Swiftcurrent Creek [M] This night is heating up, raise hell and turn it up

Since their arrival to the creek, Koji had mostly kept himself busy tracking any herds in the area, this time with an extra boost of confidence since it was almost guaranteed they’d stay here. It was nice having the security of more members, although that of course just meant they had more mouths to feed, and by the looks of it, they’d have quite a few youngins running around soon too. But that was all in the future and Koji, as a man who enjoyed living in the present, didn’t want to drive his good mood into the ground by worrying on unnecessary thoughts.

However, there was one concern on his mind. He had yet to check up on how Chusi was doing since joining their new companions. He wanted to make sure she was ok with this, that this was actually what she wanted, because at the end of the day he had chosen to follow her, not anybody else. But of course, as fate would have it, he’d chosen to seek her out at perhaps the worst time possible. He was miles off when he’d first caught her scent, but even the faintest whiff of it had been enough to send him darting in her direction.

He knew what this was, having experienced it once before when he was just a child. However unlike back then when it had just barely stirred him, he felt the full weight of the heat’s effects now. And by the time he’d finally reached her, all sense of reason had been lost and replaced with the overwhelming desire to take what was before him. He let out a whine, tail swishing behind him while he stood tense just a few feet away, silently leaving it up to her to close the gap between them or walk away.