Doji | Female | Subordinate | M: Recon

She huffed annoyed with the chills that ran down her spine. Not sure why. But he wasn't going to set her off her game. He was making her move first. Doji could jump high. She circled knowing he was watching her every movement. She was short and quicker. She darted going underneath his belly. She then nipped his side.

Her agility moved quick for her as she darted against his nips. But she earned a couple in her sides.

Doji charged into his chest and her front paws wrapping around his neck pulling him down along with her as she tries to pin him down. Though she had a trick up her sleeve that she could use to stun him. But she may use it later and not now.

Recon | Beta | Male | M: Doji & Kiran

Recon's sides heaved as he looked up at her, a surprised expression crossing his face. "Well look at that." He softly mused as she got off of him. He rolled over onto his belly and pushed himself up off the ground, turning to look at her, "Good fight, Doji."

Doji | Female | Subordinate | M: Recon

She was stunned that she took him down. She felt proud of herself for a split second. Until she started picking the pieces together. She could not believe this male. Was she upset? Kinda.. Was she offended? Oh deeply. She was gonna show him a valuable lesson. A lesson not to mess with Doji. Doji went back to his harmless flirting. He may have not realized. She got flustered from the actions. Though she knew she would regret it as soon as she did it. But she's willing to go against her moral promise not to love. Plus what was the harm of harmless flirting? It's not like she actually meant it. Another lie possibly she told herself. But she believed it in that moment.

"Wow.. I didn't think I would win.."

She looked up at him with her eyes looking almost full of love. She slowly went up to him as she built the courage to do it. Though her mind was telling her to just put her pride down. She nuzzle under his chin softly licking it in a nice way with her and slowly moved her body pressing against and glided past him.

She inwardly cringed from her out character actions. Then she lunged at him pinning him down with full force. She didn't draw blood. She held her paw on his shoulder to keep him.

She snarled playfully "That's for letting me win. Just because I'm a female, doesn't mean you go easy.. Next time, love. You better actually try."

She carefully got off him with a scoff. Though she wasn't mad. Just a little disappointed. Then the feeling of regret of her flirting slowly sank in . She could not believe she just did that. What was wrong with her? Doji never showed her feelings. She needed to distance herself from Recon. What was he doing to her? The feelings were unknown and not making her feel right. Was she started to grow something for him? Yes she did admit that she had crush on him in the sanctuary. And this just made it worse. She looked back at him and tried to cover up her regretfulness.

"Now what? And if you say a rematch. No you lost your chance..."

Recon | Beta | Male | M: Doji & Kiran

Recon watched Doji with a mix of curiosity and confusion as she approached, unsure of what this sudden shift in energy meant. Her confidence was undeniable, and he couldn’t help but notice how her eyes flickered with something deeper, something more personal than just the playful banter they’d been exchanging. That look made his heart flutter, which scared him. Was it love? Or something else?

Her soft nuzzle beneath his chin sent a jolt through him, an unexpected warmth spreading across his chest. Recon's first instinct was to stiffen, to pull away, to shut down whatever was happening, but it was like his body betrayed him, leaning into the touch for just a brief moment before his mind snapped him back to attention. His calculated exterior faltered, just for a second, as she moved against him—graceful, fluid, as if testing the very limits of his composure. Recon couldn't deny the fact that he enjoyed her touch, gentle and affectionate, something he hadn't felt in so long.

But then, it hit him. The other shoe dropped. He knew it had been to good to have been true, he wasn't so lucky. When she lunged at him, pinning him down with a force he hadn’t been expecting, Recon didn't fight back, he just let her take him down again. It was calculated, controlled, but it carried an edge—an intensity that he felt in every fiber of his being. Instinctively he tensed under her weight, his muscles bracing, but the pressure on his shoulder was enough to keep him still, held captive not by physical force, but by the emotions running rampant in his mind.

His royal blue eyes flickered up to meet hers, and for a moment, there was no stoic mask, no cold exterior. There was only a confused, slightly stunned vulnerability. She could see the depth of his feelings, the hesitation, and the internal struggle waging behind those eyes.

Doji | Subordinate | Female | M: Recon

Doji wanted to shake her head from the gaze that Recon looked up to when had pinned him. It gave her a chill that ran deep within her body. It was no secret that his eyes flashed vulnerability and something else that made her feel queasy. It was undeniable of what just happened.

She heard his question that made her cringe from her recent actions. Did he feel the tension between them? It wasn't a negative tension. Something different and more. Was he running away from it just as she was attempting to do? She couldn't meet his gaze, not just from her being upset with the win. She was in a fight or flight mood from her thoughts and emotions. Though she was doing both at the same time. She wanted to ask if he felt the energy between them.

Doni heard him say something and she turned her body to face him. The true reason for him letting her win spilled out of her. Her breath hitched as her emotions ran freely as she tried to cage them. An internal struggle written on her face. Was he only saying things to make her feel better? Was he saying it only for her to hear? Would he do it for others and just not her? Doji wanted more than this. Her heart was pounding against her chest and it was in her ears. She noticed that he was slowly walking towards and she had an internal panic. She slowly took a step backwards trying to keep distance between the two. Does Recon like her? Like the way she likes him? Or is her mind just playing a fantasy in her twisted mind. What was going on with the wild to make all these energies come to life. The hardest struggle that she fighting endlessly and fiercely was in her own mind than an actual fight. She was tired of it and wanted to fail for once of her life. She wanted to give up and let her emotions overcome her.

She responded “ Oh.” The only thing that she could manage to put out between them. She wanted to ignore her logic and promise. She fought hard from what she truly wanted between protecting whomever won her heart. She was going to do it. She had to build the courage and she wanted to rob rid of these feelings once and for all. All she had to do was say those words that made her fearful and scared of what would happen next. Though for once Doji didn't care what would happen. She felt selfish to try to achieve something she wanted. Cause why she shouldn't she. The humans casted her down and she put herself down over and over again to make sure she would always be alone. She no longer wanted to be alone.

“I’m in….” She trails off as Kiran's scent was growing stale and the sun was slowly dipping towards the west. A distraction that made all the courage disappear and a the fleeting emotion started to run back to her mind than on the tip of her tongue.

Like a switch she nearly just turned off her heart. She could not believe she almost said that to him. What was wrong with her? He can't like her or the other word that made her have butterflies in her stomach. She would bring him down from the thing she has a little ability to achieve. No one deserves that. And Doji wasn't the most loving or hell had no idea what she was doing.

“We need to find Kiran.. Dusk is soon upon us..” She spoke hoarsely trying not to crack under his gaze.

She looked around for Kiran as she wanted to look for him. But she felt almost frozen in place from Recon’s gaze. Though she felt safe, but uncertain around him and it conflicted her mind. Normally she would leave to find Kiran. But he had a way with her. Something that she hated and loved. He made her feel alive. He made her feel like her true self. She needed to run from it. Or hide from it before he found it within himself.

She finally snapped out of her frozen state and looked away from Recon.

She harshly barked “Kiran! Come on! We need to get back!”

Recon | Beta | Male | M: Doji & Kiran

Recon took another cautious step forward, his eyes frantically searching hers for any sign that he hadn't just spilled that secret for nothing, for a sign that he hadn't just ruined one of his only friendships. He didn't know what he'd do if he had, probably just go back to the husk of himself like he did when Liberty died. He was just scared that he'd never find himself again. Recon didn't exactly understand what had caused him to tell her the truth about why he let her win, but he figured it had to of been out of desperation. Out of a need for her to feel the same, to show him that he could give his heart to someone to protect without the fear of breaking it. But in his assessment he must have missed the fact of them being so alike that of course she had to be afraid too. He didn't know all of her past, they had only known each other for a year, but out of everyone, even Merlin who he'd grown up with, she was the only one who he really felt safe enough around to let his guard down.

"I'm in..." The two words that came from her made Recon's heart jump up into his throat, especially when she trailed off. Was she going to say what he hoped she did? Or was he just dreaming. Had he imagined her entire reaction? That look in her eyes that said he might not be alone? The way she looked at him, like he was worth something, it sent butterflies running through him and all he wanted was to go over to her and prove that she could trust him with her heart. But when she started talking about Kiran, and looked away from him, he knew he'd never have her. Recon was still scared, scared to chase after her and only end up pushing her further away. Scared that he would get hurt.

So the smile fell from his face, his tail didnt wag, just sagged behind him and his walls began to go back up, "YOu're right...Kiran!" There was a hint of anger to his voice, a frustration that wasn't meant to be directed at anyone but was turned on the big puppy, "Get back here! You know you weren't supposed to go off on your own!"