Dean has a split second to make his decision, pursue the intriguing white male tiger or return to Sammy and never speak of this to a soul. He gulps, setting his broad shoulders before taking off after the angelic tiger.
He catches up to the tiger not far into the treeline. "Hey, you," he growls, catching the tiger by a huge hollowed out tree.
"What do you want?" The white tiger snarks back.
"Whoa dude, just wanted to talk. I have never seen a white tiger before. Are you from around here?" Dean edges closer to the other feline, slowly, carefully. That last thing Dean needs is to piss this tiger off and get into a fight.
"No, I'm from out west, the Caspian Sea to be exact. All my family was killed and I have been wandering east since then."
"Cool, I mean that sucks monkey balls…" He trails off, hoping for some more information. "I'm Dean, by the way."
The majestic white tiger huffs out his name in response. "Castiel, yeah, I like my solidarity so if you don't mind." The white tiger ducks his head down as a farewell and turns to enter his makeshift home inside the hollowed out tree.
Dean stands by the entrance, confused. It takes him not more than a minute to disregard the farewell and follow him anyways. "Hey, if you are lonely you can chill with us."
Castiel is lying near the back wall of the tree. He lifts his head from his paw and growls at the intruder, "us?"
"Yeah," Dean lets his tongue hang out as he bows his front paws to the tiger and lies down, "me and my baby brother Sammy. We were sunbathing a few miles down shore from here, but I got too hot and went for a swim."
"I see." He stands up and tries to push past the golden tiger blocking his exit.
Dean stands up and follows him back out, not taking the dismissal.
When Castiel turns his head back to growl, baring his razor sharp teeth Dean gasps at the sight, this being the first time he's been this close to the white tiger in natural light. The crystal blue of the tiger's eyes is stunning, to say the least. Dean loses his train of thought and lets Castiel stalk back the way they came, heading for the lake.
Castiel sighs when he notices the tiger is still following him. "What do I have to do or say to get you to leave me alone?"
Dean ponders his answer for a second before chuckles, "Not too much you can do once I decide I wanna be friends with someone. It's near impossible to break that."
Castiel just flops down on the dirt with a huff, defeated.
Dean noses Castiel in the side to get the tiger to look at him.
"Come meet Sammy, he'll be thrilled to meet you. He gets bored easily, but he's super smart."
Castiel rolls his shoulders as he gets to his feet and slowly follows Dean, hoping to sneak away quickly. As Dean leads his new friend towards Sammy he notices the white tiger is falling behind and stops to wait for him.
Castiel groans when Dean won't let him fall back and stalk away. He just might have to meet this brother after all.