Tenma felt...awkward to say the least. His best friend was off doing her own thing, his other two friends were somewhere else, and he was alone. Again. How'd he go from being a loner to having three friends in less than a week? The sad thing was though, even if he had them he still felt lonely. He watched his father with Ixen, and felt a pang in his heart. He watched all his uncles and aunts with their significant others, and it hurt more. Of course, none of his siblings had mates yet, they were all still young and having mates would probably throw off their parents, but Tenma didn't know why he felt like he wanted at least one person to crush on. He didn't need a mate, well, he wanted one, but at least someone to feel affectionate towards.
Why? Why did he feel this way when he was awkward. Hell, he was more awkward then Itov, and that was saying something. It was most likely because of how he was treated as a kit. His parents never had to worry about him, he was calm and stuck to himself. His siblings wrecked havoc everywhere they went at the time, so his parents were busy looking after them. He ended up blending in the background... being invisible. His family didn't mean for that to happen, they honestly did love him and care for him, it was merely that his presence was so... weak.
Sometimes he felt lonely. He was not always quiet. He said weird things, thought weird things, and had humor, but he was painfully shy, which came off as if he was distant. He wasn't. He felt alone half the time, he didn't know how to explain it. Even with his friends and sister he felt lonely.
As he traveled over the old Cruor lands he could only think of memories of when he was a kit, when Cruor existed and his uncle would teach him to fight. Now that the tribe was gone he had no reason to be here. He was raised here, but why had he come back? Was he hoping to see people from before? Or was he just lonely and going back to where he had once felt warm and safe?
