you're dancing with me now -- open / return

[tori]

"Oh, yeah that's fine." He was slightly taken aback by the suddenness of the offer, giving a small nod with his quiet confirmation. Part of him, the greater part, didn't want her going out of her way to do such a thing for him, even if it seemed so small. It felt like an inconvenience. Even more so with how she just felt so...off. God forbid she was in a more miserable state of mind and was also spending her effort and time on him. He let out a small sigh when she sent herself off to the treeline, pushing down his concerns for now. It was going to bug him but she was doing something nice for him, and he was grateful.

He kept an eye on them when he could see her, even when she was dragging the beaver back in the distance. He flinched harshly when she stopped and bowed her head ever so abruptly, lifting a foreleg up in preparation to run. But it was only a second, one concern raising second.

He relaxed only when Versailles dropped the food in front of him, feeling his stomach growl. "Thanks. You didn't have to do all that." Alex smiled though, despite his words. He pulled at the beaver's flesh with his teeth, and she was right, it was still fresh. "Maybe I should have." Alex confessed, swallowing a bite with a shrug. "But do you think if I said so, anyone would let me go? I wasn't gonna be gone that long."

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