[Ryou finally feels like the tension is easing, like he can finally shrug off the weight that he, mostly, had set on his own shoulders. He doesn't have to think about Elias, about the Fog, or any of the extremely troublesome things he'd read on the network.
All he has to worry about is the hand stroking through his hair, long and yes, very much thicker than usual. His ears relax downward, no longer pressed against his skull, but also not fully raised.
There's a gentle movement, a sensation of something being dropped in both their laps repeatedly as Ryou's tail wags softly.]
We could do something in the daytime...before you change back. I'm sure that it's boring being mostly stuck inside--you're a little more, ah...active than I am.
[It's an invitation, but one that Atem doesn't need to take. Ryou knows how terrible it feels to be stuck without anywhere to go. But just in case there's any uncertainty, Ryou offers a solution that gives the a bit more privacy.]
I plan to hunt in the woods anyway--I can do it in daytime, if it's a small animal. And it takes the edge off.
[Not the hunger, of course. He's not hungry for human flesh. But being a werewolf as he is, eating a small animal or two satisfies a different urge. The urge to be a predator, to run and jump, hunt and bite.]
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[Ryou finally feels like the tension is easing, like he can finally shrug off the weight that he, mostly, had set on his own shoulders. He doesn't have to think about Elias, about the Fog, or any of the extremely troublesome things he'd read on the network.
All he has to worry about is the hand stroking through his hair, long and yes, very much thicker than usual. His ears relax downward, no longer pressed against his skull, but also not fully raised.
There's a gentle movement, a sensation of something being dropped in both their laps repeatedly as Ryou's tail wags softly.]
We could do something in the daytime...before you change back. I'm sure that it's boring being mostly stuck inside--you're a little more, ah...active than I am.
[It's an invitation, but one that Atem doesn't need to take. Ryou knows how terrible it feels to be stuck without anywhere to go. But just in case there's any uncertainty, Ryou offers a solution that gives the a bit more privacy.]
I plan to hunt in the woods anyway--I can do it in daytime, if it's a small animal. And it takes the edge off.
[Not the hunger, of course. He's not hungry for human flesh. But being a werewolf as he is, eating a small animal or two satisfies a different urge. The urge to be a predator, to run and jump, hunt and bite.]