The Sun Won't Let You Sleep

*Jupiter* · 12-29-2017, 08:24 PM

With a stick hanging out of the corner of his mouth, Jupiter raced circles around the small clearing. He had his head tilted to the side so he could drag the tip of the stick across the ground and leave marks in the snow. Swirls and circles were scattered throughout the clearing; each one joined to its neighbor and ringed with little paw prints.

Once he was done, the boy stepped back to admire his handiwork. Perfect! His mother would love it, he was sure. Jupiter had chosen the clearing carefully. His mother would have to walk this way if she wanted to get a drink from the stream closest to their den. It was a surprise; his way of saying sorry for disobeying so much. He knew the snow would melt eventually but until then, every time she walked by this clearing she would be reminded of just how sorry he was for being bad. And it was pretty, so hopefully seeing it would make her happy and she'd forget about his badness.

Now all he needed to do was sneak away and let her find it.

Jupiter backed up slowly, his eyes still on his art as he nitpicked all the little details, and then he swung around suddenly in an effort to tear himself away and just it be. This quick turn brought him face to face rather suddenly with a pup he'd never seen before. Startled, he blinked and lurked backwards a step so he wouldn't run into her. "Oh!" Uh oh, she wasn't going to walk through his clearing, was she? Uneasily he snuck a peek over his shoulder at it. Maybe she wouldn't notice it. "Whoops! I didn't see you."

"Jupiter" "Amadeus" "You"

Login
Username:
Password:	Lost Password?
	Remember me