Chinook's Guilt [Reboot]

He found himself being pressed into the larger male's thick crest of fur around his neck. Chinook was quivering. His body gave short spasms. He even sounded like he was out of breath. But...the way he was breathing. He was giving off what sounded like choked breathes of air.

He was crying.

"Ch-Chinook?"

"I'm sorry, Shade. I'm so...so sorry." The large bat whispered in a quivering voice, shutting his eyes tightly as the tears didn't stop.

"Chinook...it's okay. I'm-" Shade spoke up, but only for the sobbing Chinook to cut him off.

"No. I-It's not." He sniffled, hugging Shade closer, like he was afraid he would disappear if he let go, "I never...should of...said those things to you. I-I didn't mean to hurt you so much. I…I didn’t mean to."

Shade wasn't sure what to think, but he was slowly being overcome with the same emotion. Tears were beginning to sting at his own eyes, "I'm the one who wanted to see the sun. Getting…getting our home burned down was my fault."

Chinook could only let some silent sobs out at his friend's words, "No...it's not, Shade! I'm the one who should be to blame!" He softly cried, "This never would’ve happened if I never said those horrible things to you!" Chinook softly nuzzled his chin onto Shade's shoulder, "Please forgive me, Shade...oh, please...I'm so sorry." He weeped. It was only making it tougher for Shade to try and keep it together.

Chinook said he was sorry. It sounded honest. It wasn't some trick.

The bully who had teased, tormented and insulted him for months...had apologized to him in tears. Shade wasn't sure what to think. Why was he crying over the runt of the colony?

"D-Don't...don't leave, Shade."

Wait. Why would Chinook think that? He was only coming to the shore to think. That was all.

"Please," The larger bat sniffed, not letting go of him, "Don't leave us. I’ll never forgive myself if you're gone."

He...thought I was leaving?, Shade thought to himself. He wasn't sure what else to do. He wiggled his other wing free from under Chinook's wing, then proceeded to wrap his own wings around his neck, hugging him back comfortingly. Chinook's body gave a small twitch, as if reacting to his touch. Shade nuzzled his face into the crest of fur on his neck.

"I won't...Chinook. I'm not leaving." He shuddered, tears springing from his eyes.

Chinook gently, but firmly took hold of Shade's shoulder's, stepping down lightly so that he could look the smaller Silverwing in the eyes. He took a deep quivering breath, swallowing hard to try and clear his voice, but his face still held a pained but relieved look, despite the tears.

"Shade...promise me," He uttered, "Promise me...that you won't leave us." He hung his head down, a look of utter shame on his face, "I know that...I may not deserve to be forgiven. Especially after all those things I said about you and your father. But please just promise me this."

Chinook looked back up at Shade, his eyes filled with utter regret, struggling to keep his voice from breaking. His only answer was silence, and a teary eyed stare from Shade. With only a few small steps the smaller Silverwing wrapped his wings around Chinook's neck again.

"I promise."

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EDIT: I reduced the opacity of the tears to make them look more clear like actual tears, instead of one solid color.

Just a revision of one of my previous artworks. The old one I finished and uploaded this past summer (I think the date I uploaded it was on April or May, can't remember).

Still can't get any new ideas down, so I just decided to revise and edit the pic of Chinook and Shade.

I currently suck at making backgrounds, so I borrowed one from the show itself. The story along with this submission is partly finished and is up on FanFiction.net! Here's the link to the story and tell me what you think! I just have one more chapter to finish!

www.fanfiction.net/s/9226274/1…

Hope you all like the revision!