Boa groaned softly as he realized he had hurt his mate's feelings, rubbing his eyes with his pointer and thumb fingers as he gave in to his mate. Quickly jogging up behind him, he wrapped only one stong arm around the man's waist then picked him up easily for a brief moment as he turned back around to set his mate down in front of him but now Boa was in the lead. Turning his mate to look into his eyes, he gently placed his hands on his shoulders. "Now hold up one damn minute. Let me explain my reaction before you start to get hurt," he said with a bit of a growl in his voice.<br/><br/>Slowly, he relaxed though and took his hands of his mate's shoulders. Blushing a slight red as he thought about how to put this. "I wasnt..expecting..i mean..it was a surprise..um..look i wasnt expecting a male to be my mate.." he started off two different ways before finally just spitting it out since he knew no softer way to put it. "Im not rejecting you...but im not completely accepting you yet. Youre still new to me and so is the fact being youre a guy..i've never been with a guy before.. Just give it some time to let it sink in alright?" he finished with a sigh as his eyes met his mate's. The growl had left his voice and it was a bit softer though not by much. He was still a bit upset by all of this but he wasnt going to reject his mate right away without figuring this out first.