tongue.
"Can I have her too?" Iron teased.
"No." Cobalt growled. He knew his brother wasn't serious, but he had said that anyway, suddenly realizing that he objected and feeling quite embarrassed. But he kept his embarrassment to himself.
Melody looked quickly towards Cobalt after what his answer was towards his brothers tease question. She could feel herself beginning to blush a bit but tried to distract herself. "So Iron would you mind showing me around the house?" She hoped that Cobalt would object to this thats why she asked. She didn't like Iron, he only thought about himself and his big ego.
Cobalt's ears twitched. How could Iron be asked instead now! Iron was the least charming dog around! Cobalt's mind didn't wander to what kind of dog Melody would be just changing her love interest like that (whether how likely or unlikely it seemed to Cobalt) it wandered more to the thought, "Well, if he can get a girl, so can I!"
"I'll do it." Cobalt said without missing a beat. "Iron would find some way to get lost." And he walked out of the room with Melody, leaving Iron confused at first, but he quickly caught on. Iron never saw his brother act like this before, so he had a big hunch that he liked her. He decided to leave the two alone while he went outside, but Rodney seemed a little...busy at the moment, so he had to find a new way out. With plenty of effort, Iron managed to get the living room window open and he leaped through, landing roughly on the hard ground.
Meanwhile, Cobalt was feeling rather silly giving Melody such a short tour of the house. The house wasn't big to begin with.
Melody smiled but tried to hide it. She didn't pay much attention to what Cobalt was showing her, most of the time she was eying him but every time he looked down to her she looked the other direction hoping she wasn't blushing again.
After the tour Elizabeth called the two dogs down to get some food. Melody followed Cobalt down in the kitchen but what she saw there was only one bowl filled with food for both of them. Melody didn't want to be rude so she sat down to let Cobalt eat first.
The malamute/border collie mix looked at the husky mix, then at his bowl, then back at her. He pushed the bowl aside with his paw and walked away with an emotionless look on his face. "I'm not that hungry. You can have it." He said, simply. It'd be rude to eat before a lady, so he sat on the opposite side of the room, while Rodney and Elizabeth conversed some more.
Melody watched Cobalt leave the bowl next to her then down at the bowl. She didn't want to be rude so she ate bit of the food in the bowl before walking to Cobalt again. "There is more food in the bowl and I'm finished you can have the rest" Melody said and smiled before thanking him for letting her eat first.
Cobalt looked after Melody and smiled proudly to himself before eating what was left of the food.
From that day on, Melody and Elizabeth were everyday guests at Rodney's residence, especially when Rodney proposed to Elizabeth and she accepted. Cobalt didn't mind, of course. And Melody didn't either. Every day, they felt each other grow closer and closer to each other, and yet they still kept the same, unknown, mutual distance between each other. They were indeed stubborn about how the other felt.
Even tho they don't celebrate birthdays, when Cobalt and Iron turned two years old (by this time it was only a few months when Elizabeth and Rodney began seeing each other) one day when the two ladies were visiting yet again, it was discovered how Iron felt about the situation. Melody walked in on a heated argument between the two brothers.
"Don't get mad just because a girl likes me and no girl likes you!" Cobalt yelled.
"That's not true!" Iron retorted. "Girls like me! You and Silver are just completely ignoring me! What happened to bros before--"
"So this is a jealousy thing!" Cobalt asked. "That's just like you to get jealous over something stupid like this! Melody and I are just friends and nothing more!"
Melody was already in the room when Cobalt announced that. Though she knew it was true she was really disappointed. She thought they were getting closer maybe more than just friends but they hadn't said anything to each other about liking.
Cobalt was the first to notice her in the room and he saw the expression on her face. Before he could say anything his brother snorted and walked out kicking the door behind him so a click noise was heard. Melody knew what that sound was and wished it hadn't happened. They where locked in the same room.
"Why do you act so stuck up?" Melody asked in a rising voice watching Cobalt carefully.
"I wasn't." Cobalt said, simply, but with a pang of irritation from the previous argument. "He was being rude to me, so I yelled at him." He turned around and thought, "Its none of your business anyway," accidentally saying it out loud, but not reacting to how harsh his words were, but expecting a good bashing from Melody about it.
"All you ever think about is you! do you realize that?" Melody shouted at him getting closer with every word. "I've tried so hard to get your attention but I don't know why anymore" She was fighting so hard to keep tears away. "I'm not even sure why I'm telling you this! it's not like you'll get this through the thick head of yours anyway!" She was standing face to face with him and yelling into his face before walking back to the door scratching and barking hoping that Elizabeth was still down stairs with Rodney.
"Me!?" Cobalt yelled. "Get MY attention! You're acting like I've never given you anything! I give you my food all the time! What am I supposed to do!"
"Food? do you really think I care about your food?" Melody had stopped barking after hearing his respond. "Just like I thought, You only care about yourself!" Melody growled in frustration getting tired of being around him.
"I do NOT!" he yelled again. "You--You're just--! You're just not paying attention!" He was starting to stumble over his words in frustration. "I mean, if you did--if you did, you'd see--"
"See what!" she bellowed, getting dominantly closer to his face.
Cobalt growled, she was going to force him to say it. But if he did, then he'd look like a fool and she'd probably get even angrier at him. He would have said, "That you're extremely stubborn and narrow-minded!" but instead of feeding the fire that way, he put his mouth on hers and kissed her, then broke away.
Melody closed her eyes and after few seconds opened them again looking straight into his. "I---I" But she didn't want to finish the sentence. Before she realized it she was kissing him again and after a minute or so went past she broke away from him closing her eyes before taking a deep breath "I love you" She said in a kind of whisper so he barely heard her.
Cobalt repeated the words to her, but a bit louder. He could feel himself blushing alot, but at the same time relieved that she wasn't angrier at him. She loved him! And he loved her! He wanted to have pups with her and raise a family together, and she wanted the same thing with him and more.
It was a happy time for the two brothers, actually. The next day, Iron came back to his brother and they apologized to each other. But when Cobalt asked why the change in heart, Iron could help but explain what happened that night. He had talked to Quinn (also known as Saba) that evening and they were going to start seeing each other. Cobalt explained what happened that same night and they were both happy for each other, almost to a hysterical degree.
Melody and Cobalt continued expressing their love for each other every time they saw each other. Many of the dogs of Nome were happy for them, some were jealous, and some just felt they weren't right for one another. Either way, the two didn't care, judging by their public displays of affection. Iron and Quinn were a more courteous couple, at least Quinn made them that way (naturally if it was up to Iron, he'd display his affections for her publicly too).
But their relationship had their downfalls. Only a small few of males would keep chasing after Melody, to try and coax her into being their mate and leave Cobalt, which she refused. If she wasn't with Cobalt, she wouldn't mind the attention, but now its annoying. Hank, a male a little older than Melody, who was also a member of the mail team, was the most persistent. Cobalt had to chase him away more than any other male and it drove them both crazy.
And it wasn't long afterwards when Elizabeth kept taking Melody to the vets to see if she was pregnant, which every time she wasn't, Melody grew a little sadder. Cobalt and her would try again and finally on a third try, Melody was finally discovered to be having puppies in a couple months.
The thought of having puppies with Cobalt was almost overwhelming. Most of the time now a days she was thinking how many they would be, what to name them and what genders they would be. But all of this would be found out after few weeks.
Few weeks later she was lying on the front porch with Cobalt who was watching over her. Her stomach had gotten big so it was hard for her to move around much.
That evening Rodney and Elizabeth had gone out to the beach to have a picnic. Leaving the dogs alone at home.
Suddenly a flash of pain went through Melody's body, she looked up at Cobalt in disbelif "The puppies are coming" As she announced that another wave of pain struck her so she nuzzled deeply into Cobalt's fur hoping to get away from it all. She hadn't expected it to be so painful.
"Oh, great," Cobalt muttered, trying to remain calm. This wasn't good. No one was home and they were locked outside. Even if the weather was warm to them, it was still far too cold for newborn pups. "Stay calm, I'll be right back." He felt bad leaving her, but Cobalt had to look for a way in. All but one window was locked, and even if it was unlocked, it was way
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