(("sniffles, and then bursts into tears" Poor Canad!!! D: Halo was expecting at least a heated argument, lol. xD))
((ASHWYN!!!! 8D "hugs"))
Halo
Halo was dumbfounded. All he could do was stare for a few moments, and then he blinked. And then he blinked again. Now go back to her. Those pained words echoed around his conscience like a slap to the face as he struggled to compose himself. He knew how bad this must be hurting Canad, how much he was personally giving up. For a friend. Canad was his friend, and he knew that now... But am I his? he thought faintly, the internal accusation manifesting before he could stop it. A wave of guilt began gnawing away at his mind as his eyes dropped to the water. "I knew, that you liked her..." he answered softly, his tail now wrapped around his leg with distress. A lead, willing to give up his love for somebody just past the status of loner, well, it made him feel like a criminal. If Canad had been... vengeful, angry, hostile in his response, something to the effect of: "Halo, back off." or "I don't ever want to see you around her again.", then he might have even went to the extent of leaving the herd. Turn his back on everybody, revert back to solitary living, because of one mare. Selfish, selfish, selfish... "I just didn't know that you liked her that much... you smile at all the new mares." he continued in a hushed whisper, so the others couldn't hear. His voice wasn't accusitory, just factual. He even looked at all the new mares, it was a trait habitual to all stallions. But he felt his hapless roving ended as soon as he heard Bandit's musical voice. "And I thought it would only be polite to invite her for a swim, and then we started talking..." a small smile slipped onto his face as he thought of Bandit's breath in his ear. His facial muscles smoothed at this memory, and he looked into Canad's eyes with a fierce determination. "I will take good care of her, you know that don't you?" he finally asked, the sincerity in his voice unmistakable.