TigerXFinch

Yep, I have no idea what to call this, oh well XD
Based on an rp with Colonel, Finch ended up sleeping with Tiger in his den (it was really cute XD)
This is the rp-
Start at the end, I simply copied and pasted it from a note.

Finch slipped a small smile as she drifted into a deep sleep.

Tiger pulled his head back surprised, but a wide smile quickly dominated his face again. He laid his head next to Finch and gently nudged her before closing his eyes. His tail rolled around Finch's back.

Finch raised her head to watch him lay down. She got up said a quiet goodnight and took several steps. At the wide entrance she stopped, looked back at Tiger then back into the tunnels that lay ahead. With slight hesitation and quick, quiet steps, she slipped back into the den and curled into a ball, leaning against Tiger.

Tiger smiled at Finch, he thought it was really adorable how she was curled up and the nest was big for her. He walked slowly past her giving her a quick nip on the ear ''Good night!'' he said before going in his resting place, stretching a little with a yawn and then laying down with his front legs extended and his head rested on them turned towards Finch's side.

While Finch's longer eyelashes prevented the sand from scratching her eyes, she had an extremely difficult time seeing in the dim light. She strained her eyes to see, but she was smiling, she started to smile a lot more now too because of Tiger. She nodded to show she understood and saw, and then seeing the beds, she quickly looked between Tiger and them once before trotting over and hopping in one, she curled up in a ball like she always did but kept her head up, seeing she left more than half the nest open, she chuckled to herself.

''Great'' Tiger smiled and led the way. The entrance to his den was bigger than any other den and inside was a wide area with all kinds of things on the walls and the sides, either pinned or in seas shells and of various colors. There were plants, bones, shells and other animal materials. There were two grass beds made for patients. ''This is my work area'' he said proudly and continued further to a smaller opening behind the beds. It was his rest area. It was just big enough to fit 2 full sized wolves, which for both of them was plenty good. His bed was comfy and he had some sort of large bone. He pointed to it and said ''This I've been saving from that elk hunt our pack went to in the mountains wayyy back. It's a great chew toy and stress reliever!'' He waited for Finch to look around.

"Sure," she answered as quickly as she got to her feet.

''Hm?'' Tiger blinked ''Oh yeah sure'' he smiled ''Tho it's not always just my own, I share it with my patients'' he nodded proudly. There was a short pause before he asked her nervously ''Would you like to come take a look?''

Finch pushed the thoughts aside, she couldn't look weak around Tiger, "No, I think I'm fine now." She looked around the little cove and changed the subject, "Is it nice having your own den?"

He sat down next to her ''Oh? I hope nothing too bad'' his ears were laid back and he looked worried for her.

"Yea," she looked around in the dimness, "just some bad memories."

Tiger went over to Finch slowly and lowered his head to hers ''It's fine, are you okay? There doesn't seem to be any unfamiliar scent around here.''

"Sorry," Finch said quietly from within Tiger's part of the dens.

Tiger took a whiff of the air around the tunnels making sure there were only familiar scents. He then went inside looking worried ''Finch?'' he passed in front of his den and stopped to hear her reply.

Finch stopped as she reached the den. She looked back to just make sure a wolf hadn't followed, she was very paranoid. Then she remembered Tiger as he came up over a mound of sand. She slipped into the tunnels and waited for him there.

Tiger noticed Finch suddenly turning tail, he could tell she looked distressed. At this point he had stopped running and was also able to hear the faint sound of howling. It suddenly occurred to him that beyond the mountains they were just in, there could be another wolf pack. He felt both uneasy and excited about it. He wanted to rush back and find that other pack, meet them even, but that was not possible and you can never know what those stranger wolves are like. Tiger ran after Finch.

Finch stopped, twist her face, trying to shake the dirt off. When she finally stopped, without the wind in her ears, she could distinctly hear a howl in the distance, and it wasn't from their pack. She tucked her tail and ran for the den, completely forgetting about the game the 2 were playing.

Tiger returned the smirk and made a long stretch, like a jump, that got him in front again and he crashed his hind legs in the sand, getting some in the air right in Finch's face. He made a hard turn East, towards their camp and later towards the ocean.

Finch lag a little more in the sand, her weight getting pulled down if she slowed. It encouraged her to keep sprinting, within a few minutes, she was neck and neck with Tiger. She gave him a little smirk.

They made it out of the forest and into the open desert. The sand was still hot, tho cooling from the fading sun. Tiger was generally a runner, as he didn't have much fighting skill, so he flew across the open space, looking back to make sure Finch is close behind. It wasn't about who was faster, he just wanted to have some more fun with her before the day ends. It was indeed a great day for him.

Finch was a bit surprised by his sudden burst of energy, but she went along with it. She broke out into a sprint after Tiger, he short legs pounding against the ground, slowly catching up to the male.

Tiger was this close to blushing, he was so near to Finch now, he could almost feel the movement of her fur as she was walking. He was barely containing his huge smile. He felt like he should be doing something at this moment, to keep it going. Anxiety got the best of him, but he managed to muster up a playful spirit and suddenly jumped in from of Finch, his butt high and tail wagging. He ran around her once and then a few feet away. He stopped to look back at her ''Bet I'm faster than you!'' he teased the smaller female.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Tiger move closer too. She smiled to herself, pretending not to see. Yet again she moved a bit closer.

They were coming upon less forestation in their way and the desert could be seen from afar between the trees growing less. In the distance was the already setting sun, shinning towards them. It was a nice sight but it would be even nicer once they completely went into the desert again. Then Tiger noticed Finch was closer to him than she was a minute ago, he was a little puzzled but decided to also inch a bit closer.

Finch kept a steady pace, but moved ever slightly closer to Tiger.

Tiger ears went down but he kept his smile ''Well I suppose..'' his eyes met the ground.

Finch gave him a look, "Ha. Ha. Ha" She said sarcastically. "Not the best joke I've heard."

''Because..'' he was barely holding in a laughter, his snout was cringing ''Because he was chasing the chicken!'' he LOL-ed 

Finch acted her usually self instead of showing how much she liked jokes, "Why?" She said simply.

Tiger didn't like the silence either. It reminded him of his social anxiety which he tries so hard to beat, he always tried to say something, so he decided to make a joke as they came up close to the mountains base. ''Hey.. hey Finch'' he chuckled and was holding some laugher ''Why did the wolf cross the road?''

Finch gave a short nod and carried on. She wanted to say something, rather than be in silence, which really shocked herself. But she couldn't think straight, she had a slight limp from a jabbing pain in her front left paw. She tried to walk regularly so Tiger wouldn't notice.

''Hehe, yeah let's just go'' he was giggling too. He loved putting smiles on other wolves' faces. The sun was soon coming down upon them.

"That's a new one." Finch teased. "Ready to continue?" She asked, standing up.

''Eh??'' Tiger snapped back into reality. ''Oh shit!'' he pulled his tongue back and tried to quickly change into a handsome expression, but Finch was already laughing so he just smiled with embarrassment.

Finch turned to wait for Tiger, expecting him to come from the opposite direction that he did. When she heard his paw steps she turned around, and as soon as she noticed his facial expression, a few giggles burst out from her throat.

''Hehe, show off'' Tiger mumbled with a smile before answering ''Yeah, I'm coming over from the side.'' He though he should have showed off to her too, by jumping straight over the fallen tree. His speed and agility were formidable in the pack even tho he is a poor hunter. 'She would have been so impressed.. would have jumped right into my hands.. heehee' he was getting lost in thoughts with day-dreaming but he didn't notice his tongue sticking out to the side.

Finch kept walking with her head high, but slowing as she got nearer to the tree. She stopped at the bottom and looked up to see it round off not to incredibly high. She readied herself and leapt, her claws cutting into the bark, stopping her from falling off. She used her back legs to push herself up and over the fallen tree where she landed gracefully on the other side. "You good Tiger?" She called, waiting.

''Alright..'' Tiger thought it might be a bit tall for her tho

"What?" Finch asked before registering what he said. "I'm going over it." Finch said, looking determined.

Tiger moved a bit to the side, but still behind her as the path they were on was narrow and full of vegetation. He looked at Finch curiously suddenly ''Are you gonna pass that tree or do you need to pee?'' there was a large old tree in front of them, hence why Tiger had moved away.

Finch walked, watching her paws as they moved. She had an urge to look behind her at Tiger, but resisted as best she could. She wasn't really paying attention, but she figured nothing was coming up on them.

Tiger followed behind, watching her fluffy tail brush left to right. A good day it was, he thought. 

Finch turned her head away, embarrassed. She nodded, still not looking at him and carried on in silence.

''Yeah it's no problem! I told you to hold on tightly right?'' he chuckled. Tho he kinds enjoyed carrying Finch. He giggled a little when she couldn't reach the ground.
''We can take it slow and just go back to camp without any more hurting tummies'' 

"Flat ground and downhill from here?" Finch asked, already knowing the answer. "Looks like I'll be getting off here." Finch wiggled and slid off, since she wasn't able to reach the ground. As she touched the ground she realized as he jumped she had dug her claws into his stomach, she checked underneath him to make sure she didn't break his skin. "And sorry about that." She nosed toward his stomach.

Tiger prepared himself for a low jump. It was just this one last leap and they would be on flatter ground tho with some maneuvering around rocks still left to do. His ears fell back ''Ok, here goes!'' he made a swift leap straight up, his claws caught firmly but one of his hind legs slipped due to the weight of Finch, but he quickly got it back up. They were in the clear now and the hard part was over. Tiger turned his head to see Finch ''Told ya we'd make it'' he had a stupid smile on his face although it was frightening to him that they could have fallen all the way down.

Hesitantly, Finch wrapped her legs around him as tight as she could, a look of worry swept over her face as she looked up to the very top of the mountain. "Ok. I think I'm ready." She pinched her eyes closed, maybe she was a tad afraid of heights, or at least the dangerousness of this climb. 

''We've only got that one rock to cross, so wrap your legs around me and we'll be fine'' he tried to sound confident but really he was hoping for the best. If the climb was too high for her then he had to do something and this was his best bet.

Finch grappled for something to get her footing on before she realized she was being carried. "And how is this supposed to work?"

''In that case..'' Tiger got up and caught her paw in his mouth while laying down and pushing his rear under hers and with a quick pull he got her on his back ''Whoa, you are as light as you seem!'' he joked

"I think I'm just a bit tired." Finch flinched slightly as he moved his paw close to her left hind leg. She tried to hide it and just act normal, biting back a little yip from the pain.

Tiger carefully rubbed around her belly with his paws ''Tell me if it hurts somewhere, it might be nothing but it's my job to be sure, right?'' he added the last part with a reassuring smile. ''Hm, how about your breathing, does it hurt to breathe?'' he asked noticing her heavy pants 

Finch rolled over obediently "I think I'm fine," she said embarrassed. She was slightly panting and couldn't look at Tiger.

''Finch!'' Tiger turned his head around sharply. Having reached a good footing on top of the flat rock and slided his front paws down on the flatness for balance, while keeping his butt high and body low. He extended his neck as much as he could to bite Finch's and start dragging her up. She was small and light so for him it wasn't too hard at all. He brought her up to lay on the top of the big rock, there was no risk of falling there. ''Let me see your stomach, does it hurt?'' his voice was hasty and worried, his eyes and mouth open wide. 

Finch craned her neck to see the top of the mountain. She stared in awe for a moment before turning her head back to what was in front of her. She watched as Tiger grabbed the branch, knowing she couldn't jump that high. She was able to weave around everything for a while, but as they got further up, there was only rock, and they were getting larger. They finally came upon a flat face of rock, Finch guessed is was 7 or 8 feet up to the next ledge. Finch looked around her and found a big enough rock to stand on, it gave her a few extra inches. Finch tried to calm herself, and then she leapt, her stomach hit a sharp part of the rock, her front legs and her head were the only thing that had reached the top. She scrambled trying to get up, he claws scratching the rock. She had to stop and stay still after a while, she had already tired herself and would probably fall if she continued. 

They began moving and it first t was silence. Seems like neither of them was glad to leave this beautiful place. Tiger desperately wanted to break the ice but wasn't quite sure what to say. He was moving his eyes looking all around nervously but trying to keep a straight face. They finally reached the place where they came down onto the tall grass field. It seemed a bit steep to go up, but for Tiger it wasn't. He jumped up and caught a branch of an old tree to help lift himself up and climb it. He didn't think if Finch could climb it or not.

Finch grumbled and sighed, 'Joy, hunting with the pack.' she thought bitterly. It was almost as bad as staying in all day, and it always went the same way, they traveled together before they realize they would do better splitting up, or at least make smaller groups, and at the end of the night everyone came back with a few scraps to show for all the hard work. She had convinced herself it was because of slim pickings that she was small, even though that wasn't the case at all. She sighed one more time before answering with a simple "Okay." but she made it clear she was still reluctant to go back quite yet, anyhow, it was pretty nice on this side of the mountain.

Tiger thought for a moment. ''Well it's almost dusk. We'll need to go back else the other will be wondering where we've been, they probably need you for late night hunting too'' he wasn't ready to go home yet tho. It seemed like they were getting to know each other better and he was enjoying her company. His head was low tho he always kept a smile ''It's still a long way back to camp so maybe we should get going.''

"You think?" Finch tried in a joking tone. "Well, I'm not really that hungry anymore." She didn't want to explain. "What now?" Finch asked, giving Tiger the lead.

''Yeah..'' he mumbled under a small smile ''I guess I don;t know anything about this sort of thing'' he giggled.

Finch sighed and helped him up. "You good?" She asked again.

He turned to stare at her with an open mouth as he was laying on the ground, head up at Finch. His eyes were sparkling with a sad realization. And the bunny just skipped away~ 

"That only works when the ground is soft and you need to dig." Finch said awkwardly, hearing Tiger hit the ground. "You good?" She asked as she turned around.

Tiger spotted one of the rabbits and let out a quiet gasp, his eyes widened, was it his time to shine? He bend down and fox-jumped at the rabbit, but it ran away leaving him to face-plant on the ground.

Finch wasn't exactly focused on hunting and passed several rabbits as they walked.

He walked behind her, keeping his head on the level of the grass so he doesn't stand out in case they come across some prey.

"Uh-huh..." Finch said slowly. "Come one." She walked forward trying to shake the feeling.

''Ah yeah! Of course!'' he stood up again, cheery and smiling as is his style. Tho he was still feeling a bit awkward from jumping her ''I promise I'll warn you next time'' he nodded.

"It's fine." Finch said through clenched teeth, "Just don't do it again." She pushed herself up to her paws and stood for a moment before walking up beside Tiger. Finch watched him for a second in silence. "You okay?" She asked, concern tinting her voice.

''Oh!'' Tiger snapped and stayed silent starring at her for a quick second where he realized he was on top of her. He blushed while jumping away and remained with his back towards her ''S-sorry! I didn't mean to- you know..ehhhh'' he was really embarrassed about it. 'idiotidiot you don't jump females like that! How unmanly!' he thought, angered with himself and shaking his head.

Finch held back a growl from the pain. She squirmed underneath him, "Get off of me." She scowled. 'What an arrogant fool.' Finch thought to herself.

Tiger turned his face around too close to hers just to say ''Shhhh don't move!'' he wasn't realizing what he had done, he was just preoccupied with whatever was wrong with Finch's paw. He carefully bit her pad causing some sort of liquid to drip down. When he removed his snout it revealed tiny holes in her paw. He spit to the other side then looked very seriously at hew paw, until finally getting a face of relief ''That's the problem with tall grass.. we aren't the only predators who take it as an advantage'' he grabbed her paw and turned it down to show her ''See? You were bitten by a snake!'' he then puffed up his chest proudly ''Thankfully I was here to save you!''

Finch grunted at her back hit the ground. She growled at Tiger, "What are you doing!?"

As he was sitting down and looking at the ground sadly, Tiger suddenly snapped at something. He lifted his head high but still looking down, his ears were up with alert. ''Hold still!'' he yelled at Finch as he jumped at her, causing her to fall back and him stand on top of her. He gently bit her left wrist and started shaking it.

Finch began a growl and was about to yell at her pack mate but was instantly shut up at his last statement. Finch gulped and just stared at him. 

Tiger sighed ''Even tho we are an oasis like this, we still haven't- YOU still haven't caught anything.'' He sat down and scratched himself, he was looking sad. ''I thought if I showed you this place we could..'' he began in a very quiet voice, like whispering to himself ''spend some time together..''

Finch poked her head out a tiny bit and slowly looked around. She turned back to Tiger. "Nothing." She answered, and walked out of the grass.

''Hm, what is it?'' Tiger started looking all around him

"Yes." Finch said annoyed, drawing out the s. She kept walking but stopped abruptly at the end of the grass.

''I thought you said you were good..'' he mumbled disappointed lowly so she wouldn't hear and joined up with her ''Should we try a different prey?'' he asked wondering 

"No." Finch said sourly. "Come on, we have to go find something else."

Tiger was a tall wolf, his eyes and ears were above the grass. He noticed Finch suddenly dashing and thought she caught something. He yelled at her again with a big smile ''Ohh did you catch a duck??'' he was even wagging his tail like a puppy.

Finch stalked close, but caught a wolf out of the corner of her eye. A look of horror ran through her as she blew the hunt, before realizing it was just Tiger. She swore he was further back when she last checked. She growled to herself for being so stupid before walking off in search of some other prey.

''Mmmm okay'' Tiger had a disappointed look on his face. He walked around, sniffing for other wolves or predators, while watching Finch and how much better her hunting was than his.

"Umm," Finch tried to think of something he could do, but couldn't, "Keep a look out please?" She stalked closer to the lake, it was more like a large pond, the water was brown, and it didn't connect to a river. She spotted a duck and crouched down.

''Great! Do you need me for anything?'' he said smiling. Only his head appeared above the grass.

Finch jumped like a fox out of the grass to see what was around her, she couldn't see hardly anything just standing in the tall grass. When she landed, she turned back to Tiger, "Yea! It's back that way!" She pointed with her nose.

Tiger yelled across the grass ''Finch, did you see any in the lake??''

Finch looked for any ducks, but only found those that were flying, so she went in the opposite direction the birds were flying.

Tiger let Finch do her hunting thing while he looked around for anyone unexpected.
After all this was most likely outside of their territory since it wasn't marked by anyone familiar tho there seemed to be no other markings as well. He was still cautious tho and kept his senses up but also payed attention to where Finch was.

'Yes, I know how cover works.' Finch thought annoyed, 'Did he really need to explain that to her? Anyway, he was the one who could even catch a rodent.' Finch kept her head low incase there was anything around.

Tiger trotted over to her side ''Oh be careful, it is a high leap still'' he giggled then went on ahead again. ''The grass is tall here so we should be able to stay nicely hidden and it will make hunting the ducks easier!'' he explained as he looked all around. The scenery was quite beautiful too. Just a small lake surrounded by a think sand line and green grass everywhere. And all of this was sunk between rocks and thick forestation.

Finch hesitated, she looked behind her and then at Tiger. She stood at the edge and looked down, 'It isn't too far....'. She leaped in the direction of Tiger, upon landing, she nearly double over, not the best idea she's had.

They finally came out an opening and a clearing of thick green grass stretched all around them. In the middle was a small lake connected to a river flowing through it. ''This is it! We're very close to the territory border now, if not beyond it.'' Tiger said as he slided down from the short cliff they were standing on. He looked back waiting for Finch.

Finch followed close behind in silence. She absorbed her surroundings, she hadn't been up there in forever.

As they were walking the forest soon became dense. It was different now from their usual habitat. ''Be careful not to get caught between the branches and bushes'' Tiger said '' You'll get scratched and some of them are poisonous, would make your fur itch for a whole week!'' he continued to lead Finch through a narrow path. He'd been here many times collecting herbs and he knew most of the plants that grew around.

Finch gave him a weak smile before trotting up the mountain side.

Tiger remained quiet for a moment, contemplating that response. ''I guess'' he finally spoke. He walked forward with mixed courage ''Let's go then! See what we can find.''

"We run." Finch said simply.

''Oh but what if we come across other wolves?'' Tiger was bit worried, he wouldn't know what to expect of the strangers and he wasn't a fighter, he was a healer. Tho he had a nice strong build he was unskilled.

"If you want to, we can go over it." Finch said slowly. Ah what the heck, she had nothing better to do.

''Oh yes!'' Tiger snapped ''I was told a longtime ago that another big pack lives beyond the mountains!'' he sighed while flicking his paws to shake the heat ''Then I guess we can't go that far, but the pond I saw is closer. We can still try that''

"Last time when I was over it, my mother and I smelled other wolves. I thought they were rogues, but there might be a whole pack over there." Finch was looking at her paws, she hated the heat, especially on her pads, she growled to herself, swearing at the scorching sand.

''Why not?'' Tiger asked interested while skipping in the hot sand close to Finch. ''I haven;t seen any bears or anything there'' he thought about what he'd seen around there.

"If you want big game, over the mountain is perfect. But I wouldn't go over it." Finch focused on walking, the sand was starting to burn her pads.

''Oh sounds promising!'' Tiger followed behind. He's been to the mountains often, collecting various herbs and plants so he knew the terrain somewhat. He's seen many birds fly by, but none bigger than eagles. ''I think there was a small lake in there somewhere'' he started while getting to Finch's side ''I've seen ducks swim there!''

Finch looked at him, there wasn't a lot of prey bigger than mice around, but her stomach fought with her and won. "Okay, we head toward them mountains, we can catch some birds around the bottom." Finch walked away without waiting for a response.

Tiger lifted his head and looked at her scanning around a little sad. He was hoping they'd share a meal but he guessed he was getting ahead of himself. They're not that close. He finished the mouse quickly and jogged over to her. ''Hey Finch, we could try to catch some bigger prey since we're two wolves!'' he looked at her happily like it was the best idea ever.

Finch cringed back from the offer. She did a double take behind her before turning around in search of something else to eat.

Tiger went low to the ground with ears still back and sniffed the mouse taking one last look at Finch before taking a bite. He then slowly pushed it to her again and looked with a sweet smile while chewing. It was actually a little disgusting since you could see the prey getting crunched inside his mouth through his teeth.

Finch's ears fell back against her head, thinking he was going to steal it from her. After a few seconds she realized he was asking for some of it, it made her a bit uncomfortable, she was used to fending for herself and no one else. She laid it down in front of him and slowly backed away.

''Whoa'' Tiger was looking at her in awe. He liked her before but now it's like he was seeing her in a new glow. He had new respect for the smaller female. He walked over with a smile on his face ''That was awesome, totally how you're supposed to do it!'' he wagged his tail and then looked at the mouse with a slight frown ''Hm but this one little mouse is almost not worth taking it back to camp'' he lowered his ears and head as he looked at Finch with questioning eyes as if asking if he can share this prey with her.

Finch finally saw the lump again and slowed her walk and crouched low. She slowly stalked ever closer. She stopped just a few feet away, she turned back to the male and made sure he saw that she didn't wiggle her butt. After a few minutes of silence, she pounced, arching her body completely, sending her paws then nose into the sand first. As she hit she dug furiously and at the first sight of fur, she lunged. Next thing she knew the little mouse was in her jaws. She turned to look back at Tiger, she gave him a 'Got it?' look.

Tiger looked at what Finch was doing almost as if trying to learn from her and figure out how he can be of help. He was copying her movements, watching and sniffing the ground while keeping low. His senses were wide alert and he didn't want to screw up again.

"Guess so." Finch agreed. Finch followed were the animal scurried away to, trying to see it move again.

''Thanks'' Tiger smiled a bit, he knew it was hard for Finch to actually say anything nice and he added ''So I guess you should lead then!'' his posture went up again.

Finch sighed and said, "Don't beat yourself up." She tried to sound nice, but it wasn't really her thing, so she of course had to add, "You have me for that!"

Tiger just turned his head back to her with mouth slightly open, sadness and disappointment on his face. He felt really bad about it. The he just walked back over to her with head hanging low and nodded. 

Already annoyed, with his rear in her face, she rolled her eyes as she watched the animal scuttle away behind him. "Stick to your day job." Finch said dryly.

Tiger shook his ass, preparing to jump it. A delighted grin on his face. He leaped right into the bump and blew a whole lot of sand everywhere, he wiggled and dug around but it seemed like there was nothing actually there but a pile of sand. He wasn't raised to hunt properly and so he wasn't a good tracker. He suddenly stopped and sat with ears back, looking sad at the nothing. 

'Ooo! Exciting! Probably a small rodent.' Finch thought bitterly to herself. "Mhmm." She whispered to Tiger and waited a few seconds before adding "Well what are you going to do?"

''There's something hidden under the sand right in front of us! I saw it move!'' he whispered excitedly to Finch. There was a bulge of sand a couple of feet from them

Finch growled lowly at the male, nearly taking his tail for it. She didn't really like to be touched, especially when not expecting it. After regaining control, Finch looked around to find what he was looking at, but couldn't find anything.

Tiger made a sudden stop, laid back on the ground, bumping his butt in Finch's shoulder. His ears were up high and he became very quiet, as if watching something.

Finch trotted behind the male with a straight face, keeping an eye out for anything that was living.

Tiger took the lead with a pleased trot, wagging his tail lowly. Maybe they'd be lucky and find a nice big bird walking around. That would do much better than a few fish they may or may not catch. And two wolves won't be able to carry very many in their snouts.

Finch got up with a nod, and nosed in the direction of north, but he would lead.

''Oh yes'' Tiger looked at the sky, squinting his eyes, with a bit of a worried look. Then back at Finch, determination on his face ''Then let's go look for some food'' he was hoping to not only bring something to eat for the others but also spend some time with Finch, maybe get to know her better, get closer. 

"Limited food." Finch said shortly. "You know how it is, this heat in the summer." Finch added, not looking at the male.

Tiger thought it was about time to cut the playful act. He sat next to her with his usual sweet face and smile ''So really, what's got you thinking?''

Finch huffed but decided he would just keep annoying her. She went limp and tried to ignore Tiger.

''Hehe now we're talking!'' Tiger laughed and put his front legs on top of Finch.

Finch'so hind instinctively went down as she let a little yip escape her clenched teeth. She got back up and tug one of Tiger's ear over the top of his head, trying a 'roll over'.

''Yip!'' Tiger fell on his front but quickly regained posture and shook himself. He then bit Finch's tail and raised an eyebrow at her before pulling it so she would fall on her back or 'sit down' 

Finch hid her annoyed look, she wanted him to stay still, but she would have to make do. Finch grabbed his front paw and swung it back as he was moving, trying to get him to fall.

Tiger got a 'not bad' look, but he wasn't ready to give up just yet. He started skipping around her in a circle and nipping her feet once or twice, still grinning and waving his tail around.

Finch shrunk back, ears low, and one paw up as if she was about to take another step. Then an idea came to mind and she crawled underneath the Medic, slightly crouched. Although she was small, she did measure up half way up his stomach, so crouching was needed. She gave an innocent looking and a fake smile to the male.

''Joykill'' Tiger muttered with a pouting mouth. But then he got an idea and smirked. He stood up and jumped in front of her without saying anything and just wagged his tail.

"Alone means without you." Finch uttered as she passed by, slightly brushing his side. She kept walking without even glancing behind her.

Tiger sat back with ears laid back and an almost sad look on his face ''What, big wolves can't have fun?'' he gave her a sarcastic look ''Well if you wanna be alone SO badly.'' he turned his back on her and sat down.

Finch bared her teeth and her ears few back. "What pup-ish behavior for a Medic." Finch growled. "And if you haven't noticed, I am not one to put myself into anything social." She rolled her eyes.

Tiger's ears went back as he wasn't expecting a response like that ''Why do you wanna hide?'' he skipped around her and went down to a playful position ''Come on, we can have some fun!''

"Nothing but failing to stay hidden." Finch said bitterly.

Tiger greeted her with a smile ''What are you up to?''

Finch jumped, not expecting to be called upon.She rolled her eyes at the male then got up to face him. "Yes?" She asked.

It was sundown in the desert. Finally the air was cool enough for the wolves to come out and breathe some fresh air. Tiger came out of the exit tunnel and took a deep breath of relief. He then looked around enjoying the scenery when his eyes fell on a sandy wolf standing somewhat close. 'Finch?' he thought squinting his eyes.


Art/Finch (c) WolfSpark01
Tiger (c) Colonel-Motivation