You think I'd get better at this eventually

Well, if he insisted. She leaned forward and lightly rapped her knuckles against his face. As far as a slap went, it was pretty pathetic. She left her paw there instead of lifting it. Leaning forward instead and kissing his forehead. She still wasn’t sure what to say to him. He had risked so much for her, for Ashen. It had hurt to have him leave, and she hadn’t fully worked through that emotion yet either. To have it turn out he didn’t need to leave at all was a slap to both of them.

His words hurt too, because she felt much the same way. “I guess we’ll just have to make up for lost time. You… are staying, right?” She asked, her voice dropping at that, uncertainty creeping in. “Oh… Yes, I suppose you may” She agreed, a small hint of mischief returning to her own eyes.


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