Comforting talks-20

We kept walking, I looked back on the day that I had.

I cringed when I remembered Roy kissing me, and how Seb saved me from getting hit myself.

Did I ever thank him? I thought as my hand rested gently in his. He seemed like a rough and rambunctious guy, the one who always was itching for a fight. Yet his touch was never rough this whole time we were walking.

I looked up at his silhouette, and took a deep breath.

"Thank you for helping me earlier with that predicament…"

I heard him chuckle, and briefly saw him shrug.

"Honestly you could have probably handled yourself, you slapped him pretty damn hard." He laughed remembering the whole ordeal.

I bit my lip and looked down at the shadows of night.

"Y-yeah… I wasn't expecting him to kiss me…" I shivered a bit in disgust at my old friends actions, the feeling of betrayal ached my heart.

"You…Can't trust every beast." He said lowly not in aggression more of in thought than anything.

"I realize that, your pretty sketchy yourself. I do however thank you… I would have been hit or worse if you hadn't stepped in."

He nodded at my words and sighed.

"Am I that untrustworthy?"

"Y-yeah, especially asking if you 'are that untrustworthy'." I nervously joked back at the unfamiliar male. Will had put much trust in him, so I felt I needed to loosen up but…

He chuckled softly, it went silent for a bit before I spoke up again.

"H-how long have you been watching us?"

"Hm? Oh uh, since the accidental spouse mishap? I wouldn't really call it 'watching' more of observing…" he paused before sighed.

"I…knew that Lion from a Tribe a while back, he had quite the distaste for females. It ended up with one dead and him chased out of the Tribe."

I gasped in shock I had trusted a murder all this time and had no clue. I placed my hand over my mouth and whispered.

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah… It was pretty, uh Gnarly on what had happened. I'm sorry I didn't appear sooner and warned you two."

He sighed stopping making me run into his back softly.

"I just wasn't sure if it was him or not."

"That's…that's some pretty big news." I said my breath hitched in my throat.

"I can only imagine… Anyway! Subject change, we are here. Can you feel around for the leaves while I get the vines?"

His tone was carefree yet smooth, I nodded and I could hear cracking of branches.

"Okay good I'll just be right over there not to far, so scream if something happens."

"Ah…uh okay…" I heard him walk off, so I started to search for the leaves as my mind went to Roy.

Had he really killed someone? I just couldn't believe the words I had been given, but then again…

I hadn't thought Roy would have attacked Will either but here we are.

I found two good sized leaves and continued searching.

I knew something had felt off in the last few days… I had just assumed it was stress, but had he been planning Wills demise?

I shuddered at the thought, if Will had died I hadn't the clue on what I would do…

I picked up two more leaves and stood up waiting for Seb to come back from the darkness.

I heard foot steps as my breath hitched in my throat.

"It's just me, relax." Seb's voice called out from the darkness, my shoulders loosened and I looked around trying to see him but failed.

"Did you find the vines?" I asked waiting for him to come closer.

"Yeah, you got the leaves?" He asked, I could finally see his silhouette.

"Yep!" I chirped carefully making my way over.

"Shall we go back then? Or you wanna go fro-lick lovingly in a valley somewhere?" He said in a joking tone.

I stiffened up nervously eying him.

"It's a joke, I'm joking." He reassured with a light shrug.

I sighed in relief.

"Thank the Frogs… I've already had to put up with one creep today." I sighed letting Seb take hold of my hand as he lead me through the brush to keep me from falling.

"Thank the frogs? That's a first" He said in confusion.

"Well I am awkward and say random phrases from time to time…Someone I used to know said that a lot, she liked frogs for whatever reason." My mind flashed to a girl named Penelope that was in the orphanage with me for some time before her adoption.

I sighed and followed Seb.

"The Frog Tribe is a bit eccentric, your friend has weird taste."

I looked up at his back, and tilted my head. Not believing that there was also a FrogTribe, slight fear in my heart for what they were and looked like because. I absolutely hate frogs.

"T-there's a Frog Tribe?"

"No, it's a personal joke. I call the Tiger tribe frogs, since they can be wussy's." He said his voice clear and dreamy.

"Aren't you a Tiger though?" I asked in confusion.

"Yeah, I just was born different. So other Tigers seem to keep their distance…" slowly I could feel his guard going down as he started talking about the Tiger Tribe.

"What do you mean born different?" I perked listening slightly confused.

"Ah well, how to put this… I was born mostly black instead of orange, I got just a bit of orange…" he trailed off little by little.

"Oh! Really kinda like melanistic?"

"Melananai- do what?" he said inwardly chuckling.

"Melanistic, you don't know the word I take it?" I asked tilting my head.

"No, elaborate will you?"

"Well basically for anima- beasts…" I corrected myself quickly hoping he didn't catch it as I continued.

"It's a increased amount of black in a beasts fur that may be unusual, kinda like albino but opposite."

"I'm guessing albino is a increased amount of white?" he asked as he walked.

"Yeah, they usually have red eyes from what I've seen."

"I've seen someone from the Deer Tribe like that if I'm not mistaken." He said as he pushed aside some vines.

"I think both of them are awesome though." I said tripping slightly making a ecking noise.

Seb turned around fast and caught me, pulling me up. His face inches away from mine, I could make out his face in the slight light. His eyes wavered meeting mine.

It only lasted a moment before he pulled away awkwardly, his scent was that of pine.

My face slightly heated up in embarrassment, he coughed awkwardly before he continued.