Tolly leaned up into the kiss, sitting up farther to keep it going for as long as possible. He whined when Cas pulled away but he did sit up a couple seconds later without any protests. "Mmm, I know. I know." He shoved himself to his feet with a muffled yawn. "D'you want me to turn wolfy now or after we eat?"
"whichever one you prefer." He kissed his cheek and ha fed him a helping of eggs and bacon along with a glass of water
Tolly gobbled down the food eagerly, sipping at his water once the eggs and bacon were thoroughly demolished. "After, I guess. Thanks for cooking, by the way. That was delicious!"
He laughed, "no problem!" He finished off the breakfast and took the empty plate to wash them in the sink
Tolly followed, snatching a towel from one of the counters to help dry. "So, what're we gonna do today? I know it's our last one at your parents' house, are we gonna do anything special?"
He shrugged "we're going into the deeper parts of the forest where the good stuff is. It shouldn't take too long, maybe a few hours. We can go to dinner later tonight if you want. I know a great little place around here." he handed off the plates to tolly
Tolly dried them and put them away in the cabinets. "I'd like that a lot! Maybe we can hit it on our way back to the dorms?"
He nodded "ya I think we can do that! I'll call mom and dad later when we finish up gathering the ingredients to meet us there."
"Great!" Tolly smiled brightly, wandering over to peck Cas on the cheek. "Um… give me a sec to change?"
He nodded and nuzzled into him "go ahead, I'll meet you outback by the treeline.
"See you in a few!" Tolly kissed him on the forehead and left for the bedroom, stripping off his clothes and shifting into wolf form. It took him a while to fumble the back door open and slip out into the yard, but soon he was bounding happily to Cas. He landed on him hard, knocking him over to lick enthusiastically at his face.
"cas nodded and headed out the door to start gathering the baskets they needed for the ingredients. Once he had those, he walked to the edge of the forest and sat in the grass, waiting for tolly. Cas glanced up at the last minute as a large mass of black fur hurtled into I'm, plastering him to the ground "ahhhahaa! Hi tolly," he laughed, reaching up to burry his hands in tolly's fur "ready to go?"
Tolly barked happily, tail wagging enthusiastically behind them. He'd stopped licking at Cas' face and started nosing his jaw with a pleased sparkle in his eyes.
"hmmm, whatcha doing my lovely one?" He asked with a small sigh, tilting his head to the side "we have to go get ingredients…."
Tolly huffed but slowly stepped off Cas' chest and began shifting impatiently from foot to foot to foot as he waited for his boyfriend to get up.
He laughed softly and got up, shaking the grass from his hair "ready?" He asked with a smile "stay close when we get into the deeper part of the forest, there's a pack of she-wolves in the area and they hate Intruders."
Tolly barked in affirmative, shaking himself out in tandem with his human. The fur of his side brushed up against Cas' legs. His head brushed against Cas' hip and he leaned forward with a soft bark, urging him forward.
"alright, alright, gorgeous one, I'm going." He laughed, patted his head and started walking towards the trees
Tolly trotted after him happily, taking in the trees with sparkly golden eyes. Every so often a scent would catch his nose and he'd bark, wandering over to the patch of herbs he'd discovered so Cas could gather them.
He watched tolly in amusement and gathered ingredients as he went. He glanced up after a while called Tolly over "this is wolf territory, if you see any of them approaching, do not fight them." He whispered glancing around calmly and gathering more ingredients
Tolly barked out an affirmative and sniffed his way over to an innocuous looking bush that smelled like those berries Cas had fed him yesterday. He could smell the faint scent of other wolves, but he didn't let it get to him.
Cas crouched down near a patched a bluish grass and started picking it carefully. He heard a low growl and glanced up to find a white wolf not so far off watching him.
Tolly was munching on berries when he heard the growl, sprinting over to Cas in a heartbeat. He stayed crouched in front of the human, lips peeled back to reveal his teeth. He didn't growl, just stayed huddled protectively in front of Cas.
The white wolf glared at Tolly and crouched down as if to attack. Cas stood and turned around in a slow circle, seeing that they were surrounded by more white wolves, around five.
Tolly didn't reciprocate, keeping his eyes focused on the wolf in front of him. He stayed crouched in front of his human, protective but no more aggressive than he had to be. He barked at her once, one harsh sound that translated to a vauge 'leave us alone'.
Cas rested a hand on tolly's head "it's alright ladies, he's with me. We're just passing through."
One of the wolves shifted "you know the procedure, cas. Any new comers need to go to Kitira. Especially male wolves." The female narrowed her yellow eyes at tolly. He ebony skin smooth and her hair Stark white. "He can choose to come.e peacefully or fight."
Tolly relaxed when Cas petted his head, though he didn't shift or back down. He kept himself pressed up against Cas' legs as the woman talked and narrowed his eyes right back at her. Once she was done he peered up at Cas curiously, letting out a questioning little whine.
Cas nodded "he'll come peacefully." He reasured, crouching down and kissing Tolly's head "it's alright, Kitira's really nice." He stood and nodded to the female. She nodded "two of you flank either side while one in the back. If you two will follow me please." She led them deeper into the trees. One white wolf, smaller than the others, touched her nose to cas's hand "hi delihlah." Cas whispered with a smile
Tolly hesitated for a moment before he shook out his shaggy black fur and started walking alongside his human. He sniffed at Delilah curiously, tilting his head at her with a charming little sparkle in his eye. He trusted Cas, so he didn't really see any reason to struggle.
Delihlah barked with a small bounce before returning to her spot. Cas smiled and walked to the front "no hi how are ya no nothing?" He asked the female with mock offendedness. She smiled "I'm sorry cas, just following protocol, plus the male so…" She hugged him "is he your mate?" She asked with a bright smile
Cas blushed "not quite that far but yes I love him very much."