Meeting Shimmer

[Riff~Raff]

"You are as long as I'm here" he said with a laugh enjoying the feeling of her face in his neck. "I feel like I'm falling" he said squeezing her even more. He picked her up and brought her back over to the window. He placed her in his lap and put his arms around her resting his head on hers. "I could just sit here with you and not even talk and I'll be happy."

[Torri]

Shimmer closed her eyes slowly, revering in the feeling of behind held within Rikers grip. So soothing and perfect. "How come your so nice Riker, surely if you brought you and your sister up yourself....you should be hard against the world... i know i am." she said quietly as she raised a hand to lay over his arm. "You've had alot worse than me Riker, but your so much more of a good person than i could ever be. Why? don't you find it hard?" she whispered.

[Riff~Raff]

Riker laughed softly. "Well, I found that dwelling on all the pain in the world, well it's only exhausting. At times its hard and I've had my bouts of sadness as well, but well, I just told myself if this is the worst it can get, it will only get better. I had to be strong for my sister and myself. I think she's getting stronger than me, but I still feel the need to protect her, and sometimes what I need to protect her from is the pain, and I can only do that by being happy. It's hard, it's always hard, but you have to believe that there are good people and that not everyone in this world is horrid. If you can believe that, then you can become stronger not only physically, but emotionally. That is truly where I surpass Lurai." He looked down at Torri. "I like to think, that if I don't want to be treated a certain way, then why would someone else want to be, and if I treat them that way then nothing will ever change."

He glanced out the window and saw something splash by the lake. 'I bet all the money in the world it's Lurai trying to run across the lake.'

[Torri]

Torri nodded slowly, breathing out a small high pitched sigh. "You deserve to be treated well, more than that to be true because i don't know anyone appart from you that has had to raise their sibling, and can still look on the bright side of life. Makes me think i'm rather idiotic for being so against everything and everyone." she mumbled, pulling her lips to the side lightly. "But who knows, maybe one day i'll be as easy to talk to as you are..." she added quietly, looking down a little.

Looking out the window torri couldn't help but laugh. "Run ACROSS? the lake? isn't that a little strange? No-one can run across water!" she laughed

[Riff~Raff]

Riker smiled. "Except Lurai, she's so fast she can run on the water" he said said staring at the object by the lake. "She shouldn't be out this late though, its getting cold and she'll get a fever. If I could guess she's started training again. She'll never come home" his ears fell as he thought of her out alone on the lake. He looked down at Shimmer. "Don't worry Torri, you've already started to be more sociable, and your smile is so beautiful anyone would want to see it."

[Torri]

Torri tilted her head a little toward the window. "Thats really cool....shes special." she laughed. "Running on water....dear god, who knows how useful that will be." she said quietly, shifting herself so she was right up against the window itself. "Very cool, im jelous." she laughed.

Turning back to Riker she blushed again, "Thank you, but it's not. I hardly ever smile Riker, ever! I usually sit alone in my room reading or dreaming....or crying, but never smiling." she sighed dramatically, shrugging her shoulders.

[Riff~Raff]

Riker's smile slipped from his face. "Why would you cry?" he asked. He glanced back out the window. Lurai didn't care about actually walking on the water, she just wanted to get faster. The walking on water was just a bonus. She just wanted her speed to be amazing. He pulled his attention back to Torri. He pulled her into a hug as he stared out the window again. "I don't know how you could do such a thing, your so beautiful, to grace your face with tears, would be such a shame." He pet her head slightly and kissed it in a kind caring way.

[Torri]

Torri laughed a little. "Memories." she said simply with a small nod, feeling a small smile drift to her face at his sweet gesture. "Thank you Riker. That means alot." she murmered softly, turning so she could return his embrace. "Your the reason im not right now. You've made me smile. Thank you." she said again, smiling gently into his chest as she hugged him tight, knowing that if she were to leave now, she would still be in as good a mood the next day. This was the first time that she would have good memories to think of when she was alone.

[Riff~Raff]

Riker beamed with happiness. "I am so glad that I could do that for you, put that smile on your face" he said petting her head lightly. "Do you think Miss. Torri, that whenever you are sad, you could call for me. Just call, it doesn't have to be loud, because as soon as I hear you say my name I'll come to you, so you can no longer be alone. Could you do that for me?" he asked her still staring off into the distance.

[Torri]

Torri giggled a little at the request, it seemed so strange, and probably unrealistic. "If you'll hear me i will. I wont call to like...the other end of the mansion but if your nearby...then aye, i will." she answered confidently, nodding her head a little. Her smile grew into a slight smirk, "But if you mean whenever im upset or sad, then you might never be able to leave my side." she laughed gently.

[Riff~Raff]

"My dear you only need to merely whisper and I could hear you across the mansion if I tuned myself to it. These ears are not purely for decoration" he said with a laugh. As she said her second comment he felt a smirk come on his face. "Then I guess I'll never leave" he said and planted a kiss lightly on her forehead to show his affection. "If you need me, I will always stay with you." He meant it too, it frightened him slightly, but he knew that this was what happens when a wolf finds a person he truly cares about. What is known as his one true mate, the one who will be his everything. The one things that he could notbe able to live without. He believed that this was Torri.

[Torri]

Laughing a little again, Torri nodded. "Aye, and they would be just as good if they were just for decoration. " she giggled, reaching her hand up to stroke them lightly again. She did love the feel of the fur against her fingers. "I'm sorry, but they're just....so amazing." she mused, running her fingers over one of his ears, "So brilliant."

Raising an eyebrow she laughed. "I wont, don't worry, you wont have to put up with me longer than you have to." she said with a grin before leaning herself up and kissing his cheek lightly.

[Riff~Raff]

"What if I want you around all the time?" he asked raising an eyebrow at her. He leaned his head down slightly so she'd get better access to his ears. He didn't mind at all. He liked the feeling of her hands against them. "Am I allowed to do that?"

[Torri]

Torri blushed again and laughed, stroking his ears absently. "Well, if you wish aye you can. But don't get too scared if....well....if colossus has made me change and i can't change back..." she mumbled, sighing a little. "Thats why i still have this white and red hair... im actually meant to have black hair...but....it didn't go back." she sid, shrugging her shoulders a little. "If that doesn't bother you then...be my guest, your the only company i want to be honest." she laughed.

[Riff~Raff]

Riker smiled at her. "Torri you are beautiful on the outside, but its the beauty on the inside that I see. That's what I see as the beauty I speak of. Yes, your physical aspects are very, well" he paused blushing slightly. "But its you, your personality, your drive, even when your silent I can see you in your eyes, oh man it just drives my senses wild, you could have a purple face and orange hair and you'd still be just as beautiful as you are now, as long as the person inside is still the same. That's all I care about."