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Near the park around the start of an early afternoon...
The freckled dalmatian pup still struggled with learning how to "chill out". Even with the advice from Canal Crew when they helped him try to relax while he was going on strike. Overworked by his oldest siblings' constant demands around the house.
He shook off that train of thought noticing a shadow nearby. Met with a concerned look as a (h/c) puppy spoke up.
"Are you okay-"
Dawkins immediately recognized his awkward attempt at a relaxation pose and sat up.
"I'm fine! I greatly appreciate your concern!"
"However, it might be embarrassing to say that."
"I still don't understand, how does one exactly 'chill out'..."
"And taking a two minute nap break is just slight progress on my part to that said predicament..." Dawkins said as (Y/N) lightly bit her lip with worry.
"Its not that embarrassing but, it sort of sounded like,"
"You were more focused on forcing yourself to relax." (Y/N) said as Dawkins sighed.
"I'll admit I should have mention to Fergus and his crew with more examples of what,"
"I consider is my definition of free time and being mostly annoyed."
"By Dylan's repetition of the words 'chop chop'."
"Slowly building up to one of my breaking points of,"
"Being the third one in charge while he and Dolly are away with their friends..." Dawkins said as (Y/N) hummed
"Dylan really sounds like a handful."
"But, hearing how some of his friends tried to help you out during that situation."
"I'm guessing things worked out in the end!" (Y/N) said as Dawkins chuckled.
"While Dylan may act like a know-it-all."
"I can't stay mad at him or Dolly for over a long period of time..."
"Especially with how those two asked if I wanted today as another go at learning how to relax."
"And by myself for that matter." Dawkins said starting to lay down as (Y/N) smiled.
"Looks like someone's starting to relax without even realizing it." (Y/N) said as the dalmatian pup recognized his sudden change in posture and lightly blushed as a result of her words.
"I-Its probably impolite that I haven't even asked your name while you went over to check on me."
"I'm Dawkins by the way." Dawkins said raising out his paw while (Y/N) grinned accepting the handshake replying with her name.
Hours passed as the orange hue covered the sky signaling a clear sunset.
"Maybe, next time we can go over a few exercises."
"Just to slowly ease into the practice of taking breaks." (Y/N) said as Dawkins thought of an idea.
"I don't know if its counter productive but, assuming that some exercises are timed to half a minute."
"I could bring my tablet and time the seconds."
"I mean, if that's still okay..." Dawkins said as (Y/N) nodded.
"Oh sure, it took me a while to memorize the stretches so I get the feeling." (Y/N) said.
It wasn't long before the pups said their goodbyes for the day. A paw wave both smiling before going separate ways.
Timeskip to next week...
Dawkins sat up frequently looking back at the electronic tablet that showed one of the stretches (Y/N) previously mentioned.
She took notice of the unsure expression on his face.
"I forgot to mention that most of the stretches were from watching how my owner usually does it."
"Sorry about that!"
"Just follow I'm doing, since I didn't explain it clear enough." (Y/N) said as she briefly checked the animated stretch and looked away.
Sitting down with her arms up and paws out. Bending her wrists down as she spoke.
"You hold the stretch for ten seconds but, try to keep the paws loose."
"Slowly bending the wrists upward to release some of that tension in your wrists and arms."
"And repeat said stretch four times." (Y/N) said as Dawkins counted the ten seconds in his head.
The dalmatian pup felt some of tensed energy fading away. Almost a slight weight off his shoulders as he started the second ten seconds.
"So its just a total of forty seconds."
"From how your owner usually does these preventative stretches." Dawkins asked as (Y/N) nodded yes.
"Most of the time when they have a fifteen minute break."
"They try put the stretches into it."
"Using the timer that's in the ten second mark."
"When they don't feel like counting the seconds on their own." (Y/N) said as she scrolled the phone up to another animated stretch once Dawkins was done with the fourth stretch.
"You don't mind if I sort of get near your personal space with the next one." (Y/N) asked as Dawkins started to blush seeing her paw reaching out to him.
"N-not at all!" Dawkins said as she grinned.
(Y/N) gently pulled one of his arms out with the paw's palm up. Then placing the other paw's fingers back with the other.
"Its the same amount of time as the previous stretch I showed you."
"Hold for ten seconds and repeat four times." (Y/N) said as Dawkins nodded.
"I still appreciate there was a drawing of an animal companion along side the diagrams."
"With the visual speech bubbles of a close up of how to do said stretch as well." Dawkins said as (Y/N) giggled.
"It would be a fun idea to make a dog version of these stretches."
"But, I don't want to get ahead of myself if you want to keep doing more of these exercises for today-"
"I think its a great idea!"
"Uh sorry, for suddenly interrupting you." Dawkins quickly apologized as (Y/N) smiled.
The two pups pass the time trying other exercises for the next hour. Until the rowdiest dalmatian Dolly spotted Dawkins' new friend.
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Hastily edited February 10, 2024
I couldn't think of anything else to add so sorry for the abrupt ending orz
I might put most of the 101DS prompts on hold since at the moment, there hasn't been a lot of requests for it
So I'll mostly be working on rottmnt related prompts (mostly sticking to canon stuff)
Anyway leave comments or criticisms
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