These Eyes of Mine

Letting out a troubled sigh, she was about to go out and seek Valentine to talk to him, when she started at his voice. He has startled her, causing her to jump and bare her teeth at him. Once her purple eyes realized her mistake, her pale ears pinned back and her fur smoothed out, an apologetic look on her face. Taking a few seconds to pause and settle into her skin again, she couldn't help but offer him a weak smile. "Funny, I was just on my way to look for you, and here you are," her voice was soft, lacking the strength that she usually possessed. Shuffling on her paws in a slightly awkward manner she settled for folding herself on her rump, elongated tail curling around her form as she faced him. "I have a... rather not fun thing to ask you. And its not going to be an easy conversation for me. Its the reason why I pretty much dug myself a hole and hid in it. Not that there is really an excuse for it but..." Mercy knew that she was rambling, but her ears were pressed flat against her skull as she gazed at her paws. Was that mud that coated them? Maybe she should wash them....

Dammit Mercy, focus!

Clearing her throat, she forced herself to look up and meet his gaze, but it only lasted a few seconds before she tore it away. Shit. Shit! This was a lot harder than she thought. Valentine probably thought she was crazy at this point, or about to snap at her for taking so long to spit it out. "Um..." she finally said, surprised to hear her voice crack. She needed to spit it out already. "Okay I am just going to... Shit. Here we go. So... you know how we were um... intimate while I was in heat?" She asked, pausing again and finally meeting his eyes. "Well nothing happened. I'm not... I think I'm barren...." Mercy's last words came out in a hushed whisper, her teeth sinking into her bottom lip to try and stop the tears that threatened to fall. No, she wasn't going to cry. Nope. "I don't know how to prove it but, I don't know what else to think. You um, you weren't the only one that I was with in my heat either. I know that I should have been carrying pups by this point but there is nothing Valentine... nothing." The girl choked on her last words, head shaking furiously back and forth. No crying. Her purple eyes searched Valentine's familiar face, looking for anything there. Something.

"Speech"