Why, Hello There [Tagged]

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SplatoonBaboon

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Harestep was bored. Very, very bored. He had already ruled out hunting, he'd done that already. If he went again someone might actually ask to go with him. He'd slept, and wasn't tired any more. Jeez, he'd have to socialize. Or sit and be bored. The later seemed like a better option. He padded over to an area of the camp closer to the Warriors' Den than he had been before, and sat. He wasn't going to talk to anyone, but someone might talk to him.

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Minnowpool saw the tom bored and wanted to talk with him so he didn´t feel lonely anymore but she was too shy to pad near someone and talk to it like they were friends or something... The she-cat wrapped her tail around her paws thinking. She licked her chest very alert of what was happening around and, with courage, bounced where Harestep was, she was nervous shifting her paws when she sat near him "H... Hi" She meowed gazing her paws.

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Harestep grinned as a she-cat padded towards him. He was waiting for her to introduce herself, but all he got was a timid greeting. Aw, she's shy. He thought, smiling. Harestep had talked with quite a few shy cats, so he knew how to act. "Hi, I'm Harestep. Who're you?" He asked, trying best to come off as the friendly cat he knew he wasn't.

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"I´m Minnowpool" The young warrior lifted her head trying to have more courage and at the same time, stopped shifting her paws nervously. She scanned the tom: his fur, his eyes, from his tip tail to his nose, all scanned. Minnowpool didn´t know what to say know so she waited for Harestep to talk or ask him something else.

OCC: This is my last post for today :c

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A brief silence occurred after she introduced herself. The she-cat, or more correctly, Minnowpool, seemed to be waiting for him to say something. He couldn't think of anything, and after a moment he laughed. "This is a little awkward, isn't it?" He said, grinning. "I've got an idea, why don't we do something? I'm bored, and you seem quite nice, so perhaps we could go hunting, or simply for a walk. What do you say?" He honestly wasn't in the mood to go hunting again, but this cat had made the effort to socialize even though it was painfully obvious that Minnowpool was shy. Harestep could at least appreciate that.

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Minnowpool shrugged when the tom said the moment was a little awkward, anyway, she always felt awkward. She shifted her paws until he smiled and then asked if they could do something. Minnowpool thought for a moment "We can go for a walk" She meowed surprising herself she had been so jaunty. She didn´t say hunting because she usually missed the prey easily.

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Harestep moved his head to the side, obviously not expecting the cat to be so forward in her answer. Perhaps a split personality? He was joking, of course. Joking in his mind. What? However, he didn't voice the joke or the thought, and stood up. "Would you like to go anywhere in particular? You can choose the place if you please."

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Minnowpool thought for a minute scanning the territory on her mind and quickly had an idea. With courage she meowed slowly "There´s a place..." She stopped and gazed her paws shyly "What about going to the Sunset Island?" She wrapped her tail around her paws lifting her head a little so she could see the tom better.

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He smiled at the she-cat, this time more honest than the cocky grins he had given her previously. He had spaced off when she gave the location, so he was just going to follow here and see where they ended up. "Well then, shall we go?" He padded over to the camp exit, however he turned around to check if the she-cat was following him. Harestep turned back around and flicked his tail. "Coming?" He asked, not facing her. He stepped out of camp, waiting for Minnowpool.

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Minnowpool runned after Harestep with her tail up and head more lifted this time taking the lead. When they where almost there she stopped, she could see the island in the middle of the sea. Some water splashed when she leaped into it and started moving her paws so she could get there quickly "Coming?" Minnowpool asked the tom smiling shyly.

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Harestep blinked blankly. The Island? I didn't realize we were coming here... He let his thoughts trail off as he thought of an excuse not to swim. Sure, he had been taught a little by one tom, but he still couldn't swim properly, much less to the island. "Uh, I just remembered. I'm in the next patrol, I wouldn't want to be late..."

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"Don´t be coward" Minnowpool meowed without facing the tom wondering if she offended him and gazing her paws. The she-cat came out from the water and saw Harestep a little nervous what gave her a clue. First he´s nervous and then he give kind of excuse The she-cat thought and then frowned.

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Harestep blinked, gazing down at his paws just as the she-cat had done. He was glad she wasn't looking, though was surprised at the remark. "I'm not being a coward, I just... Don't feel like swimming right now." He tore his eyes from his paws, only to look up at the sky. It was obvious he was avoiding eye contact.

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Minnowpool sat and sighed a little with a last shy glance at Harestep she meowed "I´m leaving" The she-cat padded back to the forest with hurted eyes not because Harestep didn´t want to swim, because he was lying to her. She runned quicklier thinking of Harestep, he was his first and probably last friend.

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Something hit Harestep as the she-cat walked away. He panicked. "Wait! I didn't mean... I just can't-" He cut himself off as he ran to Minnowpool. There was no way anyone would understand the fact that he couldn't swim properly, there'd only ever been one cat that had attempted to teach him, and was still teaching him. Padding over to the she-cat, he flicked his tail onto her shoulder. He sighed, looking down. "I can't swim..."