DotD - Buck n' Lindsay 12

“Buck, don’t, I won’t let you risk your life – not even for me!” she told him. The one-eyed weasel glanced back and shoved her away just in time when the large white tail swung over his head. He knew the dinosaur was aiming for him, but there wasn’t a chance that he’d let him get to the female.

“Linz, trust me on this one! Ge -outta here!” he watched her disappear into the underbrush of the jungle before swiveling around so his eye was on Rudy again. Then he maneuvered through the dirt, dodging the dinosaur’s feet and tail swinging around until he was able to reach the other side. There he grabbed a vine and pulled it all the way to the other side, still missing every swing at him.

Buck had his fun taking each chance he got to wrap something more around Rudy’s feet, and then once he was secure there, the small weasel brought another long vine up to the beast’s snout, tying it up crocodile-style so he couldn’t open his mouth. Once he was sure that he was safe, he casually approached one of the tow giant red eyes and rubbed his victory in Rudy’s face – he tossed his tooth blade in the air with a flick of the wrist and caught it with a smug expression.

“Bettah luck next time, Rudy,” he said, sliding down. He planted his feet on the ground and walked away with his head held high, wagging his tail back and forth in a lazy fashion. Behind him, he heard his foe hiss even with his mouth closed, and it only made the weasel’s ego sky-rocket.

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Lindsay was in her own territory, lying in the pile of leaves she had for a bed at night when she heard someone entering past the overhanging vines. Her ears drew forward and her tail wagged happily when she saw Buck’s silhouette come into view; in return, he smiled when he saw her dark green eyes flicker. He threw his knife into the ground when she got up to hug him.

“That didn’t take long,” she said, holding his shoulders. He shrugged with one of his ears facing up while the other remained down.

“It’s not hard anymore. Rudy’s just more fun now,” he replied, pulling her back into their hug. It wasn’t hard for the female to show her affection now, considering that she knew how Buck felt around her – obviously he’d teased her because they were friends, and he’d bothered to save her life twice now. In return, she’d fed his love of friction with her arguments and even managed to pull off a rescue by herself against their common foe who she’d previously called “Jasper” until meeting him. By now she’d realized that he actually did have a soft side and cared for her after seeing how far he’d go to make sure she remained alive.

“You were saying something...before Rudy interrupted you, Buck,” she reminded him quietly. His eye opened and he released her from his grip so they were eye to eye.

“That’s right, I was...” he murmured holding one hand against his chin. For a minute it looked like he was concentrating hard to remember what he’d been trying to say earlier, but after he noticed Lindsay tilt her head, he gave her a one-sided grin with his eye partly closed.

“I remember now, I wasn’t trying to ask you anything a-tall,” he said. At first the female was rather confused with him – she wanted to ask what he meant, but somehow she knew that she could trust him. She was right because all he did was the usual action by holding her down with one hand around her back and the other holding his knife. Unlike the rest of the times he’d done this, she placed her hands together over his shoulders and behind his neck.

“Now I know what you’re thinking of doing, but I need one sec -” his ocean blue eye opened wide when she suddenly locked him in a kiss. Before he submitted to it though, he looked at his left as best he could and did his best to stretch his hand out towards a very tight vine. His knife was against it, but not enough to cut it just yet, so he leaned over and managed to get it even keeping their kiss. Off to the side, a small raptor jumped out and squawked at them, but a branch fell from above and knocked it out. Upon seeing it fall, Buck closed his eye and finally got a chance to enjoy a moment with the female...

What felt like an eternity passed through only a few minutes, but when they finally parted from each other, Lindsay noticed how Buck had been completely entranced. She understood after thinking about it – it had to have been years since he’d even been around another female weasel and being married to an ugly pineapple hadn’t exactly helped. She’d even noticed when they were in the moment he seemed to have little idea about what to do, so she’d done most of the leading.

With merely a smile across her cheeks, she lifted herself up; Buck, on the other hand, could do little more than slouch forward still in a hypnotic state and kept his eye on her. She wondered what he was thinking about, but her best guess was that he was trying to recall the last time he’d ever felt something so strong for another mammal, not just a fruit.

“Are you okay?” She asked with a giggle. His expression was cracking her up, but she tried hard not to laugh – Buck had what seemed like a “love-sick” grin and he couldn’t quite snap out of his trance. None the less, he was about halfway in reality, so he’d heard her question and could answer it.

“I’ll be honest, I can’t remember the last time that happened to me...” he said, trailing off at the end. It was when she poked his nose that he managed to shake himself and snap back to normal. Then he rediscovered how his dino-toothed blade was on the ground because earlier it had fallen when he felt most relaxed. He saw his by his foot and picked it up, brushing off a dirt smudge on the tip.

“Well, if you ever think about remarrying someone...” she took long strides as slowly as she could just to play up the moment. Buck followed her and put his arm over her shoulder, so she stopped, expecting him to say something.

“I did have that in mind...” he admitted, still sounding like he was stuck between reality and day dreams. Before Lindsay had a chance to speak another word, he pulled her around and kissed her once more, surprising her quite a bit. She didn’t think that he would’ve been that unfamiliar with love! However, she still enjoyed her coup over him and wrapped her arms across his back to keep him close to herself.

Score one for the she-weasel...
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