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Username: IheartNightWings
Name: Griffin (Griff)
Gender: Male
Relationships:
Tangent
griff and tangent are the best of friends. they grew up with each other, and are practically inseparable, doing everything possible together. they have stuck with each other through thick and thin, and that's not likely to change anytime soon. the pair shares a close bond, telling each other their secrets and dreams. however, for griff, there is nothing more to that bond other than close friends. bff's, right?
Likes: Halloween, Botany, Food, Goofing off, Taking command
Dislikes: Being ordered around, Lectures, Waiting, Dark Chocolate, Failure
Halloween Night:
Griff trotted down the path excitedly. It was finally Halloween, and he was all kinds of ready to get some candy. He spotted Tangent up ahead, and hurried his pace to get there quicker. The sooner the candy, the better. She turned to meet him, a wide grin on her face.
She looked like she was a vampire, he decided after a moment of evaluation. A collared cape was clasped around her neck, and fake fangs hung out of her mouth. Not the most inventive costume, he had to say, but he digressed. "Nice costume..." he said, trailing off a bit as he realized she wasn't paying attention to his words.
Tangent let out an amused snort as she looked Griff up and down. A wry smirk had formed on her face, like she was doing her best to hold in her laughter for his sake. Griffin felt his face grow hot, and he huffed indignantly, scowling to hide his embarrassment. The gradient viscet had realized this might not be the best costume idea, but he supposed it hadn't really clicked until now. Of course, it was far too late now.
"What kinda flower are you supposed to be? A dainty 'lil daisy?" she teased lightly, flicking one of his petals with a paw. Griffin stiffened, his scowl melting into more of a disapproving frown.
"I most certainly am not a daisy; and, for your information, daisies are certainly not dainty. I own quite a few Gerbera daisies of my own, thank you very much, and those suckers could survive just about anything. More to the point, I'm dressed as a Lilium tigrinum- a Tiger Lily. Definitely not a daisy. I'm not sure where you got that idea, but daisies and lilies are very different from each other."
That only seemed to trigger more amusement out of Tangent, as she began to giggle violently, tail swaying back and forth. In turn, this set off Griffin, who seemed to take her laughter as a challenge.
"What, you think I'm making this stuff up something? What's so funny? Is it because of my incredible and extensive knowledge of cool flowers? You know, just becase I like flowers doesn't mean I'm a nerd. If anyone here is a nerd, it's definitely you. You're the nerdiest nerd I've ever seen!"
Tangent let out a huff at that. "Nu-uh, I never said you were a nerd! But, now that you mention it, you kinda are. Like, at least 10x nerdier than me, for sure."
Griffin breathed out sharply, shaking his makeshift mane. "You don't even know what you're talking about. It's just not possible for me to be nerdier than you."
"Oh yeah? Wanna bet?"
"I'd rather fight you!"
Griffin hurled himself at Tangent, tackling the smaller female to the ground. He couldn't stop the hearty laughter bubbling up within him from escaping as his friend squealed and squirmed beneath him.
"Lemme up ya' brick wall! You're heavier than a log!" she protested, trying to gain enough leverage to move his bulky mass. "If you don't get up, all the good candy's gonna be gone!"
Griff tilted his head at that, letting it sink in. She was right, he knew, especially since he had already passed a couple of kids on the way here. "Alright, I'll let you off easy this time." he giggled, rolling off of her.
She let out an indignant squawk as she climbed to her paws, adjusting her costume where it had been knocked a bit askew. She shot him a friendly glare, which he quickly returned. No way was Griff going to let Tangent out-glare him.
"Well?" she finally asked after a few moments. "Let's go!"
The smaller viscet began to lope towards a house that a few younger visclings were already converging on. Griff tore after her, catching up to her quickly, and promptly took the lead. When they both arrived on the doorstep panting and playfully shoving one another, the small visclings stared up at them, eyes wide.
One of the little ones had already rung the door-bell, but they were debating on whether or not just bolting to find a new house. Before any of them could move, however, the door was pulled open to reveal an elderly viscet. She instantly beamed down at the children, grabbing a bowl filled with assorted candies.
"Well, aren't you all just the cutest little things!" she gushed, holding out the bowl so that they could grab their candies of choice. "Go on, take three or four, or just grab a handful!"
The visclings snatched up pawfuls of candy with varying levels of politeness, and quickly scurried away, until only Griff and Tangent were left standing on the porch. The viscet seemed rather confused for a moment, as if she had expected the older pair to hurry off behind the visclings. After a moment, she cleared her throat quietly, thrusting the bowl towards them. "Happy Halloween to both of you, as well!" she said, smiling warmly.
Griff snatched up a couple of Kit-Kats and Butterfingers, while Tangent went straight for the Recee's. The friends eagerly dropped the candies into their respective items for carrying candy, Griff a pumpkin bucket and Tangent a pillow case. Tangent chirped out a bright thank you, Griff echoing her.
As Griff turned to leave, he heard the elderly viscet call out, "Have a nice date night, you two!", causing him to stop in his tracks, Tangent walking right into him. By the time he could properly turn himself around to face the house, she had already retreated back inside to wait for the next group of viscets to come to the door.
"Did she just say 'have a nice date'? Did she really just tell us that?" Griff snorted, shaking his head angrily. How on Earth could anyone think they were dating? I mean, they didn't look anything like a couple. Just two friends hanging out to go trick-or-treating. What was so odd about that?
"Calm down Griff, it's not like she said we were married or anything." Tangent replied with a roll of her eyes. This only seemed to enrage Griff even more, his tail swinging heavily from side to side.
"Yeah, but she thought we were on a date. Do we look like we're on a date? I mean, really. If we were on a date, we'd have matching costumes, or something stupid like that. Whatever couples do, I dunno. Probably be all giggly, share candy or something. I'm just really glad we're not like that, right? Just friends. It'd be super weird to be all...romancy with, like, anyone, but especially with your best friend, you feel me?" he looked expectantly at Tangent, waiting for a response.
"...Yeah, you're right. Totally weird." she replied after a moment, tone a bit guarded, but Griff payed no mind, and instead raised his head up into the air.
"You know what? I'm gonna go back there and fight her right now!" he announced, a grin now covering his muzzle. Griffin turned back around and began to march back towards the house, head swinging confidently. "There's no way I could lose!"
He stopped in his tracks as he felt Tangent tugging at his tail, urging him back. "C'mon Griff, she's not worth it." she asserted, motioning him to come back towards her. Griff had a feeling if he really did try to go fight the elderly viscet, Tangent wouldn't try to stop him, which was something he wasn't sure about his feelings on.
The pair locked eyes for what seemed like forever to Griff, but couldn't have been more than fifteen seconds. Finally, the orange viscet relented with a small shake of his head. "Alright, I won't fight her. Not that I'm scared or anything. I could totally crush 'er!" he proclaimed, grinning triumphantly as Tangent giggled a bit.
"Yeah right...anyways, ready to move on to the next house?"
"Yeah- race you!"
The two took off down the sidewalk, dodging visclings as they went, whooping and hollering with delight.
The Aftermath:
Griffin let out another moan, rolling onto his side. Ack, he felt awful; totally, completely, awful. His pain was met with only a snort from Tangent, who was sitting nearby sorting out her spoils. Griff groaned again, hoping to ellicit some sort of response from his friend. When that didn't work, thrashed his tail a bit, making sure not to jostle the rest of his body too much.
"You know what?" she finally asked, looking up with a frown. "It's not my fault you thought it was a good idea to eat all of that; in fact, I clearly remember telling you not to eat all of your candy at once. So don't be complaining to me about the fact that you didn't listen."
Letting out a huff, Griff went silent again. She was right, he knew, although he didn't really want to admit how much of an idiot he had been. Still, it had seemed pretty fun at the time... Unfortunately, now all he had was a killer stomachache and an empty bucket, which meant no more candy tomorrow. Tangent certainly wasn't going to share any of hers.
Griffin couldn't help but let out one more soft moan as he curled into a more comfortable position, preparing to wait out the pain caused by his own overindulgence.
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