Loyalty burns both ways

As she hobbled along she heard Sirius trot up along side her and at first she refused to look at him, to stuck in her own stupid resolve to consider any other option. Then he came around in front of her, blocking her path and holding a paw up in front of her to force her to stop. She brought her gaze up to his, gritting her teeth as she glared at him. His firm, yet soft plea for her made her falter and somehow that was almost worse than if he had shouted at her and told her to just get in the damn cart or picked her up and tossed her in there. She could tell how much he was restraining himself and that made her even more frustrated, but not at him - at herself.

She didn't want to make things harder for him. This whole time she had been trying to make things easier, better. Because that's what she did. She gave everything she could to try and repay what he had given her all that time ago. She sighed heavily after a moment, glancing away. "You won't let me help you, so why should I let you help me?" she muttered, turning away from him to go walk back toward the cart. She sat in it without looking at him again, settling down onto her stomach and resting her head on her paws to wait for this dumb, demoralizing ride to be over.
























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