06-22-2017, 12:47 PM
Jinju
She does not know if she should be excited or upset or angry. Or perhaps it are the hormones that make her think that, because of course Jinju is thrilled to see her friend again. She considered Circinae that. It had just been a really long time since they had last seen each other. Nothing much had really changed – or not that Jinju was aware of – and nothing about the proud creature that stood in the clearing showed it had been.
Until the moment Jinju could lie her eyes on her friend, she had been afraid to answer the call. What if she had imagined it? What if it wasn’t Circy? But it was her. She stood frozen next to one of the thick pine trees, ruby eyes bright as the fire within her flared. Then she softly nickers back, ears pinned forward before she takes a few hesitant steps further into the clearing, her patrolling the border while Ruan was way temporary to take care of things.
And then a few more, and more, until she stops a little away from the brown wolf. Her head dips a little, so she’s closer to the wolf’s eye level. Her breath hitches for a moment and tears well up in her ruby eyes. Not anger tears, not upset tears, happy tears. ”Circy” she murmurs softly before pausing for a moment. Swallowing the lump in her throat that had formed. ”You’re back. Please say you are.”
Jinju would need a friend now. A female friend, to be more specific. She knew she could count on Aten and her father would do anything he could, but it was different with Circy. With Heda gone and Enfys and Polaris both way too young, her friend’s return couldn’t have had a better timing. Her barrel was swollen with child, Jinju wouldn’t need words to tell Circinae that she was expecting.
Until the moment Jinju could lie her eyes on her friend, she had been afraid to answer the call. What if she had imagined it? What if it wasn’t Circy? But it was her. She stood frozen next to one of the thick pine trees, ruby eyes bright as the fire within her flared. Then she softly nickers back, ears pinned forward before she takes a few hesitant steps further into the clearing, her patrolling the border while Ruan was way temporary to take care of things.
And then a few more, and more, until she stops a little away from the brown wolf. Her head dips a little, so she’s closer to the wolf’s eye level. Her breath hitches for a moment and tears well up in her ruby eyes. Not anger tears, not upset tears, happy tears. ”Circy” she murmurs softly before pausing for a moment. Swallowing the lump in her throat that had formed. ”You’re back. Please say you are.”
Jinju would need a friend now. A female friend, to be more specific. She knew she could count on Aten and her father would do anything he could, but it was different with Circy. With Heda gone and Enfys and Polaris both way too young, her friend’s return couldn’t have had a better timing. Her barrel was swollen with child, Jinju wouldn’t need words to tell Circinae that she was expecting.