A Dream of Spring

As he watched Shaye leave he felt his heart sink further. She had never hurt him, and had never been anything but kind to him and it pained him every time she looked at him with such confusion and frustration. He covered his eyes with his arm and whined pitifully berating himself for making his situation so much worse than it already was.

“You fuck everything up.” Spider snarled, his voice dropping in pitch and becoming distinctly ferocious. It wasn’t often that Toad spoke with Spider’s mouth rather than roaring in his thoughts as he always had, but Spider usually took greater care to make sure he was alone when he did. Toad of course was right, Toad had always been right, even when they were younger their parents had always taken his stronger brother’s side and favored him over the meek grey cub that he was. When Toad left at the turning of their first year and he and Cricket stayed behind their parents made sure they knew how their presence chaffed them. It wasn’t until Autumn came that it finally became too much for them and they had left, unconfident that they could survive on their own but hopeful that they could help each other.

“And how did that turn out?” Toad asked, silently this time but bringing fresh waves of guilt crashing over him.

Spider speaking  Toad's voice You