Secret Identity

[MittyMittens]

Lupa frowned a bit when he said he didn't want to be a dictator, she had no idea where to begin. She bites her lip in thought as she roamed through the clothes, actually picking a lot of earth tones, she wasn't a big fan of outlandish over bearing colors. "I have no idea what size I am" She says looking at the numbers on the clothes, but guessed by comparing it to the number on Ofelia's and going a size down from that. She grabbed some jeans, cargo pants, and some tanks and tees, mostly in greens, browns, and white, with the occasional dark red item, not having much interest in camouflage. Mostly choosing items based of how comfortable they seemed before color. She looks back at him when she believed she was done. "What do you think?" She asks curiously.

 

[SachiGrl]

Tuck was glad her taste wasn't too far from his. "Well, can't judge if it ain't on ya." He placed his hand behind Lu's back and led her to the fitting room. "Go ahead and change here. Lemme know if ya need an other size." He picked up the baking book that was in his cart. I guess I'm goin' to have to make an oven of some sort... he thought as he skimmed through several pages. I'm goin' to need bricks... He saw that many of the recipes included eggs... and invest in hens. That sounded like a lot of work. He didn't want to take care of chickens. He was going to have to make Lu decide on that because he's definitely not taking care of any chickens.

 

[MittyMittens]

Lupa smiles and tries everything she had grabbed on before realizing she needed a smaller size in the jeans and a larger size in the tank tops. She showed him a few things she was unsure about. After getting the right sizes from Tuck she makes her way out of the fitting room. She puts the clothes in the cart. "I'll probably need a hat too if I'm going to be gardening." She says looking around for a sun hat before spotting one and makes her way over to it before placing it in the cart. "Now where to?" She asks still smiling about her new clothes.

 

[SachiGrl]

Tuck pointed at the book in his hand, "We don't have an oven or chickens. How do you plan on baking?" He pushed the cart towards the gardening section of the store while looking at Lu. "Or you're just gettin' this book to read?" He looked through the pictures again as he pushed the cart. He supposed the book was nice to look at. It sure did make his mouth water.

 

[MittyMittens]

"You could build me one couldn't you?" she asks pleadingly looking up at him hopefully. "And I don't mind taking care of chickens" her mouth waters a little at the idea of chicken. "Or at least try to" she thought to herself. "Besides I thought it might be nice to have something sweet for you every once in a while" she says as she follows him to to the gardening section.

 

[SachiGrl]

Tuck laughed at Lu's comment, "All I need is my s'mores and I'm good." He shook his head. He's going to have to build a hen house and an oven? Sounds like a lot of work on his part. Now, the true question is: Is it worth it? Are sweets worth it, "Maybe I'd rather you'd just garden and write in a journal." He gave her a shrug.

 

[MittyMittens]

She looks at him and pouts but agrees. "Alright I'm sure that'll keep me plenty busy. I just got a little over excited at all the things I can do for you know other than keep ya company" she says with a smile. "What do you want planted? Maybe some herbs for cooking?" She asks when they reach the garden area grabbing the book from the cart to flip through it briefly.

 

[SachiGrl]

Tuck was glad Lu agreed with him. He let out a sigh, "Yup, we're just trying to get ya into a hobby. I don't want ya cookin' pie for me everyday." He rubbed his stomach, "You're gonna get me a gut." Tuck stopped his cart and paused for a minute. He looked around the garden center of Walmart, "Something pretty, something useful." He said thoughtfully, "A lil' of both I guess."

 

[MittyMittens]

She laughs. "I'm only trying to be useful, you've cooked for me so many times it's about time I repay the favor" She says as she browses the aisles, grabbing some basic herbs like oregano, chives, sage, and parsley. She grabs the lavender, taking a whiff of it. "I love lavender, it's my favorite" She states before setting in the cart as well. She grabs some other ornamental things that were just pretty in general.

 

[SachiGrl]

Mental note: She likes Lavender... He smiled as she piled more and more things into the cart. "Just let me know when you're done... I'll be over here." He gestured to the side of the check-out where there was a lot of magazines. He picked up the INK magazine, and began browsing through pictures.

 

[MittyMittens]

After another 10 minutes or so of browsing she pushes the cart over to him. "I think I'm done for now. I don't want to overwhelm myself trying to get everything planted at once" She states, looking at the magazine cover he was reading and tilts her head sideways as she looked it over, not knowing what or ever have seen tattoos before.

 

[SachiGrl]

"Okay, let's check out." He redirected the cart into the lane by the cashier. "You see this?" He said as they waited in line, "Humans who do this have balls" He laughed as she cocked her head toward the magazine, "Human canvases."

 

[MittyMittens]

"Balls? What does that mean?" She asks not sure about the terminology, never hearing the phrase before,. She follows him to the lane with the cashier, getting a little antsy being around so many people. It was fun but she wanted to be back at the quiet of the cabin.

 

[SachiGrl]

Tuck laughed real hard. He caught the attention of half the store, "Sorry! Sorry!" He said as he looked around, seeing many eyes on him. "Balls are testicles that carry sperm," he said as quietly as he could, "Balls represent manliness. When someone says you've got balls, that means you're brave, you're strong. Just like a man." He nodded proudly as he said the last sentence, "Some men act like they have no balls and some woman got some big balls, but these are all sayings. Nothing literal." He patted Lu on the back after his lecture. He helped pass all the items in the cart to the cashier and paid cash. "Giiiirl, you're expensive," he chuckled. He pushed the cart to the back of his truck and began unloading there. "Now, remember this is for you to do when I'm gone, so don't be getting to it just yet."

 

[MittyMittens]

"Oh" She says, now understanding. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to be!" She states worry in her voice but he couldn't be too angry if he let out a chuckle. "I only intend to keep myself busy with you when you're around" She states before a blush came across her face since that sounded a little more intimate than she intended. She walks to the passenger side of the truck before looking back at Tuck to open the door for her, waiting patiently.

 

[SachiGrl]

Tuck looked at Lu with a smile, "Gimme a moment, girl." He placed the last bag of soil in the car, "Ya sure know how to make a man work." He opened the door for her and kissed her head before walking to the other side of the car and sitting in the driver's seat. Tuck felt strange. It was as if they were a actually a couple walking around together.

 

[MittyMittens]

Lupa grins ear to ear when he kissed her, even if it was just her head before climbing into the passenger seat. "Thank you Tuck. For all the stuff and well for everything in general" She says still smiling before looking out the window when he started the truck up. The trip definitely wasn't as nerve wracking as she thought it would be, people stare more at black wolves roaming around town than they do at people she realized.

 

[SachiGrl]

Tuck gave a shrug, "Gotta do what I gotta do to keep my girl happy." He spoke with a grin. It was getting real dark and Tuck didn't want to unpack things when he could see. "When we get home," he started to say, "get me some lanterns, so I can unload the car without hurtin' myself." Within minutes, Tuck's truck was on a grail path then he parked at the end of it. He walked out of the car then instinctively opened the door for Lu. He held her face his hand and kissed her head again. "Aren't you pretty?" He walked around to the back of his truck.

 

[MittyMittens]

She blushes again as he kisses her head and calls her pretty but at least it was dark enough that it wasn't as obvious. She quickly darts out the truck and inside, grabbing the lanterns. She had no problem moving around in the dark, knowing where everything was located. She grabs a lighter and lights one lantern to keep in the cabin so it wouldn't be terribly dark when they came back in. She then lights a pair of lanterns and makes her way outside. She was slower getting out to him, not wanting the flame to go out with her moving too quickly. She makes her way to the back of his truck, holding the lanterns up so he could see what he was doing.

 

[SachiGrl]

"Wow, that was quick." He said as he saw her slowly approaching him with lights. "Let's put these in the tool shed." He gestured for Lu to lead the way as he held two bags of soil, fertilizer, and gardening tools in a bag. He walked slowly towards her then suddenly Tuck felt a sharp pain in his arm. He fell forward and dropped everything he had in hand. "Get down!" Tuck warned Lu. Someone was after them. He felt something in his arm. He turned his head to look; there was an arrow in his bicep. He grunted in pain as he broke it in half and took it out of his flesh. He held his arm close to his body, trying to prevent too much blood coming out of his wound.

 

[MittyMittens]

Lupa nearly dropped the lanterns in her hand at the panic in Tuck's voice. She quickly drops to her knees. She looks at him as she hears him grunt in pain and sees the arrow as he pulls it out. She grits her teeth in anger, her human form was useless in protecting him. If she was in her wolf form she might have sensed the attackers before they could attack. "I'm sorry Tuck" She says about changing forms even though he had asked her not to previously but there was no way she was going to sit back and not protect him. She sets a lantern near him so he'd have one he could use before setting one a little in front of her. She then changes into her wolf form, standing over/near Tuck protectively, letting out a serious of viscous snarls and growls in the direction that arrow came from.

 

[SachiGrl]

"Godamit, Lu!" He crawled away towards his cabin in a military-styled crawl. Whispers throughout the forest was heard when Lu's transformation took place. Tuck couldn't pinpoint the language, but it did sound strange. Bushes began to hustle all around. It sounded more and more distant; they retreated. Tuck couldn't take the pain anymore. "Can you drive?" He hoisted himself up against the wall of his cabin. Blood was smeared all over his arm and chest. "I need to go to an E.R."

 

[MittyMittens]

She waits until their sounds could no longer be heard, snorting a sort of good riddance and quickly turns her attention back to Tuck. Her ears flatten back against her head and she lets out a whine at smelling all the blood. She changes back into her human form. "I may need you to talk me through it but I will get you to an ER" She states as she makes her way over to him, helping him into the truck, even though it was just his arm she didn't want to leave his side for a second. She quickly takes the keys from Tuck and fiddles with them for a moment before starting the truck up. After some instruction of how to put it in drive and which was gas and which was brake, she was driving as fast as she could without losing control to town; following his directions to the ER.

 

[SachiGrl]

"Ooooh shiiiiit!!" Tuck said in panic. He knows that their in a rush, but it was obvious she was knew to driving, "What the hell, Luuu!!" He pointed to the left road with his good arm, but cringed in pain anyway. Her sharp turn made him slam against the side of the door. "There! There! There!" He exclaimed. He was relieved they made it in one piece. "Park away from the other cars." His eyes wide. He couldn't wait to get out of the car.

 

[MittyMittens]

Lupa parked with a squeal of the tires, nearly sending them flying through the windshield. She however, didn't waste any time and got around to his side of the truck, opening the door and helping him out. She forgets the keys and the ignition and quickly runs back to grab them before going back over to him. She walks with him into the hospital, obviously more of a wreck than he was about the whole situation. She couldn't stand the idea of losing him, even though it was just an arm wound, she was imagining the worst.