Saucy’s border patrols had become more frequent since her return, her attitude about the whole idea of their pack was slightly changed. She was more serious now- they were becoming a pack, not just a group of friends. Others had joined their ranks, and claims were being made; she’d become accustomed to the land and was starting to establish a pride in it. The sea felt like her own, the crashing waves were her compatriots as much as her pack mates. Everything was just so much more valuable to her now, so her need to protect it all was more urgent than ever.
The white lioness was finishing up a patrol when she heard the call of a friend. Velen, good old trouty mouth. She smiled at the sound of his voice, as they hadn’t had much time to catch up since her return. She took up her paws in the direction of the bronze male, her excitement to see him was brimming, though she tried to contain it. She couldn’t seem too excited to see him, she didn’t want to give him that power. When he came into view she slowed her pace to a confident swing and a friendly smirk and called out, Missed me?
Saucy chuckled at his sarcastic reply, somehow comforted to hear it. She had missed him, however snarky she may be about it. And even though she often over exaggerated finding him annoying, she in fact didn’t find him annoying at all. Their sardonic chats were just the kind she was built for, sass and all. Cool, I didn’t miss you either, what’s your name again actually?
she replied, though her eyes were filled with that familiar playfulness.
Velen asked if she had seen Dalia yet, and she could see in his gaze the gravity he meant. She nodded, Yeah I did. She seems better I think,
she said, the pinch of the whole ordeal returning as she thought of it. She walked a little closer to Velen, and brushed her nose against his shoulder in a rare moment of sincerity towards him, she said that you were there for her. Thank you.
They started towards the beach now, Saucy appeared to follow him at first but then sped up to be ahead of him. She turned her head to look at his over her shoulder when he invited her to weave a tale. The two wolves were almost childish in their games, they were trapped in a perpetual round of ‘beat that’. Saucy just couldn’t say no to a challenge of any sort.
Oh yeah, I bet you didn’t see a fish fly out of a river and hit a bird right in the balls,
she replied with a familiar grin. She dared him to beat that, if he even believed it. But frankly, she didn’t believe him either.
Velen seemed impressed with her description, she gave a cocky nod in response. But then he called Spicy, which was her sister's name. That caught her off guard for a split second, but she quickly recovered from it, the only trace of her thoughts held in a confused squint that became a smirk moments later. It was trouty mouth, sucks you missed it,
she replied in a deadpan tone similar to the one he always used.
Of course their game wasn't over, Velen blurted out something that induced a string of snorts from Saucy. Mouse dick lol. She forced herself to stop laughing, not to give him the satisfaction, then sighed. that's cute, I saw a mouse getting eaten out by another mouse though so,
she said with a shrug, and the faintest jump of her eyebrows.
He had the upper hand for a minute, his absolutely ludicrous statement having made her laugh. But Saucy’s response was just as funny it seemed, and Velen submitted to her powerful sarcasm abilities. Her tail swished happily behind her at the words you win, one of her most favorite things to hear. She was about to give a playful boast in response, but before she could he was nipping at her shoulders and speeding away. She shut her mouth, smiled, and then tore off after him.
Her long muscular legs carried her over the cold ground, until she was running at his heels. She didn’t reach his side yet, but she attempted to nip at his tail.
Saucy’s teeth clipped the air right behind his tail, but failed to grab on. She snorted, having been so close and yet so far. He sped forwards, and she tried to catch up but he was basically sonic the hedgehog at this point, and she was starting to lose ground! No way, no way could trouty mouth win! She spurred herself onwards but still to no avail, until suddenly she was flying past him. She started to slow, then skidded to a halt, realizing that she’d lost him somewhere along the way.
The white lioness turned around to look for him, and saw him face down in the sand, completely collapsed and looking like a dummy. A huge smiled broke her face and a loud HA!
from her maw. She danced over to him jumping and swinging her hips in a victory strut, and then she hovered above him. Dude I-
she started, but broke out into another string of laughter.