Hello their Folks, enjoy the second Chapter for my ShiraXDiego Story "The Proposal". I hope you like it and leave a review and maybe also a favorite and follow if you like it a a lot. Also my apologies for the long delay between the updates, I had a lot stuff to do for studies and also a lot happened to me in my private life, Accidents, Injuries and so on. I hope I'am able to post the next chapter faster than this one.
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Chapter 2:
When they finally arrived at the clearing, Diego decided to take a little walk around the clearing to get his head free of his thoughts. He was about go out when someone grabbed his tail, he turned out rather harshly just to calm down when he realised it was Shira. He smiled at her and she released his tail and returned the smile fondly.
She walked up to his side and asked him with a seductive voice ,,And where do you think you're going Tiger?"
,,Umm I just wanted to go take a walk around the clearing, nothing special." He obviously kept the true purpose to himself.
,,Mind if I come with you?" He hesitated at first, he wanted to think about all the thoughts that rushed though his mind, but he assumed it would probably cause Shira's suspicion if he would walk of without her, so he just nodded and walked into the woods, with Shira closely behind him.
They headed silently thought the woods until they came to a little opening not far away from the herd's clearing, a lone water pond in the middle, grass growing all over the ground and trees placed all around the opening, a natural shield against the freezing wind and unwanted attention.
Diego lied down next to the pond and started to lick the white underside of his belly. "She is really a peace of work, she is amazingly beautiful, strong, confident and cunning. Even her personality is beyond perfect, I need her at my side, I want to be her mate, I love her since I first laid my eyes on her" he signed.
"But does she return those feelings, does she love me too, would she even consider me as mate?" his thoughts soon trailed of again, like all those times before.
Shira sensed this and started to walk over to his side, the early morning sun shone bright though the treetop and bathed the opening in golden light. The sunlight made Diego's fur shine almost golden and turned his hazel eyes into a pair of shining emerald orbs.
"I can't help but realize how beautiful he looks in the sunlight, his fur almost golden and his eyes two stunning emerald orbs, he's quite easy on the eyes." She shook her head to get rid of these thought. "No Shira, don't tell me you're falling for this guy. You're a confident, strong and independent female sabre, you won't fall for this guy even if he is that handsome." She signed and started to get lost in her own thoughts.
,,This handsome guy gave me a new purpose in life, gave me a chance to start again and never asked for something in return. Maybe this was fate, maybe everything what happened was destined to happen just like it did."
She suddenly remembered where she was and placed herself next to Diego. The noise snapped him out of his thoughts, he looked over to her but said nothing, neither did she. They just shared a smile and enjoyed the company of each other. After a while Shira decided to break the silence, which started to get a bit awkward.
,,Diego, can I ask you a question?"
,,Uhm yeah sure whatever you want to know".
Shira smiled and continued with a rather concerned voice, ,,I don't want to offend you, but you seem to be very distracted these days, you always stare at the distance for a long time, I also caught you staring at me when we headed back though the woods. Something is bothering you, isn't it? Is there anything you want to tell me Diego?"
,,No, not at all. There is nothing at all.", he replied, but Shira knew there was something.
,,C'mon Softie, I know there is something, why else would you be so distracted and distant all the time?"
,,Uhm, I'm just a bit tired, I guess"
She rolled her eyes and continued, ,,Yeah sure, you've been like this for almost a week now. You can't be tired for an entire week, can you?"
He frowned and bit on his lips, ,,Damned, she's quite persistent, I need to get out of this conversation, before I make an even grater fool of myself in front of her. ,,Look Shira, don't take this personally. But you don't have to worry about me and my problems, okay?"
,,So you admit that something is bothering you?" He mentally slapped himself for his comment. ,,Now she won't stop asking me about it, well played Diego, well played!" He signed. "Better to come up with a good excuse now, otherwise she'll maybe find out."
,,Okay, you're right. There is something bothering me, but you shouldn't be worried about it."
,,Why shouldn't I be worried Diego?"
,,Because it's nothing, nothing to be concerned of at least." After he spoke those words he started to walk away from Shira, leaving the female sabre confused and alone at the little opening, unfortunately only 'till she darted past Diego, blocking the path he was trying to use to escape their conversation.
She then continued talking, while he stared at her worriedly, ,,Diego, please I beg you. Tell me what's bothering you."
,,You wouldn't understand", he replied drily.
,,Of course I would, at least I could try to."
She closed the short distance between them and put her paw on his. At first he was confused, but then a smile spread across his face and the worried expression faded, Shira smiled at his reaction and continued, even more concerned now, but with a soft undertone in her voice.
,,Remember the words you said to me back at the tree-prison? In a herd, you help each other out. You have each others backs, does those words mean anything to you?"
,,Of course they do", he replied.
"But why don't you want to talk about it then?"
,,Because y-you don't have to be worried about me."
,,But I am, I am worried about you Diego. I care about you, just like we care about each other. We are in a herd, do I really need to repeat those words for you over and over again?" she asked with a questioning voice, ,,You're after all a founding-member, aren't you? You should know the herds maxim best." she slightly chuckled after her last words and looked at Diego, locking her sapphire eyes with his shining emerald orbs.
,,C'mon Diego, I beg you again. Tell what's bothering you. Let me help you, just like you helped me."
He moved his hackles nervous and replied, ,,I can't tell you okay." He signed again before continuing, ,,Could you please give me a little time for myself? I just need to think about a lot of thing that rushed though my head", he started to walk past her sitting form, heading deeper into the woods that surrounded the opening, leaving a confused and worried Shira in his tracks.
,,What could be so awful, or even horrible, that he won't share it with me?" she said out loud.
After a short moment Shira got up and started to get lost in her thoughts, while she headed back to herds clearing, ,,Maybe I'm just a bit to concerned and it's really nothing. But I can't help thinking that something horrible is bothering him. But why wouldn't he share it with me then.
Maybe he's just like me, too stubborn to share or admit any problems or even feelings. Or maybe it has really something to do with me, that would explain why he stared at me while we headed back from our hunting-trip, also it might be the reason, why he doesn't want to talk about it.
,,I might need to talk to Ellie when I'm back, she knows Diego longer than me. Maybe she can help me discover what's bothering him. I never thought I might need a girls talk with her, but right now it seems like a great idea." with that, she continued walking back to the clearing, clearly concerned now, what she was going to do now.