Gazing up at her lover’s beautiful face, staring into her intensely stunning eyes, Rivet felt herself falling in love with her companion all over again. That love shone brightly in her own mismatch colored eyes. She remained lying on her back even as the other female moved to sit beside her. Not a word escaped from Rivet as she listened to Turquoise’s words. She gave a slight shake of her head, which wasn’t easy in the position that she was lying in but she didn’t want to roll over.

"It wasn’t so much me agreeing to that, nor you asking it of me," she began. "It was my suggestion, and my choice, because I just want you to be happy. And if that means you finding what you want or need in the arms of another, then so be it." Deep down, though, it really did hurt her because she wanted to be what Turq wanted and needed. She wanted to be the one to fulfill Turq’s every desire, not some other woman. She fell silent, though, when Turquoise continued speaking, causing Rivet to tilt her head to the side, slightly, as curiosity began to fill her.

Rivet was curious both about Turquoise’s words, as well as the brief darkening in her eyes before they brightened again. She readily accepted the kiss from her lover, not ever turning away from Turq’s touches. But she was still curious, and that showed in her mismatched eyes. "What are you saying, Turq?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper, not wanting to do or say anything to kill the moment that they were currently sharing.

Rivet was completely unaware of the conversation Turq had recently had with Dany and quite likely was still unaware that Dany had even been the other woman. Though her fiery side had not come out for some time, it was something that still burned beneath her dark fur, simmering, boiling, waiting. So it was probably for the best that she not know that Dany had been the other woman, the one that Turquoise had flirted with, the one that had caused them to very nearly end up broken up for good. That was information that was best left from her.

Yes, she definitely knew that Turquoise was hinting at something, but figuring out just what that something was seemed to be out of her grasp. She could make assumptions, but that was something she tried hard to not allow herself to do, ever, because it rarely led to good things in the end. Something was definitely up, though, something was different about the way her lover was even looking at her, drawing the moment out. Alone time with Turquoise was something that always pleased Rivet. Truthfully, she could be quite the selfish bitch, wanting Turquoise to herself almost all the time, but knowing that it was something that seemed to be always just out of reach.

Surprise touched her face, spreading through her mismatched gaze, as Turquoise’s words began to fully register. A smile began to spread across her darkly colored muzzle as Turquoise’s words began to register and her tail swayed, slowly, against the ground between her legs. "Are you sure?" she asked, softly. Rolling off of her back, she pushed herself into a sitting position so that she was almost on even ground with her lover, though she was still smaller than the bigger female. "You’re the only one I have ever wanted, ever needed. I love you with every ounce of my being." There had never been any doubt in her mind about her own heart. Only ever about Turquoise’s.

She readily allowed herself to be pulled closer to the larger female, enjoying every moment of their closeness. Her eyes slid closed at the feel of Turq’s nose being pressed against her temple and a content sound escaped from the smaller female. She was clearly loving this moment, loving the change that had come to being. For quite a while, she’d worried so much that she was going to lose the woman she loved so much. She’d worried that Turq would end up finding someone else that would end up being the end of them. So many nights she’d not really slept, even while wrapped in the arms of the larger female, because of that worry.

Hearing her say that she was sure, there seemed to be a great weight lifted from Rivet’s shoulders. For the first time in quite a while, her heart felt at ease. With that weight lifting from her shoulders came a sudden flooding of so many emotions, though. Her eyes became watery as she looked up into her lover’s turquoise eyes. Was this really happening? Was Turq really wanting only her? Or was she dreaming all of this? Without a word, Rivet moved her head forward to press it against the larger female’s chest, sliding her eyes closed and breathing deeply. No, this wasn’t a dream, she was awake.

"Rivet Blackthorn…" she murmured against Turq’s chest, testing it out, assuming that was how it was going to work. Smiling, she lifted her head so that she could look up at the larger female. Her tail swayed against the ground behind her. "I like it…"

It didn’t matter to her, at all, that the two of them were so different. The saying ‘opposites attract’ was so fitting for the two of them. Through all their ups and down, Rivet never doubted where she belonged, never doubted her feelings for the larger female. The huge weight that had been lifted off her shoulders felt so good. She truly felt better now than she had in months, and this was clearly a good thing.

Though she hadn’t ever viewed Turq as being the man in their relationship, she had viewed the larger woman as being the more dominant of the two. She had instantly assumed that she’d be gladly taking Turq’s surname. However… "if you want to take my name, that’s fine too, or we could combine them if you wanted to." Either way was perfectly fine with her, and she wasn’t just saying that to appease her lover.

When Turq spoke of having one more thing to ask, Rivet pulled her head back from her lover’s chest just enough to be able to look up at her. Silently, she waited for whatever serious question was to come. A look of surprise flittered across her darkly colored face for a moment when the question was asked. "I don’t know," she answered honestly. It wasn’t something she’d ever thought about. "What about you?" she asked, curiously.

Rivet’s smile widened when Turquoise agreed with Rivet’s choice to take Turq’s surname rather than the other way around or combining the two names. It really was what Rivet wanted and not so much about what she thought would make Turq happiest. A while back, Rivet had secretly played with their names, coming to the decision back then that if Turq were to ever actually want to make their relationship official that she would want to take Turq’s name. But Rivet didn’t say this out loud because she didn’t want to seem like a daydreaming kid or something. "Good," she murmured, swaying her tail against the ground behind her.

She was silent while she listened to Turq’s answer to the question Rivet had turned back to her. Rivet had never really thought about whether she did or didn’t want children. She, too, came from a large family, but had never thought about if she, herself, would ever bring more little DeMonte’s into the world or not. "Having kids would mean one or the other of us would have to be with a male," she began only after Turq had finished with her confession. Her nose wrinkled in disgust as she spoke, though. "And that’s just… repulsive. No way would I want to be with a male. Just… no. And, even though I’d said you could do whatever you wanted with whoever you wanted, I really don’t think I’d be alright with you sleeping with some guy…"

Yeah, the mere thought of some guy doing the deed with her woman was enough to bring forth the seemingly slumbering volcano that simmered beneath the submissive side of her that had been so very prominent since the two of them had gotten back together shortly before they came and joined Neverwinter. She would readily rip the male bits off of any male that tried to do that with her Turq. "Definitely," she readily agreed, giving a slight nod of her head.

She did wonder, though, if her family would be disappointed in her that she wasn’t wanting to bring more little DeMonte’s into the world. On the other hand, though, it wasn’t up to them. It was up to her, and up to her lover. If neither of them wanted kids, then so be it. Her family would just have to get over it. Her smile widened at the sound of having a long, selfish and lazy life with the woman she loved so very much. Rivet didn’t want it any other way. It was such a relief that she wasn’t going to have to be sharing her woman with anyone else beyond this moment.

Her eyes slid partially shut, enjoying the feel of Turq’s muzzle running along the underside of her chin. Hearing those words from her lover made her feel so very happy inside and it showed on the outside. Letting her mismatched eyes meet those of her lover’s, Rivet nodded before adding voice to her answer. "Yes," she breathed, leaning forward to touch the side of her muzzle to the side of Turq’s. "Absolutely yes." She felt like she’d dreamed of this moment her whole life or something.

She didn’t even flinch when her lover fell upon her, shoving her to the ground and kissing her repeatedly. "Always," she readily responded. Forever would she belong to her beloved Turquoise and to no one else. Her smile widened and her tail swayed more against the ground behind her as her mate murmured the name that Rivet would from hence forth be known as; Rivet Blackthorn. It had such a beautiful ring to it, and it made her insanely happy, that’s for sure. This would be the absolute start of a whole new life, as far as she was concerned.

When Turq rolled off her and slumped on the floor of their den, Rivet shifted to snuggle against her. "It can wait," she agreed, giving a slight nod of her head. She didn’t want Turq to do anything that would cause her discomfort because of her lingering illness. In the meantime, though, Rivet would continue to take care of her mate. "Is there anything I can get for you? Are you hungry at all?"

The only reason she’d voiced that she didn’t mind waiting was because she was still very worried about Turq’s lingering illness. Plus, they had plenty of time to get freaky, a whole lifetime. Words were plenty enough, for now, that they were mates. It wasn’t like they hadn’t gotten freaky with it repeatedly up to now. Once Turq was better, though…

She could easily have curled up with her mate and gone back to sleep for a while if Turq didn’t need anything. When the larger female expressed wanting some food, Rivet didn’t hesitate to get to her paws. It wasn’t going to be just a quick trip, though, since Turq wanted to accompany her. "There’s a cache that I’ve been keeping stocked a little bit from here," she replied. Turning toward the entrance of their den, she glanced over her shoulder, mostly to make sure that Turq wasn’t going to suddenly fall over or something.

Leading the way out of the den, she headed in the direction of the cache. Taking it slow and easy, it was about a five minute walk from the entrance of their den to the cache. "I’ll dig something out for you," she said once they’d stopped, motioning for Turq to sit or something.

Turning her attention to the cache, she dug into the dirt that she’d covered the opening with. Reaching into the cache, she pulled out a fat rabbit that she’d killed just the night before. Giving her head a shake while holding the rabbit, she flung some of the dirt off of it before turning to her mate and setting the rabbit at her paws. "This one is freshest."

Rivet would continue to insist on waiting on Turq hand and foot as long as the larger female was still sick whether she wanted Rivet to do so or not. Until then, she was just going to have to deal with it and accept it. "You’re welcome," she responded before turning back to the cache and grabbing something for herself. She did the same shaking of it that she did with the rabbit she gave to Turq to get some of the dirt off of it. Then she settled down near her mate to quiet her own belly.

The darkly colored female was happily chewing away when Turq began to speak. The moment the snowy female’s name was mention, Rivet’s ears slicked back against her head and she felt a sickening feeling forming in her stomach. She had only just met Dany shortly before Turq had gotten sick but had no idea about any of the rest of what Turq was now telling her. Mismatched eyes grew dark as she stopped chewing on what was left of the small rabbit she’d been eating, pushing it away from her a little bit.

Rivet did understand Turq’s sincerity, but that didn’t make this any easier. Her hackles bristled when Turq spoke of Dany having gone ape shit at the news of Turq intending to ask Rivet to be her mate. Silently, Rivet’s mismatched eyes slid shut as she took a couple of deep breaths, letting them out slowly so that she could recompose herself. "She’s nothing," she finally said, opening her eyes back up. "She doesn’t matter, and neither does what she said to you about us. All that matters now is us." And she meant it. Nothing else mattered except them and their future.

Regardless of the fact that finding out the name of just who it was that Turq had been flirting with, the name of the one that had very nearly ended their relationship, Rivet was not about to give up what she’d just gotten; marriage to the woman she loves with all her heart and soul. But it was something that would remain fresh within her mind for some time to come, and heaven help that specific individual if she tried to do anything to screw up what was finally developing between Rivet and her woman. For too long had the volcano beneath her submissive exterior lay dormant. One day that volcano was going to end up erupting. Today was not that day, though.

Even though Turq probably didn’t deserve Rivet, Rivet deserved to be happy. And if forming a mateship with Turq was what made her happy, then so be it. She was finally getting something that she wanted. That was how she looked at it. When Turq began to say something, letting her sentence trail off, Rivet shot her a bit of a look. It was one of those ‘don’t say it’ looks and nothing more. She didn’t want to hear anything more about Dany, anything Dany had said, or that Turq didn’t deserve Rivet. It was Rivet’s choice to remain with Turq, and it was a choice that she’d made long before they had come here, even though they had been broken up for a few days.

Rivet nodded, pushing herself to her paws. She gathered up what was left of what she, herself, had been eating on and returned it to the cache that she’d been keeping. If there was anything left of Turq’s meal, she’d do the same with it as well, followed by covering up the cache once more so that it was tucked away safe and sound. When she was done, she turned to her mate, her wife, and smiled. "Ready when you are."