and the stars in their orbits shone pale through the lightof the brighter, colder moon

Nadya had become distracted again by the water, watching it ripple and sparkle across the surface until a very family sound broke her from her trance. Her attention shifted to the large spotted leopard crossing the clearing at a bounding pace, closing the space between them quickly until he was on her. If she had been a human his weight probably would have easily toppled them over and as it was Nadya had to brace herself on her knees in order not to. "Well hello Tobi." She smiled and ran the fingers of her hand over his coat feeling the familiar silkiness and his body vibrating with purr after purr of contentment. Nadya knew what he was doing, rubbing his face and the length of his body along her, hastily covering her lone scent from traveling and reaffirming her as pack once more. She didn't mind it though, his purring soothed that inner feline in her, and she was glad to be back anyhow, had missed her pack though perhaps for different reasons than Tobi's missing her.

Her hand fell away from him as his coat melted away to smooth flesh leaving the young man crouched in front of her. Nadya was relatively surprised in fact to see pants on him, having become so accustomed to his nakedness that it had become normal that it was his clothed self that actually threw her off and caused her attention to shift down. Had she been more aware maybe Nadya would have been able to stop Tobias, not noticing his hand lift until she felt the touch of his fingers on her skin as he grabbed her and pulled her forward. Her front melded against the hard planes of his chest as their lips met in a familiar heated battle, stealing her thoughts from her, wiping her mind like a blank canvas, fingers finding their way into his dark locks as they had done so many times before. She was so used to her power causing such a reaction in him that she had been caught off guard by his sudden action. The need for air perhaps the only thing which caused them to ever part, her mind working on trying to return logical thought and what had just happened when Tobias guided her head to the side. She should have known, seen it coming, usually her mind and body were more wound up to not feel it quite so much but the sudden bloom of pain from his teeth piercing her skin caused Nadya to inhale sharply and flinch.

Nadya felt his lips curl against her now marred flesh before he released her, his attention now on the food. She raised a delicate hand to her neck, tenderly touching the mark where blood welled to the surface of the break, glancing down at her crimson smeared fingertips before sighing and wiping her hand on her dress. The bleeding would stop in a few but the damage to the tissue beneath would take more time and be an evident mark for nearly the whole day. There was no point in scolding Tobias, he was just doing what his instincts told him and it would be rather counterproductive at this time. So instead she tried to focus on the task of momentarily distracting him with the food. "Yes, we can eat all that, you can eat as much as you want." Nadya opened the containers on the blanket, smells of different meat rising up from them, then moved on to opening the basket and pulling out a loaf of sourdough bread, baked beans, corn, french fries and the likes...everything over the time she had learned that Tobias liked, starch and meat.

Tobias did have a way to turn 180's whether mood or topic, following the jumping thoughts was like trying to catch the very rays of the sun. Nadya blinked back at him, their equally chocolate eyes surveying each other at his newest question, a request to play but what she wasn't entirely sure. "..Later.." Her attention returned to the food, gathering her hair over her shoulder to cover Tobi's mark so only the smooth skin on the other side showed. "What do you want to play?" Nadya handed Tobias a fork and motioned for him to start eating. She chose some of the shaved corn for herself and nibbled on it.