The Dying Rose and Us ch 14

next morning....

"huh? kiki? where'd you go?"

i was alone. i felt abandoned. why would she leave? especially after all that happened? ... maybe something happened to her? i should go find her. yeah.
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her copper fur shooshed in the wind. she yelped several times. she looked fine. nothing seemed wrong.
"...whats wrong?" i asked trotting to her side. "nothing" she said with a smile before yelping again. "why are you yelping?" i asid pulling my ears back. her yelping was kinda annoying, and really loud. i felt a little sour that she left me all alone in a hole to sit in a cleariing and yelp. well she technicly didn't leave me, the hole is in the clearing... but still.

"i'm trying to howl, thank you very much"
"it's not hard you know" i said stepping back some.
she gave me a peculilar look. i figured she needed an example, so i threw back my head and cut loose the best howl i could muster.
kiki's ears flicked back and forward, then she threw back her head... and yelp.
i shook my head, "hold it" i said.
i howled again.

she yelped.

i howled again.

she yelped.

i howled.

she yelped.

i laughed, "you'll get it, eventually"
she smiled.

"hey, tell me. what happened with the fallen ones"
she seemed sad when i asked her. "i... i went to go explain things to jamie. she said... she was expecting me... she gave me water" she tlted her head one way and looked at me in the corners of her eyes' " i took a few sips, not much, maybe three. she sat on her bed, asked me to explain everything to her. so i did. then i asked her if she told anybody. she said she did. while she explained, i,i began to feel dizzy" she figgeted, "after a while, i realized i had been druged. i tried to run away, but a large white wolf blocked my way. she said my name. i knew she was my teacher, miss killi, all of them, they all were wolves, even my father."
she seemed emotionaless now. poor thing, decived like that.
"they asked me to join them, and i said no"
"well... will you join us?"
"no"
"but... why?" i protested.
"i'm not arra, i'm kiki"
"but..."

i knew where she was coming from. she didn't want to tie her fate to either of us. she didn't want to be used, not anymore.

"your so..." i said softly.

"what?"

"independent" i said that one word like i was telling he she was beautiful, and meaning it.
her eye's lit brightly. she gave the sweetest smile. "i-." she stopped herself and blushed.
i smiled. "what?"
"nothing" she smiled.
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"you lift up like this" i explain.

"but it's easier like this"

"just lift your leg"

"i am!"

"higher"

"like this?"

"yeah. now, move forward"

"okay"

"now back"

"like this?"

"yes, perfect"

"thanks"

"okay, now do it again. good. now faster. good. move side to side"

what do you mean? like this?"

"no, like this"

"oh"

"good" i said panting.

i was teaching kiki how to black attacks from other wolves and humans.
she was good, but slow, "go faster" i said doing a slow lunge at her. she side stepped away from me.

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i wrapped my arms around her. she snuggled against my chest. kiki moved her gentle leg over my hip. i held her close to me. i wanted to tell her she was beautiful, but i couldn't. it was too hard for me. no! i have to tell her that one word, or she'll never know. "your..." i started, "independent" i whispered. it may not have been the word, but i said it like it was.

i think she knew that, becuz she smiled the sweest smile adn kissed me.
"i-." she stopped herself and blushed.

"what?"
"...nothing" she murmered.
i tilted her head to face mine, "what is it?"
kiki's eyes locked onto mine, looking beyond me. my heard pounded hard again like the first time she looked into my eyes. i note, she didn't look into ppls eyes often. a sensation of peace flowed through my body. please don't look away....

i pulled her even close to me. i could feel her heart beat. "what s it?" i stammered. "nothing" she said with a smile.
i... i could feel it. i don't know what it was, but... it was amazing. even when her eyes' left mine, i could still feel it. i rested my chin on her head. i ran my han d along her perfect, curbed waist. "please, tell me" i whispered.