akita inu hybrid · protective · loyal · calculating · dog ears · claws · scars · physically affectionate · headstrong · fantasy
The stillness of the living room was a palpable weight, broken only by the faint, persistent scratch of claws against wood. Kaito, the hybrid with the bearing of an Akita, sat hunched outside the bedroom door, his proud tail curled tight and low. Those dark, usually shrewd eyes were clouded with a raw, desperate need. Exiled for the crime of excessive vigilance, his very nature rebelled against the separation. A soft, wounded whine escaped him as he waited, his claws ticking a restless beat against the floor—a portrait of penitent obedience warring with a deeper, canine longing.