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Family Reunion

#1
Group Only
09-01-2022, 10:29 PM
The man walked behind @Haruki pointing him in the right direction and keeping his distance enough to make sure the boy was comfortable (at least as comfortable as one could be with a 600lbs tiger stalking behind them) but close enough to make sure he could stop anything that may harm the boy. 

As they approached the border, he would walk up so that he could talk to the man, moving to lay himself down as he often did to comfort the wolves. "Here where they set up home. You call for mother." He figured that them hearing the boy's call would go over much better rather than hearing a tiger's call. For a moment, he thought about just leaving now, but a big part of him really wanted to see @Reiko again, and so he chose to linger a bit longer.

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#2
Adventurer
09-01-2022, 10:53 PM (This post was last modified: 09-01-2022, 10:53 PM by Haruki.)
They traveled for a couple of days. Haruki never stopped for anything. Not food, not water nor rest. He had made them wait long enough, twice now, for his return and now he was coming home once and for all. He would promise. Never to leave again for whatever reason. Fatigue made his stride slower as they neared the end of their travels, but he wouldn’t stop. The less time he spent with the tiger the better.

He was almost certain that the beast was lying to him after they traveled for so long, but it was that familiar smell of home that caught his senses… His mother’s scent, that of her followers to that was carried in the wind and soon left as markers upon their borders. He had frowned all the way but finally, he broke. His boyish smile sparkled through as he rushed past the3 borders with a youthful bounce and sway of his tail

He was so tired but his excitement to see family again was stronger. “Mom? Hotaru?” He called again while wandering deeper toward the pointed spires hoping that this time they would answer him. It was far less welcoming than Tsukiishi… so why did they settle here?

He even spotted one thing while approaching… A little shrine of sorts of arranged stones sparkling in the sunlight. What it was for was beyond him but it was pretty. While waiting for his mom and/or sister to arrive, he sniffed at it quickly before turning his attention back to the maze. “Okasan? Imouto?” Calling them out louder than before.

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Note: Haruki expects members of SS to use proper titles and honorifics when addressing himself and his family. If one fails to do so, they will hear it from him!

Haruki-no kimi or Prince Haruki-ouji are both acceptable to him
#3
09-02-2022, 12:19 AM
@Quicksilver had departed earlier that day to go and see if Tsukiishi was safe for them to return to. They could no longer invade Ira's space by squatting here and there were no lands that could compare to the beauty of the mountains they had originally called home. There were simply too many packs in this area now and food could simply not keep up with their growing numbers and constant stress upon them.

She spent the day with her brood, grooming and caring for them. Slowly introducing them to more solid food to their diet. A call however caught her attention. Confusion flowed through her at first cocking an ear to see if she could hear it again. She did, in that voice and dialect that could only come from one. She hurried to ask @Ruelle to watch the pups while she ran to the borders to meet the ghost for the second and preferably... last time, after a while apart.

Nearly tripping over the stones as she swiftly travelled the Pass, she was out of breath as soon as the boy came into view. Her heart felt full and shattered at the same time. Pausing in her movements to observe him a little longer. “You have grown so tall...” Barely speaking through the muddled tones, muffled by emotions, there was no stopping her now from running to greet her boy. Kissing and licking his face, completely oblivious to Rajani who watched nearby.

Could you blame her?

As soon as she reached Haruki her legs gave out, overcome by emotion and fatigue from running to greet him. She didn't care where he had gone and why, he was here now, again, and hopefully here to stay.

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#4
09-02-2022, 12:33 AM (This post was last modified: 09-02-2022, 02:16 PM by Rajani. Edited 1 time in total.)
He stayed quiet as they waited, knowing damn well that the boy despised him. Yeah well, the feeling was rather mutual and the only reason he was even helping the welp was for Reiko and only that reason. It didn't take long for the woman to show and, upon seeing her, he would move to stand, no longer really caring about laying down for the comfort of others. Instead, he would sit at his full height, knowing that she was slowly getting more comfortable with him. 

It was clear that she didn't see him, but he didn't mind. Instead, he just stared at her with a small smile on his face, enjoying how excited she was to have her son back again. Silently he made a vow that if this child ever tried to leave home again he would personally drag him back without a curtesy chat first. Part of the man hated the boy for putting his mother through this much torment, but he also didn't know the whole situation, so he kept himself quiet.

Nonetheless, he was content just to watch her, that is until he noticed her legs give out. As quickly as he could, with very little care of what the boy thought, he would aim to rush forward, attempting to press his side against her own in an attempt to have her land against him and not the ground. "Whoa, красивая. I not bring boy all way here for you to break neck not pay attention." His broken English and Russian accent was in full effect, not bothering to try and cover it up to help others understand him.

If he was able to catch her, he would simply stare down at her, his eyes showing a mix of emotions ranging from sadness and uncertainty to adoration and tenderness.

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#5
Paladin
09-19-2022, 02:53 AM (This post was last modified: 10-06-2022, 04:12 PM by Haruki. Edited 1 time in total.)
There he stood.

He could smell her first.

Lavender. Other various herbs that often perfumed her coat. Mom. The smell of milk. That was strange to him, but he would shrug it off for now as the sight of her coming down from the mountain side had immediately put everything else aside. Mom.” A hushed wine as he too could barely hold back the tears seeing her.

A part of him believed she and Hotaru would be furious at him for being gone again.

A part of him also knew he would always be welcome back. That they were him home no matter what had tore him away for months, to years should the heavens forbid such an ordeal.

As she ran to him, he would run to her. Meeting his mother half way as she smothered him in kisses. It got old when he was younger, not wanting to be babied but wanting to be a young man, a man who could take care of his family. But right now, he was happy to just be her baby boy again. Swaddled in motherly love that brought him back to a more innocent time that seemed so far away now.

Lost in the moment, he frowned as the tiger involved himself. Staring daggers wherever he could as his mother kept grooming and fussing over him. “Do you have to be here?” Though.. a part of him was thankful for the tiger to have found him and brought him back to mom... another part of him felt he was intruding on a personal family moment. Especially since it was his species who had caused so much trouble in the first place - even the tiger admitted that the hideous scar upon his beautiful mother's face was from his kind.

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Note: Haruki expects members of SS to use proper titles and honorifics when addressing himself and his family. If one fails to do so, they will hear it from him!

Haruki-no kimi or Prince Haruki-ouji are both acceptable to him
#6
09-25-2022, 02:14 AM
Rajani had all but faded into the background as she focussed on her prince. The little light that had twinkled in and out of existence since their arrival to this blasted new lands of theirs. He was all she could see. His light, the twinkle he brought back to her life where it was once stripped and void, only housed by the one half he had left behind.

Barely capable of holding herself up, she was reminded of the tiger as his presence helped to keep her on her toes. Haruki's own voice questions the tiger's presence during this reunion of theirs. “Thank you Rajani.” She whined, not purposely ignoring the Prince's request to be left alone with his mother - but she couldn't ask for the tiger to be on his way after having brought home what was most important to her. To show her immediate appreciation, she turned her kisses from the pale Prince to the tiger. Bouncing between the two males as she was overwhelmed by showing appreciation and overflowing with motherly love at being reunited.

She would have to welcome him to a feast after this. Make sure the tiger's belly was full and rested - that the news of Rajani bringing back the lost prince would go through the ranks swiftly so that none would question his kindness in Shiroshika.

“Your sister will be overjoyed to see you again. We have much to speak of once you have rested and cleaned up.”

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#7
09-27-2022, 12:29 AM
He was quick to catch her as she stumbled, though the words of the ungrateful little shit that she called a son made him snarl low, his ears pinning back slightly. However, that only lasted a quarter of a second before kisses bombarded his face, soothing the kitten inside him. His tail flickered and his body relaxed, a deep purr forming in his chest. Was this all it took to calm him down? That was embarrassing. Still, he would steal a glare at the boy, muttering slightly under his breath. "Like you could catch her. Tiny body." Sure, Reiko was also tiny, but she should be protected, the boy was nothing but a twig that the tiger could snap in half if he sneezed hard enough. 

Still, he would turn to look at the woman, aiming to nuzzle her once, to press his head against her neck deeply to stop her frantic kisses (not to say he didn't enjoy the kisses, he just wished it was in a different way.) "Go be with family красивая, I will find soon." With that, he would turn to leave, letting her know that he would find her, but not the other way around. After all, for now he was still the enemy. 

With one last look at the boy, he would chuckle deeply. "Try not get lost again, next time I carry like cub." He would begin to walk away, only stopping if he was called back. Was that jab at the boy necessary? Not really. Did it make the Russian brute laugh silently? It very much did.

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#8
Paladin
10-06-2022, 04:11 PM
PP okayed by Noki and I figured this was a good place to end the thread!

"Like you could catch her. Tiny body." The boy glared back at the tiger. On one hand he should be thankful to have such a beast who seemed to like his mother - after all the talk of a tiger and his companion harassing Shiroshika before and after his arrival to the pack the first time. But his trust in this one was thin. Did this feline had ulterior motives with his mother or the pack she led? Was his feelings of kindness and generosity genuine or was it just a facade to get in close and wound the gentle and wounded woman that was his mother?

The boy's stormy eyes glared back, unwavering with the desire to let the feline know he was not afraid of him. Should he step one foot out of line, should Haruki suspect that his intentions were malicious with the Prince's family, there would be hell to pay.

The way the feline bathed in the kisses of appreciation of his mother disgusted the boy. He wouldn't stop her from showing her appreciation or kind acts, after all, she must be overjoyed and clearly couldn't contain it. The boy remained silent as he kept his eyes on the tiger when he finally left to leave him with his mother, with family and reunite as they should without a third party watching over them. A lip quivered at the jab but he wouldn't stay anything, letting it stew and allowing the tiger to think he won - instead, he would be the bigger man here and say nothing in return. At least when his mother was around he would keep his mouth shut when necessary. There was no need to give her more heartache by arguing with the feline and starting another species war.

The Empress gave her parting farewells to the tiger, she bowed in appreciation to the beast while the Prince did not. Only turning and stopping his glares as soon as the feline was out of sight. Once he had his mother all to himself, the boy's hard exterior melted. He would never admit it, but he missed her grooming and overbearing motherly affections. How she made sure he was always looking his best, how she, even with his sparse presence in the pack made sure he knew and felt loved, and welcomed back no matter how long he was away.

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Note: Haruki expects members of SS to use proper titles and honorifics when addressing himself and his family. If one fails to do so, they will hear it from him!

Haruki-no kimi or Prince Haruki-ouji are both acceptable to him
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