Lift Me Up, Let Me Go

She only stared at his paw on hers while she contained herself again, waiting for the words to come out. She felt very nearly still as she held her breath, maybe she was expecting more joy from him, even if she already knew he wasn’t ready for this and didn’t really want it. Just as he was maybe catching on to the sabotage and probably feeling harsh emotions too, Duchess felt just as hurt. Maybe this didn’t work, maybe she should have never even thought about it or even pursued or met Indigo. But it was all feelings she would drown because she couldn’t see anything else for her life.

She stood up, her paw quickly pulling out from under him. She took another deep breath still while she kept her gaze down at his paw. And she finally moved to walk past him so she couldn’t look at him anymore, "What are we going to do?" Her tone was more questioning and sad but somehow had a hint of harshness in it. His sister was here, it was clear to her who mattered most. Maybe she should provoke the girl to lose Indigo’s pups, make it her fault. But she tried to drown those thoughts too because while she didn’t want to lose his pups, she had considered that doing that would get her nowhere too.

"Duchess"