even an artichoke has a heart
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super sorry for the delay! dated until whenever?


She was no fool when it came to her pack, and even less than when it came to her family (although to the creamy alpha, those were one in the same). She knew that Robert was in love with Eclipse, even if he had not spoken it out loud to Skye yet; he had been moving things around lately, and she hadn't seen him in a while. It didn't bother her - quite the contrary, however. Although still slightly entrenched into her moody depression, it did her at least some good to know that her son was pulling his weight, and had fallen in love at the same time.

She had seen a recent influx of new members, and decided that more of the houses needed to be.. presentable; it was something to do, at least, to occupy her mind away from the recent negative goings-on of the pack, and to prevent herself from becoming useless in her unhappiness. She carried in a wagon some things, scavenged from empty houses as to not clutter them up, leaving them neater and in better shape than before. She happened to be in front of Eclipse's - and, she supposed, Robert's, too - house, which what prompted the thoughts of her son.

She sighed as she paused the wagon directly in front of the house and turned, seeing one of the items having been thrown out of the wagon by Ares, one of her two pups who were 'scavenging' with her. Esmeralda let out a mischievous giggle, mimicking her brother by grasping a pencil in her mouth and tossing it out of the wagon.

"Careful, now, pups," Skye said, bending to pick up the objects discarded by her mischievous children. She put them back into the wagon, looking at the children, exasperated and tired.

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(394) dated whenever! 8D <3

Ever since they declared their feelings for each other and since moving most of his things into her home, Eclipse occupied most of his waking thoughts for the majority of the day. But, as a few weeks went by, other thoughts began to creep into his mind. Like the pack for example--having totally forgot about Cercatori and her existence, the thought came to him quickly and with a good bit of force

He was never one to really get into pack matters, seeing that everyone but his family weren't to be trusted, but ever since the woman came into his life, he began to realize slowly that perhaps he should open up a bit more. Especially now when he had someone to protect. So, he had tried to socialize with his packmates more, and found that they were actually pleasurable company. Even the vague memory of the blurred moments with Vasiliy brought a good natured smile to his face, and he asked himself why he had been holding himself out on such good times. Perhaps he could make up for the many months he had spent on his lonesome, being no use to the pack than to just waste space. He had to change things, starting now.

A giggle and the sound of clunking disturbed him from his thoughts, and a somewhat familiar murmur caught his ears. He had been lounging in a chair, simply thinking and reflecting, and he cupped his ears towards the sounds. His curiosity piqued, and if it had been months ago he probably would have ignored it, but now he answered the beckoning of his desire to know what was going on. He peeked through the window, and saw his mother standing in front of the house while his younger siblings was tossing out things from a wagon they were riding on. A small smile crept on his face, and he quickly went to the door and exited the house, and his face broadened at the sight of the pale woman. "Hi, mom," he greeted, and looked down at his brother and sister, and flashed a big grin as a greeting for them. While it was somewhat weird to have half-siblings, it was more of the feeling of being a big brother than the fact that they didn't share the same father. They were his family never the less.

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They looked at the house where Robert and Eclipse now lived together, their tongues lolling out of their tiny puppy mouths and their tails wagging with no signs of stopping. At first, Skye assumed they were simply being pups, but then she caught glimpse of something move in the window of the house.

Sure enough, a few moments later, Robert emerged, a grin on his face unlike any smile Skye had seen him have when he was younger. He said a greeting to her, and Skye did not smile, but her eyes held warmth and love for her pups - all of them.

"Hello, Robert," she said, her tail slowly wagging behind her. Her pups yipped in excitement, attempting to copy the name that she said, but only managing to say "Rah - wer! Rah - wer!" instead. It seemed good enough for them, however, and they repeated it, grinning at their half-brother while doing so.

"Having fun with your girlfriend, I see," she teased, winking a her son; some may be awkward and attempt to omit the realities of life, but Skye embraced them.. and occasionally made others uncomfortable with it, something she found quite funny.

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He felt a surge of happiness as it seemed the pups were excited to see him, and it brought his own tail to wag along with their's. Earlier, when he first discovered of thier existence when they were still unborn, he had thought that he would mind them much, and had laid his restless thoughts to bed about that topic. But, now that they were bundling bunches of fur, and seeing them more active than ever before, a deep curiosity overcame him; he hadn't really been around many pups, either not finding much interest in their company or simply had not been around him, and considering these were his siblings, he felt even more intrigued than he would have previously thought.

He crouched down a bit to be at their eye level, and wanted to grin ear to ear when they tried to say his name. He wondered if he sounded like that when he was young, even with his own name--he must've, he guessed, for he was a puppy once before, after all. He glanced up at Skye when she spoke again, and the large smile that was decorating his face was easily wiped off. He jerked back to his feet, and quickly stammered meekly, "She's--what're you--uh..." He knew his mother had a sharp eye, and he realized that his moving of things weren't exactly unnoticeable, as was the amount of time he would spend with Eclipse; there was no way to deny what she had said to be true, for the most part.

"S-she's not my girlfriend," he finally stated, and had to pause to muse over his words. Yes, she wasn't his girlfriend. She was something more, they were more than a courtship. But how can he put what they were in words, he was not quite sure.

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The pups reached out for Robert's nose as he neared closer to them, attempting to grasp it in their tiny toes. She knew Robert was slightly awkward, and although Eclipse had helped him become infinitely more outgoing than he once had been, it was clear that he was still not ready to tackle some subjects head-on. But she did love teasing him sometimes.

"Oh, really?" she asked in an exaggerated voice to his denial that Eclipse was his girlfriend. "What is she, then?" Some part of Skye knew, deep down, what he truly meant when he said that she wasn't his girlfriend, but she did not let on that she knew - if Robert was going to be an adult, then he could act like one long enough to tell his mother what he felt. It was all part of growing up, and Skye could help him a bit - but he had to find his own way sometimes as well.

Esmeralda whined loudly, reaching out for her half-brother. Skye picked her up, and she giggled, pointing at Robert with a paw. She then offered the small pup to Robert to hold, if he'd like - she was sure that Esmeralda would, at least, as the small pup grinned sloppily, tongue lolling out and sharp baby teeth showing.

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He fidgeted as he stood before his mother, and soon he was not able to equally meet her gaze without having to glance at the ground or at the pups, anything but her, every few seconds or so. Embarrassment came over him; but, it was not because he was ashamed of what he and Eclipse had. He was more upset that he didn't tell Skye sooner, and now it was something she could easily tease him with. While in retrospect he would find her making fun of him endearing, in the moment he would always be flustered and indignant.

When she taunted him, prompting him to answer what they were, made his expression even more disheveled. Before he could blurt out something on the spot, his sister's cry cut the air, cutting off anything rash he was about to say. He watched quietly as their mother picked her up, and after being motioned to, she was handed to him. He was still for a moment, unsure, but he stepped forward, and took the pup gingerly. It then dawned on him he absolutely didn't know what he was doing, and he carefully tried to mimic something that looked like a cradle, not even sure if he was holding her right. He looked down at the pale girl as if she would know, confusion clear on his face, but he guessed he was doing okay.

He momentarily forgot about his predicament, and he finally took his eyes off of Emseralda and looked back at Skye, "She is..." She was so many things she was to him, and it was hard to chose one. As he waded through his thoughts, something finally came to him. "Eclipse is my everything."

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awwwwww


She cocked her head as her son took her daughter in his hands, seeming to be unsure about how to hold her. But soon enough he held her in his arms as a cradle, and Skye smiled approvingly - Esmeralda approved as well, it seems, as she giggled softly and reached out for Robert's face. Ares whined unhappily in the wagon, and Skye picked him up, nuzzling him with her muzzle; he grinned widely, poking at her nose with a tiny puppy paw.

Skye looked at Robert intensely as he said that Eclipse was his everything, and then gave him a soft, motherly smile - she normally was a bit rough or even callous with her son, loving to tease him or attempt to toughen him up, but her countenance now was simply one of a soft, nurturing mother.

"I am glad for you, Robert," she said quietly, genuinely. She wished for her son to find happiness, and he had found it in Eclipse, as she had found her own happiness within him. Their love for each other brought light to Skye's clouded heart; she, once, had thought that she had found what they knew, but her mate had left her long ago, not to be seen again. Jazper never had been her mate, nor would he ever - but although Skye was alone, she found solace in knowing that her son Robert was not.

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/thumps self


The man cracked a smile as Emseralda reached for his face, and allowed his somewhat slim muzzle to dip down a bit for his sister to bat at or whatever she wanted to do with his face. It felt weird to be playful with someone else other than Eclipse, but this was a different case; there was some sort of bond between him and his siblings, faint now, but perhaps in time it would become stronger. They could grow to share a special place within him like his mother, littermate, and Eclipse had.

He blinked meekly as he awaited her response. He was never one to be too dramatic, and to use such a romantic definition to the woman, it would bound to end in some sort of ridicule, he supposed. But, no jokes came, and instead he was greeted with soft, motherly words.

His ears perked up, as if he was not sure he was hearing what he thought he had heard. But, he heard her right, and his unsure smile crept into a lopsided grin, and let out a small, breathy laugh that was nearly silent. He looked back down at his pale sister, and began to poke her, playfully prodding her stomach. "She's just... I don't know how to explain it." He simply didn't, and that was the wonderful part about it. Did he need a reason to love Eclipse other than the obvious, that being she was nearly the most perfect girl? He saw no faults, only her and her alone. He wondered momentarily if Skye knew what he meant he she said he didn't know what to say.

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His relief was evident at her lack of teasing or ribbing on him as he gave her a toothy smile as well as a small sigh of relief. Perhaps he had been holding those feelings in from her for a while, and could now finally tell someone, tell her - it was a good thing, a sort of catharsis that released his anxiety and his pain. It was good.

She nodded slowly as he said that he just did not know how to explain it; she understood, or at least she did, once upon a time. Once upon a time, when she was still young and naive enough to cry at a coywolf's rejection, to sit upon a log and stare at the glowing lagoon and sigh and pine away. She was still young then, as Robert was now, discovering what it meant to love.

"I understand," she said. "You don't have to explain anything. And that's the best part," she said, attempting to lighten her voice and gave Robert a small wink - something she was very good at was concealing emotions and covering them with light, cheerful, or mischievous ones.

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Skye, stahp. You make me crey.


He should have known that his mother would have understood the angle he was coming from. She had loved their father–he need not had to look or remember hard enough to know that. But, while he felt pleased with his own situation, to be reminded of Skye's own suddenly hit him. Caught up in his own little world and happenings, he had all but forgotten his own mother, and the weight that fall on his chest nearly knocked the air out of him.

Who was he to be babbling about love to her when his father had basically walked out on them? He glanced down at Emseralda, still ruffling her up with a hand, but was less excitable than moments ago with his movements. He crouched down again by the wagon, and while he cradled his sister in one arm, he rubbed Ares' dark little head, not wanting him to think he was not going to pay any attention to him, "I'm sorry that I have been busy lately..." It was not much of an apology, but it was all he could scrap up without turning too emotional.

"Are these guys giving you any trouble lately?" he asked, his muzzle upturning into a smile. "I could watch them a little while whenever you have to go to something." Perhaps he could make up his absence, or at least start at the tip of the iceberg.

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