Become The Same

He had managed to evade the illnesses that he had seen some of the wolves around the Armada get during the Long Night so he wasn't entirely sure what it was really like so when she said how she wasn't sure if she had been sick he wondered if maybe she had been and it had made her memory foggy. Either way, he was glad she had made it through it okay so that they could be here together now. His own memory of those months wasn't exactly the best or most clear either and what he did remember was just him hiding out in the den and avoiding anyone and everyone in his grief. The only real memory he had was Tira dragging him out of the den to go chase fireflies. Other than that it was all kind of a blur.

It felt like they had only just laid down and suddenly Vanille mentioned how she should be getting back since it was so late. His gray-backed ears flicked with disappointment and he turned his head to to look at her, his cheek against the ground while he remained on his back. She didn't get up right away and neither did he. He normally tried really hard to not come off as too attached or clingy out of some kind of fear that he might come off as desperate or something like that so usually he didn't put up a fuss when she got ready to leave, but as they both laid there he got the sense that neither of them really wanted to leave.

"If you don't want to go you don't have to," he told her softly, a little hopeful that maybe she might decide to stay. "Or... If you want me to come with you I will." He still didn't know the full extent of why she kept to the den she lived in so firmly or why she seemed so reluctant to leave it, but if it was easier for him to come to her then he wasn't against doing that either. He'd have to come back to the pack because his family was here and he had some duties he was responsible for right now, but that wouldn't always be the case. His sapphire gaze looked over her face, trying to figure out what she was thinking or what she wanted, but it was hard. Girls were more difficult than he imagined.

"Arcturus Indarra"