Morningside Cuesta and i'll love you forever if i ever love at all

Eyes, red-brown, blinked open as Adeline rose. Day had dutifully endured her battery (more thump-thumps of his tail were his unsolicited I forgive you) and now peered at her misty form to see the fruit of all his suffering. There was a doubtful cast to his face, but he seemed amused all the same when she tried a few stunted movements. The doleful look on his face soon slipped away, and his eyes tracked the arc of her slim hindquarters as she wiggled -

And then, almost to fast for words, she was racing away. Day scrambled to his paws without thinking and stared after her, his ears still flickering as he mulled over her parting words. A second passed, and then another, and then a riotous laugh came barking out of Grayday's chest.

"Get back here, little girl!" he growled, darting after her. With the head start she'd gotten, it didn't seem very likely that he'd catch her.