He hated how she looked away from him. He hated how she pretended to ignore the words coming out of his mouth, when in reality she was listening to every syllable. Why did she have to be so damn difficult all the time? Usually he saw it as a trait to find sort of endearing, if not at the same time infuriating. But now, it was simply just annoying. As she finally turned to acknowledge him, he wasn't surprised at her anger. It seemed that no matter what he said, something always insulted her or just plain pissed her off. Works both ways hon, he thought as he tried to keep from smirking at her very pissed off yet adorable look. Adorable really only to him. A lesser man would've cowered in fear. But Hotei was not one of them. His anger, once again, seemed to be deflated. Until he heard the words pouring out of her maw.

She was angry at him? Ridiculous! He made himself rise to his full height and a snarl showed on his maw. "No," he emitted strongly. He pressed his form tightly against hers as his yellow gaze connected with her emerald one. "We are not. doing. this. again." Each word sounded darker than the last and with each pause he took one step forward and she instinctively one step back. He backed her up until she was pressed against a tree with no way to escape for he crowded her with his immense stature. "You. are. mine," he growled. "You. are. a. Tainn.." His eyes never left her gaze, not giving her any chance to escape from his intense stare. "You will forever be mine." If he couldn't get it through her thick skull how much she meant to him by sappy words, there was no way she would miss his meaning with possessive actions.

He watched her as she avoided his gaze, his heart thumping erratically in his chest. Probably due to his fury mixing in with his adrenaline. Hotei wanted her to look at him. To notice, not the anger, but the truth in his gaze. He loved her with everything he had, even when she seriously pissed him off and took him to the edge of his breaking point. Finally, finally she opened her maw. But she still didn't look at him. But beggars couldn't be choosers. He had to take what he could get. For now. In truth, it wasn't exactly the reaction he was hoping for, but at least she wasn't trying to kill with her famous evil eye that he had been subjected to more than once in their whole time of knowing each other.

He huffed slightly, but conceded to her request. Taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly, the burnt man forced himself to reign in his temper. Bending down, not caring if it made the situation worse, he licked her muzzle, almost tenderly. It was interesting how he could go from a possessive bastard one minute, to a caring individual the next. It wouldn't last for long though. Something else would soon set him off and he also just wanted to head back to the Bend and be very far from his mate for the time being to process what the hell had just happened between them. He lifted himself to his full height and stepped away. Far enough to give her both the physical and emotional space she so obviously wanted. That he wanted as well. Waiting for her to move, he kept his sharp yellow gaze on her to see what Jessie would do. When she didn't respond, he let out a frustrated growl and moved his large bulk, heading back to pack territory. Once they reached the borders, Jessie went one way and Hotei the other. Their emotional shit really pissed him off. He didn't like what emotions she raised within him. And still, he went back to her each and every fucking time. Love was stupid that way.

{Fade Out}