Paws of a therian ~ Ch-5

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “I am a therian, a coyote therian. My pronouns are they/them, I am nonbinary and lesbian, I am a furry. I have anxiety and- I ran away from my house… And my name is Alex- No. I am Sandi the coyote~” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~It is sunrise & Sandi is in the cave~ As my eyes flicked up I let out a soft yawn, before getting up on my four feet to stretch; Viper was still curled up next to me, her soft face glistened in the sunshine. I trotted over to my mask gently pulling it over my face, a small shiver hovered over me as I trotted back over to Viper to gather her warmth, she was very warm… A light blush reached my face as laid by her; then an anxious look but I shook it off quite quickly as the soft pink left my face. After a couple minutes of waiting, Viper’s soft blue eyes blinked open and met mine. “Good morning,” She smiled. “Good morning,” I smiled back, and despite my tries to fight my anxiety I broke eye contact, nervously. “Hey um Sandi do you still want to go hunting?” Viper asked sweetly. “Of course!” I smiled back as Viper put on her artic fox mask and grabbed her fishing spear and basket; this time she did not put on the moss layer so the fruits wouldn’t get dirty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As we reached the lake, as stared down at it as it glistened. It was perfectly clear with plenty of fish swarming the waters. Viper trotted over to the water, the spear tightly gripped in her hand. She stared at the fish then below it and launched her arm. In a explosion of movement a wriggly fish squirmed on the pointed stick. I smile in awe as the fish’s movement died down and as Viper placed it in her basket. “Woah!! Thats really cool!! How did you do that?” I smiled. “Easy, you grab the spear,” she said holding the spear then placing it down, before she grabbing my hand to show me the movements, “Then you aim tilt it down since the fish is lower than it appears. Then you throw!” Viper smiled. “Here how about you try?” Viper smiled, handing me the fish spear. “Really?” “Mhm.” The spear was gripped in my hand, I spotted a large and plump fish, its scales glistening in the sunlight; And aimed down, I made sure not to any movement before I threw and shot the spear. A flash of silver sunlight burned my eyes as the water bounced; quickly I picked up the spear and saw the fish wriggling. “Good Job!!” Viper smiled, her eyes glowing with joy as she watched the fish stop its movement before she placed it in the basket. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My eyes sparkled with pride as Viper placed the fish on a stick and turned them, the silver scales slowly gained a almost gold color as a wonderful smell filled the cave and my nostrils. Viper’s eyes glistened as she rotated the fish, small sparks flew into her mask’s fur and her hair. When the fish was a deep golden color she took a small stone with a sharp edge and sliced into it, checking if it was cooked. Viper let out a smile and placed the fish down on a small plate made from reeds, just like her basket. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When we were done, with our bellies full I crawled into the small nest by the fire, where we had slept last night; And Viper crawled next to me, her warm body touching mine as we both took off our masks. I felt a warm blush reach my face as she stared at me, “Goodnight Sandi,”she smiled warmly. “Goodnight,” I blushed.