Okay- today is the day. Today's definitely going to be the day! Fennelkit took a deep breath and held it in.
I'm gonna talk to someone new! I'm gonna talk to someone that's not Dad or Mama! I gonna...I'm gonna make a friend! Fennelkit's eyes sparkled with fading confidence. Maybe he wasn't cut out for this. Perhaps he should wait one more day? Maybe tomorrow he'd be better at talking.
No! I'm going to do this! Slowly but surely, his small paws brought him a few inches closer to the other kittens in the nursery, until they raised the white flag and retreated.
Wait- I'm not ready... Fennelkit panicked as anxiety crept up and shackled his paws onto the nursery floor. Tears stung his sage green eyes as the honey-coloured kitten tried his best to calm himself down.
Okay, not scary! Mama said not scary... Fennelkit told himself repeatedly as he fidgeted with his paws.
Okay! Just like practice - Hello, my name is Fennelkit, and can we be friends? Okay! That's good!...right?
Fennelkit nodded to himself and decided to pace around the nursery, wobbling here and there, as he recited his lines in his head until he could say it perfectly three times in a row. Not before long, his constant pacing brought him to the nursery's entrance and led him to take a peak into the crowded clearing. Just as he was about to turn around, a russet-coloured paw passed by him, scaring him mid-recitation.
"n-name is F-fen-nelkit! Can b-be fr-friends!"
Fennelkit's ear flattened and his face grew hot with embarrassment. All the practice surmounted to this stumbling mess he just blurted out. Now all he wanted to do was run and hide in Mama's fur until this stranger forgets about whatever just happened.
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Marigoldwhisper - Reddove ]
[p] I heard a red bird sing
