STS RP | Flower Adorning

[Sycamorekit]

Sycamorekit laughs a little at the she-kit before hushing up, returning to constructing the nursery before Daffodilkit lends a paw... or tries to. He watches the flower she placed sink deep into the nursery's foliage, and despite his efforts to search for it, it seems to have disappeared from both of their sights. "Uh- oops..." he mumbles nervously, unsure if she'd react like Maplekit and blame him for what happened. With an anxious glance, he plucks one of the remaining flowers he collected, a light pink peony, and places it in the crook of her left ear. "I hope that makes you feel better," he sighs out. "... but uh, y-yes! You did a great job. I think the nursery looks pretty enough now. Now we just gotta wait to see the little kits' reactions."

After a moment of thought, it abruptly dawns on him that... the kits probably won't be around in time to see the flowers before they lose all their colors. He has no knowledge of pregnancy, let alone kitting, but he does remember it taking a long time for Tigertail's litter to show up. "Oh... Well, maybe. Maybe it can just be for us too."

[Daffodilkit]

As though she'd never asked a question, Daffodilkit appears to lose interest in putting the flowers onto the den wall and obliviously starts to rearrange the remaining flowers. She plucks some of the bent petals, the crinkled and damaged ones, putting them aside until she has a decent pile of them. She raises her head and lifts a brow at Sycamorekit when she hears him speak, her eyes asking the question her voice follows up with, "Huh? Oops what-" She abruptly stops, eyes widening at the flower the older kit homes behind her ear. She swipes a paw across her hair and lays it back, brushing softly over the peony. Daffodilkit's face lights up, "Why, thank you! I bet I look like a doll, don't I?" Her smile is all teeth and cheer. "I hope others' like our art. We worked sooooo hard on this," She rubs at her forehead, like she's flicking sweat away, "If they don't, oh boy, what a shame, that'd be sad. I'd definitely be upset, then, ugh. I don't want it to just be for us, what's the fun of it if no one else sees?" She scoffs. She definitely has not helped with this project, although she is very proud of her, instead she's just been putting way too many flowers in one spot right in front of her, the one exception being the flower they can't even see anymore. She's trying her best and being the worst at it.

[Sycamorekit]

Pinning his ears down, Sycamorekit gives a glance at their finished work with visible disappointment. "I-I'm sure someone would love it..." he whispers. "Like Ma, and Pa. And Olivekit. And Barkkit. They'll like it." With wide, hopeful eyes, he looks back at Daffodilkit, almost as if he was trying to convince her with just his expression alone. "B-but anyway... maybe you should go back to your siblin's? I'm sure you're missin' out on a ton of fun. It ain't so nice just hangin' out with me." Almost as if he were desperate to have a moment to himself, he wanders closer to the nursery's entrance. "I know Barkkit's in there playin' games with the others, so... You like games, right?"

[Daffodilkit]

The she-kit stares wide-eyed at Sycamorekit, glancing down at her paws briefly in contemplation. "Okay. Yes, someone will like it." She peeks at the wall again then back to the older tom-kit and purses her lips. She's not sure if she said something wrong, but it wasn't right. Maybe it was the flowers. It wasn't her, was it? "Am I boring? I don't want to play tag, I don't win at tag, did I mess up the flowers? I thought I was... winning at-... flowers." Daffodilkit says lamely, she follows and pushes close to his flank, trotting slightly to stay next to him. Her gaze is trained on his face until they breach the nursery entrance then her focus falls to her paws.