Silvertip Mountain a monkey on the edge

He was thankful that she followed him, though when he looked back to her, she looked almost frightened and was still sniffling. It broke his heart knowing he was the cause of that. He walked until it was quiet enough that they would be able to hear each other clearly, then stopped and turned towards her. He was careful, though, not to invade her personal space. He didn't know if he could stomach having her pull away from him again.

June, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you like that. What I said on the ledge was that when I seen you looking over, my heart almost stopped, he explained. Not quite literally, though it did skip a beat... It's a meaning... That if anything ever bad happened to you... It would break my heart. He frowned, his ears folded on his head as he spoke, his gaze cast downwards. He felt so bad for having scared her.