Overture Downs why because you dance like a wounded giraffe.

She doubled down, and he finally looked at her for any sign that she was just lying to make him feel better. He saw none, just confusion? His tail waved, but he still hesitated for a minute. He didn't want to wake up a month later to find them leaving again, and make friends again just to watch them go. These past few months had been great, but they'd been great because when he'd left, it had been on his terms, and the friends he'd made he hadn't put expectations on. This was expectations, big time.

I can stay, and you'll stay too? He asked, smiling as he let himself hope a second. He thought to Hydra for a moment, but he didn't feel any guilt for not going back. In his mind, they could remain friends, even as he traveled a different path. Her family would be happier without him there, and he had a feeling she would be too.