Steady -LW-

[Platinum]

Wichhazel bushes were blossoming, coating the air with a thick fragrace. It was stil chilly outside, most days and the steady breeze did nothing to help that.

But Sakura sat outside, her feet pulled up underneath her on the sandy banks of a creek, her bare feet-it was foolish to be out in this weather with no shoes on, she knew- wiggling in the yellow sands.

Spring was coming. Sakura could smell it, the earthy-ness, the damp soil heating up. Flowers, and the gusts of cold wind that accompanied fourty-degress days, making it impossible to go outside without atleast a heavy jacket unless you wanted to come back a human popcicle. Now, Sakura rather liked spring. She liked the robins-she liked to chase them around the mainhouse with a slingshot- she liked the the flowers, and all the cutesy-things that came along with spring. Spring was nice.

But it wasn't spring, it was that nasty transistion from winter-to-spring, the one that made the soil really muddy and there was gross brown slush everywhere. And it was frickin' COLD.

Sakura looked over to the man sitting next to her. This boy, with his copper skin and dark hair and eyes seemed completly at ease with the setting. Sakura always thought, even as a child, he had a sort of natural look about him, like he had just one day, BAM, sprung out of the earth and has always just been there, like a tree. A strong, mighty tree. She had never voiced this aloud in fear that he might call her childish, but he would never say it to ridicule her, she knew, the only person he ever made fun of was her brother, oh yeah, and Ryuzaki. But everybody teased Ryuzaki. Back onto subject now.

"... Micah." Sakura said almost timidly, looking over at him. She broke into a grin at this point. "Do you know how much I love you? You can't even count how much I love you... it's uncountable." She said it as if she were informing of something and confirmed her own words with a nod, a habit that she had picked up as a child. She took his hand, lifting it up so she could see his fingers, now focused on his copper toned hand. She pressed her own alblaster colored hand to his, compairing the sizes.
"I really love you, Micah. Just wanted to let ya know." She said casually.

((::is shot:

[LoneWolf]

Micah didn't mind this weather. Though he did admit that it was annoying when the mud would get caked in his fur, it made him feel fifty pounds heavier. Okay, maybe not near that much. But close to it. Though Micah did not get cold like Sakura, he could easily wear a pair of shorts in the middle of winter in a blizzard and still be hot. Though in the summer it was also nice, you couldn't over heat or anything since your body pretty much stays the same temperature.

Micah simply found it odd at first that he would imprint on the cat of the Zodiac, of all the Zodiac animals, it ended up being the wolf and the cat. Irony? Didn't make much of a difference anymore though. He loved her and didn't see very far past that at the moment.

Micah looked over at her as she spoke. Returning the grin. He laughed a bit. Watching her lift their hands up before looking back at her. "I love you too, uncountably." He stated with a rather lopsided grin.

[Platinum]

((XDD You sig made me laugh and think of that time I was writting when Angel was killing somebody and you commented about the grin I had. ^_^))

"Good, I expect no less." Sakura said, looking very much like a haughty lioness, though her tone had a teasing ring in it. She threaded her fingers with Micah's before allowing their hands to rest on the sands of the creek bed.

After a moment of silence, Sakura suggested on a whim, "... We should go swimming." This was odd, coming from the cat of the Zodiac, who hated water. Also that is was still winter outside... but Sakura wanted to try something different. Besides, it would be fun, right? Wasn't jumping in water that had a layer of ice ontop what some people considered to be entertainment? Maybe if you're on the sidelines so you can hear the scream and curse...

[LoneWolf]

Micah looked her and raised an eyebrow. "I know I won't be very cold, by I'm positive the water is not fine, Kitten." Yes. Kitten was his favorite nickname for her. It didn't quite only stick because she was the cat of the Zodiac, but also simply because she sort of acted like a feisty kitten, though she tended to cuddle up easy as well. Like a kitten.

((XD I'm grinning like an idiot as I type this. So I'm really in character! But this is fail... Maybe I should have him start tickling her. XD Or walnut fight! ))

[Platinum]

((Either one would work, but since it's spring, I think there would be a suffecient lack of walnuts on the ground. XD Just saying.))

Sakura frowned. "I suppose you're right." She said. "Later then, when it warms up." She said, speaking of later in spring. Darn... she really wanted to swim. Sakura found herself edging over closer to Micah's warm body, placing her head on his shoulder, watching the calm waters infront of her, she dipped one bare toe into it, just because she could, but soon discovered that indeed Micah was right, swimming would not be the best idea for her now.

[LoneWolf]

((Yeah... That's right... Um... Can't think of anything to throw... XD))

Micah smiled back down at her. Chuckling a bit as she admitted this. "We'll swim lots then if that's what you want. When it gets warmer." He replied. "But I'm gonna tickle you now." He stated quite seriously before reach behind her and tickling her ribs.

((FAIL. XP))

[Platinum]

((Uh... rocks? ::is bricked:

Sakura let out a peal of laughter and attempted to push Micah's hands away.
"Micah!" She squealed loudly, kicking now in an attempt to get away. When that proofed futile, she lunged at Miach with her own hands, ticking his sides through her own laughter.

[LoneWolf]

((That's what I thought but then I thought that that wouldn't work so well. XD))

Micah laughed and pulled away slightly as she started tickling him as well. "Sakura!" He drew out chuckling before pulling away from her before leaning in and kissing her on the lips lingering a moment before pulling away again. "Ticklish much?" He asked rather teasingly, laughing a bit more.

[Platinum]

"No!" Sakura said, though she was grinning rather widely from the unexpected kiss. You had to learn to expect the unexpected with Micah... How much she wanted to hold him right now. Retarded curse, couldn't have picked some other family?

[LoneWolf]

"Then why are you laughing when I tickle you?" Micah asked with a sheepish grin. He ruffled her hair a bit, teasingly, then brushing a finger across her cheek. "Ya know, I really hate the curse. It sucks not being able to hug you without the whole cat thing." He stated tilting his head, rather resembling a curious puppy.

[Platinum]

Color rose to Sakura's cheeks at his comments. She had no answer for his first comment, but the color arose again as he brushed his finger against her cold cheek, now warm from blushing. Sakura nodded.
"Yeah. It sucks." She said, leaning forward to playfully rub her nose against his in an eskimo kiss.
"It will fade one day... Mara will eventually let go." She said, optimisticaly, though it didn't exactly reflect in her voice, more so of a knowing then a hoping.

[LoneWolf]

Micah laughed slightly as she gave him the Eskimo kiss. He smiled lightly at her. "I would talk to her about it more but I swear the more someone mentions it the tighter she tries to hold on." He replied, leaning back slightly and lolling his head over to look back at the river.
"Ya know, I like spring but all this mud just sucks." He stated. Not meaning the slight pun.

[Platinum]

((I didn't get the pun...))

Sakura sighed before saying to him.
"Yeah... plus it's still kinda chilly." She said to him, looking up towards the gray coated sky.

((::is shot:

[LoneWolf]

Micah glanced over at her. Examining her for a moment, not that he didn't already know everything about how she looked. "Yep. Still chilly." He stated leaning over and setting his chin on her shoulder. "Not that I can really tell though." He said with a chuckle.

[Platinum]

Sakura grinned.
"Lucky." She said to him, curling into his chest as much as she possibly could, once again pulling her cold, bare feet underneath her. The triangle pattern marking on her arm turned into an alternating magenta and navy blue at this moment, and no doubt the ones on her back were also changing. She had gotten used to the prickling feeling from the color and design changing long ago and now she didn't even notice it.

[LoneWolf]

Micah smiled slightly. Brushing her arm slightly with his hand. "Ah, I hope I'm keeping you warm now." He said, with a small smile.

((*head desk*))