He blinked twice before he blushed a good bit, he understood humans used the word love for those weird warm feelings that you get in your chest when around another being specifically. He felt that right now a bit in his chest. "You...love...me?" he pointed to himself, confused. He had a semi-twin, maybe somehow Riley meant Jason.

Riley nods, blushing himself, "Yes, you. I love you, Shade." He gives Shade a hug.

Austyn manages to stay quiet and not annoy Riley or Shade. However, you could tell he was bursting to say something. It is probably better that he stays quiet.

She silently stares.

Yeah, probably best. Shade hugged him back, wings folding down and around him gently as his tail wagged a bit again and this time he didn't try to stop it or any one from seeing. "I...love you too, Riley." he said softly, as if he'd never said something like that before.

Not honestly trying to be rude, she rolls her eyes. She's not herself, her real self. She simply finished what she had to for her body not to eat its self and then pulled her long hair behind her shoulders, the sleek black length flowing and faintly shiny.

Riley had learned his lesson before about being quiet about love, and now that he had told Shade he loved him and knew Shade loved him back, he felt relief. He dismissed the wagging of Shade's tail, since he knew Shade wasn't angry this time.

Austyn gives a squeak before bursting out into a cackle, "I ship it! You two are adorable."

Shade blushed shyly. "I"m not adorable, he is." He mumbled, not even bothering to growl. He felt flustered and embarrassed, well those where the names for these human emotions that where curiously bubbling in him.

She stays by her.

"What you wanna do?" She said, question honest but her tone masked and blank as to not give away anything to anyone. But her eyes tinted emerald green as she looked to Rhia. She was starting to pull her hair back into a long high pony-tail, still having her wrist band to tye it.

She shrugs.