Should we go and spy on Tawnycloud's kits?"
"No! That's boring. They always find us!"
"Then, this time, let's make sure they don't!"
Aspenkit rolled her amber eyes.
"Okay, if you don't want to do that, what do you want to do?" Spiderkit inquired.
"Hmm... should we go stalk each other?"
"No... how about hide and seek?" Spiderkit eagerly mewed.
"There's not enough kits to play," Aspenkit pointed out.
"We could ask Rainkit, Barkkit, and Blossomkit to play," he suggested, "or one of the warriors."
Aspenkit snorted. "Yeah, okay, like the warriors will play with us! But I bet Rainkit will..."
"And if one of them plays with us, so do the others!" Spiderkit bounced excitedly.
"Great! Come on!" Aspenkit bounced around for a mere second before darting out into the clearing, Spiderkit quickly following her.
"Over there," she pointed with her ears in the direction of the 3 big kits, darting a round each other, heavily entranced in a game of tag.
"Hey! Blossomkit!" Aspenkit called out to the skinny silver tabby, the closest one to her.
Blossomkit skid to a stop and stopped at the kit with round, confused yellow eyes. "Huh?" she asked, facing the two kittens.
Rainkit came darting around from behind her, extending a single dark paw and hitting her shoulder with it. "Hah! You're it!" He called, not leaving her enough time to react before sprinting away.
"Hey!" Blossomkit gave an angry grunt and narrowed her eyes, her soft fur sticking up at the ends of her neck in rage. She turned and raced away after her brother, before pausing, and instead gave chase on Barkkit instead, who gave a frightened squeal upon the she-cat running towards her .
"Wait! Don't you want to play hide 'n' seek?" Aspenkit called out desperatly.
"I don't think so, dear," Tawnycloud spoke. The two kits had been two distracted with the big kits to notice the fluffy queen behind them.
"They're too hyped up to stand still for that long," she continued, "but I could play with you, if you'd like."
"No way!" Spiderkit exclaimed, "everyone knows you have the best nose from here to Starclan!" he quickly added on.
Tawnycloud's eyes lit up with amusement. "That's okay. You should try playing tag with them," she flicked her thick tail over to her kits. "They'd enjoy having more players."
"But, they're too big!" Aspenkit looked horrified. "They'd trample us!"
"They're only 2 moons older than you," she flicked her tail dismissively.
"Alright," Aspenkit's tail drooped.
The two kits padded over to a simple spot in a patch of dry, cracked ground, and when their haunches hit the ground, dust went flying.
"Blossomkit! Over here!" Aspenkit yelled to the she-kit, but to no avail. The silver tabby was still running, her tail curled, yellow eyes bright in determination.
Finally, Barkkit stopped to survey the two kits.
"Can we join?" Spiderkit asked.
"Sure!" Barkkit padded over to them, and in a flash, quickly slapped Spiderkit's shoulder.
"Now you're it!" the she-cat called, her blue eyes alit with humor as she ran away.