Mistakes were made

The desire to pull away when he reached out to wrap a paw around her was strong. He was only doing it because he felt bad surely, and chances were he was only going to walk away and vomit when he was done, poor guy. He deserved prettier friends than she was. When he moved his face in closer to press the bridge of his nose against her cheek she tried to reduce her volume a little. Poor guy didn’t need to go deaf as well as being disgusted.

She almost missed his words with her head buried under her paws, but her soft moaning reduced to stuttered breathing as her brain reeled to catch up. He what?!

Butterflies were building in her belly, and OF COURSE he’d decide to say something like that when she was naked with red ringed crying eyes and a face full of snot. It was almost enough to set her off all over again. Stupid man.

But he was her stupid man.

If they had’ve been standing she might have thrown herself at him, but as it was the best she could manage was to unbury her face and shove into his chest beneath the paw he had thrown over her. “Why’d you have to say that when I look so ugly y’big dummy!” She was still in shock, and her face was struggling to make up its mind whether she wanted to be devastated or happy. “I love you too.” she finally settled on, smiling even though tears still ran down her face.

“Speech.”