Sid's heart was lifted by his chat with Jarrod. He didn't receive compliments that often, let alone the kind of compliments that Jarrod has supplied him with. He liked hearing how he was needed and…he hated to say it…but he liked knowing he was desired by somebody other than Diego. Diego had other people flirting with him all the time! Male and female! And sometimes…he'd flirt back.

It hurt Sid to think that Diego could ever think or feel about anyone else the way he said he felt about Sid. That's why Sid just ignored the pang in his chest whenever he saw somebody hit on Diego. Now, Diego didn't return the compliments or anything, but occasionally he'd get a smirk on his face, the same kind that he got when Sid complimented him. And he'd compliment them back sometimes. He rarely ever complimented Sid.

Sid squashed these thoughts and insecurities down when he saw Diego come back from hunting. Jarrod had gone off somewhere after they finished talking, leaving Sid to his thoughts. Sid quickly racked his brain trying to find a conversation topic that wouldn't let Diego know about Sid's depressing thoughts. Snow? No. Food? No. Manny? No. Food? Wait, he already thought of that…mmmm, berries sounded soooo good right now!

"Well, you seem to be thinking hard about something." Diego said in a monotone voice.

"Wha…? Oh, yeah, just thinking about…stuff. How was hunting?" Sid enthused; happy he found something to distract Diego with.

"What kind of stuff?" Diego asked, ignoring Sid's question.

"Well, um…stuffy stuff? I was just talking to Jarrod and…" At hearing Jarrod's name, Diego let out a low growl. He was NOT too fond of that wolf, if that wasn't abundantly clear by now.

"What? He seems pretty nice to me!" Sid went on, a goofy smile plastered on his face at the thought of the earlier conversation.

"I don't like him or trust him at all! He's too cozy with you! He won't stop sucking up to you every chance he gets, even though he knows that you're mine!" Diego said, finally letting out the angry thoughts he'd kept bottled up. Now, Sid would just agree to stop talking to Jarrod and that would be that!

"What do you mean, "Too cozy with me? "?" Sid asked, confused at Diego's angry tone.

"Oh, come on! You had to have noticed! He's always following you around, always talking to you, keeps complimenting you at every step! It's obvious!" Diego was seething at Jarrod by now.

"Well, so what?" Sid asked, a little offended by Diego's comments.

"What do you mean, "So what?"?" Diego exclaimed.

"What, can't somebody be interested in me and what I have to say? Is it so hard to believe that somebody could actually be interested in my opinions or even… be interested in me? Or is that really so hard to believe?" Sid demanded.

"Well, no they can't be interested in you when you are mine!" Diego ground out through clenched teeth.

This was probably the worst possible time that the two little weasletts and opossums decided to make themselves known, but they did.

"Hey, we heard shouting!" Sharice exclaimed, Crash in tow.

"We decided to come investigate!" Eddie called out, Sarah close by.

"Now is not the time!" Diego growled.

"Well, I happen to think it's the perfect time! I know you probably think I'm weak and pitiful, but I have a brain, okay? I can think for myself! And I think that you're just angry at the thought that somebody could actually find me attractive besides you!" Sid shouted out, oblivious to the others gathering around.

"What's going on here?" Manny asked, walking up to the gathering. Diego wasn't paying attention this time, and was talking to Diego instead.

"Yes, I AM! This is a stupid argument to even be having! That wolf is breathing down your neck and I can't get angry?" Diego was getting increasingly angry and was slightly hurt that his little sloth wasn't agreeing with him.

"No, because whenever anyone else is breathing down your neck, I don't say anything! How many times has somebody flirted with you in front of me and you said nothing? And now, when somebody takes an interest in me, it's a crime?" Sid was very close to crying by this point, but he held it in. He would not be seen as weak at this point.

"Well, excuse me if I get angry when somebody is trying to take my mate away from me! And I bet he's only doing all of this to make me angry!" Diego raged on.

Suddenly, Sid was very silent. Sharice and Sarah made a unified gasp, making Crash and Eddie exchange confused looks. Manny, however, knew that Diego made a very bad mistake just then and winced for his friend. Diego was confused as well and looked around from Sid to the group.

"What? What did I say?" Diego asked.

"So…the only way somebody could be interested to me is…if it's to make you angry? Nobody can just be attracted to me?" Sid asked in a small and quavering voice. Diego's eyes widened and he went to say something, anything that might make it better, but Sid cut him off.

"Then why are you here, Diego? Or are you just with me for convenience? Well, I don't want your pity or your hand outs. I'm done with this. I'm done with being to one to bring all the emotional parts to this relationship and you only having to supply the physical stuff." Sid had started crying by this point and, upon finishing his small speech, which he was kind of proud of, he turned and ran away.

"Sid! Wait!" Diego called out after sitting a minute in shock. He went to follow after him, but Sharice and Sarah stood up and stopped him.

"You are such a jerk!" Sharice cried out.

"Yeah! I can't believe you would say that!" Sarah agreed.

"I mean, aren't you supposed to, like, be in love or something?" Sharice asked.

"Because that is totally not the way to talk to a woman!" Sarah said!

"What's going on here?" Ellie asked as she walked up to the group (I don't have an explanation for why she wasn't there. Use your imagination!)

And Diego sat there, looking between everything and having no idea where Sid was or what he could say to make it up for him. And sitting there, he had a sinking feeling that he had royally screwed up and that it could only get worse from here.