Silver Creek Get Ready

No, no! I expected this thread to go quite dramatic, wouldn't be fitting any other way! I'll end it here and we can do the other thread where she apologies and then probably chews him out for spilling the beans lol

She didn't ask for his silence on the words and he was unaware just how privileged the knowledge was. Her voice was still angry with him and his brows lowered and he scowled slightly, confused somehow at how she could make her statement of trying to get his attention seem so insulting. She said it was no one's fault, but he still distinctly, felt as if she was telling him it was entirely his.

She spat the word mount at him heatedly and he flinched from it. He was saying he had wanted something more than that, how was it that she was throwing it so accusingly back at him? Perhaps he had jumped to conclusions with her words before. "I'm stating facts here, too, Amber. For my reason for not seeing." His tone was tense, but it carried a note of pleading, as if somehow hoping to salvage the situation.

She cursed at him and his brows raised in surprise. "I don't know you, Amber!" He cried suddenly, the surprise still ringing in his deep voice. "I can't tell a female I like her before I know her, I might as well have said I have a crush on you, like a pup." He would never outright tell a woman he liked her, a thousand things could happen in the span of a few days, as was clearly evident here. If he said that but then found out that something about that woman was unfavorable, or even started to like another woman...it would be needless heartbreak. There was a subtly to romance that he was keen on.

"You could have said something too, you know." He said bitterly. "It's not like I was in this alone. You could have told me, and I would have told you my thoughts on mates then and there. I would have said I wanted to know you more, but you didn't either." He shook his head, clenching his jaw and looking away from her for a moment. Her words about the kids caught him off guard, he didn't know how to reply. 

He opened his mouth, but he moved forward and brushed past him without a glance. He heard her sob and felt his anger drop to his paws. He turned to watch her go, wanting to call out for her and at the same time knowing they both needed to cool off. He'd nearly said something he would regret at the end, and he was glad he'd held his tongue.

He watched her go a moment longer, mouth opening once to yell after her. He stopped himself again and shook his head, kicking at a flower that grew near his feet, unhappy with how things had gone. He'd talk to her again soon, he thought, once they both could cool themselves down. For once, though, he found himself not looking forward to a conversation with Amber Ciel.