Blackfoot Forest make it up as you go

Eli thought this was a good way of apologizing – he wasn't all that great at apologizing himself. The words “I'm sorry” never slipped passed his lips unless they were choked out and then, arguments typically happened because he seemed like he didn't “mean what he said”. So the agouti wolf came up with other ways to show that he was, indeed, sorry. Elijah decided that this was the best way to do that. Ears perked, continuing to clean the pup's nose as the kid finally relaxed... until he had enough that is!
The russet kid slipped through his grip, leaving Elijah with his tongue sticking out awkwardly – ears pointed alertly forward and his paw hanging in the air again. His head tilted off to the side for a moment before he pulled his tongue back into his mouth and gave the kid a grin. It seemed like he got his point across and the kid wasn't so upset with him now. That was good!
“Oohh,” he hummed – eyes widened in surprise as Little Man spoke up, too, saying he was sorry for calling him a fathead goat and that he really wasn't one he just thought he was being mean... and so forth. Then he mentioned the magic word... friend! Friend. He wanted to be friends!
“Friends! Yes! Friends,” the male exclaimed excitedly, prancing his forelegs with his tail wagging so fast that it looked like it would go flying off at any moment. “What's your name, little man? I'm Eli!”