His ears pressed tightly against his crown. He wished Adeltra was here, she was better with these things. Maybe the dragon kid would have liked her better. His hurts hurt and made his tail squirm underneath him. This kid was making him feel bad and Roman was a bit unaware he was making the floppy-eared kid feel the same. "Didn't say that." He whined softly. Roman hadn't called the kid stupid and he hadn't said he didn't wanna play. But this kid wasn't playing, he was going after monsters or something and that wasn't playing. It seemed the floppy-eared boy was gonna make this easy for the junior magpie. So after a hefty pause the Archer finally spat out the words with hurt lacing his tone. "Go home, dragon." Because in his world everyone had a home, including this kid who had just waltzed into his. He stood there with his back turned to the monster hunter. They were close enough to the borders that he could see himself out because Roman didn't want to see him anymore. He didn't want to see anyone right now now that he was feeling so bad. Once this kid left the Archer felt he would need a long nap - properly tucked up against one of his caretakers. |
It seemed as though neither of these pups were happy with this situation.
It was all so confusing for the Little Dragon, he understood his family well enough but everyone else was so foreign to him. He had trouble predicting what they were going to say or do. As he was so smart-or so his Da claimed- he usually played it by ear and got by well enough. But this wasn't good at all. Far far from good.
Try as he might- and oh boy did he try- Aegir couldn't understand why he was being like this. He just spelled it out for him and he still didn't get it. Or in his words, he 'didn't say that.'
He would never admit it, but he flinched at the words that were shot at him. If he'd paid a little more attention he would have realised that the splodgy wolf was hurting just as much as he was. But he didn't notice, he was too tangled up in a web of bad, hurt and the desire to snuggle up with his Ma and Da.
Aegir's expression twisted into a sneer and his stubby tail lashed behind him. He wished he could breathe fire, for he would have burnt this little wolf till he was nothing but embers.
"Fine!" He snapped, biting at the air for emphasis. Something he had seen his Da do. "I ain't got no home, but I'll go whurever, an' if I see yer again I'll I'll...Yer don't wanna find out."
His tail raised (something he had seen his own parent's do) at the boy's words for they both startled and confused him. Romanov didn't understand the concept of not having a home. It didn't make sense but heck if he was gonna ask because obviously, he was pushing this kid to his snapping point. Maybe he just needed a nap or something. Perhaps Roman would have been kind enough (not likely given this was a stranger in his home) to let the fellow kid take a nap under one of the trees if they hadn't gotten off on the wrong paw somewhere.
"Whatever." Romanov mumbled softly as he took a few steps back, eyes not wavering from the floppy-eared dragon. The magpie child wanted to see for his own eyes that this kid wasn't gonna hide around his home. What if Elle bumped into him? Or Adeltra? What would the grown-ups do if they stumbled upon the self-proclaimed dragon? It was too much to think about and was only exhausting the Willow Ridge child more. If this was what other kids were like he didn't want anything to do with them. He would just play with his own sisters until he was big enough to do adult things.
Determined to have the last word, or rather action, Aegir kicked at stone at the splodge wolf and stuck out his tongue at him, in the ugliest sneer he could manage.
He'd never met such a joy-kill before nor did he ever want to meet another like him. He had thought wolves his age would be fun company, that they could play and pretend and get up to all sorts of trouble. But apparently he had been wrong.It was clear he didn't want or need friends his age, especially if they were all like this.
No, he'd be much better off alone. Who needed friends when you had family?Not Aegir. No, he had quickly decided that they were not worth the time or effort dealing with. If he was bored, he could play with his Ma, Da or even Kyri. All he knew for certain was that he didn't need a friend who looked as though a bird had pooped on their face.
Turning tail, Aegir puffed up his chest and cast a nasty, scalding look over his shoulder.
"You bird poo face!"He hissed, before he trudged off into the willows in search for an adventure he could enjoy on his own. Before that though, he would hunt down his Ma and Da and get some well needed cuddles.