Astrea watched Ten's face as he responded to her comment about being her mate. She had said it as a test as much as playful banter. She watched as he seemed to go into shock... That was not what she was expecting. It was not like the 'courting' was a code for friendship, right? Right? She was not just imagining the longing looks he gave her when he thought her not looking or the way they cuddled at night. Those where cut and dry feelings of at least affection if not something deeper.
Well this was something that could not wait, she was already antsy about them then was sane, like what if he meet one of those other more colorful star wolves and wanted one of them more than her. It was almost like her episode with Voltage all over again, with her insecure about her standing with someone. She flicked her ears back, a shy look going into her face.
It was then that Zori hopped down from her head and landed next to the big male. "Umm, big guy." The bird fluttered a her wings and looked back at the star child. "You might want to make a move, or you might end up in the doghouse." The bird chuckled at her pun and then hopped into the air to fly around the two then into the night, she wanted to look at her new home and to find a privet perch away from the wolves, she knew she would need one.
As Zori flew away Astrea looked up at Seerten to only look down at her paws, unsure on where she stood now with the male that she have just recently started to think she loved. It was at that moment that her stone caught her eye. She lifted her paw and pressed it closer to her heart, it was her constant reminder of Ten, the only wolf on this earth that could ground the child born of the stars.
It seemed to calm her racing heart, seeming to give her courage to look up at Ten then. Astrea got to her paws after only a moment of studying him and moved next to him. He looked to the sky and she looked to him, her pale eyes holding the truth of the whispered words all those months ago. But now, now she was not going to whisper them, now she was going to make sure he heard her as she said the three hardest words she could say to him. "Ten..." She paused wanting him to stop looking at the sky, wanting him to look at her and see that she was telling the truth.
"I love you."
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