forum Life of an animal

Started October 14, 2018 by @Star_Girls_puppers_was_attacked

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"Um - thank you. Thank you." Alton blushed a little more.

Maple smiled and rested her head on his shoulder, hoping he wouldn't mind. She blushed a little as she did it, but tried not to make it a big deal. "This is pretty fun, we should do it again," she added.

"Yeah. We should…" Alton trailed off, blushing and smiling to himself at Maple's gesture.

"Maybe next time I can show you one of my favorite places," she suggested. "Of course, a lot of the places I like are pretty high up in a tree or something…" She chuckled softly.

"It's alright. I could find a way up there." Alton smiled. "There's always a way if you're willing to find it."

Maple smiled too. "Yeah, it'll be fun," she said. "But honestly this place is so awesome. I could, like, stay here forever."

"I often lose track of time in here. Skipped many a day of school." Alton admitted, sighing.

"I can see why," Maple said. "I skip school sometimes too, but not really for any good reason. It's just more interesting to not be in school." That wasn't entirely true. She sort of did it to get her parents' attention. She had so many siblings it felt like they never had time for her, and they didn't notice her unless she did something big. Even skipping school was starting to lose its effect on them, though.

"That's true. I don't…I don't have anyone to tell me not to skip…" Alton admitted, hanging his head.

"We could skip together," she said. "It's not like anyone really cares what I do anyways. It'd be way more fun to hang out with you than go to school."

"Really?" Alton immediately brightened.
(he's an orphan with no siblings in case you didn't get the message)

“Yeah, of course!” She said. “I’d love to skip school with you!”

"Wow…thank…thank you!" He perked. "We could skip tomorrow."

“Sure,” she said. “That’d be cool.”

"We could just stay here until one of us gets hungry," He remarked.

“Okay,” she agreed. She closed her eyes to rest for a moment. “Sounds good.”

Alton sighed, a mixture of wistfulness and happiness.

Maple felt content as she sat there, moving a little bit closer to Alton as she kept her head on his shoulder. It was really nice, and she didn’t want it to end.

Alton didn't want it to end either, smiling to himself as Maple shifted closer.

After several minutes, Maple’s stomach growled. She didn’t say anything because she didn’t want to leave, but she was getting hungry.

Alton turned to her, hearing her stomach. "Come on, let's get some food." He shifted.

She reluctantly sat up again, moving her head from his shoulder. “Okay,” she agreed.

He transformed into a mouse again and scurried through the crack in the wall again.

She copied him, turning into a squirrel, and hurrying behind him.

"Where to for some eats?" Alton squeaked, hurrying down the sewers again.