Shadowmaru couldn't help but feel his AI sink. He didn't know? So it was a mistake. But why did his friend sound so hurt? Look so tense? The canine softly stepped up to his shadow and gently pressed his nose against his cheek, to get his attention. To get him to look up.

"Kagerou," he started softly, before he realized that he shouldn't be like this. In the next second, that nose was replaced by a hand, which tried to tilt his friend's head up. "I... I do feel something between us. Something I don't have with the others. Something that is entirely new to me." He shifted in place, pulling his hand away.

"I just felt, that what had happened, with the pink energon, it... happened too fast." Shadowmaru furrowed his brow, his hands fidgeting. "I want to take it slow." Whatever 'it' was. "But if you don't wish to pursue it, I'll understand."

However, that kiss they shared told him something entirely different.