Summertime Surprises

[bluekachoo]

Orion’s laughed in triumph as he caught Gale off balance and pushed him back down into the water. His victory only lasted a moment. Gale must have gotten his feet on the way down, because Orion fell half on top of him. He felt his friend wriggling under him in the mud as he lay there, momentarily disoriented.

Orion scrabbled over Gale, rising out of the shallow water. He coughed out the water that had flooded his nose and mouth and turned to face Gale. He splashed him again, this time only using one paw. “That was a dirty trick.” He panted teasingly.

[Blood]

Gale fumbled around under water for a good couple long moments as he felt the body and legs of Orion struggling around him and pressing over him. The pressure in his longs was slowly growing until he was able to shift out from underneath the other male and burst out of the water. His breath came in gasps and his wide open smiling maw was spatting water and his wagging tongue was dripping uncontrollably. A coughing laugh came from his exhausted lungs when he heard Orion complaining. He chuckled some more and flinched away as the other wolf splashed him again in a teasing way.

"Hey now, I had to defend myself some how! That was a good hustle though." Gale shook his head, his dark teal ears catching the glint of the sun on his wet fur. His eyes still rapidly blinking away excess water as he walked past Orion nudging his shoulder into the other's as he splashed up to the shore.

Shaking himself dry, Gale let out a long and deep sigh, spraying water from his lips as he pranced a little bit and shook himself off again. "So, you ready to start our journey? I'm not saying summers almost over, but I'd rather not get stuck in the mountains during an early winter storm if we're having so much fun that we don't notice the seasons passing." Gale winked at Orion as he chatted. "I mean, that also might be fun, but there is other things I'd rather do than be stuck in a cave in the middle of a blizzard."

[bluekachoo]

“Thanks.” Orion chuckled, wading back to the shore after his friend. The water was getting colder now that the sun was sinking in the sky, and he was happy to leave it for the cattail-littered land.

When he reached dry land he shook the water out of his soggy fur while Gale did the same. “Well, a blizzard would be kinda cool to watch. But I think we’d better not risk it.” Orion joked. He leaned forward feeling the delightful quiver in his muscles, as he stretched his hind legs out. A late afternoon breeze ruffled his sun-warmed fur and his heart squirmed with excitement at the thought of the adventure he was about to embark on. “I’m ready! Lead the way!”

[Blood]

Gale watched as Orion began to rid himself of the majority of water that clung to his fur. A few of the droplets created by his violent shaking sprayed in his direct and his eyes fluttered as they hit his grinning face. His bright silver eyes followed the young male's body as he stretched out his legs and seemed to be jittery with excitement. Orion's squirmish excitement got Gale in a doubly happy mood as he chuckled at his friend's optimistic outlook at being stuck in a cave during a blizzard. Not many wolves would look at that situation as "kinda cool" but apparently Orion thought it would be.

At his declaration, Gale lit up and perked his ears, "Alright, lets go then! Nothing is stopping us." He flipped his tail and sprung into action leading the way off to the mountains, their dark gray silhouette lined the horizon. Gale looked back at the wolf accompanying him and his heart grew with joy, this was going to be fun.

-Exit Gale-

((Go ahead and make a thread in the mountains if you'd like!))