"If Only the World Wouldn't Get In the Way..." 2
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November 15 2016, 22:08:00 UTC
Copper Kurt Slade looked *SO miserable* that Tod stopped his deja-vu and made his silent way all the way up to his canine best friend, gently nudging his smaller black nose against Copper's tear-wet golden-brown-furred cheek before just as gently nuzzling it. As he did so, he couldn't help but whimper a little himself at how SO *VERY* *sad* Copper looked and was, lovingly rubbing one of his slightly fluffier/softer gingery-red cheeks against Copper's damp face. At the feel of soft, thick, fluffy, FAMILIAR-SMELLING fur rubbing itself against his tear-soaked/stained cheek, and the sound of a *familiar WHIMPERING* in his ear that was sad yet genuinely sympathetic, Copper's sobs suddenly stopped themselves short, and he gasped/choked a little bit on them as he slowly-yet-quickly raised his floppy-earred head. Saddened husky-blue puppy-dog eyes met with and locked onto kindly dark amber orbs set within a familiar (handsome/beautiful) sharp gingery-red/cream fox face topped with large pointed dark brown ears. "T- To- ...*Tod*??!" Copper exclaimed in a choked-out gasp of a whisper, not being to help himself shaking a little as his cobalt eyes filled with cloudy heart-wrenching grief began to take on just a small hint of hopeful, joyous sunshine at seeing his beloved best friend again. Said fox smiled kindly at the hound, waving his bushy white-tipped tail around. "Hiya, Copper! -Yeah; *it's ME*, again." Then the usually joyous and mischievously-playful young vulpine's expression turned serious as he said softly, "...I heard through the game-preserve forest grapevine that your owner Amos Slade recently passed on due to an infection in his injured leg despite Widow Tweed's taking the utmost care of him. I- I decided to come and make sure that you and Chief-," At the sound of his elder wolf-hound mentor's name, Copper suddenly released a *heart-SHATTERED* whine that made Tod's very soul hurt and his own eyes prick wetly with tears. Despite Tod's not really liking the elder dog and having been chased by him so many times, he knew that Copper loved him very much, and looked to the wolf-hound as a father/uncle-figure; the *ONLY one* of such he'd had since very young puppyhood. He felt a cold shadow fall over his heart as he stuttered while stumbling back a little, "H-He- He... *NO*, HE *didn't*-," "*He DID*," countered Copper tearfully, blinking hard. "Just a minute or two after Amos passed, ...so did- *he*, he loved him THAT *MUCH*." "Leaving YOU *ALL* *alone*?" said Tod quietly, actually (not) a bit angry at Chief. "W-Well, -*WHAT'll* you do NOW, Copper?? You *CAN'T* just STAY *here* all by yourself; NOT *really*-!" Copper shuffled his light-colored paws a little as he inquired apprehensively yet bashfully, fearing that he would be told outright '*NO*', "Could- Could I- ....Could I possibly come back *with YOU*, Tod? I've *REALLY* MISSED you an *awful lot*." Despite having a 'mate' to contend with, Tod wasted no time whatsoever in joyfully replying before happily licking Copper's face (accidentally getting at his lips in the process), "-ABSTIVELY *posolutely* *CERTAINLY* *of COURSE* you can/may, Copper Kurt Slade!!! I'VE *missed YOU* like *CRAZY*, *too*!!"
At the feel of soft, thick, fluffy, FAMILIAR-SMELLING fur rubbing itself against his tear-soaked/stained cheek, and the sound of a *familiar WHIMPERING* in his ear that was sad yet genuinely sympathetic, Copper's sobs suddenly stopped themselves short, and he gasped/choked a little bit on them as he slowly-yet-quickly raised his floppy-earred head. Saddened husky-blue puppy-dog eyes met with and locked onto kindly dark amber orbs set within a familiar (handsome/beautiful) sharp gingery-red/cream fox face topped with large pointed dark brown ears. "T- To- ...*Tod*??!" Copper exclaimed in a choked-out gasp of a whisper, not being to help himself shaking a little as his cobalt eyes filled with cloudy heart-wrenching grief began to take on just a small hint of hopeful, joyous sunshine at seeing his beloved best friend again.
Said fox smiled kindly at the hound, waving his bushy white-tipped tail around. "Hiya, Copper! -Yeah; *it's ME*, again." Then the usually joyous and mischievously-playful young vulpine's expression turned serious as he said softly, "...I heard through the game-preserve forest grapevine that your owner Amos Slade recently passed on due to an infection in his injured leg despite Widow Tweed's taking the utmost care of him. I- I decided to come and make sure that you and Chief-,"
At the sound of his elder wolf-hound mentor's name, Copper suddenly released a *heart-SHATTERED* whine that made Tod's very soul hurt and his own eyes prick wetly with tears. Despite Tod's not really liking the elder dog and having been chased by him so many times, he knew that Copper loved him very much, and looked to the wolf-hound as a father/uncle-figure; the *ONLY one* of such he'd had since very young puppyhood. He felt a cold shadow fall over his heart as he stuttered while stumbling back a little, "H-He- He... *NO*, HE *didn't*-,"
"*He DID*," countered Copper tearfully, blinking hard. "Just a minute or two after Amos passed, ...so did- *he*, he loved him THAT *MUCH*."
"Leaving YOU *ALL* *alone*?" said Tod quietly, actually (not) a bit angry at Chief. "W-Well, -*WHAT'll* you do NOW, Copper?? You *CAN'T* just STAY *here* all by yourself; NOT *really*-!"
Copper shuffled his light-colored paws a little as he inquired apprehensively yet bashfully, fearing that he would be told outright '*NO*', "Could- Could I- ....Could I possibly come back *with YOU*, Tod? I've *REALLY* MISSED you an *awful lot*."
Despite having a 'mate' to contend with, Tod wasted no time whatsoever in joyfully replying before happily licking Copper's face (accidentally getting at his lips in the process), "-ABSTIVELY *posolutely* *CERTAINLY* *of COURSE* you can/may, Copper Kurt Slade!!! I'VE *missed YOU* like *CRAZY*, *too*!!"
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