Miles went around and plucked fish out of the river like it was no one's business, one by one. Soon he had a small pile going off by their stuff. "I don't understand why it's taking you so long," He said, splashing her a little more.
She motioned for him to be quiet as her hand darted into the water and she tried to grab a fish, barely missing it. "I don't understand how this is so easy for you, I can't grab the fish without it swimming away." She said, flicking water back at him.
"You just have to be faster," He shoved his hand down and gripped a fish with death, pulling it out. "And since your hand is smoother you need to grab it harder…" He splashed some water on her and wait until the fish stopped squirming in his hand before he put it with the rest.
(You know how much I want Miles to slap Emmeline with a dead fish?)
(XDXD yesssss that would be hilarious ^w^)
"I'll try," She said with a smile, scooping water up in her hands and throwing it at him, "As soon as you stop splashing me that is." She shifted her footing and looked down at the water, dipping her hand in again as she tried, and failed, to grab another fish.
(Lol ' w ')
"I'll stop splashing you once you learn that you can't catch a fish by wishing for one…" He splashed her again and went back to work. Miles shot his hand back in the water and caught another one, but this fish was much larger than the others, stretching to about a foot in length. He glanced back at Emmeline and smirked. Wouldn't that be a shame…? He had a strong grip on the wriggling fish and he got it wet again before playfully slapping Emmeline in the behind with the fish, killing it upon impact.
(Uuuahhhh!)
She yelped, jumping out of the water slightly and falling onto her butt in the water. "Miles!" She said, glancing back at him and scowling, though it soon turned into a challenging grin, "You're not getting away with that, you know that right?" She stood back up and started towards him, almost completely soaked from the fish and from falling into the water.
Miles backed away. "Whoa whoa, what do you think you're doing, woman?" He held his hands up, still a tight grip on the fish. "Don't make me slap you again, you hear!?" He yelped, raising his arm up high.
"You wouldn't," Emmeline laughed and scooped up more water in her hands, throwing it at him, "And since when did you start calling me 'woman'?" She continued towards him, holding in another laugh.
"What else am I gonna–" He was drenched in her handful of water, and he whined, bending his ears back. "You want to play that game, huh?" He challenged, standing his ground and shoving her backwards into the river. "How do you like that? Huh!?" Miles barked playfully.
She laughed before being shoved backwards, landing on her back with a splash. She sat up and wiped the water out of her face before scooping more water up and throwing it at him, "I'm not pushing you into the river, I'm just throwing water at you." She smiled lightly, now completely drenched.
"Doesn't matter," Miles smirked, kicking some more water at her. "I can do whatever I want within reason!" He towered over her, glaring down at her with a strange look on his face.
She splashed more water at him, "The keywords there are 'within reason'," She said, looking up at him with a grin, "You're going to apologise for smacking me with a fish though."
He grumbled lowly and sighed gruffly. "Fine – I'm sorry for slapping your ass with a fish, okay?" His face seemed grumpy, yet he grinned. "But you seemed strangely okay with that – I mean, you didn't try to kill me like I thought you would." He trudged back over and set the dead fish down on the pile, and shook himself, getting all the water out of his fur.
"I wouldn't kill you," She said, following him over to the tree and trying to wring out as much water as she could from her clothes, "I don't really have any dry clothes that I can put on though, they're holding our stuff in a bundle. That's the only thing that I'm a little concerned about, though slapping my butt wth a fish is a very close second." She pointed at the bundle and huffed, wiping her wet hair out of her face.
"Then here," He tossed his cloak to her. "Take them out of the clothes and put them in that. Just make sure you don't rip it or anything stupid like that." He lied down on his blanket. "And…. I mean…. I can always keep you warm if you want…."
She nodded and untied the bundle, switching their stuff into the cloak and grabbing her clothes. She picked them up and pointed at a decently sized tree, "I'm going to go change, alright?" She asked, already walking over to the tree and stopping behind it so that he couldn't see her.
Miles grumbled, "Alright then….." And he snuggled down to take his nap. Well…. That would be simply awkward if it did turn out to be that way….
She changed quickly and tried to wring out her wet clothes as much as she could, walking back over to Miles and laying them out on the ground before sitting down next to him. She hummed softly and looked around, wondering what they were going to do with the pile of fish from the river.
He put his chin on her thigh, inviting her to pet him. "Are you ready for another nap?…." He let out a sigh through his nose. "Because I'm getting a bit tired…"
She reached a hand over and started petting him, "A nap sounds quite nice right now." She laid back and propped herself up on her elbows, still petting him.
"Or maybe a nice long nap until morning…." He murmured, snuggling into her lap. "I bet we could both use the rest…."
"That sounds even better," She said softly, laying down and smiling. She closed her eyes and just focused on running her fingers through Miles' fur, quite happy that he was nice and warm and snuggly.
Miles was lulled to sleep by Emmeline's petting, going off into a nice deep sleep. Don't stop petting….
Emmeline stayed awake for a few minutes after she felt him fall asleep, looking around before drifting off to sleep slowly.
(Can I timeskip? :3)
(Yah :3)
Miles woke up to the sound of rushing water and chirping birds. He pried an eye open and lifted his head up. Huh….? He glanced at his hands, and they were no longer all covered in fur, and he glanced down, seeing he was back to his normal human self, the bandages loose around his leg. "Finally…." He said with a breath. He waited for a moment, still feeling Emmeline's hand in his hair from when he was still a wolf. I'm glad she cares.
She was still out cold, exhausted from splashing in the water last night. Her mouth hung open ever so slightly and she rolled onto her side, staying close to Miles for warmth and comfort.
Miles didn't want to wake her up, yet he had to sit up a little to change his sleeping position. "Emmeline…." He said softly, tucking a hair strand out of her face. Why am I trying to wake her up??? He lied down next to her and put his arm around her to keep her warm.
She made a shushing noise, holding up her hand weakly to say 'Five more minutes'. A content smile appeared on her face when she felt his arm around her and she ran a hand absentmindedly through his hair.
