Talk:The Star Pool/@comment-4312567-20131120081908

Icepaw blinked at the serene calm of the Star Pool, wishing he could figure out his feelings, when a familiar white tail draped itself over his shoulders. He looked up into the face of his brother, and stared at him questioningly. Noru smiled at him gently, and mewed,

"Ice~ Ice, your friend's been upholding a mask all this time~ She just wants you for her own whims, Icepaw. I know~ If she calls me a delusional fox-heart, then what would she call you, 'the delusional fox-heart's brother'?" he leaned closer, and whispered, "But don't worry, I won't let her hurt you. That's what big brothers do, after all~"

Icepaw didn't reply, instead mulling over Noru's words.

''...Mousepaw? I -- but she's so sweet, and -- but why else would she call Noru a... a delusional fox-heart...? I...''

"Um... Noru, what -- how do you know that Mousepaw's really that way?"

Noru smiled thinly.

"Oh, really, Icepaw. If she's really loved you all this time, then why has she only taken notice of you now? That, and why is she trying so hard to make you aware to her apparent feelings, when she could've just told you?"

"...But...Can't I just ask her if she's been hiding some more ruthless side to her from me all this time?"

"Won't she only say 'No," and drop the matter?"

"..."

"Come on, now, Ice, you know you shouldn't stay at your Star Pool," Noru murmured to his brother comfortingly. "Come on, now, let's go, shall we?"

Icepaw stared at his brother sadly, then got to his paws.

"...Okay, then..."

Within a matter of moments, the brothers had gone, leaving the Star Pool to enjoy its serenity alone.