By the time Aster had realized what he had done, it was already too late. For some reason, he didn't even fully understand himself. It was what the big cat has said that have kicked his senses back to reality. But, it seemed he'd taking it the wrong way.
He had left himself vulnerable to the tiger in the midst of his torment. A beast who wouldn't hesitate to cut him down when they had the chance.
As the human quickly pulled away, his face blushed deeply as he rapidly sucked in a hollow gasp. The prior turgid storm of emotions had almost dissipated entirely, replaced by fresh waves of embarrassment, appreciation, and confusion.
Sulking on the shoulders of your enemy had it own way of making one feel stupid.
