The girl had her second gift in her maw, held tenderly for the man. It was an extravagant piece, she thought. Something wild and untamed yet quiet. He better think it looked as good as she thought it looked.

Trotting through the forest, her head held proud and dignified. Looking more womanly than ever, despite her quarry.
 Gwen worried her. The woman seemed too sad for her own good. Hopefully, her gift would cheer her up more as time went on -- damn straight better.

 Anyway. Back to @Laroche. The man she'd brought here deserved a gift too -- and it wasn't just the gift of seeing her, yet it was certainly a privilege. She didn't bother calling, she liked to find where her Family preferred to be in these woods anyway. You'd never know when you'd have to find someone in a hurry. First, the girl moved around the borders, suspecting the gruff man to have been given border patrol.
She wouldn't put it past him to do so voluntarily; he seemed like the protective type.

She watched the man step from the bushed towards her, earning him a grin from around the gift.
It was a large tooth, slightly curved and sharply tipped and yet very smooth.
It was a whale tooth, washed up from a carcass that had been in turmoil in the storm, dislodging the piece to find itself at Phex's feet on the shore.

Her tail waved in greeting, happy to see Laroche still here and seemingly well. She looked at his face, trying to gauge the wounds on his face that seemed to have had some tending. She gently placed the tooth down, wiggling her jaw from having it clasped around the object for so long, "Hey there, uh, Moody," she tried ok, with a grin, "I brought a gift for you," her eyes glinted with glee, waiting for his reaction. She hoped it'd be just as interested as she was when she found it.
What creature could have a tooth that big?

Phex laughed softly with him, knowing it was certainly a pitiful attempt. She didn't care though, it was good to see him happy. "Of course I like you. If I didn't I would...uh..." Phex found it hard to not like anyone, in all honesty. So to hide her embarrassment, she quickly changed the subject, "It must've come from something really big, I found it on a beach. I wonder how big the animals in the ocean are." 
She looked up at him after inspecting the tooth again, a soft grin on her face. 

She admired him, the way his ears pointed, the way he held himself. That grin that reached his eyes as he regarded her. Handsome.
She snorted to herself for, as much as she liked everyone, she'd never had a crush.
"Only the guys I especially like, Laroche." She replied in the same, flirtatious tone he'd used with her, her eyes gleaming with happiness. 
She was glad that he liked her gift, she'd probably bury herself if he didn't.

The girl screwed her face up at the man: she wasn't that teeny. Right?
Whatever. His whale story was cool. She'd never seen one but she knew of them, must've been pretty awesome to see one up close even if it was on its last breaths.

She blinked, the mood shifting when he caught her. She didn't balk, didn't even try to hide it. She just gave him a soft smile, a glint catching in her eye that clicked something in her. It was a strange feeling but not unpleasant.
A feeling that heated her when he grinned the way he did.

She thoughts went to Marruz, the man wasn't too dissimilar to Laroche here, but in many ways wrong.  Two sides of the same coin perhaps. The girl couldn't claim to having a mastery on judging character.
The girl decided to choose a dangerous path that would insight jealously in this male that made her feel funny.
"There is one. I suppose you may find yourself beat with this challenge, Laroche." Although she could steel her words, her eyes told the story of her teasing. If he was looking close enough he might realise the game, if not he'd have to be put straight another day.

Her breath hitched as he came closer, looking up to his towering form. She didn't shy away from him, the noise he made brought a smirk to her face. Her eyes edged with black seemed to just tempt fate with him.
He'd caught her.

She swallowed at his touch, the hairs prickling along her body. A different sort of warmth seemed to coil in her body, causing her tail to twitch. She pressed her own nose to his neck, inhaling softly. Her chest tightened, her heart became a rainstorm that thrummed on rainforest leaves. She couldn't find words to fire back at him, not quick enough at least. 
She was probably going to tell him he was treading a careful line but wasn't about to reveal she wanted his to cross it. That day would come; sooner than she expected too.

She was brought back to herself when he nipped at her ear, everything going silent until he stepped backward. The piebald girl didn't look at him for a moment but when she did, her eyes tilting to give him a sultry, sidelong look. Holding that gaze that spoke levels of his desire.
He'd awoken something in her and it wouldn't be long until it proved the extent of that.
Something inside told her that.
"Perhaps one day I'll invite you to give me a demonstration."
A mischevious smile coiled her lips upwards as she let out a long breath.
"I trust you're not a very busy man, being all grumpy and everything." She held down the trickle of laughter, letting it shine in her eyes instead as she turned her head fully to him.

Something in her gaze softened at his words. Letting out a slow breath that clouded between them. 
He cared about her? You care about him too.
Well, she wasn't about to deny that to herself or him. Her tail stirred as she took small steps towards him again.
She couldn't bear that distance between them.

The girl reached up to his ear, much like he did her, "As dangerous as I am I'd never hurt you."
She smiled to herself, bringing her head lower to nuzzle along his muzzle, leaving little kisses along his muzzle to his cheek. 
A small amount of concern was hidden in her gaze, concern for his jealousy. She didn't want him to feel negatively with those emotions. Ever. It would hurt her to see him so.
She pulled back for a moment, looking into his eyes.
"I want to be yours."
She knew she meant those words as soon as they left her lips.
This was her Family; she belonged here.
With him.

Phex rumbled softly in her pleasure of being accepted.
She knew she would anyway but there was a small part of her that was scared she wouldn't be.
And now he was her...mate.
She blinked once, feeling a sensation she hadn't before -- at least not for a long time. 
More than happiness. Something tamer yet could prove to be as wild as the Teekons itself. 

"I think you will find that you may be the one needing cheering up more often than me," she teased, affectionately brushing her teeth through the fur on his shoulder. She leaned into him, her head resting against him.
More than happy.
Until that playful part of her clicked and pulled her away from him.

She dropped into a play bow, looking up at him with a grin before rising and licking his cheek. She spun away and darted off a few steps before going down into a play bow with a soft trickle of laughter; her present forgotten for the time being. She just enjoyed spending time with him, in all truth. And hoped she'd be able to spend a lot more with him.