Spady's POV
We were together again, all of us, just walking around, and I couldn't help but take a look at her again. She was pretty - and I don't know how I never noticed it before. Well... in a sense, I did, but the part that I didn't fall in love at her at first sight was my puzzling question. I liked everything about her - the way she talked, the way she laughed - which was rare, as she always seemed so sorrowful inside, as if holding a great weight on her shoulders,although it might not show on the outside.. "Cheer up," I wanted to tell her, but I didn't have the bravery, and had never told her that through all the time I knew her. All that I did know was that her brother died a few years ago, which is most likely why she sometimes acted like that - hoping to finally let go of her emotions - like a dam that was about to burst. I pushed the thoughts away, and decided to say something - we didn't come together just to keep our heads down and say nothing, afterall. I opened my jaws and out came the sound, "So, what have you been doing over the past week? I've just been learning how to easily treat some patients with some special potions." Rainbow shrugged and said in her strong, yet broken voice, "I've been just doing the usual, how to defend yourself from bears and all that stuff." Stripes, on the right side of her, burst out cheerfully, "Oh, I've been doing loads and loads of great stuff. It's awesome!" As he went on about what he was doing, I stiffled a laugh. Stripes had always been so enthusiastic about the smallest of things, it was amazing.
Rainbow's POV
I listened to Stripes patiently and quietly, saying at times, "That's cool," and "Nice," when I felt that I needed to. Being with the two guys always cheered me up - it distracted me from Xanin's untimely death. He was so young, only six months old - a pup. Tears wanted to come from my eyes, but I held it in. No. I wouldn't start crying, not now, not especially in front of people, in front of my friends. I wouldn't appear as the crybaby of the group. I did my best to push away the thoughts of his still, unmoving body away, and took a look at Stripes as if I were listening the whole time, as he finished. "...And that's it. Anyways, didn't you hear that guy is dying? Wonder why everybody's all talking about him." He said thoughtfully yet cheerfully, but it was right after that Spady replied calmly, "Stripes, that's the Monarach. And he's definitely not just any guy." In response, the bouncy wolf said, "Oh." At this point, I couldn't help but laugh. And I did. "You guys crack me up... seriously." I retorted to them both, while taking in the sunlight, which luckily, chose not to blind my eyes today. Stripes simply gave that cheesy smile and said, "It's what I do." While the other simply shrugged. "He's really the jokester, not me." I chuckled, and thought, Well, either way, they're both good friends. There's something I value in each of them... While thinking about this, I thought about who would be the one that I would value the most in my life. The one I would end up with. And it was then that I realized I was lonely, and still broken from my brother's death. Lonely, yet I had my friends with me, Broken, yet my brother's death was ages ago. Yet again I pushed these thoughts to the side and listened to the two's commotion.
Stripes's POV
If Rainbow thought I cracked her up, that was good on my part. It made me feel warm and more cheerful, which gets me in that state to start joking more. I love making people laugh, and making them have a good time - and Rainbow is definitely one of those people. And the fact that I like her deeply just adds to the pile. She's a nice person who tries to be tough - and I'm afraid, fails at it. Personally, I think she's as soft as the marshmellows in your smores, if you know what I'm saying. Well, chances are that you're most likely confused. Anyhow, lets get back to the scene. And so, we were talking about what jobs our parents had - and I learned that Spady's parents were both members of the royal court (So, no wonder he got to be the Magician's Boy or whatever....), while Rainbow's parents were actually both members of the Ancient Council once. Yeah, I know, you might be expecting me to be one of those special people.
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-To be continued-...