[C] That Wet Dog Smell

The large Russian man gave a smile for the French girl. "Is all right."

Pandora was pleasant enough. She had liked Ostanki quite a bit. It had been nice to see the little Alsatian play.

Alyosha gave an amused huff when Tuzik rolled over in his lap and pawed at his clothing. That was getting to be a common occurrence now. Tuzik had stopped tearing clothing off himself but he still took every chance he could to beg Lyo to take it off for him.

The Necromancer tugged at the zip, pulling it down until the jacket was laid open.

His fingers traced the design of his markings idly for a few moments before he let his nails scrape gently over the Hound's muscular stomach.

Tayce just let Pandora wrap herself around her. It was not the first time that the hound had done this.

She pet the girls back, trying not to stumble over from how much bigger of a person Pan was. She realized this probably looked really silly to the Russian man, and wondered if Tuzik ever showed his affection like this.

"Okay, Bas fille." She said, gently prying Pandora off of her so she could stand up.

Tuzik writhed in absolute bliss, he loved having his hoody unzipped, he could have the fuzzy material caressing his back while the breeze flowed over his chest and stomach.

The hound's head leaned down, his tongue lapping out thankfully over his Master's fingers.

A soft grumbling purr sounded as his stomach was stroked, a content whine escaping the large hound as he writhed a little, having his stomach scratched was his biggest weakness.

A disapproving grumble sounds from Pandora's throat as she is pushed aside from Tayce as the male hellhound continues to gain affection from his master. She sits back and looks up at Tayce with big eyes and then over at Tuzik and his master. Why should he receive affection when she does not?

An irritated frown makes its way on Pandora's mouth and she sits right in front of Tayce, trying to block her from moving forward, her hands reached down to hold Tayce's ankles. The hellhound lets out a small whine and leans her forehead against Tayce's shines.

While she doesn't like her back exposed so freely to Tuzik, she knows she will be safe with her master around.

The poor startled little rabbit that had been on his lap prior to Tuzik sprawling out over him had been squished between his thigh and the puppy corpse napping contentedly next to him.

As Tuz writhed in his lap, he unintentionally squished the rabbit a little more. It gave a soft growl and sank its teeth into his thigh through his jeans.

Lyo's sudden jerk caused Ostanki to shift and wake up, giving the rabbit the opportunity to dart off. The puppy corpse followed after it, barking loudly as his half-tail wagged behind him excitedly.

The Rus shook his head gently as he watched Ostanki chase after the rabbit. The pup had no chance of catching it. He was a lot slower than the small fluffy creature.

He continued to scratch at Tuzik's stomach as his gaze turned down to his thigh. He had a nice dark wet patch on the thigh of his jeans. He was bleeding rather a lot. That fluffy little bunny packed quite a powerful bite.

Lyo didn't care about the pain at all. A little bite from a walking cotton ball wasn't going to hurt enough to make him cry out. He was more annoyed at the fact that he'd be spending the rest of the evening trying to clean the stains out of his jeans. He already had a few smears of blood on his jeans from when the rabbit had bitten his hand the first time.

"Much excitement," he chuckled softly, pressing his hand firmly to the bite as he turned a little grin to his company.

Having a wild animal around - even one that looked as unthreatening as a bunny - proved to be a source of entertainment.

"Pandora!" Tayce scolded, wobbling a bit now that her ankles were restrained. She nearly lost balance!

"Qu'est-ce qui te prend?!" She tried to wriggle free from her hellhound's grasp. She had never seen Pan act this way, and admittedly, she had never seen Pan around another hound. Her girl was getting jealous!

"Vous vous arrêtez cette absurdité à la fois." She stated, getting her ankles free and then crouching down to take Pan's face into her hands. "Mauvais."

Tayce jumped a little when she saw the Russian man jump, and subconsciously clutched to Pandora from the start. She watched the zombie pup chase after a healthy, living rabbit.

She then turned and saw the blood soaking through his jeans.

"Are you okay?" She asked, showing a tinge of actual worry.

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"What has gotten into you?"
"You stop this nonsense at once."
"Bad."

Tuzik gave a protective growl as the rabbit bit his Master, though he didn't chase after the creature, he had been told off for chasing it already.

A soft whine passed his lips as he rolled over in the man's lap, his gaze turning down to the darkening patch of Lyo's jeans, the scent of blood hitting his sensitive nose.

His brows drew together as he looked up at the man, he was bleeding, Tuzik didn't like seeing harm come to the man, he was meant to protect him.

Leaning down his tongue swiped over the bloodied patch on his jeans, trying to lick the wound better.

Bad? She was bad? Her master, the woman who saved her life and gave her a place called home wherever they went called her bad! The equivalent to failure!

Pandora's eyes get big and somber, full of regret for whatever she has done to displease Tayce. Once Tayce releases her, Pandora lays down in the grass and looks at her hands sadly, not even paying attention to the rabbit that darts across the lawn.

She listens to the voices around her speak in a blurry, mumbled foreign language, sulking in doggy dismay.

Lyo chuckled softly as he ruffled Tuzik's hair.

"Is just krolik bite, Tuz. Nothing to worry about." Alyosha didn't actually know the English name for rabbit. He could speak the English language well enough to be understood most of the time but there were some words that he didn't know.

Among them, names for a lot of animals.

"Is fine," he assured Tayce with a smile. "Just bite. Little blood, is all."

He pulled his hand away from the wound as Tuzik started licking at it, rubbing his bloodied palm on his knee.

"Is nothing, Tuz." If it were something more fatal than a bite from an overgrown mouse he would have been worried, but that's all it was. He wasn't worried in the slightest. Maybe he'd get a little ill from all the germs it had been carrying but otherwise he'd be absolutely fine.

"What about diseases?" Tayce asked, the concern still in her voice. With her accent, the word diseases sounded a lot more pleasant than it was. It sounded like she said "dizzeezzes".

She noticed the sudden somberness that overcame Pandora after she was scolded, and pulled the large she-hound into her lap and stroked her hair idly, planing a little kiss on the woman's shoulder.

Tuzik wouldn't hear it, this was the first time his Master had been hurt in front of him before, he wasn't fond of the experience, no matter how small the wound.

He gripped the man's hand clumsily, his tongue swiping over the blood, lapping it up as he cleaned the man's hand.

He nuzzled against Lyo's thigh, looking up at him with a gentle smile as he cuddled up to the man, Tuzik loved him dearly, that much was obvious.

The feeling of Tayce pulling Pan into her lap and planting a soft kiss on her was enough to lift the hellhound's spirits from low to happy once again. Pan smiles and nuzzles herself in Tayce's lap, feeling as though she's been forgiven for being bad.

Pan arches her back slightly against Tayce's pets and stretches out her arms, letting out a soft murmur of approval at how good she feels.

"Is no worry."

Alyosha had suffered through a lot of illnesses and infections of many types from the common cold to infected gunshot wounds. He could handle anything the rabbit could have given him.

He smiled softly at Tuzik when he gripped his hand and lapped at his bloodied skin.

The man's ice blue eyes were soft as his fingers stroked through his red hair.

He loved the Hound just as much as Tuzik loved him. Out of all the mistakes in his life - and there were a lot of them - Tuzik was his best mistake. He was glad he had made this mistake.

"W-well... if you're sure you are all right..." Tayce started, and then looked down shyly. She took a deep breath and then hugged Pandora tightly from behind, wrapping her arms around Pan's Torso.

"Then I suppose we should probably get going by now. Thank you for watching her while I got unpacked." She said, nodding her head politely to the blond man.

Not only had Alyosha helped her move her stuff and find a room, he also kept a watchful but kind eye on Pandora.

Secretly, Tayce hoped that Pan and Tuzik could become friends. It would be good for her girl to have a companion that was the same species as her.

As for herself, she didn't believe it was possible for her to make any friends, other than Pandora of course.

Tuzik gave a loud purr as Lyo's fingers stroked through his hair, he was loving his Master's affection.

He gave the man's thigh one last lick, he liked knowing that he wasn't hurt.

The hound's bright red gaze turned over to the french woman, his head tilting to the side as she spoke.

He wasn't quite sure what she was saying, her accent confused him a little.