High Hawk Season

He craned his neck to look at the girl, still wall-eyed and tucked his paws to his chest. “N-n-no? I don’t..I d-d-don’t know.” He whimpered, swallowing a growing lump that had formed in his throat. Once he saw that the girl intended him no harm, or at least didn’t seem to, he rolled onto his paws, keeping his ears pinned and his tail tucked. “I t-t-think I’m l-lost.” He muttered, keeping his eyes trained on the ground. He shut his eyes and shook out his neck “No…S-sorry, that’s not entirely t-true.” He said, mentally berating himself for his own perceived stupidity. “I’m n-n-not lost b-because I h-have n-nowhere t-t-to be.” He said to himself with a soft whine. He cautioned a glance at the girl’s eyes before quickly looking away and raising his paw to bat at his ear. He opened his mouth to say something else but as soon as he did his stomach growled irritably, causing a- thankfully hidden- blush to rise over his face. “S-sorry.”


Talk