He knew that she was stubborn but he was hoping if he kept bringing up the unborn children in her womb, maybe just maybe she would listen for once and let him do his job of providing for her. He wondered how happy she would be as a mother. Would she love it once they were born and growing up or would she resent him? He hoped not. He was happy to have this moment with Tuari, to know that they were going to be parents together. Somehow it just felt right. He felt overwhelmed because he knew he had feelings for Tuari but he also had feelings for Talien and he couldn't decide which were the strongest. He felt almost wrong for taking the feelings Tuari had expressed for him and even though he told her then that he thought of her as a friend, he knew it was a lie. But even then, he shouldn't have given into his urges during winter and gotten her pregnant. It contradicted all that they had said to each other. She had seemed okay with him feeling that way, even if it hurt her. He felt bad because he feared that he might hurt her again. He would end up hurting both of them.

He knew that Tuari was a magnificent hunter and he didn't want to take that freedom from her but he wanted to keep her safe, now more than ever. He knew that she liked to keep trophies from her hunts and he would even promise to bring her a turkey feather or foot or whatever she wanted back when he brought her the meat but he didn't want her getting hurt while hunting, not right now. He could tell the moment he suggested she stay behind that she wasn't going to take it lightly. The look she gave him was enough to tell him that she wasn't taking no for an answer. He scowled at her and sniffed.

"Tuari, you should think of the children."

He said softly, trying whatever he could to make her slow down. Then she walked over to him and bumped him with her nose and he grunted and watched her walk by, amusement shining in his eyes. She was still giving him a look as if daring him to stop her and he sighed dramatically and shook his head.

"You're hard headed, you know that? I hope they don't inherit that or we'll have our paws full for sure."

He added in with a smirk. She must be getting hungry and he really wanted to get this over with so he could feed her and his growing children inside of her but it seemed she wasn't going to stay back like he had asked. She shook her head and started head butting him. He grunted and moved out of the den, looking back at her in surprise and chuckling despite himself when she pawed at him. It was obvious she was trying to herd him away to get the food now but she also wasn't staying behind. He shook his head and started walking.

"Fine. But if you so much as get a scratch on you, I'm making you stay in the den for a week. I warned you."

Giving her a huff, he took off at a trot toward the hunting grounds. He kept looking back to make sure she was keeping pace okay. When she started looking tired, he would slow down and wait for her and then start going again, knowing she didn't want to be coddled. When they got closer, he started sniffing around, looking for tracks or other signs that turkeys had been through here. He glanced over at Tuari, knowing hunting prey animals was more her thing.

"Find anything?"