Turn Up For What?

Ixionn shuffled with discomfort in his spot beside Irune, his eyes burning with anxiety. He was so confused- why hadn't they told him before? Couldn't they have chosen a time when he had been calm and relaxed, not placed between a fight? To suddenly screech, "Ixionn will eventually become the heir," and then move on? Really? Did they even understand how confused and shocked he was? No, no, no. Of course not. They were too busy dealing with dealing with their own problems. The boy's heart quickened and he forced himself to move closer to his mother, attempting to get close enough to at least feel her heat. If not, completely pressing himself up to her, trying to relax himself from this sudden anxiety that rushed through his veins. As a younger boy...he'd always thought he'd be overjoyed if he was ever chosen as a future leader.
Now he was terrified. He felt like crawling into a hole, or hiding in a ditch. Though, all at the same time, he wondered why he was so shaky and nervous now. Maybe because now that it was official, he couldn't quite see the picture of him leading and protecting his family. Or maybe being nervous was normal. Ah, he didn't know. And he wasn't quite relaxed enough to think into it. For now, he would continue to calm himself, while listening to Arian and Irune go back and forth. --Fortunately Irune's kill-o-meter had dropped into the yellow zone, but just as it had, she turned to him and asked him to lay down, for the sake of his paw. Ixionn nodded uneasily and slowly lowered his body to the ground.
His mother also explained that she would treat it a bit more once they returned home. But Ixionn didn't care about the pain. Of course he appreciated his mother's generosity. But he was still flipping his shit. How were they able to just let this go? The masked boy breathed out shakily, before parting his lips into soft words of thanks. "Ah, th-thank you. It's already feeling better." He curled himself into his tail, while adjusting his injured paw into a comfortable position. Then, he shut his eyes, and calmly continued to listen to the conversation. "This is my fourth home, and I hope it remains that way for some time with all of your help." Arian was so calm the whole time. Maybe Ixionn should be learning from her. But...no. That wouldn't work. He was an easy-to-anger fatty.
"Burn Baby Burn"