Hideaway Strath 20 going on 50

To say Rye felt better was an understatement, with the pressure out of his mind and out into the open, he felt happy. Towhee liked him back and that was more than he could ever hope for. It was a start, one he never thought possible but hey, he was just really happy she liked him. As she began to spoke, Rye felt like it was leading up towards soemthing. Something good. His tail swayed in joyful anticipation, until he heard the second part. His body stilled and suddenly he felt like a fool, that burning warm tunred into nothing. Not a thought in his mind ran rampant, instead, it all walked at an agonizing pace. 

He dared not look at Towhee, knowing the hurt in his eyes would pull her down. He didn't want that, he didn't want anyone knowing he felt hurt because he felt too foolish. He felt lied to but that was only because rationality was out the door in his muddled mind. He needed to suck it up and deal with it now but a few words of Phox's echoed in his mind, "do not hurt her". Did that count? Surely not but he didn't know for sure. With a deep breath he looked at Towhee, putting on the best brave face he could but it would crack, and break down as time went on.

"I understand, thank you for telling me. I'm sorry if I over stepped my boundries or anything." He was sincere, he meant every word but he didn't know what else to say. There wasn't much else to say. So, with one sad smile given, Rye turned and walked away. He really didn't want to hear what Towhee had to say. He wanted the day to be done, to go off and be alone. While walking he remembered a similar dilemma, one with Quixote and his son, Owen. Only exceptions is he wasn't wounded, not physically at least, "And don't worry, I won't leave the pack, I won't abandon our friendship."  He repeated himself, said words close to what he did with Quixote. 

'I need to stop getting nmyself hurt over girls, I've got bad luck' He huffed, anger was lightly settling in. No anger at Towhee, but anger towards himself. He should've read things better.