A/N: Now, just because Mikoto hasn't been changing diapers in over twelve years, doesn't mean she forgot how to play the role as the mother.
Canon name = nickname:
Velouria = Vella. Keaton = Keaty. Hinoka = Hina. Setsuna = Seta. Corrin = Lupus. Sakura = Saku. Ryoma = Red. Azama = Monkundo. Subaki = Superman.
Reading Rainbow: Well, I'm glad to hear you're enjoying this so far! The simple answer? Yes.
If Lupus were truly born a Wolfskin, then this situation wouldn't occur at all, as Wolfskin and Kitsune don't get feelings for the same-gender. Their numbers are already low enough, they don't want their people to start dwindling due to homo-sexual relationships.
But, that isn't the case here. Lupus is born a human, but raised with Wolfskin. She only knows the 'mating' side of things, she's clueless when it comes to topics like 'marriage' or 'romantic love'.
Zalde: Yip. I guess Seta picked up... Cupid's Bow.
HA!
Consort: Very important conversation... that takes place after all of the 'what teh fook is all of this stuff in this room?' A number of questions will be answered, at the very least.
Corrin will just be seeing them as Ninjas for now, the type of people that hurts her family, the pack. Maybe Kagero or Kaze will be the first to break that line of thought?
Me too. I honestly didn't plan on them getting this close, but here we are: a F!CorrinxSeta fic. Add a few things here and there and suddenly these two are so cute together... cute and awkward, but the awkwardness is from Corrin's side of things.
No comment.
I don't think that the Alpha would even tolerate them being there to begin with. As it will go into detail later, the Wolfskin and Kitsunes hold a higher degree of spite in this version of Fates. Basically, poachers are more aggressive and successful.
After successfully squeezing out every 'what's that?' inside of Mikoto's room, Corrin and her mother finally got to settle down on the bed, which was actually really soft… like, softer than Vella's fur soft.
And she kept her fur really soft.
However, Vella always claimed because it was because she was seeing if any treasure has made its way onto her fur, but Corrin knows better. In those moments, she was almost just like Keaty, denying the very thing happening to her.
"You're grooming your fuuuur!" Corrin once called her out as she entered the den.
"Huh? No! I'm just…" Vella quickly shifted to a completely different section of her fur.
"Looking for treasure? Sure." Corrin openly smiled as she all but tackled Vella, "I knew it! You're so soft!" Corrin buried herself into Vella's fur, "Why don't you just admit it?"
Vella took a breath, then sighs, "Alright, fine. But look!" She tried to redirect Corrin's attention with a well-kept furball she just plucked out of her fur, "See? It even has a few dead bugs and bone in it!" She smiled…
Corrin remained unconvinced, "Vella, you can find better treasure than that lying around the dens. So, come on, admit it!"
She slumped back in defeat, "I groom my fur so that my sister can bury herself into my fur more."
"And sniff you."
"And sniff me." The two shared a smile before Corrin does just that, getting a generous amount of Vella's scent.
Corrin blinks her eyes as she finds herself sniffing the bed… whoops. Her mother is giving her a strange look, "Sorry…" Corrin finds herself saying. "Habits."
Her mother raises an eyebrow, unconvinced that is the whole reason. "Are you ready to listen about your heritage, daughter?"
"Yes!" She quickly nods in kind, "About the roaring?"
"Yes, this is related to the roaring that you would hear when you get angry." She scoots over slightly, while Corrin has her eyes locked on her, "Now, as Hoshidan royalty, we are descendants of the Dawn Dragon…"
"The Dawn Dragon?" She repeats.
Heaving a sigh, "Daughter, would you please hold off on any more questions until I at least explain the source of the roaring?"
"Okay…?"
"As descendants of the Dawn Dragon, we have His blood pulsing through our bodies," Corrin looked ready to interject, but ultimately managed to stay silent, "However, some of us have more of His power, some less." Furrowing her eyebrows, Corrin is ready to counter Mikoto again, "But, as for you. His blood pulses so strongly, that you barely even resembled a human at birth."
A pause, "...was I born as a dragon, then?!" She sounds rather excited. "Can I be a dragon now? But wait, what do you mean some of our blood isn't as potent? Does that mean one of our ancestors mated with the Dawn Dragon?"
Mikoto closes her eyes for a moments and sighs once more, "Partially as a dragon, daughter. For the first few months, you had a combination of scales and skin, your eyes glowed a more vivid red."
"Ooo. Can I change into one, then? Is that why I hear roaring? Mother! I wanna change into a dragon!" Corrin has disregarded personal space and is practically face to face with her mother, as overwhelmed by the possibility of actually being a dragon.
"Yes." She smiles.
"Teach me!"
"No." Her mouth forms a straight line.
"Wh… why?" Mikoto gently pushes Corrin back a few inches.
"I don't know how. You are the first…"
"Then how do you know?!" She asks, "If you can't…"
"Daughter, hush." Mikoto responds rather… assertively. "I don't know how to teach you, but I know I can get something that will help you out. A Dragonstone."
"Can I have one!?"
"No." Once more, Corrin's excitement gets cut down.
"Then why tell me?" Corrin narrows her eyes, "That's a waste of time and energy, pulling…"
"On one condition." Mikoto smoothly interrupts. "You tell me where you have been all of this time."
"No!" Corrin backed off. "There's no reason for you to know."
Gently smiling, Mikoto replies with an unexpected, "Okay."
"Okay?" She repeats, "Then I…"
"No." Her mother is still smiling, "Is it really so much? I gave you an explanation on not just your heritage, but also everything in this room, and I'm willing to give you a Dragonstone so you can learn to shapeshift, but you're not willing to tell me where you've been all of these years?"
Corrin's eyes darted to and away from her mother. "Camping." She ends up saying.
"Daughter…" Mikoto is now leaning closer, that smile is still there.
"...promised not to tell." Corrin mutters.
"And who did you promise that?" Corrin shrinks from her mother's now increasingly powerful gaze, yet she finds herself unable to look away…
Even the alpha has nothing on her right now. "Father." She curtly replies, hoping that would at least curb…
"Corrin, your real father died in a supposed peace meeting. So, did this 'father' have another name?" How is she so good with this questioning thing?!
"Alpha." Another curt reply, but it's now having to do with Corrin wanting that powerful stare to end.
"...Alpha?" Mikoto echoes.
"Can we stop?" Corrin shrinks back more, "I-I don't want it anymore, I just…"
That terrifying look ends and only a motherly one remains, "Shh… I'm sorry, but I needed to know. Here, come." She extends her arms out and offers a hug. Corrin's eyes dart about Mikoto again before she ends up scooting closer and accepting the embrace. "I'll have a Dragonstone for you in a few days."
"...Okay."
"Just, please consider at least telling me, even if you don't tell anyone else. I promise I won't let it get out." She coos while stroking Corrin's hair, "I thought I'd never see you again, daughter."
...But, Corrin already told Seta. How would Mikoto react? Knowing that her daughter trusts Hina's retainer more than anyone else? Seta understands her though, she managed to figure out all of Corrin's body language.
No.
Seta understood Lupus's body language. "I need to go." Corrin… Lupus abruptly pulls away, causing mother to give her a sorrowful look. "There are things I still need to understand."
"Is there anything I can do?" Mikoto reaches out once more, "Please, just ask."
A pause, "Watch. Learn." She simply replies, "Stop looking at my face to figure me out. Be like… Seta. I use body language more than most." Mikoto tilts her head as she looks Lupus over. Lupus then pulls some of her hair back, revealing her ears. "Ears down, usually bad mood." She brushes her hair back into the roughly same spot with her fingers, before leaving.
She… she needs to make sure she didn't lose Seta.
Lupus wandered the halls, following the scent trail of Seta. She is now really grateful she took the time to get her scent memorized so well, especially with these twisting and numerous corners and turns in this castle. She pauses as she turns yet another corner. Was it okay to just leave mother like that? What about the others? Her family? She stops in place, suddenly stricken with indecision. Why are things so hard suddenly?
"You aren't born Wolfskin, pup." The alpha told her at a really young age, it's one of the first things she remembered actually.
"I'm… not?" Corrin had looked herself over. She knew she looked different. "What am I?"
"Human." He bluntly replied, "My pack took you away from the madman known as the King of Nohr. He recklessly shouted about how he stole you."
"Stole me?" She echoed. "But… then, Keaty and Vella…"
"They are what you make of them, pup."
"I want to call them brother and sister." She resolved. "I don't care if we don't share parents! They're… they're my family! This pack is all I have!"
Then he did something she hadn't expected, he started chuckling, "There is a determination in you that I like, pup. I knew, just by looking at you, that you were different from other humans."
Did… did the alpha also somehow knew she wasn't fully human? Despite all of the dozens and hundreds of people she's seen since she started this journey to learn the sword, she has never seen another pointed-ear human nor one with red eyes.
Does she even want to learn the sword anymore? Maybe she shouldn't have walked out on mother. If she could shapeshift into a dragon, she wouldn't even need a sword. She looks back in the direction she walked from, suddenly considering if she should tell mother where she's been. One step forwards to Seta, then a step back to mother.
Lupus bites her lip. Seta? Mother? Seta or mother? This shouldn't be hard! It's not like she's going to lose one if she chooses the other. "Corrin? Are you okay?" It's… Red. "You're just standing there."
"I don't know." She admits, still looking ahead of her. "Things are so… difficult."
"Have you asked anyone for help?" He places a hand on her shoulder, "We're here for you, Corrin." That's right, it's something they keep telling her. So why doesn't she ask? She has asked other Wolfskin about things, and she's always turns to Keaty and Vella for help. If she had to, she'd ask the alpha. So, why can't she ask? Lupus's eyes dart around as she tries to get an answer to her unasked question. What would Vella do in this moment? No, Vella isn't here and neither is Keaty…
She realized that, over the days spent with her family here, that the pain of Vella and Keaty being so far away has been shrinking. She realized that, yes, she does enjoy her time here, even if everything is so new and can be so complicated. That even if they aren't as close to her as Keaty and Vella, that she loves them all the same.
She still wants to see Keaty and Vella again, but it's not like she would run off to see them again. It might be a while before she sees her family, the pack again, but she's actually alright with that.
"Red?" She ends up asking, "What do you like to do for fun?" A smile has made its way onto her face.
"Like a game?" He responds, "I'm… not sure, actually. It's been so long since I've participated in any… woah!" Red exclaims as Lupus ends up grabbing him by the hand and leading him along, "Where are we going?"
"Need to find Hina." She quickly replies as she sniffs the air, "I wanna get you and Hina and Saku together for a game!"
"...and what about Takumi?"
Lupus abruptly stops, nearly causing Red to bump into her, "...and him, too." She turns and smiles, before leading him once more.
Hina and Takumi are both in the training yard, the former with a lance and the latter with a bow. "Hina!" Lupus exclaims, "Takumi! C'mere!" Hina raises an eyebrow at her, while Takumi scoffs, keeping his eyes on the target. "I wanna play a game!"
"Big brother?" Hina looks at Red.
"She dragged me along with this." He shrugs off the concern, "But, what's the harm? When was the last time we could do something together like a family?"
Takumi's latest shot falters, "...It has been a long time, hasn't it?" The Archer turns with a smile, "I suppose I could spare some time for a game."
"Count me in, too. What are we…?"
"Need to find Saku now!" Lupus cuts her off, dashing off again, with Red doing his best to keep up. Following her nose again, Lupus ends up at the clinic. "Saku!" She opens the door, "Little sister!"
"Ah! C-Corrin?" Saku jumps in place from the sudden intrusion, "And, u-uh… big brother?"
"Wanna play a game?" She cuts straight to the point, "I already have Red and Hina and Takumi!"
"A… game?" Saku echoes, "Like Sh-shogi?"
"Shogi?" Lupus repeats, "What's that?" A pause, "No, wait! I meant like chasing each other around open grounds!"
"Little sister?" Red asks, "Sakura isn't made for long endu…"
"Okay!" Saku interrupts. "Just let me tell Hana and Subaki first."
"Subaki?" Lupus asks, "The man who gave me a chicken?" She scrunches her face for a moment, "Super." She finally says, "Superman."
"Superman?" Saku echoes.
"Superman." Lupus confirms. "Alright, you tell them, I'll pick a spot." She leaves once more, but this time she lets go of Red's hand, "Actually, I gotta do one more thing, I'll meet you outside of the city!" She dashes off to find her.
Seta.
Unlike her previous near-sprint, Lupus does more of a brisk job, locking down on Seta's really nice scent as she tracks her down. Another realization hits her, and she's thankful she actually had some time away, it gave her a chance to calm down. She may still not exactly understand what she feels for Seta, but she knows that Seta is really special to her. She… wants to make Seta happy all the time! She wants to be with Seta. She really really likes Seta. That fast heart beat feeling is nice, even if it was overwhelming earlier.
Lupus hadn't noticed she arrived at Seta's location until she already bumped into the door separating the two. Lupus lets out a small whimper as she rubs her nose, "Yes?" Seta's voice calls out as the door opens, "La… Lupus?" Seta… looks fine, a little sleepy? Did she just take a nap? "Uh, how's it going?" She smiles that lazy smile.
Lupus isn't sure if she's hearing her heartbeat or Seta's heart… maybe both. "I'm really good!" She quickly nods, "And how are you!"
"Oh, I just needed a little nap. Uhhhhhh, about earlier…?" Her face flushes.
And Lupus does in kind. "Yeah, I'm sorry, I don't think I did what…"
"Hey, it's okay. I didn't know, either." A pause, "But I knew you liked whatever was happening. Ears up, backside shaking, eyes shining."
...She was shaking her rear? Did she always do that when she's really happy? How come Lupus never noticed that herself!? Why didn't Vella or Keaty tell her?! "Well, I wanted to ask…" And there it is, that hesitation, a huge rock preventing her from saying what she wants to say. 'I want to finish that properly', but no, "...if you wanted to play a game with me, Red, Saku, Hina, and Takumi."
No! She wants to find out how that was supposed to end! "Hm? Oh, sure." She nods, "Especially if Hina is going to be there." A pause, "But… having you there would be greaaaaat, maybe even better." A step closer, "You mean a lot to me, Lupus." Seta then does something Lupus wouldn't have expected, she grabs both of her hands with her own.
Thump, thump, thump. Both of their hearts are racing. "S-Seta?" Lupus gasps from the sudden contact, well that and it did just get a lot hotter. "I still don't know what to do here."
"Then… let's find out together?" She tilts her head. "I'd like to know you all the way, every last twitch for every piece of body language."
A small giggle follows, "I don't even know all the things I do." Their faces inch closer, somehow Lupus knows this is the right thing to do. "But, I would be happy if we figured things out together."
"Together." Seta closes her eyes and nods.
"You and me." Lupus mimics her. She could still get every little scent off of Seta, despite not shoving her nose onto her. "You still smell so…" Whatever she was to say was cut off, as an intense wave of… something hits her. That prickly feeling is back in full force, even worse than before.
Then those pricks change to something else entirely when Lupus felt Seta's lips brush her. It wasn't much more than a simple touch, but the feelings that Lupus felt were so… right. For a while, they just stood there, hands and fingers intertwined and lips just barely touching. How long? A minute? A few minutes? An hour?! Lupus had no idea. Time didn't have a meaning right now. All that mattered is the woman in her reach right now.
"Wooooooow." Seta breathes as the two part, her face burning bright, and Lupus knew her own was as red-hot.
Lupus ended up looking away, as that strange sensation left and she was back with that prickly feeling, "So… want to play a game?" She asks.
Then squeaks as Seta grabs her hand, just one this time. "I would love to, Lupus."
"Al-alright… let's go outside." With that, Lupus and Seta walked side-by-side outside. They had a game to play with the others.