Tennessee

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play

Instead of patting its head again the lemur tried patting its neck while it was bent over panting. The deer's skin twitched at the touch and he could hear it grunt but there was no other adverse reaction. Well, that was certainly an improvement but he still had a long ways to go with this wild creature. While it was still tired the male turned and gave his companion a one armed hug --still had to keep his other hand on the lasso lest the stag get any ideas-- for her help. "Thank ya so much, Miss Cayenne! I couldn't'a done it without ya!" He laughed out loud with joy before turning his attention back to the stag. A name, eh? Hmm... Only one seemed to fit.

"What about Buckthorn? Ya think that's a good'un?" In any case it was about time they got off of the poor stag, he seemed like he was going to collapse at any moment. Still holding onto the lasso the lemur reached around and grabbed Cayenne about her middle then he easily lifted her up and then off of the blue-gray stag. The creature seemed to start for a moment, threatening to bolt but then it's exhaustion crept up again and it placidly stood there while Tenn tugged on the rope to lead it back to the fence while the sleepy and confused does followed.

"Speech" | 'Thoughts'

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Words | 231
Tags | @Cayenne
Muse | 6/10

She grinned and felt her face grow warm when Tenn hugged her and looked at her like the best thing in the world. She couldn't think of anything to say to that, so she just let him turn around and think about her question, feeling the happiest she might've ever felt. Was there anything that topped this thrill, this exhilaration, this sense of pure satisfaction, of feeling liked she belonged...?

"Buckthorn is perfect," She said softly, her voice still hoarse, seeing Tenn pat the stag, who was shivering with exhaustion by now. Before she could suggest it, Tenn had his arm around her and lifted her to the ground like nothing, and she felt the warmth spread from her face to all over her, to the tips of her toes and the very end of her tail. She wanted to hide her face behind her hands, wanted to hug him tight, wanted to give a kiss to his cheek, but as she was battling all of this, her feet touched the floor and it was over.

Ah.

After a moment's hesitation, she followed Tenn bringing the stag home, absentmindedly thinking over and reviewing each of those options...which one should she have done? She honestly felt like the last two in quick succession would've been satisfying, but then how would he react? She'd probably end up doing the first option as the last. How embarrassing.

As they led all the cave deer into the pen, she stood with Tenn who looked at them all with this happy gleam in his eye, and impulsively, she leaned in and gave him a very quick peck right on his cheek, and said, "Good job, Tenn."

@Tennessee

Tennessee

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play

It was easy to latch a fence behind them and now they were in. Tennessee's chest swelled in pride as he watched the herd start to meander about. His attention then turned to the lady at his side who thought that his name was perfect. He swept his hat off elegantly, always the gentleman, and bowed to her for her help. Then, she gave him the peck on his cheek.

The cowboy's eyes widened to huge disks and let out a wild hoop of joy. He could feel heat forming form his cheeks to his toes at the kiss and unable to restrain himself he grabbed Cayenne about the middle and lifted her into the air for a real hug. He twirled her around, laughing and giggling like a child in a candystore. The cave deer had all stopped to watch the strange scene of the lemur spinning the other lemur.

Then, after getting his feet tangled up he fell onto his back making sure to keep the lady-lemur from hitting the ground too. He sat up so that he could lean and give her a smooch right on her forehead. Then, after finally gaining his composure he let out a laugh while rubbing the back of his head with a paw. "Er, uh... sorry, don't know what came over me." Would he get slapped for that?

"Speech" | 'Thoughts'

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Tags | @Cayenne
Muse | 6/10