His reaction isn’t one she had been expecting. He confessed to her and she confessed her love in return. Weren’t they supposed to snuggle up and be all lovely dovely together? To touch and exchange heated touches and just be together. That is what happened in all cheesy, soap like, romances she’d witnessed. Or thought she’d witnessed in the past. In either this life or her previous one.
Anyway, what Jinju had expected to happen, doesn’t. And the black girl isn’t sure if she’s relieved that she has a way out, or if she is disappointed, because somewhere deep down she’d wanted it.
”Hey!” she calls out a little huffy, scrunching her nose a couple of times after the gentle bump. She does not have time to complain, nor time to worry about her previous internal conflict. His laugh is contagious and Jinju soon finds herself grinning back at him. His playful banter adding to her own.
He doesn’t need to tell her that twice. As he turns away from her she prances to catch up, with the intention to passing by Terran to take the lead, but not without a little payback of her own. Jinju is grinning when she rears alongside him, and reaches out to playfully tug on his mane. After that, she’s quick to take off. Grinning and pretty content with herself.
She prances a couple of steps ahead and then slows to a walk. Curious ruby eyes glance around and both her ears pin forward as she studies all. The redwood trees looked the same wherever they went, and yet, they were familiar. So she nods, glancing back to smile at Terran. ”I think the clearing is ahead” she tells him as she bounces a couple of times, then she darts off.
Right, left, right, left, avoiding any and all trees in her way as she trots through Taiga. Her head is held high, and her thick black tail gently sways with her steps. Jinju is enjoying their little trip, and her quality time with Terran. And re-exploring Taiga is as coming home. Suddenly she comes to a stop, panting and beaming as she turns into the direction Terran would probably come from. ”Can we go there?”
Jinju
“Burn baby, burn.”