You were still relatively new to the family—well, the “herd,” as they called it. You weren’t used to everyone yet, and you certainly weren’t comfortable with them. But they’d saved your life, and now you were kind of… stuck with them. Them being Manny, Ellie, Peaches, Crash, Eddie, Sid, and Diego.

Most days, you kept to yourself. Quiet, observant, only speaking when you felt it mattered. No one really pushed you to talk, either. They respected your boundaries—

Well… almost everyone.

Diego didn’t.

He couldn’t stand how closed-off you were. If you were part of the herd, then why did you act like you weren’t? The distance bothered him, and for whatever reason, that meant he was always around you. Always talking. Always hovering. Always there.

"What are you doing out here? You’re gonna catch a cold." he said, stepping out onto the small porch of the cabin you were all sheltering in while the blizzard raged outside.