Stone Circle let's try again; you be the lead

He echoed her laugh with a huff of his own, easing up so she could twist around only to settle back in as soon as she was facing him. "Yeah, maybe," he responded, his tail lashed in absent-minded pleasure as he looked down at her, not seeing much of anything except a flash of green.

The beta sucked in a breath, feeling as though all the wind had been knocked out of him. It's not her, he told himself, staring a little harder at the woman's face. It was too dark, and her eyes were too green. Day turned his head away, lips pulling down at the corners as he tried to keep himself from thinking. It was a fruitless effort, of course.

"But I ain't - " a frustrated sigh punctuated the thought - "I'm not looking for a relationship," he said at length, rising stiffly to his paws and stepping carefully away. He stood there beside her, silent and still and unseeing.