A Spare Moment (Tagged)

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Daisyshine padded through the entrance into the clearing, her jaws filled with prey from her hunt. She dropped most of it on the freshkill pile but saved a scrawny mouse for herself. She looked with envy at a plump thrush and a rather large vole, but she knew that the best prey must go to the nursery and the elder's den.

So, Daisyshine padded over to the clearing with her mouse and sat down. She was surprised by how good it felt to sit- hunting all morning had exhausted her. She began eating the freshkill, savoring every bite.

When she finished eating, Daisyshine stood and prepared to return to her warrior duties, but upon further inspection, there wasn't really any need for her at the moment. The freshkill pile was fuller than ever, and a border patrol had just left. She didn't have an apprentice to train, so that was out.

Daisyshine sat down, for once having a spare moment to simply enjoy herself. She was surprised by how good it felt.

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Stormrunner walked out of the warriors den and stretched. He had woken up a bit later than he usually did, but that was okay. It felt great to sleep in every once in awhile. but, he didn't have any patrols to go on today and the only other thing he could really do by himself was hunting. He looked at the fresh-kill pile and it was full. It doesn't seem like there is anything I can do right now... 

Out of curiosity, he looked around camp to see who was around. He had just woken up, so his brain was not fully awake yet and it took him a little while to remember some cats' names. but, there was one cat he recognized immediately. Daisyshine. He walked over to his friend and smiled at her.

"Hello! And how are you today?" The usually shy tom felt completely comfortable around this she-cat. She had been his first ever friend, and they were pretty close.

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Daisyshine looked up when she heard her name and had already prepared a pretty generic response when she recognized Stormrunner.

"Stormrunner!" she mewed happily, standing to greet the tom. "I haven't seen you in a while! I'm fine, just got back from hunting and there's nothing really to do, so I'm kind of hanging out for the first time in what feels like forever," she mewed, talking without pausing, feeling completely comfortable around her friend.

"Anyways, care to join me if you have a minute?" she offered, gesturing to the space beside her.

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"It seems like there is not a lot to do in Greenleaf! We almost always have a full fresh-kill pile. Leafbare just seems so much more busy," Stormrunner mewed. It was almost more fun in Leafbare. There was always something he could do. He liked being cold more than being hot, anyways.

"I'd love to!" he exclaimed as he sat down by Daisyshine. "I have plenty of time! In fact, I'm not even sure what I'm going to do for the rest of the day!" Hunting was an option, but they already had so much food to eat. 

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"Me either," Daisyshine replied. "I don't like doing nothing, but there's not much to do," she mewed. "I thought about going to see the kits, but I was waiting to see if I was needed elsewhere," she explained. She paused and let her thoughts wander for a moment. Daisyshine always seemed to be active- she wasn't one to lie around and do nothing, and the boringness of this greenleaf was really getting to her, making her paws itch to do something.

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Yeah, I really hate not being busy... Stormrunner thought. When he was busy, he felt perfectly fine. but, when he had lots of extra free time, sometimes he got lonely. He hated the feeling of loneliness. "You probably wont find anything to do... but who knows?" he mewed. Something could happen. "Hey, if you really want to go see the kits, we can go together. Or we could just stay here and relax. What do you think?" 

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Daisyshine thought it over for a moment before responding.

"Honestly, I need to get my paws moving. Wanna go for a walk somewhere?" she asked, standing a bit and stretching as she spoke.

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"Sure!" Stormrunner mewed happily. It was probably going to get really hot, but that didn't matter to him. "Do you wanna go anywhere specifically?" He didn't care where they went, as long as they went somewhere. "Or we could just walk around. Whatever you want to do is fine with me!"

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"I'm fine with wandering no where in particular if that's okay with you," Daisyshine mewed, padding towards the entrance, confident that her friend would follow. "And if it gets too hot, since you can swim now, we can always head to the beach," she added, glancing back over her shoulder, laughter in her eyes as she remembered his swimming lesson.

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"Okay!" Stormrunner exclaimed cheerfully. He started to follow behind Daisyshine. "At least I can swim now!" he mewed, slightly embarrassed. "Hmm, did I ever even tell you why I didn't want to swim? When I was an apprentice, I was too upset to talk about it. but now I realize that it wasn't my fault at all." He paused. "I might have told you; I can't remember every single thing I've ever told you though."

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Daisyshine exited the camp, now side-by-side with Stormrunner.

"I can't remember if you did or not- I kind of think not, because I tried not to pry that day. I was already pushing you to get in that water, and I didn't want to push my limits," Daisyshine explained as they walked.