Bear-(mxm rever series 2)

Bear 18

He'd almost clawed the guy apart. Pacing in his room, Ranger took a swing at his scratching post every time he passed it. The heavy twine wrapped around it was already wearing thin, even though he'd replaced it recently. After an hour or so, he dropped down to sit in front of it so that he could pick at it further. His cat was extremely close to the surface, sharpening his human fingernails since he'd actually let it out earlier with Heian  for a few minutes.

And he'd nearly paid for it. It was stupid to just let him goad it out so suddenly, and when around other animals.

They hadn't exactly planned to meet, though. Or, at least, he hadn't. He'd been spoiling some of the older horses who had decided to stay in the barn overnight with apples, even though the temperatures were finally starting to rise a little.

That was when Heian had appeared. He'd brought a small insulated bag with him, drawing a curiosity from Ranger that was one-hundred percent because of his cat. It was. All his cat. They ended up going up to the hay loft to get away from the nudging horses and when Heian took the item he'd brought out of the bag, Ranger had felt his eyes widen. It was some sort of seared meat, and when the lid was unlatched from the large container, his nose greedily took in the scent of prime rib and bacon.

His stomach had growled immediately and he'd had to swallow a few times to keep from drooling. He remembered that the man had heated him up some food when he'd showed up unannounced before. It had smelled really good, too, but he had been frustrated and distracted at the time.

Just the thought of the food had his mouth filling with saliva. Heian had offered a piece of whatever he wanted, and Ranger, with his cat nearly hissing to be let it out and devour everything in front it, couldn't refuse. He took a slab of the prime rib and made very short work of it. His feline lent him some of its stronger teeth, making it a tad awkward to chew, but much easier to tear.

When he had finished it and licked his fingers clean, the sound of something below caught his attention and immediately made his cat bellow out a warning growl through his human mouth that easily echoed throughout the entire barn. Several of the animals below had hurried from their open stalls and run out into the field, but the intruder hadn't. He was considering jumping down and just dealing with the carnivore, but Heian put a hand on his head and smiled before looking toward the small opening in the floor where they'd climbed up from.

"Hello, Marsh. I forgot to mention last time, but I do have some beehives that I accidentally forgot to harvest form this season. If you'd like, you can go take some of the extra honey," he'd said, his lips turning up into a smile when they heard the footsteps below them stop.

"They are north-east of here, about fifteen minutes walk, if that."

There had been silence for a moment before they'd both heard a set of much-heavier footsteps leave the barn. Heian looked just as surprised as he was, and when he turned to him, Ranger shrugged.

"I didn't know that he could shift again. He must have figured out how to get the earring out of his ear."

Heian had let his head sag for a moment, then had simply begun laughing as he fell backwards into a large pile of hay.

"I guess I'll have to go clean up what's left of my hives later."

Ranger had fidgeted, unsure if he should have gone to stop Marsh or not. He'd thought that Heian would do so, but he didn't really seem too worried.

"I'm really a terrible bee keeper, Kit."

Kit?

The nickname had made his eyes narrow, since he definitely wasn't a kitten, but when Heian reached forward without getting up and grabbed the container of meat he'd brought with him, then set it on his chest, Ranger forgot about the name as he'd gotten a strong urge to tear apart everything in the container... as well as the man.