Titanium Hearts

Amber light burned from the dim lights of the cave.

The black wolf grimaced and bit back a growl when the warmth from her friend's fingers hovered over the injury to her hip, her claws digging into the dirt floor.

She scowled patiently at her friend, "Keep still! It's not as bad as your shoulder." She scolded, indicating the bandaged upper part of her right arm.

The wolf scowled at her and obeyed, letting her continue to mend her hip.

Her silver eyes glanced over at the main part of the cave before returning to her friend, "So he just showed up out of nowhere, huh?"

She followed her gaze and wrinkled her nose. "Yeah, he saved me."
She clucked her tongue. "Just a fluke, that's all it was. I could've killed that human." She muttered.

The younger woman shook her head and chuckled softly. "Sounds like he likes you." She said.

Her cheeks flushed and she shot her a look, "Don't kid yourself, Eri. He's not my type." She defended stiffly.
She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Whatever you say, Nik."

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Birds chirped in the woods outside of the cave.

She yawned and rotated her left arm, fighting the urge to do the same to her still-bum shoulder as she straightened and walked out of the cave to the small pond in the clearing behind their "headquarters".

"Going out alone?" A voice wondered behind her, making her start and reach for the dagger at her back.

She turned with her mouth contorted into a mid-snarl and met the amber gaze of the white wolf from the night before.

Her muscles eased and she scoffed, releasing the handle of her dagger and letting her hand drop to her side.
"I was, yeah. What's it to you?" She wondered.

The wolf shifted into the form of a man that looked younger than her brother with wild brown hair and cold glacier-colored eyes; she ignored the flush that dashed across her cheeks and scowled at his handsome guise. "You shouldn't go alone." He mused, moving closer towards her.

She rolled her eyes and met his lighter-colored blue gaze, "Look, I can take care of myself. I don't need some hotshot stray covering my back…"

"I never said I was those things." He shrugged, his blue eyes sharp despite his casual gesture, "I needed some fresh air too." He explained.

It was instinctive of him to want to protect a female he was familiar with, but this girl was making it hard for him to be patient.

She looked away before snorting, "Fine. Just don't lag behind, okay?" She growled, turning her back on him to storm off towards the clearing.

He followed, his longer legs making it easy for him to match her stride. "That coming from a woman who's shorter than a tree stump, yeah." He mused aloud.
Her blue eyes narrowed, "Shut up, wonder boy. Just because you got in my way the other night doesn't mean I'm gonna beg you to fuck or anything like that." She warned.

He scoffed. "I wasn't expecting anything of the sort, especially from a bitch like you." He shot back, bristled slightly.

She scoffed back. "Well good! Keep it that way." She snapped.

He scowled at her, huffing and resisting the urge to drag their small spat on further; if he assumed her future actions like he did, he'd most likely miss a limb for continuing with his words.
So he quieted and stuffed his fists into the pockets of his faded leather jacket, letting her lead the way through the brush.

Now at her back, he couldn't help but note the defining curve in her hips and the way her tail was poised in midair, a trait that made him smile despite himself.
She's one tough girl, he thought, his tail wagging a little.

Her eyes glanced over her shoulder at her quieted companion and she felt her face heat up when she saw he was ogling her ass.

She clenched her sharpened teeth, "Take a damn picture; it'll last longer." She declared, jolting him from his staring and making him straighten.

He blinked and then glared at her, a red flush staining his pale cheeks before he scoffed and folded his arms at his chest.
"Why the hell wouldja assume I'd be staring at your ass?" He demanded indignantly, making her stop walking.

She scoffed and glared at him, irritated that he stood to at least a foot taller than her, her nose wrinkling in distaste.
"'Cuz you're a guy, and I'm a girl! Do I need to fucking spell it out for you?" She growled, her hands curling into fists at her sides as she wished nothing more than to get away from him.

He snorted, "Yeah, maybe you should! Cuz apparently that pole up your ass makes you think you're smarter than I am…!"

She flashed her teeth as her eyes tightened to look like broken shards of the sky.
"Of course YOU would know if I had a pole up my ass because you were drooling over it like the cheap shit you are!" She snarled, her claws growing as they dug into her palms.

He glared coldly at her, his own hands balling into fists at his sides as his patience was slipping like grease through his fingers.
"There's nothing to 'drool over', as you so blatantly put it. You're delusional if you think I'd spend one second staring at your ass." He growled, turning his back to her to return to the cave to keep his impatient conscience from throttling her.

"Fine, fuck you too! Cheap bastard!" She snarled, watching him throw up his left hand and give her the finger as he stormed away.

She spat at him and scoffed, heading to the pond.

A loud explosion shook the ground, making her halt in mid-step and look up alertly.

"FIRE!" A human's voice bellowed out into the forest as a sea of bullets flew through the trees.

"Shit," she muttered, turning and sprinting headlong towards the cave as fast as her feet could carry her.

One impatient soldier lunged out and fired at her open back.

A loud snarl rang out as a streak of white flew at the soldier, his teeth ripping into the man's neck and sending blood flying into the air, making her skid to a halt again and turn around to look at her savior.

"Come on!" He grabbed her hand and sprinted to the cave at top speed, handing her the loaded gun he had loathed to carry and felt relieved to hand off to her.

She shot him a cold look before she cocked the gun and turned to fire off one round at the soldiers, the stink of blood spilling out into the air a sign she'd made a critical hit.

"Get moving, Kiba; I'll fend them off!" She snapped at him, firing another round.

He scoffed. "The hell you are! Let's go, now!" He barked, grabbing her arm and pulling her after his lead.

She struggled, but of course he was stronger, so she reluctantly resigned to her fate and let him drag her away from the frontlines, making a mental note to beat him shitless when she got a chance.

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He staggered back slightly when she pushed on his chest, rubbing his cheek gingerly from when she smacked him with the back of her right hand moments ago.

Her right arm screamed at her to never move it again; she grimaced and glared up at him, her teeth flashing. "You bastard, I could've held them off!" She spat.

His blue eyes were turned amber as he glared down at her, the wolf in him growling at being pushed around by a female like her.
"That's a load of shit and you know it! If I'd have left you back there, you'd be dead now." He fired back, flashing his teeth.

She growled in frustration and made to smack him again; he caught her wrist in time, surprising her.

She glared cold daggers up at him as he glowered down at her, his lip curled into a slight snarl. "I'm not some weak bitch you think you can boss around." She warned lowly.

He ducked his head to glare closer at her angered and alarmed blue eyes, "And I'm not some weak human you can use as your personal punching bag." He growled lowly, subconsciously surprised to see a brief flash of fear shine in her eyes at being so close to his furious eyes that intimidated her.

A shiver rolled down her spine and she flashed her teeth. "Fuck you." She spat.

Someone cleared their throat behind them, making both wolves freeze and turn to see Eri standing in the doorway of the spare room.

Nikki cleared her throat and jerked free of his grip.
"What is it, Eri?" She asked, her voice calm despite her raised hackles and the small pool of want that warmed the bottom of her belly, her blue eyes meeting her friend's silver gaze.

She spared a glance at the pissy Kiba, meeting her friend's stare. "Hige said dinner's ready." She announced quietly, turning back to the main part of the warehouse they'd taken shelter in.

The silence turned awkward between them.

She looked up at him and looked away, rubbing her right arm gingerly as she walked out first to go eat.
He stared after her, the irritation and anger steered towards her slowly fading from view as he followed wordlessly.

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