pp'd a hug and stuff.
There was something odd about the way was apologizing and the way he held himself. From what she had observed, he was a quiet man that was not prone to outbursts or fits of nervousness. Perhaps it was just that he realized he'd come at an inconvenient time, and felt awkward. Alma had to admit that she'd feel the same if she caught him in a similar condition.
Then he said something about a gift and she finally noticed the bracelets when they had been thrust in front of her. Alma took them from his outstretched hands. They were pretty, intricate things. She traced the carvings with one fingers. "Where'd you get these?" She would have liked to meet their creator - she assumed that Ithiel wasn't not, because he hadn't mentioned an interest in wood craft. Then again, it wouldn't have surprised her - wasn't he carving something before she'd asked him to teach her about knives?
She placed one bracelet on each wrist, then looked up at Ithiel curiously. The next question on her mind was why - and suddenly his uncertainty made sense. He liked her. Alma wouldn't have been able to come to this conclusion if that coyote she'd met at Halifax hadn't been so brash about his attraction; that sort of thing never came into her thoughts before. Without this, she would have thought Ithiel's actions were puzzling - though she would have eventually figured it out, after much awkwardness.
But whereas Kit had been blunt and even rude about his attraction, Ithiel was more reserved... perhaps even shy, considering the nervousness he displayed. A wide grin slowly spread over Alma's face. The dusky male's attitude pleased her far more. She found it adorable. "Awww!" Without warning, the female coyote leaned in and hugged the male tightly. Her arms ached with the movement, but she was too happy to care. It was rather like the fascination she'd felt when taunting Kit. "You're cute." She was inadvertently treating him the same way, talking in the same high-pitched voice she'd used on puppies and tousling his hair without regard for whether he would actually be comfortable with it.
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