Hushed Willows Taking on the day

Sunny's lips twitched as Steph chuckled at his misfortune and he wondered if she knew that Keoni had never returned his feelings and that he had pathetically pined for the whole first year of his life. Aliac had been his first and even that had seemed weird at the end when things got rough. Yes it was love but perhaps it had been puppy love. 

His thoughts were that as he gently groomed his daughter's fur, only to be startled out of them by the sudden proximity of Steph's whisper to his ear. His breath rushed out in a startled croak, the reaction openly and embarrasingly physical and he immediately ducked his head and gently grabbed Minnow, slipping into the den and laying her on the bed, tucking the furs around her. When he was done he slowly left the den and looked at Steph opening his maw to say something as if he hadn't just groaned suggestively and shutting it again, sighing and looking hopelessly embarrassed "um...sorry you startled me" he tried and gave her a sweet sort of playful smile, hoping if he used humor she could perhaps ignore it. Or perhaps she wouldn't notice at all and he'd just seem like a spazz.