Lake Rodney life on the road

She turned her gaze to him somewhat reluctantly, listening silently as he spoke. She blinked when he finished -  it would devastate me. She was silent a long moment, then carefully leaned toward him and touching her muzzle to his shoulder, collecting her thoughts. "I don't know what you are to me, Adi. but whatever it is; I care for you in a way that's different, somehow." Her words were soft as she withdrew, heart flip-flopping in her chest like some sort of dying fish.  

She made an odd rumbling sound in her chest, something between happiness and nervousness. Adi was like her father, but not. With Grayday, she could speak openly and freely, and could let her pride falter. With Aditya, there existed that same sort of trust, but also a desire for something more, something closer.