Your H E A R T belongs to a stray

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S T R A Y Taking in strays is, all in all, an understandable vice. The dips in between their ribs, those large and forlorn eyes, they can help you forget the claws and the teeth and the danger lurking beneath fur. But the habit's a knife edge; your efforts may not be rewarded with kindness (animal instincts aren't discretionary) and you may get bit despite what you've overlooked. A stray doesn't care about pity. All it can know is survival. These warnings apply to strays of the more human(oid) sort, too. But what may even more perilous with this type than any drawn blood is what you can get when they grow to trust you. You can earn their undying loyalty...or their love. Either from such a wild thing is a precarious path to go down, if you allow yourself to do it. Comment with your character, preferences, desired roles, etc. Reply to others. Thread!

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[drizzle]

[Her expression will turn more energetic at just the opportunity and acceptance of spending more time together. She couldn't help smile a little too brightly at the thought.]

Thank you, Cloud! I promise we'll find something really cool! You won't regret it.

[Now she just needed to search for that "something cool" to prove it. Which begs the next question, where should she go? What direction should they take? That's when the wind gave her the answer: run ahead as fast as she can to not disturb the wildlife of the area.]

Follow me! I know where we need to go......maybe.

[There was no way she was going to give Cloud any time to question the slight doubt in her voice as she begins to run ahead further into the grass field as quickly as her feet could muster. Something about running down a grass field felt very familiar to her, natural even. It felt very good to do it. So much that she'll begin to run in interesting zig-zags, curve, and wavy formations, losing her sense of direction which was her first mistake. The next was made after not noticing she was too close to the edge of a hill. She had less than a split second to make her decision to jump over to the bushes below or...]

There's a stream here!

[Not that it'll help them much when she didn't have enough momentum to jump towards it, even if she tried to concentrate all of her kinetic energy onto her legs. All she could at this very moment was embrace for impact.]

[notachocobo]

[Lips quirking into a smile, Cloud starts to climb to his feet. If he catches the doubt lingering in her voice he doesn't say anything about it, trialing after her as she takes off in her zig-zagging pattern.]

Don't get too far ahead.

[Ever the protective guardian.

Which comes a moment too late as he realizes where her path is taking her, hears her call out, and then she's going--

The blonde picks his pace up, practically darting over to the hill.]

Nike!

[drizzle]

[It'll take only a moment for Cloud to receive any sort of response in return. She was still recovering from her slip off the hill, rolling down the grassy slope, landing on the bushes, sinking to the bottom, and noticing something odd. A startle sound heard at the other end of the bush she landed on. It was a mystery she wanted to search for, but Cloud's voice caught her attention]

Oh!? Um, I'm okay!

[With a line forming, she'll begin to notice the rush from the after effect of the quick chain of events, leaving her slightly shaken up.]

I should've listen to you! That was...a little heart racing. [A sheepish smile was given as she can't help feel a little uncool right now.] But rolling down the hill was fun! Try it! It'll return a few years back to your step...

[All said as she begins to remove the tiny twigs or leaves on her hair, not realizing she had some dirt on her cheeks and chin. She looked exactly like someone who rolled down a hill and landed on a bush.]