Moonspear Happy call

Strangely, he didn't look or sound as enthusiastic as Wildfire had anticipated. She scrutinized his face, spotting the proverbial shadow there as an errant thought clouded his mind. She gave him a look, silently asking, What's up? But Floki didn't leave her to wonder long at all. When he began by saying, "But I want to ask you something first," her heart suddenly began beating wildly. Was he about to ask her what she thought he was...?!

Nope. His smile faded instead and he leveled her with a solemn look and asked if she had feelings for Charon. The question was so absurdly out of left field that Wildfire's lips parted and she unwittingly let out a single loud guffaw of laughter. She quickly sucked in her bottom lip, amber eyes drinking in the stormy look still affecting his handsome, youthful features. He was serious, Wildfire realized with a start.

"No!" she replied with perhaps too much vehemence, never once breaking eye contact. "I like and respect Charon—even when he's being kind of a jerk—but I definitely don't have, like, romantic feelings for him!" Wildfire continued breathlessly, wanting desperately to make sure Floki understood just how much he was mistaken. "What made you think that?" she couldn't help but demand before blurting in the next breath, "I mean, isn't it stupidly obvious that I'm in love with you...?" The silly boy was implied by the sudden soft warmth in her amber gaze.

Kim. Look what you did, Kim. Now I'm gonna barf.