Everybody needs a friend

As soon as Ike turned his way and moved toward him he grinned triumphantly, his tail wagging gently behind him as she rightfully questioned him, obviously not expecting to see him here. "Come on!" he insisted with a chuckle, reaching across the border to take her ankle in his paw and pull her toward him gently. "I'm stealing you away for a day of fun and relaxation and you're not allowed to say no!" He wouldn't hear any protests and just pulled and nudged her forward insistently until she was finally walking along with him as they started heading away from he pack's border and up toward the coast. "I've decided that you're in dire need of a break," he declared with a resolute nod while they left the pale trees behind them. "No ifs, ands, or buts, Princess. We're having a beach day, I insist."

It didn't take that long to make it over to Fontamo Bay, but along the way he chatted and joked with her about anything and everything except the pack and her family. Everything packs and responsibilities was strictly off limits today. He had seen how draining just his question about what the pack was like had been on her the last time they spent time together and chatted. He knew there was probably something deeper going on that would ultimately have to be addressed at some point, but all of that could happen after she just enjoyed being young and having fun for a while. When they arrived he lead her over to a spot that was tucked away among some rocks with a large skin laid out in case they wanted to lay on something other than the sand. There was a bag of dried meats tucked under a rock at the edge of the sitting area as well as a water skin of fresh water.

"Race you to the water!" he exclaimed with a laugh, giving her shoulder a nudge before he went running down across the beach toward the lapping waves. The incoming wave hit his legs as he ran through the foam and as soon as it did he immediately got swept off of his feet. He tumbled forward and landed flat on his face in the water, getting tossed about for a second before he managed to scramble back to his paws spluttering and coughing and shaking water out of his bristled mohawk. He bust out laughing at himself and grinned as he blinked the water out of his two toned eyes and found Ike again, giving her a grin.

"Remus Armada"