i'll save you an echo from the hall

An odd tension filled Voltage as the moments ticked by from his question and her answer, and the seconds felt like hours. He merely stared at the ground behind her, his paw sliding down the slope of her back before he'd pull it back up to settle along her shoulders, repeating the process. Did they really have to move from here? From this fairy tale he had somehow found himself in? Had he somehow fallen down the rabbit hole, and she was his happy ending? It wasn't long (and yet still far too long) before he received her answer, and the second her soft spoken words registered in his mind, he would pull his head back to look down at her. Wide stormy eyes would search her features for any hesitation, anything that would tell him that she didn't really wish to go home with him. And while his intentions were pure, he knew it was an odd request. But he couldn't part from her, not yet, and they couldn't stay out here. At least...he couldn't. His family would worry.

When he saw no hesitation, he would grin and then laugh so happily. He moved to gently pull her close again, but not as close as they had been, moving to press his forehead against hers. With a gentle sigh his stormy eyes closed, and he allowed himself to drown in her scent. "This is quite crazy," He whispered softly. "How you affect me, little cloud." He would take her home with him, only for her safety, and he would return her the next day. "It must be fate.." He breathed then, pulling his head away and slowly letting his paw slide from her back, and he laughed a gentle laugh again. "Shall we go? It's not far from here, but it's still a walk." His tones were soft as he gazed down at her, a happiness he had never felt filling him to the brim and beyond. He felt like he were overflowing. How strange was this? The day had been like any other untill he had stumbled upon her and her heart ache. Voltage had merely tried to heal her agony, and in the mere moments of touch, he knew something had begun. Perhaps it was the heat of the season, or her scent, or her heartache....no, it was just her. This was destiny, he was sure of it. "You're little friend is welcome too." He would grin, looking up at Freewing. He hoped that his siblings were sleeping, so they wouldn't overwhelm the poor girl. All he wanted was for them to go to his beach, to curl up in a den and sleep her pain away, before the time they would have to part came. With the warmest of smiles he leaned forward again, nudging her cheek with his nose, happier than he had ever been in that moment. It only took a moment...

"Burn Baby Burn"