Redtail Rise Never a diva but occasionally a real dick

Arion right now:

But Arion did care. He cared a lot. It just didn't show. There were only a few wolves who managed to get through his stoic exterior and his snarky, sarcastic attitude. Smash was one of them. With her smiles and jokes and jests, she easily made her way in to his inner circle, way easier than most would have found it to be. And once someone made their way through his facade, once he began to care, to like them, he clung onto them almost as badly as Reek did. The Greek spent most of his life trying to separate himself from emotions, for they simply interfered with his work, but now he realized that it wasn't possible.

He wasn't a machine. He wasn't as logical and as unfeeling as he thought. He cared. He cared so much, too much. And now...now he couldn't let go. What did he always tell himself? Sentiment was a defect found only on the losing side. He never thought it would be him, no, he would be the winner, the one who was always unaffected, always. But here he was, realizing, for the first time, that he had the capability to care.

So, the normally stoic stallion simply stared, his facade gone for good this time, he stared vulnerably and sadly at the two of them when Reek told him that she was leaving, that he tried. And realized if he was this unhappy with Smash then he would probably be even worse if Reek ever left, and if his friend felt even more terrible with her leaving now, then......Arion would never leave him. Not if he could prevent it.

"Don't go.." he whispered to his 'twin', he believed he had figured it out, with the heat smell and the leaving. Perhaps she had banged a stranger and now thought she was pregnant, or maybe she just thought breaking their hearts was fun. No, she wasn't that type of wolf.

Arion listened as she spoke, and managed a small smile when she finished speaking and allowed himself to be pulled into a group hug as well as kissed. "I'll miss you," he whispered softly into her ear and watched with unshed tears in his honey eyes as she really, truly began walking away. The Greek's ears flicked towards the sound of pawsteps and after a quick glance, noted that it was Saena but didn't pay much attention to her. She didn't need it now.

The stallion's gaze flickered to Reek for a brief second, and then moved towards him, pressing his flank comfortingly to the ragged wolf's own and whispered gently into his friend's ear. "I'll never leave you, brother," he promised, not only to Reek, but to the gods. It might not help, but it was all he could do.