If Fallow could have shriveled up into a raisin, he would have. In fact, he wanted to. Very, very badly.
"I-I have a pair!" he cried out in surprised retaliation. "I've always h-had them! I-I've wrestle with... with bears, you know!" He was allowing himself to be pushed along by her, playing along and leaving back almost dramatically. "D-don't you know i-it's rude to question a man's, um, manhood?" He leaned back more, and found himself smiling? Yes, Fallow was smiling! In fact, he was having a rather good time testing exactly how strong Lijuan was under his almost dead weight. Though the kirin likely couldn't see his smile, or the mischievous twinkle in his eyes, it radiated off of him as an idea sprang to life in his head.
Fallow straightened up and came to a dead stop, refusing to move even as Lijuan's hands pressed against his lower back.
If she wanted to go faster, they'd go faster.
The man took a leap forward and shifted forms in midair, and when he landed he was no longer a man, but a beautiful buck. He stood among the trees, coat a glossy russet brown, with antlers large enough to rival the king of the forest. He stared at Lijuan with thoughtful black eyes for just a moment before his white backed tail shot straight up and he was off running along the deer trail, his gait alternating between a gallop and a prance.
"Come on, Lijuan!" he called, rounding a bend in the trees, "Or I'll leave you behind!" Already his voice was growing distant. It seemed he hadn't been exaggerating when he'd said he'd known the trails--he was traveling down them at a dizzying speed.
The trees blurred around him, and Fallow threw his head back as he laughed heartily. He moved through the underbrush, graceful long legs skimming over bushes and bounding effortlessly over rocks. He didn't know how long he ran, fueled by his heart thundering in his chest and the blood rushing through him, but eventually he was compelled to stop at a rocky outcrop between thinning trees. He had run close to the edge of the forest, but had Lijuan kept up with his pace? Or had he lost her along the almost invisible deer trails?
Oh gods, if he left her behind she would be so mad.
Fallow placed a tentative hoof forward and called out, "Lijuan!"
"I-I have a pair!" he cried out in surprised retaliation. "I've always h-had them! I-I've wrestle with... with bears, you know!" He was allowing himself to be pushed along by her, playing along and leaving back almost dramatically. "D-don't you know i-it's rude to question a man's, um, manhood?" He leaned back more, and found himself smiling? Yes, Fallow was smiling! In fact, he was having a rather good time testing exactly how strong Lijuan was under his almost dead weight. Though the kirin likely couldn't see his smile, or the mischievous twinkle in his eyes, it radiated off of him as an idea sprang to life in his head.
Fallow straightened up and came to a dead stop, refusing to move even as Lijuan's hands pressed against his lower back.
If she wanted to go faster, they'd go faster.
The man took a leap forward and shifted forms in midair, and when he landed he was no longer a man, but a beautiful buck. He stood among the trees, coat a glossy russet brown, with antlers large enough to rival the king of the forest. He stared at Lijuan with thoughtful black eyes for just a moment before his white backed tail shot straight up and he was off running along the deer trail, his gait alternating between a gallop and a prance.
"Come on, Lijuan!" he called, rounding a bend in the trees, "Or I'll leave you behind!" Already his voice was growing distant. It seemed he hadn't been exaggerating when he'd said he'd known the trails--he was traveling down them at a dizzying speed.
The trees blurred around him, and Fallow threw his head back as he laughed heartily. He moved through the underbrush, graceful long legs skimming over bushes and bounding effortlessly over rocks. He didn't know how long he ran, fueled by his heart thundering in his chest and the blood rushing through him, but eventually he was compelled to stop at a rocky outcrop between thinning trees. He had run close to the edge of the forest, but had Lijuan kept up with his pace? Or had he lost her along the almost invisible deer trails?
Oh gods, if he left her behind she would be so mad.
Fallow placed a tentative hoof forward and called out, "Lijuan!"
