William sprinted through the forest with a stick in his jaws. The end of the stick was in flames, crawling closer and closer to his cheek, lapping down the stick like waves in the ocean. As the stick got hotter and hotter he craned his neck back then swung it, making the stick fly in the air and light up the dusk sky.
His eyes glistened as a tree burst into flames all the leaves curling and crisping as the fire ate them. William plopped down, watching the flames, it always gave him a sense of relief, he knew his mother had told him not to act on impulse but he just needed something to blow off the steam from his earlier encounter.
He thought of Renee, how they could run around the forest together and then sit and watch the flames they created from above, watch them twinkle out along with the light glittering from the sunset. Oh, how he had fallen for the one animal he wasn't supposed to, but what is a rat to do when the heart speaks louder than anything else.
He sighed, beginning his journey back home, he had some rats to talk with.
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SHORT CHAPTER SO HAVE A VALENTINE SPECIAL:
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William woke up with a load of energy, it was Valentine's Day today, and he had so many ideas. He scrambled up and sprinted into the forest, he had a long day ahead of him.
He leapt up using his two back feet for strength and snapped a branch off a tree, falling gracefully back onto the ground. The rat found a secluded meadow, away from any trees, he brought the branch along with a rock with him.
William placed the stick next to the rock and began shaping dirt into a heart, he had little time left, Renée was due to meet him near here at sunhigh, the time of day where the sun was at its highest. It was already late into the day, the sun almost at its peak.
He quickly finished up, leaving a heart shaped patch of grass surrounded by dirt in the center of the meadow, the perimeter was at least 4 meters long. William puffed, shaking the remaining dirt from his fur and grabbing all the stuff he had collected before running off to go meet Renée.
He smiled slowing down his pace as he saw the snail waiting for him, the sun glistening on the snails shell.
"Renée," the rats ears hang down in a relaxed manor as he walked towards the snail like he had done many times before.
The snail turned around, his face lit up instantly, "William! It's good to see you," he smiled.
William nodded, settling down next to the snail, nudging a rose he had picked up on his way there.
"You silly goofball! You stole my idea!" Renée chuckled, nudging a rose from behind him and placing it next to Williams.
William laughed, grabbing the rose Renée got for him. "Take it or leave it." He shrugged, laughing slightly.
"As the high and mighty snail I am, in fact I will have that rose," Renée smirked at William and grabbed the rose. William snorted with a laugh and Renée joined in.
Many hours later as the sun began to set William stood up, "I have one last thing to show you," he turned around, flicking his tail for Renée to follow.
He ran ahead, grabbing the stick and lighting the end with the rock and then throwing it in the center of the dirt heart, running up to the top of a hill that loomed over it, sitting next to Renée. They watched as the flames crackled in a shape of a heart, prevented from moving any further because of the dirt outline.
William looked over to see Renée gazing down with a face of awe. "Do you like it?" William asked nervously.
"I love it! It's, beautiful!" Renée smiled at the rat, admiring his work.
"Happy Valentine's Day Renée," William chattered as the sun disappeared from the horizon and the flames settled down to a dying spark. He smiled softly at the snail and he smiled back.
"Happy Valentine's Day William."
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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY GUYS, HOPE YOU LIKED THIS PART ❤️🔥🐀 -Wilm
