Affection
Snow. What a peaceful image it conjures up in ones mind. Most individuals would never imagine a raging storm pelting down upon two unsuspecting wolves at the mention of that word. Not like it is now. Tsume and Toboe went to seek food an hour ago, right before the storm. Hige had decided to look around a bit while I stayed in the small cave we had all found.
In retrospect I suppose it was a stupid thing for me to do. Let someone go wandering around just before a storm is hardly a brilliant idea, even if it is Hige. He seems to adapt to environments quickly.
When the storm began it was just a light sprinkling of snow but now it's a torrent of moving air with frozen water. After a short while Hige's absence began to disturb me. Surely he wouldn't have been gone this long during a storm. To be honest, I was worried. I didn't expect Toboe and Tsume to return until after the storm. Tsume would surely have led them far after food and was smart enough to convince Toboe to shelter during it. Hige, however I was waiting for.
I stood up and dusted the snow off my coat.
Normally there would be no way I was going out into that blizzard. I wouldn't go out there even to save the hide of my own mother. However this seemed different, I had never been so worried in my life. Looking back, I'm glad I went looking for him.
Snow never was thicker as when I was trying to look through it.
Eventually though, I stumbled across a ledge in the snow that warned me of the up coming cliff. Looking over it I saw what I was looking for. Half covered in snow was a tan outline of a canine.
"Hige!" I called his name to no avail. Surely he had fallen and couldn't return to his feet. I looked in either direction in an attempt to find a way down to where my friend was. No use, I had to resort to my human form. Though my human body froze quickly climbing was made easier as I slowly lowered myself down.
Running to his side I noticed slight traces of blood near his legs. However it was frozen, not a good sign. Frost bite was my first worry but moving him to shelter was useless. Even I needed to get away from this barren ledge which was constantly whipped by the wind. He needed heat. I needed heat.
But we only had our bodies.
What would drive me to lay down my pride and cuddle up with an unconscious wolf I had only met days ago, I'm still not sure.
Though some would call it affection.
Snow. What a peaceful image it conjures up in ones mind. Most individuals would never imagine a raging storm pelting down upon two unsuspecting wolves at the mention of that word. Not like it is now. Tsume and Toboe went to seek food an hour ago, right before the storm. Hige had decided to look around a bit while I stayed in the small cave we had all found.
In retrospect I suppose it was a stupid thing for me to do. Let someone go wandering around just before a storm is hardly a brilliant idea, even if it is Hige. He seems to adapt to environments quickly.
When the storm began it was just a light sprinkling of snow but now it's a torrent of moving air with frozen water. After a short while Hige's absence began to disturb me. Surely he wouldn't have been gone this long during a storm. To be honest, I was worried. I didn't expect Toboe and Tsume to return until after the storm. Tsume would surely have led them far after food and was smart enough to convince Toboe to shelter during it. Hige, however I was waiting for.
I stood up and dusted the snow off my coat.
Normally there would be no way I was going out into that blizzard. I wouldn't go out there even to save the hide of my own mother. However this seemed different, I had never been so worried in my life. Looking back, I'm glad I went looking for him.
Snow never was thicker as when I was trying to look through it.
Eventually though, I stumbled across a ledge in the snow that warned me of the up coming cliff. Looking over it I saw what I was looking for. Half covered in snow was a tan outline of a canine.
"Hige!" I called his name to no avail. Surely he had fallen and couldn't return to his feet. I looked in either direction in an attempt to find a way down to where my friend was. No use, I had to resort to my human form. Though my human body froze quickly climbing was made easier as I slowly lowered myself down.
Running to his side I noticed slight traces of blood near his legs. However it was frozen, not a good sign. Frost bite was my first worry but moving him to shelter was useless. Even I needed to get away from this barren ledge which was constantly whipped by the wind. He needed heat. I needed heat.
But we only had our bodies.
What would drive me to lay down my pride and cuddle up with an unconscious wolf I had only met days ago, I'm still not sure.
Though some would call it affection.