expression.
Is... is anything broken?
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- Alder is not actually Inuyasha, despite the evidence
