a shitty spring dove fanfic :D

Chapter 2

Snufkin POV 

Moomin had managed to pull me into a tight hug while coming at me full-force, which was, admittedly a bit painful but only for a second, after that it felt warm and comfortable, almost like being wrapped in a weighted blanket. Moomin spun around a few times with me in his arms, I'm pretty sure I was smiling a lot because the muscles in my face started to hurt a bit. After a moment he set me back down on the bridge and let go from the hug. "Happy to see me?" I asked with a wry smile, accompanied by a light chuckle. His face seemed to go a bit pink once I said this, possibly due to embarrassment. "Well.. yes, b-but I miss you every year." He replied, his tone was a bit sheepish at first but then got more confident as he spoke. I tried thinking of words to use to continue the conversation, which was a bit difficult, even if I am with my closest friend, I'm still not good with people most of the time. "How was hibernation? Did you wake up at all this year?" I asked, as we walked over to moominhouse for breakfast. "It was fine, and I did wake up only once. I popped in to talk with too-ticky for an hour or two, but I wanted to go back to sleep as soon as possible." This confused me a bit, usually he stays up to enjoy himself, and if he goes back to hibernation it's either by choice or he just doesn't wake up, at least that's what he's told me. "How come?"

"Well.. I don't know. I just.. I guess I thought that if I went back to sleep, that winter would pass a bit faster." He said all of this sounding a little sheepish, which had me feeling confused about that, rather than why he would be in a rush to sleep. "I see, that makes sense."

I nodded, not verbally questioning his tone.

Moomin POV

I could just feel my heart rate increasing as I kept running with my speed picking up, cardio and all. I reached Snufkin, who seemingly seemed to at least be walking a bit fast, if not at more of a canter. I don't know what compelled me to do this but I ran right up to him and quite literally swept him off his feet by giving him a warm embrace. We laughed together for a moment, he was smiling quite a lot. His smile is very pretty, I never seemed to notice that before. This moment in time made me the happiest I'd been in a while, it felt unreal, almost. "Happy to see me?" He said, giving me a bit of a witty smile. I could feel my face warming up a bit, though it wasn't the sun this time. "Well... yes.. b-but I miss you every year!" I said with a bit of a sheepish smile plastered on my face. He had asked about my winter, and we spoke a bit more as we walked back home for breakfast.

Third person*

As the two arrived back at the house, Snufkin opened the door for his friend, following behind once Moomin had gone inside. They sat down at the table, Little my joining them. The three talked for a while, waiting for Moominmamma to finish making breakfast. Snufkin told the two lots of little stories about this winter's travels, soon breakfast was brought out. Several steaming plates of fluffy buttermilk pancakes were carefully set in front of them, they smelled warm and sweet. Mamma left for only a moment to free her hands so she could grab some butter and syrup, she set these down in the center if the table for the children to use if they'd like. "Here you are, dears." She said in a kind voice. "Thank you mamma." Moomintroll responded, "Snufkin, would you like to go to the flower field after breakfast?" He suggested, turning to his friend as he shovels pancakes into his mouth in an effort to finish quickly. "Sure, that sounds like a lovely way to spend the first day of spring." He chuckles at Moomin's mildly aggressive eating. "What about me? Can I come too?" Little my says, budding into the conversation. "Well, sure, if you'd like to." Replied moomin, still scarfing down his breakfast. "Good, because I was going to either way."

After the three of them finished their breakfast, they all headed over to the flower field, conversing and laughing all the way there, they walked in no rush at all, just enjoying the warm sunlight and the soft, spring breeze.